Kanoko

• Kanoko Goto, Japanese cross-country skier
• Kanoko Okamoto, Japanese writer, poet and Buddhist scholar
• Kanoko Sakurakoji, Japanese manga artist
• Kanoko Tsutani-Mabuchi, Japanese diver

  Fictional characters

• Kanoko, a character in the anime series Sweet Valerian
• Kanoko Kikuchiya, a character in the manga series Velvet Kiss
• Kanoko Naedoko, protagonist of the manga series The Secret Notes of Lady Kanoko
• Kanoko Yuki, a character in the anime series Maho Girls PreCure!