What is "kiko"

Kiko or KIKO may refer to:

• Kiko (given name), a list of individuals with the name
• Tropical Storm Kiko (disambiguation), hurricanes, typhoons and a tropical storm
• Kiko, the Japanese form of Qigong
• Kiko (album), by Los Lobos
• Kiko goat, a breed of goat from New Zealand
• Neoregelia 'Kiko', a hybrid cultivar of the genus Neoregelia
• KIKO (AM), a radio station (1340 AM) licensed to Apache Junction, Arizona, United States
• KIKO-FM, a radio station (106.1 FM) licensed to Claypool, Arizona, United States

Francisco Miguel Narváez Machón (born 26 April 1972), known as Kiko, is a Spanish retired footballer who spent most of his career with Atlético Madrid.

A centre forward with tremendous technical ability and field vision, he possessed nonetheless a poor aerial game despite being almost 190 cm tall. In ten La Liga seasons (also played one year with his main club in Segunda División), he amassed totals of 271 games and 60 goals.

Kiko was an instrumental squad member at the 1992 Summer Olympics as the national team won gold on home soil. Additionally, he appeared at full level in one World Cup and one European Championship.

Kiko is the ninth album by the Mexican American rock group Los Lobos. A year later, Los Lobos performed a spoof of their song "Kiko and the Lavender Moon" known as " Elmo and the Lavender Moon" on the PBS series Sesame Street.

KIKO (1340 AM) is a radio station licensed to serve Apache Junction, Arizona, USA. The station is owned by 1TV.com, Inc. It airs a leased-time Spanish-language Christian format, named Voz y Visión Radio.

KIKO was originally licensed to Miami, Arizona, and operated as a full-service station under Willard Shoecraft, who owned the station from its sign-on in 1958 until 1986, and again from 1988 until his death in 2000. The station remained in the Shoecraft family until it was sold to its current owner in 2008. It was assigned the KIKO call letters by the Federal Communications Commission.

In 2011 KIKO was issued a U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) construction permit to move to a new transmitter site, change the city of license to Apache Junction, Arizona and decrease night power to 930 watts. It will use a short (85 foot) low efficiency fiberglass whip antenna. It commenced operations from this site in December 2014, simulcasting sister station KIKO-FM in Claypool until December 2015, when it temporarily went silent and came back under its current format on December 21, 2015 and added FM translator K247CF 97.3 (licensed to Payson, but broadcasts from Usery Mountain in east Mesa), which experiences considerable interference from co-owned KIKO-FM, broadcasting on the same frequency. KIKO's license for its new facilities were granted on January 12, 2016.

Kiko is a given name. Notable people with the name include:

• Princess Akishino or Kiko (born 1966), a member of the Japanese Imperial Family
• Kiko (footballer) (born 1972), Spanish retired footballer
• Kiko Argüello (born 1939), one of the initiators of the Catholic group Neocatechumenal Way
• Kiko Calero (born 1975), Major League Baseball relief pitcher
• Kiko Casilla (born 1986), Spanish football goalkeeper
• Francisco Femenía (born 1991), Spanish footballer
• Kiko Garcia (born 1953), former Major League Baseball infielder
• Prince Christoph of Hohenlohe-Langenburg (1956-2006), European socialite
• Kiko Loureiro (born 1972), Brazilian heavy metal guitarist
• Federico Macheda (born 1991), Italian footballer
• Kiko Martínez (born 1984), Spanish boxer
• Khaled Mouelhi (born 1981), Tunisian soccer player
• Francis Magalona (1964-2009), Filipino rapper sometimes known as "Kiko"
• Francisco José Olivas (born 1988), Spanish footballer
• Josualdo Alves da Silva Oliveira (born 1978), Brazilian footballer playing in Portugal
• Francis Pangilinan (born 1963), Filipino senator
• Kiko Ratón (born 1976), Spanish footballer
• Francisco Manuel Geraldo Rosa (born 1993), Portuguese footballer
• Kiko Sánchez (born 1965), Spanish sailor and 1992 Olympic gold medalist
• Kiko Torres (born 1975), Spanish retired footballer
• Kheireddine Zarabi (born 1984), Algerian footballer
• Kiko Mizuhara (born 1990), American/Japanese actress and model

Fictional characters:

• Kiko, the fictional host of the Gorgeous Tiny Chicken Machine Show
• Kiko, a character in the film The Son of Kong
• Kiko, a character played by Carlos Villagrán in the Mexican TV series Chavo del Ocho and Ah, qué Kiko!
• Kiko the Kangaroo, a character in a number of Terrytoons cartoons during 1936 and 1937
• Kiko, a character in the film Turistas, played by Agles Steib
• Kiko, a villain in the James Bond video game 007: Nightfire

Manuel Henrique Baptista Gomes Charana (born 24 October 1976 in Cedofeita, Porto District), commonly known as Kiko, is a Portuguese retired professional footballer who played as a forward.

Francisco Manuel Geraldo Rosa (born 20 January 1993), known as Kiko, is a Portuguese footballer who plays as a left back for English League One club Port Vale.

A Portugal under-20 international, he made his debut in the Primeira Liga with Vitória Setúbal in January 2012. He was loaned out to Académico Viseu for the 2015–16 season. He signed with English club Port Vale in July 2016.