Kyoko Ono Cox

Kyoko Ono Cox (born August 8, 1963 in Tokyo, Japan as Kyoko Chan Cox), daughter of Yoko Ono and Anthony Cox.
Reunited with Yoko Ono and met her half-brother, Sean Lennon, for the first time.
Mother of two children.
Was involved in a custody battle between her parents from 1969 to 1972.
After her parents divorced, her father, Anthony Cox, remarried. In 1971, her father abducted the then 8-year-old Kyoko and followed her new stepmother in a cult called The Walk. Cox left the group with Kyoko in 1977 and they became fundamentalist Christians. After leaving the cult, as a part of their newfound Christian faith, they helped produce a film documentary exposing the cult. Continuing to live an underground existence, Kyoko was given the new name Rosemary.
Ono and Cox's marriage quickly fell apart (as observers describe Tony and Ono threatening each other with kitchen knives) but the Coxes stayed together for the sake of their joint career. In the early years of this marriage, Ono left most of Kyoko's parenting to Cox while she pursued her art full-time and Tony managed publicity. After she divorced Cox for John Lennon on February 2, 1969, Ono and Cox engaged in a bitter legal battle for custody of Kyoko, which resulted in Ono being awarded full custody. However, in 1971, Cox disappeared with eight-year-old Kyoko, in violation of the custody order. Ono then launched a search for her daughter with the aid of the police and private investigators. Ono wrote a song about her daughter, "Don't Worry Kyoko (Mummy's Only Looking For Her Hand In The Snow)", which appears on Lennon and Ono's album Live Peace In Toronto 1969.
In 1972, Cox subsequently fled to Los Angeles where he lived with a friend and raised Kyoko in a Christian group known as the Church of the Living Word (or "the Walk"). They then lived in various communities associated with the group in Iowa and California but later left the group in 1977. Living an underground existence, Cox changed the girl's name to Rosemary. In 1977, Cox left the group. In 1978 Cox and Kyoko stayed with the Jesus People USA commune in Chicago.
In 1980, Cox and Kyoko (then 17) sent a sympathy message to Ono after the death of John Lennon. Afterward, the bitterness between the parents lessened slightly, and Ono publicly announced in People Magazine that she would no longer seek out the now-adult Kyoko but still wished to make contact with her.
Kyoko next appeared in 1986 when she was listed as an associate producer on a documentary film made by Cox about his involvement in the Church of the Living Word called Vain Glory. Cox resurfaced in public in the same year, but Kyoko did not.
In 1994, Kyoko, fully grown and married, re-established a connection with her mother. Although Kyoko avoids publicity, she did grant an interview where she revealed that her reunion with Ono was a very happy one, and they remain in close contact to this day. Kyoko made a rare public appearance in August 2005 at the opening of Lennon, the Musical. Kyoko now lives in Colorado. She spends her time pursuing her career as an artist.

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