Kyoko chan cox wikipedia

Kyoko Chan Cox's mother, Yoko Ono, and stepfather, John Lennon, spent years searching for her after her dad abducted her and joined a cult.

Kyoko Chan Cox, who also goes by Kyoko Ono Cox, Kyoko Ono, and briefly, Ruth Holman, was eight when her dad, filmmaker Anthony Tony Cox violated a court order and went on the run with her on Christmas Eve.

Tony and his second wife, Melinda Kendall, joined a cult and vanished with little Kyoko, and it would be 24 years before Yoko saw her daughter again.

She wrote "Don't Worry, Kyoko " in tribute to the search.

John Lennon and Yoko Ono at London's Heathrow airport with Kyoko in 1969 | Source: Getty Images

As a fan of Yoko's work, Tony tracked down the Japanese artist in Tokyo in 1961.

The pair married and welcomed their only child, Kyoko, on August 8, 1963.Tony said Yoko "felt very strongly" about them caring for the child