Nobuko

For the 1940 Japanese drama film, see Nobuko (film).

Nobuko (のぶこ, ノブコ) is a feminine Japanese given name. Although the name is always romanized the same way, the kanji characters can be different.

Nobuko

Gender	Female
Origin
Word/name	Japanese
Meaning	It can have many different meanings depending on the kanji used.
Region of origin	Japan
Other names
Related names	Nobu Nobue

Written forms

Forms in kanji can include:

• 信子, "trust, child"
• 伸子, "to lengthen, child"
• 延子, "to prolong, child"
• 暢子, "extend/stretch, relax/child"
• 宜子, "good, child"

People

• Nobuko Albery, a Japanese author, theatrical producer and the widow of English theatrical impresario, Sir Donald Albery
• Princess Nobuko (Japanese romanization: Fumi-no-miya Nobuko Naishinnō, 富美宮允子内親王), the 8th daughter of Emperor Meiji
• Nobuko Asō (麻生信子), later Princess Tomohito of Mikasa (寛仁親王妃信子)
• Nobuko Fujimura (藤村 信子; born 1965), Japanese female former long-distance runner
• Nobuko Fukuda (福田 修子; born 1980), Japanese cross-country skier
• Nobuko Fushimi (伏見 信子; born 1915), Japanese actress and singer
• Nobuko Imai (今井 信子; born 1943), Japanese classical violist and chamber musician
• Nobuko Iwaki ((井脇 ノブ子; born 1946), Japanese politician
• Nobuko JoAnne Miyamoto (born 1939), Japanese-American folk singer, songwriter, author, and activist
• Nobuko Kan (菅 伸子; born 1945), Japanese writer
• Nobuko Kawano (河野 信子; born 1950), Japanese athlete
• Nobuko Kondo (近藤 修子; born 1956), Japanese football player
• Nobuko Matsudaira (松平 信子; 1886–1969), Japanese socialite
• Nobuko Miyamoto (宮本 信子; born 1945), Japanese actress
• Nobuko Motomura (本村 伸子; born 1972), Japanese member of the Japanese Communist Party
• Nobuko Nagaoka (長岡 延子; 1928–1945), Japanese pianist
• Nobuko Nakahara (中原 暢子; 1929–2008), Japanese architect
• Nobuko Nakano (中野 信子; born 1975), Japanese neuroscientist
• Nobuko Okashita (岡下 信子; born 1939), Japanese politician
• Nobuko Ota (太田 信子; born 1969), Japanese rower
• Nobuko Otowa (乙羽 信子; 1924–1994), Japanese actress
• Nobuko Takagi (高樹 のぶ子; born 1946), Japanese author
• Nobuko Takahashi (高橋 展子; 1916–1990), Japanese ambassador to Denmark from 1980 until 1983
• Nobuko Tsuchiura (土浦 信子; 1900–1998), Japanese first woman architect
• Nobuko Tsuchiya (土屋 信子; born 1972), Japanese artist based in London
• Nobuko Yamada (山田 乃玞子; born 1971), Japanese speed skater
• Nobuko Yoshida (吉田 展子), Japanese computer scientist
• Nobuko Yoshiya (吉屋 信子; 1896–1973), Japanese novelist who was active in the Taishō and Shōwa periods of Japan

Fictional characters

• Nobuko Ishihara (石原信子), a character in the manga Love Com
• Nobuko Kotani (小谷 信子), the titular character of the Japanese television drama Nobuta wo Produce
• Nobuko Komiyama (小宮山信子), the titular character of the film Nobuko (1940 film), one of many adaptations of a novel by Bunroku Shishi