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

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 Fukuda (福田 修子), Japanese cross-country skier
• Nobuko Imai (今井 信子), a Japanese classical violist and chamber musician
• Nobuko Iwaki (井脇 ノブ子), Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party, a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet
• Nobuko Kan (菅 伸子; born 1945), Japanese writer
• Nobuko Miyamoto (宮本信子), a Japanese actress
• Nobuko Nakahara (中原 暢子; 1929–2008), Japanese architect
• Nobuko Okashita (岡下 信子), a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party, and a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet
• Nobuko Ota (太田 信子; born 1969), Japanese rower
• Nobuko Otowa (乙羽 信子), a Japanese actress
• Nobuko Takagi (高樹 のぶ子), the pen name of Nobuko Tsuruta, a Japanese author
• Nobuko Tsuchiya (土屋 信子), Japanese artist
• 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), a 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