{{about||the 1940 Japanese drama film|Nobuko (film)}} {{Infobox Given Name Revised | name = Nobuko | image= | imagesize= | caption= | pronunciation= | gender = Female | meaning = It can have many different meanings depending on the kanji used. | region = Japan | origin = Japanese | related names = Nobu<br/>Nobue | footnotes = }}
{{Nihongo|'''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.
== 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) *{{Nihongo|Nobuko Fujimura|藤村 信子||born 1965}}, Japanese female former long-distance runner *{{Nihongo|Nobuko Fukuda|福田 修子||born 1980}}, Japanese cross-country skier *{{Nihongo|Nobuko Fushimi|伏見 信子||born 1915}}, Japanese actress and singer *{{Nihongo|Nobuko Imai|今井 信子||born 1943}}, Japanese classical violist and chamber musician *{{Nihongo|Nobuko Iwaki|(井脇 ノブ子||born 1946}}, Japanese politician *Nobuko JoAnne Miyamoto (born 1939), Japanese-American folk singer, songwriter, author, and activist *{{Nihongo|Nobuko Kan|菅 伸子||born 1945}}, Japanese writer *{{Nihongo|Nobuko Kawano|河野 信子||born 1950}}, Japanese athlete *{{Nihongo|Nobuko Kondo|近藤 修子||born 1956}}, Japanese football player *{{Nihongo|Nobuko Matsudaira|松平 信子||1886–1969}}, Japanese socialite *{{Nihongo|Nobuko Miyamoto|宮本 信子||born 1945}}, Japanese actress *{{Nihongo|Nobuko Motomura|本村 伸子||born 1972}}, Japanese member of the Japanese Communist Party *{{Nihongo|Nobuko Nagaoka|長岡 延子||1928–1945}}, Japanese pianist *{{Nihongo|Nobuko Nakahara|中原 暢子||1929–2008}}, Japanese architect *{{Nihongo|Nobuko Nakano|中野 信子||born 1975}}, Japanese neuroscientist *{{Nihongo|Nobuko Okashita|岡下 信子||born 1939}}, Japanese politician *{{Nihongo|Nobuko Ota|太田 信子||born 1969}}, Japanese rower *{{Nihongo|Nobuko Otowa|乙羽 信子||1924–1994}}, Japanese actress *{{Nihongo|Nobuko Takagi|高樹 のぶ子||born 1946}}, Japanese author *{{Nihongo|Nobuko Takahashi|高橋 展子||1916–1990}}, Japanese ambassador to Denmark from 1980 until 1983 *{{Nihongo|Nobuko Tsuchiura|土浦 信子||1900–1998}}, Japanese first woman architect *{{Nihongo|Nobuko Tsuchiya|土屋 信子||born 1972}}, Japanese artist based in London *{{Nihongo|Nobuko Yamada|山田 乃玞子||born 1971}}, Japanese speed skater *{{Nihongo|Nobuko Yoshida|吉田 展子}}, Japanese computer scientist *{{Nihongo|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
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