# Nobuko

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{{about||the 1940 Japanese drama film|Nobuko (film)}}
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| name = Nobuko
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| gender = Female
| meaning = It can have many different meanings depending on the [kanji](/source/kanji) used.
| region = Japan
| origin = [Japanese](/source/Japanese_language)
| related names = [Nobu](/source/Nobu_(given_name))<br/>[Nobue](/source/Nobue)
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{{Nihongo|'''Nobuko'''|のぶこ, ノブコ}} is a feminine [Japanese given name](/source/Japanese_given_name). Although the name is always [romanized](/source/romanized) the same way, the [kanji](/source/kanji) characters can be different.

== Written forms ==
Forms in [kanji](/source/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](/source/Nobuko_Albery), a Japanese author, [theatrical producer](/source/theatrical_producer) and the widow of English theatrical [impresario](/source/impresario), Sir [Donald Albery](/source/Donald_Albery)
* [Princess Nobuko](/source/Princess_Nobuko_Asaka) ([Japanese romanization](/source/Romanization_of_Japanese): ''Fumi-no-miya Nobuko Naishinnō'', 富美宮允子内親王), the 8th daughter of [Emperor Meiji](/source/Emperor_Meiji)
* [Nobuko Asō](/source/Princess_Tomohito_of_Mikasa) (麻生信子), later Princess Tomohito of Mikasa (寛仁親王妃信子)
*{{Nihongo|[Nobuko Fujimura](/source/Nobuko_Fujimura)|藤村 信子||born 1965}}, Japanese female former long-distance runner
*{{Nihongo|[Nobuko Fukuda](/source/Nobuko_Fukuda)|福田 修子||born 1980}}, Japanese [cross-country skier](/source/cross-country_skiing_(sport))
*{{Nihongo|[Nobuko Fushimi](/source/Nobuko_Fushimi)|伏見 信子||born 1915}}, Japanese actress and singer
*{{Nihongo|[Nobuko Imai](/source/Nobuko_Imai)|今井 信子||born 1943}}, Japanese classical [violist](/source/violist) and [chamber musician](/source/chamber_musician)
*{{Nihongo|[Nobuko Iwaki](/source/Nobuko_Iwaki)|(井脇 ノブ子||born 1946}}, Japanese politician
*[Nobuko JoAnne Miyamoto](/source/Nobuko_JoAnne_Miyamoto) (born 1939), Japanese-American folk singer, songwriter, author, and activist
*{{Nihongo|[Nobuko Kan](/source/Nobuko_Kan)|菅 伸子||born 1945}}, Japanese writer
*{{Nihongo|[Nobuko Kawano](/source/Nobuko_Kawano)|河野 信子||born 1950}}, Japanese athlete
*{{Nihongo|[Nobuko Kondo](/source/Nobuko_Kondo)|近藤 修子||born 1956}}, Japanese football player
*{{Nihongo|[Nobuko Matsudaira](/source/Nobuko_Matsudaira)|松平 信子||1886–1969}}, Japanese socialite
*{{Nihongo|[Nobuko Miyamoto](/source/Nobuko_Miyamoto)|宮本 信子||born 1945}}, Japanese actress
*{{Nihongo|[Nobuko Motomura](/source/Nobuko_Motomura)|本村 伸子||born 1972}}, Japanese member of the Japanese Communist Party
*{{Nihongo|[Nobuko Nagaoka](/source/Nagaoka_Nobuko)|長岡 延子||1928–1945}}, Japanese pianist
*{{Nihongo|[Nobuko Nakahara](/source/Nobuko_Nakahara)|中原 暢子||1929–2008}}, Japanese architect
*{{Nihongo|[Nobuko Nakano](/source/Nobuko_Nakano)|中野 信子||born 1975}}, Japanese neuroscientist
*{{Nihongo|[Nobuko Okashita](/source/Nobuko_Okashita)|岡下 信子||born 1939}}, Japanese politician
*{{Nihongo|[Nobuko Ota](/source/Nobuko_Ota)|太田 信子||born 1969}}, Japanese rower
*{{Nihongo|[Nobuko Otowa](/source/Nobuko_Otowa)|乙羽 信子||1924–1994}}, Japanese actress
*{{Nihongo|[Nobuko Takagi](/source/Nobuko_Takagi)|高樹 のぶ子||born 1946}}, Japanese author
*{{Nihongo|[Nobuko Takahashi](/source/Nobuko_Takahashi)|高橋 展子||1916–1990}}, Japanese ambassador to Denmark from 1980 until 1983
*{{Nihongo|[Nobuko Tsuchiura](/source/Nobuko_Tsuchiura)|土浦 信子||1900–1998}}, Japanese first woman architect
*{{Nihongo|[Nobuko Tsuchiya](/source/Nobuko_Tsuchiya)|土屋 信子||born 1972}}, Japanese artist based in London
*{{Nihongo|[Nobuko Yamada](/source/Nobuko_Yamada)|山田 乃玞子||born 1971}}, Japanese speed skater
*{{Nihongo|[Nobuko Yoshida](/source/Nobuko_Yoshida)|吉田 展子}}, Japanese computer scientist
*{{Nihongo|[Nobuko Yoshiya](/source/Nobuko_Yoshiya)|吉屋 信子||1896–1973}}, Japanese [novelist](/source/novelist) who was active in the [Taishō](/source/Taish%C5%8D_period) and [Shōwa](/source/Sh%C5%8Dwa_period) periods of Japan

==Fictional characters==
* Nobuko Ishihara (石原信子), a character in the manga ''[Love Com](/source/Love_Com)''
* Nobuko Kotani (小谷 信子), the titular character of the Japanese television drama ''[Nobuta wo Produce](/source/Nobuta_wo_Produce)''
* Nobuko Komiyama (小宮山信子), the titular character of the film ''[Nobuko (1940 film)](/source/Nobuko_(1940_film))'', one of many adaptations of a novel by Bunroku Shishi

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Category:Japanese feminine given names
Category:Feminine given names

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