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)
- , Japanese female former long-distance runner
- , Japanese cross-country skier
- , Japanese actress and singer
- , Japanese classical violist and chamber musician
- , Japanese politician
- Nobuko JoAnne Miyamoto (born 1939), Japanese-American folk singer, songwriter, author, and activist
- , Japanese writer
- , Japanese athlete
- , Japanese football player
- , Japanese socialite
- , Japanese actress
- , Japanese member of the Japanese Communist Party
- , Japanese pianist
- , Japanese architect
- , Japanese neuroscientist
- , Japanese politician
- , Japanese rower
- , Japanese actress
- , Japanese author
- , Japanese ambassador to Denmark from 1980 until 1983
- , Japanese first woman architect
- , Japanese artist based in London
- , Japanese speed skater
- , Japanese computer scientist
- , 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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