Nobuko
# Nobuko

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.

## Possible writings

* 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
