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), Japanese writer
 * Nobuko Miyamoto (宮本信子), a Japanese actress
 * Nobuko Nakahara (中原 暢子), 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), 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), 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