Setsuko (written: or in hiragana) is a feminine Japanese given name. Notable people with the name include:
*, later of Japan
*, actress
*, Japanese volleyball player
*, Japanese actress and model
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Setsuko Klossowska de Rola
Setsuko Klossowska de Rola (born January 1 1942) is a Japanese painter. She has exhibited her work internationally, and is also a writer. She became UNESCO's Artist For Peace in 2005. She is the widow of the French painter, Balthus, and is hono ...
(born 1942), Japanese painter
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Setsuko Kobori
Setsuko Kobori is a former international table tennis player from Japan.
Table tennis career
She won a bronze medal at the 1971 World Table Tennis Championships in the women's doubles with Yukiko Kawamorita.
She also won an Asian Championshi ...
Japanese table tennis player
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Setsuko Matsunaga Nishi
Setsuko Matsunaga Nishi (née Setsuko Matsunaga; October 17, 1921 – November 18, 2012) was a pioneering community activist and researcher in the area of American race relations as well as professor of sociology at the City University of New York ...
(1921–2012), Japanese pioneering community activist and researcher
*, Japanese yōga painter
*, Japanese volleyball player
*, Japanese swimmer
*, Japanese novelist
*, Japanese–Canadian nuclear disarmament campaigner
*, Japanese novelist
*, Japanese volleyball player
Fictional characters
*Setsuko, a character in the film ''
Grave of the Fireflies
is a 1988 Japanese animated war tragedy film based on a 1967 short story by Akiyuki Nosaka. It was written and directed by Isao Takahata, and animated by Studio Ghibli for Shinchosha Publishing.
The film stars , , and . Set in the city ...
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References
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Japanese feminine given names