Atsuko is a feminine

Japanese given name in modern times consist of a family name (surname) followed by a given name. Japanese names are usually written in kanji, where the pronunciation follows a special set of rules. Because parents when naming children, and foreigners when adoptin ...

Written forms

Atsuko can be written using different combinations of

kanji are logographic Chinese characters, adapted from Chinese family of scripts, Chinese script, used in the writing of Japanese language, Japanese. They were made a major part of the Japanese writing system during the time of Old Japanese and are ...

characters. Here are some examples: *惇子, "kind, child" *淳子, "pure, child" *敦子, "kindliness, child" *篤子, "fervent, child" *厚子, "thick, child" *渥子, "kindness, child" *湊子, "harbor, child" *集子, "collect, child" *鳩子, "pigeon, child" *熱子, "heat, child" *温子, "warm, child" *充子, "sufficient, child" Atsuko is generally used as a girl's name. The final syllable "ko" is generally written with the kanji character for child (子). It is a common suffix to female names in Japan and usually indicates that it is a girl's name as masculine Japanese names rarely use the kanji for "child". The name can also be written in

hiragana is a Japanese language, Japanese syllabary, part of the Japanese writing system, along with ''katakana'' as well as ''kanji''. It is a phonetic lettering system. The word ''hiragana'' means "common" or "plain" kana (originally also "easy", ...

あつこ or

katakana is a Japanese syllabary, one component of the Japanese writing system along with hiragana, kanji and in some cases the Latin script (known as rōmaji). The word ''katakana'' means "fragmentary kana", as the katakana characters are derived fr ...

アツコ.

Notable people with the name

* Atsuko Anzai (安西篤子, born 1927), Japanese writer *

Atsuko Asano is a Japanese actress.
, sponichi.co.jp; accessed September 3, 2015. Upon marrying Tsutomu Uozumi, a reputed ...

(浅野温子, born 1961), Japanese actress * Atsuko Asano (writer) (浅野敦子, born 1954), Japanese writer *

Atsuko Enomoto is a Japanese voice actress and singer. Biography Enomoto made her voice acting debut as Yukino Miyazawa from ''Kare Kano'' in 1998, which she auditioned for while she was still in high school. Her debut single was ''Be My Angel'' the opening t ...

(榎本温子, born 1979), Japanese singer and voice actress * Atsuko Hashimoto (橋本有津子), Japanese jazz musician * Atsuko Hirayanagi (平栁敦子, born 1975), Japanese-American filmmaker *

Atsuko Ikeda , formerly , is the fourth daughter of Emperor Shōwa and Empress Kōjun. As such, she is the older sister of Emperor Emeritus Akihito and paternal aunt of Emperor Naruhito. She married Takamasa Ikeda, a man from outside the imperial dynas ...

(池田厚子, born 1931), fourth daughter of Emperor Shōwa and Empress Kōjun *

Atsuko Inaba (born March 13, 1974) is a former Japanese female singer who was affiliated with Hello! Project. Career She began her career as a Japanese idol with the all-girl group Osaka Performance Doll from 1993 to 1996. She then joined the new Hello! Pr ...

(稲葉貴子, born 1974), Japanese idol and singer *

Atsuko Ishizuka is a Japanese animator, storyboard artist and director. She began her animation career after joining Madhouse in 2004. Career Ishizuka's journey to becoming an animator was rather unusual by industry standards in Japan. Unlike many of her cont ...

(いしづかあつこ, born 1981), Japanese animator and director *

Atsuko Kawada is a Japanese actress, model, singer, and author. She was named "Miss Young Jump Queen" in 1981 by Shueisha in their ''Weekly Young Jump'' magazine. She became an overnight sensation following her acting debut as the heroine in the TBS televisi ...

(川田あつ子, born 1965), Japanese actress, singer and writer *, Japanese actress *

Atsuko Maeda is a Japanese actress and singer. She is a former member of the idol girl group AKB48, and was one of the most prominent members in the group at the time, regarded as the group's "absolute ace", "immovable center", and the "Face of AKB." After ...

(前田敦子, born 1990), Japanese singer, actress and idol *

Atsuko Mine is a Japanese voice actress from Tokyo. She is employed by the talent management firm Production Baobab. Filmography Anime *'' Aesop World'' (Moguran, Usagi) *'' Aquarian Age: Sign for Evolution'' (reporter) *'' Atashin'chi'' (Yukarin's grandmo ...

(峰あつ子, born 1951), Japanese voice actress *

Atsuko Miyaji Atsuko Miyaji (, born 1965) is a Japanese cryptographer and number theorist known for her research on elliptic-curve cryptography and software obfuscation. She is a professor in the Division of Electrical, Electronic and Information Engineering, ...

(宮地充子, born 1965), Japanese cryptographer and number theorist *

Atsuko Nakajima is a Japanese animator, character designer, and illustrator. She is married to anime director and animator Tomohiro Hirata, with whom she also collaborated in the ''Trinity Blood'' anime (in which Nakajima was character designer and Hirata was ...

(中嶋敦子, born 1961), Japanese animator, character designer, and illustrator *

Atsuko Okatsuka Atsuko Okatsuka ( 岡塚敦子, ''Okatsuka Atsuko'') is a Japanese-American stand-up comedian, actress, and writer based in Los Angeles, California. She was named one of ''Variety'' "Top 10 Comics to Watch" in 2022 and is the second Asian Ameri ...

, Japanese-American comedian *

Atsuko Seki Atsuko Seki (born 1964 in Tokyo Tokyo, officially the Tokyo Metropolis, is the capital of Japan, capital and List of cities in Japan, most populous city in Japan. With a population of over 14 million in the city proper in 2023, it is List of ...

(関敦子, born 1964), Japanese pianist *

Atsuko Seta (born March 4, 1955, in Osaka) is a Japanese classical pianist. She is particularly successful in Poland, especially in the southwest of the country, regularly performing with the Sudeten Philharmonic Orchestra in Walbrzych and in her native Ja ...

(瀬田敦子, born 1955), Japanese classical pianist *

Atsuko Shimoda is a Japanese politician of the Democratic Party of Japan, a member of the House of Councillors in the Diet (national legislature). A native of Hirosaki, Aomori is a city located in western Aomori Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated ...

(下田敦子, born 1940), Japanese politician *, Japanese sport shooter *

Atsuko Takahata is a Japanese actress, voice actress and tarento from Kagawa Prefecture, Japan. She is married to actor Ryosuke Otani. They have a son, Yuta Takahata. Filmography Drama * ''Kyojuu Tokusou Juspion (1985) – Space Witch Gilza * '' Kamen Ride ...

(高畑淳子, born 1954), Japanese actress and voice actress *, Japanese speed skater *

Atsuko Tanaka (voice actress) was a Japanese voice actress and narrator. Born in Maebashi, she became interested in acting during her youth, and while educated at Ferris University, worked as a background extra at Shochiku. After spending years working as an office lady ...

(田中敦子, born 1962), Japanese voice actress *

Atsuko Tanaka (artist) Atsuko Tanaka (田中敦子, ''Tanaka Atsuko''; February 10, 1932 – December 3, 2005) was a Japanese avant-garde artist. She was a central figure of the Gutai Art Association from 1955 to 1965. Her works have found increased curatorial and sc ...

(田中敦子, 1932–2005), Japanese artist *

Atsuko Tokuda is a retired badminton player of Japan who won Japanese national and international titles in the late 1970s and the 1980s. Her international victories included the All England Open Badminton Championships, All-England women's doubles with Mikik ...

(徳田敦子, born 1955), Japanese former badminton player *

Atsuko Wakai is a Japanese practitioner of karate who has won many international and Japanese national competitions in ''kata'' (patterns), including unprecedented numbers of consecutive titles in World Karate Federation (WKF) and All Japan Karatedo champio ...

(若井敦子, born 1971), Japanese karate competitor *

Atsuko Yamano (born February 22, 1964) is a Japanese musician, best known as a member of the pop-punk band Shonen Knife. She formed the band in 1981 at age 17, along with her sister Naoko Yamano and Michie Nakatani. In the first incarnation of the band she ...

(山野敦子, born 1964), Japanese musician *Atsuko Yamashita (山下敦子, born 1975), Japanese singer, vocalist of pop band angela *

Atsuko Yuya is a Japanese actress and Voice acting in Japan, voice actress who works for Theatre Company Subaru, Gekidan Subaru. Yuya is originally from Nagasaki. She voices Jill Valentine in the ''Resident Evil'' series and officer Miwako Sato in the long- ...

(湯屋敦子, born 1968), Japanese voice actress

Fictional characters

*Atsuko Natsume (夏目温子), known as Nuku Nuku, of the ''

All Purpose Cultural Cat Girl Nuku Nuku is a Japanese manga written and illustrated by Yuzo Takada. It was serialized in ''Weekly Manga Action'' for only three issues in 1991, with the three published stories later compiled in a single volume collection in December 1997. The ...

'' anime (OVA & TV) series *Atsuko Senoo (妹尾あつこ), née Okamura, a character in the anime series ''

Ojamajo Doremi , alternatively titled ''Magical DoReMi'' in English, is a Japanese fantasy magical girl anime television series produced by Toei Animation. It focuses on a group of elementary school girls, led by Doremi Harukaze, who become wit ...

'' *Atsuko Urameshi (浦飯温子), a character in the manga series ''

Yu Yu Hakusho is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Yoshihiro Togashi. It tells the story of Yusuke Urameshi, a teenage delinquent who is struck and killed by a car while saving a child's life. After several tests presented to him ...

'' *Atsuko "Akko" Kagami (加賀美あつ子), titular heroine of ''

Himitsu no Akko-chan is an early magical girl manga series written and illustrated by Fujio Akatsuka. The story centers around an elementary school girl who is gifted a magic mirror that allows her to transform into anything she chooses, and the misadventure ...

'' *Atsuko "Akko" Kagari (篝敦子), a lead character from ''

Little Witch Academia is a Japanese anime franchise created by Yoh Yoshinari and produced by Trigger. The original short film, directed by Yoshinari and written by Masahiko Otsuka, was released in theaters in March 2013 as part of the Young Animator T ...

'' *Atsuko Jackson (アツコ・ジャキソン), a character in the anime series ''

Michiko & Hatchin is a Japanese anime television series conceptualized by Manglobe and produced by Media Factory, Fuji TV, Shochiku, Yomiko Advertising and Hakuhodo DY Media Partners. It is directed by Sayo Yamamoto, with Takashi Ujita writing the scripts, H ...

'' *Atsuko Mutsuzuka (六塚温子), a character in the light novel series ''

The Irregular at Magic High School is a Japanese web novel series by Tsutomu Satō (author), Tsutomu Satō. It was published on Shōsetsuka ni Narō, a web novel website, from October 2008 to March 2011. Satō reached a deal with Dengeki Bunko and began releasing his w ...

'' *Atsuko Hakari (秤アツコ), a character in the role-playing video game ''

Blue Archive ''Blue Archive'' is a 2021 real-time strategy role-playing game developed by the South Korean developer MX Studio under the management umbrella of Nexon Games (formerly NAT Games). The player and protagonist is a Sensei who was summoned ...

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