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 ...

. Although the name is always

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the same way, the

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characters can be different.

Written forms

Forms in

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 Theatre or theater is a collaborative form of performing art that uses live performers, usually actors to present experiences of a real or imagined event before a live audience in a specific place, often a stage. The performers may communi ...

and the widow of English theatrical

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, Sir

Donald Albery Sir Donald Arthur Rolleston Albery (19 June 1914 – 14 September 1988) was an English theatre impresario who did much to translate the adventurous spirit of London in the 1960s onto the stage. Biography He was born into a theatrical family ...

* Princess Nobuko (

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: ''Fumi-no-miya Nobuko Naishinnō'', 富美宮允子内親王), the 8th daughter of

Emperor Meiji , posthumously honored as , was the 122nd emperor of Japan according to the List of emperors of Japan, traditional order of succession, reigning from 1867 until his death in 1912. His reign is associated with the Meiji Restoration of 1868, which ...

* 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 is a renowned Japanese classical violist with an extensive career as soloist and chamber musician. Since 1988 she has played a 1690 Andrea Guarneri instrument. Biography Born in Tokyo, Imai began her musical training at the age of six. She b ...

(今井信子), a Japanese classical

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and

chamber musician Chamber music is a form of classical music that is composed for a small group of instruments—traditionally a group that could fit in a palace chamber or a large room. Most broadly, it includes any art music that is performed by a small num ...

Nobuko Iwaki is a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party (Japan), Liberal Democratic Party, was a member of the House of Representatives of Japan, House of Representatives in the Diet of Japan, Diet (national legislature) until 2009. A native of ...

(井脇ノブ子), Japanese politician of the

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, a member of the House of Representatives in the

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*, Japanese writer *

Nobuko Miyamoto is a Japanese actress. She was born in Otaru, Hokkaidō, and raised in Nagoya. She was married to director Juzo Itami from 1969 until his death in 1997, and regularly starred in his films. She has been nominated for eight Best Actress Japanese ...

(宮本信子), a Japanese actress *, Japanese architect *

Nobuko Okashita is a retired Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party, who served as a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet (national legislature). A native of Kagawa Prefecture is a Prefectures of Japan, prefecture of Japan locat ...

(岡下信子), a Japanese politician of the

, and a member of the

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in the

* , Japanese rower *

Nobuko Otowa was a Japanese actress who appeared in more than 100 films between 1950 and 1994. Life and career A graduate of Takarazuka Girl's Opera School, Otowa was first signed to Daiei studios, before becoming a freelance actress by the early 1950s. A ...

(乙羽信子), a Japanese actress *

Nobuko Takagi is the professional name of , a Japanese author. She has won the Akutagawa Prize and the Tanizaki Prize, she has been named a Person of Cultural Merit, and her work has been adapted for film. Biography Takagi was born Nobuko Tsuruta in Yamaguc ...

(高樹のぶ子), the

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of Nobuko Tsuruta, a Japanese author *

Nobuko Tsuchiya is an artist based in London. Tsuchiya was born in 1972 in Yokohama, Japan. She studied art at Accademia di Belle Arti Firenze and the Goldsmiths, University of London. She makes sculptures out of found scraps of household objects. Nobuko begins ...

(土屋信子), Japanese artist *, Japanese speed skater *, Japanese computer scientist *

Nobuko Yoshiya was a Japanese novelist active in Taishō and Shōwa period Japan. She was one of modern Japan's most commercially successful and prolific writers, specializing in serialized romance novels and adolescent girls' fiction, as well as being a pione ...

(吉屋信子), a Japanese

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who was active in the Taishō and

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periods of Japan

Fictional characters

* Nobuko Ishihara (石原信子), a character in the manga ''

Love Com is a Japanese romantic comedy manga series written and illustrated by Aya Nakahara. It was published by Shueisha in ''Bessatsu Margaret'' from 2001 to 2007, with its chapters collected in 17 volumes. The series is about the romance betwe ...

'' * 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 {{given name Japanese feminine given names Feminine given names