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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 ...

for females.

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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 ...

can include: * 徳子, "benevolence child" * 法子, "method, law child" * 則子, "rule child" * 紀子, "chronicle child" * 教子, "teach child" * 範子, "pattern child" * 典子, "rule, precedent, ceremony child" * 規子, "standard, measure child" * 憲子, "constitution child" * 稔子, "child who harvests wisdom and knowledge" * 雅子, "beauty child" * 希子, "hope child" * 倫子, "ethics child" * 矩子, "ruler child" * 能理子, "child who is skilled in reason, logic" * 乃理子, "child of reason"

People with the name

Noriko Anno Noriko Anno (, born 23 May 1976, in Fukue, Yamaguchi) is a Japanese judoka who won the gold medal in the women's 78 kg at the 2004 Summer Olympics. She is a four times World Champion, having won the championships in 1997, 1999, 2001 and ...

(阿武教子, born 1976), Japanese judoka *

Noriko Arai is a paralympic track and field, athlete from Japan who competes mainly in T34 (classification), category T34 sprint events. Noriko competed in the 100m and 200m at three consecutive Paralympics. In her first two games in 1996 Summer ...

(荒井のり子), Japanese female wheelchair racer * Noriko H. Arai (born 1962), Japanese mathematical logician and artificial intelligence researcher *, Japanese swimmer * Noriko Awaya (淡谷のり子, 1907–1999), Japanese singer *

Noriko Hidaka , better known by the stage name of , is a Japanese actress, voice actress, singer and narrator. She played Minami Asakura in ''Touch'', Akane Tendo in ''Ranma ½'', Satsuki Kusakabe in ''My Neighbor Totoro'', Near in ''Death Note'', Jean Roque ...

(日高のり子), Japanese voice actress * (東出典子), Japanese actress *, Japanese Paralympic swimmer *, Japanese singer and actress * Noriko Kijima (木嶋のりこ), Japanese actress and gravure model *, Japanese sport shooter *, Japanese new age artist better known as Dream Dolphin *, Japanese fencer * Noriko Matsueda (松枝賀子), Japanese video game composer *

Noriko Mitose is a Japanese singer. She is the vocalist of the band Kirche, and as a solo singer, has performed many songs for Video game, games. Biography Noriko Mitose sang for church choir when she was young but did not get involved in the music scene unt ...

(みとせのりこ), Japanese singer *

Noriko Mizoguchi is a retired judoka from Japan. Overviews Mizoguchi claimed the silver medal in the Judo at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Women's 52 kg, Women's Half-Lightweight (52 kg) division at the Judo at the 1992 Summer Olympics, 1992 Summer Oly ...

(溝口紀子), Japanese voice actress *, Japanese gymnast *, Japanese judoka * Noriko Nakagoshi (中越典子), Japanese actress * (並木のり子), Japanese voice actress; see

Idaten Jump is a Japanese manga series created by Toshihiro Fujiwara. It was serialized in Kodansha's '' Comic BomBom''. The manga tells the story about a boy named Sho Yamato who loves mountain biking. It was adapted into a 52-episode anime series prod ...

Noriko Ohara , née Ohara, better known by her stage name , was a Japanese actress and narrator. Career She was previously represented by Aoni Production, then Production Baobab, but was later freelance. She is best known for the roles of Nobita Nobi ...

(小原乃梨子, born 1935), Japanese voice actress *

Noriko Ogawa (singer) , born , is a Japanese actress and J-pop singer born in Tachikawa, Tokyo, Japan on 20 July 1973. In 1979, she made acting debut as a child-actress in television drama series ''Tetsudou Kouankan'' and in 1987 singing debut with the single ''Namid ...

(小川範子), Japanese actress and singer *

Noriko Ogawa (pianist) (born 1962) is a Japanese classical pianist, based in London. Biography Born in Kawasaki, Ogawa studied at the Tokyo College of Music (1977–80) and the Juilliard School in New York (1981–5), and later with Benjamin Kaplan.

(小川典子), Japanese classical pianist *

Noriko Sakai is a Japanese singer and actress. Under her former stage name , Sakai released her first single, on February 5, 1987, nine days short of her sixteenth birthday. Over 40,000 copies of the single were sold. She is particularly popular in Hong Kong ...

(酒井法子), Japanese singer and actress *, Japanese manga artist *

Noriko Shitaya is a Japanese voice actress from Chiba Prefecture, Japan. She is known for her role as Sakura Matō in ''Fate/stay night'' series. Voice roles Anime television 2000 * '' Hamtaro'', Sumire-chan, Tsutomu-kun 2001 * '' Parappa the Rapper'' Ga ...

(下屋則子), Japanese voice actress * (すずき紀子), Japanese voice actress; see ''

Doctor Neo Cortex Doctor Neo Periwinkle Cortex is a character and the main antagonist of the '' Crash Bandicoot'' video game series. He has appeared in every mainline game in the series as Crash Bandicoot's archenemy, as well as a playable character in several s ...

'' *

Tujiko Noriko is a Japanese musician, actor and director, from Osaka. She has released music on the Austrian label Mego and the German label Tomlab, among others. Much of her music is composed on a laptop and consists of layered samples, electronic beats, ...

(born Noriko Tsujiko (辻子紀子), Japanese experimental musician *

Noriko Tatsumi is a Japanese actress known primarily for her appearances in ''pink films'' of the 1960s. During the "First Wave" of ''pink film'', Tatsumi became known as the first "Queen" of Japanese softcore sex movies, a title which she held from 1967 throu ...

(辰巳典子), Japanese pink film actress *

Noriko Watanabe is a Japanese actress and singer. She won the award for best supporting actress at the 8th Yokohama Film Festival for '' His Motorbike, Her Island''. Filmography See also *Hiroko Yakushimaru is a Japanese actress and singer. Biography A ...

(渡辺典子), Japanese actress *, Japanese swimmer *, Japanese female table tennis player *

Noriko Senge , formerly , is a former member of the Imperial House of Japan and the second daughter of Norihito, Prince Takamado and Hisako, Princess Takamado. She married Kunimaro Senge, a commoner, on 5 October 2014. As a result, she gave up her imperial ...

(千家典子, born 1988), former princess of the Japanese Imperial Family

Fictional characters

Noriko Ashida Surge (Noriko "Nori" Ashida) is a superhero appearing in the American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character is depicted as a mutant, a member of the student body of the Xavier Institute, and a member of the former New Mutants squ ...

who also goes by the codename ''Surge'' from '' New X-Men'' * Noriko Hirayama, a character of the

Yasujirō Ozu was a Japanese filmmaker. He began his career during the era of silent films, and his last films were made in colour in the early 1960s. Ozu first made a number of short comedies, before turning to more serious themes in the 1930s. The most pr ...

film, ''

Tokyo Story is a 1953 Japanese drama film directed by Yasujirō Ozu and starring Chishū Ryū and Chieko Higashiyama, about an aging couple who travel to Tokyo to visit their grown children. Upon release, it did not immediately gain international reco ...

'' (the daughter-in-law) * Noriko Kawada, a character of ''

Digimon , short for "Digital Monsters" ( ''Dejitaru Monsutā''), is a Japanese media franchise, which encompasses virtual pet toys, anime, manga, video games, films, and a trading card game. The franchise focuses on the eponymous creatures who inhabit a ...

'' * Noriko Kinoshita, a character of '' Juvenile'' * Noriko Nakagawa, a main character of the book and film '' Battle Royale'' * Noriko Nijo, a character of ''

Maria-sama ga Miteru , often shortened to , is a Japanese light novel series written by with illustrations by Reine Hibiki. Originally written as a short story in 1997, Shueisha published 37 light novel volumes from April 1998 to April 2012. The story f ...

'' * Noriko from ''

Usagi Yojimbo is a comic book series created by Stan Sakai. It is set primarily at the beginning of the Edo period of Japanese history and features anthropomorphic animals replacing humans. The main character is a rabbit '' rōnin'', Miyamoto Usagi, whom ...

'', the villain of the "Treasure of the Mother of Mountains" arc * Noriko Shimabara, titular character of the film ''

Noriko's Dinner Table is a 2005 Japanese psychological horror film written and directed by Sion Sono, a prequel to his 2002 low-budget film, independent horror film ''Suicide Club (film), Suicide Club''. ''Suicide Club'' concerns the mass suicide of fifty-four schoolg ...

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Noriko Takaya Noriko Takaya is the protagonist of ''Gunbuster'', an anime series created by Gainax. Named after at Studio Ghibli and voiced by Noriko Hidaka in Japanese and Kiane Chula King in English, the role significantly furthered the voice acting care ...

, a character of ''

Gunbuster ''Gunbuster'', known in Japan as , is a Japanese original video animation (OVA) series produced by Bandai Visual, Victor Entertainment, and Gainax and released from October 1988 to July 1989. It was the directorial debut of Hideaki Anno, b ...

'' * Noriko Ukai, a character of the manga ''Gravitation'' * Noriko Ono, one of the main character's daughters in ''

An Artist of the Floating World ''An Artist of the Floating World'' (1986) is a novel by British author Kazuo Ishiguro. It is set in post-World War II Japan and is narrated by Masuji Ono, an ageing painter, who looks back on his life and how he has lived it. He notices how hi ...

'' * Noriko Noshimuri, a character of the television series ''Hawaii Five-0'' * Noriko Momoi, a friend character of Mami Sakura from ''

Esper Mami is a manga series created by in 1977 and serialized in '' Shōnen Big Comic''. It tells stories about Mami, a middle schoolgirl who one day finds out she has various psychic powers, and how she uses them to help people. The series was lat ...