Nobuko

Written forms

• 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, the 8th daughter of Emperor Meiji
• Princess [Tomohito of Mikasa|Nobuko Asō], later Princess Tomohito of Mikasa
• Nobuko Fujimura, Japanese female former long-distance runner
• Nobuko Fukuda, Japanese cross-country skier
• Nobuko Fushimi, Japanese actress and singer
• Nobuko Imai, Japanese classical violist and chamber musician
• Nobuko Iwaki, Japanese politician
• Nobuko JoAnne Miyamoto, Japanese-American folk singer, songwriter, author, and activist
• Nobuko Kan, Japanese writer
• Nobuko Kawano, Japanese athlete
• Nobuko Kondo, Japanese football player
• Nobuko Matsudaira, Japanese socialite
• Nobuko Miyamoto, Japanese actress
• Nobuko Motomura, Japanese member of the Japanese Communist Party
• Nagaoka Nobuko, Japanese pianist
• Nobuko Nakahara, Japanese architect
• Nobuko Nakano, Japanese neuroscientist
• Nobuko Okashita, Japanese politician
• Nobuko Ota, Japanese rower
• Nobuko Otowa, Japanese actress
• Nobuko Takagi, Japanese author
• Nobuko Takahashi, Japanese ambassador to Denmark from 1980 until 1983
• Nobuko Tsuchiura, Japanese first woman architect
• Nobuko Tsuchiya, Japanese artist based in London
• Nobuko Yamada, Japanese speed skater
• Nobuko Yoshida, Japanese computer scientist
• Nobuko Yoshiya, Japanese novelist who was active in the Taishō and Shōwa periods of Japan

Fictional characters

• Nobuko Ishihara, a character in the manga Love Com
• Nobuko Kotani, the titular character of the Japanese television drama Nobuta wo Produce
• Nobuko Komiyama, the titular character of the film Nobuko (1940 film), one of many adaptations of a novel by Bunroku Shishi