Atsuko is a feminine
Japanese given name.
Possible writings
Atsuko can be written using different combinations of
kanji 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 あつこ or
katakana アツコ.
Notable people with the name
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Atsuko Anzai
is a Japanese novelist in Shōwa and Heisei period Japan. Anzai has concentrated her efforts on stories set in China with historical themes, or on contemporary stories based on traditional Chinese motifs.
Biography
Anzai was born on August 11 ...
(安西 篤子, born 1927), Japanese writer
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Atsuko Asano (浅野 温子, born 1961), Japanese actress
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Atsuko Asano (writer) (浅野 敦子, born 1954), Japanese writer
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Atsuko Enomoto (榎本 温子, born 1979), Japanese singer and voice actress
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Atsuko Hashimoto (橋本 有津子), Japanese jazz musician
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Atsuko Hirayanagi
is a Japanese-American filmmaker.
Early life
Born in Nagano Prefecture, Nagano to schoolteachers and raised in Chiba (city), Chiba, Japan, Hirayanagi moved to the Los Angeles area in the early 1990s as a high school exchange student.
She gradua ...
(平栁 敦子, born 1975), Japanese-American filmmaker
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Atsuko Ikeda (池田 厚子, born 1931), fourth daughter of Emperor Shōwa and Empress Kōjun
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Atsuko Inaba (稲葉 貴子, born 1974), Japanese idol and singer
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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
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Atsuko Kawada (川田あつ子, born 1965), Japanese actress, singer and writer
*, Japanese actress
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Atsuko Maeda (前田 敦子, born 1990), Japanese singer, actress and idol
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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 grandmoth ...
(峰 あつ子, born 1951), Japanese voice actress
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Atsuko Miyaji (宮地 充子, born 1965), Japanese cryptographer and number theorist
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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
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Atsuko Okatsuka, Japanese-American comedian
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Atsuko Seki (関 敦子, born 1964), Japanese pianist
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Atsuko Seta (瀬田 敦子, born 1955), Japanese classical pianist
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Atsuko Shimoda (下田 敦子, born 1940), Japanese politician
*, Japanese sport shooter
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Atsuko Takahata (高畑 淳子, born 1954), Japanese actress and voice actress
*, Japanese speed skater
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Atsuko Tanaka (voice actress) (田中 敦子, born 1962), Japanese voice actress
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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
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Atsuko Tokuda (徳田 敦子, born 1955), Japanese former badminton player
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Atsuko Wakai (若井 敦子, born 1971), Japanese karate competitor
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Atsuko Yamano (山野 敦子, born 1964), Japanese musician
*Atsuko Yamashita (山下 敦子, born 1975), Japanese singer, vocalist of pop band
angela
Angela may refer to:
Places
* Angela, Montana
* Angela Lake, in Volusia County, Florida
* Lake Angela, in Lyon Township, Oakland County, Michigan
* Lake Angela, the reservoir impounded by the source dam of the South Yuba River
Fiction
* Angel ...
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Atsuko Yuya (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'' anime (OVA & TV) series
*Atsuko Urameshi (浦飯 温子), a character in the manga series ''
Yu Yu Hakusho''
*Atsuko "Akko" Kagami (加賀美 あつ子), titular heroine of ''
Himitsu no Akko-chan''
*Atsuko "Akko" Kagari (篝 敦子), a lead character from ''
Little Witch Academia''
*Atsuko Jackson (アツコ・ジャキソン), a character in the anime series ''
Michiko & Hatchin''
*Atsuko Mutsuzuka (六塚 温子), a character in the light novel series ''
The Irregular at Magic High School''
See also
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8414 Atsuko, a main-belt asteroid
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Japanese feminine given names