is a feminine
Japanese given name.
Possible writings
Natsuko can be written using different
kanji characters and can mean:
*夏子, "summer, child"
*懐子, "reminiscence, yearn, child"
*捺子, "press, print, affix a seal, stamp, child"
*奈津子 "
Nara, harbor, child"
*菜津子 "vegetables, harbor, child"
*那津子 "what, harbor, child"
The name can also be written in
hiragana なつこ, or
katakana ナツコ.
People
;with the given name Natsuko
*
Natsuko Aso (麻生 夏子), Japanese actress and
J-pop actress
*
Natsuko Fujimori
is a retired Japanese women's professional shogi player ranked 4-dan.
Personal life
Fujimori's son Tetsuya is also a professional shogi player. The two are the only mother and son to be awarded professional shogi player status.
Promotion histo ...
(藤森 奈津子), women's professional shogi player
*
Natsuko Hara (原 菜摘子), Japanese
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midfielder who plays for
NTV Beleza in the
L. League
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*, Japanese concubine
*
Natsuko Higuchi (樋口 夏子), a Japanese author during the
Meiji period and Japan´s first prominent woman writer of modern times
*
Natsuko Kuwatani (桑谷 夏子, born 1978), a Japanese voice actress
*, Japanese swimmer
*
Natsuko Sone
is a female Japanese competitive eater and singer. Her popularity has helped produce a resurgence in Japanese competitive eating, or ''ōgui'', after the outcry following the death of a Japanese schoolboy imitating an eating stunt in 2002 resulted ...
(曽根 菜津子), a Japanese competitive eater
*
Natsuko Takahashi, a Japanese anime screenwriter
*
Natsuko Toda
is a Japanese subtitler and film industry interpreter. She has been called "the most famous film translator in Japan ..unquestionably" and the "Subtitle Queen". She has subtitled more than 1,000 English-language films in Japanese.
Biography
Nats ...
(戸田 奈津子), a Japanese subtitles translator
*
Natsuko Yamamoto
Natsuko Yamamoto (山本奈津子 ''Yamamoto Natsuko'') is a Japanese actress.
Filmography
#セーラー服百合族 (''Seiraafuku yurizoku'') (1983)
#セーラー服百合族２ (''Seiraafuku yurizoku 2'') (1983)
# (1984)
#夕ぐれ族 (''Yuu ...
(山本 奈津子), a Japanese actress
*, Japanese comedian
Fictional characters
;with the given name Natsuko
* Natsuko Aki (夏子), a character in the Japanese live action drama series ''
Cutie Honey The Live
is a Japanese ''tokusatsu'' production of the popular ''Cutie Honey'' manga and anime series, chiefly directed by ''Makoto Yokoyama'' and written primarily by Toshiki Inoue. It began airing on TV Tokyo on 2 October 2007. Gravure idol Mikie Hara ...
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*
Natsuko Shōno (ナツ子), a character from the manga and anime series ''
Kinnikuman'' and its sequel ''
Kinnikuman Nisei
is a Japanese manga series created by the duo Yoshinori Nakai and Takashi Shimada, known as Yudetamago. It follows Suguru Kinniku, a superhero who must win a wrestling tournament to retain the title of prince of Planet Kinniku. N ...
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Japanese feminine given names