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Japanese given name in modern times consist of a family name (surname) followed by a given name, in that order. Nevertheless, when a Japanese name is written in the Roman alphabet, ever since the Meiji era, the official policy has been to cater to Western expecta ...

for females.

Possible writings

* 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"

People with the name

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 ...

, Japanese female wheelchair racer *

Noriko H. Arai Noriko H. Arai ( ja, 新井紀子, born 1962) is a Japanese researcher in mathematical logic and artificial intelligence, known for her work on a project to develop robots that can pass the entrance examinations for the University of Tokyo. She is ...

(born 1962), Japanese mathematical logician and artificial intelligence researcher *, Japanese swimmer *

Noriko Awaya was a Japanese female soprano chanteuse and popular music (''ryūkōka'') singer. She was dubbed the "Queen of Blues" in Japan. Life and career Awaya was born as in Aomori, Aomori Prefecture, Japan. She was the oldest daughter of a wealthy ...

(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 *

Noriko Higashide Noriko Higashide (東出典子, born 22 July 1963 in Osaka, Japan) is an actress An actor or actress is a person who portrays a character in a performance. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the traditional medium of the theatre or in m ...

(東出典子), Japanese actress *, Japanese Paralympic swimmer *, Japanese singer and actress *

Noriko Kijima is a Japanese gravure idol and actress. Life and career Kijima was born in Nagano Prefecture, Japan on March 22, 1988. She was one of the winners at the 2005 Seikore competition, short for Zenkoku Joshikousei Seifuku Collection, a Japanese natio ...

(木嶋のりこ), Japanese actress and gravure model *, Japanese sport shooter *, Japanese fencer *

Noriko Matsueda is a Japanese former video game composer. She is best known for her work on the '' Front Mission'' series, '' The Bouncer'', and ''Final Fantasy X-2''. Matsueda collaborated with fellow composer Takahito Eguchi on several games. Composing music ...

(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 games. Biography Noriko Mitose sang for church choir when she was young but did not get involved in the music scene until she and T ...

(みとせのりこ), Japanese singer *

Noriko Mizoguchi is a retired judoka from Japan. Overviews Mizoguchi claimed the silver medal in the Women's Half-Lightweight (– 52 kg) division at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. In the final she was defeated by Spain's Almudena Muñ ...

(溝口紀子), Japanese voice actress *, Japanese gymnast *, Japanese judoka *

Noriko Nakagoshi is a Japanese actress. Biography Nakagoshi debuted as a model for '' ViVi'' magazine in 1999. She began acting the same year, making her acting debut as Midori Sato in the show ''Tengoku no Kiss''. Her acting attracted her great attention and fro ...

(中越典子), Japanese actress * Noriko Namiki (並木のり子), Japanese voice actress; see Idaten Jump *

Noriko Ohara , better known by her stage name , is a Japanese actress and voice actress. She was previously represented by Aoni Production, then Production Baobab, but is now freelance. Her son is Sunrise animator . She is best known for the roles of Nobita ...

(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. She graduated in sociology at Waseda University. She made her J-pop debut on 25 November 1987. Filmography Television * ''Ai no Arashi (1986), youn ...

(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 given name for females. Possible writings * 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, c ...

(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'' Galle ...

(下屋則子), Japanese voice actress *

Noriko Suzuki is a Japanese given name for females. Possible writings * 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, c ...

(すずき紀子), Japanese voice actress; see ''

Doctor Neo Cortex Doctor Neo Cortex is a fictional 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 spin ...

'' *

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 thro ...

(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 *Tomoyo Harada is a Japanese actress, singer, an ...

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

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

Yasujirō Ozu was a Japanese film director and screenwriter. 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 t ...

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 recogniti ...

'' (the daughter-in-law) *

Noriko Kawada ''Digimon Adventure'', ''Digimon Adventure 02'', ''Digimon Adventure tri.'' and '' Digimon Adventure: Last Evolution Kizuna'' anime series and films produced by Toei Animation for the ''Digimon'' franchise, are centered on the , a group of childre ...

, a character of ''

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

'' * Noriko Kinoshita, a character of '' Juvenile'' *

Noriko Nakagawa The following is a list of characters that appear in the novel, manga and film versions of ''Battle Royale''. Primary characters Shuya Nanahara * Assigned weapon: Army Knife (novel and manga); Pot lid (film) Boy #15 has witnessed a good de ...

, a main character of the book and film '' Battle Royale'' *

Noriko Nijo This is the list of characters of the light novel, manga and anime series ''Maria-sama ga Miteru''. Most of the characters either attend Lillian School for Girls, or in the case of male characters, are related to or dating a student of Lillian. C ...

, a character of ''Maria-sama ga Miteru'' * 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 Sak ...

'', 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, and a sequel to the independent horror film '' Suicide Club'' (2002), written and directed by Sion Sono. ''Suicide Club'' concerns the mass suicide of 54 schoolgirls and how it leads the law to a sha ...

'' * Noriko Takaya, a character of ''

Gunbuster ''Gunbuster'', known in Japan as , is a Japanese OVA anime series produced by Bandai, Victor, and Gainax and released from 1988 to 1989. It was the directorial debut of Hideaki Anno, best known as the creator and director of ''Neon Genesis ...

'' * 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''