Noriko

Noriko

Pronunciation	[noɾiko]
Gender	Female
Language(s)	Japanese
Origin
Meaning	Multiple meanings depending on the kanji used

Noriko (のりこ, ノリコ) 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, 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 (阿武 教子, born 1976), Japanese judoka
• Noriko Arai (荒井 のり子), Japanese female wheelchair racer
• Noriko H. Arai (born 1962), Japanese mathematical logician and artificial intelligence researcher
• Noriko Asano (浅野 典子, born 1955), Japanese swimmer
• Noriko Awaya (淡谷 のり子, 1907–1999), Japanese singer
• Noriko Hidaka (日高 のり子), Japanese voice actress
• Noriko Higashide (東出典子), Japanese actress
• Noriko Kajiwara (梶原 紀子), Japanese Paralympic swimmer
• Noriko Katō (加藤 紀子, born 1973), Japanese singer and actress
• Noriko Kijima (木嶋のりこ), Japanese actress and gravure model
• Noriko Kosai (香西 式子, born 1955), Japanese sport shooter
• Noriko Kodera (岡本 法子), Japanese new age artist better known as Dream Dolphin
• Noriko Kubo (久保 紀子, born 1972), Japanese fencer
• Noriko Matsueda (松枝 賀子), Japanese video game composer
• Noriko Mitose (みとせのりこ), Japanese singer
• Noriko Mizoguchi (溝口 紀子), Japanese voice actress
• Noriko Mochizuki (望月 のり子, born 1967), Japanese gymnast
• Noriko Munekata (宗像 記子, born 1974), Japanese judoka
• Noriko Nakagoshi (中越典子), Japanese actress
• Noriko Namiki (並木のり子), Japanese voice actress; see Idaten Jump
• Noriko Ohara (小原 乃梨子, born 1935), Japanese voice actress
• Noriko Ogawa (singer) (小川範子), Japanese actress and singer
• Noriko Ogawa (pianist) (小川典子), Japanese classical pianist
• Noriko Sakai (酒井 法子), Japanese singer and actress
• Noriko Sasaki (佐々木 倫子, born 1961), Japanese manga artist
• Noriko Shitaya (下屋 則子), Japanese voice actress
• Noriko Suzuki (すずき 紀子), Japanese voice actress; see Doctor Neo Cortex
• Tujiko Noriko (born Noriko Tsujiko (辻子紀子), Japanese experimental musician
• Noriko Tatsumi (辰巳典子), Japanese pink film actress
• Noriko Watanabe (渡辺 典子), Japanese actress
• Noriko Yamamoto (山本 憲子, born 1944), Japanese swimmer
• Noriko Yamanaka (山中 教子), Japanese female table tennis player
• Noriko Senge (千家典子, born 1988), former princess of the Japanese Imperial Family

Fictional characters

• Noriko Ashida who also goes by the codename Surge from New X-Men
• Noriko Hirayama, a character of the Yasujirō Ozu film, Tokyo Story (the daughter-in-law)
• Noriko Kawada, a character of Digimon
• 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
• Noriko from Usagi Yojimbo, the villain of the "Treasure of the Mother of Mountains" arc
• Noriko Shimabara, titular character of the film Noriko's Dinner Table
• Noriko Takaya, a character of Gunbuster
• Noriko Ukai, a character of the manga Gravitation
• Noriko Ono, one of the main character's daughters in An Artist of the Floating World
• Noriko Noshimuri, a character of the television series Hawaii Five-0
• Noriko Momoi, a friend character of Mami Sakura from Esper Mami

See also

• Houko Kuwashima (桑島 法子), Japanese voice actress and singer