Noriko

Noriko

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

Noriko (のりこ, ノリコ) is a Japanese given name for females.

Written forms

Forms in kanji can include:

• 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

• Princess Noriko (範子内親王; 1177–1210), Empress of Japan during the early Kamakura period
• Noriko Akatsuka (1937–2016), Japanese-born American scholar
• Noriko Anno (阿武 教子; born 1976), Japanese judoka
• Noriko Aota (青田 典子; born 1966), Japanese tarento, actress and former idol singer
• Noriko Aoyama (青山 倫子; born 1978), Japanese former model and actress
• Noriko Arai (荒井 のり子; born 1973), Japanese paralympic athlete
• Noriko Asano (浅野 典子; born 1955), Japanese swimmer
• Noriko Awaya (淡谷 のり子; 1907–1999), Japanese female soprano chanteuse and singer
• Noriko Baba (馬場 典子; born 1977), Japanese former football player
• Noriko Eguchi (江口 のりこ; born 1980), Japanese film and television actress
• Noriko Fukuda (福田 典子; born 1991), Japanese announcer
• Noriko Fukushima (福島 のり子; born 1979), Japanese freestyle skier
• Noriko Furuya (古屋 範子; born 1956), Japanese politician
• Noriko H. Arai (新井 紀子; born 1962), Japanese researcher in mathematical logic and artificial intelligence
• Noriko Harada (原田 教子; born 1972), Japanese softball player
• Noriko Hayami (速水 典子; born 1959), Japanese actress
• Noriko Hidaka (日髙 のり子; born 1962), Japanese actress, voice actress, singer and narrator
• Noriko Higashide (東出 典子; born 1963), Japanese actress
• Noriko Higuchi (樋口 紀子; born 1985), Japanese long-distance runner
• Noriko Honma (本間 文子; 1911–2009), Japanese actress
• Noriko Horiuchi (堀内 詔子; born 1965), Japanese politician
• Noriko Ibaragi (茨木 のり子; 1926-2006), Japanese poet, playwright, essayist, children's literature writer, and translator
• Noriko Ikeuchi (池内 紀子; born 1999), Japanese kickboxer
• Noriko Inada (稲田 法子; born 1978), Japanese swimmer
• Noriko Iriyama (入山 法子; born 1985), Japanese actress and model
• Noriko Ishibashi (石橋 紀子; born 1970), Japanese former football player
• Noriko Ishigaki (石垣 のりこ; born 1974), Japanese politician
• Noriko Ito (伊藤 則子; born 1976), Japanese para-badminton player
• Noriko Kajiwara (梶原 紀子; born 1967), Japanese Paralympic swimmer
• Noriko Kamachi (蒲池 法子; born 1962), known as Seiko Matsuda, Japanese singer-songwriter and idol
• Noriko Kamakura (鎌倉 矩子; 1939–2023), Japanese practitioner, researcher, and academic leader in occupational therapy
• Noriko Kariya (ノリコ カリヤ; born 1979), Canadian professional female boxer
• Noriko Katō (加藤 紀子; born 1973), Japanese singer and actress
• Noriko Kawakami (川上 紀子), Japanese electrical engineer
• Noriko Kawamura, Japanese teacher
• Noriko Kijima (木嶋 のりこ; born 1988), Japanese gravure idol and actress
• Noriko Kodera (小寺 法子; born 1979), Japanese new age artist better known as Dream Dolphin
• Noriko Koiso (小磯 典子; born 1974), Japanese former basketball player
• Noriko Kosai (香西 式子; born 1955), Japanese sport shooter
• Noriko Kubo (久保 紀子; born 1972), Japanese fencer
• Noriko Matsuda (松田 紀子; born 1952), Japanese volleyball player and Olympic champion
• Noriko Matsueda (松枝 賀子; born 1971), Japanese former video game composer
• Noriko Matsumoto (松本 典子; born 1968), Japanese singer and television personality
• Noriko Matsumoto (actress) (松本 典子; 1935–2014), Japanese actress and stage director
• Noriko Mitose (みとせ のりこ), Japanese singer
• Noriko Miyagawa (宮川 典子; 1979–2019), Japanese politician
• Noriko Mizoguchi (溝口 紀子; born 1971), Japanese retired judoka
• Noriko Mizuta (水田 宗子; born 1937), Japanese scholar and poet
• 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; born 1979), Japanese actress
• Noriko Nakayama (中山 紀子; born 1943), Japanese former badminton player
• Noriko Namiki (並木 のり子; born 1972), Japanese voice actress; see Idaten Jump
• Noriko Narazaki (楢崎 教子; born 1972), Japanese retired judoka
• Noriko Narushima (成島 憲子; 1898–1976), Japanese politician and women's right activist
• Noriko Nishimoto (西本 則子; 1940–2016), Japanese–Australian puppeteer
• Noriko Oda (織田 憲子; born 1947), Japanese figure skating coach and former competitor
• Noriko Ogawa (pianist) (小川典子; born 1962), Japanese classical pianist
• Noriko Ogawa (singer) (小川 範子; born 1973), Japanese actress and J-pop singer
• Noriko Ogiwara (荻原 規子; born 1959), Japanese fantasy writer
• Noriko Ohara (小原 乃梨子; 1935–2024), Japanese actress and narrator
• Noriko Ohara (ballet) (大原 永子; born 1943), Japanese artistic director and retired ballet dancer
• Noriko Osumi (大隅 典子; born 1960), Japanese neuroscientist
• Noriko Rikimaru (力丸 乃りこ; born 1976), Japanese voice actress and narrator
• Noriko Sakai (酒井 法子; born 1971), Japanese singer and actress
• Noriko Sasaki (佐々木 倫子; born 1961), Japanese manga artist
• Noriko Sato (佐藤 紀子; born 1959), Japanese figure skating coach and former competitor
• Noriko Sawada Bridges Flynn (1923–2003), Japanese American writer and civil rights activist
• Noriko Senge (千家 典子; born 1988), Japanese former princess of the Japanese Imperial Family
• Noriko Sengoku (千石 規子; 1922–2012), Japanese film and television actress
• Noriko Shibasaki (芝崎 典子; born 1991), Japanese voice actress
• Noriko Shibuta (渋田 紀子; born 1972), Japanese rower
• Noriko Shiina (椎名 法子; born 1982), Japanese actress, tarento, and singer
• Noriko Shinohara (born 1953), Japanese-American multi-disciplinary fine artist
• Noriko Shitaya (下屋 則子; born 1982), Japanese voice actress
• Noriko Suzuki (すずき 紀子), Japanese voice actress; see Doctor Neo Cortex
• Noriko T. Reider, Japanese author
• Noriko Tadano (只野 徳子; born 1978), Japanese tsugaru shamisen performer, composer and vocalist
• Noriko Taniguchi (谷口 令子; born 1992), Japanese rugby sevens player
• Noriko Tatsumi (辰巳 典子; born 1947), Japanese pink film actress
• Noriko Toda (戸田 則子; born 1965), Japanese former female speed skater
• Noriko Tsuiki (築城 則子; born 1952), Japanese textile artist and weaver
• Noriko Tsukase (つかせ のりこ; 1945–1989), Japanese voice actress and chanson singer
• Noriko Ueda (植田 典子; born 1972), Japanese jazz bassist, composer and arranger
• Noriko Uemura (上村 典子; born 1963), Japanese actress, voice actress and narrator
• Noriko Watanabe (渡辺 典子; born 1965), Japanese actress and singer
• Noriko Yamaji (山路 典子; born 1970), Japanese softball player
• Noriko Yamamoto (山本 憲子; born 1944), Japanese swimmer
• Noriko Yamanaka (山中 教子; born 1941), Japanese female table tennis player
• Noriko Yamashita (山下 規子; born 1945), Japanese former volleyball player
• Tujiko Noriko (ツジコノリコ; born 1976), Japanese musician, actor and director

Fictional characters

• Noriko Ashida who also goes by the codename Surge from New X-Men
• Noriko Chōfu, a character of the multimedia project Ikizulive! Love Live! Bluebird
• 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
• Noriko Hibino, a character of the video game Generation Xth

See also

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