Noriko

Noriko
Pronunciation	N(o)-ri-ko
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"

People

• Noriko Awaya (淡谷 のり子, 1907–1999), a Japanese female Soprano chanson and popular singer
• Noriko Hidaka (日高 のり子), a Japanese voice actress
• Noriko Higashide (東出典子), a Japanese actress
• Noriko Kijima (木嶋のりこ), a Japanese actress and gravure model
• Noriko Matsueda (松枝 賀子), a Japanese former video game composer
• Noriko Mizoguchi (溝口 紀子), a retired judoka from Japan
• Noriko Nakagoshi (中越典子), a Japanese actress
• Noriko Namiki (並木のり子), a Japanese voice actress
• Noriko Ohara (小原 乃梨子), a Japanese voice actress
• Noriko Ogawa (singer) (小川範子), a Japanese actress and J-pop singer
• Noriko Ogawa (pianist) (小川典子), a Japanese classical pianist
• Noriko Sakai (酒井 法子), a Japanese singer and actress
• Noriko Shitaya (下屋 則子), a Japanese voice actress
• Tujiko Noriko (born Noriko Tsujiko (辻子紀子), a Japanese experimental musician
• Noriko Tatsumi (辰巳典子), a Japanese pink film actress
• Noriko Watanabe (渡辺 典子), a Japanese actress
• Noriko Senge (b.1988), a 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 Yasujiro 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 Shimabara, titular character of the film Noriko's Dinner Table
• Noriko Takaya, a character of Gunbuster
• Noriko Ukai, a character of Gravitation