Natsuko

is a feminine Japanese given name.

Written forms

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

• , Japanese voice actress
• , Japanese musician and actress
• , Japanese snowboarder
• , Japanese retired professional shogi player
• , Japanese enka singer
• , Japanese former football player
• , Japanese concubine
• , Japanese writer during the Meiji era
• , Japanese writer
• , Japanese stage and film actress
• , Japanese writer
• , Japanese voice actress
• , Japanese swimmer
• Natsuko Ohama, Canadian vocal coach, actress, and director
• , Japanese actress, singer and columnist
• , Japanese anime screenwriter
• , Japanese artist
• , Japanese subtitler and film industry interpreter
• , Japanese professional wrestler
• , Japanese competitive eater and singer
• , Japanese actress
• , Japanese comedian

Fictional characters

• Natsuko Aki (夏子), a character in the Japanese live action drama series Cutie Honey The Live
• Natsuko Koshino (夏子), a character in the anime series Futari wa Pretty Cure (known as Summer in the English dub)
• Natsuko Shōno (ナツ子), a character from the manga and anime series Kinnikuman and its sequel Kinnikuman Nisei
• Natsuko (夏子), a character in the anime movie The Boy and the Heron
• Natsuko Hirose, main character of Zenshu (TV series).

See also