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Atsuko

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Pronunciation
  
A-tsu-ko

Word/name
  
Japanese

Gender
  
Female

Region of origin
  
Japan

Meaning
  
Many different meanings depending on the kanji used.

Atsuko (アツコ, あつこ) is a feminine Japanese given name.

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Possible writings

  • 惇子, "sincere, kind, child"
  • 淳子, "pure, child"
  • 敦子, "kindliness, industry, child"
  • 篤子, "sincere, fervent, child"
  • 厚子, "thick, child
  • 渥子, "kindness, child"
  • 湊子, "port, harbor, child"
  • 集子, "collect, child"
  • 鳩子, "dive, pigeon, child"
  • 熱子, "passion, heat, child"
  • 温子, "warm, child"
  • 篤子, "kind, cordial, child"
  • 敦子, "honest, child"
  • Atsuko is generally used as a girl's name. It consists of 6 letters and 3 syllables. The final syllable "ko" is generally written with the kanji character for child, 子. It is a common suffix to female names in Japan and usually indicates that it is a girl's name as masculine Japanese names rarely use the kanj for "child".

    People

  • atsuko (born Atsuko Yamashita, 山下 敦子), Japanese singer, member of pop band Angela
  • Atsuko Anzai (安西 篤子), Japanese novelist
  • Atsuko Asano (浅野 温子), Japanese actress
  • Atsuko Asano (writer) (あさの あつこ), Japanese writer
  • Atsuko Enomoto (榎本温子), Japanese singer and voice actress
  • Atsuko Hashimoto, Japanese jazz musician from Osaka, Japan
  • Atsuko Ikeda (池田厚子), fourth daughter of Emperor Shōwa and Empress Kōjun
  • Atsuko Inaba (稲葉貴子), former Japanese idol female pop singer
  • Atsuko Ishizuka (いしづか あつこ), Japanese animator and director
  • Atsuko Kawada (川田あつ子), Japanese actress, singer, essayist, and novelist from Tokyo Japan
  • Atsuko Maeda (前田 敦子), Japanese singer, actress, and idol who is a member of the all-female J-pop group AKB48
  • Atsuko Mine (峰 あつ子), Japanese voice actress
  • Atsuko Nakajima (中嶋敦子), Japanese animator, character designer, and illustrator
  • Atsuko Seki, Japanese pianist
  • Atsuko Seta (瀬田 敦子), Japanese classical pianist
  • Atsuko Shimoda (下田 敦子), Japanese politician of the Democratic Party of Japan,and a member of the House of Councillors in the Diet
  • Atsuko Takahata (高畑 淳子), Japanese actress and voice actress
  • Atsuko Tanaka (田中 敦子), Japanese voice actress
  • Atsuko Tanaka (artist) (田中 敦子, 1932-2005), Japanese avant-garde artist
  • Atsuko Tokuda, Japanese former badminton player
  • Atsuko Tsurumi (鶴見厚子), Japanese artist who specializes in impressionism and surrealism
  • Atsuko Wakai (若井 敦子), Japanese karate competitor
  • Atsuko Yamano (山野敦子), Japanese musician and founding member of the Japanese rock trio Shonen Knife
  • Atsuko Yuya (湯屋 敦子), Japanese voice actress who is the official Japanese voice dub-over artist for actresses Angelina Jolie and Natasha Henstridge
  • Fictional characters

  • Atsuko Natsume, known as Nuku Nuku, of the All Purpose Cultural Cat Girl Nuku Nuku anime (OVA & TV) series
  • Atsuko Urameshi, a character from the anime and manga series Yu Yu Hakusho
  • Atsuko "Akko" Kagami, titular heroine of Himitsu no Akko-chan
  • References

    Atsuko Wikipedia