Atsuko

Atsuko

Atsuko Enomoto, Japanese singer and voice actress
Pronunciation	atsɯko (IPA)
Gender	Female
Origin
Word/name	Japanese
Meaning	different meanings depending on the kanji used
Other names
Alternative spelling	Atuko (Kunrei-shiki) Atuko (Nihon-shiki) Atsuko (Hepburn)

Atsuko is a feminine Japanese given name.

Written forms

Atsuko can be written using different combinations of kanji characters. Here are some examples:

• 惇子, "kind, child"
• 淳子, "pure, child"
• 敦子, "kindliness, child"
• 篤子, "fervent, child"
• 厚子, "thick, child"
• 渥子, "kindness, child"
• 湊子, "harbor, child"
• 集子, "collect, child"
• 鳩子, "pigeon, child"
• 熱子, "heat, child"
• 温子, "warm, child"
• 充子, "sufficient, child"

Atsuko is generally used as a girl's name. 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 kanji for "child".

The name can also be written in hiragana あつこ or katakana アツコ.

Notable people with the name

• Atsuko Anzai (安西 篤子, born 1927), Japanese writer
• Atsuko Asano (浅野 温子, born 1961), Japanese actress
• Atsuko Asano (writer) (浅野 敦子, born 1954), Japanese writer
• Atsuko Enomoto (榎本 温子, born 1979), Japanese singer and voice actress
• Atsuko Hashimoto (橋本 有津子), Japanese jazz musician
• Atsuko Hirayanagi (平栁 敦子, born 1975), Japanese-American filmmaker
• Atsuko Ikeda (池田 厚子, born 1931), fourth daughter of Emperor Shōwa and Empress Kōjun
• Atsuko Inaba (稲葉 貴子, born 1974), Japanese idol and singer
• Atsuko Ishizuka (いしづか あつこ, born 1981), Japanese animator and director
• Atsuko Kawada (川田あつ子, born 1965), Japanese actress, singer and writer
• Atsuko Kurusu (来栖 あつこ, born 1978), Japanese actress
• Atsuko Maeda (前田 敦子, born 1990), Japanese singer, actress and idol
• Atsuko Mine (峰 あつ子, born 1951), Japanese voice actress
• Atsuko Miyaji (宮地 充子, born 1965), Japanese cryptographer and number theorist
• Atsuko Nakajima (中嶋 敦子, born 1961), Japanese animator, character designer, and illustrator
• Atsuko Okatsuka, Japanese-American comedian
• Atsuko Seki (関 敦子, born 1964), Japanese pianist
• Atsuko Seta (瀬田 敦子, born 1955), Japanese classical pianist
• Atsuko Shimoda (下田 敦子, born 1940), Japanese politician
• Atsuko Sugimoto (杉本 充子, born 1959), Japanese sport shooter
• Atsuko Takahata (高畑 淳子, born 1954), Japanese actress and voice actress
• Atsuko Takata (高田 貴子, born 1977), Japanese speed skater
• Atsuko Tanaka (voice actress) (田中 敦子, born 1962), Japanese voice actress
• Atsuko Tanaka (artist) (田中 敦子, 1932-2005), Japanese artist
• Atsuko Tokuda (徳田 敦子, born 1955), Japanese former badminton player
• Atsuko Wakai (若井 敦子, born 1971), Japanese karate competitor
• Atsuko Yamano (山野 敦子, born 1964), Japanese musician
• Atsuko Yamashita (山下 敦子, born 1975), Japanese singer, vocalist of pop band angela
• Atsuko Yuya (湯屋 敦子, born 1968), Japanese voice actress

Fictional characters

• Atsuko Natsume (夏目 温子), known as Nuku Nuku, of the All Purpose Cultural Cat Girl Nuku Nuku anime (OVA & TV) series
• Atsuko Senoo (妹尾 あつこ), née Okamura, a character in the anime series Ojamajo Doremi
• Atsuko Urameshi (浦飯 温子), a character in the manga series Yu Yu Hakusho
• Atsuko "Akko" Kagami (加賀美 あつ子), titular heroine of Himitsu no Akko-chan
• Atsuko "Akko" Kagari (篝 敦子), a lead character from Little Witch Academia
• Atsuko Jackson (アツコ・ジャキソン), a character in the anime series Michiko & Hatchin
• Atsuko Mutsuzuka (六塚 温子), a character in the light novel series The Irregular at Magic High School
• Atsuko Hakari (秤 アツコ), a character in the role-playing video game Blue Archive

See also

• 8414 Atsuko, a main-belt asteroid