Famous People with Name Noriko

Noriko Sakai            Origin/Culture/Country: Japanese

Noriko Sakai: a J-pop singer and actress. She was born in Fukuoka, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan. She is married (1998), and has one son (1999). She is particularly popular in Hong Kong and Taiwan.Sakai released her debut single, "Otoko no Ko ni Naritai" (????????, I Want to Be a Boy) on February 51987, nine days short of her sixteenth birthday. Over 40,000 copies of the single were sold. In the early years of her career, she used the nickname NORI-P (????), although around the mid-1990's she started to distance herself from it.[1][2][3]

Noriko Oda            Origin/Culture/Country: Japanese

Noriko Oda: a Japanese figure skater who now works as a coach.She is the mother and coach of Nobunari Oda.

Noriko Sato            Origin/Culture/Country: Japanese

Noriko Sato: a Japanese figure skater who is now a coach. She competed in Ice Dancing with Tadayuki Takahashi from 1979. They placed 17th in the 1984 Winter Olympic Games. She was six-time Japanese national champion from 1980 to 1985.

Noriko Furuya            Origin/Culture/Country: Japanese

Noriko Furuya: a Japanese politician of the New Komeito Party, a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet (national legislature). A native of Urawa, Saitama and graduate of Waseda University, she was elected to the House of Representatives for the first time in 2003.

Noriko Matsuda            Origin/Culture/Country: Japanese

Noriko Matsuda: is a Japanese volleyball player and Olympic champion.She was a member of the Japanese winning team at the 1976 Olympic games.