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Bulbul Kartanbay (Kazakh: Булбул Картанбаева (Булбул Картанбай), romanized: Bulbul Kartanbaeva; born 30 July 1993) is a Kazakh ice hockey forward and a member of the Kazakh national ice hockey team, currently playing in the Kazakh Women's Ice Hockey Championship with . Bulbul is founder and owner of the 1st Women’s Hockey Academy in Kazakhstan. She was the first player from Kazakhstan to play in the National Women's Hockey League (NWHL; renamed PHF in 2021) and to be affiliated with the Professional Women's Hockey Players Association (PWHPA).