Michiko

Michiko

Empress Michiko (right), and her husband Emperor Akihito
Gender	Female
Language(s)	Japanese
Origin
Meaning	Different meanings depending on the kanji used
Region of origin	Japan
Other names
Related names	Michiyo Michiru Machiko Michie Michi Michirō Michio Michihiko Michiya

Michiko is a Japanese given name, used for females. Although written romanized the same way, the Japanese language written forms (kanji, katakana, hiragana) can be different. Common forms include:

• 美智子みちこ — "beautiful wise child"
• 美千子みちこ — "child of a thousand beauties"
• 見み知子ともこ — "child of recognition"
• 道子みちこ — "child of the way"
• 路子みちこ — "child of the road"
• 倫子ともこ — "child of morals"
• 皆みな子こ — "child of all"
• 通子みちこ — "child of passage"

Phonetic spellings (no particular meaning):

• みちこ (in hiragana)
• ミチコ (in katakana)

People

• Michiko Shoda (正田しょうだ 美智子みちこ), later Empress Michiko of Japan
• Michiko Fujiwara (藤原ふじわら 道子みちこ, 1900–1983), Japanese nurse and politician
• Michiko Fukushima (長谷川はせがわ-福島ふくしま 實みのる智子さとこ), a Japanese sport shooter from Kumaishi, Hokkaidō Japan
• Michiko Godai (五大ごだい 路子みちこ), Japanese actress from Yokohama, Japan
• Michiko Hada (羽田はた 美智子みちこ), an actress from Mitsukaido, Japan
• Michiko Hattori (服部はっとり道子みちこ), Japanese professional golfer and former Player of the Year on the Japan LPGA
• Michiko Hamamura (浜村はまむら 美智子みちこ), Japanese singer and actress from Osaka, Japan
• Michiko Hirai (平井ひらい 道子みちこ, 1935–1984), Japanese actress and voice actress
• Horibe Michiko (堀部ほりべ美智子みちこ), a Japanese ski mountaineer and telemark skier
• Michiko Inukai (犬いぬ養やしなえ 道子みちこ), Japanese Roman-Catholic author and philanthropist
• Michiko Ishii (石井いしい 道子みちこ, 1933–2012), Japanese politician
• Michiko Ishimure (石牟礼いしむれ道子みちこ), a Japanese writer
• Michiko Itatani (born 1948), Japanese artist
• Michiko Kakutani (角谷かどや 美智子みちこ), an American literary critic
• Michiko Kanba (樺かば 美智子みちこ, 1937–1960), Japanese communist
• Michiko Kashiwabara (柏原かしわばら 理子さとこ), a Japanese cross-country skier who competed at the 2010 Winter Olympic Games
• Michiko Katagiri, paralympic swimmer from Japan
• Michiko Kawai (河合かわい 美智子みちこ, born 1968), Japanese actress and singer
• Michiko Kichise (吉瀬よしせ 美智子みちこ), a Japanese actress
• Michiko Kon (今いま道子みちこ), Japanese photographer
• Michiko Kono, Japanese former cricketer
• Michiko Koshino (小篠こしの 美智子みちこ), a Japanese fashion designer
• Michiko Maeda (前田まえだ通子みちこ), Japanese film and television actress from Osaka
• Michiko Matsuda (松田まつだ 理子さとこ, born 1966), former Japanese football player
• Michiko Matsumoto (松本まつもと 路子みちこ), Japanese photographer
• Michiko Nagai (永井ながい路子みちこ), Japanese historical fiction writer
• Michiko Neya (根ね谷たに 美智子みちこ), a voice actress from Echizen, Fukui Japan
• Michiko Nishiwaki (西脇にしわき 美智子みちこ), a Japanese stunt woman, actress, martial artist, and former female bodybuilder
• Michiko Nomura (野村のむら 道子みちこ, born 1938), a voice actress
• Michiko Naruke (なるけ みちこ), a Japanese video game composer
• Michiko Okada, Japanese professional golfer who played on the LPGA of Japan Tour
• Michiko Omukai (大向おおむかい 美智子みちこ, born 1975), Japanese former professional wrestler
• Michiko Shimizu (athlete) (志水しみず 見み千せん子し, born 1970), Japanese long-distance runner
• Michiko Shimizu (entertainer) (清水しみず ミチコ, born 1960), Japanese television personality, comedian and actress
• Michiko Shiokawa (塩川しおかわ 美知子みちこ), retired Japanese volleyball player who competed in the 1972 Summer Olympics
• Michiko Suganuma (菅沼すがぬま　三千子みちこ), Kamakura-bori now Wagae-nuri artist from Japan
• Michiko Tanaka (田中たなか路子みちこ, 1913-1988), a Japanese actress and singer who was married to German stage and film actor Viktor de Kowa
• Michiko Tomabechi (苫米地とまべち 美智子みちこ, born 1980), Japanese curler
• Michiko Ueno (上野うえの 通子みちこ, born 1958), Japanese politician
• Michiko Yamamoto (山本やまもと 道子みちこ, born 1936), Japanese writer and poet
• Michiko Yamamoto (screenwriter) (born 1979), Filipino screenwriter
• Michiko Yamawaki (山脇やまわき 道子みちこ, 1910–2000), Japanese designer and textile artist
• Michiko Yokote (横手よこて 美智子みちこ), a Japanese screenwriter

Fictional characters

• Michiko Malandro (ミチコ・マランドロ), protagonist of the anime series Michiko to Hatchin
• Michiko Sawada (沢田さわだ・ミチ子みちこ), a character from manga and anime Perman
• Michiko, a character from anime Dennō Coil
• Daimon Michiko (大門だいもん未知子みちこ), eponymous protagonist of the successful Japanese television series Doctor-X: Surgeon Michiko Daimon (ドクターX〜外科げか医い・大門だいもん未知子みちこ〜) (2012-2021)
• Michiko (美智子みちこ), a hunter in the video game Identity V