Michiko is a

Japanese given name in modern times consist of a family name (surname) followed by a given name, in that order. Nevertheless, when a Japanese name is written in the Roman alphabet, ever since the Meiji era, the official policy has been to cater to Western expecta ...

, used for females. Although written romanized the same way, the

Japanese language is spoken natively by about 128 million people, primarily by Japanese people and primarily in Japan, the only country where it is the national language. Japanese belongs to the Japonic or Japanese- Ryukyuan language family. There have been ma ...

written forms (

kanji are the logographic Chinese characters taken from the Chinese family of scripts, Chinese script and used in the writing of Japanese language, Japanese. They were made a major part of the Japanese writing system during the time of Old Japanese ...

katakana is a Japanese syllabary, one component of the Japanese writing system along with hiragana, kanji and in some cases the Latin script (known as rōmaji). The word ''katakana'' means "fragmentary kana", as the katakana characters are derived fr ...

hiragana is a Japanese syllabary, part of the Japanese writing system, along with ''katakana'' as well as ''kanji''. It is a phonetic lettering system. The word ''hiragana'' literally means "flowing" or "simple" kana ("simple" originally as contrast ...

) can be different. Common forms include: * 美智子 — "beautiful wise child" * 美千子 — "child of a thousand beauties" * 見知子 — "child of recognition" * 道子 — "child of the way" * 路子 — "child of the road" * 倫子 — "child of morals" * 皆子 — "child of all" * 通子 — "child of passage" Phonetic spellings (no particular meaning): * みちこ (in

) * ミチコ (in

)

People

* Michiko Shoda (正田美智子), later Empress Michiko of Japan *, Japanese nurse and politician *

Michiko Fukushima is a Japanese sport shooter. Fukushima had won a total of nine medals (four golds, three silver, and two bronze) for both air and sport pistol at the ISSF World Cup series. She also captured two medals (silver and bronze) in the same events at ...

(長谷川-福島實智子), a Japanese

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from

Kumaishi, Hokkaidō was a town located in Nishi District, Oshima Subprefecture, Hokkaido, Japan. The town's name literally means bear rock after a prominent rock formation that looks like a bear and cub on its coast. As of 2004, the town had an estimated populati ...

Japan *

Michiko Godai , real name (born September 22, 1952 in Yokohama is the second-largest city in Japan by population and the most populous municipality of Japan. It is the capital city and the most populous city in Kanagawa Prefecture, with a 2020 populat ...

(五大路子), Japanese actress from

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, Japan *

Michiko Hada , (born 24 September 1968 in Mitsukaido, Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan), is a Japanese actress. Filmography Television *'' The Queen's Classroom'' (2005) *''Keishicho Sōsa Ikka 9 gakari'' (2006–) *''Hiyokko'' (2017), Kimiko Sukegawa Film *'' ...

(羽田美智子), an actress from Mitsukaido, Japan *

Michiko Hattori Michiko Hattori ( ja, 服部道子, born 8 September 1968) is a Japanese professional golfer and former Player of the Year on the LPGA of Japan Tour. Before turning professional, she became the first Japanese born champion of the U.S. Women's Am ...

(服部道子), Japanese

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and former Player of the Year on the

Japan LPGA The LPGA of Japan Tour is a professional golf tour for women organised by the Japan Ladies Professional Golfers' Association. It is the second richest women's golf tour in the world. The U.S.-based LPGA Tour is the most important women's tour, but ...

Michiko Hamamura is a Japanese singer and actress. She was known as the "Banana Boat Girl" after she recorded a bi-lingual cover of the "Banana Boat Song "Day-O (The Banana Boat Song)" is a traditional Jamaican folk song. The song has mento influences, ...

(浜村美智子), Japanese singer and actress from

Osaka is a designated city in the Kansai region of Honshu in Japan. It is the capital of and most populous city in Osaka Prefecture, and the third most populous city in Japan, following Special wards of Tokyo and Yokohama. With a population of 2. ...

, Japan *, Japanese actress and voice actress * Horibe Michiko (堀部美智子), a Japanese ski mountaineer and telemark skier *

Michiko Inukai was a Japanese Roman Catholic author and philanthropist. She was the founder of the Michiko Inukai Foundation, which provides financial aid for refugees seeking education. Biography Michiko Inukai was born in Yotsuya, Tokyo, the eldest daughte ...

(犬養道子), Japanese

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author and

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*, Japanese politician *

Michiko Ishimure was a Japanese writer and activist. She won the 1973 Ramon Magsaysay Award, among the most prestigious awards in Asia, for publicizing writings about Minamata disease Minamata disease is a neurological disease caused by severe mercury poiso ...

(石牟礼道子), a Japanese writer *

Michiko Itatani Michiko Itatani (born 1948) is an American artist, based in Chicago, who was born in Osaka, Japan. After she received her BFA (1974) and MFA (1976) at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago in 1974 and 1976 respectively, she returned to her al ...

(born 1948), Japanese artist *

Michiko Kakutani Michiko Kakutani (born January 9, 1955) is an American writer and retired literary critic, best known for reviewing books for ''The New York Times'' from 1983 to 2017. In that role, she won the Pulitzer Prize for Criticism in 1998. Early life ...

(角谷美智子), an American

literary critic Literary criticism (or literary studies) is the study, evaluation, and interpretation of literature. Modern literary criticism is often influenced by literary theory, which is the philosophical discussion of literature's goals and methods. Th ...

*, Japanese communist * Michiko Kashiwabara (柏原理子), a Japanese

cross-country skier Cross-country skiing is a form of skiing where skiers rely on their own locomotion to move across snow-covered terrain, rather than using ski lifts or other forms of assistance. Cross-country skiing is widely practiced as a sport and recreation ...

who competed at the

2010 Winter Olympic Games )'' , nations = 82 , athletes = 2,626 , events = 86 in 7 sports (15 disciplines) , opening = February 12, 2010 , closing = February 28, 2010 , opened_by = Governor General Michaëlle Jean , cauldron = Catriona Le May DoanNancy GreeneWayne Gretz ...

Michiko Katagiri Michiko Katagiri (片桐美智子, ''Katagiri Michiko'') is a paralympic swimmer from Japan competing mainly in category SB3 events. Michiko competed at the 1992 Summer Paralympics )( es, Deporte Sin Límites) , nations = 82 (BCN) ...

paralympic The Paralympic Games or Paralympics, also known as the ''Games of the Paralympiad'', is a periodic series of international multisport events involving athletes with a range of physical disabilities, including impaired muscle power and impaire ...

swimmer Swimming is an individual or team racing sport that requires the use of one's entire body to move through water. The sport takes place in pools or open water (e.g., in a sea or lake). Competitive swimming is one of the most popular Olympic ...

from Japan *, Japanese actress and singer *

Michiko Kichise is a Japanese actress and model. She received the Elan d'or Award for Newcomer of the Year The Elan d'or Award for Newcomer of the Year is an award given at the Elan d'or Awards The are awards presented annually by the All Nippon Produ ...

(吉瀬美智子), a Japanese actress *

Michiko Kon is a Japanese photographer. She was born in Kanagawa Prefecture and graduated from Sokei Art School in 1978. She attended Tokyo Photographic College from 1978 to 1980, after studying mainly painting and printmaking during her years at Sokei. The ...

(今道子), Japanese photographer *

Michiko Kono Michiko Kono (born 17 September 1974) is a former Japanese cricketer who played four Women's One Day International cricket matches for Japan national women's cricket team The Japan women's national cricket team is the team that represents the ...

, Japanese former

cricketer Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of eleven players on a field at the centre of which is a pitch with a wicket at each end, each comprising two bails balanced on three stumps. The batting side scores runs by striki ...

Michiko Koshino , born in 1943, is a fashion designer. She has high-end stores in Japan and a restaurant in London. Michiko Koshino was born in Osaka, Japan to Ayako Koshino, her father died fighting during the Second World War. Her two older sisters Hiroko K ...

(小篠美智子), a Japanese fashion designer *

Michiko Maeda is a Japanese film and television actress who became known as the first Japanese actress to appear in a nude scene in a mainstream film. Life and career Michiko Maeda was born in Osaka Prefecture on February 27, 1934. She was working in a depar ...

(前田通子), Japanese film and television actress from

*, former Japanese football player *

Michiko Matsumoto is a Japanese photographer. Biography Michiko Matsumoto was born in Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan, in 1950, and in 1974 graduated from Hosei University (Tokyo). She is currently based in Tokyo. The artist's early work of the 1980s included sev ...

(松本路子), Japanese photographer *

Michiko Nagai ; (March 31, 1925 – January 27, 2023) was a Japanese historical fiction writer. Her real name is . Biography Born on March 31, 1925, in the Hongō ward of Tokyo to and singer , Nagai graduated from the Tokyo Women's University with a degree ...

(永井路子), Japanese

historical fiction Historical fiction is a literary genre in which the plot takes place in a setting related to the past events, but is fictional. Although the term is commonly used as a synonym for historical fiction literature, it can also be applied to other ty ...

writer *

Michiko Neya is a Japanese voice actress. Prior to 1998, she was affiliated with Arts VisionAffiliation with Arts Vision in the 1990s:* 1998 profile: * Roster as of January 1998: * Roster as of May 1998: and is currently freelancing. Some of her major roles ...

(根谷美智子), a voice actress from

Echizen, Fukui is a city located in Fukui Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 83,078 in 20.341 households and the population density of 360 persons per km². The total area of the city was . The modern city of Echizen was establis ...

Japan *

Michiko Nishiwaki is a Japanese actress, stunt woman, martial artist, fight choreographer, former female bodybuilder and powerlifter. She performed the high-risk stunts as a double for Lucy Liu in the film ''Charlie's Angels.'' Early life Michiko Nishiwaki was ...

(西脇美智子), a Japanese stunt woman, actress, martial artist, and former female bodybuilder *

Michiko Nomura is a Japanese actress and voice actress. Career Nomura was previously affiliated with Tokyo Actor's Consumer's Cooperative Society, then Aoni Production and now she is affiliated with Ken Production, an agency founded by the late Kenji Utsumi. ...

(野村道子, born 1938), a voice actress *

Michiko Naruke (born August 13, 1967) is a Japanese video game music composer, well known for her work in the ''Wild Arms'' series. Composing career She used to work for Telenet Japan and Riot, but many people who worked for these two companies left, and al ...

(なるけみちこ), a Japanese video game composer *

Michiko Okada Michiko Okada (born 11 January 1945) is a Japanese professional golfer who played on the LPGA of Japan Tour (JLPGA). Okada won 10 times on the JLPGA between 1975 and 1995. One of Ohsako's JLPGA wins was co-sanctioned with the LPGA Tour, the 1978 ...

, Japanese

who played on the

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*, Japanese former professional wrestler *, Japanese long-distance runner *, Japanese television personality, comedian and actress *

Michiko Shiokawa is a Japanese former volleyball player who competed in the 1972 Summer Olympics. In 1972 she was part of the Japanese team which won the silver medal in the Olympic tournament. She played all five matches. External links profile
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(塩川美知子), retired Japanese

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who competed in the

1972 Summer Olympics The 1972 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XX Olympiad () and commonly known as Munich 1972 (german: München 1972), was an international multi-sport event held in Munich, West Germany, from 26 August to 11 September 1972. ...

Michiko Suganuma is a leading Japanese '' Kamakura-bori'' artist using a technique she calls ''Wagae-nuri''. She is the only Japanese female to have presented her collection at exhibitions of National Gallery of Victoria in Melbourne. Her works are held in the c ...

(菅沼　三千子),

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now Wagae-nuri artist from Japan *

Michiko Tanaka was a Japanese singer and actress. She was born in Tokyo and studied music at University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna, lived and worked mainly in Europe and US, later she married German actor and singer Viktor de Kowa in 1939 and died in ...

(田中路子, 1913-1988), a Japanese actress and singer who was married to German stage and film actor

Viktor de Kowa Viktor de Kowa (also spelled Victor de Kowa, born Victor Paul Karl Kowalczyk; 8 March 1904 – 8 April 1973) was a German stage and film actor, chanson singer, director, narrator, and comic poet. Life He was born the son of a farmer and engineer ...

*, Japanese curler *, Japanese politician *, Japanese writer and poet *

Michiko Yamamoto (screenwriter) is a Filipina screenwriter of Japanese ancestry. Her screenwriting credits include '' Magnifico'' (2003), ''The Blossoming of Maximo Oliveros'' (2006), '' Remington and the Curse of the Zombadings'' (2013), '' On the Job'' (2013), and '' Honor ...

(born 1979), Filipino screenwriter *, Japanese designer and textile artist *

Michiko Yokote is a Japanese screenwriter. Screenwriting • head writer denoted in bold Anime television series *'' Patlabor: The TV Series'' (1990) *''Ranma ½'' (1990–1992) *''Rurouni Kenshin'' (1996) *'' Magical Project S '' (1996–1997) *'' You’re ...

(横手美智子), a Japanese screenwriter

Fictional characters

* Michiko Malandro (ミチコ・マランドロ), protagonist of the anime series ''

Michiko to Hatchin is a Japanese anime television series. The series was produced by Manglobe and directed by Sayo Yamamoto, her first directorial work. The two eponymous starring roles are portrayed by film actresses Yōko Maki (actress), Yōko Maki (''The Gru ...

'' * Michiko Sawada (沢田・ミチ子), a character from manga and anime ''

Perman is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by the manga artist duo Fujiko Fujio about a clumsy boy, Mitsuo Suwa, who is chosen to apprentice to a powerful superhero to save the world along with other superheroes. The manga series ...

'' * Michiko, a character from anime ''

Dennō Coil ''Coil - A Circle of Children'', known in Japan as is a Japanese science fiction anime television series created, directed and written by Mitsuo Iso and produced by Madhouse. It aired 26 episodes from May to December 2007 on NHK Educationa ...

'' * Daimon Michiko (大門未知子), eponymous protagonist of the successful Japanese television series '' Doctor-X: Surgeon Michiko Daimon '' (ドクターX〜外科医・大門未知子〜) (2012-2021) *Michiko (美智子), a hunter in the video game ''

Identity V ''Identity V'' is a free-to-play asymmetrical multiplayer survival horror game developed and published by Chinese company NetEase. It was released in July 2018 for mobile devices. It is available on the iOS App Store, Android Google Play Stor ...

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