Mika is a given name, a nickname and a surname. Notable people and fictional characters with the name include:
People known just as Mika
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Mika (singer) (born 1983), Lebanese-born British singer-songwriter Michael Penniman, Jr.
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Mika (footballer, born 1987), Portuguese football defender Michael da Conceição Figueiredo
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Mika (footballer, born 1991)
Michael Simões Domingues (born 8 March 1991), known as Mika, is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper.
Club career
Born in Yverdon-les-Bains, Switzerland to Portuguese parents, Mika joined U.D. Leiria's youth ranks in ...
, Portuguese football goalkeeper Michael Simões Domingues
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Mika (Armenian singer)
Armenia participated in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2015 in Sofia, Bulgaria. On 11 June 2015 it was confirmed that they would use internal selection. Michael Varosyan (Mika) was selected as the Armenian representative on 14 July with his ...
, Michael Varosyan, who represented Armenia in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2015
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Mika X
Mika X (born Terrance John Pou on 8 February 1962, later renamed Neil Gudsell, also known as Mika and as Mika Haka) is a New Zealand Māori singer, performance artist, actor, filmmaker, TV producer and comedian.
He has toured across the worl ...
, (born 1962), New Zealand Maori performing artist
Fictional characters
* Mika, a character in the horror game ''
Ao Oni
is a survival horror adventure video game developed under the name of "noprops". It was first released on November 2008 as a Japan-only freeware and adapted into an official English-language version in later versions. It was later acqui ...
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Mika as a given name
Male given name (primarily used in Finland)
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Mika Aaltola
Mika Aaltola (born 1969) is a Finnish political scientist and director of the Finnish Institute of International Affairs. He has gained media attention during the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, which he follows and regularly comments on. Aaltol ...
(born 1969), Finnish political scientist and director of the Finnish Institute of International Affairs
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Mika Aaltonen (born 1965), Finnish football player
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Mika Brzezinski (born 1967), American talk-show host
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Mika Chunuonsee
Mika Chunuonsee ( th, มิก้า ชูนวลศรี; ; born 26 March 1989) is a professional association football, footballer who plays as a Defender (association football)#Full-back, right back or a Defender (association football)#C ...
(born 1989), Thai football player
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Mika Häkkinen (born 1968), Finnish former Formula One double World Champion
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Mika Halvari (born 1970), Finnish shot putter
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Mika Hannula
Mika Stefan Hannula (born 2 April 1979) is a Swedish former professional ice hockey player.
Playing career
Hannula started playing ice hockey with Finnish team TPS. He is a hard-working and quick player with very good skating abiliti ...
(born 1979), Swedish ice hockey player
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Mika Helin (born 1978), Finnish football player
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Mika Horiuchi (born 1986), Japanese-American musician
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Mika Immonen (born 1972), Finnish pool player
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Mika Ják (died after 1202), Hungarian noble
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Mika Kallio (born 1982), Finnish motorcycle racer
* Mika Karppinen (born 1971), Finnish drummer better known as
Gas Lipstick
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Mika Kaurismäki (born 1955), Finnish film director
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Mika Koivuniemi (born 1967), Finnish ten-pin bowler
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Mika Kojonkoski (born 1963), Finnish ski jumper and politician
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Mika Kuusisto (born 1967), Finnish cross-country skier
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Mika Lahtinen (born 1985), Finnish football player
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Mika Laitinen (born 1973), Finnish ski jumper
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Mika Luttinen (born 1971), Finnish musician
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Mika Muranen (born 1971), Finnish prisoner
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Mika Myllylä (1969-2011), Finnish cross-country skier
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Mika Mäkeläinen (born 1965), Finnish journalist and nonfiction writer
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Mika Niskanen (born 1973), Finnish ice hockey player
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Mika Noronen (born 1979), Finnish ice hockey player
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Mika Nurmela (born 1971), Finnish football player
* Mika-Matti Paatelainen (born 1967), Finnish football manager, better known as
Mixu Paatelainen
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Mika Peltonen
Lieutenant General Mika Peltonen was the Chief of Operations in the Finnish Defense Forces.
General Peltonen was born on 23 January 1956 in Tampere, Finland. He was a foreign exchange student taking part in the Youth For Understanding exchange p ...
(born 1965), Finnish military officer
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Mika Pohjola (born 1971), Finnish jazz pianist
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Mikaele Ravalawa
Mikaele Ravalawa (born 9 November 1997) is a Fijian rugby league footballer who plays as a er for the St George Illawarra Dragons in the National Rugby League (NRL) and Fiji at the international level.
Background
Ravalawa was born in Galoa Isla ...
(born 1997), Fijian rugby league player
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Mika Ronkainen (born 1970), Finnish film director
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Mika Salo (born 1966), Finnish auto racer
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Mika Sankala
Mika Sankala (born 16 November 1964) is a Finnish football manager and a former footballer. He is currently the assistant coach for Finland women's national football team.
He played three seasons in the Finnish premier league Mestaruussarja f ...
(born 1964), Finnish football manager and former footballer
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Mika Singh (born 1977), Indian entertainer
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Mika Špiljak (1916–2007), Yugoslav politician
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Mika Strömberg (born 1970), Finnish ice hockey player
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Mika Tauriainen
Mika Tauriainen (born 5 January 1975 Sweden) is a Finnish vocalist. He is currently a member of gothic metal band Entwine, Frostlit and ex-vocalist of atmospheric rock band ShamRain.
Discography
With Entwine
* Chaotic Nation (2015/Spinefarm Re ...
(born 1975), Finnish rock singer
* Mika Vainio, member of the Finnish electronic duo
Pan sonic
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Mika Vasara (born 1983), Finnish shot putter
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Mika Väyrynen (footballer)
Mika Väyrynen (born 28 December 1981) is a Swedish-born Finnish former footballer.
Club career
Early career
Väyrynen started his career with FC Lahti and joined FC Jokerit for the 2001 season.
Heerenveen
Midway through that year SC Heerenv ...
(born 1981), Finnish football player
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Mika Vukona, (born 1982), Fijian-born New Zealand basketball player
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Mika Waltari (1908–1979), Finnish author
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Mika Zibanejad, (born 1993), Swedish ice hockey player
Female given name (美佳, 美香, etc., primarily used in Japan)
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Mika Akino (born 1973), the Japanese wrestler AKINO
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Mika Arisaka
(born June 28, 1974 in Kamakura, Kanagawa, Kamakura, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan) is a Japanese-American singer. Due to her upbringing, she is bilingual and has performed in both English and (more commonly) Japanese. She attended Berklee College ...
(born 1974), Japanese-American singer
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Mika Boorem (born 1987), American actress
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Mika Brzezinski (born 1967), American television journalist, co-host of ''Morning Joe''
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Mika Doi (born 1956), Japanese voice actress
* Mika Handa, singer with the band
Mika Bomb
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*, Japanese ice hockey player
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Mika Kanai (born 1964), Japanese voice actress
* Mika Kato, namesake singer of the
Sadistic Mika Band
was a Japanese rock band formed in 1972. Its name is a parody of the late 60s band Plastic Ono Band. Produced by Masatoshi Hashiba on Toshiba-EMI Records (now EMI Music Japan), the band was led by guitarist Kazuhiko Katō and singer , who were a ...
*, Japanese actress
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Mika Kawamura (born 1973), Japanese manga artist
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Mika Kikuchi (born 1983), Japanese actress
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Mika Miyazato (born 1989), Japanese golfer
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Mika Nakashima (born 1983), Japanese singer
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Mika Newton (born 1986), Ukrainian singer
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Mika Reyes (born 1994), Filipina volleyball player
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Mika Todd (born 1984), American jazz singer and former Hello! Project member
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Mika Urbaniak
Mika Urbaniak (born Michelle Urbaniak in 1980 in New York City) is an American pop singer. She is a daughter of prominent Polish jazz musicians Urszula Dudziak and Michał Urbaniak. Born and raised in the United States, she has lived in Warsaw ...
(born 1980), American pop singer
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Mika Yamamoto (1967-2012), Japanese journalist
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Mika Yamauchi (born 1969), Japanese volleyball player
*, Japanese middle- and long-distance runner
Nickname or stage name
* Miroslav
Mika Antić
Miroslav "Mika" Antić ( sr-cyr, Мирослав Мика Антић; 14 March 1932 – 24 June 1986) was a Serbian poet, film director, journalist and painter. He was a major figure of the Yugoslav Black Wave. He had six children.
Biography
He ...
(1932–1986), Serbian poet
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Mika Singh (born 1977), Indian singer born Amrik Singh
Fictional characters
* Mika Ahonen, from the anime/manga ''
Strike Witches
is a Japanese media mix originally created by Fumikane Shimada via a series of magazine illustration columns. The franchise has since been adapted into several light novel, manga, and anime series and various video games. ...
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* Mika Grainger, from British school drama series ''
Waterloo Road''
* Mika Jougasaki, from ''
The Idolmaster Cinderella Girls'' video game
* Mika Kamishiro (神代美香), a character in the show ''
Kamen Rider Kabuto'' is a older sister of Tsurugi Kamishiro / Kamen Rider Sasword
* Mika Kujiin, one of the main characters in the ''
Kanamemo'' anime/manga
* Mika Nanakawa (
R. Mika
, known as and more commonly as , is a fictional character and professional wrestling, professional wrestler from Capcom's ''Street Fighter (series), Street Fighter'' fighting game series. She was introduced in the 1998 game ''Street Fighter Al ...
), from the fighting video games 'Street Fighter Alpha 3'' and ''Street Fighter V''
* Mika Nogizaka, from the light novel and anime ''
Nogizaka Haruka No Himitsu
is a Japanese light novel series by Yūsaku Igarashi, with illustrations by Shaa. The series originally started serialization in MediaWorks' now-defunct light novel magazine '' Dengeki hp'' on June 18, 2004. The first novel was released ...
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* Mika Tahara, from the manga ''
Koizora
* Mika Samuels, from the television series ''
The Walking Dead''
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Mika Shimotsuki
is a fictional character, introduced in the anime ''Psycho-Pass'' by Production I.G. A minor character in the 2012 series, Shimotsuki's role has gained importance in the sequels, in which she becomes an inspector working in Unit One, an organizat ...
, from the anime ''
Psycho-Pass''
* Mikaela "Mika" Hyakuya, from the anime ''
Seraph of the End''
* Mikazuki "Mika" Augus, from ''
Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron Blooded Orphans''
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Mika Returna, a new character in the fighting game ''
Under Night In-Birth''
* Mika Kanda, a character in the fighting game ''
Gantz''
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Mika Koizumi
is Toei Company's eighth installment in the Super Sentai metaseries. Its 51 episodes aired on TV Asahi from February 4, 1984 to January 26, 1985, replacing '' Kagaku Sentai Dynaman'' and was replaced by ''Dengeki Sentai Changeman'' with a mov ...
(小泉ミカ), a character in the show ''
Choudenshi Bioman''
* Mika Yamaguchi (山口美香), a character in the show ''
Kousoku Sentai Turboranger''
* Meekah, character in
Moonbug preschool channel
Blippi
Mika as a surname (primarily used in Polynesia and Poland)
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Arūnas Mika
Arūnas Mika (born 11 November 1970) is a retired Lithuanian football defender, who last played for Sakalas Siauliai. He obtained a total number of 13 caps for the Lithuania national football team, scoring one goal.
Honours
National Team
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(born 1970), Lithuanian association footballer
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Bascha Mika
Bascha Mika (born 17 January 1954) is a German journalist and publicist. From 1998 to July 2009, she was editor-in-chief of ''Die Tageszeitung'' and has held the same post at Frankfurt Rundschau since April 2014. At ''Die Tageszeitung'', Mika was ...
(born 1954), German journalist
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Brad Mika (born 1981), New Zealand rugby union player
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Constantine Mika
Constantine Mika (born 14 September 1989) is a Samoa international rugby league footballer who plays as a or for Limoux Grizzlies in the Elite One Championship. He previously played for the Newcastle Knights in the NRL, Hull Kingston Rovers i ...
(born 1989), Samoan rugby league player
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Dylan Mika (1972–2018), New Zealand rugby union player
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Eric Mika (born 1995), American basketball player
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Jarosław Mika (born 1962), Polish military officer
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Mateusz Mika
Mateusz Włodzimierz Mika (born 21 January 1991) is a Polish professional volleyball player, a former member of the Poland national team. A participant in the Olympic Games Rio 2016, 2014 World Champion, and the 2012 Polish Champion with Assec ...
(born 1991), Polish volleyball player
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Michael Mika (born 1968), New Zealand Samoan rugby union player and jurist
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Miché Mika (born 1996), Congolese association footballer
* Setefano Mika, former name of
Aunese Curreen
Aunese Curreen (born Setefano Mika, 23 December 1981) is a Samoan middle distance runner, who specialized in the 800 metres. He is currently a member of the North Harbour Bays Athletics Club in Auckland, New Zealand.
Curreen represented Samoa at ...
(born 1985), Samoan middle-distance runner
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Václav Míka
Václav Míka (born 1 June 2000) is a Czech professional footballer who plays for MFK Chrudim, on loan from Viktoria Plzeň.
Club career
He made his Czech First League debut for Viktoria Plzeň on 6 February 2021 in a game against Slovan Liberec ...
(born 2000), Czech association footballer
Fictional characters
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R. Mika
, known as and more commonly as , is a fictional character and professional wrestling, professional wrestler from Capcom's ''Street Fighter (series), Street Fighter'' fighting game series. She was introduced in the 1998 game ''Street Fighter Al ...
, from the ''Street Fighter'' video game series
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