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 ...
characters 光 and 子 which, when translated into English can mean "light, child" or "shining, child".http://www.20knames.com/female_japanese_names.htm However Mitsuko can have different meanings depending on which kanji characters are used to write the name. Some possible variations of the name Mitsuko are:
*光子, "light, child"
*充子, "provide, child"
*満子, "satisfy/full, child"
*睦子, "harmonious/intimate/friendly, child"
*三子, "third child"
*密子, "carefulness/secrecy, child"
*蜜子, "honey/nectar/molasses, child"
People with the name
* Mitsuko Baisho (倍賞 美津子 ''Baishō Mitsuko''), a Japanese actress
* Mitsuko Coudenhove (クーデンホーフ 光子 ''Kūdenhōfu Mitsuko''), the mother of Richard von Coudenhove-Kalergi
*, Japanese concubine
* Mitsuko Horie (堀江 美都子 ''Horie Mitsuko'', born 1957), a Japanese singer and voice actress
*, Japanese ice hockey player
* Mitsuko Mito (水戸光子 ''Mito Mitsuko'', 1919–1981), a Japanese actress
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Mitsuko Mori
, real name , was a Japanese actress.
Background
In May 2009, she became the first actor in Japan to have performed the stage play 2,000 times. She was born in Kyoto, Japan.
On May 11, 2009, Takeo Kawamura announced that Mori would be awarded t ...
(森 光子 ''Mori Mitsuko'', 1920–2012), a Japanese actress
*, Japanese sailor
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Mitsuko Shiga
was the pen-name of Mitsu Ōta, a Japanese ''tanka'' poet active in Taishō and Shōwa periods Japan.tanka
is a genre of classical Japanese poetry and one of the major genres of Japanese literature.
Etymology
Originally, in the time of the ''Man'yōshū'' (latter half of the eighth century AD), the term ''tanka'' was used to distinguish "short poem ...
poet
*, Japanese high jumper
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Mitsuko Uchida
is a classical pianist and conductor, born in Japan and naturalised in Britain, particularly noted for her interpretations of Mozart and Schubert.
She has appeared with many notable orchestras, recorded a wide repertory with several labels, w ...
(内田 光子 ''Uchida Mitsuko''), Japanese naturalized-British classical pianist
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Mitsuko Yoshikawa
was a Japanese actress who played in over 250 films, often under the direction of Yasujirō Ozu and Hiroshi Shimizu.
She joined the Shochiku film studios in 1924 and gave her film debut in 1926 in ''Kujaku no hikari''. After the war, she becam ...
(吉川 満子 ''Yoshikawa Mitsuko'', 1901–1991), a Japanese actress
Android Kikaider
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'' manga and anime series
* Mitsuko Souma, a central character in the '' Battle Royale'' novel, film, and manga
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Mitsuko the Boar
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, a character from the ''
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'' video game series
* Mitsouko Yorisaka, a character in
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* Mitsuko Krieger, a character in ''
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* Mitsuko Hama, a character from the manga '' Sazae-san''