The name Mitsuko is generally written with the kanji 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
* Mitsuko Mori (森 光子 ''Mori Mitsuko'', 1920–2012), a Japanese actress
*, Japanese sailor
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Mitsuko Shiga
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*, Japanese high jumper
* Mitsuko Uchida (内田 光子 ''Uchida Mitsuko''), Japanese naturalized-British classical pianist
* Mitsuko Yoshikawa (吉川 満子 ''Yoshikawa Mitsuko'', 1901–1991), a Japanese actress
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* Mitsuko Souma, a central character in the '' Battle Royale'' novel, film, and manga
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* Mitsouko Yorisaka, a character in Claude Farrère's novel ''
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* Mitsuko Krieger, a character in '' Archer (2009 TV series)'', the holographic anime-style "wife" of Algernop Krieger.
* Mitsuko Hama, a character from the manga '' Sazae-san''