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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 ...
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 f ...
,
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
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 ...
) * ミチコ (in
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 f ...
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People

* Michiko Shoda (正田 美智子), later Empress Michiko of Japan *, Japanese nurse and politician * Michiko Fukushima (長谷川-福島 實智子), a Japanese
sport shooter Shooting sports is a group of competitive and recreational sporting activities involving proficiency tests of accuracy, precision and speed in shooting — the art of using ranged weapons, mainly small arms (firearms and airguns, in forms such as ...
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 populat ...
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 popula ...
(五大 路子), Japanese actress from
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 population of 3.8 million. It lies on Tokyo Bay, south of T ...
, 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 *''N ...
(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 A ...
(服部道子), Japanese professional golfer and former Player of the Year on the Japan LPGA * Michiko Hamamura (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 ...
, 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 people, Japanese Catholic Church, 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 ...
(犬養 道子), Japanese Roman-Catholic author and philanthropist *, 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 poison ...
(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 *, Japanese communist * Michiko Kashiwabara (柏原 理子), a Japanese cross-country skier 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 Greene Wayne G ...
* Michiko Katagiri,
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 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 in 2011 for her work in '' Liar Game: Season 2'' (2009–10), '' Liar Game: The Final Stage'' (2010), and '' Bloody Monday Season 2'' (2010). Filmogr ...
(吉瀬 美智子), a Japanese actress * Michiko Kon (今道子), Japanese photographer * Michiko Kono, Japanese former cricketer * Michiko Koshino (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 depa ...
(前田通子), Japanese film and television 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 ...
*, 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 (永井路子), Japanese historical fiction writer * Michiko Neya (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 ...
(なるけ みちこ), a Japanese video game composer * Michiko Okada, Japanese professional golfer who played on the
LPGA of Japan Tour 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 ...
*, 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 The 1972 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XX Olympiad () and commonly known as Munich 1972 (german: München 1972), was an internatio ...
(塩川 美知子), retired Japanese
volleyball player This is a list of top international volleyball players. A * Foluke Akinradewo * Carolina Albuquerque * Todor Aleksiev * Ana Ida Alvares * Thiago Soares Alves * Dante Amaral * Andrea Anastasi * Matt Anderson * Stéphane Antiga * Halina As ...
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 (菅沼 三千子), Kamakura-bori now Wagae-nuri artist from Japan * Michiko Tanaka (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'' * 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 (company), Madhouse. It aired 26 episodes from May to December 200 ...
'' * 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'' {{given name Japanese feminine given names