Nikko may refer to:
Places
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Nikkō, Tochigi, a Japanese city and tourist destination
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Nikko Botanical Garden
The is a botanical garden operated by the Graduate School of Science, University of Tokyo, and located at 1842 Hanaishi, Nikkō, Tochigi, Japan, on rolling terrain with streams and ponds at 647 meters above sea level. It is open daily except Monda ...
, operated by the University of Tokyo
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Nikkō National Park
is a national park in the Kantō region, on the main island of Honshū in Japan. The park spreads over three prefectures: Tochigi Prefecture, Tochigi, Gunma Prefecture, Gunma and Fukushima Prefecture, Fukushima, and was established in 1934.
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, in Kantō, Japan
Organizations, products, and services
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''Nikkō'' (train), a train service in Japan
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Nikko Cordial
Nikko Cordial Corporation was the holding company for Nikko Cordial Securities, Japan's third largest brokerage until 2008, when Nikko Cordial Corporation became a wholly owned subsidiary of Citigroup; upon completion of share exchange, it merge ...
, a Japanese brokerage firm
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Nikko Citigroup
is a financial services firm in Japan. It is a wholly owned subsidiary of Citigroup Japan Holdings Corp., the main Japanese holding company of American financial firm Citigroup.
Nikko Cordial and Citigroup first established a joint venture in J ...
, a Japanese financial services company
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Nikko R/C
Nikko R/C (styled NIKKO R/C) is the largest toy-grade radio control manufacturer in the world. The company's licenses include those from Dodge, Ford, Volkswagen, Chevrolet, Porsche, as well as proprietary designs. I ...
, a toy-grade radio control manufacturer
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Nikko Ceramics
is a Japanese manufacturer of fine ceramics, known for its tableware products.
History
Nikko was founded in 1908 in Kanazawa, Ishikawa by Lord Maeda and local nobles. The Maeda lords especially fostered arts and crafts, and made of Kanazawa a ...
, a Japanese manufacturer of fine ceramics
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Nikko Hotels
is an international hotel chain comprising properties in Asia, Europe, North America, and the South Pacific. It is owned by Okura Hotels. Nikko Hotels International (NHI) began operations in 1972 as the global hotel brand of Japan Airlines, wi ...
, an international hotel chain
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''Nikkō'' (lens designation) (日光), an early brand used by Nikon Corporation
Fictional characters
* Nikko, the leader of the Winged Monkeys in the 1939 film ''
The Wizard of Oz''
* Nikko, an old man in L. Frank Baum's 1907 novel and 1914 film ''
The Last Egyptian
''The Last Egyptian: A Romance of the Nile'' is a novel written by L. Frank Baum, famous as the creator of the Land of Oz. The book was published anonymously on May 1, 1908Katharine M. Rogers, ''L. Frank Baum, Creator of Oz: A Biography'', New Yo ...
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* Nikko, a character in the comic-strip ''
Minimum Security
A prison, also known as a jail, gaol (dated, standard English, Australian, and historically in Canada), penitentiary (American English and Canadian English), detention center (or detention centre outside the US), correction center, correcti ...
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* Nikko Halloran, a character in the 1993 film ''
RoboCop 3
''RoboCop 3'' is a 1993 American science fiction action film directed by Fred Dekker and written by Dekker and Frank Miller. It is the sequel to the 1990 film ''RoboCop 2'' and the third entry in the ''RoboCop'' franchise. It stars Robert Bur ...
'' played by Remy Ryan
Other uses
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Nikko (name) Notable people named Nikko include:
Given name
* Nikko Boxall (born 1992), New Zealand-Samoan footballer for Viborg FF
* Nikko Briteramos (born 1983), American basketball player, convicted of intentional exposure to HIV
* Nikko Hurtado (born 1981) ...
, including a list of people with the name
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Nikko (bodhisattva) or Suryaprabha, a religious figure
See also
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Niko (disambiguation) Niko may refer to:
People
The given name is sometimes a short form of Nikola, Nikolas, Nikolaos or others.
* Nikō (1253–1314), Japanese Buddhist disciple of Nichiren
* Niko (musician), American musician active from 2002
* NiKo (born 1997), ...
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