Mizuho () literally means "abundant rice" in Japanese and "harvest" in the figurative sense. It was also an ancient name of

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Mizuho, Gifu Ozu Park is a village located in Gifu, Japan. , the village had an estimated population of 56,168 and a population density of 1951 persons per km2, in 23,756 households. The total area of the village was . Geography Mizuho is located in south-we ...

, a city in Gifu *

Mizuho, Tokyo is a Towns of Japan, town located in the western Tokyo, western portion of Tokyo Metropolis, Japan. , the town had an estimated population of 32,458, and a population density of 1900 persons per km². The total area of the town is . Geography M ...

, a town in Tokyo * Mizuho Plateau in Antarctica ** Mizuho Station (Antarctica) * Mizuho Township, former name during the Japanese colonial period of the town of

Ruisui, Hualien Ruisui Township is a rural township located in southern Hualien County, Taiwan, and has a population of 10,944 inhabitants in 11 villages. The population is composed of Hoklo, Hakka, and Taiwanese aborigines, most of whom are Amis. Agricu ...

in Taiwan

People

* Mizuho Aimoto (born 1964), Japanese female manga artist *

Mizuho Fukushima is a Japanese politician and attorney. A native of Nobeoka, Miyazaki, she has been a member of the House of Councillors (Japan), House of Councillors since 1998, was re-elected in 2004 and 2010, and was the head of the Social Democratic Party (J ...

(born 1955), Japanese female politician * Mizuho Hasegawa (born 2010), Japanese skateboarder * Mizuho Katayama (born 1969), female synchronized swimming coach in Japan who represented South Korea at the 1988 Olympics * Mizuho Kusanagi (born 1979), Japanese female manga artist * , Japanese long-distance runner *

Mizuho Ōta was the pen-name of , a Japanese poet and scholar of Japanese literature, active in Shōwa period Japan. He also occasionally used another pen name, ''Mizuhonoya''. Early life Ōta was born in Chikuma District, Nagano prefecture in what is now ...

(1876–1955), Japanese poet *

Mizuho Sakaguchi is a former Japanese footballer who played as a midfielder. She last played for Omiya Ardija Ventus in the WE League and the Japan national team. Club career Sakaguchi was born in Sakai on October 15, 1987. In 2003, at the age of 15, she debut ...

(born 1987), Japanese female association footballer *

Mizuho Suzuki was a Japanese actor. He was a drop-out of Kyoto University. He died on November 19, 2023, at the age of 96. Filmography Film *'' Yogiri yo Kon'yamo Arigatō'' (1967) *'' Zatoichi the Outlaw'' (1967) *''The Snow Woman'' (1968) *'' The Sands o ...

(born 1927), Japanese actor *

Mizuho Yoshida (born September 12, 1965 in Kanagawa Prefecture) is a Japanese actor. He is best known for playing Legion Queen in 1996 Gamera film '' Gamera 2: Attack of Legion'', Desghidorah in 1996 Mothra film '' Rebirth of Mothra'', Dagahra in 1997 Mothra ...

(born 1965), Japanese actor * Mizuho Saito, member of the former Japanese band

Zone Zone, Zones or The Zone may refer to: Places Military zones * Zone, any of the divisions of France during the World War II German occupation * Zone, any of the divisions of Germany during the post-World War II Allied occupation * Korean Demilit ...

Fictional characters and places

* Mizuho Kazami, a character in the anime ''

Please Teacher! is a 2002 science fiction and romantic comedy anime television series directed by Yasunori Ide, written by Yōsuke Kuroda, and produced by Bandai Visual. It was later adapted into a manga and light novel and centers on a group of friends ...

'' * Mizuho Miyanokouji, a character in the game and anime ''

Otome wa Boku ni Koishiteru , commonly known as , is a Japanese adult visual novel developed by Caramel Box and released on January 28, 2005 playable on Windows PCs. The game was later ported to the PlayStation 2 and PlayStation Portable (PSP) with the adult cont ...

'' * Mizuho, a fictional ninja village in the video game ''

Tales of Symphonia is an action role-playing video game developed by Namco Tales Studio and published by Namco for the GameCube. The seventh main installment of the ''Tales'' series, it was released in Japan on August 29, 2003, in North America on July 13, 2004 ...

'' * Mizuho Asano, a side-character in the anime & manga ''

Bleach Bleach is the generic name for any chemical product that is used industrially or domestically to remove color from (i.e. to whiten) fabric or fiber (in a process called bleaching) or to disinfect after cleaning. It often refers specifically t ...

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Mizuho (train) The is a limited-stop Shinkansen service operated between and in Japan since 12 March 2011, following the completion of the Kyushu Shinkansen. The name was formerly used for a limited express sleeping car service operated by JNR from 1961, ...

, a train service in Japan *

2090 Mizuho 2090 Mizuho, provisional designation , is a stony asteroid from the outer region of the asteroid belt, approximately 18 kilometers in diameter. The asteroid was discovered on 12 March 1978, by Japanese astronomer Takeshi Urata at the JCPM Yak ...

, an asteroid *

Mizuho Financial Group The , known from 2000 to 2003 as Mizuho Holdings and abbreviated as MHFG or simply Mizuho, is a Japanese banking holding company headquartered in the Ōtemachi district of Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan. The group was formed in 2000-2002 by merger of Dai- ...

, a Japanese banking conglomerate {{disambiguation, geo, given name Japanese unisex given names