Machiko

Machiko

Pronunciation	MAH-Chee-koh
Gender	Female
Origin
Word/name	Japanese
Meaning	Multiple different meanings depending on the kanji used

Machiko (マチコ, まちこ)

Machiko Hasegawa (長谷川 町子; 1920–1992)

is a feminine given name of Japanese origin. It can be written with the characters for know; wisdom (machi) and child (ko), ^[1] although it can have a number of other different meanings depending on which kanji characters are used to write it. Machiko may also be written using the katakana or hiragana writing systems.

Written forms

Forms in kanji can include:

• 真智子, "true, wisdom, child"
• 真千子, "true, thousand, child"
• 真治子, "true, govern, child"
• 茉千子, "jasmine, thousand, child"
• 舞稚子, "dance, young, child"
• 舞地子, "dance, earth, child"
• 茉茅子, "jasmine, miscanthus, child"
• 茉智子, "jasmine, wisdom, child"

People with the name

• Machiko Aizawa (相沢 マチ子), Japanese badminton player
• Machiko Hasegawa (長谷川 町子; 1920–1992), Japanese manga artist
• Machiko Kawana (川名 真知子; born 1983), Japanese voice actress
• Machiko Kyō (京 マチ子; born 1924), Japanese actress
• Machiko Nakanishi (中西 真知子; born 1976), Japanese triathlete
• Ōgimachi Machiko (正親町町子; 1675 - 1724) a Japanese noble lady, scholar and memoirist, member of the Ōgimachi family of court nobles during the Edo period.
• Machiko Ono (尾野 真千子; born 1981), Japanese actress
• Machiko Saitō (齊藤 真知子; born 1992), better known by her stage name Machico, Japanese singer and voice actress
• Machiko Satonaka (里中 満智子; born 1948), Japanese manga artist
• Machiko Soga (曽我 町子; 1938–2006), Japanese actress and voice actress
• Machiko Tezuka (手束 真知子; born 1986), Japanese idol and singer
• Machiko Toyoshima (豊嶋 真千子; born 1971), Japanese manga artist
• Machiko Washio (鷲尾 真知子; born 1949), Japanese actress and voice actress
• Machiko Yamada (山田 満知子; born 1943), Japanese figure skater and coach

Fictional characters

• Machiko Mai (マチコ先生), main character of the Miss Machiko manga and anime series
• Machiko Noguchi (野口真千子), protagonist of the Aliens vs. Predator novel series

See also

• Machiko Raheem (මචිකෝ රහීම්, born 1996), Sri Lankan swimmer

References

1. "Nickelodeon Parents".