Michiko

Michiko

Empress Michiko (right), and her husband Emperor Akihito
Gender	Female
Language(s)	Japanese
Origin
Meaning	Different meanings depending on the kanji used
Region of origin	Japan
Other names
Related names	Michiyo Michiru Machiko Michie Michi Michirō Michio Michihiko Michiya

Michiko is a Japanese given name, used for females. Although written romanized the same way, the Japanese language written forms (kanji, katakana, hiragana) 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)
• ミチコ (in katakana)

People

• Michiko Shoda (正田 美智子), later Empress Michiko of Japan
• Michiko Fujiwara (藤原 道子, 1900–1983), Japanese nurse and politician
• Michiko Fukushima (長谷川-福島 實智子), a Japanese sport shooter from Kumaishi, Hokkaidō Japan
• Michiko Godai (五大 路子), Japanese actress from Yokohama, Japan
• Michiko Hada (羽田 美智子), an actress from Mitsukaido, Japan
• Michiko Hattori (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, Japan
• Michiko Hirai (平井 道子, 1935–1984), Japanese actress and voice actress
• Horibe Michiko (堀部美智子), a Japanese ski mountaineer and telemark skier
• Michiko Inukai (犬養 道子), Japanese Roman-Catholic author and philanthropist
• Michiko Ishii (石井 道子, 1933–2012), Japanese politician
• Michiko Ishimure (石牟礼道子), a Japanese writer
• Michiko Itatani (born 1948), Japanese artist
• Michiko Kakutani (角谷 美智子), an American literary critic
• Michiko Kanba (樺 美智子, 1937–1960), Japanese communist
• Michiko Kashiwabara (柏原 理子), a Japanese cross-country skier who competed at the 2010 Winter Olympic Games
• Michiko Katagiri, paralympic swimmer from Japan
• Michiko Kawai (河合 美智子, born 1968), Japanese actress and singer
• Michiko Kichise (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 (前田通子), Japanese film and television actress from Osaka
• Michiko Matsuda (松田 理子, born 1966), former Japanese football player
• Michiko Matsumoto (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 Japan
• Michiko Nishiwaki (西脇 美智子), a Japanese stunt woman, actress, martial artist, and former female bodybuilder
• Michiko Nomura (野村 道子, born 1938), a voice actress
• Michiko Naruke (なるけ みちこ), a Japanese video game composer
• Michiko Okada, Japanese professional golfer who played on the LPGA of Japan Tour
• Michiko Omukai (大向 美智子, born 1975), Japanese former professional wrestler
• Michiko Shimizu (athlete) (志水 見千子, born 1970), Japanese long-distance runner
• Michiko Shimizu (entertainer) (清水 ミチコ, born 1960), Japanese television personality, comedian and actress
• Michiko Shiokawa (塩川 美知子), retired Japanese volleyball player who competed in the 1972 Summer Olympics
• 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
• Michiko Tomabechi (苫米地 美智子, born 1980), Japanese curler
• Michiko Ueno (上野 通子, born 1958), Japanese politician
• Michiko Yamamoto (山本 道子, born 1936), Japanese writer and poet
• Michiko Yamamoto (screenwriter) (born 1979), Filipino screenwriter
• Michiko Yamawaki (山脇 道子, 1910–2000), Japanese designer and textile artist
• Michiko Yokote (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
• Michiko, a character from anime Dennō Coil
• Michiko Ueda, a character from the book The Knox Chronicles
• Daimon Michiko (大門未知子), the 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