Michiko

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:

Phonetic spellings (no particular meaning):
 * 美智子 &mdash; "beautiful wise child"
 * 美千子 &mdash; "child of a thousand beauties"
 * 見知子 &mdash; "child of recognition"
 * 道子 &mdash; "child of the way"
 * 路子 &mdash; "child of the road"
 * 倫子 &mdash; "child of morals"
 * 皆子 &mdash; "child of all"
 * 通子 &mdash; "child of passage"
 * 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), 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), 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), 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), 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), 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), 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), Japanese former professional wrestler
 * Michiko Shimizu (athlete) (志水 見千子), Japanese long-distance runner
 * Michiko Shimizu (entertainer) (清水 ミチコ), 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), Japanese curler
 * Michiko Ueno (上野 通子), Japanese politician
 * Michiko Yamamoto (山本 道子), Japanese writer and poet
 * Michiko Yamamoto (screenwriter) (born 1979), Filipino screenwriter
 * Michiko Yamawaki (山脇 道子), 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
 * 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