Michiko
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| name = Michiko
| image = Emperor_Akihito_and_empress_Michiko_of_japan.jpg
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| caption = Empress Michiko (right), and her husband Emperor Akihito
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| gender = Female
| meaning = Different meanings depending on the kanji used
| region = Japan
| language = Japanese
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| related names = Michiyo
Michiru
Machiko
Michie
Michi
Michirō
Michio
Michihiko
Michiya
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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):
People
- Michiko Shoda (正田 美智子), later Empress Michiko of Japan
- {{Nihongo|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
- {{Nihongo|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
- {{Nihongo|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
- {{Nihongo|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
- {{Nihongo|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
- {{Nihongo|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
- {{Nihongo|Michiko Omukai|大向 美智子||born 1975}}, Japanese former professional wrestler
- {{Nihongo|Michiko Shimizu (athlete)|志水 見千子||born 1970}}, Japanese long-distance runner
- {{Nihongo|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
- {{Nihongo|Michiko Tomabechi|苫米地 美智子||born 1980}}, Japanese curler
- {{Nihongo|Michiko Ueno|上野 通子||born 1958}}, Japanese politician
- {{Nihongo|Michiko Yamamoto|山本 道子||born 1936}}, Japanese writer and poet
- Michiko Yamamoto (screenwriter) (born 1979), Filipino screenwriter
- {{Nihongo|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
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