Michiko is a traditional female Japanese given name. 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
  • , 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
  • , 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
  • , 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
  • , 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
  • , 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
  • , 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
  • , Japanese former professional wrestler
  • , Japanese long-distance runner
  • , 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
  • , Japanese curler
  • , Japanese politician
  • , Japanese writer and poet
  • Michiko Yamamoto (screenwriter) (born 1979), Filipino screenwriter
  • , 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
  • Michiko Arasaka, member of the Arasaka family from Mike Podsmith Cyberpunk franchise.*

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