Mikado may refer to:

  • Emperor of Japan or

Arts and entertainment

  • The Mikado, an 1885 comic opera by Gilbert and Sullivan
  • The Mikado (1939 film), an adaptation of the opera, directed by Victor Schertzinger
  • The Mikado (1967 film), an adaptation of the opera, directed by Stuart Burge
  • "The Mikado" (Millennium), a 1998 television episode
  • Mikado (game), a pick-up sticks game
  • "Mikado" (song), by Simone Drexel, the Swiss entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1975
  • Mikado (comics), a DC Comics character

Biology

  • Mikado pheasant (Syrmaticus mikado)
  • Mikado, a genus of beetles in family Ptiliidae
  • 'Mikado', a cultivar of Syngonanthus chrysanthus
  • Forficula mikado, a species of earwig in the family Forficulidae
  • Kempina mikado, a species of mantis shrimp in the family Squillidae

Food

  • Mikado biscuits, a European marketing name for Pocky
  • Jacob's Mikado biscuits, jam and mallow-topped, and sold in Ireland
  • Mikado cake, Armenian layered cake
  • Mikado chocolate, Croatian chocolate with rice invented by Zvečevo

People

  • Mikado (born 1949), nickname of Michel Warschawski, Israeli anti-Zionist activist
  • Mikita Mikado (born 1986) IT entrepreneur
  • Yuta Mikado (born 1986) Japanese footballer

Places

  • Mikado Glacier, a glacier in Alexander Island, Antarctica
  • Mikado, Saskatchewan, a hamlet in Canada served by the Winnipeg–Churchill train
  • Mikado Station, a railway station in Isumi, Chiba Prefecture, Japan
  • Mikado Township, Michigan, a civil township in the U.S.
  • Mikado, Michigan, an unincorporated community

Other uses

  • Mikado (locomotive), any steam locomotive using the 2-8-2 wheel arrangement.
  • USRA Light Mikado, a specific model of steam locomotive with that arrangement
  • Mikado yellow, a color
  • Operation Mikado, a military plan by the United Kingdom in the Falklands War
  • 2-8-2, a steam locomotive wheel arrangement, often referred to as a Mikado

Fictional characters

  • Shiina "Misha" Mikado, a character in the visual novel Katawa Shoujo
  • Mikado Sanzenin, a character in Ranma ½
  • Mikado Ryūgamine, a character in Durarara!!

See also

  • MICADO