# Midori

Midori (みどり, ミドリ, 緑, 翠, pronounced) is the Japanese word for "green" and may refer to:

## Places

* Midori, Gunma
* Midori-ku, Chiba
* Midori-ku, Nagoya
* Midori-ku, Sagamihara
* Midori-ku, Saitama
* Midori-ku, Yokohama

## People
### Given name

* Midori (actress), born 1968 as Michele Watley, pornographic actress
* Midori (author), an author on human sexuality
* Midori Furusawa (古澤 緑, born 1974), Japanese cross-country skier
* Midori Francis, (1994) American actress
* Midori Gotō (五嶋 みどり, born 1971), Japanese-American violinist
* Midori Honda (本田 美登里, born 1964), Japanese football manager
* Midori Ishii (石井 みどり, born 1949), Japanese politician
* Midori Ito (伊藤 みどり, born 1969), Japanese former figure skater
* Midori Kahata|, (1995), Japanese group rhythmic gymnast
* Midori Katō (加藤 みどり, born 1939), Japanese voice actress
* Midori Kinouchi (木之内 みどり, born 1957), Japanese idol
* Midori Kiuchi (木内 みどり, 1950–2019), Japanese actress
* Midori Kudoh (工藤 みのり, born 1967), Japanese curler
* Midori Kono Thiel, (1933), Japanese American calligrapher
* Midori Kuzuoka (葛岡 碧, born 1984), Japanese model
* Midori Matsushima (松島 みどり, born 1956), Japanese politician
* Midori Matsuya (松谷 翠, 1943–1994), Japanese pianist
* Midori Miura (三浦 みどり, 1947–2012), Japanese translator
* Midori Naka (仲 みどり, 1909–1945), Japanese stage actress
* Midori Seiler, (born 1971), German-Japanese violinist
* Midori Shimizu (disambiguation)
* Midori Shintani (horticulturalist) (新谷 みどり), Japanese horticulturalist
* Midori Shintani (薪谷 翠, 1980), Japanese judo wrestler
* Midori Snyder, an American fantasy author
* Midori Suzuki (disambiguation)
* Midori Tanaka, Japanese athlete
* Midori Takada (高田 みどり, born 1951), Japanese composer
* Midori Takahashi (高橋 翠, born 1980), Japanese volleyball player
* Midori Tatematsu (立松 緑, born 1988), Japanese musician
* Midori Tateyama, (born 1980), Japanese game scriptwriter
* Midori Yajima (谷島 緑, born 1979), Japanese sport shooter

### Surname

* Mako Midori (緑 魔子, born 1944), Japanese actress
* Yurie Midori (緑 友利恵, born 1991), Japanese actress and gravure idol
* Kenji Midori (緑 健児, born 1962), Japanese karate instructor

## Technology

* Midori (operating system), the code name for an operating system that was being developed at Microsoft
* Midori (web browser), a web browser based on Electron and part of Xfce
* midori Javascript Framework, a JavaScript framework
* Midori and Midori-2 (or Advanced Earth Observing Satellite), two satellites launched by the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency

## Entertainment and arts

* Midori (band), a Japanese jazz-punk fusion band
* Midori (1992 film), a 1992 anime film
* Midori Days, a manga and anime series and its title character Midori Kasugano

### Fictional characters

* Midori, a mecha in the anime series Lagrange: The Flower of Rin-ne
* Midori, the main character of the novel series .hack//CELL
* Midori, an enemy character in the video game The Punisher
* Midori Aoyama (also known as Princess Zerian), a character in the tokusatsu Toumei Dori-chan
* Midori Chitose, a character in the visual novel and anime Green Green
* Midori Gurin, a character from the video game Yandere Simulator
* Midori Ishizaka (née Yoshinaga), a character from the manga and anime series Crayon Shin-chan
* Midori Kobayashi, a character in the novel Norwegian Wood
* Midori Nishizono, a character in the visual novel and anime Little Busters!
* Midori Sugiura, a character in the manga and anime series My-Hime and My-Otome
* Midori Yamabuki (also known as Midori Norimaki), a character in the manga and anime series Dr. Slump
* Sapphire Kawashima (nicknamed "Midori"), a character from the novel and anime series Hibike! Euphonium
* Midori Asakusa, a character in the anime and manga series Keep Your Hands Off Eizouken!
* Midori Sawatari (猿渡 美鳥), a character from School Babysitters

## Other

* Midori (train), a train service operating in Japan
* Midori (liqueur), a bright green, melon-flavored liqueur made by Suntory