# 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:
* 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
* 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
* 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
* 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
* 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
* 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
* 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
* Michiko Omukai (大向 美智子, born 1975), Japanese former professional wrestler
* Michiko Shimizu (athlete) (志水 見千子, born 1970), Japanese long-distance runner
* 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
* Michiko Tomabechi (苫米地 美智子, born 1980), Japanese curler
* Michiko Ueno (上野 通子, born 1958), Japanese politician
* Michiko Yamamoto (山本 道子, born 1936), Japanese writer and poet
* Michiko Yamamoto (screenwriter) (born 1979), Filipino screenwriter
* 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