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)
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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; 1936–2026), 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
Michiko Arasaka, member of the Arasaka family from Mike Podsmith Cyberpunk franchise.*