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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
• Daimon Michiko (大門未知子), 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