Mitsuko

Mitsuko is a feminine Japanese given name.

Mitsuko

Pronunciation	(Mee-tsoo-koh)
Gender	Female
Origin
Word/name	Japanese
Region of origin	Japan
Other names
Related names	Mitsouko
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Written forms

The name Mitsuko is generally written with the kanji characters 光 and 子 which, when translated into English can mean "light, child" or "shining, child".^[2] Mitsuko can have different meanings depending on which kanji characters are used to write the name. Some possible variations of the name Mitsuko are:

• 光子, "light, child"
• 充子, "provide, child"
• 満子, "satisfy/full, child"
• 睦子, "harmonious/intimate/friendly, child"
• 三子, "third child"
• 密子, "carefulness/secrecy, child"
• 蜜子, "honey/nectar/molasses, child"

People with the name

• Mitsuko Alexandra Yabe (born 1991), known as Lightchild, American and Japanese musician, composer, and music editor
• Mitsuko Aoyama (青山 光子; 1874–1941), one of the first Japanese people to immigrate to Europe
• Mitsuko Baisho (倍賞 美津子; born 1946), Japanese actress
• Mitsuko Hamuro (葉室 光子; 1853–1873), Japanese concubine
• Mitsuko Horie (堀江 美都子; born 1957), Japanese actress, voice actress and singer
• Mitsuko Igarashi (五十嵐 充子; born 1977), Japanese ice hockey player
• Mitsuko Ishii (石井 苗子; born 1954), Japanese politician
• Mitsuko Kandori (香取 光子; born 1943), Japanese gymnast
• Mitsuko Kusabue (草笛 光子; born 1933), Japanese actress
• Mitsuko Mito (水戸 光子; 1919–1981), Japanese actress
• Mitsuko Miura (三浦 光子; 1917–1969), Japanese actress
• Mitsuko Mori (森 光子; 1920–2012), Japanese actress
• Mitsuko Satake (佐竹 美都子; born 1976), Japanese sailor
• Mitsuko Shiga (四賀 光子; 1885–1976), Japanese tanka poet
• Mitsuko Shirai (白井 光子; born 1947), Japanese mezzo-soprano and music professor
• Mitsuko Tabe (田部 光子; 1933–2024), Japanese multimedia artist
• Mitsuko Tokoro (所 美都子; 1939–1968), Japanese biologist and New Left activist
• Mitsuko Tomon (東門 美津子; born 1942), Japanese politician
• Mitsuko Torii (鳥居 充子; born 1943), Japanese high jumper
• Mitsuko Tottori (鳥取 三津子; born 1964), Japanese airline executive
• Mitsuko Uchida (内田 光子; born 1948), Japanese-English classical pianist and conductor
• Mitsuko Yamada (山田 三津子; 1948-2009), known as Murasaki Yamada, Japanese manga artist, feminist essayist and poet
• Mitsuko Yoshikawa (吉川 満子; 1901–1991), Japanese actress

Fictional characters

• Mitsuko Komyoji, a central character in the Android Kikaider manga and anime series
• Mitsuko Souma, a central character in the Battle Royale novel, film, and manga
• Mitsuko the Boar, a character from the Bloody Roar video game series
• Mitsouko Yorisaka, a character in Claude Farrère's novel La Bataille, and the namesake of Guerlain's perfume "Mitsouko"
• Mitsuko Krieger, a character in Archer (2009 TV series), the holographic anime-style "wife" of Algernop Krieger.
• Mitsuko Hama, a character from the manga Sazae-san