Mitsuko

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

Mitsuko is a feminine Japanese given name.

Possible writings

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". However 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, "shining child"
• 充子, "provide, child"
• 満子, "satisfy/full, child"
• 睦子, "harmonious/intimate/friendly, child"
• 三子, "three child"
• 密子, "carefulness/secrecy, child"
• 蜜子, "honey/nectar/molasses, child"

People

• Mitsuko Baisho (倍賞 美津子 Baishō Mitsuko), a Japanese actress
• Mitsuko Coudenhove (クーデンホーフ 光子 Kūdenhōfu Mitsuko), the mother of Richard Nikolaus Graf Coudenhove-Kalergi
• Mitsuko Horie (堀江 美都子 Horie Mitsuko), a Japanese singer and voice actress
• Mitsuko Shiga (四賀 光子 Shiga Mitsuko, 1885-1976), a Japanese tanka poet
• Mitsuko Mito (水戸光子 Mito Mitsuko, 1919–1981), a Japanese actress
• Mitsuko Mori (森 光子 Mori Mitsuko, 1920-2012), a Japanese actress
• Mitsuko Uchida (内田 光子 Uchida Mitsuko), Japanese naturalized-British classical pianist
• Mitsuko Yoshikawa (吉川 満子 Yoshikawa Mitsuko, 1901-1991), a 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 (TV series), the holographic anime-style "wife" of Algernop Krieger.

See also

• Mitzi