Mitsuko Explained
| Mitsuko |
| Pronunciation: | (Mee-tsoo-koh) |
| Gender: | Female |
| Region: | Japan |
| Footnotes: | [1] |
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".[2] 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, "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 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 von Coudenhove-Kalergi
- , Japanese concubine
- Mitsuko Horie (堀江 美都子 Horie Mitsuko, born 1957), a Japanese singer and voice actress
- , Japanese ice hockey player
- 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
- , Japanese sailor
- Mitsuko Shiga (四賀 光子 Shiga Mitsuko, 1885–1976), a Japanese tanka poet
- , Japanese high jumper
- Mitsuko Uchida (内田 光子 Uchida Mitsuko, born 1948), 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 (2009 TV series), the holographic anime-style "wife" of Algernop Krieger.
- Mitsuko Hama, a character from the manga Sazae-san
See also
Notes and References
- http://www.babynames.co.uk/meaning_origin_name_Mitsuko.htm Mitsuko - Meaning and origin of the name Mitsuko
- http://www.20knames.com/female_japanese_names.htm
