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
• Hamuro Mitsuko (葉室 光子, 1853–1873), Japanese concubine
• Mitsuko Horie (堀江 美都子 Horie Mitsuko, born 1957), a Japanese singer and voice actress
• Mitsuko Igarashi (五十嵐 充子, born 1977), 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
• Mitsuko Satake (佐竹 美都子, born 1976), Japanese sailor
• Mitsuko Shiga (四賀 光子 Shiga Mitsuko, 1885–1976), a Japanese tanka poet
• Mitsuko Torii (鳥居 充子, born 1943), 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

References

See also

• Mitzi