Mitsuko
# Mitsuko

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, "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
