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{{Infobox Given Name Revised
| name = Mitsuko
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| pronunciation = (Mee-tsoo-koh)
| gender = Female
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| region = Japan
| origin = [[Japanese language|Japanese]]
| related names = [[Mitsouko]]
| footnotes = <ref>[http://www.babynames.co.uk/meaning_origin_name_Mitsuko.htm Mitsuko - Meaning and origin of the name Mitsuko]</ref>
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'''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".<ref>http://www.20knames.com/female_japanese_names.htm</ref> 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 Aoyama|Mitsuko Coudenhove]] (クーデンホーフ 光子 ''Kūdenhōfu Mitsuko''), the mother of [[Richard von Coudenhove-Kalergi]]
*{{Nihongo|[[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
*{{Nihongo|[[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
*{{Nihongo|[[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
*{{Nihongo|[[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==
* [[Android Kikaider#Humans|Mitsuko Komyoji]], a central character in the ''[[Android Kikaider]]'' manga and anime series
* [[Mitsuko Souma]], a central character in the ''[[Battle Royale (novel)|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 (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==
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==See also==
*[[Mitzi]]
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[[Category:Japanese feminine given names]]
[[Category:Feminine given names]]