--58.69.24.214 10:41, 18 November 2005 (UTC)Michiko is a japanese given name, used for females. Although written romanized the same way, the Japanese language written forms (kanji or hiragana) can be different. Common forms include: A given name specifies and differentiates between members of a group of individuals, especially a family, all of whose members usually share the same family name. ... Japanese (Japanese: 日本語, Nihongo ▶(?)) is a language of unknown origins spoken by over 127 million people, mainly in Japan, but also by Japanese emigrant communities around the world. ... Japanese writing Kanji 漢字 Kana 仮名 Hiragana 平仮名 Katakana 片仮名 Uses Furigana 振り仮名 Okurigana 送り仮名 Romaji ローマ字 Category Kanji (漢字 ▶(?), literally Han characters) is the name of Chinese characters in the Japanese language. ... Japanese writing Kanji 漢字 Kana 仮名 Hiragana 平仮名 Katakana 片仮名 Uses Furigana 振り仮名 Okurigana 送り仮名 Romaji ローマ字 Category Hiragana (平仮名 literally smooth kana) are a Japanese syllabary, one of four Japanese writing systems (the others are katakana, kanji and rōmaji). ...

• 美智子 — beautiful wise child
• 美千子 — child of a thousand beauties
• みちこ

People named Michiko include:

• Michiko Shoda (jp: 正田 美智子), later Empress Michiko of Japan
• Michiko Neya (根谷 美智子), voice actress
• Hada Michiko (羽田 美智子), actress
• Michiko Nomura (野村 道子), voice actress
• Michiko Naruke, composer
• Michiko Kakutani, literary critic
• Shimizu Michiko, comedian

JP can stand for. ... Empress Michiko of Japan Her Imperial Majesty Empress Michiko of Japan (美智子), (born October 20, 1934) formerly Michiko Shoda (正田美智子 shoda michiko) and later the Crown Princess of Japan (April 10, 1959 to January 7, 1989), is the wife and consort of the reigning Emperor of Japan, Akihito. ... Michiko Neya (jp: 根谷 美智子 Neya Michiko, born October 4, 1965) is a female seiyÅ« born in Fukui. ... A voice actor (or voice artist) is a person who provides voices for computer and video games, puppet shows, amusement rides, audio dramas, dubbed foreign language films, stop motion, and animation works (including cartoons, animated feature films, animated shorts), and radio and television commercials. ... Hada Michiko (jp: 羽田美智子; born 24 September 1968 in Mitsukaido, Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan) is a Japanese actress. ... Actors in period costume sharing a joke whilst waiting between takes during location filming. ... Nomura Michiko (野村 道子) is a seiyu who was born on March 31, 1938 in Kanagawa. ... Michiko Naruke (なるけみちこ) is the composer of the video game music for the Wild ARMs series. ... A composer is a person who writes music. ... Michiko Kakutani (born January 9, 1955) is a highly influential and controversial literary critic for the New York Times. ... Literary criticism is the study, discussion, evaluation, and interpretation of literature. ... A comedian (also comedienne, female) is a person who attempts to make people laugh through a variety of methods, normally through joke telling, or a stream of funny banter. ...

See also

• Japanese name