Maiko
Encyclopedia
is a Japanese
word for dancing girl and is an apprentice geisha
. Maiko is also a feminine
Japanese given name.
characters and can mean:
as a given name
The name can also be written in hiragana
or katakana
.
Japanese language
is a language spoken by over 130 million people in Japan and in Japanese emigrant communities. It is a member of the Japonic language family, which has a number of proposed relationships with other languages, none of which has gained wide acceptance among historical linguists .Japanese is an...
word for dancing girl and is an apprentice geisha
Geisha
, Geiko or Geigi are traditional, female Japanese entertainers whose skills include performing various Japanese arts such as classical music and dance.-Terms:...
. Maiko is also a feminine
Feminine
Feminine, or femininity, normally refers to qualities positively associated with women.Feminine may also refer to:*Feminine , a grammatical gender*Feminine cadence, a final chord falling in a metrically weak position...
Japanese given name.
Possible writings
Maiko can be written using different kanjiKanji
Kanji are the adopted logographic Chinese characters hanzi that are used in the modern Japanese writing system along with hiragana , katakana , Indo Arabic numerals, and the occasional use of the Latin alphabet...
characters and can mean:
- 舞子 or 舞妓, apprentice geisha
as a given name
- 舞子, "dance, child"
- 麻衣子, "hemp, clothes, child"
- 真衣子, "truth, clothes, child"
- 舞衣子, "dance, clothes, child"
The name can also be written in hiragana
Hiragana
is a Japanese syllabary, one basic component of the Japanese writing system, along with katakana, kanji, and the Latin alphabet . Hiragana and katakana are both kana systems, in which each character represents one mora...
or katakana
Katakana
is a Japanese syllabary, one component of the Japanese writing system along with hiragana, kanji, and in some cases the Latin alphabet . The word katakana means "fragmentary kana", as the katakana scripts are derived from components of more complex kanji. Each kana represents one mora...
.
Places
- Maiko Station (舞子駅), a train station in Tarumi-ku, Kobe, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan
- Maiko-kōen Station (舞子公園駅), a train station in Tarumi-ku, Kobe, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan
- Nishi-Maiko Station (西舞子駅), a train station in Tarumi-ku, Kobe, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan
- Ōmi-Maiko StationOmi-Maiko Stationis a train station in Ōtsu, Shiga, Japan.-Stations next to Ōmi-Maiko:...
(近江舞子駅), a train station in Ōtsu, Shiga, Japan
People
- Maiko KawakamiMaiko Kawakamiis a Swedish-born Japanese actress who has starred in numerous movies and TV serials. She is a graduate of Keio University through distance education.- Profile :...
(麻衣子), a Swedish-born Japanese actress - Maiko Ito (麻衣子), a Japanese actress
- Maiko (マイコ), a Japanese actress
- Maiko SakaeMaiko SakaeSakae Maiko or just Maiko is currently the lead singer and one of two bassists in the J-pop/J-rock band MARIA, and was formerly the bassist in ZONE, a highly popular all girls J-pop/J-rock band which disbanded in 2005.- Biography :...
(舞衣子), a Japanese singer and bassist - Maiko YūkiMaiko Yukiis a Japanese AV idol, actress, and stripper. One of the top AV idols in the mid-1990s, she was named the "AV Girl of the Year" in 1998. In 2004 Yūki was the star performer in the first Japanese strip show to perform in the People's Republic of China.-Early life:...
(舞子), a Japanese AV idol, actress, and stripper - Maiko Watson, a member of the Canadian pop group Sugar Jones
- Maiko ItaiMaiko Itaiis a Japanese beauty pageant contestant who won Miss Universe Japan 2010 on 9 March 2010. Itai, the 13th Miss Universe Japan, accepted the crown from Emiri Miyasaka, Miss Universe Japan 2009.She competed in Miss Universe 2010 in the USA.-History:...
(板井 麻衣子), Miss Japan Universe 2010
Fictional characters
- Maico Katou (マイコ), a character in the manga series Yu-Gi-Oh! RYu-Gi-Oh! Ris a Japanese manga series that is a spinoff of the original Yu-Gi-Oh! franchise.Yu-Gi-Oh! R is published in Shueisha's monthly magazine V-Jump in Japan. The manga is made by Akira Ito. Yu-Gi-Oh! R is an alternate plotline which takes place after the defeat of Marik Ishtar.In Yu-Gi-Oh! R, the kōhai...
- Maiko Kaji (舞子), a supporting character in the manga and anime series Hataraki ManHataraki Manis a manga by Moyoco Anno, serialised in the seinen magazine Morning. It has been adapted into a TV anime, which screened in Japan from October to December 2006 and a drama that aired from October 2007 to December 2007. The story centres on 28-year old Hiroko Matsukata, editor at the magazine...
- The unnamed maiko/interrogator in the opening chapters of the novel Tobacco-Stained Mountain GoatTobacco-Stained Mountain GoatTobacco-Stained Mountain Goat is a science fiction/noir novel by Australian author Andrez Bergen. It is set in a post-apocalyptic, near-future Melbourne, Australia. It features cover art and some illustrations by American artist Scott Campbell, and was first published through Another Sky Press in...
See also
- Maico 2010Maico 2010Maico 2010 is a manga series by Toshimitsu Shimizu which ran in Young King Ours from 1997 to 1998. The manga was adapted to an anime TV series on WOWOW in 1998 under the title as part of the Anime Complex omnibus show. The series was published in English by ComicsOne. ComicsOne rated the series as...
, a manga series - Maiko Haaaan!!!Maiko Haaaan!!!-Plot:Kimihiko Onizuka is a salaryman infatuated with maiko and whose greatest goal in life is to play a party game called "yakyuken" with one. Upon being transferred to his company's Kyoto branch, he dumps his coworker girlfriend Fujiko and makes his first ever visit to a geisha house...
, a Japanese comedy film released in 2007 - Maiko National ParkMaiko National ParkMaiko National Park is a national park in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. It lies in one of the most remote forest areas of the country and covers . The park is divided into three sectors, straddling the states of Nord Kivu, Province Orientale and Maniema...
, a national park in the Democratic Republic of the Congo