Mikado

Mikado may refer to:

• Emperor of Japan or

Arts and entertainment

• The Mikado, an 1885 comic opera by Gilbert and Sullivan
• The Mikado (1939 film), an adaptation of the opera, directed by Victor Schertzinger
• The Mikado (1967 film), an adaptation of the opera, directed by Stuart Burge
• "The Mikado" (Millennium), a 1998 television episode
• Mikado (game), a pick-up sticks game
• "Mikado" (song), by Simone Drexel, the Swiss entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1975
• Mikado (comics), a DC Comics character

Biology

• Mikado pheasant (Syrmaticus mikado)
• Mikado, a genus of beetles in family Ptiliidae
• 'Mikado', a cultivar of Syngonanthus chrysanthus
• Forficula mikado, a species of earwig in the family Forficulidae
• Kempina mikado, a species of mantis shrimp in the family Squillidae

Food

• Mikado biscuits, a European marketing name for Pocky
• Jacob's Mikado biscuits, jam and mallow-topped, and sold in Ireland
• Mikado cake, Armenian layered cake
• Mikado chocolate, Croatian chocolate with rice invented by Zvečevo

People

• Mikado (born 1949), nickname of Michel Warschawski, Israeli anti-Zionist activist
• Mikita Mikado (born 1986) IT entrepreneur
• Yuta Mikado (born 1986) Japanese footballer

Places

• Mikado Glacier, a glacier in Alexander Island, Antarctica
• Mikado, Saskatchewan, a hamlet in Canada served by the Winnipeg–Churchill train
• Mikado Station, a railway station in Isumi, Chiba Prefecture, Japan
• Mikado Township, Michigan, a civil township in the U.S.
• Mikado, Michigan, an unincorporated community

Other uses

• Mikado (locomotive), any steam locomotive using the 2-8-2 wheel arrangement.
• Mikado yellow, a color
• Operation Mikado, a military plan by the United Kingdom in the Falklands War
• 2-8-2, a steam locomotive wheel arrangement, often referred to as a Mikado

Fictional characters

• Shiina "Misha" Mikado, a character in the visual novel Katawa Shoujo
• Mikado Sanzenin, a character in Ranma ½
• Mikado RyÅ«gamine, a character in Durarara!!

See also

• MICADO