Mikado

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Mikado may refer to:

• The Mikado, an 1885 comic opera by Gilbert and Sullivan
• An archaic name for the Emperor of Japan

Animals and plants

• Mikado (beetle), a genus of beetles in family Ptiliidae, sub-family Ptiliinae
• Mikado pheasant, Syrmaticus mikado
• 'Mikado', a cultivar of the plant Syngonanthus chrysanthus
• Kempina mikado, a species of mantis shrimp in the family Squillidae

Places

• Mikado, Saskatchewan, a hamlet
  • Mikado railway station, a flag stop in Mikado, Saskatchewan, Canada
• Mikado Glacier, a glacier in Alexander Island, Antarctica
• Mikado Station, a railway station operated by JR East's Sotobō Line located in Isumi, Chiba Prefecture, Japan
• Mikado Township, Michigan, a civil township

Fiction

• Mikado (comics), a serial killer in the DC Comics universe
• Mikado Sanzenin, a character in manga series Ranma ½
• The Mikado (Millennium), a 1998 episode of the American television series Millennium
• A character in Bushido Blade (video game)
• Mikado Ryūgamine, a character in the light novel and anime series Durarara!!

Food

• Mikado (candy), European marketing name for the Japanese snack food Pocky
• Jacob's Mikado, a biscuit made by Jacob's biscuit company in Ireland

Other uses

• Mikado (game), a pick-up sticks game
• Mikado (locomotive), a configuration of steam locomotive wheels
• Mikado (song), the Swiss entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1975, performed in German by Simone Drexel
• Mikado yellow, a color shade
• Operation Mikado, the code name of a military plan by the United Kingdom in the Falklands War
• Michel Warschawski (born 1949), an Israeli activist nicknamed Mikado