Midori

Midori (みどり, ミドリ, 緑, 翠, pronounced [miꜜdoɾi]) is the Japanese word for "green" and may refer to:

Places

• Midori, Gunma
• Midori-ku, Chiba
• Midori-ku, Nagoya
• Midori-ku, Sagamihara
• Midori-ku, Saitama
• Midori-ku, Yokohama

People

Given name

• Midori (actress) (Michele Watley, born 1968), American pornographic actress
• Midori (author), Japanese author on human sexuality
• Midori (violinist) (Midori Gotō (五嶋 みどり; born 1971), Japanese-American violinist
• Midori Furusawa (古澤 緑; born 1974), Japanese cross-country skier
• Midori Francis, (1994) American actress
• Midori Honda (本田 美登里; born 1964), Japanese football manager
• Midori Ishii (石井 みどり; born 1949), Japanese politician
• Midori Ito (伊藤 みどり; born 1969), Japanese former figure skater
• Midori Kahata|, (1995), Japanese group rhythmic gymnast
• Midori Katō (加藤 みどり; born 1939), Japanese voice actress
• Midori Kinouchi (木之内 みどり; born 1957), Japanese idol
• Midori Kiuchi (木内 みどり; 1950–2019), Japanese actress
• Midori Kudoh (工藤 みのり; born 1967), Japanese curler
• Midori Kono Thiel, (1933), Japanese American calligrapher
• Midori Kuzuoka (葛岡 碧; born 1984), Japanese model
• Midori Matsushima (松島 みどり; born 1956), Japanese politician
• Midori Matsuya (松谷 翠; 1943–1994), Japanese pianist
• Midori Miura (三浦 みどり; 1947–2012), Japanese translator
• Midori Naka (仲 みどり; 1909–1945), Japanese stage actress
• Midori Seiler, (born 1969), German-Japanese violinist
• Midori Shimizu (disambiguation)
• Midori Shintani (horticulturalist) (新谷 みどり), Japanese horticulturalist
• Midori Shintani (薪谷 翠; 1980), Japanese judo wrestler
• Midori Snyder, an American fantasy author
• Midori Suzuki (disambiguation)
• Midori Tanaka, Japanese athlete
• Midori Takada (高田 みどり; born 1951), Japanese composer
• Midori Takahashi (高橋 翠; born 1980), Japanese volleyball player
• Midori Tatematsu (立松 緑; born 1988), Japanese musician
• Midori Tateyama, (born 1980), Japanese game scriptwriter
• Midori Yajima (谷島 緑; born 1979), Japanese sport shooter

Surname

• Mako Midori (緑 魔子; born 1944), Japanese actress
• Yurie Midori (緑 友利恵; born 1991), Japanese actress and gravure idol
• Kenji Midori (緑 健児; born 1962), Japanese karate instructor

Technology

• Midori (operating system), the code name for an operating system that was being developed at Microsoft
• Midori (web browser), a web browser based on Electron and part of Xfce
• midori Javascript Framework, a JavaScript framework
• Midori and Midori-2 (or Advanced Earth Observing Satellite), two satellites launched by the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency

Entertainment and arts

• Midori (band), a Japanese jazz-punk fusion band
• Midori (1992 film), a 1992 anime film
• Midori Days, a manga and anime series and its title character Midori Kasugano

Fictional characters

• Midori, a mecha in the anime series Lagrange: The Flower of Rin-ne
• Midori, the main character of the novel series .hack//CELL
• Midori, an enemy character in the video game The Punisher
• Midori Aoyama (also known as Princess Zerian), a character in the tokusatsu Toumei Dori-chan
• Midori Asakusa (浅草みどり), a character in the anime and manga series Keep Your Hands Off Eizouken!
• Midori Chitose, a character in the visual novel and anime Green Green
• Midori Gurin, a character from the video game Yandere Simulator
• Midori Ishizaka (née Yoshinaga), a character from the manga and anime series Crayon Shin-chan
• Midori Kobayashi, a character in the novel Norwegian Wood
• Midori Nagumo (南雲美鳥), a protagonist of the manga and anime series CITY
• Midori Nishizono, a character in the visual novel and anime Little Busters!
• Midori Sawatari (猿渡 美鳥), a character from School Babysitters
• Midori Sugiura, a character in the manga and anime series My-Hime and My-Otome
• Midori Takamine (高峯 翠), a character from the idol rhythm game Ensemble Stars!
• Midori Yamabuki (also known as Midori Norimaki), a character in the manga and anime series Dr. Slump
• Midori Yamada, a character in the multimedia project Ikizulive! Love Live! Bluebird
• Sapphire Kawashima (nicknamed "Midori"), a character from the novel and anime series Hibike! Euphonium

Other

• Midori (train), a train service operating in Japan
• Midori (liqueur), a bright green, melon-flavored liqueur made by Suntory

See also

• All pages with titles beginning with Midori