Mika is a given name, a nickname and a surname. Notable people and fictional characters with the name include:

People known just as Mika

Mika (singer) Michael Holbrook Penniman Jr. (born 18 August 1983), known professionally as Mika ( , stylised as MIKA), is a singer-songwriter born in Beirut, Lebanon, and raised in Paris and London. After recording his first extended play, '' Dodgy Holida ...

(born 1983), Lebanese-born British singer-songwriter Michael Penniman, Jr. * Mika (footballer, born 1987), Portuguese football defender Michael da Conceição Figueiredo * Mika (footballer, born 1991), Portuguese football goalkeeper Michael Simões Domingues * Mika (Armenian singer), Michael Varosyan, who represented Armenia in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2015 *

Mika X Mika X (born Terrance John Pou on 8 February 1962, later renamed Neil Gudsell, also known as Mika and as Mika Haka) is a New Zealand Māori singer, performance artist, actor, filmmaker, TV producer and comedian. He has toured across the wor ...

, (born 1962), New Zealand Maori performing artist

Fictional characters

* Mika, a character in the horror game '' Ao Oni''

Mika as a given name

Male given name (primarily used in Finland)

* Mika Aaltola (born 1969), Finnish political scientist and director of the Finnish Institute of International Affairs * Mika Aaltonen (born 1965), Finnish football player *

Mika Brzezinski Mika Emilie Leonia Brzezinski Scarborough (; pl, Brzezińska; born May 2, 1967) is an American talk show host, liberal political commentator, and author who currently co-hosts MSNBC's weekday morning broadcast show ''Morning Joe''. She was forme ...

(born 1967), American talk-show host * Mika Chunuonsee (born 1989), Thai football player *

Mika Häkkinen Mika Pauli Häkkinen (; born 28 September 1968), nicknamed "The Flying Finn", is a Finnish former racing driver. He won the Formula One World Drivers' Championship in 1998 and 1999, both times driving for McLaren. Häkkinen is one of three Form ...

(born 1968), Finnish former Formula One double World Champion * Mika Halvari (born 1970), Finnish shot putter * Mika Hannula (born 1979), Swedish ice hockey player * Mika Helin (born 1978), Finnish football player *

Mika Horiuchi Mika Horiuchi (born April 22, 1986) is an American musician. He is the bassist for the bands Cellador, Falling in Reverse, Rob the Cartel, and NOISE. Early life Horiuchi was born on April 22, 1986, in Seattle, Washington. At nine years ol ...

(born 1986), Japanese-American musician *

Mika Immonen Mika Immonen (born 17 December 1972) is a Finnish professional Hall of Fame pool player, nicknamed "The Iceman." Career Immonen won the 2001 WPA World Nine-ball Championship in Cardiff, Wales. That same year, he was the runner-up to Corey De ...

(born 1972), Finnish pool player * Mika Ják (died after 1202), Hungarian noble *

Mika Kallio Mika Kallio (born 8 November 1982) is a Finnish Grand Prix motorcycle racer, currently serving as the lead test and development rider for the Red Bull KTM team in MotoGP. He debuted in the 125cc World Championship with the Finnish rookie tea ...

(born 1982), Finnish motorcycle racer * Mika Karppinen (born 1971), Finnish drummer better known as

Gas Lipstick Mika Kristian Karppinen (born 8 February 1971), better known as Gas Lipstick, is a Swedish-Finnish musician, best known as the previous drummer of the Finnish gothic rock band HIM. He is also a drummer for other bands currently on hiatus, such ...

Mika Kaurismäki Mika Juhani Kaurismäki (; born 21 September 1955) is a Finnish film director. Biography Mika Kaurismäki is the elder brother of Aki Kaurismäki, and the father of Maria Kaurismäki, who graduated from Tampere School of Art and Media in 200 ...

(born 1955), Finnish film director *

Mika Koivuniemi Mika Juhani Koivuniemi (born 6 April 1967) is a Finnish bowling coach and semi-retired professional ten-pin bowler. He competed on the Professional Bowlers Association (PBA) tour in the United States, and won bowling titles in 21 different countr ...

(born 1967), Finnish ten-pin bowler *

Mika Kojonkoski Mika Kojonkoski (born April 19, 1964 in Rauma, Finland) is a Finnish ski jumping coach and politician. Kojonkoski was a ski jumper himself in the 1980s, but he never reached the level of the best Finnish jumpers like Matti Nykänen. His best res ...

(born 1963), Finnish ski jumper and politician *

Mika Kuusisto Mika Kuusisto (born 13 December 1967 in Jurva) is a Finnish former cross-country skier who competed during the 1990s. He won a bronze medal in the 4 × 10 km relay at the 1992 Winter Olympics in Albertville and also had his best individual Wi ...

(born 1967), Finnish cross-country skier *

Mika Lahtinen Mika Lahtinen (born 30 April 1985) is a Finnish former footballer. During his career he played for RoPS, JJK and Tampere United in the Veikkausliiga, and for PP-70 and FC Hämeenlinna in the Ykkönen ''Ykkönen'' ( Finnish for 'Number On ...

(born 1985), Finnish football player *

Mika Laitinen Mika Antero Laitinen (born 5 April 1973) is Finnish former ski jumper who competed from 1990 to 2000. Career He won a gold medal in the Team large hill competition at the 1992 Winter Olympics in Albertville. His biggest successes were at the F ...

(born 1973), Finnish ski jumper *

Mika Luttinen Mika Kristian Luttinen is a Finnish vocalist who formed the black metal band Impaled Nazarene in 1990. After numerous line-up changes, he remains the only original member. Besides his main project, Mika has been involved in various other bands ...

(born 1971), Finnish musician *

Mika Muranen Mika Kalevi Muranen (born 1971, Kotka, Finland) is a Finnish murderer who shot three people dead with an assault rifle and a crossbow in April 1994 and was subsequently sentenced to life imprisonment. After multiple appeals for parole, he was ...

(born 1971), Finnish prisoner *

Mika Myllylä Mika Kristian Myllylä (12 September 1969 – 5 July 2011) was a Finnish cross-country skier who competed from 1992 to 2005. He won six medals at the Winter Olympics, earning one gold (1998: 30 km), one silver (1994: 50 km), and four br ...

(1969-2011), Finnish cross-country skier *

Mika Mäkeläinen Mika Mäkeläinen (born 30 May 1965) is a Finnish foreign news journalist and non-fiction writer, who has served as both the United States and Asia correspondent for the Finnish public broadcasting company Yle. Mäkeläinen was stationed in Washin ...

(born 1965), Finnish journalist and nonfiction writer *

Mika Niskanen Mika Niskanen (born July 24, 1973 in Helsinki, Finland) is a professional ice hockey defenceman, currently with Ilves in the Finnish elite league SM-liiga The SM-liiga (marketed as just Liiga from 2013 on), (Finnish for ''League'') colloquial ...

(born 1973), Finnish ice hockey player *

Mika Noronen Mika Noronen (born 17 June 1979) is a Finnish former professional ice hockey goaltender. He played 71 games n the National Hockey League (NHL) with the Buffalo Sabres and Vancouver Canucks between 2000 and 2006. The rest of his career, which laste ...

(born 1979), Finnish ice hockey player * Mika Nurmela (born 1971), Finnish football player * Mika-Matti Paatelainen (born 1967), Finnish football manager, better known as

Mixu Paatelainen Mika-Matti Petteri Paatelainen (born 3 February 1967) is a Finnish former professional football player and the head coach of Veikkausliiga club HIFK. He scored 18 goals in 70 appearances for the Finnish national team, which makes him Finland's ...

* Mika Peltonen (born 1965), Finnish military officer * Mika Pohjola (born 1971), Finnish jazz pianist * Mikaele Ravalawa (born 1997), Fijian rugby league player *

Mika Ronkainen Mika Ronkainen (born 6 August 1970) is a Finnish film director and screenwriter from Oulu, Northern Finland. Ronkainen is the co-creator and director of successful crime drama '' All the Sins'' and he has also worked with documentary films and the ...

(born 1970), Finnish film director *

Mika Salo Mika Juhani Salo (born 30 November 1966) is a Finnish former professional racing driver. He competed in Formula One between and . His best ranking was 10th in the world championship in 1999, when he stood in for the injured Michael Schumacher ...

(born 1966), Finnish auto racer * Mika Sankala (born 1964), Finnish football manager and former footballer *

Mika Singh Mika Singh (born 10 June 1977) is an Indian singer. His songs include "Bas Ek King" ('' Singh Is Kinng''), "Mauja Hi Mauja" (''Jab We Met''), "Ibn-e-Batuta" ('' Ishqiya''), and "Dhanno" ('' Housefull''). He has released several solo albums and ...

(born 1977), Indian entertainer *

Mika Špiljak Mika Špiljak ( or ; 28 November 1916 – 18 May 2007) was a Croatian politician who spent most of his political career as a member of the League of Communists of Yugoslavia in the SFR Yugoslavia. Early years He was born in Odra Sisačka (part ...

(1916–2007), Yugoslav politician *

Mika Strömberg Mika Juhani Strömberg (born February 28, 1970 in Helsinki, Finland) is a Finnish professional ice hockey defenceman. He was drafted by the Quebec Nordiques as their eleventh-round pick, #211 overall, in the 1990 NHL Entry Draft. After a ten-ye ...

(born 1970), Finnish ice hockey player * Mika Tauriainen (born 1975), Finnish rock singer * Mika Vainio, member of the Finnish electronic duo

Pan sonic Pan Sonic was a Finnish electronic music group founded in Turku in 1993. The group consisted of Mika Vainio, Ilpo Väisänen, and Sami Salo. Salo left in 1996 leaving Pan Sonic a duo. The group was originally named Panasonic until 1998. In De ...

* Mika Vasara (born 1983), Finnish shot putter * Mika Väyrynen (footballer) (born 1981), Finnish football player *

Mika Vukona Mika John Vukona (born 13 May 1982) is a Fijian-born New Zealand former professional basketball player. Between 2003 and 2018, he spent 13 seasons with the New Zealand Breakers in the Australian NBL and helped them win four championships. He wa ...

, (born 1982), Fijian-born New Zealand basketball player *

Mika Waltari Mika Toimi Waltari (; 19 September 1908 – 26 August 1979) was a Finnish writer, best known for his best-selling novel '' The Egyptian'' ( fi, Sinuhe egyptiläinen). He was extremely productive. Besides his novels he also wrote poetry, short stor ...

(1908–1979), Finnish author *

Mika Zibanejad Mika Zibanejad ( fa, میکا زیبانژاد; born 18 April 1993) is a Swedish professional ice hockey centre and alternate captain for the New York Rangers of the National Hockey League (NHL). Zibanejad was selected sixth overall in the 201 ...

, (born 1993), Swedish ice hockey player

Female given name (美佳, 美香, etc., primarily used in Japan)

Mika Akino , better known as Akino, (born October 24, 1973 in Tokyo, Japan) is a female Japanese ''joshi wrestler'', signed to Oz Academy. Billed from Honshū, she started late in the sport and didn't debut until the age of 24. Trained by Mariko Yoshida, ...

(born 1973), the Japanese wrestler AKINO * Mika Arisaka (born 1974), Japanese-American singer *

Mika Boorem Mika is a given name, a nickname and a surname. Notable people and fictional characters with the name include: People known just as Mika * Mika (singer) (born 1983), Lebanese-born British singer-songwriter Michael Penniman, Jr. * Mika (footba ...

(born 1987), American actress *

(born 1967), American television journalist, co-host of ''Morning Joe'' *

Mika Doi is a Japanese actress, voice actress and narrator who was born in Sendai.Doi, Hitoshi. She's also the Japanese voice actor for the charcacter Daisy Duck"Doi Mika" ''Seiyuu Database''. January 3, 2011. Retrieved January 4, 2011. Filmography Te ...

(born 1956), Japanese voice actress * Mika Handa, singer with the band Mika Bomb *, Japanese swimmer *, Japanese ice hockey player *

Mika Kanai is a Japanese voice actress and singer. She is attached to Ken Production. She is best known for her roles in '' Idol Tenshi Yokoso Yoko'' (as Yoko Tanaka), '' Tanoshii Moomin Ikka'' (as the Snork Maiden), '' Goldfish Warning!'' (as Wapiko), ' ...

(born 1964), Japanese voice actress * Mika Kato, namesake singer of the Sadistic Mika Band *, Japanese actress *

Mika Kawamura is a Japanese manga artist and author, best noted for being the creator of the manga series ''UFO Baby is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Mika Kawamura. The manga was serialized by Kodansha in ''Nakayoshi'' from Februa ...

(born 1973), Japanese manga artist * Mika Kikuchi (born 1983), Japanese actress *

Mika Miyazato Mika Miyazato ( ja, 宮里美香, born 10 October 1989) is a professional golfer from Japan who plays on the U.S.-based LPGA Tour. Career As an amateur, Miyazato won the 2004 Japan Amateur Women's Championship at the age of 14, and was the young ...

(born 1989), Japanese golfer *

Mika Nakashima is a Japanese singer and actress. Five of her studio albums, one of her mini-albums and one of her compilation albums have reached number one in Japan's Oricon album chart. She also embarked on an acting career, most notably as Nana Osaki in th ...

(born 1983), Japanese singer * Mika Newton (born 1986), Ukrainian singer * Mika Reyes (born 1994), Filipina volleyball player *

Mika Todd was a Japanese idol girl group formed by Up-Front Promotion in 1999 and associated with Hello! Project. It was promoted as the "girls from Hawaii". After nine years, the group officially disbanded when Ayaka Kimura graduated from Hello! Project. ...

(born 1984), American jazz singer and former Hello! Project member * Mika Urbaniak (born 1980), American pop singer * Mika Yamamoto (1967-2012), Japanese journalist * Mika Yamauchi (born 1969), Japanese volleyball player *, Japanese middle- and long-distance runner

Nickname or stage name

* Miroslav Mika Antić (1932–1986), Serbian poet *

(born 1977), Indian singer born Amrik Singh

Fictional characters

* Mika Ahonen, from the anime/manga ''

Strike Witches is a Japanese media mix originally created by Fumikane Shimada via a series of magazine illustration columns. The franchise has since been adapted into several light novel, manga, and anime series and various video games. ...

'' * Mika Grainger, from British school drama series '' Waterloo Road'' * Mika Jougasaki, from ''

The Idolmaster Cinderella Girls is a Japanese free-to-play simulation video game co-developed by Cygames and Bandai Namco Studios for the Mobage social network platform for mobile phones. It was first released on November 28, 2011, for feature phones, and compatibility ...

'' video game * Mika Kamishiro (神代美香), a character in the show ''

Kamen Rider Kabuto is a Japanese tokusatsu superhero television series. It is the sixteenth installment in the popular Kamen Rider Series of tokusatsu programs. It is a joint collaboration between Ishimori Productions and Toei. The series was broadcast on TV Asahi ...

'' is a older sister of Tsurugi Kamishiro / Kamen Rider Sasword * Mika Kujiin, one of the main characters in the ''

Kanamemo is a Japanese four-panel comic strip written and illustrated by . The strip has been serialized in Houbunsha's seinen manga magazine '' Manga Time Kirara Max'' since April 19, 2007. It is about Kana Nakamachi and her growing experience as a ...

'' anime/manga * Mika Nanakawa (

R. Mika , known as and more commonly as , is a fictional character and professional wrestler from Capcom's ''Street Fighter'' fighting game series. She was introduced in the 1998 game ''Street Fighter Alpha 3'', and later returned in the 2016 game ''St ...

), from the fighting video games 'Street Fighter Alpha 3'' and ''Street Fighter V'' * Mika Nogizaka, from the light novel and anime '' Nogizaka Haruka No Himitsu'' * Mika Tahara, from the manga ''

Koizora , or for short, is a 2005 best-selling Japanese coming of age and romance novel written by Mika. Originally posted on the cell phone website "Mahō no iLand", where chapters would be released exclusively for mobile reading, ''Koizora'' re ...

* Mika Samuels, from the television series '' The Walking Dead'' * Mika Shimotsuki, from the anime ''

Psycho-Pass ''Psycho-Pass'' (stylized as ''PSYCHO-PASS'') is a Japanese cyberpunk psychological thriller anime television series produced by Production I.G. It was co-directed by Naoyoshi Shiotani and Katsuyuki Motohiro and written by Gen Urobuchi, w ...

'' * Mikaela "Mika" Hyakuya, from the anime ''

Seraph of the End is a Japanese dark fantasy manga series written by Takaya Kagami and illustrated by Yamato Yamamoto with storyboards by Daisuke Furuya. The series is set in a world that allegedly comes to an end at the hands of a "human-made" virus, ra ...

'' * Mikazuki "Mika" Augus, from '' Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron Blooded Orphans'' * Mika Returna, a new character in the fighting game '' Under Night In-Birth'' * Mika Kanda, a character in the fighting game ''

Gantz ''Gantz'' (stylized as ''GANTZ'') is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Hiroya Oku. It was serialized in Shueisha's ''seinen'' manga magazine ''Weekly Young Jump'' from June 2000 to June 2013, with its chapters collected i ...

'' * Mika Koizumi (小泉ミカ), a character in the show ''

Choudenshi Bioman is Toei Company's eighth installment in the Super Sentai metaseries. Its 51 episodes aired on TV Asahi from February 4, 1984 to January 26, 1985, replacing '' Kagaku Sentai Dynaman'' and was replaced by '' Dengeki Sentai Changeman'' with a mov ...

'' * Mika Yamaguchi (山口美香), a character in the show ''

Kousoku Sentai Turboranger is both the thirteenth entry of Toei Company's Super Sentai metaseries and the first title of the Heisei period. it was aired on TV Asahi on February 25, 1989, to February 23, 1990, replacing ''Choujyu Sentai Liveman'' and was replaced by '' ...

'' * Meekah, character in Moonbug preschool channel

Blippi ''Blippi'' is an American educational YouTube channel/video live-action program for toddlers and children up to the age of about five years old. History The show was created and the character originally played by Stevin John, who posted the fir ...

Mika as a surname (primarily used in Polynesia and Poland)

* Arūnas Mika (born 1970), Lithuanian association footballer * Bascha Mika (born 1954), German journalist * Brad Mika (born 1981), New Zealand rugby union player *

Constantine Mika Constantine Mika (born 14 September 1989) is a Samoa international rugby league footballer who plays as a or for Limoux Grizzlies in the Elite One Championship. He previously played for the Newcastle Knights in the NRL, Hull Kingston Rovers in ...

(born 1989), Samoan rugby league player *

Dylan Mika Dylan Gabriel Mika (17 April 1972 – 20 March 2018) was a New Zealand-born rugby union player who represented the national teams of both Samoa and New Zealand. Born in Auckland, Mika was initially educated at Marcellin College, before movi ...

(1972–2018), New Zealand rugby union player * Eric Mika (born 1995), American basketball player *

Jarosław Mika Jarosław Mika (born 31 October 1962) is a Polish Land Forces officer who has served as the general commander of Branches of the Armed Forces since 2017. Biography Mika was born on 31 October 1962, and he joined the Polish military in 1981 when h ...

(born 1962), Polish military officer * Mateusz Mika (born 1991), Polish volleyball player * Michael Mika (born 1968), New Zealand Samoan rugby union player and jurist * Miché Mika (born 1996), Congolese association footballer * Setefano Mika, former name of Aunese Curreen (born 1985), Samoan middle-distance runner * Václav Míka (born 2000), Czech association footballer

Fictional characters

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