Michiko Kihara (木原 美知子, Kihara Michiko, April 5, 1948 – October 18, 2007) was a Japanese swimmer and TV actress.

[1] After retiring from swimming, Kihara became a model, businesswoman and TV actress, playing in several Japanese TV series in the 1970s–80s.

[2] In 2005, she was appointed as director of the Japan Swimming Federation.

She died of subarachnoid hemorrhage at age 59.

This Japanese swimming biography is a stub.