is a unisex
Japanese given name
in modern times consist of a family name (surname) followed by a given name, in that order. Nevertheless, when a Japanese name is written in the Roman alphabet, ever since the Meiji era, the official policy has been to cater to Western expecta ...
used mostly by females and is occasionally used as a surname.
Possible writings
Chiaki can be written using different
kanji
are the logographic Chinese characters taken from the Chinese family of scripts, Chinese script and used in the writing of Japanese language, Japanese. They were made a major part of the Japanese writing system during the time of Old Japanese ...
characters and can mean:
*千秋, "thousand, autumn"
*千明, "thousand, light"
*千晶, "thousand, sparkle"
*千晃, "thousand, clear"
*千瑛, "thousand, crystal ball"
*智昭, "wisdom, shining"
The name can also be written in
hiragana
is a Japanese syllabary, part of the Japanese writing system, along with ''katakana'' as well as ''kanji''.
It is a phonetic lettering system. The word ''hiragana'' literally means "flowing" or "simple" kana ("simple" originally as contrast ...
or
katakana
is a Japanese syllabary, one component of the Japanese writing system along with hiragana, kanji and in some cases the Latin script (known as rōmaji). The word ''katakana'' means "fragmentary kana", as the katakana characters are derived fr ...
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People
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Chiaki (tarento)
, full name , is a Japanese tarento whose career ranges from singing, designing baby clothes, voice acting, and other similar pursuits in the entertainment industry.
Biography
Chiaki was born in Maizuru, Kyoto on October 26, 1971 as the daught ...
(千秋; born 1971), Japanese tarento
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Chiaki Hara (千晶), a Japanese gravure idol and personality
*, Japanese businesswoman
*, Japanese swimmer
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Chiaki Ishikawa
is a Japanese singer-songwriter. She is also the lead vocalist of Japanese musical duo See-Saw. Many of her songs, both solo and with See-Saw, have been used as theme songs in various anime series. Since 2003, her popularity abroad as part of S ...
(智晶; born 1969), Japanese singer
*, Japanese alpine skier
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Chiaki Ito
is a Japanese singer, actress, dancer, model and a former member of the group AAA
AAA, Triple A, or Triple-A is a three-letter initialism or abbreviation which may refer to:
Airports
* Anaa Airport in French Polynesia (IATA airport code AAA)
* ...
(千晃; born 1987), member of the J-pop group ''AAA''
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Chiaki J. Konaka
is a Japanese writer and novelist. He was the head writer of the anime series ''Serial Experiments Lain'', ''Digimon Tamers'', and ''Hellsing'', as well as the television drama ''Ultraman Gaia''.
Personal life
Konaka gave himself the middle ini ...
(千昭; born 1961), Japanese writer and scenarist
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Chiaki Kawamata
is a Japanese science fiction writer and critic. Chiaki Kawamata has won both the Seiun Award and the Nihon SF Taisho Award. Chiaki Kawamata is also noted for writing the story of the manga ''Emblem of Roto''.
Awards
* 1981: Seiun Award Japanese ...
(千秋; born 1948), Japanese science fiction writer and critic
*, Japanese voice actor
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Chiaki Kon
is a Japanese anime director. She started her career in 1998 after joining Pierrot.
Biography
Chiaki Kon was born in September 29, at Chiba Prefecture, Japan. As a child, she used to watch and fan of Toei Animation's anime adaptation works, su ...
(千秋), Japanese anime director
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Chiaki Kuriyama
is a Japanese actress, singer, and model. She is best known in the West for her roles as Takako Chigusa in Kinji Fukasaku's 2000 film '' Battle Royale'' and Gogo Yubari in Quentin Tarantino's 2003 film '' Kill Bill: Volume 1''.
Life and career ...
(千明; born 1984), Japanese actress, singer, and model
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Chiaki Kyan
is a Japanese tarento, master of ceremonies, yoga instructor, lyricist and former gravure idol
A model is a person with a role either to promote, display or advertise commercial products (notably fashion clothing in fashion shows) o ...
(ちあき; born 1986), Japanese gravure idol
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Chiaki Maeda (ちあき; born 1970), Japanese voice actress
*, Japanese curler
*, Japanese women's footballer
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Chiaki Morosawa
was a Japanese anime screenwriter and the creator of the fictional universe of "Cosmic Era" the setting for the anime ''Mobile Suit Gundam SEED'' (in which she was the head writer) and its related series. Born in Urawa, Saitama, Saitama City, Sait ...
(千晶; born 1959), a Japanese anime screenwriter
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Chiaki Mukai
is a Japanese physician and JAXA astronaut. She was the first Japanese woman in space, the first Japanese citizen to have two spaceflights, and the first Asian woman in space. Both were Space Shuttle missions; her first was STS-65 aboard Spac ...
(千秋; born 1952), Japanese doctor and astronaut
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Chiaki Ohara
Chiaki Ohara is a Japanese pianist known for her collaboration in musical pieces such as "Hall Of Mirrors" and "Fantasy".
Early life
Chiaki Ohara, born in Osaka, Japan, received her first piano lessons
at the age of four. From 1972 to 1975 she ...
(千秋), Japanese pianist
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Chiaki Omigawa
is a Japanese actress and voice actress.
Career
She entered theatrical company at the age of 4 and started the stage activities. After leaving the group at the age of 10, she continued auditioning after receiving her own audition. In 2006, she ...
(千明; born 1989), Japanese voice actress
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Chiaki Satō
is a Japanese actress and musician. She was the vocalist and guitarist for the band Kinoko Teikoku. She was born in Iwate Prefecture, and attended the private Yakumo Gakuen High School in Tokyo
Tokyo (; ja, 東京, , ), officially th ...
(千亜妃; born 1988), Japanese actress and musician
*, Japanese voice actress
*, Japanese politician
*, Japanese women's footballer
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Naomi Chiaki
is a Japanese singer and actress who worked from the late 1960s to the early 1990s.
Chiaki made her debut as a singer in 1969, and released her breakthrough single "Yottsu no Onegai" in the following year. "Kassai", a song which has been common ...
(ちあき; born 1947), Japanese singer
Fictional characters
*Chiaki Nagoya (千秋), a character in the manga/anime series ''
Kamikaze Kaito Jeanne
is a magical girl ''shōjo'' manga series written and illustrated by Arina Tanemura. The story is about the adventures of a high school girl, Maron Kusakabe, who is the reincarnation of Joan of Arc (Jeanne d'Arc) and transforms into a phan ...
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*Chiaki Konoike (千秋), a character in the manga series ''
Tenjho Tenge
, also written as ''Tenjo Tenge'', is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Oh! great. The story primarily focuses on the members of the Juken Club and their opposition, the Executive Council, which is the ruling student body o ...
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*Chiaki Minami (千秋), a character in the manga series ''
Minami-ke
is a Japanese manga series by Koharu Sakuraba, creator of ''Kyō no Go no Ni''. It was first serialized in the weekly Japanese manga magazine ''Weekly Young Magazine'' in March 2004. The slice of life comedy focuses on the everyday life ...
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*Chiaki Saionji, a central character in the manga series ''
The Demon Ororon''
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Chiaki Tani (千明), a character in ''Samurai Sentai Shinkenger''
*Chiaki Mamiya, a major character in ''
The Girl Who Leapt Through Time
is a science fiction novel by Yasutaka Tsutsui. Originally serialized from 1965 to 1966, it tells the story of a high-school girl who accidentally acquires the ability to Time travel in fiction, time travel, which leads to a time loop where sh ...
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*Shinichi Chiaki (千秋), a central character in ''
Nodame Cantabile
is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Tomoko Ninomiya. It was serialized in Japan by Kodansha in the ''josei'' manga magazine ''Kiss'' from July 2001 to October 2009 and collected in 23 ''tankōbon'' volumes. A two-v ...
'' series
*Chiaki Tachibana, a character in the video game ''
Shin Megami Tensei III: Nocturne''
*Chiaki Yoshino (千秋), a male manga artist that pretends he is a female to the readers in the manga and anime series ''
Sekaiichi Hatsukoi
is a Japanese BL manga series written and illustrated by Shungiku Nakamura. In 2011, the manga was adapted into an anime television series. Produced by Studio Deen under the direction of Chiaki Kon, the anime series began its broadcast ...
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*Chiaki Kurihara, a central character in the anime series ''
Bodacious Space Pirates
is a Japanese light novel series about space pirates written by Yūichi Sasamoto and illustrated by Noriyuki Matsumoto, published since October 2008. An anime television series adaptation produced by Satelight, under the title , aired ...
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*Chiaki Shinoda, a character in the anime ''
Darker Than Black
, is a Japanese anime television series created and directed by Tensai Okamura and animated by studio Bones. Twenty-five episodes were broadcast on MBS, TBS and their affiliated stations from April to September 2007. The series is set ...
''.
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Chiaki Nanami (千秋) a main character in the video game ''Danganronpa 2: Goodbye Despair''
* Chiaki Enno, a character in ''
Zenki
is a Japanese manga series written by Kikuhide Tani and illustrated by Yoshihiro Kuroiwa. It was introduced and serialized in the Shueisha publication, '' Monthly Shōnen Jump'' from December 1992 to September 1996. ''Zenki'' was adapted int ...
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* Chiaki Morisawa (千秋), a character in ''
Ensemble Stars!
is a Japanese game franchise developed by Cacalia Studio and published by Happy Elements K.K., the Japanese division of the Chinese company Happy Elements. It is a spin-off of the 2012 game ''Ensemble Girls!'' It was first released as a lif ...
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Japanese-language surnames
Japanese unisex given names