is a feminine

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 ...

which is occasionally used by men.

Possible writings

Chiharu 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: *千春, "thousand, spring" *千晴, "thousand, sunny weather" *知春, "wisdom, spring" 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 ...

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 ...

People with the name

Chiharu Araki Chiharu Araki (born March 1, 1982) is a Japanese politician who is currently serving as a member of the Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly and as the leader of the Tomin First no Kai political party. Araki was born in Kumamoto Prefecture and graduated fr ...

(千陽, born 1982), Japanese politician *

Chiharu Icho is a Japanese sport wrestling, wrestler who competed in the 48 kg Wrestling weight classes, weight class at the Wrestling at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Women's freestyle 48 kg, 2004 and Wrestling at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's fr ...

(千春, born 1981), Japanese wrestler *

Chiharu Igaya is a former Olympic games, Olympic Alpine skiing, alpine ski racer and Alpine skiing at the 1956 Winter Olympics – Men's slalom, silver medalist from Japan. He competed in three Alpine skiing at the Winter Olympics, Winter Olympics (Japan at ...

(千春, born 1931), Japanese Olympic alpine skier *

Chiharu Kawai is a Japanese actress and Voice acting in Japan, voice actress. She is well known for her role as Mayumi Sasaki in Carved. Filmography Movies *''Returner'' (2002) *''Love My Life (manga), Love My Life'' (2006) *The Midnight Girls (2006) *Love ...

(千春, born 1973), Japanese actress, model, and voice actress * Chiharu Kitaoka (千陽, born 1988), Japanese voice actress *

Chiharu Matsuyama Chiharu Matsuyama (松山千春, born December 16, 1955) is a Japanese folk music, folk singer and songwriter. He made his debut with the single ''Tabidachi'' in 1977, and success soon followed with the two hits ''Toki no Itazura'' and ''Kisets ...

(千春, born 1955), Japanese singer-songwriter *, Japanese swimmer *, Japanese businesswoman and singer *

Chiharu Nakamura is a Japanese female rugby sevens player. She was named in Japan women's national rugby sevens team, Japan's women's sevens team to the 2016 Summer Olympics. She was also the captain of the squad. Nakamura won silver at the 2014 Asian Games. She ...

(知春, born 1988), Japanese rugby sevens player *

Chiharu Niiyama (born January 14, 1981) is a Japanese actress and former gravure idol. Personal life Niiyama was born in Aomori, Aomori. She was previously married to baseball player . They have a daughter named (born July 12, 2006). They divorced on Decembe ...

(千春), a Japanese actress and gravure idol *, Japanese speed skater *, Japanese male boxer *

Chiharu Saiguchi is a Japanese attorney and former justice of the Supreme Court of Japan. Saiguchi attended Chuo University, graduating with an LLB in 1961, and was admitted to the bar in 1966. He practiced law as head of the Saiguchi Law Office from 1970 to 2004. ...

(千晴, born 1938), Justice of the Supreme Court of Japan *, Japanese voice actor *, Japanese badminton player *, Japanese performance and installation artist *

Chiharu Suzuka is a Japanese voice actress. She was born in Kita-ku, Kyoto. Notable voice roles Anime roles *Sakura Hanasaki in (Ep 1, 4) Ai Tenshi Densetsu Wedding Peach DX *Kumi Honjo in Ai Yori Aoshi *Juna's mother in Arjuna *Skyress in Bakugan Battle Braw ...

(千春, born 1958), Japanese voice actress *

Chiharu Tezuka is a Japanese voice actress who works for Arts Vision. Notable voice roles Anime ;1997 *Yukari Kashima, Staff in ''Vampire Princess Miyu'' *Children in ''Cyber Marionette J'' *''Battle Athletes'' ;1998 *Maki Rowel in ''Ginga Hyōryū Vifam'' * ...

(ちはる, born 1974), Japanese voice actress

Fictional characters

*Chiharu Eniwa, a character in the manga series ''

Girl Got Game ''Girl Got Game'', originally published in Japan as ''Power!!'', is a manga series written and illustrated by Shizuru Seino. Originally serialized in ''Bessatsu Friend'' from 1999 until 2002, the individual chapters have been collected and pub ...

'' *Chiharu Harukaze (千桜), a character from the manga and anime series ''

Hayate the Combat Butler is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Kenjiro Hata. It was serialized in Shogakukan's ''Weekly Shōnen Sunday'' magazine from October 2004 to April 2017. Shogakukan released 52 volumes in Japan from February 2005 to June ...

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Chiharu Mihara This article covers the major characters of Clamp's manga ''Cardcaptor Sakura'' and its respective anime and movies. The manga and anime focused on Japanese schoolgirl Sakura Kinomoto who finds the magical Clow Book in her father's basement study ...

(千春), a character in the anime and manga series ''

Cardcaptor Sakura , abbreviated as ''CCS'', is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by the manga group Clamp. Serialized monthly in the ''shōjo'' manga magazine ''Nakayoshi'' from May 1996 to June 2000, it was also published in 12 ''tankōbon'' ...

'' *Chiharu Nitta (千春), a character in the anime and manga series '' Boys Be...'' *Chiharu Shinonome (千春), the main character of the manga and anime series ''

Eiken Eiken may refer to: Places Norway * Eiken, Norway, a former municipality in the old Vest-Agder county * Eiken, Agder, a village in Hægebostad municipality in Agder county ** Eiken Church, a church in Hægebostad municipality in Agder county Swi ...

'' *Chiharu Tanaka (千春), a character in the manga series ''

Lovely Complex , also known as ''Lovely Complex'', is a romantic comedy shōjo manga by Aya Nakahara. It was published by Shueisha in ''Bessatsu Margaret'' from 2001 to 2006 and collected in 17 ''tankōbon'' volumes. The series is about the romance betwee ...

'' *Chiharu Mori (千春), a character in the romantic comedy manga series ''

Dengeki Daisy is a Japanese '' shōjo'' manga series written and illustrated by Kyousuke Motomi. It was serialized in Shogakukan's ''Betsucomi'' magazine from May 2007 to October 2013. Shogakukan later collected the individual chapters into 16 bound vol ...

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