Chihiro (ちひろ, チヒロ,千尋) is a female and male

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 ...

Possible writings

Chihiro can be written using various

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 ...

, which can alter the name's meaning: *千尋, "thousand fathoms" *千博, "thousand gains" *千裕, "thousand, abundance" *千紘, "thousand, large or huge" The name can also be rendered 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 ...

and

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 ...

as ちひろ and チヒロ respectively.

People with the name

Chihiro Fujioka is a video game designer and video game music, composer, as well as rock drummer. He has worked at Xtalsoft, Square (video game company), Square, and AlphaDream where he is primarily known for directing ''Super Mario RPG'' as well as his involve ...

(born 1959, 藤岡千尋), Japanese director *, Japanese professional wrestler *, Japanese shogi player *, Japanese swimmer *

Chihiro Iwasaki was a Japanese artist and illustrator best known for her water-colored illustrations of flowers and children, the theme of which was "peace and happiness for children". Life Chihiro Iwasaki was born the first daughter of Masakatsu and Fumie Iw ...

(born 1918, いわさき　ちひろ岩崎知弘), Japanese artist and illustrator *

Chihiro Kameyama Chihiro (ちひろ, チヒロ,千尋) is a female and male Japanese given name. Possible writings Chihiro can be written using various kanji, which can alter the name's meaning: *千尋, "thousand fathoms" *千博, "thousand gains" *千裕, "th ...

(born 1956, 亀山千尋), a Japanese businessman *

Chihiro Kaneko is a Japanese professional baseball pitcher for the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters of the Nippon Professional Baseball(NPB). He previously played for the Orix Buffaloes. Career Kaneko pitched for the Orix Buffaloes. He won the Pacific League Mo ...

(born 1983, 金子千尋), Nippon Professional Baseball pitcher for the Orix Buffaloes *

Chihiro Kato (volleyball) Chihiro Kato (加藤千尋 ''Kato Chihiro'', born 22 November 1988) is a Japanese volleyball player who plays for JT Marvelous. Profile *She became a volleyball player at 9 years old. Clubs *Kanagawa Prefectural Yamatominami High School → J ...

(born 1988, 加藤千尋), Japanese volleyball player * Chihiro Kawakami, a Japanese voice actress * Chihiro Kondo, (近藤千尋), a Japanese fashion model *

Chihiro Kusaka is a Japanese voice actress from Fudai, Iwate. She is affiliated with Production Baobab. Her former stage name is . Voice roles Television animation *'' Ceres, The Celestial Legend'' (Shuro Tsukasa) *'' Detective School Q'' (Musashi Hachiya) * ...

(born 1956, 日下ちひろ), Japanese voice actress *

Chihiro Minato is a Japanese photographer, filmmaker, arts curator and art theorist. He is also Professor at the Tama Art University or is a private art university located in Tokyo, Japan. It is known as one of the top art schools in Japan. History The fo ...

(born 1960, 港千尋), Japanese photographer *, Japanese footballer *

Chihiro Onitsuka (born October 30, 1980) is a Japanese singer-songwriter. In 2000, Onitsuka released her debut single "Shine" and gained recognition when its follow-up "Gekkou" became a hit. ''Insomnia'', her first studio album, released in the following yea ...

(born 1980, 鬼束ちひろ), Japanese singer-songwriter and pianist *

Chihiro Otsuka is a Japanese actress. Her birth name in kanji is , but she transformed her given name into hiragana characters. Filmography Movie *''Dark Water (2002 movie), Dark Water'' (2002) *''Godzilla: Tokyo S.O.S.'' (2003) *''Be with You (2004 film), B ...

(born 1986, 大塚ちひろ), Japanese actress *, Japanese gymnast *

Chihiro Suzuki is a Japanese voice actor. He made his debut role as Soichiro Arima in ''Kare Kano''. Filmography Television animation ;1998 *''Kareshi Kanojo no Jijō'' ( Soichiro Arima) ;2000 *'' Tottoko Hamutarō'' (Megane-kun and Mr Yoshi) ;2001 *'' Dā! ...

, (born 1977, 鈴木千尋), Japanese voice actor *, Japanese actress *

Chihiro Yonekura is a Japanese singer and songwriter from Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan. History While Yonekura was attending university, she sent off several demonstration tapes to recording companies. She was scouted out, and received the opportunity to do the op ...

(born 1972, 米倉千尋), Japanese singer

Fictional characters

*Chihiro Ayasato (绫里千尋), a character in the Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney. (Mia Fey in the localisation) *Chihiro Ogino (荻野千尋), the main character in ''

Spirited Away is a 2001 Japanese animated fantasy film written and directed by Hayao Miyazaki, animated by Studio Ghibli for Tokuma Shoten, Nippon Television Network, Dentsu, Buena Vista Home Entertainment, Tohokushinsha Film, and Mitsubishi and distribut ...

'' *Chihiro Sengoku, monster teacher from Sakurasou * Chihiro (千尋), a secondary character in Azumanga Daioh * Chihiro Shindou (千尋), a main character in ''Ef: A Fairy Tale of the Two.'' *

Chihiro Fujimi The following are characters in the ''Oh My Goddess!'' manga and anime series: Main characters Keiichi Morisato is a student of the Nekomi Institute of Technology and a member of the NIT Motor Club. One day Keiichi accidentally dials the God ...

, a ''Oh My Goddess!'' character * Chihiro Furuya, the main character in ''Sankarea'' * Chihiro Fushimi, a secondary character in Persona 3 * Chihiro Kosaka (ちひろ), a heroine in ''The World God Only Knows'' *Chihiro Itou, a character from Suki Desu Suzuki-kun!! * Chihiro Fujisaki (不二咲千尋), a character featured in Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc *Chihiro Mayuzumi (千尋), a secondary character in

Kuroko no basket is a Japanese sports manga series written and illustrated by Tadatoshi Fujimaki. It was serialized in Shueisha's ''shōnen'' manga magazine ''Weekly Shōnen Jump'' from December 2008 to September 2014, with its chapters collected in 30 ...

* Chihiro Sawaki (澤木千尋), a secondary character in ''Rich Man, Poor Woman'' * Chihiro (千尋), a main character in Kamen Rider Amazons *Chihiro Usui (碓井千紘), member of RayGlanZ in the game Readyyy! Project

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People with the name

Fictional characters

See also