Chiho 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 ...

. The meaning differs based on the

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 ...

used to write it; it may also be written solely 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 ...

. Notable people with this name include: *

Chiho Aoshima is a Japanese pop artist and member of Takashi Murakami's Kaikai Kiki Collective. Aoshima graduated from the Department of Economics, Hosei University, Tokyo. She held a residency at Art Pace, San Antonio, United States in 2006. Personal life ...

(青島千穂, born 1974), Japanese pop artist and member of Takashi Murakami's Kaikai Kiki Collective *Chiho Arai ( 荒井千歩, born 1991), Japanese child actress * Chiho Hamada (浜田千穂, born 1992), Japanese freestyle wrestler *, Japanese idol and singer * Chiho Murata, women's

professional shogi player A professional shogi player (将棋棋士 ''shōgi kishi'' or プロ棋士 ''puro kishi'' "professional player") is a shogi player who is usually a member of a professional guild of shogi players. There are two categories of professional player ...

Chiho Osawa is a Japanese retired ice hockey player and former Captain (ice hockey), captain of the Japan women's national ice hockey team, Japanese national team. She most recently played in the 2020–21 SDHL season, 2020–21 season of the Swedish Women' ...

(大澤ちほ; born 1992), Japanese ice hockey player *

Chiho Saito is a Japanese manga artist, most noted for the manga ''Revolutionary Girl Utena''. In 1996, she received the Shogakukan Manga Award The is one of Japan's major manga awards, and is sponsored by Shogakukan, Shogakukan Publishing. It has been ...

(斉藤千穂, born 1967), Japanese manga artist, most noted for the manga Revolutionary Girl Utena * Chiho Takao (高尾千穂, born 1984), Japanese freestyle skier *

Chiho Torii (born 29 July 1970) is a Japanese former volleyball player who competed in the 1996 Summer Olympics The 1996 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXVI Olympiad, also known as Atlanta 1996 and commonly referred to as the Centennial ...

(鳥居千穂, born 1970), Japanese volleyball player *, Japanese screenwriter

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