Chikara (力 or 主税) is a masculine Japanese given name. When written in most forms of

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 ...

, the name means strength, power, authority and other similar variations. Notable people with the name include: *, Japanese professional shogi player * Chikara Mizuhata, Japanese racing driver, see

2010 D1 Grand Prix series The 2010 Gran Turismo D1 Grand Prix series will be the tenth anniversary season for the D1 Grand Prix series and the fifth for the D1 Street Legal spinoff series. The series begins March 27, 2010 at Odaiba Parking in Tokyo for the D1GP and April ...

* Chikara Nakashita, Japanese swimmer, competed at the

1997 Summer Universiade The 1997 Summer Universiade, also known as the XIX Summer Universiade, took place in the island of Sicily, Italy. Venues * Stadio Angelo Massimino, Catania — athletics, ceremony (opening) * Teatro Massimo Bellini, Catania — fencing * PalaSan ...

*, Japanese politician *, Japanese wrestler

Fictional characters

* Chikara Ennoshita (縁下力), a character from the manga and anime ''

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