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 given to men.

Possible writings

Chinatsu 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: *千夏, "thousand summers/thousandth summer" *知夏, "wise summer" *智夏, "intellect, summer" *千菜津, "thousand vegetables, harbor" *智菜津, "intellect, vegetable, harbor" 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

Chinatsu Akasaki is a Japanese voice actress affiliated with 81 Produce. Biography Akasaki graduated from Kagoshima Prefectural Kinkōwan High School and Tokyo Gakugei University. She studied Italian as a second foreign language. She won the Nippon Cultural Broa ...

(千夏), Japanese voice actress * Chinatsu Ban (知夏, born 1973), Japanese artist * Chinatsu Matsui (千夏, born 1977), Japanese squash player * Chinatsu Mori (千夏, 1980–2006), Japanese shot putter *

Chinatsu Nakayama Chinatsu Nakayama is a Japanese voice actress, writer, and politician. Biography Nakayama was born in Kumamoto prefecture, Japan on July 13, 1948. She began acting on stage as a child in 1955, then her family moved to Tokyo with the encouragement ...

(千夏, born 1948), Japanese voice actress, writer, and politician *

Chinatsu Wakatsuki is a Japanese variety ''tarento'' and former gravure idol. Her real name was before she got married. She is represented with Platinum Production is a Japanese talent agency headquartered in Shibuya, Tokyo. It was founded in 2000 and focuses ...

(千夏, born 1984), Japanese gravure idol and tarento *

Chinatsu Kira is a Japanese football player. She plays for Japanese Nadeshiko League club Orca Kamogawa. She played for the Japanese national team. Club career Urawa Reds Kira was born in Usuki on July 5, 1991. After graduating from high school, she join ...

(知夏, born 1991), Japanese football player

Characters

*Chinatsu Aida (千夏), a supporting character in the Japanese TV drama ''

Last Friends is a Japanese television drama which aired on Fuji TV at 10:00 pm every Thursday from April 10, 2008, until June 17, 2008. It stars Masami Nagasawa, Juri Ueno, Eita, Asami Mizukawa and Ryo Nishikido of japanese idol group Kanjani Eight. The spec ...

'' *Chinatsu Nakayama (千夏), a character in the four panel manga series ''

Doki Doki School Hours is a Japanese four-panel manga series by Tamami Momose. The manga was serialized in ''Manga Life'' and published by Takeshobo from 1997 to 2013. An anime television series adaptation was animated by J.C.Staff and aired on TV Tokyo from Apr ...

'' *Chinatsu Gondo (千夏), a character in the 1994 film '' Godzilla vs. SpaceGodzilla'' *Chinatsu Tsuboi (千夏), a main character in the manga and live-action drama series ''

Shomuni (also called Power Office Girls) is a comedic TV drama serial based on the Japanese manga Manga (Japanese: 漫画 ) are comics or graphic novels originating from Japan. Most manga conform to a style developed in Japan in the late ...

'' *Chinatsu Aramaki (千夏), a supporting character in the manga and anime series ''

Maid Sama! is a Japanese manga series by Hiro Fujiwara. It was serialized in Hakusensha's monthly ''shōjo manga, shōjo'' magazine ''LaLa'' from December 2005 to September 2013, with its chapters collected in 18 ''tankōbon'' volumes. A 26-episode an ...

'' *Chinatsu Yoshikawa (ちなつ), a main character in the manga and anime series ''

YuruYuri is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Namori. The series began serialization in Ichijinsha's ''Comic Yuri Hime S'' magazine from June 12, 2008, before being moved over to ''Comic Yuri Hime'' in September 2010. An anime ...

'' *Chinatsu Hiyama (緋山千夏), one of the main characters in the manga and anime series ballroom e youkoso *Chinatsu Kuramoto (千夏 ), a supporting character in the manga and anime series '' Flying Witch'' {{given name Japanese feminine given names