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Companies

Himawari Theatre Group The is a Japanese theatrical company connected to the Sunaoka Office talent agency. The company was founded by Tōzaburō Sunaoka in July 1952. It is located in Ebisunishi is a neighborhood in Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan. Located near Ebisu Stati ...

, located in Ebisunishi, Shibuya, Tokyo

People with the given name

*, Japanese women's basketball player

Fiction

*Himawari Kunogi (九軒ひまわり), a character in the manga and anime ''xxxHOLiC'' *''

Himawari! is a Japanese anime series created by GoDo, directed by Shigenori Kageyama, and produced by Genco. It was aired on Chiba TV from April 8, 2006 to July 1, 2006 and afterwards got a second season, , and a short manga to connect the two, . P ...

'' (ひまわりっ!), an anime title *Himawari (nicknamed Hima), a character in the manga and anime ''Crayon Shin-chan'' *'' Himawari: Kenichi Legend'', a Japanese manga series *''Himawari'', an NHK

Asadora , colloquially known as , is a serialized, 15 minutes per episode, Japanese television drama program series broadcast in the mornings by Japanese public broadcaster NHK. The first such series aired in 1961 with the black-and-white , starring Take ...

from 1996 *

Himawari Uzumaki The manga and anime series features an extensive cast of characters created by Masashi Kishimoto. The series takes place in a fictional universe where countries vie for power by employing ninja who can use superhuman abilities in combat. The s ...

(うずまきヒマワリ), a character in the manga and anime series ''Boruto: Naruto Next Generations'' * Himawari Funetani (古谷向日葵), a character in the manga and anime series ''YuruYuri''

Music

Albums

* ''Himawari'' (album), a 2000 album by Swayzak

Songs

Himawari (Miho Fukuhara song) The discography of Japanese musician Miho Fukuhara consists of three studio albums, six extended plays, five video albums and numerous singles. Fukuhara debuted as a singer in 2006 locally in Hokkaido, releasing ''The Roots'' and ''Step Up EP'' t ...

*"Himawari" (ひまわり), a 2004 song by

Mai Hoshimura is a Japanese pop singer-songwriter and pianist. On May 31, 2009, her contract with Sony ended. Biography Mai Hoshimura was born on April 18, 1981, in Matsue, Shimane. Hoshimura began to learn to play the piano at the age of four. Her mother ...

*"Himawari" (向日葵), a 2003 song by

Ai Otsuka is a Japanese singer-songwriter from Suminoe-ku, Osaka, Japan. She is a popular artist on the Avex Trax label and is best known for her 2003 hit "Sakuranbo", which stayed in the Top 200 Oricon Weekly Singles Chart for 103 weeks. A piano player ...

*"Himawari" (ひまわり), a 2005 song by

Sugar (group) Sugar (Hangul:슈가, Japanese:シュガー) was a South Korean girl group formed by Starworld in 2001. The group's final lineup was composed of Ahyoomee, Hye Seung and Lee Ha Rin. During their career, the group saw moderate success in the Kor ...

*"Himawari" (ひまわり), a song by

Kiroro is a Japanese pop duo from Yomitan, Okinawa that debuted in 1996. History Kiroro debuted in 1996 as an independent band, and later made their major debut in 1998 with the song "". They performed on ''Kōhaku Uta Gassen'' in 1998, 1999 and 2001. ...

*"Himawari" (ヒマワリ), a song by

Riyu Kosaka is a Japanese pop singer and lyricist. She is best known as a member of the Konami-produced Japanese teen pop girl group BeForU. Biography Early life Kosaka was born in Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan on January 17, 1985. Career ...

*"Himawari" (ひまわり), a song by

Younha Go Youn-ha (Hangul: 고윤하, Hanja: 高潤荷; born April 29, 1988), known mononymously as Younha, is a South Korean singer-songwriter and record producer. She began her career in 2004 in Japan, where she was nicknamed the "Oricon Comet" for h ...

*"Himawari" (ひまわり), a song by

Hearts Grow Hearts Grow was a Japanese band from Motobu, Okinawa. Their first single ''Grow!!'' was released independently (in limited quantities) on 19 April 2006. Hearts Grow made their major label debut on 18 October 2006, with the release of their fir ...

*"Himawari" (ひまわり), a song by

Kusumi Koharu is a Japanese actress, model, television personality, singer, and voice actress. In 2005, she became the only seventh generation member of the Japanese girl group Morning Musume, a part of Hello! Project. While Kusumi was in Morning Musume, sh ...

*"Himawari" (ひまわり), a song by

Zigzo Zigzo (stylized as ZIGZO) is a Japanese rock supergroup that originally started activities in 1999 and disbanded in 2002. Each member came from a prominent band and they became very popular in the indies scene. They disbanded after their last ...

*"Himawari" (向日葵), a song by Becky *"Himawari" (ひまわり), a song by

Yusuke Kamiji is a Japanese actor, singer, and tarento. In the music world, he is known simply as . Biography Kamiji graduated from Yokohama Senior High School. He belonged to the baseball club while in school, and played catcher. He and Daisuke Matsuzak ...

*"Himawari" (向日葵), a song by

Mr. Children , commonly referred to by their contracted nickname , are a Japanese pop rock band formed in 1989. Consisting of Kazutoshi Sakurai, Kenichi Tahara, Keisuke Nakagawa, and Hideya Suzuki, they made their major label debut in 1992. They are one of t ...

Other uses

Himawari (satellite) The geostationary satellites, operated by the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA), support weather forecasting, tropical cyclone tracking, and meteorology research. Most meteorological agencies in East Asia, Southeast Asia, Australia and New Ze ...

, a series of Japanese weather satellites {{disambiguation, given name Japanese feminine given names