Hirano (, the kanji character 平 is for " flat, plain, calm" and the kanji character 野 is for " field") can be a Japanese surname.
The same combination of kanji characters read as "Heiya" can mean a plain or a flat land.

People named Hirano include

* Asao Hirano (1926-2019), Japanese physician, academic, medical researcher and neuropathology professor * Aya Hirano ( 平野綾, born 1987), Japanese voice actress and singer * Ayumu Hirano ( 平野歩夢, born 1955), Japanese Olympic snowboarder and skateboarder * Fumi Hirano ( 平野文) (born 1955), Japanese voice actress, singer and essayist *

Irene Hirano Irene Hirano Inouye (''née'' Yasutake; October 7, 1948 – April 7, 2020) was the founding President of the U.S.-Japan Council, a position she held ever since she helped create the organization in 2009 until her death. Hirano Inouye focused on b ...

(1948–2020), founding President of the

U.S.-Japan Council The U.S.-Japan Council ( ja, 米日カウンシル, ''Beinichi Kaunshiru'', USJC) is a 501(c) organization, 501(c) 3 non-profit educational organization that contributes to strengthening Japan–United States relations, U.S.-Japan relations by bri ...

Ken Hirano was the pen name of a prominent Japanese literary critic and longtime professor of literature at Meiji University. His real name was . Hirano was one of the seven founders of the journal ''Kindai Bungaku'' ("Modern Literature"), and played a st ...

( 平野謙 (評論家), 1910—1978), Japanese literary critic *

Kaishu Hirano Kaishu Hirano (born 14 October 2002) is a Japanese snowboarder who competed at the 2022 Winter Olympics. Career Hirano competed at the 2018 FIS Snowboarding Junior World Championships and won a bronze medal in the halfpipe event. He represented ...

(born 2002), Japanese snowboarder * Keiichiro Hirano ( 平野啓一郎, born 1975), Japanese novelist * Kouta Hirano ( 平野耕太, born 1973), Japanese manga artist *

Masaaki Hirano was a Japanese food historian from the city of Futtsu, Chiba. He was a courtesy member of the Cultural Academic Society. He wrote under the pen name Masaaki. Biography He was a graduate of the psychology section of the literature department ...

( 平野雅章, 1931—2008), Japanese food historian * Masato Hirano (voice actor) ( 平野正人, born 1955), Japanese voice actor *, Japanese sport shooter *

Hirano Nagayasu was a samurai retainer to Japanese warlord Toyotomi Hideyoshi during the Azuchi-Momoyama period of the 17th century. He was known as one of the "Seven Spears of Shizugatake". Following the Battle of Shizugatake in 1583, Nagayasu came to be kn ...

( 平野長泰, 1559—1628), Japanese Samurai * Nobutaka Hirano ( 平野信孝, born 1972), Japanese volleyball player *

Remi Hirano is a Japanese chef, TV personality, and chanson singer. Her father is French writer Imao Hirano. Her husband is illustrator Makoto Wada. Her eldest son is Sho Wada, member of the band Triceratops, and whose wife is the actress Juri Ueno is a Ja ...

( 平野レミ, born 1947), Japanese cooking enthusiast, TV persona and singer *, Japanese ballet dancer *

Sayaka Hirano is a Japanese five-time national table tennis champion. She competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics, reaching the third round of the singles competition. She also competed in the team competition, reaching the bronze medal final but losing to So ...

( 平野早矢香, born 1985), Japanese table tennis player *, Japanese ice hockey player * Toshiki Hirano ( 平野俊貴, born 1956), Japanese anime director, animator, and character designer *, Japanese triathlete * Yoshihisa Hirano ( 平野義久, born 1971), Japanese composer and arranger *

Yoshihisa Hirano (baseball) (born March 8, 1984) is a Japanese professional baseball pitcher for the Orix Buffaloes of Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB). He previously played for the Buffaloes from 2006-2007, 2009-2017, and the Arizona Diamondbacks in 2018 and 2019, and ...

( 平野佳寿, born 1984), Japanese baseball player * Yoshiko Hirano ( 世志琥, born 1993), Japanese professional wrestler *

Yuichi Hirano is a Japanese professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for J1 League club Urawa Red Diamonds. Playing career Hirano was born in Tokyo on March 11, 1996. After graduating from Kokushikan University, he joined J2 League club ...

( 平野佑一, born 1996), Japanese footballer *, Japanese ice hockey player

Places

* Hirano-ku - one of the 24 wards of Osaka City * Hirano Shrine, a Shinto shrine in the city of Kyoto

Railway stations

Hirano Station (平野駅) is the name of four railway stations in Japan: * Hirano Station (Fukushima) * Hirano Station (Hyogo) * Hirano Station (JR West) * Hirano Station (Osaka Municipal Subway) {{disambiguation, surname Japanese-language surnames