is a common masculine Japanese given name. It can also be transliterated as Hirosi.

Possible writings

Hiroshi can be written using different

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characters and can mean: *浩, "meaning" *汎 *弘, *宏, *寛, *洋, *博, *博一, *博司, *博史, *弘詩, *大嗣, *博司, *博史, *弘詩, *大嗣,

People with the name

*, Japanese comedian *

Hiroshi Abe (disambiguation) Hiroshi Abe is the name of: People * Hiroshi Abe (actor) (born 1964), Japanese model and actor * Hiroshi Abe (astronomer) (born 1958), Japanese amateur astronomer affiliated with the Yatsuka Observatory * Hiroshi Abe (war criminal) (born c.1922), f ...

, multiple people *, Japanese actor *, Japanese astronomer *

Hiroshi Abe (war criminal) Hiroshi Abe (born c. 1922) was a Japanese soldier and a repenting war criminal. As a first lieutenant in the Imperial Japanese Army's Fifth Rail Regiment during World War II, he supervised construction of the Burma Railway at Songkurai. Over twe ...

(born 1922), Japanese soldier *, Japanese screenwriter and film director *, Japanese baseball player *, Japanese actor *, Japanese handball player *

Hiroshi Hara (disambiguation) Hiroshi Hara may refer to: * Hiroshi Hara (architect) (born 1936), Japanese architect * Hiroshi Hara (botanist) (1911–1986), Japanese botanist * Hiroshi Hara (composer) (1933–2002), Japanese composer {{hndis, Hara, Hiroshi ...

, multiple people * Hiroshi Hashimoto (disambiguation), multiple people *

Hiroshi Honda (disambiguation) Hiroshi Honda may refer to: * , Japanese former handball player * Hiroshi Honda (painter) (1910–1970), American painter {{Hndis, Honda, Hiroshi ...

, multiple people *, Japanese ice hockey player *, Japanese footballer *, Japanese bobsledder *, Japanese film director *, Japanese footballer *, Japanese diplomat *, Japanese electrical engineer *, Japanese lepidopterist *, Japanese bryologist *, Japanese ski jumper *

Hiroshi Ito (disambiguation) Hiroshi Ito or Hiroshi Itō may refer to: * (born 1933), voice actor born in Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan * Hiroshi Itō (), IBM Fellow and co-inventor of chemically amplified photoresist A photoresist (also known simply as a resist) is a light- ...

, multiple people *, Japanese enka singer *, Japanese golfer *, Japanese professional baseball player *

Hiroshi Kajiyama (disambiguation) Hiroshi Kajiyama may refer to: * Hiroshi Kajiyama (politician) (born 1955), Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party * Hiroshi Kajiyama (gymnast) (born 1953), Japanese former gymnast {{hndis, Kajiyama, Hiroshi ...

, multiple people *, Japanese voice actor *, Japanese shogi player *

Hiroshi Kashiwagi Hiroshi Kashiwagi (November 8, 1922 – October 29, 2019) was a ''Nisei'' (second-generation Japanese American) poet, playwright and actor. For his writing and performance work on stage he is considered an early pioneer of Asian American theatr ...

(1922–2019), American poet, playwright and actor *, Japanese footballer and manager *, Japanese aikidoka *, Japanese actor *, Japanese actor *, Japanese video game composer *, Japanese boxer *, Japanese businessman *, Japanese singer *, Japanese shogi player *

Hiroshi Kobayashi (shogi, born 1976) is a Japanese professional shogi player ranked 7- dan. Promotion history Kobayashi's promotion history is as follows: * 6-kyū is a Japanese term used in modern martial arts as well as in tea ceremony, flower arranging, Go, shogi, ac ...

, Japanese shogi player *, Japanese announcer and television presenter *

Hiroshi Lockheimer Hiroshi Lockheimer (born 1975) is a Japanese German software engineer and business executive. He is one of the founding members of the Android team at Google, which was created after Google acquired the mobile operating system. At Google, Lockhe ...

, a Japanese German software engineer and one of the founding members of the Android team at Google *, Japanese freestyle skier *

Hiroshi Masuoka (disambiguation) Hiroshi Masuoka may refer to: *, Japanese rally driver *, Japanese voice actor {{hndis, Masuoka, Hiroshi ...

, multiple people *

Hiroshi Matsumoto (disambiguation) Hiroshi Matsumoto may refer to: * Hiroshi Matsumoto or "Finish" Hiroshi, video game designer who produced the original ''Street Fighter'' as well as the ''Art of Fighting'' series * Hiroshi Matsumoto (Kurt Vonnegut character), a character from the ...

, multiple people *, Japanese gymnast *, Japanese ice hockey player *, Japanese actor *, President and CEO of

Rakuten () is a Japanese technology conglomerate based in Tokyo, founded by Hiroshi Mikitani in 1997. Centered around Rakuten Ichiba, its businesses include financial services utilizing financial technology, as well as digital content and communicati ...

*, Japanese politician *, Japanese swimmer *, Japanese shogi player *, Japanese actor *

Hiroshi H. Miyamura Hiroshi H. Miyamura (October 6, 1925 – November 29, 2022) was a United States Army soldier and a recipient of the Medal of Honor, the United States military's highest award for valor, for his actions during the Korean War. He was one of the las ...

(1925–2022), United States Army soldier and Medal of Honor recipient *

Hiroshi Mori (disambiguation) Hiroshi Mori may refer to: *, Japanese amateur astronomer *, Japanese writer and engineer {{hndis, Mori, Hiroshi ...

, multiple people *, better known as Heath, Japanese musician *, Japanese footballer *, Japanese jazz drummer * Japanese singer, a member of boy band V6 *

Hiroshi Naganuma is a Japanese professional shogi player ranked 8-dan. Early life Naganuma was born on February 8, 1965, in Gifu Prefecture. He entered the Japan Shogi Association's apprentice school at the rank of 5-kyū in 1979 under the guidance of shogi p ...

, Japanese shogi player *, Japanese boxer *, Mayor of Yokohama City, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan *, Japanese football player *, Japanese baseball player *, Japanese comedian *, Japanese director *, Japanese former baseball player and convicted murderer *, Japanese shogi player *, Japanese theoretical physicist *, Japanese screenwriter and novelist *

Hiroshi Ōshima Baron was a general in the Imperial Japanese Army, Japanese ambassador to Germany before and during World War II and (unwittingly) a major source of communications intelligence for the Allies. His role was perhaps best summed up by General Geo ...

, Japanese general and diplomat *, Japanese voice actor *, Japanese basketball player *, Japanese diplomat *, Japanese footballer *, Japanese politician from Yamagata, Yamagata Prefecture *, Japanese mathematician *, Japanese politician from Tokorozawa, Saitama Prefecture *, Japanese modern pentathlete *, Japanese rower *, Japanese swimmer *, Japanese director of several anime and manga series *, Japanese footballer *, Japanese curler and curling coach *, Japanese screenwriter *, Japanese table tennis player *, Japanese voice actor *, Japanese voice actor *, pen name of Kaoru Kishiue, Japanese writer * Hiroshi Shimizu (disambiguation), multiple people *

Hiroshi Suzuki (disambiguation) Hiroshi Suzuki may refer to: *, Japanese swimmer * Hiroshi Suzuki (trombonist) (born November 1933), Japanese trombonist *, better known as Papaya Suzuki, Japanese actor, dancer and television personality *, Japanese bobsledder *, Japanese baseball ...

, multiple people *, Japanese actor *, Japanese architect *, Japanese manga artist *, Japanese table tennis player *, Japanese voice actor * Hiroshi Takeya, a professor and physician in Japan *, Japanese television presenter *, Japanese actor *

Hiroshi Tanahashi is a Japanese professional wrestler. He works primarily for New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW). Widely regarded as one of the greatest professional wrestlers of all time, his accolades in NJPW include a record setting eight reigns as IWGP Heavywei ...

(棚橋弘至, born 1976), Japanese professional wrestler *, Japanese figure skater and coach *, Japanese high jumper *, Japanese filmmaker *, Japanese rower *, Japanese actor *, Japanese archaeologist and anthropologist *, former Yokozuna in sumo * Hiroshi Watanabe (disambiguation), multiple people *, Japanese politician *, Japanese archer *, Japanese politician *

Hiroshi Yamamoto (shogi) is a Japanese professional shogi player ranked 5-dan. Early life and apprenticeship Yamamoto was born in Kōtō, Tokyo on August 13, 1996. He learned how to play shogi from his father when he was a first-grade elementary school student, and b ...

, Japanese shogi player *, Japanese naval officer *, Japanese cyclist *, Japanese professional wrestler *, former president of Nintendo *, Japanese photographer *, Japanese weightlifter *, Japanese economist *, Japanese musician and composer *, Japanese author (of books such as

Math Girls is the first in a series of math-themed young adult novels of the same name by Japanese author Hiroshi Yuki. It was published by SoftBank Creative in 2007, followed by ''Math Girls: Fermat's Last Theorem'' in 2008, ''Math Girls: Gödel's Incom ...

) and computer programmer

People with the surname

Sandro Hiroshi Sandro Hiroshi Parreão Oi (born 19 November 1979) is a Brazilian former professional footballer. He played domestically for Tocantinópolis, Rio Branco, São Paulo, Flamengo, Figueirense, Guarani, América RN, Santo André and Red Bull Bra ...

, Japanese-Brazilian footballer

Fictional characters

* Hiroshi (Gaeru), the protagonist of '' Dokonjō Gaeru'' *Hiroshi (Pokémon), known in English as

Ritchie Ritchie may refer to: People Surname *Adele Ritchie (1874–1930), singer – comic opera, musical comedy and vaudeville *Albert Ritchie (1876–1936), governor of Maryland 1920 to 1935 *Alistair Ferguson Ritchie (1890–1954), crossword compiler ...

, a character in the ''

Pokémon (an abbreviation for in Japan) is a Japanese media franchise managed by The Pokémon Company, founded by Nintendo, Game Freak, and Creatures (company), Creatures, the owners of the trademark and copyright of the franchise. In terms of ...

'' anime * Hiroshi (Ranma), a character in ''

Ranma ½ is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Rumiko Takahashi. It was serialized in ''Weekly Shōnen Sunday'' from August 1987 to March 1996, with the chapters collected into 38 ''tankōbon'' volumes by Shogakukan. The st ...

'', one of Ranma's two friends, the other being Daisuke *

Hiroshi (Sesame Street) Since the premiere of the children's television program ''Sesame Street'' on November 10, 1969, it has included what writer Malcolm Gladwell has called "the essence of ''Sesame Street''—the artful blend of fluffy monsters and earnest adults ...

, an aspiring artist on ''

Sesame Street ''Sesame Street'' is an American educational children's television series that combines live-action, sketch comedy, animation and puppetry. It is produced by Sesame Workshop (known as the Children's Television Workshop until June 2000) a ...

'' played by

Gedde Watanabe Gary "Gedde" Watanabe (born June 26, 1955) is an American actor and comedian. He is perhaps best known for voicing the character of Ling in the 1998 animated film ''Mulan'' and its 2004 sequel ''Mulan II'', as well as playing Long Duk Dong in the ...

in the late 1980s/Early 1990s *Hiroshi Abe, a character in ''

Shonan Junai Gumi is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Tooru Fujisawa. It was published in Kodansha's ''Weekly Shōnen Magazine'' from October 1990 to October 1996, compiled in 31 ''tankōbon'' volumes, and has been re-released in a deluxe ...

'' *

Hiroshi Agasa The manga series ''Case Closed'', known as in Japan, features a large number of recurring fictional characters created by Gosho Aoyama. The series takes place in modern-day Japan and follows an amateur detective Jimmy Kudo (Japanese name: Shini ...

(''Herschel Agasa'' in the English anime), in '' Case Closed: Detective Conan'' *

Hiroshi Akiba is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Yukiya Sakuragi. It started in Shueisha's ''seinen'' manga magazine ''Weekly Young Jump'' on September 22, 2004, and was later transferred to ''Monthly Young Jump'' on August 18, 2009, wh ...

, a character from the manga ''

Inubaka is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Yukiya Sakuragi. It started in Shueisha's Seinen manga, ''seinen'' manga magazine ''Weekly Young Jump'' on September 22, 2004, and was later transferred to ''Monthly Young Jump'' on August ...

'' *

Hiroshi Ichikawa is a Japanese football manga and anime series, authored by Yōichi Takahashi. The manga was serialized in Akita Shoten's ''shōnen'' manga magazine ''Weekly Shōnen Champion'' from January 2002 to February 2005, with its chapters collected ...

, a character from ''

Wild Strikers is a Japanese football manga and anime series, authored by Yōichi Takahashi. The manga was serialized in Akita Shoten's ''shōnen'' manga magazine ''Weekly Shōnen Champion'' from January 2002 to February 2005, with its chapters collected ...

'' *

, a character in the Manga and anime ''

Kaibutsu-kun is a shōnen manga and anime series by Fujiko A. Fujio named after its protagonist. The first series was broadcast on TBS from April 21, 1968 to March 23, 1969. The second series was broadcast on TV Asahi from September 2, 1980 to Sept ...

'' *Hiroshi Kochatani, a character in ''

Great Teacher Onizuka ''Great Teacher Onizuka'', officially abbreviated as ''GTO'', is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Tooru Fujisawa. It was originally serialized in Kodansha's ''Weekly Shōnen Magazine'' from January 1997 to February 2 ...

'' *

Hiroshi Kubo is a 1954 novel by the Japanese author Yukio Mishima , born , was a Japanese author, poet, playwright, actor, model, Shintoist, nationalist, and founder of the , an unarmed civilian militia. Mishima is considered one of the most important ...

, a character from the novel ''

Shiosai The is a limited express train service in Japan operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East). It runs from and to on the Bōsō Peninsula in Chiba Prefecture. Station stops ''Shiosai'' services operate over the Sōbu Main Line, stoppin ...

'' *

Hiroshi Kuronaga The following is a list of characters that appear in the novel, manga and film versions of ''Battle Royale''. Primary characters Shuya Nanahara * Assigned weapon: Army Knife (novel and manga); Pot lid (film) Boy #15 has witnessed a good de ...

, Boy #9 in '' Battle Royale'' *Hiroshi Matsumoto, a character in ''

Miss Machiko ''Miss Machiko'', also known as is a manga series written by Takeshi Ebihara. It was serialized in Japan in ''Shōnen Challenge'' from May 1980 through February 1982. The individual chapters were collected and published in eight ''t ...

'' *

Hiroshi Morenos is a common masculine Japanese given name. It can also be transliterated as Hirosi. Possible writings Hiroshi can be written using different kanji characters and can mean: *浩, "meaning" *汎 *弘, *宏, *寛, *洋, *博, *博一, *博司, ...

, a character from the anime ''

Michiko & Hatchin is a Japanese anime television series. The series was produced by Manglobe and directed by Sayo Yamamoto, her first directorial work. The two eponymous starring roles are portrayed by film actresses Yōko Maki (''The Grudge'') and Suzuka Ohg ...

'' *Hiroshi Mochizuki, a character in ''

Kamen Rider ZO , translated ''Masked Rider ZO'', is a 1993 Japanese tokusatsu biopunk superhero movie produced by the Toei Company as part of their ''Kamen Rider Series''. Directed by Keita Amemiya, it was the first joint production of Toei and Bandai. A Sega C ...

'' * Hiroshi Nakano, a character in the Manga and anime ''

Gravitation In physics, gravity () is a fundamental interaction which causes mutual attraction between all things with mass or energy. Gravity is, by far, the weakest of the four fundamental interactions, approximately 1038 times weaker than the stron ...

'' *Hiroshi Nitta, a character in ''

Denjin Zaborger , translated as ''Electroid Zaborger 7'', was a Japanese tokusatsu television series that aired in 1974. Produced by P Productions, it was the production company's seventh tokusatsu series, following ''Tetsujin Tiger Seven'' and preceding ''Bouke ...

'' *

Hiroshi Nohara is a Japanese traveler who lived for almost four months in Mexico City's Benito Juarez International Airport. He arrived at the airport on September 2, 2008, and left on December 29, 2008 to live in a Mexico City apartment with a woman identified ...

(born c. 1960), father of the protagonist, Shinnosuke, in '' Crayon Shin-chan'' * Hiroshi Sakura, the father of the protagonist, Momoko Maruko, in ''

Chibi Maruko-chan is a shōjo manga series written and illustrated by Momoko Sakura. The series depicts the simple, everyday life of Momoko Sakura, a young girl everyone calls ''Maruko'', and her family in suburban Japan in the year 1974. Maruko is a tro ...

'' *Hiroshi Uchiyamada, a character in ''

'' *

Hiroshi Udagaw is a common masculine Japanese given name. It can also be transliterated as Hirosi. Possible writings Hiroshi can be written using different kanji characters and can mean: *浩, "meaning" *汎 *弘, *宏, *寛, *洋, *博, *博一, *博司, ...

a, a fictional businessman in the Australian soap opera ''

Neighbours ''Neighbours'' is an Australian television soap opera, which has aired since 18 March 1985. It was created by television executive Reg Watson. The Seven Network commissioned the show following the success of Watson's earlier soap '' Sons an ...

'' *

Hiroshi Yushima is a common masculine Japanese given name. It can also be transliterated as Hirosi. Possible writings Hiroshi can be written using different kanji characters and can mean: *浩, "meaning" *汎 *弘, *宏, *寛, *洋, *博, *博一, *博司, ...

, a character in ''

Digimon Savers ''Digimon Data Squad'', known in Japan as , is the fifth anime television series in the ''Digimon'' franchise, produced by Toei Animation. The series aired in Japan on Fuji TV from April 2, 2006 to March 25, 2007. A standalone film based on ...

'' *Hiroshi Sato, Superior businessman, Equalist sympathizer, and father to Asami Sato in ''

The Legend of Korra ''The Legend of Korra'' (abbreviated as TLOK), also known as ''Avatar: The Legend of Korra'' or simply ''Korra'', is an American anime-influenced animated television series created by Michael Dante DiMartino and Bryan Konietzko for Nickelode ...

'' *Hiroshi, the main protagonist of the survival horror game ''

Ao Oni is a survival horror adventure video game developed under the name of "noprops". It was first released on November 2008 as a Japan-only freeware and adapted into an official English-language version in later versions. It was later acqui ...

'' *Hiroshi, the main protagonist of the ''

Durarara! , often shortened to ''DRRR!!'', is a Japanese light novel series written by Ryohgo Narita, with illustrations by Suzuhito Yasuda. ''Durarara!!'' tells the story of a dullahan working as an underworld courier in Ikebukuro, an interne ...

'' *

Hiroshi Hirai is a common masculine Japanese given name. It can also be transliterated as Hirosi. Possible writings Hiroshi can be written using different kanji characters and can mean: *浩, "meaning" *汎 *弘, *宏, *寛, *洋, *博, *博一, *博司, ...

, a character in ''

Denshi Sentai Denziman is Toei's fourth entry to its Super Sentai metaseries. It was broadcast from February 2, 1980 to January 31, 1981, replacing ''Battle Fever J'' and was replaced by ''Taiyo Sentai Sun Vulcan''. The title given to this series for international dis ...

'' *

Hiroshi Fukuda Hiroshi Fukuda (福田弘, born May 27, 1942) is a retired Japanese weightlifter who won a silver medal at the 1963 World Championships. Next year he set a world record in the press and finished fourth at the 1964 Olympics. References 19 ...

, a character in ''

Kuroko no Basuke is a Japanese sports manga series written and illustrated by Tadatoshi Fujimaki. It was serialized in Shueisha's ''shōnen'' manga magazine ''Weekly Shōnen Jump'' from December 2008 to September 2014, with its chapters collected in 30 ...

'' *

Hiroshi Fumihiro is a common masculine Japanese given name. It can also be transliterated as Hirosi. Possible writings Hiroshi can be written using different kanji characters and can mean: *浩, "meaning" *汎 *弘, *宏, *寛, *洋, *博, *博一, *博司, ...

, from ''

Initial D is a Japanese street racing manga series written and illustrated by Shuichi Shigeno. It was serialized in Kodansha's ''seinen'' manga magazine ''Weekly Young Magazine'' from 1995 to 2013, with the chapters collected into 48 ''ta ...

'' *Hiroshi Hayashi, a character in ''

Yakuza , also known as , are members of transnational organized crime syndicates originating in Japan. The Japanese police and media, by request of the police, call them , while the ''yakuza'' call themselves . The English equivalent for the term ...

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