Kiki or Ki Ki may refer to:

Places

Ki Ki, South Australia Ki Ki is a small town in South Australia. It is on the Dukes Highway (A8) adjacent to the Adelaide-Melbourne railway, the main links between Adelaide and Melbourne. The town is the primary settlement for the Hundred of Livingston. The town wa ...

, Australia, a village * Ki Ki, Iran, a village * Kiai, Iran, a village also known as Kiki *

Kiki, Łask County Kiki is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Wodzierady, within Łask County, Łódź Voivodeship, in central Poland. It lies approximately south of Wodzierady, north of Łask, and south-west of the regional capital Łódź ...

, Poland, a village *

Kiki, Poddębice County Kiki is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Wartkowice, within Poddębice County, Łódź Voivodeship, in central Poland. It lies approximately north-west of Wartkowice, north of Poddębice, and north-west of the regional capita ...

, Poland, a village * Kiki Station, a train station in Minami, Japan

People

Kiki (name) Kiki is a unisex given name, a nickname and a surname. Given name * Kiki Bertens (born 1991), Dutch former tennis player * Kiki Byrne (1937–2013), Norwegian-born London fashion designer * Kiki Gyan (1957–2004), Ghanaian keyboardist with the ban ...

, a list of people with the given name, nickname or surname *

Kiki Dee Pauline Matthews (born 6 March 1947), better known by her stage name Kiki Dee, is an English singer. Known for her blue-eyed soul vocals, she was the first female singer from the UK to sign with Motown's Tamla Records. Dee is best known for h ...

, stage name of British singer Pauline Matthews (born 1947) *

Xu Jiaqi Xu Jiaqi (; ; born August 27, 1995) is a Chinese singer, rapper, dancer, songwriter, and actress. She was a member of Team SII of the female idol group SNH48 as well as its sub-units Style-7 and 7Senses, and she was also a member of the tempora ...

(born 1995), Chinese singer and actress known as "Kiki" *

Alice Prin Alice Ernestine Prin (2 October 1901 – 29 April 1953), nicknamed the ''Queen of Montparnasse'' and often known as ''Kiki de Montparnasse'', was a French model, chanteuse, actress, memoirist and painter during the Jazz Age. She flourished ...

(1901–1953), French artist, writer and model known as "Kiki de Montparnasse" or "Kiki" *

Kiki of Paris Kiki of Paris is the pseudonym of a French plastician photographer, born in 1945 in Paris. Biography Born in Paris after World War II, he first studies human and social sciences before turning to drawing and painting. In Montparnasse, the actor Mic ...

, pseudonym of a Parisian photographer (born 1945)

Arts and entertainment

Fictional characters

* Kiki Strike, one of the main characters in the

Kiki Strike The Kiki Strike series, by Kirsten Miller, is a series of three novels revolving around the adventures of six girls in Manhattan, and currently consists of three books ('' Inside the Shadow City'', '' The Empress's Tomb'' and '' The Darkness Dwe ...

book series by Kirsten Miller * Kiki, the protagonist of the Japanese animated film ''

Kiki's Delivery Service is a 1989 Japanese Anime, animated fantasy film written, produced, and directed by Hayao Miyazaki, adapted from the Kiki's Delivery Service (novel), 1985 novel by Eiko Kadono. It was animated by Studio Ghibli for Tokuma Shoten, Yamato Transpor ...

'' * Kiki, a minor character in ''

Saint Seiya , also known as ''Saint Seiya: Knights of the Zodiac'' or simply ''Knights of the Zodiac'' (translated from the French title ''Les Chevaliers du Zodiaque''), is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Masami Kurumada. It ...

'', a Japanese manga series * Kiki, a character created by the Japanese company Sanrio * Kiki, a ferret in the ''Sluggy Freelance'' webcomic * Kiki, a parrot in

The Adventure Series ''The Adventure Series'' by Enid Blyton, a prolific English children's author, is a series of eight children's novels. These books feature the same child characters: Philip, Jack, Dinah, and Lucy-Ann, along with several adult characters. Ja ...

novels * Kiki, a main character in the Nickelodeon TV series ''

The Fresh Beat Band ''The Fresh Beat Band'' (originally known as ''The JumpArounds'') is an American live action musical children's television series created by Scott Kraft and Nadine van der Velde for Nickelodeon. The show stars the "Fresh Beats" (Kiki, Shout, M ...

'' and its spin-off ''Fresh Beat Band of Spies'' *

Kirsten Cohen Kirsten Cohen (maiden name Nichol) is a fictional character on the FOX television series ''The O.C.'', portrayed by Kelly Rowan. Kirsten is the wife of Sandy Cohen, mother to Seth Cohen, and the adoptive mother of Ryan Atwood. Originally portr ...

, a character nicknamed "Kiki" in ''The O.C.'' TV series * Kiki DuRane, of the fictitious cabaret act

Kiki and Herb Kiki and Herb (Justin Bond and Kenny Mellman) are an American drag cabaret duo. Bond portrays Kiki DuRane, an aging, alcoholic, female lounge singer. Mellman portrays her gay, male piano accompanist, known only as "Herb." Despite Bond and Mellm ...

, played by Justin Bond * Kiki Flores, a main character in ''

The Puzzle Place ''The Puzzle Place'' is an American children's television series produced by KCET in Los Angeles and Lancit Media in New York City. Although production was dated and premiered on two Los Angeles PBS stations, KCET and KLCS, on September 15, 199 ...

'', a TV series * Kiki Harrison, Julia Roberts' character in the film ''

America's Sweethearts ''America's Sweethearts'' is a 2001 American romantic comedy film directed by Joe Roth and written by Billy Crystal and Peter Tolan. It stars Julia Roberts, Crystal, John Cusack and Catherine Zeta-Jones, with Hank Azaria, Stanley Tucci, Seth Gre ...

'' * Katherine Tango, a character nicknamed "Kiki" in the film ''

Tango and Cash ''Tango & Cash'' is a 1989 American buddy cop action comedy film starring Sylvester Stallone, Kurt Russell, Jack Palance and Teri Hatcher. Stallone and Russell star as Raymond Tango and Gabriel Cash respectively, two rival LAPD narcotics detective ...

'' *

Kiki the Cyber Squirrel Krita ( ) is a free and open-source raster graphics editor designed primarily for digital art and 2D animation. The software runs on Windows, macOS, Linux, Android, and ChromeOS, and features an OpenGL-accelerated canvas, colour management su ...

, the mascot of the raster graphics editor Krita * Kiki the Frog, a character in 1960s children's TV show ''

Hector's House ''Hector's House'' (French ''La Maison de Toutou'') is a French children's television series using glove puppets. It was first broadcast in France on 1ère chaine on 27 October 1966 and ran over seven series and 78 episodes. It was re-voiced in ...

'' * Kiki the Hyperactive Monkey of Sentosa, host of the Singaporean show ''

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Films

* ''Kiki'' (1926 film), an American film starring Norma Talmadge * ''Kiki'' (1931 film), an American remake of the 1926 film starring Mary Pickford * ''Kiki'' (1932 film), a French-German film starring Anny Ondra * ''Kiki'' (2016 film), an American-Swedish documentary film

Other uses in arts and entertainment

* ''Kiki'' (magazine), a magazine for young girls * ''Kiki'', the collective name for '' Kiki (magazine)">''Kiki'' (magazine), a magazine for young girls * ''Kiki'', the collective name for '' Kojiki">Kiki (magazine)">''Kiki'' (magazine), a magazine for young girls * ''Kiki'', the collective name for ''Kojiki'' and ''Nihon Shoki'', the two most prominent texts of Japanese mythology * Kiki (Kiana Lede album)">''Kiki'' (Kiana Lede album)

Radio stations

* KIKI (AM), licensed to Honolulu, Hawaii, United States * KHVH, an AM station licensed to Honolulu, which held the call sign KIKI from 1973 to 1990 * KUBT, an FM station licensed to Honolulu, formerly KIKI, which operates an HD channel named KIKI

Other uses

Kiki (gathering) "Kiki" (alternately ''kiking'' or ''a ki'') is a term which started in ballroom culture, and later popularized in LGBT+ culture currently, is loosely defined as a gathering of friends for the purpose of gossiping and chit-chat, and later made more f ...

, an informal term meaning a social gathering primarily for gossip or generally having a good time *

Kiki Challenge "In My Feelings" is a song by Canadian rapper Drake from his fifth studio album ''Scorpion'' (2018). It was released to rhythmic and contemporary hit radio on July 10, 2018, as the album's fifth single. The song features additional vocals by th ...

, a social media challenge *

Bouba/kiki effect The bouba/kiki effect is a non-arbitrary mapping between speech sounds and the visual shape of objects. It was first documented by Wolfgang Köhler in 1929 using nonsense words. The effect has been observed in American university students, Tamil ...

, an observed neurophysiological effect tying certain sounds to specific shapes