Kira may refer to:

People

Kira clan The Kira clan(吉良氏 - kira-shi) was a Japanese clan, descended from Emperor Seiwa (850–880), and was a cadet branch of the Ashikaga family from the Minamoto clan (Seiwa Genji). Ashikaga Mitsuuji, grandson of Ashikaga Yoshiuji (1189–1254) ...

, a Japanese clan, descended from Emperor Seiwa (850–880) *

Kira (given name) Kira is a mostly feminine name of multiple origins and meanings. The feminine form is pronounced or . It might be a feminine form of the name Kiran, pronounced . Kiran is of Hindi and Sanskrit origin, meaning "beam of light". In Ancient Heb ...

, including a list of people with the given name * Kira Chikazane (1563–1588), Japanese retainer *

Kira (German singer) Janine Scholz, better known by her simple stage name Kira, is a former German singer-songwriter who was born in Wuppertal on October 20, 1978. History From the beginning of her musical development Kira had an unstoppable will to write her own mus ...

(Janine Scholz, born 1978) *

Kira (Belgian singer) Kira (born Natasja de Witte, 3 May 1977) is a Belgian singer and model. History Kira was born in Affligem, where she has lived her whole life. At the age of thirteen, Kira had her first brush with fame when she appeared on the Belgian TV show ...

(Natasja de Witte, born 1977) * Kira, uploader of pictures in the Edison Chen photo scandal, named after the ''Death Note'' character *

Matúš Kira Matúš Kira (born 10 October 1994) is a Slovak professional Association football, footballer who currently plays for FC Košice (2018), Košice as a goalkeeper (association football), goalkeeper. Kira won the Slovak Second Football League, 2014� ...

, Slovak football goalkeeper

Fictional characters

, including a list of fictional characters with the given name *

Izuru Kira This is a list of featured in the manga and anime series ''Bleach (manga), Bleach'', created by Tite Kubo. Soul Reapers are a fictional race of spirits who govern the flow of souls between the human world and the afterlife realm called the ''Soul ...

, in the anime ''Bleach'' *

Kira Nerys Kira Nerys is a fictional character in the American science fiction television series '' Star Trek: Deep Space Nine'' (1993–1999). She was played by actress Nana Visitor. The character is from the fictional planet Bajor, a world which has rec ...

, in ''

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine ''Star Trek: Deep Space Nine'' (abbreviated as ''DS9'') is an American science fiction television series created by Rick Berman and Michael Piller. The fourth series in the ''Star Trek'' media franchise, it originally aired in syndication from ...

'' * Kira Yoshikage, in the manga series ''JoJo's Bizarre Adventure'' * Sakuya Kira, in the manga and anime '' Angel Sanctuary'' * Tsubasa Kira, in the anime ''

Love Live! is a Japanese multimedia project created by Hajime Yatate and Sakurako Kimino and co-produced by Kadokawa Corporation, Kadokawa through ASCII Media Works; Bandai Namco Music Live through music label Lantis (company), Lantis; and animation studio ...

'' * Kira, an alias of

Light Yagami is the main protagonist of the manga series ''Death Note'', created by Tsugumi Ohba and Takeshi Obata. He is portrayed as a brilliant but bored genius who finds the Death Note, an otherworldly supernatural notebook that allows the user to kill a ...

in the manga/anime series ''

Death Note ''Death Note'' (stylized in all caps) is a Japanese manga series written by Tsugumi Ohba and illustrated by Takeshi Obata. It was serialized in Shueisha's ''shōnen'' manga magazine ''Weekly Shōnen Jump'' from December 2003 to May ...

Places

Kira, Aichi was a town located in Hazu District, Aichi Prefecture, Japan. As of May 1, 2004, the town had an estimated population of 22,280 and a population density of 619.2 persons per km2. Its total area was 35.98 km2. Kira was a coastal settlement ...

, Japan *

Kirən Kiran (also Kira and Kiren) is a village in the Tovuz Rayon of Azerbaijan Azerbaijan (, ; az, Azərbaycan ), officially the Republic of Azerbaijan, , also sometimes officially called the Azerbaijan Republic is a transcontinental country loc ...

or Kira, Azerbaijan * Kira, Burkina Faso *

Kira Rural LLG Kira Rural LLG is a local-level government (LLG) of Oro Province, Papua New Guinea Papua New Guinea (abbreviated PNG; , ; tpi, Papua Niugini; ho, Papua Niu Gini), officially the Independent State of Papua New Guinea ( tpi, Independen ...

, Papua New Guinea * Kira Town, Uganda * Kira (crater), on the far side of the Moon

Other uses

* Kira (Bhutan), the national dress for women in Bhutan *

Kira (title) , , or (all are Greek for "lady"), was a common title for the women (usually Jewish women, but also Christians), who acted as agents for the women of the Ottoman sultan's Imperial Harem. History Context and background The method of using non-Mu ...

, for women who acted on behalf of the Imperial Harem of the Ottoman Empire * Kira Institute, a non-profit organization

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