Chizuru (written: 千鶴 lit. "thousand

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s") is a feminine Japanese given name. Notable people with the name include: *, Japanese judoka *, Japanese actress *, Japanese volleyball player *, pseudonym of Shizuka Ishikawa, Japanese voice actress *, Japanese sports shooter *, Japanese cross-country skier

Fictional characters

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Squid Girl ''Squid Girl'', known in Japan as with the subtitle ''The invader comes from the bottom of the sea!'', is a Japanese manga series by Masahiro Anbe, which was serialized in Akita Shoten's ''Weekly Shōnen Champion'' between July 2007 and Feb ...

'' *, a character in the light novel series ''

Student Council's Discretion is a collection of Japanese light novels by Aoi Sekina, with illustrations by Kira Inugami. The series started with the release of the first volume on January 19, 2008, published by Fujimi Shobo under their ''Fujimi Fantasia Bunko' ...

'' *, a character in the manga series ''

ReLIFE is a Japanese manga series in webtoon format written and illustrated by Yayoiso. The individual chapters were released by NHN Japan on the Comico website from October 12, 2013, to March 16, 2018, for a total of 15 compiled ''tankōbon'' v ...

'' *, a character in the manga series ''Bokurano'' *, a character in the manga series ''

YuruYuri is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Namori. The series began serialization in Ichijinsha's '' Comic Yuri Hime S'' magazine from June 12, 2008, before being moved over to '' Comic Yuri Hime'' in September 2010. An an ...

'' *, a character in the video game series ''The King of Fighters'' *, a character in the light novel series ''

Kanokon is a Japanese light novel series by Katsumi Nishino, with illustrations by Koin. The first novel was released by Media Factory on October 31, 2005 under its MF Bunko J imprint, and it published 15 volumes until December 24, 2010. A manga a ...

'' *, a main character in manga series ''Rent a Girlfriend'' *, a character in the manga series ''Negima!'' *, a character in the anime series '' Combattler V'' *, a character in the manga series ''

Tonari no Kaibutsu-kun is a Japanese manga written and illustrated by Robico about the relationship between a girl named Shizuku Mizutani and a boy named Haru Yoshida. It was serialized in Kodansha's ''Dessert'' magazine from August 23, 2008 to June 24, 2013. An ...

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Haikyū!! is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Haruichi Furudate. It was serialized in Shueisha's ''shōnen'' manga magazine ''Weekly Shōnen Jump'' from February 2012 to July 2020, with its chapters collected in 45 ''tankōbo ...

'', the position is Wing Spiker and the number is #11 *, a character in the visual novel ''

Muv-Luv is a Japanese visual novel developed by âge and originally released as an adult game for Windows on February 28, 2003. Consisting of two parts, and the gameplay in ''Muv-Luv'' follows a linear plot line, which offers pre-determi ...

'' *, a character in the manga series '' Inubaka: Crazy for Dogs'' *, a character in the visual novel ''

The Fruit of Grisaia is a Japanese adult visual novel, the first in a series of visual novels by Frontwing, with character designs by Akio Watanabe and Fumio. It was released in February 2011 for Windows, and it was later ported to the PlayStation Portab ...

'' *, a character in the manga series '' Tsuredure Children'' *, a character in the anime series ''Fafner in the Azure'' *, a character in manga series ''

Kimi ni Todoke is a Japanese '' shōjo'' romance manga by Karuho Shiina. It was published by Shueisha in '' Bessatsu Margaret'' from 2005 to 2017 and collected in 30 ''tankōbon'' volumes. In 2008, it won the Best Shōjo Manga award in the 32nd Annu ...

'' *, protagonist of the video game series ''

Hakuōki is a Japanese ''otome'' video game series by Idea Factory, first released for the PlayStation 2 in 18 September 2008 and ported to many other platforms. It has been adapted into an anime series by Studio Deen; the first series was br ...

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