Chihiro (ちひろ, チヒロ,千尋) is a female and male
Japanese given name
in modern times consist of a family name (surname) followed by a given name. Japanese names are usually written in kanji, where the pronunciation follows a special set of rules. Because parents when naming children, and foreigners when adoptin ...
.
Written forms
Chihiro can be written using various
kanji
are logographic Chinese characters, adapted from Chinese family of scripts, Chinese script, used in the writing of Japanese language, Japanese. They were made a major part of the Japanese writing system during the time of Old Japanese and are ...
, which can alter the name's meaning:
*千尋, "thousand fathoms"
*千博, "thousand gains"
*千裕, "thousand, abundance"
*千紘, "thousand, large or huge"
The name can also be rendered in
hiragana
is a Japanese language, Japanese syllabary, part of the Japanese writing system, along with ''katakana'' as well as ''kanji''.
It is a phonetic lettering system. The word ''hiragana'' means "common" or "plain" kana (originally also "easy", ...
and
katakana
is a Japanese syllabary, one component of the Japanese writing system along with hiragana, kanji and in some cases the Latin script (known as rōmaji).
The word ''katakana'' means "fragmentary kana", as the katakana characters are derived fr ...
as ちひろ and チヒロ respectively.
People
*, Japanese film director and screenwriter
*, Japanese video game designer and composer
*, Japanese professional wrestler
*, Japanese shogi player
*, Japanese swimmer
*, Japanese artist and illustrator
*, Japanese businessman
*, Japanese baseball player
*, Japanese voice actress
*, Japanese fashion model
*, Japanese voice actress
*, Japanese photographer
*, Japanese footballer
*, Japanese singer-songwriter and pianist
*, Japanese actress
*, Japanese gymnast
*, Japanese bacteriologist
*, Japanese voice actor
*, Japanese kickboxer and mixed martial artist
*, Japanese actress
* Japanese jazz pianist and composer
*, Japanese singer
*, Japanese VTuber
Fictional characters
*Chihiro Ayasato (绫里 千尋), a character in ''
Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney'' (Mia Fey in the localisation)
*Chihiro Ogino (荻野 千尋), the main character in ''
Spirited Away
is a 2001 Japanese Anime film, animated fantasy film written and directed by Hayao Miyazaki. It was produced by Toshio Suzuki, animated by Studio Ghibli, and distributed by Toho.[The Pet Girl of Sakurasou
is a Japanese light novel series written by Hajime Kamoshida, with illustrations by Kēji Mizoguchi. ASCII Media Works published 13 volumes between January 2010 and March 2014. A manga adaptation illustrated by Hōki Kusano was serialized ...]
''
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Chihiro (千尋), a secondary character in ''Azumanga Daioh''
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Chihiro Shindou (千尋), a main character in ''Ef: A Fairy Tale of the Two.''
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Chihiro Fujimi
The following are characters in the ''Oh My Goddess!'' manga and anime series:
Main characters
Keiichi Morisato
is a student of the Nekomi Institute of Technology and a member of the NIT Motor Club. One day Keiichi accidentally dials the God ...
, a ''Oh My Goddess!'' character
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Chihiro Furuya, the main character in ''Sankarea''
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Chihiro Fushimi, a secondary character in ''Persona 3''
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Chihiro Kosaka (ちひろ), a heroine in ''The World God Only Knows''
*Chihiro Itou, a character from ''
Suki Desu Suzuki-kun!!''
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Chihiro Fujisaki
The following is a list of characters from the Spike Chunsoft video game series ''Danganronpa''. The series follows the students of Hope's Peak Academy who are forced into a life of mutual killing by a sadistic teddy bear named Monokuma. The seri ...
(不二咲 千尋), a character featured in ''
Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc''
*Chihiro Mayuzumi (千尋), a secondary character in
Kuroko's Basketball
is a Japanese sports manga series written and illustrated by Tadatoshi Fujimaki. It was serialized in Shueisha's manga magazine ''Weekly Shōnen Jump'' from December 2008 to September 2014, with its chapters collected in 30 volumes. ...
*Chihiro Sawaki (澤木 千尋), a secondary character in ''Rich Man, Poor Woman''
*Chihiro (千尋), a main character in ''
Kamen Rider Amazons
, known in the overseas market as ''Amazon Riders'', is a 2016 Japanese superhero tokusatsu web drama. It is a darker and more mature reimagining of the 1974 television series ''Kamen Rider Amazon'', and part of Toei's Super Hero Year, celebrati ...
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*Chihiro Usui (碓井千紘), member of RayGlanZ in the game ''Readyyy! Project''
*Chihiro Rokuhira (六平チヒロ), main character in ''
Kagurabachi
is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Takeru Hokazono. It has been serialized in Shueisha's manga magazine ''Weekly Shōnen Jump'' since September 2023, with its chapters collected in seven volumes . The series follows Ch ...
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*Chihiro Kagami (各務 チヒロ), a character from the role-playing game ''
Blue Archive
''Blue Archive'' is a 2021 real-time strategy role-playing game developed by the South Korean developer MX Studio under the management umbrella of Nexon Games (formerly NAT Games). The player and protagonist is a Sensei who was summoned ...
''
Music
*"
Chihiro", a 2024 song by Billie Eilish, based on the
Spirited Away
is a 2001 Japanese Anime film, animated fantasy film written and directed by Hayao Miyazaki. It was produced by Toshio Suzuki, animated by Studio Ghibli, and distributed by Toho.[Sega Chihiro
Sega is a video game developer, publisher, and hardware development company headquartered in Tokyo, Japan, with multiple offices around the world. The company's involvement in the arcade game industry began as a Japan-based distributor of coin- ...]
is an arcade system from Sega based on the architecture of the Xbox
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