is a feminine

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 ...

which is occasionally given to men.

Written forms

Chinatsu can be written using different

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 ...

characters and can mean: *千夏, "thousand summers/thousandth summer" *知夏, "wise summer" *智夏, "intellect, summer" *千菜津, "thousand vegetables, harbor" *智菜津, "intellect, vegetable, harbor" The name can also be written 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", ...

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 ...

People

Chinatsu Akasaki is a Japanese voice actress affiliated with 81 Produce. Biography Akasaki graduated from Kagoshima Prefectural Kinkōwan High School and Tokyo Gakugei University. She studied Italian as a second foreign language. She won the Nippon Cultural Br ...

(千夏), Japanese voice actress * Chinatsu Ban (知夏, born 1973), Japanese artist *

Chinatsu Kira is a Japanese footballer who plays as a forward. She plays for Japanese Nadeshiko League club Orca Kamogawa. She played for the Japanese national team. Club career Urawa Reds Kira was born in Usuki on July 5, 1991. After graduating from hig ...

(知夏, born 1991), Japanese football player * Chinatsu Matsui (千夏, born 1977), Japanese squash player *

Chinatsu Mori (May 20, 1980 in Edogawa, Tokyo – August 9, 2006 in Tokyo) was a Japanese shot putter. Her personal best throw is 18.22 metres, achieved in April 2004 in Hamamatsu. This is the current Japanese record.Chinatsu Nakayama Chinatsu Nakayama is a Japanese voice actress, writer, and politician. Biography Nakayama was born in Kumamoto prefecture, Japan on July 13, 1948. She began acting on stage as a child in 1955, then her family moved to Tokyo with the encouragemen ...

(千夏, born 1948), Japanese voice actress, writer, and politician *

Chinatsu Wakatsuki is a Japanese variety ''tarento'' and former gravure idol. Her real name was before she got married. She is previously represented with Platinum Production. Filmography TV series Current appearances Former appearances Radio Current appeara ...

(千夏, born 1984), Japanese gravure idol and tarento

Characters

*Chinatsu Aida (千夏), a supporting character in the Japanese TV drama ''

Last Friends is a Japanese television drama which aired on Fuji TV at 10:00 pm every Thursday from April 10, 2008, until June 17, 2008. It stars Masami Nagasawa, Juri Ueno, Eita, Asami Mizukawa and Ryo Nishikido of japanese idol group Kanjani Eight. Th ...

'' *Chinatsu Aramaki (千夏), a supporting character in the manga and anime series ''

Maid Sama! is a Japanese manga series by Hiro Fujiwara. It was serialized in Hakusensha's monthly '' shōjo'' magazine '' LaLa'' from December 2005 to September 2013, with its chapters collected in 18 ''tankōbon'' volumes. A 26-episode anime adaptat ...

'' *Chinatsu Gondo (千夏), a character in the 1994 film '' Godzilla vs. SpaceGodzilla'' *Chinatsu Hinomiya (火宮チナツ), a character in the role-playing video 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 ...

'' *Chinatsu Hiyama (緋山千夏), one of the main characters in the manga and anime series ballroom e youkoso *Chinatsu Kano (鹿野千夏), one of the two main protagonists in the manga and anime series ''

Blue Box A blue box is an Electronics, electronic device that produces tones used to generate the in-band signaling tones formerly used within the North American long-distance telephone network to send line status and called number information over voi ...

'' *Chinatsu Kuramoto (千夏 ), a supporting character in the manga and anime series ''

Flying Witch is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Chihiro Ishizuka. It has been serialized in Kodansha's ''Bessatsu Shōnen Magazine'' since August 2012, with its chapters collected in 14 volumes as of June 2025. An anime television ser ...

'' *Chinatsu Nakayama (千夏), a character in the four panel manga series ''

Doki Doki School Hours is a Japanese four-panel manga series by Tamami Momose. The manga was serialized in ''Manga Life'' and published by Takeshobo from 1997 to 2013. An anime television series adaptation was animated by J.C.Staff and aired on TV Tokyo from Ap ...

'' *Chinatsu Tsuboi (千夏), a main character in the manga and live-action drama series ''

Shomuni (also called Power Office Girls) is a comedic TV drama serial based on the Japanese manga are comics or graphic novels originating from Japan. Most manga conform to a style developed in Japan in the late 19th century, and the f ...

'' *Chinatsu Yoshikawa (ちなつ), a main character in the manga and anime series ''

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

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