Chinen is an Okinawan surname. Notable people with the surname include:
*, Japanese supercentenarian
*, Japanese footballer
*, professional Go player
*, Okinawan martial artist and founder of
Yamanni ryu
Yamanni-ryū (山根流) (also Yamanni-Chinen-ryū and Yamane Ryu) is a form of Okinawan kobudō whose main weapon is the bo, a non-tapered, cylindrical staff. The smaller buki, such as sai, tunfa (or tonfa), nunchaku, and kama (weapon) are st ...
*, Japanese singer
*, Okinawan martial artist, grandson of
*, Japanese singer and actor
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Hideyoshi Arakaki Chinen
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Japanese-language surnames
Okinawan surnames