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Hirano (, the kanji character 平 is for "flat, plain, calm" and the kanji character 野 is for "

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. The same combination of kanji characters read as "Heiya" can mean a

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or a flat land. People named Hirano include: *

Asao Hirano was a Japanese physician, academic, medical researcher and neuropathologist. He is credited with having first observed Hirano bodies which are intracellular aggregates of actin and actin-associated proteins in the neurons (nerve cells). Career ...

(1926-2019), Japanese physician, academic, medical researcher and neuropathology professor *

Aya Hirano is a Japanese actress and singer. Beginning in the entertainment industry as a child actor in television commercials, she appeared in her first Voice acting in Japan, voice acting role in the anime television series ''Angel Tales'' (2001). In ...

( 平野綾, born 1987), Japanese voice actress and singer *

Ayumu Hirano is a Japanese Olympic champion and three-time Olympic medalist snowboarder and Olympic skateboarder. He won the silver medal in the superpipe in 2013 Winter X Games XVII at the age of 14, becoming the youngest medalist in X Games history, and ...

( 平野歩夢, born 1998), Japanese Olympic snowboarder and skateboarder *

Fumi Hirano is a Japanese actress, voice actress, singer and essayist. She voiced Lum in the anime series ''Urusei Yatsura''. She attended Tamagawa University in Machida, Tokyo, where she graduated with a degree in Theatre from the Department of Fine ...

( 平野文) (born 1955), Japanese voice actress, singer and essayist *

Irene Hirano Irene Hirano Inouye (''née'' Yasutake; October 7, 1948 – April 7, 2020) was an American business executive who was the founding President of the U.S.-Japan Council, a position she held ever since she helped create the organization in 2009 unti ...

(1948–2020), founding President of the

U.S.-Japan Council The U.S.-Japan Council (, ''Beinichi Kaunshiru'', USJC) is a 501(c) organization, 501(c) 3 non-profit organization that contributes to strengthening Japan–United States relations, U.S.-Japan relations by bringing together leaders and exploring i ...

Jorge Hirano Jorge Hirano Matsumoto (born 16 August 1959 in Huaral) is a former Japanese Peruvian football player. Club career Hirano didn't have the looks of a prolific goal scorer nonetheless of a forward but he compensated his slight figure with extraord ...

( ホルヘ・ヒラノ) (born 1956), Peruvian footballer * Ken Hirano ( 平野謙 (評論家), 1910—1978), Japanese literary critic * Kaishu Hirano (born 2002), Japanese snowboarder *

Keiichiro Hirano is a Japanese novelist. Hirano was born in Gamagori, Aichi prefecture, Japan. He published his first novel (''Nisshoku'', ) in 1998 and won the Akutagawa Prize the next year as one of the youngest winners ever (at 23 years of age). He graduated ...

( 平野啓一郎, born 1975), Japanese novelist *

Kouta Hirano is a Japanese manga artist born in Adachi, Tokyo, Japan, most famous for his manga ''Hellsing'' and ''Drifters''. Career Hirano said he learned how to be a manga artist from reading Akira Toriyama and Akira Sakuma's '' Hetappi Manga Kenkyūj ...

( 平野耕太, born 1973), Japanese manga artist *

Masaaki Hirano was a Japanese food historian from the city of Futtsu, Chiba. He was a courtesy member of the Cultural Academic Society. He wrote under the pen name Masaaki. Biography He was a graduate of the psychology section of the literature department of ...

( 平野雅章, 1931—2008), Japanese food historian *

Miu Hirano (born 14 April 2000) is a Japanese table tennis player. She won Table Tennis World Cup, Women's World Cup in 2016 as the youngest ever winner. She won the women's singles at the 2017 Asian Table Tennis Championships by sweeping away three top Ch ...

(table tennis player) ( :ja:平野美宇｜平野美宇, born 2000), Japanese table tennis player *, Japanese sport shooter *

Hirano Nagayasu was a samurai retainer to Japanese warlord Toyotomi Hideyoshi during the Azuchi-Momoyama period of the 17th century. He was known as one of the "Seven Spears of Shizugatake". Following the Battle of Shizugatake in 1583, Nagayasu came to be kn ...

( 平野長泰, 1559—1628), Japanese Samurai *

Nobutaka Hirano Nobutaka Hirano (born December 5, 1972) is a former volleyball player from Ama, Aichi, Japan Japan is an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean off the northeast coast of the Asia, Asian mainland, it is bordered on the w ...

( 平野信孝, born 1972), Japanese volleyball player *

Remi Hirano is a Japanese chef, TV personality, and chanson singer. Her father is French-American-Japanese writer Imao Hirano. Her husband is illustrator Makoto Wada. Her eldest son is Sho Wada, member of the band Triceratops, and whose wife is the actress Ju ...

( 平野レミ, born 1947), Japanese cooking enthusiast, TV persona and singer *, Japanese ballet dancer *

Sayaka Hirano is a Japanese five-time national table tennis champion. She competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics, reaching the third round of the singles competition. She also competed in the team competition, reaching the bronze medal final but losing to So ...

( 平野早矢香, born 1985), Japanese table tennis player *, Japanese ice hockey player *

Toshiki Hirano is a Japanese anime director (film), director, animator, and character designer. His wife is a fellow animator and Mangaka, manga artist Narumi Kakinouchi. Some of his works have appeared in the adult manga magazine ''Lemon People''. He is represe ...

( 平野俊貴, born 1956), Japanese anime director, animator, and character designer *, Japanese triathlete *

Yoshihisa Hirano is a Japanese composer and arranger. He is best known for composing the scores for anime series, such as ''Death Note'', '' Hunter × Hunter (2011)'', and '' Edens Zero''. He has also made the orchestration for video games, mostly in the Final ...

( 平野義久, born 1971), Japanese composer and arranger *

Yoshihisa Hirano (baseball) (born March 8, 1984) is a Japanese professional baseball pitcher for the Orix Buffaloes of Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB). He has previously played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Arizona Diamondbacks and Seattle Mariners. Hirano i ...

( 平野佳寿, born 1984), Japanese baseball player * Yoshiko Hirano ( 世志琥, born 1993), Japanese professional wrestler * Yuichi Hirano ( 平野佑一, born 1996), Japanese footballer *, Japanese ice hockey player {{surname Japanese-language surnames