Hiro (given Name)

is primarily a Japanese given name with multiple meanings, dependent on the characters used. 裕 means "abundant". 寛 means "generous, tolerant" and 浩 means "prosperous."http://www.20knames.com/male_japanese_names.htm ''Hiro'' is also an uncommon Spanish and Greek masculine name which is a variant form of Chairo and Jerome. It means "sacred name". It is also a Tahitian masculine given name with origins in Tahitian mythology.

People with the name

Notable people with the name include:

*, a female Japanese light novelist
*, Japanese painter/artist
*, Japanese music producer (writer of Kumi Koda's "Taboo")
* Hiro (photographer) (1930–2021), American fashion photographer
*, Japanese musician with the stage name Hiro
*, Japanese manga artist and the creator of ''Rave Master'' and "Fairy Tail", among other manga
*, Japanese businessman and former racing driver
* Hiro Murai (born 1983), American filmmaker
*, Japanese cameraman and journalist slain during the 2010 Thai political protests
*, American cinematographer
*, Japanese manga artist, once active under her previous pen name, Izumi Hiro
*, Japanese model and actor
*, a Japanese noblewoman and memoir writer
*, a professional wrestler
*, a Japanese professional wrestler
*, Japanese manga artist, character designer and illustrator
*, Japanese voice actor and singer
*, Japanese-Canadian actor and playwright
*, Japanese singer and vocalist from MY FIRST STORY with the stage name Hiro
*, Japanese video game composer and keyboardist, aka Master Hiro
*, Japanese singer, lyricist, and composer, best known for Yu Yu Hakusho ending themes, " Unbalance na Kiss o Shite" and " Taiyō ga Mata Kagayaku Toki"
*, American musician and co-founder of the Grammy Award-winning rock band Soundgarden
*Hiro Poroiae (born 1986), Tahitian footballer
*, a Japanese religious scholar and writer of Buddhism
*, a Japanese botanist
*, Japanese voice actor
*, Japanese footballer
* Hiro Peralta (born 1994), is a Filipino actor
*, a Japanese wrestler and trainer
*, a Japanese composer, conductor and synthesizer player.
* Hiro Ando (born 1973), a Japanese contemporary artist
*, Japanese dancer and producer known as Hiro, leader of Exile
*, popularly known by his stage name Hiro-X.

Fictional characters

* Hiro Nakamura, a character in the American television series '' Heroes'' with the ability to time-travel
*Hiro Hiyorimi, main protagonist of the series '' Princess Resurrection''
*Hiro Granger, a character in the '' Beyblade'' series
*Hiro, a Hero Templates DS Version Marionette/ Wooden mannequin Character in Isaac the Nintendo title, similar to the Golden Sun from '' Drawn to Life: The Next Chapter''.
* Hiro Protagonist, a character in the science fiction novel ''Snow Crash''
* Hiro Sohma, a character in the ''Fruits Basket'' anime and manga series
*Hiroshi Nohara, a character from the '' Crayon Shin-Chan'' series
* Hiro, a character from the video game ''Bust a Groove''
* Hiro, a character from the '' Hidamari Sketch'' comic strip
* Hiro, the main character in '' Lunar: Eternal Blue'' video game
* Hiro, a character in ''Ginga Densetsu Weed'' series
*Hiiro, also known as Nora, a major supporting character in the manga/anime series Noragami.
* Hiro Sakurai, a main character in the Original English-language manga ''Miki Falls''
* Hiro, a Japanese steam engine character from the '' Thomas and Friends'' special ''"Hero of the Rails"''
*Hiro Fuse, a character from Scott Westerfeld's book, " Extras", of the Uglies series
*Hiro the Mini Ninja, a player character in ''Mini Ninjas'' video game
*Heero Yuy (ヒロ・ユイ, Hiro Yui), Pilot of the Zero suit and a main character in ''Mobile Suit Gundam Wing''
*Hiro Oozora, a character from ''Danball Senki W'', one of the three protagonists.
* Hiro, one of the giant ninja toads from Mount Myoboku from the anime and manga series, ''Naruto''.
* Hiro Takachiho, Marvel character from the superhero team ''Big Hero 6'', renamed Hiro Hamada in the 2014 film adaptation.
*Hiro, a character from the anime ''Darling in the Franxx''.
*Hiro Hamada, the main character of the Disney movie Big Hero 6, and a character from the comic book of the same title
*Hiro, one of the instructors in the video game ''Fitness Boxing 2: Rhythm and Exercise''.
*Hiro Amanokawa, the main character of Digimon Ghost Game
*Hiro-Kala, a fictional supervillain in Marvel Comics
* Hiro Okamura, a teenage mechanical genius from Japan first appeared as the Toyman in Superman (vol. 2) #177

Mythology

*Hiro is the god of thieves in Tahiti mythology. He was the first builder of large canoes with planks sewn together called pahi.

See also

*Hiroo (given name)

Notes

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Japanese masculine given names
Japanese unisex given names
Polynesian masculine given names
Spanish masculine given names