Hiro may refer to:

People

Hiro (given name) Hiro is a given name with various origins. It is of Japanese, Polynesian, Indian, Pakistani and Spanish origin. It has multiple meanings depending on the cultures. Background The Japanese language, Japanese given name has multiple meanings, de ...

, includes lists of people with the given name *

Hiro (photographer) (3 November 1930 – 15 August 2021), known professionally as , was a Japanese-American commercial photographer. He was known for his Fashion photography, fashion and still life photography from the mid-1960s onward. Early life Hiro was born in ...

(1930–2021), Japanese-born American photographer *

Hiro (singer) Dimitri Nganda (born 14 July 1991), known professionally as Hiro (aka Hiro Le Coq, Mr Propre), is a French singer and composer from Melun. Biography Early life Dimitri Nganda was born in Melun, France on 14 July 1991. He is of Congolese de ...

(born 1991), French singer *

Hiroko Shimabukuro , best known Mononymous person, mononymously as hiro, is a Japanese singer. She debuted as a member of the popular girl group Speed (Japanese band), Speed in 1996. In 1998, hiro released her first solo song, "Mitsumete Itai", as a B-side to Spee ...

(born 1984), Japanese singer *

Kazu Hiro Kazu Hiro (born Kazuhiro Tsuji, ; born May 26, 1969) is a Japanese-born American special make-up effects artist and visual artist. He won the Academy Award for Best Makeup and Hairstyling for the biographical films '' Darkest Hour'' (2017) ...

(born 1969), American prosthetic makeup artist * Hiroshi "Hiro" Kawaguchi (composer) (born 1965), Japanese composer *

Hiro-x in Shizuoka (city), popularly known by his stage name, Hiro X (stylized as ''HIRO-X''), is a Japanese singer and modern J-pop artist. His most well known works include the opening themes for the first two seasons of the anime ''The Prince of Te ...

(born 1980), Japanese singer and modern

J-pop J-pop (often stylized in all caps; an abbreviated form of "Japanese popular music"), natively known simply as , is the name for a form of popular music that entered the musical mainstream of Japan in the 1990s. Modern J-pop has its roots in trad ...

artist * Dilip Hiro (born 1932), Indian author and journalist

Arts, entertainment and media

Fictional characters

* Hiro, the main character of

Darling in the Franxx , abbreviated as , is a Japanese science fiction mecha romance anime television series co-produced by A-1 Pictures and Trigger and animated by Trigger and CloverWorks that premiered in January 2018. The series was announced at Trigger's ...

* Hiro Amanokawa, the main character of

Digimon Ghost Game is a Japanese anime television series produced by Toei Animation, and the ninth anime series in the ''Digimon'' franchise. The series was broadcast on Fuji TV from October 2021 to March 2023. An English dub of the first 33 episodes has been a ...

Film and television

* ''

Hiros "Hiros" is the fifth episode of the Heroes season 1, first season of the American Superhero fiction, superhero Drama (film and television), drama television series ''Heroes (American TV series), Heroes''. The episode was written by co-executive pr ...

'' (TV episode) 2008 season 1 episode 5 of the NBC fantasy-sci-fi TV series ''Heroes'' * ''Hiro'' (film), a Canadian short film *

Hiro (TV channel) Hiro was an Italian television channel, owned by television network Mediaset. Aimed to a children and teens viewership, was launched in 2008 as part of Mediaset Premium pay television network. The channel was devoted to broadcasting anime program ...

, an Italian channel

Music

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Hiro's Song ''Songs for Goldfish'' is a Ben Folds album of live and unreleased tracks packaged with ''Songs for Silverman'' and released through Ben Folds' website. Tracks 1 through 8 are live performances, 9 and 10 are unreleased studio tracks. Recording d ...

", by Ben Folds * " Yuko and Hiro", a Blur song * "Letter from Hiro", a song by The Vapors, off

New Clear Days ''New Clear Days'' is the 1980 debut album by the British rock group The Vapors. It spent six weeks in the UK album charts, reaching a highest position of No. 44 in June 1980. It contains their best-known song, " Turning Japanese", which reac ...

Places

* Hiro, a town in

Odisha Odisha (), formerly Orissa (List of renamed places in India, the official name until 2011), is a States and union territories of India, state located in East India, Eastern India. It is the List of states and union territories of India by ar ...

, India. *

Hiro Hachiman Shrine is a Shinto shrine located in the town of Hirogawa, Wakayama Prefecture, Japan. The shrine is dedicated to the ''kami'' Hachiman. It contains a number of structures which are designated as National Important Cultural Properties. The shrine is al ...

, a Shinto shrine located in

Hirogawa file:Inamura no hi no yakata.jpg, 270px, Inamura no hi no yakata is a List of towns in Japan, town in Arida District, Wakayama, Arida District, Wakayama Prefecture, Japan. , the town had an estimated population of 6,778 in 2,833 households and a p ...

, Wakayama Prefecture, Japan *

Hiroshima is the capital of Hiroshima Prefecture in Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 1,199,391. The gross domestic product (GDP) in Greater Hiroshima, Hiroshima Urban Employment Area, was US$61.3 billion as of 2010. Kazumi Matsui has b ...

, a city in Japan *

Hiro Naval Arsenal The Hiro Naval Arsenal (''Hiro Kaigun Kōshō'' or ''Dai-Jūichi Kaigun Kōkū-shō'' (11th Naval Arsenal), often abbreviated as ''Hiroshō'') at Kure (呉), Hiroshima prefecture, was a production facility for seaplanes, flying boats, and aero en ...

at Kure, Hiroshima * Mont Hiro (Mount Hiro), a high mountain on

Raivavae Raivavae (Tahitian language, Tahitian: ''Ra‘ivāvae'' International Phonetic Alphabet, /ra.ʔi.va:va.e/) is one of the Austral Islands in French Polynesia. Its total land area including offshore islets is . At the 2022 census, it had a populati ...

island in French Polynesia.

Science and technology

HiROS "Hiros" is the fifth episode of the Heroes season 1, first season of the American Superhero fiction, superhero Drama (film and television), drama television series ''Heroes (American TV series), Heroes''. The episode was written by co-executive pr ...

(High Resolution Optical System) German spy satellite *

Hiro H2H The Hiro H2H, or "Navy Type 89 Flying boat" (), was a Japanese patrol flying boat of the 1930s. Designed and built by the Hiro Naval Arsenal, it was a twin-engined biplane that was operated by the Imperial Japanese Navy. Design and development ...

, a Japanese patrol flying boat of the 1930s *

Hiro Type 94 The Type 94 900 hp liquid-cooled in-line was a W-18 liquid-cooled aircraft engine. Two Type 94 engines were used to power the Imperial Japanese Navy Hiro G2H land-based bomber in 1933. The Type 94 engine was the eighteen-cylinder version o ...

, a W-18 liquid-cooled aircraft engine

Other uses

Hiro (unit) Hiro may refer to: People * Hiro (given name), includes lists of people with the given name * Hiro (photographer) (1930–2021), Japanese-born American photographer * Hiro (singer) (born 1991), French singer * Hiroko Shimabukuro (born 1984), Japan ...

a Japanese

unit of length A unit of length refers to any arbitrarily chosen and accepted reference standard for measurement of length. The most common units in modern use are the metric units, used in every country globally. In the United States the U.S. customary un ...

, 1.8 m (a fathom)