Kira may refer to:

People

Kira clan The Kira clan(吉良氏 - kira-shi) was a Japanese clan, descended from Emperor Seiwa (850–880), and was a cadet branch of the Ashikaga family from the Minamoto clan (Seiwa Genji). Ashikaga Mitsuuji, grandson of Ashikaga Yoshiuji (1189–1254 ...

, a Japanese clan, descended from Emperor Seiwa (850–880) *

Kira (given name) Kira is a mostly feminine name of multiple origins and meanings. The feminine form is pronounced or . It might be a feminine form of the name Kiran, pronounced . Kiran is of Hindi and Sanskrit origin, meaning "beam of light". In Ancient Heb ...

, including a list of people with the given name * Kira Chikazane (1563–1588), Japanese retainer *

Kira (German singer) Janine Scholz, better known by her simple stage name Kira, is a former German singer-songwriter who was born in Wuppertal on October 20, 1978. History From the beginning of her musical development Kira had an unstoppable will to write her own mus ...

(Janine Scholz, born 1978) * Kira (Belgian singer) (Natasja de Witte, born 1977) * Kira, uploader of pictures in the

Edison Chen photo scandal Thomas Alva Edison (February 11, 1847October 18, 1931) was an American inventor and businessman. He developed many devices in fields such as electric power generation, mass communication, sound recording, and motion pictures. These invention ...

, named after the ''Death Note'' character * Matúš Kira, Slovak football goalkeeper

Fictional characters

, including a list of fictional characters with the given name * Izuru Kira, in the anime ''Bleach'' *

Kira Nerys Kira Nerys is a fictional character in the American science fiction television series ''Star Trek: Deep Space Nine'' (1993–1999). She was played by actress Nana Visitor. The character is from the fictional planet Bajor, a world which has rec ...

, in '' Star Trek: Deep Space Nine'' * Kira Yoshikage, in the manga series ''JoJo's Bizarre Adventure'' * Sakuya Kira, in the manga and anime ''

Angel Sanctuary is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Kaori Yuki. It was serialized in the ''shōjo'' manga magazine ''Hana to Yume'' from July 1994 to October 2000. It follows Setsuna Mudo, a human teenager who, as the reincarnation of ...

'' * Tsubasa Kira, in the anime ''

Love Live! is a Japanese multimedia project created by Hajime Yatate and Sakurako Kimino and co-produced by Kadokawa through ASCII Media Works; Bandai Namco Music Live through music label Lantis; and animation studio Bandai Namco Filmworks (formerly k ...

'' * Kira, an alias of

Light Yagami is the main protagonist of the manga series ''Death Note'', created by Tsugumi Ohba and Takeshi Obata. He is portrayed as a brilliant but bored genius who finds the Death Note, an otherworldly supernatural notebook that allows the user to kill ...

in the manga/anime series ''

Death Note ''Death Note'' (stylized in all caps) is a Japanese manga series written by Tsugumi Ohba and illustrated by Takeshi Obata. It was serialized in Shueisha's ''shōnen'' manga magazine ''Weekly Shōnen Jump'' from December 2003 to May ...

Places

Kira, Aichi was a town located in Hazu District, Aichi Prefecture, Japan. As of May 1, 2004, the town had an estimated population of 22,280 and a population density of 619.2 persons per km2. Its total area was 35.98 km2. Kira was a coastal settleme ...

, Japan *

Kirən Kiran (also Kira and Kiren) is a village in the Tovuz Rayon of Azerbaijan Azerbaijan (, ; az, Azərbaycan ), officially the Republic of Azerbaijan, , also sometimes officially called the Azerbaijan Republic is a transcontinental country loc ...

or Kira, Azerbaijan * Kira, Burkina Faso *

Kira Rural LLG Kira Rural LLG is a local-level government (LLG) of Oro Province, Papua New Guinea. The Tauade language Tauade is a Papuan language of Kira Rural LLG in Central Province, Papua New Guinea. External links * Paradisec The Pacific and ...

, Papua New Guinea *

Kira Town Kira Town, a municipality in the Wakiso District of the Central Region of Uganda, is the country's second-largest city by population. It is administered by the Kira Town Council, an urban local government. Location Kira town council was elevat ...

, Uganda *

Kira (crater) Patsaev is a lunar impact crater that lies on the far side of the Moon, to the northeast of the prominent crater Tsiolkovskiy. To the northwest is the smaller crater Lander. This is a heavily damaged crater that now appears as little more than ...

, on the far side of the Moon

Other uses

Kira (Bhutan) The kira ( dz, དཀྱི་ར་, དཀྱིས་རས་, translit=dkyi-ra, dkyis-ras) is the national dress for women in Bhutan. It is an ankle-length dress consisting of a rectangular piece of woven fabric. It is wrapped and folded aro ...

, the national dress for women in Bhutan *

Kira (title) , , or (all are Greek for "lady"), was a common title for the women (usually Jewish women, but also Christians), who acted as agents for the women of the Ottoman sultan's Imperial Harem. History Context and background The method of using non-Mu ...

, for women who acted on behalf of the Imperial Harem of the Ottoman Empire *

Kira Institute The Kira Institute is a non-profit organization. It was founded in 1997 to encourage open inquiry concerning the nature of scientific knowledge and its relation to other perspectives drawn from a wide variety of fields. The founders were Piet Hut ...

, a non-profit organization

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