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 clan, Ashikaga family from the Minamoto clan (Seiwa Genji). Ashikaga Mitsuuji, grandson of Ashikaga Yoshiuj ...

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

Kira (given name) Kira is a mostly feminine name of multiple origins and meanings. Etymology 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 ...

, including a list of people with the given name *

Kira Chikazane was a senior retainer under the Chōsokabe clan, during the late Sengoku period of Feudal Japan The first human inhabitants of the Japanese archipelago have been traced to the Paleolithic, around 38–39,000 years ago. The Jōmon period, na ...

(1563–1588), Japanese retainer *

Kira (German singer) Janine Scholz, better known by her simple stage name Kira, is a former Germany, 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 h ...

(Janine Scholz, born 1978) *

Kira (Belgian singer) Kira (born Natasja de Witte, 3 May 1977) is a Belgian singer and model. History Kira was born in Affligem, where she has lived her whole life. At the age of thirteen, Kira had her first brush with fame when she appeared on the Belgian TV show ...

(Natasja de Witte, born 1977) * Kira, uploader of pictures in the

Edison Chen photo scandal The Edison Chen photo scandal was a 2008 show business, showbiz scandal in Hong Kong that involved unlawful online distribution of stolen private erotic photography, intimate photographs of Hong Kong Canadian, Canadian-born actor Edison Chen wit ...

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

Kira (wrestler) Kira (born July 30, 2003, in Torreón, Coahuila) is a Mexican ''luchadora enmascarada'', or masked professional wrestler working for the Mexican professional wrestling promotion Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL), where she is one-half of the ...

(2003–), Mexican professional wrestler

Fictional characters

, including a list of fictional characters with the given name *

Izuru Kira This is a list of featured in the manga and anime series ''Bleach'', created by Tite Kubo. Soul Reapers are a fictional race of spirits who govern the flow of souls between the human world and the afterlife realm called the ''Soul Society''. Th ...

, in the manga and anime series ''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 ...

, in the television ''Star Trek: Deep Space Nine'' *

Kira Yoshikage is the fourth main story arc of the Japanese manga series ''JoJo's Bizarre Adventure'', written and illustrated by Hirohiko Araki. It was serialized in Shueisha's ''Weekly Shōnen Jump'' for a little more than years, from May 4, 1992, to D ...

, in the manga and anime series ''JoJo's Bizarre Adventure'' * Sakuya Kira, in the manga series ''

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 November 2000. It follows Setsuna Mudo, a human teenager who, as the reincarnation o ...

'' * Tsubasa Kira, in the anime television series ''

Love Live! is a Japanese multimedia project created by Hajime Yatate and Sakurako Kimino and co-produced by Kadokawa Corporation, Kadokawa through ASCII Media Works; Bandai Namco Music Live through music label Lantis (company), Lantis; and animation studi ...

'' * 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, a supernatural notebook that allows the user to kill anyone by ...

in the manga and anime series ''Death Note''

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 settlement ...

, Japan *

Kirən Kiran (also Kira and Kiren) is a village in the Tovuz Rayon of Azerbaijan Azerbaijan, officially the Republic of Azerbaijan, is a Boundaries between the continents, transcontinental and landlocked country at the boundary of West Asia and ...

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 Papua New Guinea, officially the Independent S ...

, Papua New Guinea *

Kira Town Kira Town, a municipality in the Wakiso District of the Central Region of Uganda, is the country's second most populous city. It is administered by the Kira Town Council, an urban local government. Location Kira town council was elevated to Mun ...

, 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 () 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 around the body and is pinned at both shoulders, usually with silver brooches (named '' ...

, 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-Musli ...

, 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 H ...

, a non-profit organization

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