Kirin may refer to:

Mythology and fiction

Qilin The qilin ( ; ) is a legendary hooved chimerical creature that appears in Chinese mythology, and is said to appear with the imminent arrival or death of a sage or illustrious ruler. Qilin are a specific type of the mythological family of o ...

or Kirin, a mythical creature known in various East Asian cultures ** Ki-rin (''Dungeons & Dragons''), a type of monster in ''D&D'' ** Kirin, a type of Elder Dragon in ''

Monster Hunter is a Japanese media franchise centered on a series of fantasy-themed action role-playing video games, beginning with first installment '' Monster Hunter'' for the PlayStation 2, released in 2004. Titles have been released across a variety of pl ...

'' ** Kirin, a type of creature in the '' My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic'' series

Places

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or Kirin, a province in northeastern China **

Jilin City Jilin City, Mandarin pronunciation: ; Chinese postal romanization, alternately romanized as Kirin (, International Phonetic Alphabet, IPA:/ki.rin/) is the second-largest city and former capital of Jilin province in northeast China. As of th ...

or Kirin, a city in the province of Jilin, China * Kirin, Croatia, a settlement in Vrginmost

Companies and products

* Subsidiaries of Kirin Holdings: ** Kirin, a Japanese beverages company ** Kyowa Kirin, a Japanese pharmaceutical company * Brasil Kirin, a Brazilian brewery and beverage company * Kirin processors, a series of SoCs produced by

HiSilicon HiSilicon ( zh, c=海思, p=Hǎisī) is a Chinese fabless semiconductor company based in Shenzhen, Guangdong province and wholly owned by Huawei. HiSilicon purchases licenses for CPU designs from ARM Holdings, including the ARM Cortex-A9 MPCore ...

Sports

* Kirin Cup Soccer, an association football tournament organised in Japan * Kirin Open, a Japanese golf tournament from 1974 to 2001 * One of three shogi pieces in large shogi Kirin variants: ** Chu shogi, which uses one piece per player ** Dai shogi, which uses one piece per player ** Taikyoku shogi, which uses the Kirin (麒麟) and Kirin-master (麟師) pieces

Other uses

* ''Kirin'' (manga), a 1987 Japanese manga series * Kirin language or Kili, a Tungusic language of Russia and China

People with the name

* Ivica Kirin (born 1970), former Interior Minister of Croatia *

Kirin J. Callinan Kieran John Callinan (born 21 January 1986), known by his stage name Kirin J. Callinan, is an Australian singer, songwriter, and guitarist. He is also a founding member of Mercy Arms and has played with the Night Game, Jack Ladder and the Dream ...

(born 1986), Australian singer and songwriter *

Kirin Kiki was a Japanese actress for Japanese cinema and television. Biography Kiki was born on January 15, 1943, in Kanda, Tokyo. Her father was a master of the ''biwa'' lute and a former police officer. Her mother owned a cafe in Jinbōchō, Tokyo an ...

(1943–2018), Japanese TV and film actress *

Kirin Narayan Kirin Narayan (born November 1959) is an Indian-born American anthropologist, folklorist and writer. Early life, education, and career Narayan is the daughter of Narayan Ramji Contractor, a civil engineer from Nashik, and Didi Kinzinger, a Germ ...

(born 1959), Indian-born American anthropologist and writer *

Kirin Kotecha ''Emmerdale'' is a British soap opera first broadcast on 16 October 1972. The following is a list of characters that first appeared or will appear during 2014, by order of first appearance. William Makepeace ( Dudley Sutton) and his grandson, S ...