Chihiro

Chihiro (ちひろ, チヒロ,千尋) is a female and male Japanese given name.

Chihiro
PronunciationEnglish (British): [tʃəˈhɪəɹəʊ]
English (US): [tʃəˈhiɹoʊ, tʃəˈhɪɹoʊ]
Origin
Word/nameJapanese
MeaningVaries depending on kanji used

Possible writings

Chihiro can be written using various kanji, which can alter the name's meaning:

  • 千尋, "thousand fathoms"
  • 千博, "thousand gains"
  • 千裕, "thousand, abundance"
  • 千紘, "thousand, large or huge"

The name can also be rendered in hiragana and katakana as ちひろ and チヒロ respectively.

People with the name

  • Chihiro Amano (天野 千尋, born 1982), Japanese film director and screenwriter
  • Chihiro Fujioka (藤岡 千尋, born 1959), Japanese video game designer and composer
  • Chihiro Hashimoto (橋本 千紘, born 1992), Japanese professional wrestler
  • Chihiro Idō (井道 千尋, born 1988), Japanese shogi player
  • Chihiro Igarashi (五十嵐 千尋, born 1995), Japanese swimmer
  • Chihiro Iwasaki (岩崎 知弘, 1918–1974), Japanese artist and illustrator
  • Chihiro Kameyama (亀山 千尋, born 1956), Japanese businessman
  • Chihiro Kaneko (金子 千尋, born 1983), Japanese baseball player
  • Chihiro Kato (disambiguation), multiple people
  • Chihiro Kawakami (川上千尋), Japanese voice actress
  • Chihiro Kondo (近藤 千尋, born 1989), Japanese fashion model
  • Chihiro Kusaka (日下 ちひろ, born 1978), Japanese voice actress
  • Chihiro Minato (港 千尋, born 1960), Japanese photographer
  • Chihiro Noda (野田 智裕, born 1988), Japanese footballer
  • Chihiro Onitsuka (鬼束 ちひろ, born 1980), Japanese singer-songwriter and pianist
  • Chihiro Otsuka (大塚 ちひろ, born 1986), Japanese actress
  • Chihiro Oyagi (大八木 千尋, born 1963), Japanese gymnast
  • Chihiro Sasakawa (笹川 千尋, born 1948), Japanese bacteriologist
  • Chihiro Suzuki (鈴木 千尋, born 1977), Japanese voice actor
  • Chihiro Suzuki (martial artist) (鈴木 千裕, born 1999), Japanese kickboxer and mixed martial artist
  • Chihiro Yamamoto (山本 千尋, born 1996), Japanese actress
  • Chihiro Yamanaka (山中 千尋) Japanese jazz pianist and composer
  • Chihiro Yonekura (米倉 千尋, born 1972), Japanese singer
  • Yuki Chihiro (勇気ちひろ), Japanese VTuber

Fictional characters

See also

  • Sega Chihiro is an arcade system from Sega based on the architecture of the Xbox
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