Chihiro

Chihiro

Pronunciation	English (British): [tʃəˈhɪəɹəʊ] English (US): [tʃəˈhiɹoʊ, tʃəˈhɪɹoʊ]
Origin
Word/name	Japanese
Meaning	Varies depending on kanji used

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

Possible writings

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

• 千尋ちひろ, "thousand fathoms"
• 千博ちひろ, "thousand gains"
• 千裕ちひろ, "thousand, abundance"
• 千紘ちひろ, "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 (天野あまの 千尋ちひろ, born 1982), Japanese film director and screenwriter
• Chihiro Fujioka (藤岡ふじおか 千尋ちひろ, born 1959), Japanese video game designer and composer
• Chihiro Hashimoto (橋本はしもと 千紘ちひろ, born 1992), Japanese professional wrestler
• Chihiro Idō (井道いみち 千尋ちひろ, born 1988), Japanese shogi player
• Chihiro Igarashi (五十嵐いがらし 千尋ちひろ, born 1995), Japanese swimmer
• Chihiro Iwasaki (岩崎いわさき 知弘ともひろ, 1918–1974), Japanese artist and illustrator
• Chihiro Kameyama (亀山かめやま 千尋ちひろ, born 1956), Japanese businessman
• Chihiro Kaneko (金子かねこ 千尋ちひろ, born 1983), Japanese baseball player
• Chihiro Kato (disambiguation), multiple people
• Chihiro Kawakami (川上かわかみ千尋ちひろ), Japanese voice actress
• Chihiro Kondo (近藤こんどう 千尋ちひろ, born 1989), Japanese fashion model
• Chihiro Kusaka (日下くさか ちひろ, born 1978), Japanese voice actress
• Chihiro Minato (港みなと 千尋ちひろ, born 1960), Japanese photographer
• Chihiro Noda (野田のだ 智裕ともひろ, born 1988), Japanese footballer
• Chihiro Onitsuka (鬼束おにつか ちひろ, born 1980), Japanese singer-songwriter and pianist
• Chihiro Otsuka (大塚おおつか ちひろ, born 1986), Japanese actress
• Chihiro Oyagi (大八木おおやぎ 千尋ちひろ, born 1963), Japanese gymnast
• Chihiro Sasakawa (笹川ささかわ 千尋ちひろ, born 1948), Japanese bacteriologist
• Chihiro Suzuki (鈴木すずき 千尋ちひろ, born 1977), Japanese voice actor
• Chihiro Suzuki (martial artist) (鈴木すずき 千裕ちひろ, born 1999), Japanese kickboxer and mixed martial artist
• Chihiro Yamamoto (山本やまもと 千尋ちひろ, born 1996), Japanese actress
• Chihiro Yamanaka (山中やまなか 千尋ちひろ) Japanese jazz pianist and composer
• Chihiro Yonekura (米倉よねくら 千尋ちひろ, born 1972), Japanese singer
• Yuki Chihiro (勇気ゆうきちひろ), Japanese VTuber

Fictional characters

• Chihiro Ayasato (绫里 千尋ちひろ), a character in Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney (Mia Fey in the localisation)
• Chihiro Ogino (荻野おぎの 千尋ちひろ), the main character in Spirited Away
• Chihiro Sengoku, monster teacher from Sakurasou
• Chihiro (千尋ちひろ), a secondary character in Azumanga Daioh
• Chihiro Shindou (千尋ちひろ), a main character in Ef: A Fairy Tale of the Two.
• Chihiro Fujimi, a Oh My Goddess! character
• Chihiro Furuya, the main character in Sankarea
• Chihiro Fushimi, a secondary character in Persona 3
• Chihiro Kosaka (ちひろ), a heroine in The World God Only Knows
• Chihiro Itou, a character from Suki Desu Suzuki-kun!!
• Chihiro Fujisaki (不ふ二に咲さき 千尋ちひろ), a character featured in Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc
• Chihiro Mayuzumi (千尋ちひろ), a secondary character in Kuroko no basket
• Chihiro Sawaki (澤木さわき 千尋ちひろ), a secondary character in Rich Man, Poor Woman
• Chihiro (千尋ちひろ), a main character in Kamen Rider Amazons
• Chihiro Usui (碓井うすい千紘ちひろ), member of RayGlanZ in the game Readyyy! Project
• Chihiro Rokuhira (六平ろくへいチヒロ), main character in Kagurabachi
• Chihiro Kagami (各務かがみ チヒロ), a character from the role-playing game Blue Archive

See also

• Sega Chihiro is an arcade system from Sega based on the architecture of the Xbox
• "Chihiro", a 2024 song by Billie Eilish