Chihiro

English (British): [tʃəˈhɪəɹəʊ]
English (US): [tʃəˈhiɹoʊ, tʃəˈhɪɹoʊ]OriginWord/nameJapaneseMeaningVaries depending on kanji used

Chihiro (ちひろ, チヒロ,千尋) 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, "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 [ja] (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 [ja] (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 [ja] (勇気ちひろ), Japanese VTuber

Fictional characters

• Chihiro Ayasato (绫里 千尋), a character in Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney (Mia Fey in the localisation)
• Chihiro Ogino (荻野 千尋), the main character in Spirited Away
• Chihiro Sengoku, monster teacher from Sakurasou
• Chihiro (千尋), a secondary character in Azumanga Daioh
• Chihiro Shindou (千尋), 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 (不二咲 千尋), a character featured in Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc
• Chihiro Mayuzumi (千尋), a secondary character in Kuroko no basket
• Chihiro Sawaki (澤木 千尋), a secondary character in Rich Man, Poor Woman
• Chihiro (千尋), a main character in Kamen Rider Amazons
• Chihiro Usui (碓井千紘), member of RayGlanZ in the game Readyyy! Project
• Chihiro Rokuhira (六平チヒロ), main character in Kagurabachi
• Chihiro Kagami (各務 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