Chiharu

Chiharu

Gender	Unisex
Origin
Word/name	Japanese
Meaning	Different depending on the kanji
Other names
Related names	Chinatsu Chiaki

Chiharu (ちはる, チハル) is a feminine Japanese given name which is occasionally used by men.

Possible writings

Chiharu can be written using different kanji characters and can mean:

• 千春, "thousand, spring"
• 千晴, "thousand, sunny weather"
• 知春, "wisdom, spring"

The name can also be written in hiragana or katakana.

People with the name

• Chiharu Araki (千陽, born 1982), Japanese politician
• Chiharu Icho (千春, born 1981), Japanese wrestler
• Chiharu Igaya (千春, born 1931), Japanese Olympic alpine skier
• Chiharu Kawai (千春, born 1973), Japanese actress, model, and voice actress
• Chiharu Kitaoka (千陽, born 1988), Japanese voice actress
• Chiharu Matsuyama (千春, born 1955), Japanese singer-songwriter
• Chiharu Mori (森 千春, born 1962), Japanese swimmer
• Chiharu Muto (武藤 千春, born 1995), Japanese businesswoman and singer
• Chiharu Nakamura (知春, born 1988), Japanese rugby sevens player
• Chiharu Niiyama (千春), a Japanese actress and gravure idol
• Chiharu Nozaki (野崎 千春, born 1973), Japanese speed skater
• Chiharu Ogiwara (荻原 千春, born 1957), Japanese male boxer
• Chiharu Saiguchi (千晴, born 1938), Justice of the Supreme Court of Japan
• Chiharu Sawashiro (沢城 千春, born 1987), Japanese voice actor
• Chiharu Shida (志田 千陽, born 1997), Japanese badminton player
• Chiharu Shiota (塩田 千春, born 1972), Japanese performance and installation artist
• Chiharu Suzuka (千春, born 1958), Japanese voice actress
• Chiharu Tezuka (ちはる, born 1974), Japanese voice actress

Fictional characters

• Chiharu Eniwa, a character in the manga series Girl Got Game
• Chiharu Harukaze (千桜), a character from the manga and anime series Hayate the Combat Butler
• Chiharu Mihara (千春), a character in the anime and manga series Cardcaptor Sakura
• Chiharu Nitta (千春), a character in the anime and manga series Boys Be...
• Chiharu Shinonome (千春), the main character of the manga and anime series Eiken
• Chiharu Tanaka (千春), a character in the manga series Lovely Complex
• Chiharu Mori (千春), a character in the romantic comedy manga series Dengeki Daisy