Hiro (given name)
Appearance
Gender | Male / Female |
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Origin | |
Word/name | Japanese |
Meaning | Different meanings depending on the kanji used |
Hiro is a masculine Japanese given name with multiple meanings, dependent on the characters used. 裕 means "abundant". 寛 means "generous, tolerant" and 浩 means "prosperous." [1] Notable people with the name include:
- Hiro Yamagata (artist) (born 1948), Japanese painter/artist
- Hiro (music producer) (born 1985), Japanese music producer (writer of Kumi Koda's "Taboo")
- Hiro (photographer) (born 1930), American fashion photographer
- Hiroko Shimabukuro (born 1984), Japanese musician with the stage name Hiro
- Hiroyuki Watanabe (born 1955), Japanese actor
- Hiro Mashima (born 1977), Japanese manga artist and the creator of Rave Master and "Fairy Tail", among other Manga
- Hiro Muramoto (died 2010), Japanese cameraman and journalist slain during the 2010 Thai political protests
- Hiro Fujiwara Japanese manga artist, once active under her previous pen name, Izumi Hiro
- Hiro Mizushima (born 1984), Japanese model and actor
- Hiro Shimono (born 1980), Japanese voice actor
Fictional characters
- Hiro Nakamura, a character in the American television series Heroes with the ability to time-travel
- Hiro Hiyorimi, main protagonist of the series Princess Resurrection
- Hiro Granger, a character in the Beyblade series
- Hiro Protagonist, a character in the science fiction novel Snow Crash
- Hiro Sohma, a character in the Fruits Basket anime and manga series
- Hiroshi Nohara, a character from the Crayon Shin-Chan series
- Hiro, a character from the video game Bust a Groove
- Hiro, a character from the Hidamari Sketch comic strip
- Hiro, the main character in Lunar: Eternal Blue video game
- Hiro, a character in Ginga Densetsu Weed series
- Hiro Sakurai, a main character in the Original English-language manga Miki Falls
- Hiro, a Japanese steam engine character from the Thomas and Friends special "Hero of the Rails"
- Hiro Fuse, a character from Scott Westerfeld's book, "Extras", of the Uglies series
- Hiro the Mini Ninja, a player character in Mini Ninjas video game
- Heero Yuy (ヒロ・ユイ, Hiro Yui), Pilot of the Zero suit and a main character in Mobile Suit Gundam Wing
- Hiro Oozora, a character from Danball Senki W, one of the three protagonists.
- Hiro, one of the giant ninja toads from Mount Myoboku from the anime and manga series, Naruto.
- Hiro Takachiho, Marvel character from the superhero team Big Hero 6, renamed Hiro Hamada in the 2014 film adaptation
- Hiro, character from Darling in the FranXX