Hiro (given name)
Gender | Male / Female |
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Origin | |
Word/name | Japanese |
Meaning | Different meanings depending on the kanji used |
Other names | |
Related names | Hiroki, Hiroaki |
Hiro is a 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:
People with the name[]
- Hiro Yamagata (artist) (born 1948), Japanese painter/artist
- Hiro (music producer) (born 1985), Japanese music producer (writer of Kumi Koda's "Taboo")
- Hiro (photographer) (1930–2021), American fashion photographer
- Hiroko Shimabukuro (born 1984), Japanese musician with the stage name Hiro
- Hiro Mashima (真島 ヒロ, born 1977), Japanese manga artist and the creator of Rave Master and "Fairy Tail", among other manga
- Hiro Murai (born 1983), American filmmaker
- Hiro Muramoto (died 2010), Japanese cameraman and journalist slain during the 2010 Thai political protests
- Hiro Fujiwara (藤原 ヒロ, born 1981), Japanese manga artist, once active under her previous pen name, Izumi Hiro
- Hiro Mizushima (水嶋 ヒロ, born 1984), Japanese model and actor
- Hiro Shimono (下野 紘, born 1980), Japanese voice actor
- Hiroki Moriuchi (born 1994), Japanese musician from MY FIRST STORY with the stage name Hiro
- Hiro Yamamoto (山本 紘, born 1961), American musician and co-founder of the Grammy Award-winning rock band Soundgarden
- Hiro Yuuki (born 1965) 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, a Hero Templates DS Version Marionette/Wooden mannequin Character in Isaac the Nintendo title, similar to the Golden Sun from Drawn to Life: The Next Chapter.
- 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
- Hiiro, also known as Nora, a major supporting character in the manga/anime series Noragami.
- , 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, a character from the anime Darling in the Franxx.
- Hiro Hamada, the main character of the Disney movie Big Hero 6, and a character from the comic book of the same title
- Hiro, one of the instructors in the video game Fitness Boxing 2: Rhythm and Exercise.
See also[]
- Hiroo (given name)
- Toyman#Hiro Okamura
Notes[]
Categories:
- Given names
- Japanese masculine given names