Hiroshi
Appearance
![]() Hiroshi Abe, a Japanese actor | |
Pronunciation | Hí-rò-shí. Can have different pronunciations depending on the language used. |
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Gender | Male |
Language(s) | Japanese |
Origin | |
Word/name | Japan |
Meaning | Multiple meanings depending on the kanji used |
Other names | |
Related names | Hiro, Hiroaki, Hiroki, Hiroko, Hiroka, Hiromi |
Hiroshi (ひろし, ヒロシ) is a common masculine Japanese given name. It can also be transliterated as Hirosi.
Possible writings
Hiroshi can be written using different kanji characters. Here are some examples:
- 浩, "wide expanse, abundance, vigorous"
- 弘, "vast, broad, wide"
- 宏, "wide, large"
- 寛, "tolerant, leniency, generosity, relax"
- 洋, "ocean, sea, foreign, Western style"
- 博, "large, wide, wise"
- 大, "large, big"
- 広志, "wide, broad, spacious" and "intention, plan, resolve, aspire, hopes"
- 博司, "large, wide, wise" and "director, official, govt office, rule, administer"
- 博史, "large, wide, wise" and "history, chronicle"
People with the name
- Hiroshi (owarai) (ヒロシ, born 1972), Japanese comedian
- Hiroshi Abe (disambiguation), multiple people
- Hiroshi Abe (actor) (阿部 寛, born 1964), Japanese actor
- Hiroshi Abe (astronomer) (安部 裕史), Japanese astronomer
- Hiroshi Abe (war criminal) (born 1922), Japanese soldier
- Hiroshi Ando (安藤 尋, born 1965), Japanese screenwriter and film director
- Hiroshi Arakawa (荒川 博, 1930–2016), Japanese baseball player
- Hiroshi Aramata (荒俣 宏, born 1947), Japanese author, polymath, critic, translator
- Hiroshi Fujioka (藤岡 弘, born 1946), Japanese actor
- Hiroshi Fujiwara (藤原 ヒロシ, born 1964), Japanese musician, trendsetter, producer, and designer
- Hiroshi Hanawa (花輪 博, born 1950), Japanese handball player
- Hiroshi Hara (disambiguation), multiple people
- Hiroshi Hashimoto (disambiguation), multiple people
- Hiroshi Honda (disambiguation), multiple people
- Hiroshi Hori (堀 寛, born 1949), Japanese ice hockey player
- Hiroshi Ibusuki (指宿 洋史, born 1990), Japanese footballer
- Hiroshi Inaba (稲葉 博志, born 1948), Japanese bobsledder
- Hiroshi Inagaki (稲垣 浩, 1905–1980), Japanese film director
- Hiroshi Ichihara (市原 大嗣, born 1987), Japanese footballer
- Hiroshi Inomata (猪俣 弘司), Japanese diplomat
- Hiroshi Inose (猪瀬 博, 1927–2000), Japanese electrical engineer
- Hiroshi Inoue (entomologist) (井上 寛, 1917–2008), Japanese lepidopterist
- Hiroshi Inoue (bryologist) (井上 浩, 1932–1989), Japanese bryologist
- Hiroshi Itagaki (板垣 宏志, born 1945), Japanese ski jumper
- Hiroshi Ito (disambiguation), multiple people
- Hiroshi Itsuki (五木 ひろし, born 1948), Japanese enka singer
- Hiroshi Iwata (岩田 寛, born 1981), Japanese golfer
- Hiroshi Kaino (甲斐野 央, born 1996), Japanese professional baseball player
- Hiroshi Kajiyama (disambiguation), multiple people
- Hiroshi Kamiya (神谷 浩史, born 1975), Japanese voice actor
- Hiroshi Kamiya (shogi) (神谷 広志, born 1961), Japanese shogi player
- Hiroshi Kashiwagi (1922–2019), American poet, playwright and actor
- Hiroshi Kato (加藤 寛, born 1951), Japanese footballer and manager
- Hiroshi Kato (aikido) (加藤 弘, 1935–2012), Japanese aikidoka
- Hiroshi Katsuno (勝野 洋, born 1949), Japanese actor
- Hiroshi Kawaguchi (actor) (川口 浩, 1936–1987), Japanese actor
- Hiroshi Kawaguchi (composer) (川口 博史, born 1965), Japanese video game composer
- Hiroshi Kawashima (川島 郭志, born 1970), Japanese boxer
- Hiroshi Kimura (木村 宏, born 1954), Japanese businessman
- Hiroshi Kitadani (きただに ひろし, born 1968), Japanese singer
- Hiroshi Kobayashi (shogi, born 1962) (小林 宏), Japanese shogi player
- Hiroshi Kobayashi (shogi, born 1976), Japanese shogi player
- Hiroshi Kume (久米 宏, born 1944), Japanese announcer and television presenter
- Hiroshi Lockheimer, a Japanese German software engineer and one of the founding members of the Android team at Google
- Hiroshi Machii (待井 寛, born 1966), Japanese freestyle skier
- Hiroshi Masuoka (disambiguation), multiple people
- Hiroshi Matsumoto (disambiguation), multiple people
- Hiroshi Matsunobu (松延 博, 1915–?), Japanese gymnast
- Hiroshi Matsuura (松浦 浩史, born 1968), Japanese ice hockey player
- Hiroshi Mikami (三上 博史, born 1962), Japanese actor
- Hiroshi Mikitani (三木谷 浩史, born 1965), President and CEO of Rakuten
- Hiroshi Mitsuzuka (三塚 博, 1927–2004), Japanese politician
- Hiroshi Miura (三浦 広司, born 1966), Japanese swimmer
- Hiroshi Miyamoto (宮本 広志, born 1986), Japanese shogi player
- Hiroshi Miyauchi (宮内 洋, born 1945), Japanese actor
- Hiroshi H. Miyamura (1925–2022), United States Army soldier and Medal of Honor recipient
- Hiroshi Mori (disambiguation), multiple people
- Hiroshi Morie (森江 博, 1968–2023), better known as Heath, Japanese musician
- Hiroshi Moriyasu (森保 洋, born 1972), Japanese footballer
- Hiroshi Murakami (村上 寛, born 1948), Japanese jazz drummer
- Hiroshi Nagano (長野 博, born 1972) Japanese singer, a member of boy band V6
- 長沼 洋 (Hiroshi Naganuma) born 1965, Japanese shogi player
- Hiroshi Nagashima (長島 浩, born 1966), Japanese boxer
- Hiroshi Nakada (中田 宏, born 1964), Mayor of Yokohama City, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan
- Hiroshi Nanami (名波 浩, born 1972), Japanese football player
- Hiroshi Narahara (奈良原 浩, born 1968), Japanese baseball player
- Hiroshi Neko (猫 ひろし, born 1977), Japanese comedian
- Hiroshi Nishikiori (錦織博, born 1966), Japanese director
- Hiroshi Ogawa (小川 博, born 1962), Japanese former baseball player and convicted murderer
- Hiroshi Okamura岡村 博 (1905–1948), Japanese mathematician
- Hiroshi Okazaki (岡崎 洋, born 1967), Japanese shogi player
- Hirosi Ooguri (大栗 博司, born 1962), Japanese theoretical physicist
- Hiroshi Ōnogi (大野木 寛, born 1959), Japanese screenwriter and novelist
- Hiroshi Ōshima, Japanese general and diplomat
- Hiroshi Ōtake (大竹 宏, 1932–2022), Japanese voice actor
- Hiroshi Saito (basketball) (斎藤 博, born 1933), Japanese basketball player
- Hiroshi Saito (diplomat) (斎藤 博, 1886–1939), Japanese diplomat
- Hiroshi Saito (footballer) (斉藤 浩史, born 1970), Japanese footballer
- Hiroshi Saitō (governor) (斎藤 弘, born 1957), Japanese politician from Yamagata, Yamagata Prefecture
- Hiroshi Saito (mathematician) (斎藤 裕, 1947–2010), Japanese mathematician
- Hiroshi Saitō (mayor) (斉藤 博, born 1939), Japanese politician from Tokorozawa, Saitama Prefecture
- Hiroshi Saito (pentathlete) (才藤 浩, born 1961), Japanese modern pentathlete
- Hiroshi Saito (rower) (斎藤 宏, born 1937), Japanese rower
- Hiroshi Sakamoto (坂本 弘, born 1960), Japanese swimmer
- Hiroshi Sasagawa (笹川 ひろし, born 1936), Japanese director of several anime and manga series
- Hiroshi Sato (佐藤 浩, born 1972), Japanese footballer
- Hiroshi Sato (curler) (佐藤 浩, born 1978), Japanese curler and curling coach
- Hiroshi Seko (瀬古浩司), Japanese screenwriter
- Hiroshi Shibutani (渋谷 浩, born 1967), Japanese table tennis player
- Hiroshi Shimozaki (下崎 紘史, born 1977), Japanese voice actor
- Hiroshi Shirokuma (白熊 寛嗣, born 1979), Japanese voice actor
- Hiroshi Shima (島 比呂志, 1918–2003), pen name of Kaoru Kishiue, Japanese writer
- Hiroshi Shimizu (disambiguation), multiple people
- Hiroshi Suzuki (disambiguation), multiple people
- Hiroshi Tachi (舘 ひろし, born 1950), Japanese actor
- Hiroshi Takahashi (architect) (高橋 ヒロシ, born 1953), Japanese architect
- Hiroshi Takahashi (artist) (高橋 ヒロシ, born 1965), Japanese manga artist
- Hiroshi Takahashi (table tennis) (高橋 浩), Japanese table tennis player
- Hiroshi Takemura (竹村 拓, born 1953), Japanese voice actor
- Hiroshi Takeya, a professor and physician in Japan
- Hiroshi Tamaki (玉置 宏, born 1980), Japanese television presenter
- Hiroshi Tamaki (玉木 宏, born 1980), Japanese actor
- Hiroshi Tanahashi (棚橋弘至, born 1976), Japanese professional wrestler
- Hiroshi Tanaka (figure skater) (田中 衆史, born 1972), Japanese figure skater and coach
- Hiroshi Tanaka (athlete) (田中 弘, born 1915), Japanese high jumper
- Hiroshi Teshigahara (勅使河原 宏, 1927–2001), Japanese filmmaker
- Hiroshi Toriba (鳥羽 博司, born 1950), Japanese rower
- Hiroshi Tsuburaya (円谷 浩, 1964–2001), Japanese actor
- Hiroshi Udagawa (宇田川 洋, born 1944), Japanese archaeologist and anthropologist
- Hiroshi Wajima (輪島 大士, born 1948), former Yokozuna in sumo
- Hiroshi Watanabe (disambiguation), multiple people
- Hiroshi Yamada (山田 宏, born 1958), Japanese politician
- Baron Yamakawa Hiroshi (山川 浩, 1845–1898), samurai, politician and educator
- Hiroshi Yamamoto (archer) (山本 博, born 1962), Japanese archer
- Hiroshi Yamamoto (politician) (山本 博司, born 1954), Japanese politician
- Hiroshi Yamamoto (shogi), Japanese shogi player
- Hiroshi Yamamura (山村 浩, born 1962), Japanese naval officer
- Hiroshi Yamao (山尾 裕, born 1943), Japanese cyclist
- Hiroshi Yamato (ヒロシ, born 1983), Japanese professional wrestler
- Hiroshi Yamauchi (山内 溥, 1927–2013), former president of Nintendo
- Hiroshi Yamazaki (山崎 博, 1946–2017), Japanese photographer
- Hiroshi Yamazaki (weightlifter) (山崎 弘, born 1937), Japanese weightlifter
- Hiroshi Yoshikawa (吉川 洋, born 1951), Japanese economist
- Hiroshi Yoshimura (吉村弘, 1940–2003), Japanese musician and composer
- Hiroshi Yuki (結城 浩, born 1963), Japanese author (of books such as Math Girls) and computer programmer
People with the surname
- Sandro Hiroshi, Japanese-Brazilian footballer
Fictional characters
- Hiroshi (Gaeru), the protagonist of Dokonjō Gaeru
- Hiroshi (Pokémon), known in English as Ritchie, a character in the Pokémon anime
- Hiroshi (Ranma), a character in Ranma ½, one of Ranma's two friends, the other being Daisuke
- Hiroshi (Sesame Street), an aspiring artist on Sesame Street played by Gedde Watanabe in the late 1980s/Early 1990s
- Hiroshi, the main protagonist of the survival horror game Ao Oni
- Hiroshi, a character in Durarara!
- Hiroshi Abe, a character in Shonan Junai Gumi
- Hiroshi Agasa (Herschel Agasa in the English anime), in Case Closed: Detective Conan
- Hiroshi Akiba, a character from the manga Inubaka
- Hiroshi Fukuda, a character in Kuroko no Basuke
- Hiroshi Fumihiro, from Initial D
- Hiroshi Hayashi, a character in Yakuza
- Hiroshi Hirai, a character in Denshi Sentai Denziman
- Hiroshi Hoshizora, a character from the anime Smile PreCure!
- Hiroshi Ichikawa, a character from Wild Strikers
- Hiroshi Ichikawa, a character in the Manga and anime Kaibutsu-kun
- Hiroshi Kochatani, a character in Great Teacher Onizuka
- Hiroshi Kubo, a character from the novel Shiosai
- Hiroshi Kuronaga, Boy #9 in Battle Royale
- Hiroshi Matsumoto, a character in Miss Machiko
- Hiroshi Morenos, a character from the anime Michiko & Hatchin
- Hiroshi Mochizuki, a character in Kamen Rider ZO
- Hiroshi Nakano, a character in the Manga and anime Gravitation
- Hiroshi Nitta, a character in Denjin Zaborger
- Hiroshi Nohara (born c. 1960), father of the protagonist, Shinnosuke, in Crayon Shin-chan
- Hiroshi Sakura, the father of the protagonist, Momoko Maruko, in Chibi Maruko-chan
- Hiroshi Sato, Superior businessman, Equalist sympathizer, and father to Asami Sato in The Legend of Korra
- Hiroshi Tennouji, the main villain in Kamen Rider Blade
- Hiroshi Uchiyamada, a character in Great Teacher Onizuka
- Hiroshi Udagawa, a fictional businessman in the Australian soap opera Neighbours
- Hiroshi Yushima, a character in Digimon Savers
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