Chiaki

Chiaki
Chiaki Mukai, an astronaut
Gender	Female
Origin
Word/Name	Japanese
Meaning	different meanings depending on the kanji used
Other names
Related names	Chiharu Chinatsu

Chiaki (ちあき, チアキ^?) is a common Japanese given name used mostly by females and is occasionally used as a surname.

Possible writings

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

• 千秋, "thousand, autumn"
• 千明, "thousand, light"
• 千晶, "thousand, sparkle"
• 千晃, "thousand, clear"
• 智昭, "wisdom, shining"

The name can also be written in hiragana or katakana.

People

• Chiaki (tarento) (千秋; born 1971), Japanese tarento
• Chiaki Hara (千晶), a Japanese gravure idol and personality
• Chiaki Ishikawa (智晶; born 1969), Japanese singer
• Chiaki Ito (千晃), member of the J-pop group AAA
• Chiaki J. Konaka (千昭; born 1961), Japanese writer and scenarist
• Chiaki Kawamata (千秋; born 1948), Japanese science fiction writer and critic
• Chiaki Kon (千秋), Japanese anime director
• Chiaki Kuriyama (千明; born 1984), Japanese actress and model
• Chiaki Kyan (ちあき; born 1986), Japanese gravure idol
• Chiaki Maeda (ちあき; born 1970), Japanese voice actress
• Chiaki Morosawa, a Japanese voice actor
• Chiaki Mukai (千秋; born 1952), Japanese doctor and astronaut
• Chiaki Ohara (千秋), Japanese pianist
• Naomi Chiaki (ちあき; born 1947), Japanese singer

Fictional characters

• Chiaki Konoike (千秋), a character in the manga series Tenjho Tenge
• Chiaki Minami (千秋), a character in the manga series Minami-ke
• Chiaki Saionji, a central character in the manga series The Demon Ororon
• Chiaki Tani (千明), a character in Samurai Sentai Shinkenger
• Chiaki Mamiya, a major character in The Girl Who Leapt Through Time
• Shinichi Chiaki (千秋), a central character in Nodame Cantabile series
• Chiaki Tachibana (Last name is Hayasaka in the U.S.), a character in the video game Shin Megami Tensei III: Nocturne

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