Hiroshi

Hiroshi

Hiroshi Abe, a Japanese actor
Pronunciation	Hí-rò-shí. Can have different pronunciations depending on the language used.
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