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 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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