Hiroshi

Hiroshi (ひろし, ヒロシ) is a common masculine Japanese given name. It can also be transliterated as Hirosi.

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

Written forms

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 (阿部 寛; born 1964), Japanese actor
• Hiroshi Abe (安部 裕史), Japanese astronomer
• Hiroshi Abe (born 1922), Japanese war criminal
• Hiroshi Amano (天野 浩; born 1960), Japanese Japanese physicist, engineer, Nobel Prize winner
• 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 botanist
• 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 (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 (加藤 弘; 1935–2012), Japanese aikidoka
• Hiroshi Katsuno (勝野 洋; born 1949), Japanese actor
• Hiroshi Kawagachi (川口 浩; 1936–1987), Japanese actor
• Hiroshi Kawagachi (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
• Hiroshi Naganuma, 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 baseball player and convicted murderer
• Hiroshi Okamura, 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 (斎藤 博; 1886–1939), Japanese diplomat
• Hiroshi Saito (斉藤 浩史; born 1970), Japanese footballer
• Hiroshi Saitō (governor) (斎藤 弘; born 1957), Japanese politician from Yamagata, Yamagata Prefecture
• Hiroshi Saito (斎藤 裕; 1947–2010), Japanese mathematician
• Hiroshi Saitō (mayor) (斉藤 博; born 1939), Japanese politician from Tokorozawa, Saitama Prefecture
• Hiroshi Saito (才藤 浩; born 1961), Japanese pentathlete
• Hiroshi Saito (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 (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 Shima (島 比呂志; 1918–2003), pen name of Kaoru Kishiue, Japanese writer
• Hiroshi Shimizu (disambiguation), multiple people
• Hiroshi Shirokuma (白熊 寛嗣; born 1979), Japanese voice actor
• 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 (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 (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