title: Chiaki
text: # Chiaki
  
  Chiaki (ちあき, チアキ) is a unisex 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"
  * 千瑛, "thousand, crystal ball"
  * 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 Hayashi (林 千晶), Japanese businesswoman
  * Chiaki Ishibashi (石橋 千彰, born 1991), Japanese swimmer
  * Chiaki Ishikawa (智晶; born 1969), Japanese singer
  * Chiaki Ishioka (石岡 千秋, born 1961), Japanese alpine skier
  * Chiaki Ito (千晃; born 1987), 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 Kobayashi (小林 千晃, born 1994), Japanese voice actor
  * Chiaki Kon (千秋), Japanese anime director
  * Chiaki Kuriyama (千明; born 1984), Japanese actress, singer, and model
  * Chiaki Kyan (ちあき; born 1986), Japanese gravure idol
  * Chiaki Maeda (ちあき; born 1970), Japanese voice actress
  * Chiaki Matsumura (松村 千秋, born 1992), Japanese curler
  * Chiaki Minamiyama (南山 千明, born 1985), Japanese women's footballer
  * Chiaki Morosawa (千晶; born 1959), a Japanese anime screenwriter
  * Chiaki Mukai (千秋; born 1952), Japanese doctor and astronaut
  * Chiaki Ohara (千秋), Japanese pianist
  * Chiaki Omigawa (千明; born 1989), Japanese voice actress
  * Chiaki Satō (千亜妃; born 1988), Japanese actress and musician
  * Chiaki Takahashi (actress) (たかはし 智秋, born 1977), Japanese voice actress
  * Chiaki Takahashi (politician) (高橋 千秋, born 1956), Japanese politician
  * Chiaki Yamada (山田 千愛, born 1966), Japanese women's footballer
  * Naomi Chiaki (ちあき; born 1947), Japanese singer
  
  ## Fictional characters
  
  * Chiaki Nagoya (千秋), a character in the manga/anime series Kamikaze Kaito Jeanne
  * 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, a character in the video game Shin Megami Tensei III: Nocturne
  * Chiaki Yoshino (千秋), a male manga artist that pretends he is a female to the readers in the manga and anime series Sekaiichi Hatsukoi
  * Chiaki Kurihara, a central character in the anime series Bodacious Space Pirates
  * Chiaki Shinoda, a character in the anime Darker Than Black.
  * Chiaki Nanami (千秋) a main character in the video game Danganronpa 2: Goodbye Despair
  * Chiaki Enno, a character in Zenki
  * Chiaki Morisawa (千秋), a character in Ensemble Stars!
  * Chiaki Koizumi (千秋), a central character in the webcomic My Impossible Soulmate.
  * Chiaki Ōgaki (千明), a character in the manga series Laid-Back Camp
  