title: Chika (Japanese given name)
text: # Chika (Japanese given name)
  
  Chika (ちか, チカ) is a feminine Japanese given name. The name Chika can be written with the kanji characters 千 (chi) meaning "thousand", 智 (chi) meaning "wisdom, intellect" or 散 (chi) meaning "scatter" combined with 佳 (ka) meaning "good, fine" or 花 (ka) meaning "flower". Chika can also be written with many different kanji characters thus, giving the name various meanings.
  
  ## Possible writings in Japanese
  
  Chika can be written using different kanji characters and can mean:
  
  * 千佳, "thousand, excellence"
  * 千夏, "thousand, summer"
  * 千賀, "thousand, celebration"
  * 千香, "thousand, fragrance"
  * 千花, "thousand, flower"
  * 千華, "thousand, chinese flower"
  * 千果, "thousand, fruit"
  * 知香, "knowledge, fragrance"
  * 知佳, "knowledge, excellence"
  * 智香, "wisdom, fragrance"
  * 愛, "love" (nanori reading)
  
  The name can also be written in hiragana or katakana.
  
  ## People
  
  * Chika, a member of the Japanese girl group D&D
  * Chika Anzai (安済 知佳, born 1990), Japanese voice actress
  * Chika Aoki (青木 千佳, born 1990), Japanese fencer
  * Chika Hirao (平尾 知佳, born 1996), Japanese women's footballer
  * Chika Kato (加藤 千佳, born 1994), Japanese professional footballer
  * Chika Kodama (born 1970), Japanese softball player
  * Chika Kuroda (黒田 チカ, 1884–1968), Japanese chemist
  * Chika Otaki (大滝 知香, born 1998), Japanese ice hockey player
  * Chika Sagawa (左川 ちか, 1911–1936), Japanese avant-garde poet
  * Chika Sakamoto (千夏, born 1959), Japanese voice actress
  * Chica Umino (羽海野 チカ), Japanese manga artist
  * Chika Yoshida (吉田 知加, born 1979), Japanese singer and songwriter
  * Chika Yoshida (吉田 ちか, born 1984), Japanese YouTuber known as Bilingirl
  * Exo-Chika, founding member of Aural Vampire (オーラルヴァンパイア), Japanese group
  
  ## Fictional characters
  
  * Chika Akatsuki (知佳), a character in the manga series Zombie-Loan.
  * Chika Amatori, a character in the manga and anime series World Trigger.
  * Chika Fujiwara (千花), a character in the manga and anime series Kaguya-sama: Love Is War.
  * Chika Ito (千佳), a character in the manga and anime series Strawberry Marshmallow.
  * Chika Midarezaki (千花), a character in the Japanese light novel series Kyōran Kazoku Nikki.
  * Chika Minazuki (ちか), a character in the manga and anime series Ai Yori Aoshi.
  * Chika Misumi (千歌), a character in the mobile gacha game Princess Connect Re:Dive.
  * Chika Ogiue (千佳), a character in the manga and anime series Genshiken.
  * Chika Takami (千歌), a character in the Japanese multimedia project Love Live! Sunshine!!.
  * Chika Yurikasa (千佳), a character in the manga and anime series Shrine of the Morning Mist.
  * Chika Yamada (千夏), a character in the manga and anime series B Gata H Kei.
  * Chika Kudou (久遠愛), a character in the manga and anime series Kono Oto Tomare! Sounds of Life.
  * Chika, a character in the manga series Monkey High!.
  