title: Chiba (surname)
text: # Chiba (surname)
  
  Chiba (written: 千葉 lit. "thousand leaves") is a Japanese surname. Notable people with the surname include:
  
  * Akira Chiba (born 1959), president of The Pokémon Company
  * Chiemi Chiba (千葉 千恵巳, born 1975), Japanese voice actress and singer
  * Ginko Chiba (千葉 吟子, born 1938), a gymnast at the 1964 Summer Olympics
  * Hayato Chiba (千葉 逸人, born 1982), Japanese mathematician
  * Isshin Chiba (千葉 一伸, born 1968), Japanese voice actor
  * Kanta Chiba (千葉 寛汰, born 2003), Japanese footballer
  * Kaori Chiba (千葉 香織, born 1981), Japanese field hockey player
  * Kazuo Chiba (千葉 和雄, 1940–2015), Japanese Aikido teacher
  * Keiko Chiba (千葉 景子, born 1948), former Japanese Minister of Justice
  * Kenro Chiba (千葉 建郎, born 1937), Japanese rower
  * Mone Chiba (千葉 百音, born 2005), Japanese figure skater
  * Reiko Chiba (千葉 麗子, born 1975), Japanese actress
  * Ryohei Chiba (千葉 涼平, born 1984), Japanese singer
  * Ryōko Chiba (千葉 涼子, born 1980), Japanese shogi player
  * Saeko Chiba (千葉 紗子, born 1977), Japanese voice actress
  * Sakio Chiba (千葉 幸生, born 1979), Japanese shogi player
  * Shigeru Chiba (千葉 繁, born 1954); also known as Masaharu Maeda (前田 正治), Japanese voice actor
  * Shōya Chiba (千葉 翔也, born 1995), Japanese voice actor
  * Shūsaku Narimasa Chiba (千葉 周作 成政, 1794–1856), founder of the Hokushin Itto school of swordsmanship
  * Sonny Chiba (1939–2021); also known as Shin'ichi Chiba (千葉 真一), Japanese actor and martial artist
  * Susumu Chiba (千葉 進歩, born 1970), Japanese voice actor
  * Takahito Chiba (千葉 貴仁, born 1984), former Japanese footballer
  * Teikan Chiba (千葉 貞幹, 1852–1913), Japanese prosecutor, judge and politician
  * Teisuke Chiba (千葉 禎介, 1917–1965), photographer
  * Tetsuya Chiba (千葉 徹彌, born 1939), Japanese manga artist
  
  ## Other people
  
  * Saïd Chiba (born 1970), Moroccan footballer
  
  ## Fictional characters
  
  * Mamoru Chiba (also known as Darien Shields), the only major male character from the Sailor Moon anime and manga series
  * Atsuko Chiba, main character of the 2006 film Paprika
  * Kazunobu Chiba, character in the manga series Case Closed
  * Kirino Chiba (千葉 紀梨乃), a fictional character from anime Bamboo Blade
  * Ryūnosuke Chiba (千葉 龍之介), a character in the Assassination Classroom anime and manga
  