Chiba (surname)
Chiba (written: 千葉 lit. "thousand leaves") is a Japanese surname. Notable people with the surname include:
- Akira Chiba, president of The Pokémon Company
- Ginko Chiba, a gymnast at the 1964 Summer Olympics
- Kaori Chiba (born 1981), Japanese field hockey player
- Kazuo Chiba (born 1940), Japanese Aikido teacher
- Keiko Chiba (born 1948), Japanese Minister of Justice
- Kenro Chiba (千葉 建郎, born 1937), Japanese rower
- Reiko Chiba (born 1975), Japanese actress
- Ryohei Chiba (born 1984), Japanese singer
- Ryōko Chiba, Japanese shogi player
- Saeko Chiba (born 1977), Japanese voice actress
- Sakio Chiba, Japanese shogi player
- Shigeru Chiba (born 1954; also known as Masaharu Maeda), Japanese voice actor
- Shūsaku Narimasa Chiba (1794–1856), founder of the Hokushin Itto school of swordsmanship
- Sonny Chiba (born 1939; also known as Shin'ichi Chiba), Japanese actor
- Susumu Chiba (born 1970), Japanese voice actor
- Teikan Chiba (1852–1913), Japanese prosecutor, judge and politician
- Teisuke Chiba (1917–1965), photographer
- Tetsuya Chiba (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
- 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
See also
- Chiba clan, a Japanese clan
- Chiba Prefecture, a prefecture located in the Kantō region
- Chyba, another surname
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