Hikaru
Hikaru is a Japanese verb meaning "to shine", and it is the dictionary form of the word Hikari. It is also a Japanese given name that can be given to either sex.Possible writings
Hikaru can be written using different kanji characters and can mean:
The name can also be written in hiragana or katakana. It is more common for girls named Hikaru to only have hiragana in their name without kanji.People with the name
- Hikaru Akao, Japanese voice actress
- Hikaru Aoyama, Japanese gravure idol and tarento
- Hikaru Asami, Japanese performing artist and a former member of the Takarazuka Revue
- Hikaru Hayashi, Japanese classical composer, pianist and conductor
- Hikaru Hironiwa, former Japanese soccer player
- Hikaru Ikeda, Japanese voice actress
- Inoue Hikaru, Japanese general
- Hikaru Ito, Japanese baseball player
- Hikaru Kawabata, Japanese professional wrestler
- Hikaru Kawamura, Japanese gravure idol
- Hikaru Kotobuki, Japanese electronic musician
- Hikaru Koyama, member of Hinoi Team and Love & Peace
- Hikaru, Japanese singer and member of the J-pop group Kalafina
- Hikaru Midorikawa, Japanese voice actor
- Hikaru Mizuno, Japanese footballer
- Hikaru Nakamura, American chess Grandmaster
- Hikaru Nakamura, Japanese manga artist
- Hikaru Naomoto, Japanese women's footballer
- Hikaru Nishida, Japanese J-pop singer and actress
- Hikaru Ōe, Japanese snowboarder
- Hikaru Saeki, Japanese admiral, the first female star officer of the Japan Self-Defense Forces
- Hikaru Sato, Japanese professional wrestler and mixed martial artist
- Hikaru Shida, Japanese professional wrestler and actress
- Hikaru Tanaka, Japanese gymnast
- Hikaru Tokita, Japanese voice actress
- Hikaru Tomokiyo, Japanese judoka
- Hikaru Utada, Japanese-American singer, songwriter, arranger, and producer
- Hikaru Yamamoto, Japanese actress
- Hikaru Yamashita, Japanese ice hockey player
- Hikaru Yaotome, Japanese idol, singer, actor, songwriter, dancer, and member of Hey! Say! JUMP
Fictional characters
- Hikaru, a character in Parodius
- Hikaru Ichinomiya, a character in Shugo Chara!, aka Gozen
- Hikaru, a character in Angelic Layer
- Hikaru, a character in Princess Ai
- Hikaru, a character in Seijuu Sentai Gingaman
- Hikaru, a character in Ape Escape 2
- Hikaru Amano, a character in Martian Successor Nadesico
- Hikaru Gosunkugi, a character in Ranma ½
- Hikaru, a character in Exo-Force
- Hikaru Hasama, a character in
- Hikaru Hibino, a character in Hime-chan no Ribbon
- Hikaru Hoshino, a character in Time Patrol Tai Otasukeman
- Hikaru Hitachiin, a character in Ouran High School Host Club
- Hikaru Hiyama, a character in Kimagure Orange Road
- Hikaru Ichijyo, a character in Macross
- Hikaru Jo, a character in Kamen Rider Blade, the human guise of the Tiger Undead
- Hikaru Katsuragi, a character in Choudenshi Bioman
- Hikaru Koizumi, a main character in Ani-Imo
- Hikaru Kosaka, a character in The Brave Fighter of Legend Da-Garn
- Hikaru Makiba, a character in Grendizer
- Hikaru Matsuyama, a character in Captain Tsubasa
- Hikaru Nanjou, a character in The Idolmaster Cinderella Girls
- Hikaru Narita, a character in Hot Gimmick
- Hikaru Raido, a character in Ultraman Ginga
- Hikaru Shidou, a character in Magic Knight Rayearth
- Hikaru Shindo, a character in Hikaru no Go
- manga
- Hikaru Sorano, a character in Codename wa Sailor V
- Hikaru Sulu, a character in Star Trek
- Hikaru Usada, a character in Di Gi Charat
- List of Medabots characters#Henry/Hikaru Agata, a character in Medabots
- Minamoto no Hikaru, the main character within Otogizōshi
- Hikaru Genji, a character in The Tale of Genji
- Sungel/Sunjiel, of Mahou Sentai Magiranger
- The Figure Hikaru of Figure 17''
Other uses
- Sega Hikaru, an arcade game platform
- Sony Ericsson W995, previously known as Hikaru
