# Hikaru

Hikaru (ひかる, ヒカル) is a Japanese unisex given name meaning "light" or "radiance".

## Written forms

Hikaru can be written using different kanji characters and can mean:
* 光, "light"
* 輝, "radiance"
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 (赤尾ひかる, born 1995), Japanese voice actress
* Hikaru Aoyama (青山 ひかる, born 1993), Japanese singer
* Hikaru Arai (新井 光, born 1999), Japanese footballer
* Hikaru Asami (ひかる, born 1972), Japanese performing artist and a former member of the Takarazuka Revue
* Hikaru Ezaki (江崎 ひかる, born 2004), Japanese K-pop performer, a member of Kep1er
* Hikaru Fujii (藤井光, born 1976), Japanese artist
* Hikaru Hayashi (林 光, 1931–2012), Japanese classical composer, pianist and conductor
* Hikaru Hironiwa (広庭 輝, born 1985), former Japanese soccer player
* Inoue Hikaru (井上 光, 1851–1908), Japanese general
* Hikaru Ito (伊藤 光, born 1989), Japanese baseball player
* Hikaru Kawabata (川畑 輝鎮, born 1965), Japanese professional wrestler
* Hikaru Kojima, (born 1994) Japanese association football player
* Hikaru Kotobuki (光, born 1964), Japanese electronic musician
* Hikaru Koyama (ひかる, born 1991), member of Hinoi Team and Love & Peace
* Hikaru (singer, born 1987) (ヒカル), Japanese singer and member of the J-pop group Kalafina
* Hikaru Midorikawa (光, born 1968), Japanese voice actor
* Hikaru Mizuno (水野 輝, born 1991), Japanese footballer
* Hikaru Morita (森田 ひかる, born 2001), Japanese performer, a member of Sakurazaka46
* Hikaru Nakamura (光, born 1987), American chess Grandmaster and streamer
* Hikaru Nakamura (artist) (中村 光, born 1984), Japanese manga artist
* Hikaru Naomoto (猶本 光, born 1994), Japanese women's footballer
* Hikaru Nishida (ひかる, born 1972), Japanese J-pop singer and actress
* Hikaru Ōe (光, born 1995), Japanese snowboarder
* Hikaru Saeki (光, born 1943), Japanese admiral, the first female star officer of the Japan Self-Defense Forces
* Hikaru Sato (光留, born 1980), Japanese professional wrestler and mixed martial artist
* Hikaru Shida (光, born 1988), Japanese professional wrestler and actress
* Hikaru Tanaka (田中 光, born 1972), Japanese gymnast
* Hikaru Tomokiyo (友清 光, born 1998), Japanese judoka
* Hikaru Utada (ヒカル, born 1983), Japanese-American singer, songwriter, arranger, and producer
* Hikaru Yamamoto (山本 ひかる, born 1991), Japanese actress
* Hikaru Yamashita (山下 光, born 2000), Japanese ice hockey player
* Hikaru Yaotome (光, born 1990), Japanese singer, actor, songwriter, dancer, and member of Hey! Say! JUMP

## Fictional characters

* Hikaru (ヒカル), a character in Angelic Layer
* Hikaru (Jimmy) (ヒカル), a character in Ape Escape 2
* Hikaru (光), a character in Exo-Force
* Hikaru (ひかる), a character in Parodius
* Hikaru (ヒカル), a character in Princess Ai
* Hikaru (ヒカル), a character in Seijuu Sentai Gingaman
* Hikaru Amano (ヒカル), a character in Martian Successor Nadesico
* Hikaru Genji (光源氏), a character in The Tale of Genji
* Hikaru Gosunkugi (光), a character in Ranma ½
* Hikaru Hasama (光), a character in Beyblade: Metal Fusion
* Hikaru Hibino (ひかる), a character in Hime-chan no Ribbon
* Hikaru Hoshihara (ヒカル), a character in Little Battlers Experience WARS
* Hikaru Hoshina (ひかる), also known as Cure Star, the protagonist of Star Twinkle PreCure
* Hikaru Hoshino (光), a character in Time Patrol Tai Otasukeman
* Hikaru Hitachiin (光), a character in Ouran High School Host Club
* Hikaru Hiyama (ひかる), a character in Kimagure Orange Road
* Hikaru Ichijyo (輝), a character in Macross
* Hikaru Ichinomiya (ひかる), a character in Shugo Chara!, aka Gozen
* Hikaru Jo (光), a character in Kamen Rider Blade, the human guise of the Tiger Undead
* Hikaru Kamiki (カミキヒカル), the main antagonist in manga and anime series Oshi no Ko
* Hikaru Katsuragi (ひかる), a character in Choudenshi Bioman
* Hikaru Koizumi (小泉光るなら), a main character in Ani-Imo
* Hikaru Kosaka (ひかる), a character in The Brave Fighter of Legend Da-Garn
* Hikaru Makiba (ひかる), a character in Grendizer
* Hikaru Matsuyama (光), a character in Captain Tsubasa
* Hikaru Mizuki (ひかる), a character in Kirarin Revolution
* Hikaru Nagomi (ひかる), a character in Delicious Party Pretty Cure
* Hikaru Nanjou (光), a character in The Idolmaster Cinderella Girls
* Hikaru Narita (輝), a character in Hot Gimmick
* Hikaru Raido (ヒカル), a character in Ultraman Ginga
* Hikaru Shidou (光), a character in Magic Knight Rayearth
* Hikaru Shindou (ヒカル), a character in Hikaru no Go
* Hikaru Shinjou (ひかる), a character in the Gyakuten Saiban manga
* Hikaru Sorano (ひかる), a character in Codename wa Sailor V
* Hikaru Sulu, a character in Star Trek
* Thunder Warrior Hikaru of Seijuu Sentai Gingaman
* Hikaru Usada (ヒカル), a character in Di Gi Charat
* Minamoto no Hikaru (光), the main character within Otogizōshi
* Sungel/Sunjiel (aka MagiShine), of Mahou Sentai Magiranger (often referred to as "Hikaru-sensei")
* The Figure Hikaru of Figure 17

## Other uses

* Sega Hikaru, an arcade game platform
* Sony Ericsson W995, previously known as Hikaru