# Hiroshi

Hiroshi (ひろし, ヒロシ) is a common masculine Japanese given name. It can also be transliterated as Hirosi.

## Written forms

Hiroshi can be written using different kanji characters. Here are some examples:
* 浩, "wide expanse, abundance, vigorous"
* 弘, "vast, broad, wide"
* 宏, "wide, large"
* 寛, "tolerant, leniency, generosity, relax"
* 洋, "ocean, sea, foreign, Western style"
* 博, "large, wide, wise"
* 大, "large, big"
* 広志, "wide, broad, spacious" and "intention, plan, resolve, aspire, hopes"
* 博司, "large, wide, wise" and "director, official, govt office, rule, administer"
* 博史, "large, wide, wise" and "history, chronicle"

## People with the name

* Hiroshi (owarai) (ヒロシ, born 1972), Japanese comedian
* Hiroshi Abe (disambiguation), multiple people
* Hiroshi Abe (阿部 寛, born 1964), Japanese actor
* Hiroshi Abe (安部 裕史), Japanese astronomer
* Hiroshi Abe (born 1922), Japanese war criminal
* Hiroshi Ando (安藤 尋, born 1965), Japanese screenwriter and film director
* Hiroshi Arakawa (荒川 博, 1930–2016), Japanese baseball player
* Hiroshi Aramata (荒俣 宏, born 1947), Japanese author, polymath, critic, translator
* Hiroshi Fujioka (藤岡 弘, born 1946), Japanese actor
* Hiroshi Fujiwara (藤原 ヒロシ, born 1964), Japanese musician, trendsetter, producer, and designer
* Hiroshi Hanawa (花輪 博, born 1950), Japanese handball player
* Hiroshi Hara (disambiguation), multiple people
* Hiroshi Hashimoto (disambiguation), multiple people
* Hiroshi Honda (disambiguation), multiple people
* Hiroshi Hori (堀 寛, born 1949), Japanese ice hockey player
* Hiroshi Ibusuki (指宿 洋史, born 1990), Japanese footballer
* Hiroshi Inaba (稲葉 博志, born 1948), Japanese bobsledder
* Hiroshi Inagaki (稲垣 浩, 1905–1980), Japanese film director
* Hiroshi Ichihara (市原 大嗣, born 1987), Japanese footballer
* Hiroshi Inomata (猪俣 弘司), Japanese diplomat
* Hiroshi Inose (猪瀬 博, 1927–2000), Japanese electrical engineer
* Hiroshi Inoue (entomologist) (井上 寛, 1917–2008), Japanese lepidopterist
* Hiroshi Inoue (bryologist) (井上 浩, 1932–1989), Japanese botanist
* Hiroshi Itagaki (板垣 宏志, born 1945), Japanese ski jumper
* Hiroshi Ito (disambiguation), multiple people
* Hiroshi Itsuki (五木 ひろし, born 1948), Japanese enka singer
* Hiroshi Iwata (岩田 寛, born 1981), Japanese golfer
* Hiroshi Kaino (甲斐野 央, born 1996), Japanese professional baseball player
* Hiroshi Kajiyama (disambiguation), multiple people
* Hiroshi Kamiya (神谷 浩史, born 1975), Japanese voice actor
* Hiroshi Kamiya (神谷 広志, born 1961), Japanese shogi player
* Hiroshi Kashiwagi (1922–2019), American poet, playwright and actor
* Hiroshi Kato (加藤 寛, born 1951), Japanese footballer and manager
* Hiroshi Kato (加藤 弘, 1935–2012), Japanese aikidoka
* Hiroshi Katsuno (勝野 洋, born 1949), Japanese actor
* Hiroshi Kawagachi (川口 浩, 1936–1987), Japanese actor
* Hiroshi Kawagachi (川口 博史, born 1965), Japanese video game composer
* Hiroshi Kawashima (川島 郭志, born 1970), Japanese boxer
* Hiroshi Kimura (木村 宏, born 1954), Japanese businessman
* Hiroshi Kitadani (きただに ひろし, born 1968), Japanese singer
* Hiroshi Kobayashi (shogi, born 1962) (小林 宏), Japanese shogi player
* Hiroshi Kobayashi (shogi, born 1976), Japanese shogi player
* Hiroshi Kume (久米 宏, born 1944), Japanese announcer and television presenter
* Hiroshi Lockheimer, a Japanese German software engineer and one of the founding members of the Android team at Google
* Hiroshi Machii (待井 寛, born 1966), Japanese freestyle skier
* Hiroshi Masuoka (disambiguation), multiple people
* Hiroshi Matsumoto (disambiguation), multiple people
* Hiroshi Matsunobu (松延 博, 1915–?), Japanese gymnast
* Hiroshi Matsuura (松浦 浩史, born 1968), Japanese ice hockey player
* Hiroshi Mikami (三上 博史, born 1962), Japanese actor
* Hiroshi Mikitani (三木谷 浩史, born 1965), President and CEO of Rakuten
* Hiroshi Mitsuzuka (三塚 博, 1927–2004), Japanese politician
* Hiroshi Miura (三浦 広司, born 1966), Japanese swimmer
* Hiroshi Miyamoto (宮本 広志, born 1986), Japanese shogi player
* Hiroshi Miyauchi (宮内 洋, born 1945), Japanese actor
* Hiroshi H. Miyamura (1925–2022), United States Army soldier and Medal of Honor recipient
* Hiroshi Mori (disambiguation), multiple people
* Hiroshi Morie (森江 博, 1968–2023), better known as Heath, Japanese musician
* Hiroshi Moriyasu (森保 洋, born 1972), Japanese footballer
* Hiroshi Murakami (村上 寛, born 1948), Japanese jazz drummer
* Hiroshi Nagano (長野 博, born 1972) Japanese singer, a member of boy band V6
* Hiroshi Naganuma, Japanese shogi player
* Hiroshi Nagashima (長島 浩, born 1966), Japanese boxer
* Hiroshi Nakada (中田 宏, born 1964), Mayor of Yokohama City, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan
* Hiroshi Nanami (名波 浩, born 1972), Japanese football player
* Hiroshi Narahara (奈良原 浩, born 1968), Japanese baseball player
* Hiroshi Neko (猫 ひろし, born 1977), Japanese comedian
* Hiroshi Nishikiori (錦織博, born 1966), Japanese director
* Hiroshi Ogawa (小川 博, born 1962), Japanese baseball player and convicted murderer
* Hiroshi Okamura, Japanese mathematician
* Hiroshi Okazaki (岡崎 洋, born 1967), Japanese shogi player
* Hirosi Ooguri (大栗 博司, born 1962), Japanese theoretical physicist
* Hiroshi Ōnogi (大野木 寛, born 1959), Japanese screenwriter and novelist
* Hiroshi Ōshima, Japanese general and diplomat
* Hiroshi Ōtake (大竹 宏, 1932–2022), Japanese voice actor
* Hiroshi Saito (basketball) (斎藤 博, born 1933), Japanese basketball player
* Hiroshi Saito (斎藤 博, 1886–1939), Japanese diplomat
* Hiroshi Saito (斉藤 浩史, born 1970), Japanese footballer
* Hiroshi Saitō (governor) (斎藤 弘, born 1957), Japanese politician from Yamagata, Yamagata Prefecture
* Hiroshi Saito (斎藤 裕, 1947–2010), Japanese mathematician
* Hiroshi Saitō (mayor) (斉藤 博, born 1939), Japanese politician from Tokorozawa, Saitama Prefecture
* Hiroshi Saito (才藤 浩, born 1961), Japanese pentathlete
* Hiroshi Saito (斎藤 宏, born 1937), Japanese rower
* Hiroshi Sakamoto (坂本 弘, born 1960), Japanese swimmer
* Hiroshi Sasagawa (笹川 ひろし, born 1936), Japanese director of several anime and manga series
* Hiroshi Sato (curler) (佐藤 浩, born 1978), Japanese curler and curling coach
* Hiroshi Seko (瀬古浩司), Japanese screenwriter
* Hiroshi Shibutani (渋谷 浩, born 1967), Japanese table tennis player
* Hiroshi Shima (島 比呂志, 1918–2003), pen name of Kaoru Kishiue, Japanese writer
* Hiroshi Shimizu (disambiguation), multiple people
* Hiroshi Shirokuma (白熊 寛嗣, born 1979), Japanese voice actor
* Hiroshi Suzuki (disambiguation), multiple people
* Hiroshi Tachi (舘 ひろし, born 1950), Japanese actor
* Hiroshi Takahashi (architect) (高橋 ヒロシ, born 1953), Japanese architect
* Hiroshi Takahashi (artist) (高橋 ヒロシ, born 1965), Japanese manga artist
* Hiroshi Takahashi (table tennis) (高橋 浩), Japanese table tennis player
* Hiroshi Takemura (竹村 拓, born 1953), Japanese voice actor
* Hiroshi Takeya, a professor and physician in Japan
* Hiroshi Tamaki (玉置 宏, born 1980), Japanese television presenter
* Hiroshi Tamaki (玉木 宏, born 1980), Japanese actor
* Hiroshi Tanahashi (棚橋弘至, born 1976), Japanese professional wrestler
* Hiroshi Tanaka (田中 衆史, born 1972), Japanese figure skater and coach
* Hiroshi Tanaka (athlete) (田中 弘, born 1915), Japanese high jumper
* Hiroshi Teshigahara (勅使河原 宏, 1927–2001), Japanese filmmaker
* Hiroshi Toriba (鳥羽 博司, born 1950), Japanese rower
* Hiroshi Tsuburaya (円谷 浩, 1964–2001), Japanese actor
* Hiroshi Udagawa (宇田川 洋, born 1944), Japanese archaeologist and anthropologist
* Hiroshi Wajima (輪島 大士, born 1948), former Yokozuna in sumo
* Hiroshi Watanabe (disambiguation), multiple people
* Hiroshi Yamada (山田 宏, born 1958), Japanese politician
* Baron Yamakawa Hiroshi (山川 浩, 1845–1898), samurai, politician and educator
* Hiroshi Yamamoto (archer) (山本 博, born 1962), Japanese archer
* Hiroshi Yamamoto (politician) (山本 博司, born 1954), Japanese politician
* Hiroshi Yamamoto (shogi), Japanese shogi player
* Hiroshi Yamamura (山村 浩, born 1962), Japanese naval officer
* Hiroshi Yamao (山尾 裕, born 1943), Japanese cyclist
* Hiroshi Yamato (ヒロシ, born 1983), Japanese professional wrestler
* Hiroshi Yamauchi (山内 溥, 1927–2013), former president of Nintendo
* Hiroshi Yamazaki (山崎 博, 1946–2017), Japanese photographer
* Hiroshi Yamazaki (山崎 弘, born 1937), Japanese weightlifter
* Hiroshi Yoshikawa (吉川 洋, born 1951), Japanese economist
* Hiroshi Yoshimura (吉村弘, 1940–2003), Japanese musician and composer
* Hiroshi Yuki (結城 浩, born 1963), Japanese author (of books such as Math Girls) and computer programmer

## People with the surname

* Sandro Hiroshi, Japanese-Brazilian footballer

## Fictional characters

* Hiroshi (Gaeru), the protagonist of Dokonjō Gaeru
* Hiroshi (Pokémon), known in English as Ritchie, a character in the Pokémon anime
* Hiroshi (Ranma), a character in Ranma ½, one of Ranma's two friends, the other being Daisuke
* Hiroshi (Sesame Street), an aspiring artist on Sesame Street played by Gedde Watanabe in the late 1980s/Early 1990s
* Hiroshi, the main protagonist of the survival horror game Ao Oni
* Hiroshi, a character in Durarara!
* Hiroshi Abe, a character in Shonan Junai Gumi
* Hiroshi Agasa (Herschel Agasa in the English anime), in Case Closed: Detective Conan
* Hiroshi Akiba, a character from the manga Inubaka
* Hiroshi Fukuda, a character in Kuroko no Basuke
* Hiroshi Fumihiro, from Initial D
* Hiroshi Hayashi, a character in Yakuza
* Hiroshi Hirai, a character in Denshi Sentai Denziman
* Hiroshi Hoshizora, a character from the anime Smile PreCure!
* Hiroshi Ichikawa, a character from Wild Strikers
* Hiroshi Ichikawa, a character in the Manga and anime Kaibutsu-kun
* Hiroshi Kochatani, a character in Great Teacher Onizuka
* Hiroshi Kubo, a character from the novel Shiosai
* Hiroshi Kuronaga, Boy #9 in Battle Royale
* Hiroshi Matsumoto, a character in Miss Machiko
* Hiroshi Morenos, a character from the anime Michiko & Hatchin
* Hiroshi Mochizuki, a character in Kamen Rider ZO
* Hiroshi Nakano, a character in the Manga and anime Gravitation
* Hiroshi Nitta, a character in Denjin Zaborger
* Hiroshi Nohara (born c. 1960), father of the protagonist, Shinnosuke, in Crayon Shin-chan
* Hiroshi Sakura, the father of the protagonist, Momoko Maruko, in Chibi Maruko-chan
* Hiroshi Sato, Superior businessman, Equalist sympathizer, and father to Asami Sato in The Legend of Korra
* Hiroshi Tennouji, the main villain in Kamen Rider Blade
* Hiroshi Uchiyamada, a character in Great Teacher Onizuka
* Hiroshi Udagawa, a fictional businessman in the Australian soap opera Neighbours
* Hiroshi Yushima, a character in Digimon Savers