Chitose Amano

**Chitose Amano** (天 (あま) 野 (の)  千 (ち) 歳 (とせ) , *Chitose Amano*?) is a male cosplayer, under the name **Amane Himeno** (姫 (ひめ) 野 (の)  あまね, *Himeno Amane*?), who often cross-plays (cosplays as female characters).

## Appearance

Chitose Amano has short black hair and wears a white shirt under his hoodie. Marin describes him as a "pretty boy" due to his features and smaller stature. When he is crossplaying, he is able to hide his masculine features through makeup and his overall demeanor that he is easily mistaken as a girl.

## Plot

When he first meets Marin Kitagawa and Wakana Gojo, he is cosplaying as Subaru Hatsusegawa from Space Idols Cosmic Lovers.

## Etymology

* The name **Chitose** means "thousand" (千) (**chi**) and "year-end, age, occasion, opportunity" (歳) (**tose**), which literally means "thousand years, millennium" altogether.
* Chitose's surname **Amano** means "heaven/heavenly, sky, imperial" (天) (**ama**) and "field, wilderness" (野) (**no**).

### Cosplay Name

* The name **Amane (2)** is written in hiragana (あまね), which has no special meaning. However, when written in kanji (亜真音, 亜麻音, 亜弥, 愛音, 愛真音, 愛峰, 愛麻音, 愛万音, 愛満音, 愛茉音, 雨音, 雨寧, 雨嶺, 海, 海韻, 海音, 海寧, 吾万希, 周, 周音, 周寧, 星音, 天, 天羽, 天音, 天使, 天真音, 天舞音, 天望, 天麻音, 天万音, 天茉音, 普, 遍, 弥 or 和), it could possibly mean:
	+ 亜真音 - "second, Asia" (亜) (**a**), "real, genuine" (真) (**ma**) and "sound" (音) (**ne**).
	+ 亜麻音 - "second, Asia" (亜) (**a**), "hemp, flax" (麻) (**ma**) and "sound" (音) (**ne**).
	+ 亜弥 - "second, Asia" (亜) (**ama**) and "all the more, increasingly" (弥) (**ne**).
	+ 愛音 - "love, affection" (愛) (**ama**) and "sound" (音) (**ne**).
	+ 愛真音 - "love, affection" (愛) (**a**), "real, genuine" (真) (**ma**) and "sound" (音) (**ne**).
	+ 愛峰 - "love, affection" (愛) (**ama**) and "summit, peak" (峰) (**ne**).
	+ 愛麻音 - "love, affection" (愛) (**a**), "hemp, flax" (麻) (**ma**) and "sound" (音) (**ne**).
	+ 愛万音 - "love, affection" (愛) (**a**), "ten thousand, all" (万) (**ma**) and "sound" (音) (**ne**).
	+ 愛満音 - "love, affection" (愛) (**a**), "full/fullness, enough, satisfy" (満) (**ma**) and "sound" (音) (**ne**).
	+ 愛茉音 - "love, affection" (愛) (**a**), "jasmine" (茉) (**ma**) and "sound" (音) (**ne**).
	+ 雨音 - "rain" (雨) (**ama**) and "sound" (音) (**ne**).
	+ 雨寧 - "rain" (雨) (**ama**) and "rather, preferably, better" (寧) (**ne**).
	+ 雨嶺 - "rain" (雨) (**ama**) and "peak, summit" (嶺) (**ne**).
	+ 海 - "sea, ocean".
	+ 海韻 - "sea, ocean" (海) (**ama**) and "rhyme/rime, elegance, tone" (韻) (**ne**).
	+ 海音 - "sea, ocean" (海) (**ama**) and "sound" (音) (**ne**).
	+ 海寧 - "sea, ocean" (海) (**ama**) and "rather, preferably, better" (寧) (**ne**).
	+ 吾万希 - "I, me" (吾) (**a**), "ten thousand, all" (万) (**ma**) and "hope" (希) (**ne**).
	+ 周 - "circumference, circuit, lap".
	+ 周音 - "circumference, circuit, lap" (周) (**ama**) and "sound" (音) (**ne**).
	+ 周寧 - "circumference, circuit, lap" (周) (**ama**) and "rather, preferably, better" (寧) (**ne**).
	+ 星音 - "star" (星) (**ama**) and "sound" (音) (**ne**).
	+ 天 - "heaven/heavenly, sky, imperial".
	+ 天羽 - "heaven/heavenly, sky, imperial" (天) (**ama**) and "feather" (羽) (**ne**).
	+ 天音 - "heaven/heavenly, sky, imperial" (天) (**ama**) and "sound" (音) (**ne**).
	+ 天使 - "heaven/heavenly, sky, imperial" (天) (**ama**) and "use, send on a mission, order, messenger, envoy, ambassador, cause" (使) (**ne**).
	+ 天真音 - "heaven/heavenly, sky, imperial" (天) (**a**), "real, genuine" (真) (**ma**) and "sound" (音) (**ne**).
	+ 天舞音 - "heaven/heavenly, sky, imperial" (天) (**a**), "dance" (舞) (**ma**) and "sound" (音) (**ne**).
	+ 天望 - "heaven/heavenly, sky, imperial" (天) (**ama**) and "wish, desire, hope" (望) (**ne**).
	+ 天麻音 - "heaven/heavenly, sky, imperial" (天) (**a**), "hemp, flax" (麻) (**ma**) and "sound" (音) (**ne**).
	+ 天万音 - "heaven/heavenly, sky, imperial" (天) (**a**), "ten thousand, all" (万) (**ma**) and "sound" (音) (**ne**).
	+ 天茉音 - "heaven/heavenly, sky, imperial" (天) (**a**), "jasmine" (茉) (**ma**) and "sound" (音) (**ne**).
	+ 普 - "usually, widely, generally".
	+ 遍 - "everywhere, times, widely, generally".
	+ 弥 - "all the more, increasingly".
	+ 和 - "harmony, peace".
* Amane's surname **Himeno** means "princess, young lady of noble birth" (姫) (**hime**) and "field, wilderness" (野) (**no**).

## References

1. ↑ *My Dress-Up Darling* Manga — Vol. 6 Chapter 43,
His personal name mentioned by his sister (Chitose) and last name mentioned by others (Amano).
2. ↑ *My Dress-Up Darling* Manga — Vol. 6 Chapter 41.
3. ↑ *My Dress-Up Darling* Manga — Vol. 11 Chapter 86.