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
• Chiba Ginko, a gymnastics 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
• Reiko Chiba (born 1975), Japanese actress
• Ryohei Chiba (born 1984), Japanese singer
• Saeko Chiba (born 1977), Japanese voice actress
• Saïd Chiba (born 1970), Moroccan footballer
• Shigetane Chiba, a Japanese military commander
• Shigeru Chiba (born 1954; also known as Masaharu Maeda), Japanese voice actor
• Chiba Shusaku Narimasa (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
• Teisuke Chiba (1917–1965), photographer
• Tetsuya Chiba (born 1939), Japanese manga artist
• Chiba clan, a Japanese clan
• Tsunetane Chiba, a Japanese military commander
• Fatema Chiba, an Indian teacher

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
• Ryuunosuke Chiba, a character in Assassination Classroom anime and manga