Chika (Japanese given name)
# Chika (Japanese given name)

Chika (ちか, チカ) is a feminine Japanese given name. The name Chika can be written with the kanji characters 千 (chi) meaning "thousand", 智 (chi) meaning "wisdom, intellect" or 散 (chi) meaning "scatter" combined with 佳 (ka) meaning "good, fine" or 花 (ka) meaning "flower". Chika can also be written with many different kanji characters thus, giving the name various meanings.

## Possible writings in Japanese

Chika can be written using different kanji characters and can mean:

* 千佳, "thousand, excellence"
* 千夏, "thousand, summer"
* 千賀, "thousand, celebration"
* 千香, "thousand, fragrance"
* 千花, "thousand, flower"
* 千華, "thousand, chinese flower"
* 千果, "thousand, fruit"
* 知香, "knowledge, fragrance"
* 知佳, "knowledge, excellence"
* 智香, "wisdom, fragrance"
* 愛, "love" (nanori reading)

The name can also be written in hiragana or katakana.

## People

* Chika, a member of the Japanese girl group D&D
* Chika Anzai (安済 知佳, born 1990), Japanese voice actress
* Chika Aoki (青木 千佳, born 1990), Japanese fencer
* Chika Hirao (平尾 知佳, born 1996), Japanese women's footballer
* Chika Kato (加藤 千佳, born 1994), Japanese professional footballer
* Chika Kodama (born 1970), Japanese softball player
* Chika Kuroda (黒田 チカ, 1884–1968), Japanese chemist
* Chika Otaki (大滝 知香, born 1998), Japanese ice hockey player
* Chika Sagawa (左川 ちか, 1911–1936), Japanese avant-garde poet
* Chika Sakamoto (千夏, born 1959), Japanese voice actress
* Chica Umino (羽海野 チカ), Japanese manga artist
* Chika Yoshida (吉田 知加, born 1979), Japanese singer and songwriter
* Chika Yoshida (吉田 ちか, born 1984), Japanese YouTuber known as Bilingirl
* Exo-Chika, founding member of Aural Vampire (オーラルヴァンパイア), Japanese group

## Fictional characters

* Chika Akatsuki (知佳), a character in the manga series Zombie-Loan.
* Chika Amatori, a character in the manga and anime series World Trigger.
* Chika Fujiwara (千花), a character in the manga and anime series Kaguya-sama: Love Is War.
* Chika Ito (千佳), a character in the manga and anime series Strawberry Marshmallow.
* Chika Midarezaki (千花), a character in the Japanese light novel series Kyōran Kazoku Nikki.
* Chika Minazuki (ちか), a character in the manga and anime series Ai Yori Aoshi.
* Chika Misumi (千歌), a character in the mobile gacha game Princess Connect Re:Dive.
* Chika Ogiue (千佳), a character in the manga and anime series Genshiken.
* Chika Takami (千歌), a character in the Japanese multimedia project Love Live! Sunshine!!.
* Chika Yurikasa (千佳), a character in the manga and anime series Shrine of the Morning Mist.
* Chika Yamada (千夏), a character in the manga and anime series B Gata H Kei.
* Chika Kudou (久遠愛), a character in the manga and anime series Kono Oto Tomare! Sounds of Life.
* Chika, a character in the manga series Monkey High!.
