Chiba (surname)

Chiba (written: 千葉 lit. "thousand leaves") is a Japanese surname. Notable people with the surname include:


 * Akira Chiba (born 1959), president of The Pokémon Company
 * Chiemi Chiba (千葉 千恵巳), Japanese voice actress and singer
 * Ginko Chiba (千葉 吟子), a gymnast at the 1964 Summer Olympics
 * Hayato Chiba (千葉 逸人), Japanese mathematician
 * Isshin Chiba (千葉 一伸), Japanese voice actor
 * Kanta Chiba (千葉 寛汰), Japanese footballer
 * Kaori Chiba (千葉 香織), Japanese field hockey player
 * Kazuo Chiba (千葉 和雄), Japanese Aikido teacher
 * Keiko Chiba (千葉 景子), former Japanese Minister of Justice
 * Kenro Chiba (千葉 建郎), Japanese rower
 * Mone Chiba (千葉 百音), Japanese figure skater
 * Reiko Chiba (千葉 麗子), Japanese actress
 * Ryohei Chiba (千葉 涼平), Japanese singer
 * Ryōko Chiba (千葉 涼子), Japanese shogi player
 * Saeko Chiba (千葉 紗子), Japanese voice actress
 * Sakio Chiba (千葉 幸生), Japanese shogi player
 * Shigeru Chiba (千葉 繁); also known as Masaharu Maeda (前田 正治), Japanese voice actor
 * Shōya Chiba (千葉 翔也), Japanese voice actor
 * Shūsaku Narimasa Chiba (千葉 周作 成政), founder of the Hokushin Itto school of swordsmanship
 * Sonny Chiba (1939–2021); also known as Shin'ichi Chiba (千葉 真一), Japanese actor and martial artist
 * Susumu Chiba (千葉 進歩), Japanese voice actor
 * Takahito Chiba (千葉 貴仁), former Japanese footballer
 * Teikan Chiba (千葉 貞幹), Japanese prosecutor, judge and politician
 * Teisuke Chiba (千葉 禎介), photographer
 * Tetsuya Chiba (千葉 徹彌), Japanese manga artist

Other people

 * Saïd Chiba (born 1970), Moroccan footballer

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
 * Kazunobu Chiba, character in the manga series Case Closed
 * Kirino Chiba (千葉 紀梨乃), a fictional character from anime Bamboo Blade
 * Ryūnosuke Chiba (千葉 龍之介), a character in the Assassination Classroom anime and manga