Chinatsu

Chinatsu (ちなつ, チナツ) is a feminine Japanese given name which is occasionally given to men.

Possible writings
Chinatsu can be written using different kanji characters and can mean: The name can also be written in hiragana or katakana.
 * 千夏, "thousand summers/thousandth summer"
 * 知夏, "wise summer"
 * 智夏, "intellect, summer"
 * 千菜津, "thousand vegetables, harbor"
 * 智菜津, "intellect, vegetable, harbor"

People

 * Chinatsu Akasaki (千夏), Japanese voice actress
 * Chinatsu Ban (知夏, born 1973), Japanese artist
 * Chinatsu Matsui (千夏, born 1977), Japanese squash player
 * Chinatsu Mori (千夏, 1980–2006), Japanese shot putter
 * Chinatsu Nakayama (千夏, born 1948), Japanese voice actress, writer, and politician
 * Chinatsu Wakatsuki (千夏, born 1984), Japanese gravure idol and tarento
 * Chinatsu Kira (知夏, born 1991), Japanese football player

Characters

 * Chinatsu Aida (千夏), a supporting character in the Japanese TV drama Last Friends
 * Chinatsu Nakayama (千夏), a character in the four panel manga series Doki Doki School Hours
 * Chinatsu Gondo (千夏), a character in the 1994 film Godzilla vs. SpaceGodzilla
 * Chinatsu Tsuboi (千夏), a main character in the manga and live-action drama series Shomuni
 * Chinatsu Aramaki (千夏), a supporting character in the manga and anime series Maid Sama!
 * Chinatsu Yoshikawa (ちなつ), a main character in the manga and anime series YuruYuri
 * Chinatsu Hiyama (緋山 千夏), one of the main characters in the manga and anime series ballroom e youkoso
 * Chinatsu Kuramoto (千夏 ), a supporting character in the manga and anime series Flying Witch
 * Chinatsu Hinomiya (火宮 チナツ), a character in the role-playing video game Blue Archive