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:

• 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"

The name can also be written in hiragana or katakana.

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