Kirin

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Kirin
Japanese name
Kanji 麒麟 Hepburn Kirin
Korean name
Hangul 기린 Hanja 麒麟 Revised Romanization Girin McCune-Reischauer Kirin

Kirin may refer to:

• Kirin, the Japanese and Korean word for the Qilin, a mythical beast in Chinese culture and also the word for giraffe in the Ming Dynasty
• Kirin Brewery Company, Ltd., a Japanese brewing company
  • Kirin Cup, a football tournament sponsored by the brewery
• a playing piece in the Japanese boardgame Chu shogi and other shogi variants

Kirin may also refer to:

• Kirin, an older spelling of Jilin, a city and a province in Manchuria, in China
• kirin is a type of creature in a book series, The Twelve Kingdoms
• Kirin Tor, a fictional ruling body in the computer game Warcraft
• Tenjisei Kazu/KirinRanger, of Gosei Sentai Dairanger
• Kirin, a healing esper in the video game Final Fantasy VI
• Kirin, a god fought in the video game Final Fantasy XI Online
• Kirin, a protagonist in the Gameworld Trilogy by Samit Basu
• Kirin, a Summon in the video game Golden Sun and its sequel Golden Sun: The Lost Age
• A party member in the PS1 game, SaGa Frontier though the name is read as Kylin
• "Kirin" a lighting unicorn found in Monster Hunter Freedom for PSP
• Kirin, a motorcycle manga by Shohei Harumoto (ja:キリン (漫画))
• "Kirin", one of the 5 clans from the video game for PSP: Kingdom of Paradise
• Sasuke Uchiha's ultimate technique in the manga Naruto
• A main character from the manga O-Parts Hunter
• A member of the Seven Lucky Gods Martial Artists and one of the main antagonists from the Ranma 1/2 movie, Big Trouble in Nekonron

Keirin (alternate spelling):

• Keirin, a track cycling event