Chihiro Ogino

The ten-year old protogonist of the film. Chihiro is in the process of moving to a new town when her family stumbles upon the entrance to the spirit world. While there, her parents consume the food of the spirits, thus transforming into pigs as a punishment of their actions. Chihiro takes on the task of rescuing her parents and returning them to their original state. During her adventure she matures from a whiny, self-centered, and pessimistic child to a hard-working, responsible, optimistic young girl who has learned to care for others. She is renamed "Sen" (千, sen, lit. "a thousand") by the proprietor of the bathhouse, Yubaba.