Chihiro Ogino

"I want you to know my real name. It's Chihiro.
 * —Chihiro to Zeniba"

Chihiro Ogino (name temporalily changed to Sen by Yubaba when she is employed in the bath house) is the protagonist of Spirited Away.

Early life
Chihiro Ogino is the daughter of Akiichiro and Ichiyūko Ogino. She was born in the year summer of 1991 in Tokyo Hospital.

Apperence and personality.
Chihiro Ogino is a 10 year old girl who has brown hair and brown eyes. She wears a green and white shirt and pink shorts and when she is employed in the bath house for most of the film she wears a medium salmon Jinbei uniform. Initially shown to be petulant, cowardly, childish and easily frightened, Chihiro grows into a capable individual and is a core factor to the movement of Spirited Away's plot. During her adventure in the Spirit World, 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. To protect her friends and rescue her parents from a spell that has turned them into livestock, Chihiro sheds her former personality and adapts to her environment to become a courageous, quick-witted and reliable girl.

The strength of her bond with Haku as the story progressed eventually evolved into a very sincere form of love that dispelled Yubaba's and Zeniba's curses on the river spirit.

Relationships

 * Akiichirō Ogino (father)
 * Ichiyūko Ogino (mother)
 * Rumi (former friend)
 * Haku (friend/savior and love interest)
 * Zeniba (grandmother)

Trivia

 * Chihiro Ogino in the bubble looks very similar to Ponyo.
 * Chihiro was inspired by the daughter of one of the director's friends.
 * Chihiro's English actor, Daveigh Chase, is also best known as the voice of Lilo from Disney's Lilo and Stitch.
 * The name "Chihiro" means "A thousand fathoms".