Kirin Explained

Kirin may refer to:

Mythology and fiction

• Qilin or Kirin, a mythical creature known in various East Asian cultures
  • Ki-rin (Dungeons & Dragons), a type of monster in D&D
  • Kirin, a type of Elder Dragon in Monster Hunter
  • Kirin, a type of creature in the series

Places

• Jilin or Kirin, a province in northeastern China
  • Jilin City or Kirin, a city in the province of Jilin, China
• Kirin, Croatia, a settlement in Vrginmost

Companies and products

• Subsidiaries of Kirin Holdings:
  • Kirin, a Japanese beverages company
  • Kyowa Kirin, a Japanese pharmaceutical company
• Brasil Kirin, a Brazilian brewery and beverage company
• Kirin processors, a series of SoCs produced by HiSilicon

Sports

• Kirin Cup Soccer, an association football tournament organised in Japan
• Kirin Open, a Japanese golf tournament from 1974 to 2001
• One of three shogi pieces in large shogi Kirin variants:
  • Chu shogi, which uses one piece per player
  • Dai shogi, which uses one piece per player
  • Taikyoku shogi, which uses the Kirin (麒麟) and Kirin-master (麟師) pieces

Other uses

• Kirin (manga), a 1987 Japanese manga series
• Kirin language or Kili, a Tungusic language of Russia and China

People with the name

• Ivica Kirin (born 1970), former Interior Minister of Croatia
• Kirin J. Callinan (born 1986), Australian singer and songwriter
• Kirin Kiki (1943–2018), Japanese TV and film actress
• Kirin Narayan (born 1959), Indian-born American anthropologist and writer
• Kirin Kotecha, a character in Emmerdale

See also

• Girin (disambiguation)
• Keirin, a form of motor-paced cycle racing
• Kirin no Tsubasa, a 2012 Japanese film
• Kirino (disambiguation)
• Kylin (disambiguation)
• Qilin (disambiguation)
• Xilin (disambiguation)
• 麒麟 (disambiguation)