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Chushingura

Chushingura (忠臣蔵, A Treasury of Loyal Retainers) is the 1748 puppet play Kanadehon Chūshingura and the wider body of kabuki, film, and art based on the 1701–1703 Akō incident, in which ronin avenged their lord Asano by killing Kira Yoshinaka.

Chūson-ji Konjikidō statues

The Chūson-ji Konjikidō statues are 33 gilt Buddhist images on the three altars of the golden Konjikidō (金色堂) hall at Chūson-ji in Hiraizumi, completed in 1124.

Chutney

Chutney (Hindi caṭnī, चटनी) is an Indian condiment family: fresh ground herb, fruit, or coconut pastes eaten daily, and the sweet vinegar-preserved British colonial version such as Major Grey's mango chutney.

Chutney music

Chutney music is an Indo-Caribbean song and dance style that grew out of Hindu wedding songs, played on the dholak and dhantal and fused with calypso and soca.

Chutney Sambar

Chutney Sambar (சட்னி சாம்பார்) is a 2024 Tamil comedy drama web series directed by Radha Mohan, starring Yogi Babu as an orphaned street vendor joining his stepbrother's family; six episodes on Disney+ Hotstar from 26 July 2024.

Chuu

Chuu (Kim Ji-woo) is a South Korean singer who debuted with the girl group LOONA in 2017 and has performed as a solo artist since 2023.

Chuya Nakahara

Chuya Nakahara (中原中也, 1907–1937) was a Japanese modernist poet known for musical verse built on traditional rhythms and for his translations of Arthur Rimbaud, sometimes called the Japanese Rimbaud.

Chuzhou West Stream

Chuzhou West Stream (滁州西涧) is a famous Tang dynasty landscape quatrain by the poet Wei Yingwu, written while serving as prefect of Chuzhou in present-day Anhui province.

Chvrches (ΞS)

Chvrches (CHVRCHΞS) are a Scottish synth-pop trio from Glasgow, formed 2011, of Lauren Mayberry, Iain Cook, and Martin Doherty; debut The Bones of What You Believe (2013), fifth album All The King's Men announced for 2027.

Chxrry

Chxrry, aka Chxrry22, is Toronto singer-songwriter Lydia Habtemariam, the first woman signed to the Weeknd's XO Records. EPs The Other Side (2022) and Siren (2023) precede her 2026 debut album U, Me & My Ego, a 10-track synthpop-rage-R&B record made with producer Believve.

CHYL

CHYL, pronounced "chill", is a Los Angeles-based electronic dance music producer and DJ known for speed house, a 150 BPM fusion of house and hard dance.

Chyler Leigh

Chyler Leigh (born 1982, Charlotte, North Carolina) is an American actress known as Lexie Grey on Grey's Anatomy, Alex Danvers on Supergirl, and Kat Landry on Hallmark's The Way Home.

Chynna Phillips

Chynna Phillips (Gilliam Chynna Phillips, born 1968, Los Angeles) is the American singer and actress, daughter of the Mamas & the Papas' John and Michelle Phillips, a founding member of Wilson Phillips (10 million-selling 1990 debut, five Grammy nominations) and later a solo artist and Christian musician, distinct from any other person named Phillips.

Chynna Rogers

Chynna Rogers (1994–2020), known as Chynna, was a Philadelphia rapper, DJ, and Ford Models-signed model affiliated with A$AP Mob, mentored by A$AP Yams, with EPs Ninety, Music 2 Die 2, and in case i die first; she died of an accidental overdose in 2020.

Ci Sha

Ci Sha (此沙, Muguregu Jiwucisha), born 1997 in Liangshan, Sichuan, is a Chinese actor of Yi ethnicity known for Yang Jian in Creation of the Gods, Guo Jing in The Legend of Heroes, and twin roles in The Shadow's Edge.

Ci Zong

Ci Zong (词综, Comprehensive Ci) is a large anthology of ci poetry compiled in the early Qing dynasty by Zhu Yizun with Wang Sen, printed in 1691.

CIA (TV series)

CIA (TV series): American CBS crime-espionage procedural, an FBI-franchise spinoff from Dick Wolf premiering February 23, 2026, starring Tom Ellis as CIA officer Colin Glass and Nick Gehlfuss as FBI agent Bill Goodman; Metascore 47, renewed for a 22-episode second season.

Ciabatta

Ciabatta, Italian slipper bread invented 21 September 1982 by miller Arnaldo Cavallari in Adria, Veneto, as a sandwich rival to the French baguette; high-hydration (70–85%) lean dough, open irregular crumb, originally Ciabatta Polesana.

Ciao UFO (再见UFO)

Ciao UFO (再見UFO, also written 再见UFO) is a 2019 Hong Kong Cantonese drama directed by Patrick Leung Pak-kin about the 1985 Wah Fu Estate UFO legend; unseen after its 2019 festival premiere, released 19 March 2026, winning five of ten Hong Kong Film Awards.

Ciara

Ciara (Ciara Princess Harris, legally Wilson; born 1985) is an American R&B singer and dancer, "first lady of Crunk&B," whose 2004 debut Goodies hit No. 3 on the Billboard 200 with the seven-week No. 1 single "Goodies."

Ciara Bravo

Ciara Bravo (born 1997, Alexandria, Kentucky) is an American actress known as Katie Knight on Nickelodeon's Big Time Rush, Emma Chota on Red Band Society, Del in Wayne, and Emily opposite Tom Holland in Cherry (2021).

Ciara Miller

Ciara Miller (born 1995) is an American reality TV personality, model, and former ICU nurse from Atlanta, known for Bravo's Summer House (joined Season 5, 2021), Winter House, The Traitors Season 3, Love Island Aftersun hosting, and Dancing with the Stars Season 35.

Ciara Renée

Ciara Renée (Ciara Renée Harper, born 1990) is an American actress and singer: Broadway's Witch in Big Fish, Leading Player in Pippin, Elsa in Frozen, Jenna in Waitress, and Hawkgirl/Kendra Saunders in Arrow, The Flash, and Legends of Tomorrow.

Ciara Riley Wilson

Ciara Riley Wilson (born 2001, Portland, Oregon) is an American actress, dancer, and fashion designer; also credited as Ciara Wilson. Known for Demi in Netflix's Freeridge (2023) and Athena in Kim Possible (2019).

Ciarán Griffiths

Ciarán Griffiths (born 1983) is an English actor from Manchester known as Mickey Maguire in Shameless, Gary Best in The Bill, and Damon Hay in Coronation Street (2022-2024); distinct from namesake actors, and now based in Australia.

Ciarán Hinds

Ciarán Hinds (born 1953, Belfast) is an Irish actor of stage and screen, known for Julius Caesar in HBO's Rome, Mance Rayder in Game of Thrones, Grand Pabbie in Frozen, Steppenwolf in Justice League, and his Oscar-nominated role in Belfast.

Cibo Matto

Cibo Matto was a New York band formed in 1994 by Japanese musicians Miho Hatori and Yuka Honda; Italian for 'food madness,' the trip-hop/Shibuya-kei duo released Viva! La Woman (1996), Stereo Type A (1999), and Hotel Valentine (2014), disbanding finally in 2017.

Cibola Burn

Cibola Burn, fourth Expanse novel by James S.A. Corey (Daniel Abraham and Ty Franck), published 2014 by Orbit; Holden mediates the Ilus/New Terra settler-corporate conflict as protomolecule remnants wake; adapted as The Expanse season 4.

Cicely Tyson

Cicely Tyson was an American actress and model born in 1924. She was known for portraying resilient African American women, notably in Sounder and The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman.

Ciceronian oratory

Ciceronian oratory is the public speaking and rhetorical theory of Cicero (106–43 BC), whose speeches and treatises defined eloquence for later antiquity and the Renaissance.