Asuka (name)

Asuka is both a unisex Japanese given name and a Japanese surname.

Possible writings

Asuka can be written using different combinations of kanji characters. Here are some examples:

*飛鳥, "fly, bird"
*明日香, "tomorrow, fragrant"
*明日花, "tomorrow, flower"
*明日華, "tomorrow, flower/splendor"
*亜寿花, "Asia, long life, flower"

The name can also be written in hiragana あすか or katakana アスカ.

Notable people with the given name Asuka

* Asuka (wrestler) (born 1981), a Japanese professional wrestler
* Asuka (wrestler, born 1998), a Japanese professional wrestler also known as Veny outside of Japan
* Princess Asuka (明日香皇女), Japanese princess during the Asuka Period
* , Japanese-Jamaican male track and field sprinter
* , Japanese handball player
* , Japanese pop singer
* , Japanese biathlete
* , a Japanese singer
* , a Japanese singer who is the leader of the Hinoi Team (named after her)
* Asuka Hisa Los Angeles-based artist, educator and curator

Asuka Katsura
(桂 明日香), author of Le Portrait de Petit Cossette manga
* , Japanese actress, fashion model and gravure idol
* , Japanese fashion model, entertainer
* , a Japanese actor
* , (明日香), a Japanese idol
* , Japanese actress and gravure model
* , Japanese voice actress
* , Japanese voice actress
* , Japanese volleyball player
* , Japanese actress, gravure idol, and tarento
* , Japanese voice actress
* , Japanese idol, singer, actress and fashion model
* Asuka Sakai, video game musicians notable for Katamari Damacy and Soulcalibur II
* , Japanese classical violinist
* , Japanese badminton player
* , Japanese voice actress
* , Japanese football player
* , Japanese hurdler

Notable people with the surname Asuka

* , a Japanese actress
* , a Japanese model and former adult video actress
* Aska (singer-songwriter), Ryo Asuka (飛鳥 涼, born 1958), a Japanese singer-songwriter, formerly a member of Chage and Aska

Fictional characters

* Asuka (アスカ), a character from '' Bakuryū Sentai Abaranger''
* Asuka (飛鳥), a shikigami who serves the priestess Kikyo in the ''InuYasha'' series
* Asuka (明日架), in '' Log Horizon''
* Asuka (飛鳥), in the ''Senran Kagura'' series
* Asuka (アスカ) in the game '' Sweet Home''
* Asuka Connell (アスカ・コネル), the daughter of Bisca and Alzack Connell in Fairy Tail
* Asuka Domon (土門 飛鳥), a character in the manga series ''Inazuma Eleven''
* Asuka Hirama (平間 あすか), a minor character in '' Haikyū!!''
* Asuka Honda (本田 飛鳥) in ''Asuka 120%''
* Asuka Kasen in ''Grand Theft Auto III''
* Asuka Kazama (風間 飛鳥) in ''Tekken'' series.
* Asuka Kojo (古城 アスカ), a supporting character in Danball Senki W
* Asuka Mizunokoji (水乃小路 飛鳥) in ''Urusei Yatsura''
* Asuka Motomura (本村 明日香) in ''Battle Royale II''
* Asuka Murase (村瀬 明日香), a former girlfriend of Yoji's in ''Weiss Kreuz''
* Asuka Ootorii (大鳥居 あすか) in '' Magical Girl Spec-Ops Asuka''
* Asuka Saginomiya ((鷺ノ宮 飛鳥) in ''Ranma ½''
* Asuka Shin (アスカ・シン), Dyna's human form in the Ultra Series '' Ultraman Dyna''
* Asuka Tachibana (橘 あすか) in the anime '' s-CRY-ed''
* Asuka Tanaka (田中 あすか), a character in the novel series ''Sound! Euphonium''
* Asuka Toyama (戸山 明日香), in the anime BanG Dream!.
* Asuka Tenjouin (天上院 明日香), the main female character from ''Yu-Gi-Oh! GX''
* Asuka Langley Soryu (惣流 アスカ・ラングレー) in ''Neon Genesis Evangelion''
* Asuka Sugo (菅生 あすか) in '' Cyberformula''

* Daiki Asuka (飛鳥 大貴) or Asuka Jr. (アスカ Jr.), in '' Saint Tail''
* Kenji Asuka (明日香 健二) or Midoranger, in '' Himitsu Sentai Goranger''
* Momoko Asuka (飛鳥 ももこ) in ''Ojamajo Doremi''
* Ryo Asuka (飛鳥 了) in '' Devilman''
* Ryu Asuka (飛鳥 竜) or Yarinin Toppa (槍忍 突破) from Sekai Ninja Sen Jiraiya
* Shin Asuka (シン・アスカ) in '' Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Destiny''
* Torajirou Asuka (飛鳥 虎次郎), a character from '' Digimon Universe: App Monsters''

Others

Asuka-Fujiwara is a cluster of archaeological sites

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Japanese unisex given names
Japanese feminine given names
Japanese-language surnames