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
 * Asuka Cambridge (ケンブリッジ 飛鳥), Japanese-Jamaican male track and field sprinter
 * Asuka Fujita (藤田 明日香), Japanese handball player
 * Asuka Fukuda (福田 明日香), Japanese pop singer
 * Asuka Hachisuka (蜂須賀 明香), Japanese biathlete
 * Asuca Hayashi (林 明日香), a Japanese singer
 * Asuka Hinoi (樋井 明日香), 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
 * Asuka Kawazu (川津 明日香), Japanese actress, fashion model and gravure idol
 * Asuka Kijima (貴島 明日香), Japanese fashion model, entertainer
 * Asuka Kudo (工藤 阿須加), a Japanese actor
 * Asuka Kuramochi (倉持 明日香), (明日香), a Japanese idol
 * Asuka Kurosawa (黒沢 あすか), Japanese actress and gravure model
 * Asuka Nakase (中世 明日香), Japanese voice actress
 * Asuka Nishi (西 明日香), Japanese voice actress
 * Asuka Nomura (野村 明日香), Japanese volleyball player
 * Asuka Oda (小田 飛鳥), Japanese actress, gravure idol, and tarento
 * Asuka Ōgame (大亀 あすか), Japanese voice actress
 * Asuka Saitō (齋藤 飛鳥), Japanese idol, singer, actress and fashion model
 * Asuka Sakai, video game musicians notable for Katamari Damacy and Soulcalibur II
 * Asuka Sezaki (瀬﨑 明日香), Japanese classical violinist
 * Asuka Takahashi (髙橋 明日香), Japanese badminton player
 * Asuka Tanii (谷井 あすか), Japanese voice actress
 * Asuka Tateishi (立石 飛鳥), Japanese football player
 * Asuka Terada (寺田 明日香), Japanese hurdler
 * Asuka Tono, Japanese actress

Notable people with the surname Asuka

 * Rin Asuka (飛鳥 凛), a Japanese actress
 * Kirara Asuka (明日花 キララ), 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

With the given name Asuka

 * 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 Langley Soryu (惣流 アスカ・ラングレー) in Neon Genesis Evangelion
 * 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 R. Kreutz (飛鳥・R・クロイツ) in the Guilty Gear series
 * 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 Sugo (菅生 あすか) in Cyberformula
 * Asuka Tachibana (橘 あすか) in the anime s-CRY-ed
 * Asuka Takizawa (滝沢あすか, also known as Cure Flamingo), a main character in the 2021 anime series Tropical-Rouge! Pretty Cure
 * 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 Kurashina (倉科 明日香), one of the main heroines from the visual novel, Ao no Kanata no Four Rhythm

With the surname Asuka

 * Jun Asuka from Iron Virgin Jun
 * 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
 * Kenzo Asuka (飛鳥健三), her father
 * Minori Asuka (飛鳥みのり), her mother
 * 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.