Azuma (name)

Azuma is both a Japanese surname and a masculine Japanese given name. Notable people with the name include:

Surname

 * Fukashi Azuma (東 不可止, born 1966), Japanese producer and director for TV Tokyo
 * Kazuo Azuma (東 和男), Japanese shogi player
 * Kazuoki Azuma (吾妻 一興), Japanese mathematician
 * Kiyohiko Azuma (あずまきよひこ), Japanese manga artist
 * Hideo Azuma (吾妻 ひでお), Japanese manga artist and father of lolicon manga
 * Hiroki Azuma (critic) (東 浩紀), Japanese cultural critic
 * Hiroki Azuma (footballer) (東 博樹), Japanese footballer
 * Miyoko Azuma (東 美代子), Japanese swimmer
 * Ronald Azuma, American engineer
 * Ryoko Azuma (東 良子), Japanese military officer
 * Ryotaro Azuma (東 龍太郎), Japanese physician and bureaucrat who served as Governor of Tokyo
 * Shiro Azuma (東 史郎), Japanese soldier
 * Takeshi Azuma (東 毅), Japanese ice hockey player
 * Yoshihiro Azuma (東 佳弘), Japanese sprinter

Given name

 * Azuma Koshiishi (輿石 東), Japanese politician
 * Azuma Morisaki (森崎 東), Japanese film director and screenwriter
 * Azuma Yano (矢野 東), Japanese golfer

Fictional characters

 * Kyo Azuma (東 京), a character in Inazuma Eleven
 * Azuma, a high-ranking courtesan in Chikamatsu Monzaemon's 1718 play The Love Suicides at Amijima
 * Jo Azuma (東 丈), a character in Genma Taisen
 * Kazuma Azuma (東 和馬), a character in Yakitate!! Japan
 * Soma Azuma, a character in Onmyou Taisenki
 * Tetsuya Azuma, also known as Casshan or Casshern, the main and eponymous character of the Casshan franchise
 * Midori Azuma (東 みどり), Tetsuya's mother from Casshan
 * Kotaro Azuma (東 光太郎), a genius scientist from Casshan
 * Azuma (Ghost in the Shell) (アズマ), a character in Ghost in the Shell: S.A.C. 2nd GIG
 * Azuma, a member of the Grimoire Heart, and one of the Seven Kin of Purgatory in Fairy Tail
 * Emily Azuma, a character in the webcomic Questionable Content
 * Tokaku Azuma (東 兎角), one of the two main characters in the anime Riddle Story of Devil
 * Azuma the Feldsher, a character in the video games Shadow Fight 3 and Shadow Fight Arena
 * Manami Azuma, a character in Mousou Telepathy
 * Jirou Azuma (我妻弐郎), the main character in Black Torch