Asuka
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Asuka is the name of the old Japanese capital of the 6th century, Asuka (飛鳥 Asuka?). The capital gave the Asuka period its name.
Also derived from this city is the fairly common Japanese given name Asuka. It is written with the same characters and can be male or female. There is an alternative way of writing the female name, 飛鳥 (flying bird? Comprised of 'fly' and the kanji for 'bird') or 明日香 (bright; day; perfume).
Some specific things or people named Asuka include:
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[edit] Places
- Asuka, Nara is a village in Japan's Nara Prefecture.
- Asuka-yama(Mt.Asuka) is a park in Tokyo.
[edit] Companies
- Asuka (publisher) is a French manga publishing company. [1]
[edit] People
- Aska (singer-songwriter) (born Ryo Aska (Asuka Ryō)) , a Japanese singer-songwriter, formerly one of the CHAGE and ASKA duo.
- Asuka (singer-songwriter) is a Japanese singer-songwriter.
- Asuca Hayashi is a Japanese singer.
- Asuka Hinoi is a Japanese singer, "chief" of Hinoi Team (named after her).
- Asuka (actress) is a Japanese actress.
- Asuka (erotic actress) is the pseudonym of a Japanese erotic actress.
- Asuka Midori is another Japanese erotic actress.
[edit] Fictional characters
[edit] Given name
- Asuka Kasen a character from Grand Theft Auto III.
- Asuka Kazama is a character in Tekken 5.
- Asuka Motomura is a character in Battle Royale II
- Asuka Mizunokouji is a character in Urusei Yatsura.
- Asuka Saginomiya is a minor character in Ranma 1/2
- Asuka Langley Soryu is a character in Neon Genesis Evangelion.
- Asuka Sugo is a character in the series Cyberformula.
- Asuka Tenjouin (Alexis Rhodes) is a character from Yu-Gi-Oh! GX.
- Asuka is a character name from the game Sweet Home.
- Asuka Tachibana is a character from the anime S-CRY-ED.
- Asuka is a former girlfriend of Yoji's in Weiss Kreuz.
[edit] Family name
- Daiki Asuka (also known as Asuka Jr. since his father was also named as Asuka) is a character from Saint Tail.
- Kenji Asuka is a character from Himitsu Sentai Goranger.
- Shinn Asuka is a character from Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Destiny.
[edit] Others
- Asuka (magazine) is a monthly Japanese shōjo manga magazine published by Kadokawa Shoten.
- Asuka is the second album by Japanese traditional/pop-rock group Rin'.
[edit] See also
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