Asuka
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Asuka is the name of the land where old Japanese capitals or palaces of the 6-7th century, Asuka (飛鳥 Asuka?) existed (the village of Asuka, Nara). The land gave the Asuka period its name.
Also derived from this city is the fairly common Japanese given name Asuka, which can be male or female.
Some specific things or people named Asuka include:
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[edit] Places
- Asuka, Yamato (飛鳥) is the area where ancient palaces and capitals were built.
- Asuka, Nara (明日香) is a village in Japan's Nara Prefecture; it largely includes the ancient Asuka (飛鳥) area.
- Asukayama Park (飛鳥山公園 Asukayama-kōen) 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.
- Asuca Hayashi is a Japanese singer.
- Asuka Hinoi is a Japanese singer, "chief" of Hinoi Team (named after her).
[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'.
- The Asuka Clan are a group of elite ninja who are wiped out in the PlayStation 2 video game Shinobido: Way of the Ninja, after being betrayed by the lead character, Goh "The Crow."