Asuka

Contents 1 Places 2 People 3 Ships 4 Miscellaneous 5 Fictional characters 5.1 Surname 5.2 Given name 5.3 Other 6 See also

Asuka is a Japanese personal, family and place name derived from Ashuku nyorai, the Japanese name for Akshobhya, one of the Five Wisdom Buddhas.

Places

• Asuka, Yamato (飛鳥), an area in Yamato Province (now Nara Prefecture) in Japan, where imperial palaces and centers of government were built in the 6th and 7th centuries
• Asuka, Nara (明日香), a village in Nara Prefecture in Japan, in the same area as ancient Asuka (飛鳥)
• Asukayama Park (飛鳥山公園 Asukayama-kōen), a park in Kita, Tokyo, Japan
• Asuka, Estonia, village in Leisi Parish, Saare County, Estonia
• Asuka Station (Antarctica)

People

• Asuca Hayashi (born 1989), a Japanese singer
• Asuka Hinoi (born 1991), a Japanese singer who is the leader of the Hinoi Team (named after her)
• Asuka Hoshino (born 1986), a Japanese former gravure model and actress
• Asuka Katsura, author of Le Portrait de Petit Cossette manga
• Asuka Rin (born 1991),
• Aska (singer-songwriter) (born Asuka Ryō in 1958), a Japanese singer-songwriter, formerly a member of Chage and Aska
• Asuka Sakai, video game musicians notable for Katamari Damacy and Soulcalibur II
• Asuka Shibuya, Japanese voice actress

Ships

• MS Asuka (now MS Amadea), a cruise ship operated by Nippon Yusen Kaisha 1991—2006.
• MS Asuka II, a cruise ship operated by Nippon Yusen Kaisha 2006 onwards
• JDS Asuka, a ship of the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force fleet

Miscellaneous

• Asuka period (飛鳥時代, Japanese era from 538 to 710 AD)
• Monthly Asuka, a shōjo manga magazine published by Kadokawa Shoten
• Asuka (album), by the traditional/pop-rock group Rin'
• Asuka (publisher), a French manga publisher

Fictional characters

Surname

• Daiki Asuka or Asuka Jr., in Saint Tail
• Kenji Asuka or Midoranger, in Himitsu Sentai Goranger
• Shinn Asuka in Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Destiny

Given name

• Asuka (InuYasha), a shikigami who serves the priestess Kikyo in the InuYasha series
• Asuka (maid) in the game Sweet Home
• Asuka Kasen in Grand Theft Auto III
• Asuka Honda in Asuka 120%
• Asuka Kazama in Tekken
• Asuka Motomura in Battle Royale II
• Asuka Mizunokouji in Urusei Yatsura
• Asuka Murase, a former girlfriend of Yoji's in Weiss Kreuz
• Asuka Saginomiya in Ranma ½
• Asuka Shin, Dyna’s human form in the Ultra Series Ultraman Dyna
• Asuka Langley Soryu in Neon Genesis Evangelion
• Asuka Sugo in Cyberformula
• Asuka Tachibana in the anime s-CRY-ed
• Asuka Tenjouin (Alexis Rhodes) in Yu-Gi-Oh! GX

Other

• Asuka Clan, a group of elite ninja in the Shinobido series of video games

See also

• Capital of Japan
• Aska (disambiguation)

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