Haruka (given name)

Haruka (はるか, ハルカ) is a common feminine and less common masculine Japanese given name.

Possible writings

Haruka can be written using different kanji characters and can mean:

• 遙/遥/悠/遼, all of which are related characters referring to "distance"
• 春香, "spring, fragrance"
• 春花, "spring, flower"
• 晴香, "sunny weather, fragrance"
• 遥花, "distance, flower"

The name can also be written in hiragana or katakana.

People

• Haruka Ayase (綾瀬 はるか), Japanese actress
• Haruka Igawa (井川 遥), Japanese actress
• Haruka Kudō (voice actress) (工藤晴香), Japanese voice actress and model
• Haruka Kudo (singer) (工藤 遥), Japanese pop singer and 10th generation member of Morning Musume
• Haruka Minami (南 かずか), Japanese manga artist
• Haruka Shimotsuki (霜月はるか), Japanese singer and dōjin music composer
• Haruka Suenaga (末永 遥), Japanese actress and gravure idol
• Haruka Takachiho (高千穂 遙), Japanese science fiction author
• Haruka Tomatsu (戸松 遥), Japanese voice actress and singer
• Hakura Shirosu (singer), singer, songwriter and pianist
• Haruka Shimazaki (島崎 遥香), Japanese singer/ actress & 9th generation member of AKB48
• Haruka Kodama, Japanese singer & 1 gen. member of HKT48
• Haruka Shiratani, Japanese version of 2NE1's Park Bom

Characters

• Haruka (Ape Escape) or Helga, a character in Ape Escape: Million Monkeys
• Haruka (Maskman), a character in Hikari Sentai Maskman
• Haruka, a virtual Japanese teacher in My Japanese Coach
• Haruka (Pokémon) or May, a character in Pokémon
• Haruka (Sister Princess), a character in Sister Princess
• Haruka (Tactics), a character in Tactics
• Haruka (Yakuza), a character in Yakuza video game series
• The title character from the 2009 anime film Oblivion Island: Haruka and the Magic Mirror
• Haruka Amami, a character in The Idolmaster
• Haruka Dōmeki, a character in xxxHolic
• Haruka Hikari, a character in MegaMan NT Warrior
• Haruka Kaminogi, a main character in the Noein anime series
• Haruka Kuran, a character in Vampire Knight
• Haruka Kuze, a character in Battle Royale II
• Haruka Minami, a character in Minami-ke
• Haruka Langit, a character from the online mecha fighting game Cosmic Break
• Haruka Minato, a character in Martian Successor Nadesico
• Haruka Mizuno, a character in Tokyo Daigaku Monogatari
• Haruka Morishita, a character in Mirmo!
• Haruka Nishida, one of the main characters in the Kanamemo series
• Haruka Nogizaka, the female main character in Nogizaka Haruka no Himitsu
• Haruka Rin a character in the Machine Robo Rescue anime series
• Haruka Sakomizu, a fictional character from the light novel version series Strike Witches
• Haruka Shitow, a character in RahXephon'
• Haruka Suzumiya, a character in Kimi ga Nozomu Eien
• Haruka Suzushiro or Haruka Armitage, a character in My-HiME and My-Otome
• Haruka Takayama, a character in Sakura Trick
• Haruka Tanizawa, a character from the Battle Royale novel, film, and manga
• Haruka Tenoh or Sailor Uranus, a character in the Sailor Moon manga and anime series
• Haruka Urashima, a character in Love Hina
• Haruka Nanase, a character in Free! - Iwatobi Swim Club
• Haruka Kokonose, a character in Kagerou Project
• Haruka Saigusa, a character in Little Busters!

See also

• Haruka (disambiguation)

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