# Asuka (name)

Asuka is both a unisex Japanese given name and a Japanese surname.

## Written forms

Asuka can be written using different combinations of kanji characters. Here are some examples:
* 飛鳥, "fly, bird"
* 明日香, "tomorrow, fragrant"
* 明日花, "tomorrow, flower"
* 明日華, "tomorrow, flower/splendor"
* 亜寿花, "Asia, long life, flower"
The name can also be written in hiragana あすか or katakana アスカ.

## Notable people with the given name Asuka

* Asuka (wrestler) (born 1981), a Japanese professional wrestler
* Asuka (wrestler, born 1998), a Japanese professional wrestler also known as Veny outside of Japan
* Princess Asuka (明日香皇女), Japanese princess during the Asuka Period
* Asuka Cambridge (ケンブリッジ 飛鳥, born 1993), Japanese-Jamaican male track and field sprinter
* Asuka Fujita (藤田 明日香, born 1996), Japanese handball player
* Asuka Fukuda (福田 明日香, born 1984), Japanese pop singer
* Asuka Hachisuka (蜂須賀 明香, born 1992), Japanese biathlete
* Asuca Hayashi (林 明日香, born 1989), a Japanese singer
* Asuka Hinoi (樋井 明日香, born 1991), a Japanese singer who is the leader of the Hinoi Team (named after her)
* Asuka Hisa, Los Angeles-based artist, educator and curator
* Asuka Katsura (桂 明日香), author of Le Portrait de Petit Cossette manga
* Asuka Kawazu (川津 明日香, born 2002), Japanese actress, fashion model and gravure idol
* Asuka Kijima (貴島 明日香, born 1996), Japanese fashion model, entertainer
* Asuka Kudo (工藤 阿須加, born 1991), a Japanese actor
* Asuka Kuramochi (倉持 明日香, born 1989), (明日香), a Japanese idol
* Asuka Kurosawa (黒沢 あすか, born 1971), Japanese actress and gravure model
* Asuka Nakase (中世 明日香, born 1980), Japanese voice actress
* Asuka Nishi (西 明日香, born 1988), Japanese voice actress
* Asuka Nomura (野村 明日香, born 1994), Japanese volleyball player
* Asuka Oda (小田 飛鳥, born 1990), Japanese actress, gravure idol, and tarento
* Asuka Ōgame (大亀 あすか, born 1987), Japanese voice actress
* Asuka Saitō (齋藤 飛鳥, born 1998), Japanese idol, singer, actress and fashion model
* Asuka Sakai, video game musicians notable for Katamari Damacy and Soulcalibur II
* Asuka Sezaki (瀬﨑 明日香, born 1977), Japanese classical violinist
* Asuka Takahashi (髙橋 明日香, born 1999), Japanese badminton player
* Asuka Tanii (谷井 あすか, born 1980), Japanese voice actress
* Asuka Tateishi (立石 飛鳥, born 1983), Japanese football player
* Asuka Terada (寺田 明日香, born 1990), Japanese hurdler
* Asuka Tono, Japanese actress

## Notable people with the surname Asuka

* Rin Asuka (飛鳥 凛, born 1991), a Japanese actress
* Kirara Asuka (明日花 キララ, born 1988), a Japanese model and former adult video actress
* Aska (singer-songwriter), Ryo Asuka (飛鳥 涼, born 1958), a Japanese singer-songwriter, formerly a member of Chage and Aska

## Fictional characters
### With the given name Asuka

* Asuka (アスカ), a character from Bakuryū Sentai Abaranger
* Asuka (飛鳥), a shikigami who serves the priestess Kikyo in the InuYasha series
* Asuka (明日架), in Log Horizon
* Asuka (飛鳥), in the Senran Kagura series
* Asuka (アスカ) in the game Sweet Home
* Asuka Connell (アスカ・コネル), the daughter of Bisca and Alzack Connell in Fairy Tail
* Asuka Domon (土門 飛鳥), a character in the manga series Inazuma Eleven
* Asuka Hirama (平間 あすか), a minor character in Haikyū!!
* Asuka Honda (本田 飛鳥) in Asuka 120%
* Asuka Kasen in Grand Theft Auto III
* Asuka Kazama (風間 飛鳥) in Tekken series.
* Asuka Kojo (古城 アスカ), a supporting character in Little Battlers Experience W
* Asuka Langley Soryu (惣流 アスカ・ラングレー) in Neon Genesis Evangelion
* Asuka Mizunokoji (水乃小路 飛鳥) in Urusei Yatsura
* Asuka Motomura (本村 明日香) in Battle Royale II
* Asuka Murase (村瀬 明日香), a former girlfriend of Yoji's in Weiss Kreuz
* Asuka Ootorii (大鳥居 あすか) in Magical Girl Spec-Ops Asuka
* Asuka R. Kreutz (飛鳥・R・クロイツ) in the Guilty Gear series
* Asuka Saginomiya ((鷺ノ宮 飛鳥) in Ranma ½
* Asuka Shin (アスカ・シン), Dyna's human form in the Ultra Series Ultraman Dyna
* Asuka Sugo (菅生 あすか) in Cyberformula
* Asuka Tachibana (橘 あすか) in the anime s-CRY-ed
* Asuka Takizawa (滝沢あすか, also known as Cure Flamingo), a main character in the 2021 anime series Tropical-Rouge! Pretty Cure
* Asuka Tanaka (田中 あすか), a character in the novel series Sound! Euphonium
* Asuka Toyama (戸山 明日香), in the anime BanG Dream!
* Asuka Tenjouin (天上院 明日香), the main female character from Yu-Gi-Oh! GX
* Asuka Kurashina (倉科 明日香), one of the main heroines from the visual novel, Ao no Kanata no Four Rhythm

### With the surname Asuka

* Jun Asuka from Iron Virgin Jun
* Daiki Asuka (飛鳥 大貴) or Asuka Jr. (アスカ Jr.), in Saint Tail
* Kenji Asuka (明日香 健二) or Midoranger, in Himitsu Sentai Goranger
* Momoko Asuka (飛鳥 ももこ) in Ojamajo Doremi
** Kenzo Asuka (飛鳥健三), her father
** Minori Asuka (飛鳥みのり), her mother
* Ryo Asuka (飛鳥 了) in Devilman
* Ryu Asuka (飛鳥 竜) or Yarinin Toppa (槍忍 突破) from Sekai Ninja Sen Jiraiya
* Shin Asuka (シン・アスカ) in Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Destiny
* Torajirou Asuka (飛鳥 虎次郎), a character from Digimon Universe: App Monsters

## Others

* Asuka-Fujiwara is a cluster of archaeological sites.
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