# Haruka (given name)

Haruka is a unisex Japanese given name.

## Written forms

Haruka can be written using different kanji characters and can mean:
* 春香, "spring, fragrance"
* 春花, "spring, flower"
* 晴香, "sunny weather, fragrance"
* 遥花, "distance, flower"
* 春佳, "spring, good/fine/etc."
* 遥, "distant"
* 悠, "permanence"
The name can also be written in hiragana (はるか) or katakana (ハルカ).

## People with the name

* Haruka (model) (春香, born 1975), Japanese fashion model
* Haruka Abe (安部 春香), Japanese-English actress
* Haruka Aikawa (相川 春香, born 1994), Japanese shogi player
* Haruka Aizawa (あいざわ 遥, born 1970), Japanese manga artist
* Haruka Ayase (綾瀬 はるか, born 1985), Japanese actress, model and singer
* Haruka Chisuga (千菅 春香, born 1992), Japanese voice actress and singer
* Haruka Eigen (永源 遙, 1946–2016), Japanese professional wrestler
* Haruka Fukuhara (福原 遥, born 1998), Japanese actress, voice actress and singer
* Haruka Fukushima (フクシマ ハルカ), Japanese manga artist
* Haruka Funakubo (舟久保 遥香, born 1998), Japanese judoka
* Haruka Hirota (廣田 遥, born 1984), Japanese trampoline gymnast
* Haruka Igawa (井川 遥, born 1976), Japanese actress
* Haruka Imai (今井 遥, born 1993), Japanese figure skater
* Haruka Inoue (井上 青香, born 1977), Japanese tennis player
* Haruka Ishida (石田 晴香, born 1993), Japanese singer, actress and voice actress
* Haruka Iwao (岩尾 はるか, born 1986), Japanese mathematician and Google developer advocate
* Haruka Kaji (加治 遥, born 1994), Japanese tennis player
* Haruka Kasai (葛西 春香, born 2004), Japanese Nordic combined skier and ski jumper
* Haruka Katayama (片山 陽加, born 1990), Japanese singer, actress and television personality
* Haruka Kato (加藤 悠, born 1989), Japanese gravure idol, television personality and professional wrestler
* Haruka Kinami (木南 晴夏, born 1985), Japanese actress
* Haruka Kitaguchi (北口 榛花, born 1998), Japanese javelin thrower
* Haruka Kodama (兒玉 遥, born 1996), Japanese singer
* Haruka Kohara (小原 春香, born 1988), Japanese singer
* Haruka Komiyama (込山 榛香, born 1998), Japanese singer and model
* Haruka Kudō (singer) (工藤 遥, born 1999), Japanese singer and actress
* Haruka Kudō (voice actress) (工藤 晴香, born 1989), Japanese voice actress
* Haruka Kuroda (黒田 はるか, born 1977), Japanese-born English actress
* Haruka Minami (みなみ 遥), pen name of Kazuka Minami, Japanese manga artist
* Haruka Miyashita (宮下 遥, born 1994), Japanese volleyball player
* Haruka Miyauchi (宮内 晴香), better known as Miya, Japanese singer and former member of GWSN
* Haruka Nakagawa (仲川 遥香, born 1992), Japanese singer and actress
* Haruka Nakanishi (中西 悠, born 1977), Japanese voice actress
* Haruka Saito (斎藤 春香, born 1970), Japanese softball player
* Haruka Seko (瀬古 遥加, born 1996), Japanese BMX rider
* Haruka Shimada (島田 晴香, born 1992), Japanese singer and actress
* Haruka Shimazaki (島崎 遥香, born 1994), Japanese singer and actress
* Haruka Shimotsuki (霜月 はるか, born 1986), Japanese singer and dōjin music composer
* Haruka Shiraishi (白石 晴香, born 1995), Japanese actress and voice actress
* Haruka Shiranami (白波 遥), alias of Japanese voice actress Hiroko Taguchi
* Haruka Suenaga (末永 遥, born 1986), Japanese actress and gravure idol
* Haruka Sunada (砂田 遙, born 1988), Japanese volleyball player
* Haruka Tachimoto (田知本 遥, born 1990), Japanese judoka
* Haruka Takachiho (高千穂 遙, born 1951), Japanese writer
* Haruka Tateishi (立石 晴香, born 1994), Japanese model and actress
* Haruka Terui (照井 春佳, born 1987), Japanese voice actress and singer
* Haruka Toko (床 秦留可, born 1997), Japanese ice hockey player
* Haruka Tomatsu (戸松 遥, born 1990), Japanese voice actress and singer
* Haruka Ueda (上田 春佳, born 1988), Japanese swimmer
* Haruka Wakaizumi (若泉 春香, born 1987), Japanese handball player
* Haruka Watanabe (渡邉 はる香, born 1972), Japanese ice hockey player
* Haruka Yamashita (山下 晴加, born 1995), Japanese model and beauty pageant winner
* Haruka Yamazaki (山崎 はるか, born 1991), Japanese voice actress and singer
* Haruka Yonemoto (米元 陽花, born 1990), Japanese badminton player
* Haruka Yoshimura (佳村 はるか), Japanese voice actress

## Fictional characters

* Haruka (Ape Escape) or Helga, a character in the video game series Ape Escape
* Haruka, a character in the video game series Senran Kagura
* Haruka (Maskman) (ハルカ), a character in the tokusatsu series Hikari Sentai Maskman
* Haruka, a character in the video game My Japanese Coach
* Haruka (Pokémon) (ハルカ) or May, a character in the Pokémon media franchise
* Haruka (Sister Princess) (春歌), a character in the manga series Sister Princess
* Haruka (Tactics) (春華), a character in the manga series Tactics
* Haruka (Yakuza), a character in the video game Yakuza
* Haruka, a character in the anime film Oblivion Island: Haruka and the Magic Mirror
* Haruka Amami (天海 春香), a character in the video game series The Idolmaster
* Haruka Dōmeki (百目鬼 遥), a character in the manga series xxxHolic
* Haruka Gracia (はるか・グレイシア), a character in the anime series Basquash!
* Haruka Harukaze (春風 はるか), mother of the title character in the anime series Ojamajo Doremi
* Haruka Haruno (春野 はるか), protagonist of the anime series Go! Princess PreCure
* Haruka Hasegawa (長谷川 遥), a character in the manga series Moyasimon: Tales of Agriculture
* Haruka Hikari (光 はる香), a character in the manga series MegaMan NT Warrior
* Haruka Hoshi (星 ハルカ), a character in the anime series Gyakuten! Ippatsuman
* Haruka Inaba (因幡 遥), a character in the manga series Cuticle Detective Inaba
* Haruka Kaminogi (上乃木 ハルカ), protagonist of the anime series Noein
* Haruka Kasugano (春日野 悠), protagonist of the visual novel Yosuga no Sora
* Haruka Kasuga (春日 はるか), a character in the tokusatsu series Silver Kamen
* Haruka Kiritani (桐谷 遥), a character from the video game Hatsune Miku: Colorful Stage!
* Haruka Kito (鬼頭 はるか), main character and one of the five in the 46th Super Sentai Series "Avataro Sentai Donbrothers"
* Haruka Kokonose (九ノ瀬 遥), a character in the media franchise Kagerou Project
* Haruka Konoe (近江 遥), a character in the video game Love Live! School Idol Festival
* Haruka Kotoura (琴浦 春香), protagonist of the manga series Kotoura-San
* Haruka Kuran (玖蘭 悠), a character in the manga series Vampire Knight
* Haruka Kuze (久瀬 遥), a character in the film Battle Royale II: Requiem
* Haruka Kyan (喜屋武 はるか), a character in the manga series After the Rain
* Haruka Mano (真野 ハルカ), a character in the anime series Devil Hunter Yohko
* Haruka Minami (南 春香), a character in the manga series Minami-ke
* Haruka Minazuki (水無月 遥), protagonist of the media franchise Kaitō Tenshi Twin Angel
* Haruka Mizuno (水野 遥), a character in the manga series Tokyo Daigaku Monogatari
* Haruka Mizusawa (水澤 悠), protagonist of the tokusatsu series Kamen Rider Amazons
* Haruka Morishima (森島 はるか), a character in the video game series Amagami
* Haruka Morishita (森下 はるか), a character in the manga series Mirmo!
* Haruka Nanami (七海 春歌), protagonist of the visual novel series Uta no Prince-sama
* Haruka Nanase (七瀬 遙), a character in the anime series Free!
* Haruka Nishida (西田 はるか), a character in the manga series Kanamemo
* Haruka Nogizaka (乃木坂 春香), a character in the light novel series Nogizaka Haruka no Himitsu
* Haruka Ōzora (大空 遥), a character in the manga series Harukana Receive
* Haruka Ōzora (大空 遥), mother of Hiro Ōzora, a character from Little Battlers Experience W
* Haruka Saigusa (三枝 葉留佳), a character in the visual novel Little Busters!
* Haruka Sakomizu (迫水 ハルカ), a character in the media franchise Strike Witches
* Haruka Sakura (桜 遥), a character in the manga series Wind Breaker
* Haruka Sakurada (櫻田 遥), a character in the manga series Castle Town Dandelion
* Haruka Sawamura (澤村 遥), a character in the media franchise Yakuza
* Haruka Shigi (鷸 ハルカ), a character in the manga series Sekirei
* Haruka Shiraishi (白石 遥), a character in the manga series Chu-Bra!!
* Haruka Shitow (紫東 遙), a character in the anime series RahXephon'
* Haruka Suzumiya (涼宮 遙), a character in the visual novel Kimi ga Nozomu Eien
* Haruka Suzushiro (珠洲城 遥), a character in the anime series My-HiME
* Haruka Takagi, a character in the anime series Soar High! Isami
* Haruka Takayama (高山 春香), a character in the manga series Sakura Trick
* Haruka Tanizawa (谷沢 はるか), a character in the manga series Battle Royale
* Haruka Tenoh (天王 はるか), a supporting character in the manga and anime series Sailor Moon as well as its 2014-2023 reboot
* Haruka Urashima (浦島 はるか), a character in the manga series Love Hina