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
, 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 , Japanese-Jamaican male track and field sprinter , Japanese handball player , Japanese pop singer , Japanese biathlete , Japanese singer , a Japanese singer who is the leader of the Hinoi Team (named after her) Asuka Hisa, Los Angeles-based artist, educator and curator , Japanese curler Asuka Katsura (桂 明日香), author of Le Portrait de Petit Cossette manga , Japanese actress, fashion model and gravure idol , Japanese fashion model, entertainer , Japanese actor , Japanese rugby union player , (明日香), a Japanese idol , Japanese actress and gravure model , Japanese voice actress , Japanese voice actress , Japanese volleyball player , Japanese actress, gravure idol, and tarento , Japanese voice actress , known as Asca, Japanese singer and musician , Japanese idol, singer, actress and fashion model Asuka Sakai, video game musicians notable for Katamari Damacy and Soulcalibur II , Japanese classical violinist , Japanese badminton player , Japanese voice actress , Japanese competitor in synchronized swimming , Japanese hurdler , Japanese gymnast , Japanese actress
Notable people with the surname Asuka Aska (singer-songwriter), Ryo Asuka (飛鳥 涼, born 1958), a Japanese singer-songwriter, formerly a member of Chage and Aska , a Japanese actress , a Japanese model and former adult video actress
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 Kudō, a character from Problem Children Are Coming from Another World, Aren't They? 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, a cluster of archaeological sites