is a female given name, which exists most commonly in Japanese, but may be found elsewhere.

Written forms Risa can be written using different kanji characters and can mean: 梨彩, "pear, coloring" 梨沙, "pear, sand" 梨紗, "pear, silk gauze" 里沙, "village, sand" 里紗, "village, silk gauze" 理沙, "reason, sand" 理佐, "reason, aid" 理紗, "reason, silk gauze"

The name can also be written in hiragana or katakana.

People , Japanese actress and singer , Japanese voice actress , Japanese announcer , Japanese fashion model , Japanese singer Risa Hontiveros (born 1966), Filipino socialist activist, politician, and journalist Risa Horowitz (born 1970), Canadian visual and media artist , Japanese volleyball player , Japanese manga artist , Japanese actress Risa Kawano, Japanese drummer , Japanese model and actress Risa L. Goluboff, American lawyer and legal historian Risa Lavizzo-Mourey (born 1954), American doctor , Japanese javelin thrower , Japanese voice actress , Japanese model, actress, television personality, and businessperson , Japanese singer and actress , Japanese women's basketball player , Japanese actress and voice actress , Japanese singer , Japanese vocalist , Japanese tennis player , Filipino-Japanese volleyball player , Japanese professional wrestler and actress , Japanese long-distance runner , Japanese gravure idol , Japanese actress and voice actress , Japanese football player , Japanese volleyball player , Japanese volleyball player , Japanese figure skater , Japanese squash player , Japanese idol , Japanese long-distance runner , Japanese voice actress , Japanese voice actress , Japanese idol and model , Japanese novelist Risa Wechsler, American physicist , Japanese gravure idol and singer

Fictional characters

Risa Harada (梨紗), character from the anime and manga series, D.N.Angel Risa Koizumi, character from the anime and manga series, Lovely Complex Risa Kanzaki, character from the anime and manga series, Neighborhood Story and Paradise Kiss Risa Shindo, a character from the film Battle Royale II: Requiem Risa Ward, character from the young adult science fiction novel Unwind (novel) by Neal Shusterman Risa Onda, a character in the horror video game, Forbidden Siren Risa, a character from the animated film, Pokémon the Movie: The Power of Us

See also Lisa