Asuka

Asuka is the name of the old Japanese capital of the 6th century, . The capital gave the Asuka period its name.

Also derived from this city is the fairly common Japanese given name Asuka. It is written with the same characters and can be male or female. There is an alternative way of writing the female name, 飛鳥 (flying bird? Comprised of 'fly' and the kanji for 'bird') or 明日香 (bright; day; perfume).

Some specific things or people named Asuka include:

Contents

1 Places
2 Companies
3 People
4 Fictional characters

4.1 Given name
4.2 Family name

5 Others
6 See also

Places

Asuka, Nara is a village in Japan's Nara Prefecture.
Asuka-yama(Mt.Asuka) is a park in Tokyo.

Companies

Asuka (publisher) is a French manga publishing company. [link]

People

Aska (singer-songwriter) (born Ryo Aska (Asuka Ryō)) , a Japanese singer-songwriter, formerly one of the CHAGE and ASKA duo.
Asuka (singer-songwriter) is a Japanese singer-songwriter.
Asuca Hayashi is a Japanese singer.
Asuka (actress) is a Japanese actress.
Asuka (erotic actress)''' is the pseudonym of a Japanese erotic actress.
Asuka Midori''' is another Japanese erotic actress.

Fictional characters

Given name

Asuka Kasen a character from Grand Theft Auto III.
Asuka Kazama is a character in Tekken 5.
Asuka Mizunokouji is a character in Urusei Yatsura.
Asuka Saginomiya is a minor character in Ranma 1/2
Asuka Langley Soryu is a character in the anime Neon Genesis Evangelion.
Asuka Tenjouin (Alexis Rhodes) is a character from Yu-Gi-Oh! GX.
Asuka is a character name from the game Sweet Home.
Asuka Tachibana is a character from the anime S-CRY-ED.

Family name

Daiki Asuka (also known as Asuka Jr.) is a character from Saint Tail.
Kenji Asuka is a character from Himitsu Sentai Goranger.
Shinn Asuka is a character from Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Destiny.

Others

Asuka (magazine) is a monthly Japanese shōjo manga magazine published by Kadokawa Shoten.
Asuka is the second album by Japanese traditional/pop-rock group Rin'.