Overview
Asuka (明日華, 飛鳥, アスカ, あすか) is a unisex Japanese given name or surname.
Names
People
- Asuka (WWE) (アスカ or 明日華) → Ring name of the WWE Japanese professional wrestler Kanako Urai.
- Asuka Kudo (工藤 阿須加, Kudō Asuka) → Japanese actor
- Rin Asuka (飛鳥 凛, Asuka Rin) → Japanese actor
Characters
Television and Film
- Asuka Miyagi (宮城 あすか Miyagi Asuka) → Joker Yurusarezaru Sousakan
- Kenji Asuka (明日香 健二 Asuka Kenji) → Himitsu Sentai Gorenger
- Shin Asuka (アスカ・シン, Asuka Shin) → Ultraman Dyna
Novel
- Asuka (Log Horizon) (明日架) → Log Horizon
- Asuka Tanaka (田中 あすか, Tanaka Asuka) → Sound! Euphonium
Anime and Manga
- Asuka (InuYasha) (飛鳥) → InuYasha
- Asuka (Sweet Home) (アスカ) → Sweet Home
- Asuka Domon (土門 飛鳥, Domon Asuka) → Inazuma Eleven
- Asuka Himura (樋村 あすか, Himura Asuka) → Devilman
- Asuka Langley Soryu (惣流・アスカ・ラングレー, Sōryū Asuka Rangurē) → Neon Genesis Evangelion
- Asuka Shikinami Langley (式波・アスカ・ラングレー) → Rebuild of Evangelion
- Asuka Sugo (菅生 あすか, Sugō Asuka) → Future GPX Cyber Formula
- Asuka Tachibana (橘 あすか, Tachibana Asuka) → s-CRY-ed
- Daiki Asuka (飛鳥 大貴, Asuka Daiki) → Saint Tail
- Momoko Asuka (飛鳥 ももこ, Asuka Momoko) → Ojamajo Doremi
- Ryo Asuka → Devilman
- Shinn Asuka (シン・アスカ, Shin Asuka) → Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Destiny
- Asuka Tenjouin (天上院 明日香, Tenjōin Asuka) → Yu-Gi-Oh! GX
- Asuka Saginomiya (鷺ノ宮 飛鳥, Saginomiya Asuka) → Ranma 1/2
- Asuka Kyouno (京野 あすか, Kyouno Asuka) → Kyou no Asuka Show
Games
- Asuka (Dream Club) (あすか) → Dream Club
- Asuka Hina (日名 あすか, Hina Asuka) → Memories Off
- Asuka Kasen (加瀬 明日香, Kasen Asuka) → Grand Theft Auto III
- Asuka Kazama (風間 飛鳥, Kazama Asuka) → Tekken
- Asuka Momochi (桃智 あすか, Momochi Asuka) → Ensemble Girls!
Media
Anime and Manga
- Magical Girl Spec-Ops Asuka → Magical girl/military manga series written by Makoto Fukami.
Games
- Shiren the Wanderer Gaiden: Asuka the Swordswoman → Roguelike role-playing video game developed by Neverland.
- Asuka 120% → Fighting game series by Fill-in-Cafe.
Disambiguation
- Nickname of an express train operated by Kinki Nippon Railway between Nagoya Station and Ise-Nakagawa Station from 1955 to 1960.
- Nickname of an express train operated by Japanese National Railways between Nagoya Station and Higashi-Wakayama Station (now Wakayama Station) from 1965 to 1967. All vehicles have been scrapped by 2018.
- Advanced Satellite for Cosmology and Astrophysics → Asuka (あすか) was a nickname for a space X-ray observation satellite launched by ISAS in 1993.
- Asuka period (飛鳥時代, Asuka jidai) → Japanese era from 538 to 710 AD.