Asuka
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Asuka may refer to:
People
[edit]- Asuka (name), a list of people
- Asuka (wrestler) (born 1981), professional wrestler
- Asuka (wrestler, born 1998), professional wrestler also known as Veny outside of Japan
Places
[edit]In Japan
[edit]- Asuka, Yamato (飛鳥), an area in Yamato Province (now Nara Prefecture) in Japan, where imperial palaces and centers of government were built in the 6th and 7th centuries
- Asuka, Nara (明日香), a village in Nara Prefecture in Japan, in the same area as ancient Asuka (飛鳥)
- Asuka-dera (飛鳥寺), also known as Hōkō-ji (法興寺), a Buddhist temple in Asuka, Nara
- Asukayama Park (飛鳥山公園), a park in Kita, Tokyo, Japan
Outside of Japan
[edit]- Asuka, Estonia, a village in Saaremaa Parish, Saare County, Estonia
- Asuka Station (Antarctica)
Ships
[edit]- MS Asuka (now MS Amadea), a cruise ship operated by Nippon Yusen Kaisha from 1991 to 2006
- MS Asuka II, a cruise ship operated by Nippon Yusen Kaisha from 2006 onwards
- JS Asuka, an experimental ship of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force commissioned in 1995
Popular media
[edit]- Asuka (album), by the traditional/pop-rock group Rin'
- Asuka (magazine), a Japanese shōjo manga magazine published by Kadokawa
Fictional entities
[edit]- Asuka Clan, a group of ninja in the Shinobido video game series
- Asuka Kudō, a character from Problem Children Are Coming from Another World, Aren't They?
- Asuka Mizunokoji, a character from the manga series Urusei Yatsura
- Asuka Langley Soryu, a character from the Neon Genesis Evangelion franchise
Other uses
[edit]- Asuka period (飛鳥時代), a Japanese era from 538 to 710 AD
- ASTRO-D/ASCA (Asuka), satellite launched on 20 February 1993
- Asuka, a subsidiary of the French manga publisher Kazé