Haruka (はるか, ハルカ) is a common feminine and less common masculine Japanese given name.
Haruka can be written using different kanji characters and can mean:
遙/遥/悠/遼, all of which are related characters referring to "distance"
春香, "spring, fragrance"
春花, "spring, flower"
晴香, "sunny weather, fragrance"
遥花, "distance, flower"
The name can also be written in hiragana or katakana.
Haruka Ayase (綾瀬 はるか), Japanese actress
Haruka Igawa (井川 遥), Japanese actress
Haruka Kodama, Japanese singer, first genenation member of HKT48
Haruka Komiyama (込山榛香), Japanese singer & 15th generation AKB48 member
Haruka Kudo (singer) (工藤 遥), Japanese pop singer and 10th generation member of Morning Musume
Haruka Kudō (voice actress) (工藤晴香), Japanese voice actress and model
Haruka Nagami (永見 はるか), Japanese voice actress
Haruka Nakagawa (仲川 遥香), Japanese singer & 3rd generation AKB48 & member JKT48
Haruka Shimazaki (島崎 遥香), Japanese singer/ actress & 9th generation member of AKB48
Haruka Shimotsuki (霜月はるか), Japanese singer and dōjin music composer
Haruka Shiratani (白谷春花), Japanese version of 2NE1's Park Bom
Hakura Shirosu (遼花), singer, songwriter and pianist
Haruka Suenaga (末永 遥), Japanese actress and gravure idol
Haruka Shiranami (白波 遥), alias of Japanese voice actress Hiroko Taguchi
Haruka Takachiho (高千穂 遙), Japanese science fiction author
Haruka Tomatsu (戸松 遥), Japanese voice actress and singer
Haruka (wrestler) defeated by Kenny Omega
Kazuka Minami (南 かずか), Japanese manga artist, used Minami Haruka as a pen name for some works
Haruka (Ape Escape) or Helga, a character in Ape Escape: Million Monkeys
Haruka, a character of the Hebijo School (and later, Team Crimson) of Senran Kagura
Haruka (Maskman), a character in Hikari Sentai Maskman
Haruka, a virtual Japanese teacher in My Japanese Coach
Haruka (Pokémon) or May, a character in Pokémon
Haruka (Sister Princess), a character in Sister Princess
Haruka (Tactics), a character in Tactics
Haruka (Yakuza), a character in Yakuza video game series
The title character from the 2009 anime film Oblivion Island: Haruka and the Magic Mirror
Haruka Amami, a character in The Idolmaster
Haruka Dōmeki, a character in xxxHolic
Haruka Haruno, the main character in Go! Princess Precure
Haruka Hikari, a character in MegaMan NT Warrior
Haruka Kaminogi, a main character in the Noein anime series
Haruka Kasugano, the main character of Yosuga no Sora, who did nothing wrong
Haruka Kokonose, a character in Kagerou Project
Haruka Kuran, a character in Vampire Knight
Haruka Kuze, a character in Battle Royale II
Haruka Minami, a character in Minami-ke
Haruka, a little girl from the series, Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's
Haruka Langit, a character from the online mecha fighting game Cosmic Break
Haruka Minato, a character in Martian Successor Nadesico
Haruka Mizuno, a character in Tokyo Daigaku Monogatari
Haruka Morishita, a character in Mirmo!
Haruka Nishida, one of the main characters in the Kanamemo series
Haruka Nanase, a character in the anime series Free! - Iwatobi Swim Club
Haruka Nogizaka, the female main character in Nogizaka Haruka no Himitsu
Haruka Rin a character in the Machine Robo Rescue anime series
Haruka Saigusa, a character in Little Busters!
Haruka Sakomizu, a fictional character from the light novel version series Strike Witches
Haruka Shitow, a character in RahXephon'
Haruka Suzumiya, a character in Kimi ga Nozomu Eien
Haruka Suzushiro or Haruka Armitage, a character in My-HiME and My-Otome
Haruka Takayama, a character in Sakura Trick
Haruka Takagi, a character in Soar High! Isami
Haruka Tanizawa, a character from the Battle Royale novel, film, and manga
Haruka Tenoh or Sailor Uranus, a character in the Sailor Moon manga and anime series
Haruka Urashima, a character in Love Hina
Haruka Haruno, a character from Go! Princess PreCure
Haruka Nanami, the protagonist from Uta no Prince-sama
Haruka Takayama, a character from Sakura Trick
Haruka Nanase, a character from Free!
