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Haruka (given name)

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Gender
  
Unisex

Region of origin
  
Japan

Word/name
  
Japanese

Related names
  
Haruko, Haruna

Meaning
  
different meanings depending on the kanji used

Haruka (はるか, ハルカ) is a common feminine and less common masculine Japanese given name.

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Possible writings

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.

    People

  • 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

    • Characters

  • 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!

    • References

    Haruka (given name) Wikipedia
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