Haruka (given name)

Haruka
Gender	Unisex
Origin
Word/name	Japanese
Meaning	different meanings depending on the kanji used
Region of origin	Japan
Other names
Related names	Haruko, Haruna

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

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 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 Hikari, a character in MegaMan NT Warrior
• Haruka Kaminogi, a main character in the Noein anime series
• 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 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

See also

• Haruka (disambiguation)