Places

• Asuka, Yamato
  Asuka, Yamato
  was one of the Imperial capitals of Japan during the Asuka period , which takes its name from this place. It is located in the present-day village of Asuka, Nara Prefecture....
  
   (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
  Asuka, Nara
  is a village located in Takaichi District, Nara, Japan.As of September 1, 2007, the village has an estimated population of 6,146 and a density of 255.23 persons per km². The total area is 24.08 km².Asuka is the land where ancient palaces were located...
  
   (明日香), a village in Nara Prefecture in Japan, in the same area as ancient Asuka (飛鳥)
• Asukayama Park (飛鳥山公園 Asukayama-kōen), a park in Kita, Tokyo, Japan
• Asuka, Estonia
  Asuka, Estonia
  Asuka, Estonia is a village in Leisi Parish, Saare County in western Estonia....
  
  , village in Leisi Parish, Saare County, Estonia
• Asuka Station (Antarctica)
  Asuka Station (Antarctica)
  The is a permanent Japanese Antarctic unmanned observation base. It is located on Queen Maud Land and was opened in 1985....
  
  

People

• Asuca Hayashi
  Asuca Hayashi
  is a Japanese singer who debuted at the age of 13 in January 2003 in Japan and Taiwan.-Biography:Born and raised in Osaka, Hayashi became a performer after her piano teacher sent a tape of her singing to a music producer....
  
   (born 1989), a Japanese singer
• Asuka Hinoi
  Asuka Hinoi
  is a Japanese singer and leader of the J-pop group Hinoi Team.- Biography :Asuka's musical career began in 2002 when she was chosen with two other girls, Hikaru Koyama and Miho Hiroshige to form the group LOVE & PEACE. Their song, Drifter became the theme for the movie Dodge Go! Go! and the three...
  
   (born 1991), a Japanese singer who is the leader of the Hinoi Team (named after her)
• Asuka Hoshino
  Asuka Hoshino
  is a Japanese former gravure model, singer, actress and AV idol.-Life and career:Hoshino was born on December 5, 1986 in Niigata Prefecture, Japan but while still in elementary school she moved to the Kantō region. Her career started in 2004 when she was chosen as "Miss Weekly Shonen Magazine" in...
  
   (born 1986), a Japanese former gravure model and actress
• Asuka Katsura, author of Le Portrait de Petit Cossette
  Le Portrait de Petit Cossette
  is an original video animation produced by Aniplex. It spanned 3 episode OVA series and ran in 2004. It was licensed for North American distribution by Geneon and released as Le Portrait de Petite Cossette. Fuse TV has broadcast the anime as part of their Anime Explosion Weekend on December 15, 2007...
  
   manga
• Asuka Rin (born 1991),
• Aska (singer-songwriter)
  Aska (singer-songwriter)
  Aska, past stage name; is a Japanese singer-songwriter.Aska is best known for work as part of the music duo Chage and Aska. As a composer, he wrote most of the principal hit songs for the duo, such as "Morning Moon", "Love Song", "Say Yes", and "Meguriai"...
  
   (born Asuka Ryō in 1958), a Japanese singer-songwriter, formerly a member of Chage and Aska
• Asuka Sakai, video game musicians notable for Katamari Damacy and Soulcalibur II
• Asuka Shibuya, Japanese voice actress

Ships

• JDS Asuka, a ship of the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force fleet

Miscellaneous

• Asuka period
  Asuka period
  The , was a period in the history of Japan lasting from 538 to 710 , although its beginning could be said to overlap with the preceding Kofun period...
  
   (飛鳥時代, Japanese era from 538 to 710 AD)
• Monthly Asuka
  Monthly Asuka
  is a monthly Japanese shōjo manga magazine published by Kadokawa Shoten, aimed at teenage girls. Much like its sibling publication Shōnen Ace, it places some emphasis on anime tie-ins and spinoffs...
  
  , a shōjo manga magazine published by Kadokawa Shoten
• Asuka (album), by the traditional/pop-rock group Rin'
• Asuka (publisher)
  Asuka (publisher)
  Asuka is a French publisher of Japanese manga in translation. In 2009 its parent company, Kaze S.A.S., was purchased by the Japanese manga publishers Shogakukan and Shueisha. Prior to the purchase, the company's manga was published under the Asuka imprint...
  
  , a French manga publisher

Surname

• Daiki Asuka or Asuka Jr., in Saint Tail
• Kenji Asuka or Midoranger, in Himitsu Sentai Goranger
• Shinn Asuka
  Shinn Asuka
  is a fictional character in the Japanese science fiction anime television series Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Destiny by Sunrise, part of the Gundam franchise. Appearing as the series' lead character, Shinn is a member from the military organization ZAFT composed of genetically advanced humans known as...
  
   in Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Destiny

Given name

• Asuka (InuYasha), a shikigami
  Shikigami
  Shikigami are a kind of spirit, found in Japanese Mythology summoned to serve a practitioner of onmyōdō, much like a western familiar. Shikigami cannot be seen by most people, but according to the Heian period onmyōji who were said to control them, shikigami often looked something like a...
  
   who serves the priestess Kikyo in the InuYasha series
• Asuka (maid) in the game Sweet Home
• Asuka Kasen in Grand Theft Auto III
• Asuka Honda in Asuka 120%
• Asuka Kazama in Tekken
• Asuka Motomura in Battle Royale II
• Asuka Mizunokouji in Urusei Yatsura
• Asuka Murase, a former girlfriend of Yoji's in Weiss Kreuz
• Asuka Saginomiya  in Ranma ½
• Asuka Shin, Dyna’s human form in the Ultra Series Ultraman Dyna
• Asuka Langley Soryu
  Asuka Langley Soryu
  is a 14-year old fictional character from the Neon Genesis Evangelion franchise. Within the series, she is designated as the Second Child and the pilot of the Evangelion Unit 02...
  
   in Neon Genesis Evangelion
• Asuka Sugo in Cyberformula
• Asuka Tachibana in the anime s-CRY-ed
• Asuka Tenjouin (Alexis Rhodes) in Yu-Gi-Oh! GX

Other

• Asuka Clan, a group of elite ninja in the Shinobido series of video games