Haruka is a unisex Japanese given name.

Haruka
GenderMale and Female
Origin
Word/nameJapanese
MeaningDifferent meanings depending on the kanji used

Possible writings

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Haruka can be written using different kanji characters and can mean:

  • 春香, "spring, fragrance"
  • 春花, "spring, flower"
  • 晴香, "sunny weather, fragrance"
  • 遥花, "distance, flower"
  • 春佳, "spring, good/fine/etc."
  • 遥, "distant"
  • 悠, "permanence"

The name can also be written in hiragana (はるか) or katakana (ハルカ).

People with the name

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  • Haruka (model) (春香, born 1975), Japanese fashion model
  • Haruka Abe (安部 春香), Japanese-English actress
  • Haruka Aikawa (相川 春香, born 1994), Japanese shogi player
  • Haruka Aizawa (あいざわ 遥, born 1970), Japanese manga artist
  • Haruka Ayase (綾瀬 はるか, born 1985), Japanese actress, model and singer
  • Haruka Chisuga (千菅 春香, born 1992), Japanese voice actress and singer
  • Haruka Eigen (永源 遙, 1946–2016), Japanese professional wrestler
  • Haruka Fukuhara (福原 遥, born 1998), Japanese actress, voice actress and singer
  • Haruka Fukushima (フクシマ ハルカ), Japanese manga artist
  • Haruka Funakubo (舟久保 遥香, born 1998), Japanese judoka
  • Haruka Hirota (廣田 遥, born 1984), Japanese trampoline gymnast
  • Haruka Igawa (井川 遥, born 1976), Japanese actress
  • Haruka Imai (今井 遥, born 1993), Japanese figure skater
  • Haruka Inoue (井上 青香, born 1977), Japanese tennis player
  • Haruka Ishida (石田 晴香, born 1993), Japanese singer, actress and voice actress
  • Haruka Iwao (岩尾 はるか, born 1986), Japanese mathematician and Google developer advocate
  • Haruka Kaji (加治 遥, born 1994), Japanese tennis player
  • Haruka Kasai (葛西 春香, born 2004), Japanese Nordic combined skier and ski jumper
  • Haruka Katayama (片山 陽加, born 1990), Japanese singer, actress and television personality
  • Haruka Kato (加藤 悠, born 1989), Japanese gravure idol, television personality and professional wrestler
  • Haruka Kinami (木南 晴夏, born 1985), Japanese actress
  • Haruka Kitaguchi (北口 榛花, born 1998), Japanese javelin thrower
  • Haruka Kodama (兒玉 遥, born 1996), Japanese singer
  • Haruka Kohara (小原 春香, born 1988), Japanese singer
  • Haruka Komiyama (込山 榛香, born 1998), Japanese singer and model
  • Haruka Kudō (singer) (工藤 遥, born 1999), Japanese singer and actress
  • Haruka Kudō (voice actress) (工藤 晴香, born 1989), Japanese voice actress
  • Haruka Kuroda (黒田 はるか, born 1977), Japanese-born English actress
  • Haruka Minami (みなみ 遥), pen name of Kazuka Minami, Japanese manga artist
  • Haruka Miyashita (宮下 遥, born 1994), Japanese volleyball player
  • Haruka Miyauchi (宮内 晴香), better known as Miya, Japanese singer and former member of GWSN
  • Haruka Nagami (永見 はるか), Japanese voice actress
  • Haruka Nakagawa (仲川 遥香, born 1992), Japanese singer and actress
  • Haruka Nakanishi (中西 悠, born 1977), Japanese voice actress
  • Haruka Saito (斎藤 春香, born 1970), Japanese softball player
  • Haruka Seko (瀬古 遥加, born 1996), Japanese BMX rider
  • Haruka Shimada (島田 晴香, born 1992), Japanese singer and actress
  • Haruka Shimazaki (島崎 遥香, born 1994), Japanese singer and actress
  • Haruka Shimotsuki (霜月 はるか, born 1986), Japanese singer and dōjin music composer
  • Haruka Shiraishi (白石 晴香, born 1995), Japanese actress and voice actress
  • Haruka Shiranami (白波 遥), alias of Japanese voice actress Hiroko Taguchi
  • Haruka Suenaga (末永 遥, born 1986), Japanese actress and gravure idol
  • Haruka Sunada (砂田 遙, born 1988), Japanese volleyball player
  • Haruka Tachimoto (田知本 遥, born 1990), Japanese judoka
  • Haruka Takachiho (高千穂 遙, born 1951), Japanese writer
  • Haruka Tateishi (立石 晴香, born 1994), Japanese model and actress
  • Haruka Terui (照井 春佳, born 1987), Japanese voice actress and singer
  • Haruka Toko (床 秦留可, born 1997), Japanese ice hockey player
  • Haruka Tomatsu (戸松 遥, born 1990), Japanese voice actress and singer
  • Haruka Ueda (上田 春佳, born 1988), Japanese swimmer
  • Haruka Wakaizumi (若泉 春香, born 1987), Japanese handball player
  • Haruka Watanabe (渡邉 はる香, born 1972), Japanese ice hockey player
  • Haruka Yamashita (山下 晴加, born 1995), Japanese model and beauty pageant winner
  • Haruka Yamazaki (山崎 はるか, born 1991), Japanese voice actress and singer
  • Haruka Yonemoto (米元 陽花, born 1990), Japanese badminton player
  • Haruka Yoshimura (佳村 はるか), Japanese voice actress

Fictional characters

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