Asuka Explained

Asuka may refer to:

People

• Asuka (name), a list of people
• Asuka (wrestler) (born 1981), professional wrestler
• Asuka (wrestler, born 1998), professional wrestler also known as Veny outside of Japan

Places

In Japan

• , 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
• , a village in Nara Prefecture in Japan, in the same area as ancient
  • , also known as, a Buddhist temple in Asuka, Nara
• , a park in Kita, Tokyo, Japan

Outside of Japan

• Asuka, Estonia, a village in Saaremaa Parish, Saare County, Estonia
• Asuka Station (Antarctica)

Ships

• (now MS Amadea), a cruise ship operated by Nippon Yusen Kaisha from 1991 to 2006
• , a cruise ship operated by Nippon Yusen Kaisha from 2006 onwards
• , a newbuilt under construction, planned fo´r 2025
• , an experimental ship of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force commissioned in 1995

Popular media

• Asuka (album), by the traditional/pop-rock group Rin'
• Asuka (magazine), a Japanese manga magazine published by Kadokawa

Fictional entities

• Asuka Clan, a group of ninja in the Shinobido video game series
• Asuka Kudō, a character from Problem Children Are Coming from Another World, Aren't They?
• Asuka Mizunokoji, a character from the manga series Urusei Yatsura
• Asuka Langley Soryu, a character from the Neon Genesis Evangelion franchise

Other uses

• , a Japanese era from 538 to 710 AD
• ASTRO-D/ASCA (Asuka), satellite launched on 20 February 1993
• Asuka, a subsidiary of the French manga publisher Kazé

See also

• Aska (disambiguation)
• Capital of Japan