Haruna (name) explained
| Haruna |
| Pronunciation: | HAH-roo-nah |
| Gender: | Female |
| Meaning: | Different meanings depending on the kanji used |
| Region: | Japan |
| Origin: | Japanese |
Haruna is both a feminine Japanese given name and a Japanese surname.
Possible writings
Haruna can be written using different kanji characters and can mean:
- 春奈, "springtime, Nara"
- 治南, "govern, south"
- 晴成, "bright, successful"
- 春菜, "springtime, vegetable"
- 春南, "springtime, south"
- 遥南, "long ago, south"
- 治成, "reign, to become"
- 晴名, "bright, name"
- 張馳, "stretch, run, gallop"
- 春名, "spring, name"
The name can also be written in hiragana or katakana .
People with the name
Given name
- , Japanese judoka
- , Japanese table tennis player
- , Japanese athlete
- , Japanese actress
- , Japanese actress
- , Japanese alpine skier
- , Japanese actress and model
- , Japanese entertainer
- , Japanese sprinter
- Haruna Lee, Japanese Taiwanese American theatre maker and writer
- , Japanese snowboarder
- , Japanese pianist and composer
- , Japanese idol and singer
- , Japanese sport wrestler
- , Japanese rower
- , Japanese figure skater
- , Japanese entertainer
- , Japanese ice hockey player
Surname
- , Japanese transgender television personality and singer
- , Japanese model and actress
- , Japanese child actress
- , Japanese singer and fashion model
- , Japanese ice hockey player
- , better known as Klaha, Japanese singer-songwriter
- , Japanese swimmer
Fictional characters
Given name
- Haruna, a character in the manga series Aoki Hagane no Arpeggio
- , a character in the light novel series Kore wa Zombie Desu ka?
- , a character in the manga series Onsen Yōsei Hakone-chan
- Haruna (Tenchi Muyo!), a character in the anime film Tenchi Forever! The Movie
- Haruna, a character in the manga series The World of Narue
- Haruna Kisaragi, a character in the anime and manga series Corrector Yui
- Haruna Morikawa, a character in the television series Kousoku Sentai Turboranger
- Haruna Otonashi, a character in the video game Inazuma Eleven
- , a character in the manga series Working!!
- Haruna Sairenji, a character in the manga series To Love-Ru
- Haruna Sakurada, a character in the manga series Sailor Moon
- Haruna Saotome, a character in the manga series Negima! Magister Negi Magi
- , a character in the visual novel Fortune Arterial
- Haruna Kurodate (黒舘 ハルナ), a character in the role-playing video game Blue Archive
- Haruna Wakazato, a male character from The Idolmaster SideM
Surname
- , a character in the manga series Hamtaro
- , protagonist of the manga series Fuuka
- , a character in the manga series Big Windup!
