Risa (given name) explained

Risa
Gender:	Female
Meaning:	It can have many different meanings depending on the kanji used Originally from English name “Lisa”
Region:	Japan / U.S
Origin:	Japanese

is a female given name, which exists most commonly in Japanese, but may be found elsewhere.

Possible writings

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

• 梨彩, "pear, coloring"
• 梨沙, "pear, sand"
• 梨紗, "pear, silk gauze"
• 里沙, "village, sand"
• 里紗, "village, silk gauze"
• 理沙, "reason, sand"
• 理佐, "reason, aid"
• 理紗, "reason, silk gauze"

The name can also be written in hiragana or katakana.

People

• , Japanese actress and gravure idol
• , Japanese voice actress
• , Japanese announcer
• , Japanese fashion model
• , Japanese idol and tarento
• , Japanese idol
• Risa Hontiveros (born 1966), Filipino socialist activist, politician, and journalist
• Risa Horowitz (born 1970), Canadian visual and media artist
• , Japanese volleyball player
• , Japanese manga artist
• , Japanese actress
• Risa Kawano, Japanese drummer
• , Japanese model and actress
• Risa L. Goluboff, American lawyer and legal historian
• Risa Lavizzo-Mourey (born 1954), American doctor
• , Japanese javelin thrower
• , Japanese voice actress
• , Japanese singer and actress
• , Japanese women's basketball player
• , Japanese actress and voice actress
• , Japanese singer
• , Japanese vocalist
• , Japanese tennis player
• Risa Rosales (born 1998) American Mentor for Verizon Wireless
• , Filipino-Japanese volleyball player
• , Japanese professional wrestler and actress
• , Japanese long-distance runner
• , Japanese gravure idol
• , Japanese actress and voice actress
• , Japanese football player
• , Japanese volleyball player
• , Japanese volleyball player
• , Japanese figure skater
• , Japanese squash player
• , Japanese idol
• , Japanese long-distance runner
• , Japanese voice actress
• , Japanese voice actress
• , Japanese idol and model
• , Japanese novelist
• Risa Wechsler, American physicist
• , Japanese gravure idol and singer

Fictional characters

• Risa Harada (梨紗), character from the anime and manga series, D.N.Angel
• Risa Koizumi, character from the anime and manga series, Lovely Complex
• Risa Kanzaki, character from the anime and manga series, Neighborhood Story and Paradise Kiss
• Risa Shindo, a character from the film
• Risa Ward, character from the young adult science fiction novel Unwind (novel) by Neal Shusterman
• Risa Onda, a character in the horror video game, Forbidden Siren
• Risa, a character from the animated film,

See also

• Lisa