Haruka (given name)

Haruka is a unisex Japanese given name.

Possible writings

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

• 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

• Haruka (Ape Escape) or Helga, a character in the video game series Ape Escape
• Haruka, a character in the video game series Senran Kagura
• Haruka (Maskman) (ハルカ), a character in the tokusatsu series Hikari Sentai Maskman
• Haruka, a character in the video game My Japanese Coach
• Haruka (Pokémon) (ハルカ) or May, a character in the Pokémon media franchise
• Haruka (Sister Princess) (春歌), a character in the manga series Sister Princess
• Haruka (Tactics) (春華), a character in the manga series Tactics
• Haruka (Yakuza), a character in the video game Yakuza
• Haruka, a character in the anime film Oblivion Island: Haruka and the Magic Mirror
• Haruka Amami (天海 春香), a character in the video game series The Idolmaster
• Haruka Dōmeki (百目鬼 遥), a character in the manga series xxxHolic
• Haruka Gracia (はるか・グレイシア), a character in the anime series Basquash!
• Haruka Harukaze (春風 はるか), mother of the title character in the anime series Ojamajo Doremi
• Haruka Haruno (春野 はるか), protagonist of the anime series Go! Princess PreCure
• Haruka Hasegawa (長谷川 遥), a character in the manga series Moyasimon: Tales of Agriculture
• Haruka Hikari (光 はる香), a character in the manga series MegaMan NT Warrior
• Haruka Hoshi (星 ハルカ), a character in the anime series Gyakuten! Ippatsuman
• Haruka Inaba (因幡 遥), a character in the manga series Cuticle Detective Inaba
• Haruka Kaminogi (上乃木 ハルカ), protagonist of the anime series Noein
• Haruka Kasugano (春日野 悠), protagonist of the visual novel Yosuga no Sora
• Haruka Kasuga (春日 はるか), a character in the tokusatsu series Silver Kamen
• Haruka Kiritani (桐谷 遥), a character from the video game Hatsune Miku: Colorful Stage!
• Haruka Kito (鬼頭 はるか), main character and one of the five in the 46th Super Sentai Series "Avataro Sentai Donbrothers"
• Haruka Kokonose (九ノ瀬 遥), a character in the media franchise Kagerou Project
• Haruka Konoe (近江 遥), a character in the video game Love Live! School Idol Festival
• Haruka Kotoura (琴浦 春香), protagonist of the manga series Kotoura-San
• Haruka Kuran (玖蘭 悠), a character in the manga series Vampire Knight
• Haruka Kuze (久瀬 遥), a character in the film Battle Royale II: Requiem
• Haruka Kyan (喜屋武 はるか), a character in the manga series After the Rain
• Haruka Mano (真野 ハルカ), a character in the anime series Devil Hunter Yohko
• Haruka Minami (南 春香), a character in the manga series Minami-ke
• Haruka Minazuki (水無月 遥), protagonist of the media franchise Kaitō Tenshi Twin Angel
• Haruka Mizuno (水野 遥), a character in the manga series Tokyo Daigaku Monogatari
• Haruka Mizusawa (水澤 悠), protagonist of the tokusatsu series Kamen Rider Amazons
• Haruka Morishita (森下 はるか), a character in the manga series Mirmo!
• Haruka Nanami (七海 春歌), protagonist of the visual novel series Uta no Prince-sama
• Haruka Nanase (七瀬 遙), a character in the anime series Free!
• Haruka Nishida (西田 はるか), a character in the manga series Kanamemo
• Haruka Nogizaka (乃木坂 春香), a character in the light novel series Nogizaka Haruka no Himitsu
• Haruka Ōzora (大空 遥), a character in the manga series Harukana Receive
• Haruka Saigusa (三枝 葉留佳), a character in the visual novel Little Busters!
• Haruka Sakomizu (迫水 ハルカ), a character in the media franchise Strike Witches
• Haruka Sakurada (櫻田 遥), a character in the manga series Castle Town Dandelion
• Haruka Sawamura (澤村 遥), a character in the media franchise Yakuza
• Haruka Shigi (鷸 ハルカ), a character in the manga series Sekirei
• Haruka Shiraishi (白石 遥), a character in the manga series Chu-Bra!!
• Haruka Shitow (紫東 遙), a character in the anime series RahXephon'
• Haruka Suzumiya (涼宮 遙), a character in the visual novel Kimi ga Nozomu Eien
• Haruka Suzushiro (珠洲城 遥), a character in the anime series My-HiME
• Haruka Takagi, a character in the anime series Soar High! Isami
• Haruka Takayama (高山 春香), a character in the manga series Sakura Trick
• Haruka Tanizawa (谷沢 はるか), a character in the manga series Battle Royale
• Haruka Tenoh (天王 はるか), a supporting character in the manga and anime series Sailor Moon as well as its 2014-2023 reboot
• Haruka Urashima (浦島 はるか), a character in the manga series Love Hina