Asuka

Asuka Takizawa is a main character from the 2021 anime series "Tropical-Rouge! Pretty Cure". Her alter ego is Cure Flamingo.

Name Asuka 明日香 is place name in Nara Japan.
It is also from Ashoka who is the king of India. The king supported and protected Buddhism.

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There is a Asuka temple in Nara Japan.

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Emperor Tenmu (天武天皇) built the Buddhism temple.

A public representative and lead accessory designer for the Japanese clothing brand Angelic Pretty goes by Asuka; her full name is unknown.

Asuka Hinoi is a Japanese singer and leader of the J-pop group Hinoi Team. Asuka's musical career began in 2002, when she was chosen with two other girls, Hikaru Koyama and Miho Hiroshige, to form the group LOVE & PEACE. Their song "Drifter" became the theme for the movie Dodge Go! Go! And the three girls even had minor roles in the movie LOVE & PEACE, however, only that single was released.

Asuca Hayashi is a Japanese singer who debuted at the age of 13 in January 2003 in Japan and Taiwan. Born and raised in Osaka, Hayashi became a performer after her piano teacher sent a tape of her singing to a music producer.

Asuka Sakamaki is a Japanese former AV idol from Tokyo who was born on October 8, 1982. Sakamaki made her AV debut at nineteen years of age in May 2002 in the video First Class for Try Heart's Sexia label, the label under which she continued to appear in several more videos in 2002. Sakamaki's August 2002 video, Cosplasshin, was in the cosplay genre while her entry in Sexia's popular Sexy Teacher's Secret Spot series employed a traditional fictional narrative similar to early AVs and their pink film predecessors. The story had Sakamaki playing a sex-hungry teacher who seduces both her students and her co-workers. In the omnibus videos, ALL that's SEXIA and SEXIA Collection 2002, excerpts from Sakamaki's videos for Sexia during the year were combined with other stars for the company, including Naho Ozawa.

Asuka Hoshino is a Japanese former gravure model, singer, actress and AV idol. Hoshino was born on December 5, 1986 in Niigata Prefecture, Japan, but, while still in elementary school, she moved to the Kantō region. Her career started in 2004 when she was chosen as "Miss Weekly Shonen Magazine" in the annual Miss Magazine competition, and she subsequently appeared in the gravure video Asuka Hoshino Miss Magazine 2004. Between October 2004 and March 2006, she appeared in eight gravure videos and two photo books.

In Senran Kagura one of the main characters is named Asuka. She's a really cheerful girl but that's kind of to hide her fear of not being able to live up to her grandpa's legacy as a good shinobi.

Asuka Tanii is a famous voice actress and Asuka is also the name of one of Kikyo's shikigami in InuYasha.

Another famous bearer is Asuka Tenjouin fron the anime Yu-Gi-Oh! GX.

Asuka Hayashi, a Japanese singer, who has an extraordinarily mature voice, is one of the bearers.

Another famous bearer of the name Asuka is Asuka Fukuda, former member of Hello! Project group Morning Musume.

A famous bearer is Kodachi Kuno's rival, Asuka Saginomiya, in the anime/manga series Ranma 1/2.

There's a character in the anime series "Neon Genesis Evangelion" named this, she's very annoying and independent but that's only to hide her insecurities.