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Asuka may refer to:
Places
Japan
- Asuka, Yamato (飛鳥), 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
- Asuka, Nara (明日香), a village in Nara Prefecture in Japan, in the same area as ancient Asuka (飛鳥)
- Asuka-dera (飛鳥寺?), also known as Hōkō-ji (法興寺?), a Buddhist temple in Asuka, Nara
- Asukayama Park (飛鳥山公園 Asukayama-kōen), a park in Kita, Tokyo, Japan
Elsewhere
- Asuka, Estonia, village in Saaremaa Parish, Saare County, Estonia
- Asuka Station (Antarctica)
People
- Asuka (name), a list of people
- Asuka (wrestler) or Kana (born Kanako Urai in 1981), a Japanese professional wrestler signed with WWE
Ships
- MS Asuka (now MS Amadea), a cruise ship operated by Nippon Yusen Kaisha 1991–2006
- MS Asuka II, a cruise ship operated by Nippon Yusen Kaisha 2006 onwards
Culture
- Monthly Asuka, a shōjo manga magazine published by Kadokawa Shoten
- Asuka (album), by the traditional/pop-rock group Rin'
Fictional entities
- Asuka Clan, a group of elite ninja in the Shinobido series of video games
- Asuka Langley Soryu, a character of the Neon Genesis Evangelion franchise
Other uses
- Asuka period (飛鳥時代, Japanese era from 538 to 710 AD)
- Asuka, a subsidiary of the French manga publisher Kazé
See also
- Aska (disambiguation)
- Capital of Japan
- All pages beginning with Asuka
- All pages with a title containing Asuka
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