Haruna (name)

Haruna
Haruna Ono, a Japanese musician and the lead singer of Scandal
Pronunciation HAH-roo-nah
Gender Female
Origin
Word/name Japanese
Meaning Different meanings depending on the kanji used
Region of origin Japan

Haruna (はるな, ハルナ) is both a feminine Japanese given name and a Japanese surname.

Possible writings

The name Haruna can be written using different kanji characters and can also be written using the katakana or hiragana writing systems. Some possible variations of the name include:

  • 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"　

One popular way to write the name Haruna is by combining any of the following kanji characters, 晴, 遥, 春, with the kanji character, 菜. The first three characters; 晴 meaning "clear up", 遥 meaning "far off, distant", and 春 meaning "spring", are all characters that can make up the syllable for Haru while the character 菜 means "vegetables" or "greens", and is the syllable for na.

People

Given name

  • Haruna Asami (浅見 八瑠奈, born 1988), Japanese female judoka
  • Haruna Fukuoka (福岡 春菜, born 1974), Japanese table tennis player
  • Halna, real name Haruna Hamada (濱田 春菜, born 1980), Japanese singer
  • Haruna Hosoya (細谷 はるな, born 1973), Japanese athlete who mainly competes in the triathlon
  • Haruna Iikubo (飯窪 春菜, born 1994), Japanese fashion model, actress and pop singer
  • Haruna Ikezawa (池澤 春菜, born 1975), Japanese voice actress
  • Haruna Iikubo (飯窪 春菜, born 1994), Japanese former model, 10th generation member of Morning Musume
  • Haruna Ishikawa (石川 晴菜, born 1994), Japanese alpine skier
  • Haruna Kawaguchi (川口 春奈, born 1995), Japanese actress and model
  • Haruna Kojima (小嶋 陽菜, born 1988), Japanese idol, and member of all-girl J-pop group AKB48
  • Haruna Matsumoto (松本 遥奈, born 1993), Japanese snowboarder
  • Haruna Miyake (三宅 榛名, born 1942), Japanese pianist and composer
  • Haruna Ogata (尾形 春水, born 1999), Japanese singer, 12th generation member of Morning Musume
  • Haruna Ono (小野 春菜, born 1988), Japanese musician, lead singer and rhythm guitarist of Scandal
  • Haruna Sakakibara (榊原 春奈, born 1994), Japanese rower
  • Haruna Suzuki (鈴木 春奈, born 1997), Japanese figure skater
  • Haruna Yabuki (矢吹 春奈, born 1984), Japanese gravure idol, actress, and TV personality
  • Haruna Yoneyama (米山 知奈, born 1991), Japanese ice hockey player
  • Haruna Yukawa (湯川 遥菜, 1972–2015), Japanese male aid worker

Surname

  • Ai Haruna (はるな 愛, born 1972), Japanese transsexual TV personality and singer
  • Fūka Haruna (春名 風花, born 2001), Japanese child actress
  • Luna Haruna (春奈 るな, born 1991), Japanese singer and fashion model
  • Masahito Haruna (春名 真仁, born 1973), Japanese ice hockey goaltender
  • Klaha, real name Masaki Haruna (春名 真樹, born 1973), Japanese male singer-songwriter, vocalist for Malice Mizer
  • Mika Haruna (春名 美佳, born 1978), Japanese swimmer

Fictional characters

Given name

Surname

  • Hiroko Haruna (春名 ヒロ子), a character in the manga series Hamtaro
  • Yuu Haruna (榛名 優), protagonist of the manga series Fuuka
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