Ayaka (given name)

Ayaka (あやか, アヤカ) is a common feminine Japanese given name.

Ayaka

Pronunciation	Japanese: [ajaka]
Gender	female
Language(s)	Japanese
Origin
Meaning	different meanings depending on the kanji used
Other names
See also	Aya Ayako Ayane

Possible writings

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

• 彩華, "colorful, "flower"
• 彩夏, "colorful, summer"
• 彩霞, "colorful, mist"
• 彩香, "colorful, scent"
• 彩風, "colorful, wind"
• 綾花, "design, flower"
• 綾香, "design, scent"
• 綾風, "design, wind"
• 綾夏, "design, summer"
• 絢花, "kimono design, flower"
• 絢香, "kimono design, scent"
• 彩花, "colorful flower"

The name can also be written in hiragana or katakana.

People with the name

• Ayaka, a Japanese singer whose real name is Ayaka Iida (飯田 絢香)
• Ayaka Fukuhara (福原綾香), a Japanese voice actress
• Ayaka Hibiki (響 綾香), a Japanese stage and voice actress
• Ayaka Hirahara (平原 綾香), a Japanese pop singer
• Ayaka Hironaka (弘中 綾香, born 1991), Japanese TV announcer
• Ayaka Imamura (今村 彩夏), a Japanese voice actress
• Ayaka Kikuchi (singer) (菊地 あやか, born 1993), Japanese singer, actress, model and idol
• Ayaka Kikuchi (speed skater) (菊池 彩花, born 1987), Japanese speed skater
• Ayaka Kimura (木村 絢香), an actress who was a former member of the Hello! Project group Coconuts Musume
• Ayaka Kitazawa (北沢 綾香), a Japanese pop singer
• Ayaka Komatsu (小松 彩夏), a Japanese model/actress
• Ayaka Kōra (高良 彩花, born 2001), Japanese long jumper
• Ayaka Maekawa (前川 綾香, born 1983), Japanese tennis player
• Ayaka Matsumoto (松本 亜弥華, born 1988), Japanese volleyball player
• Ayaka Miyoshi (三吉 彩花) a Japanese idol, singer, model and actress
• Ayaka Nishiwaki (西脇 綾香), a member of the Japanese electropop group Perfume
• Ayaka Ohashi (大橋 彩香), a Japanese voice actress
• Ayaka Okuno (奥野 彩加, born 1995), Japanese tennis player
• Ayaka Saitō (齋藤 彩夏, born 1988), Japanese voice actress
• Ayaka Saito (karateka) (齊藤 綾夏), Japanese karateka
• Ayaka Toko (床 亜矢可, born 1994), Japanese ice hockey player
• Ayaka Yamashita (disambiguation), multiple people
• Ayaka Yoshimura, a member of Japanese pop group SweetS
• Ayaka Wada (和田 彩花), a member of the Hello! Project group S/mileage

Fictional characters

• Ayaka Kuroe, a character from the anime/manga series/light novel Strike Witches
• Ayaka Shindou, a character from anime and light novel series Beyond the Boundary
• Ayaka Usami, a main character from anime and manga series Gravitation
• Ayaka Yukihiro, a supporting character in the anime and manga series Mahou Sensei Negima
• Ayaka Kagari, a main character from the anime and manga series Witch Craft Works

References