Tsubasa

Tsubasa
Language(s)	Japanese
Origin
Meaning	Wing

Tsubasa (翼) is the Japanese word for wing. It may refer to:

People

• Tsubasa Akimoto, Japanese actress
• Tsubasa Fukuchi (born 1980), Japanese manga artist
• Tsubasa Imai (born 1981), Japanese actor
• Tsubasa Otomiya (born 1978), Japanese voice actress
• Tsubasa Oya (born 1986), Japanese football player currently playing for Vissel Kobe
• Tsubasa Yokotake (born 1989), Japanese football player
• Tackey & Tsubasa, a Japanese musical duo

Fiction

• Boku no Futatsu no Tsubasa, a Japanese manga series by Toshiki Yui
• Captain Tsubasa, a Japanese manga and anime series by Yoichi Takahashi
• Kurenai no tsubasa, a 1958 Japanese film
• Tsubasa: Reservoir Chronicle, a Japanese manga and anime series by Clamp
• Tsubasa: Those with Wings, a Japanese manga series by Natsuki Takaya

Characters

• Tsubasa Andō a character in the anime and manga series Gakuen Alice
• Tsubasa Kurenai, a minor character in the anime series Ranma ½
• Tsubasa Ozora, the titular character in Captain Tsubasa
• Tsubasa Ozu, a character in the Japanese tokusatsu series Mahou Sentai Magiranger
• Tsubasa Nishikiori, a character featured in the works of Go Nagai
• Tsubasa Uehara the main character in the manga Arisa
• Tsubasa Otori, one of the protagonists in Beyblade: Metal Fusion

Music

• Tsubasa (Candies song), a song by Candies
• Eien no Tsubasa, a 2007 single by Japanese band B'z
• Kuroi Tsubasa, a song on The Brilliant Green's 2001 album Los Angeles
• Toki no Tsubasa, a 2001 album by Zard
• Yakusoku no Tsubasa, a 2008 single by Japanese singer MISIA

Other

• Tsubasa (train), a train service in Japan
• Captain Tsubasa (Famicom), a 1988 video game based on Captain Tsubasa
• Captain Tsubasa (Mega-CD), a 1994 video game based on Captain Tsubasa

See also

• Tsubasacon, an annual autumn anime convention in Huntington, West Virginia