Ayaka (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

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

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