Azuma (name)

Azuma is both a Japanese surname and a masculine Japanese given name. Notable people with the name include:

Surname:

• Kiyohiko Azuma (born 1968), Japanese manga artist
• Hideo Azuma (born 1950), Japanese manga artist and father of lolicon manga
• Hiroki Azuma, Japanese cultural critic
• Ryutaro Azuma, Japanese physician and bureaucrat who served as Governor of Tokyo
• Kazuoki Azuma, Japanese mathematician

Given name:

• Azuma Koshiishi (輿石 東) (born 1936), Japanese politician
• Azuma Yano (矢野 東) (born 1977), Japanese golfer

Fictional characters:

• Azuma, a high-ranking courtesan in Chikamatsu Monzaemon's 1718 play The Love Suicides at Amijima
• Jo Azuma, a character in Genma Taisen
• Kazuma Azuma, a character in Yakitate!! Japan
• Soma Azuma, a character in Onmyou Taisenki
• Tetsuya Azuma, also known as Casshan or Casshern, a character in Casshan
• Azuma (Ghost in the Shell), a character in Ghost in the Shell: S.A.C. 2nd GIG
• Azuma, a member of the Grimoire Heart, and one of the Seven Kin of Purgatory in Fairy Tail
• Emily Azuma, a character in the webcomic Questionable Content