Haruna (name)

This article is about the Japanese name. For the African Muslim name often spelled Haruna, see Harouna. For other uses, see Haruna (disambiguation).

Haruna

Pronunciation	HAH-roo-nah
Gender	Female
Origin
Word/name	Japanese
Meaning	Different meanings depending on the kanji used
Region of origin	Japan

Haruna is both a feminine Japanese given name and a Japanese surname.

Possible writings

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

• 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"

The name can also be written in hiragana (はるな) or katakana (ハルナ).

People with the name

Given name

• Haruna Asami (浅見 八瑠奈, born 1988), Japanese judoka
• Haruna Fukuoka (福岡 春菜, born 1974), Japanese table tennis player
• Haruna Hosoya (細谷 はるな, born 1973), Japanese athlete
• Haruna Ikezawa (池澤 春菜, born 1975), Japanese actress
• Haruna Iikubo (飯窪 春菜, born 1994), Japanese actress
• 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 entertainer
• Haruna Kuboyama (久保 晴菜, born 1996), Japanese sprinter
• Haruna Lee, Japanese Taiwanese American theatre maker and writer
• 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 idol and singer
• Haruna Okuno (奥野 春菜, born 1999), Japanese sport wrestler
• 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 entertainer
• Haruna Yoneyama (米山 知奈, born 1991), Japanese ice hockey player

Surname

• Ai Haruna (はるな 愛, born 1972), Japanese transgender television personality and singer
• Ami Haruna (春名 愛海, born 1984), Japanese model and actress
• 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 player
• Masaki Haruna (春名 真樹, born 1973), better known as Klaha, Japanese singer-songwriter
• Mika Haruna (春名 美佳, born 1978), Japanese swimmer

Fictional characters

Given name

• Haruna, a character in the manga series Aoki Hagane no Arpeggio
• Haruna (ハルナ), a character in the light novel series Kore wa Zombie Desu ka?
• Haruna (榛名), a character in the manga series Onsen Yōsei Hakone-chan
• Haruna (Tenchi Muyo!), a character in the anime film Tenchi Forever! The Movie
• Haruna, a character in the manga series The World of Narue
• Haruna Kisaragi, a character in the anime and manga series Corrector Yui
• Haruna Morikawa, a character in the television series Kousoku Sentai Turboranger
• Haruna Otonashi, a character in the video game Inazuma Eleven
• Haruna Otoo (音尾 春菜), a character in the manga series Working!!
• Haruna Sairenji, a character in the manga series To Love-Ru
• Haruna Sakurada, a character in the manga series Sailor Moon
• Haruna Saotome, a character in the manga series Negima! Magister Negi Magi
• Haruna Yuki (悠木 陽菜), a character in the visual novel Fortune Arterial
• Haruna Kurodate (黒舘 ハルナ), a character in the role-playing video game Blue Archive
• Haruna Wakazato, a male character from The Idolmaster SideM

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
• Motoki Haruna (榛名元希), a character in the manga series Big Windup!