Ayaka (given name)

Template:Infobox given name2 is a common feminine Japanese given name.

Written forms

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"
• 綾華, "design, Flower"
• 絢花, "kimono design, flower"
• 絢香, "kimono design, scent"
• 彩花, "colorful flower"

The name can also be written in hiragana あやか or katakana アヤか.

People with the name

• Ayaka, a Japanese singer whose real name is Ayaka Iida (飯田 絢香)
• Ayaka Fukuhara (福原綾香, born 1989), 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
• , Japanese TV announcer
• Ayaka Imamura (今村 彩夏, born 1993), a former Japanese voice actress
• , Japanese singer, actress, model and idol
• , 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 Watanabe (渡辺　彩香), a Junior Olympic Bronze Medal Winner
• Ayaka Komatsu (小松 彩夏), a Japanese model/actress
• , Japanese long jumper
• , Japanese tennis player
• , Japanese volleyball player
• Ayaka Miyoshi (三吉 彩花, born 1996) a Japanese idol, singer, model and actress
• Ayaka Nanase, a Japanese voice 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
• , Japanese tennis player
• , Japanese voice actress
• , Japanese karateka
• Ayaka Suwa, a Japanese voice actress
• , Japanese ice hockey player
• Ayaka Yamashita (disambiguation), multiple people
• Ayaka Yoshimura, a member of Japanese pop group SweetS
• Ayaka Sasaki, Japanese Singer, Idol
• Ayaka Wada (和田 彩花), a former member of the Hello! Project group Angerme

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
• Ayaka Shinozaki, a character from the light novel series Heaven's Memo Pad
• Ayaka Sunohara, a character from the anime and manga series Miss Caretaker of Sunohara-sou
• Kamisato Ayaka, a character in 2020 video game Genshin Impact