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Globally, Харука (Haruka , Kazuka , Харука ) is quite a common dominantly feminine, but uncommonly male forename. The given name Харука is characteristic of Japan, where it is quite a rare principally girly, but very infrequently boy's name, Hong Kong, where it is a rare female name, and Indonesia, where it is a rare epicene name. Measured by absolute frequency, it is the most numerous in Japan, Indonesia, and the United States. Very seldom, Харука is the last name as well as the forename.
Харука is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Sailor Uranus , the fictional character from Sailor Moon; Haruka Takayama , the fictional character from Sakura Trick; Haruka Haruno , the fictional character from Go! Princess Precure; Haruka Sawamura , the fictional character in the Yakuza video game series, Yakuza 6: The Song of Life and Haruka Tanizawa , the Battle Royale character, among other works.