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Across the world, Asuka (سكر , Asuka , アスカ ) is quite a rare gender-neutral first name. The first name Asuka is habitual in Hong Kong, where it is quite a rare epicene name, Kuwait, where it is a rare female name, and Japan, where it is a rare primarily girly, but very infrequently male name. In absolute terms, this name is the most popular in Japan, Indonesia, and India. More frequently, Asuka is the last name as well as the forename.
Asuka is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Asuka Langley Soryu , the fictional character in the Neon Genesis Evangelion media franchise; Asuka Kazama , the character in Tekken; Asuka Kasen , the tritagonist of the 2001 video game Grand Theft Auto III; Asuka Matsubara , the fictional character from Seitokai no Ichizon and Asuka Takizawa , the fictional character from Tropical-Rouge! Pretty Cure.