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Across the world, 遥 (遥 , Haruka
) is a common unisex first name. The given name 遥 is characteristic of Eastern Asia, particularly Japan, where it is quite a rare predominantly female, but very infrequently masculine name, China, where it is quite a rare gender-neutral name, and Hong Kong, where it is a rare feminine name. Not in comparison with a country's population, it most frequently occurs in China, Japan, and Indonesia. Very seldom, 遥 is the last name as well as the forename.
遥 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.