Ayaka (given name)

Ayaka (あやか, アヤカ) is a common feminine Japanese given name.

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.

• Ayaka, Japanese singer whose real name is Ayaka Iida (飯田 絢香)
• Ayaka Asai (朝井 彩加; born 1992), Japanese actress
• Ayaka Fujimoto (藤本 彩花), Japanese voice actress and singer
• Ayaka Fukuhara (福原 綾香; born 1989), Japanese voice actress
• Ayaka Furue (古江 彩佳; born 2000), Japanese professional golfer
• Ayaka Hamasaki (浜崎 朱加; born 1982), Japanese female mixed martial artist, judoka and submission grappler
• Ayaka Hibiki (響 綾香; born 1974), Japanese stage actress and voice actress
• Ayaka Hirahara (平原 綾香; born 1984), Japanese pop singer
• Ayaka Hironaka (弘中 綾香; born 1991), Japanese TV announcer
• Ayaka Hirose (広瀬 彩海; born 1999), Japanese member of the Magnolia Factory
• Ayaka Hosoda (細田 采花; born 1995), Japanese figure skater
• Ayaka Ichinose (一ノ瀬 文香; born 1980), Japanese gravure idol and LGBT rights activist
• Ayaka Igasaki (伊ヶ崎 綾香), Japanese voice actress, scriptwriter and voice drama producer
• Ayaka Ikehara (池原 綾香; born 1990), Japanese handball player
• Ayaka Imamura (今村 彩夏; born 1993), Japanese former voice actress
• Ayaka Inoue (井上 綾香; born 1995), Japanese professional footballer
• Ayaka Itō (伊藤 彩華; born 1987), Japanese pop singer
• Ayaka Kamata (鎌田 彩樺; born 2003), Japanese member of the Super Girls (Japanese group)
• Ayaka Kawasaki (河崎 綾佳; born 1991), Japanese female badminton player
• Ayaka Kikuchi (singer) (菊地 あやか; born 1993), Japanese singer, actress, model and idol
• Ayaka Kikuchi (speed skater) (菊池 彩花; born 1987), Japanese speed skater
• Ayaka Kitazawa (北沢 綾香; born 1989), Japanese singer
• Ayaka Komatsu (小松 彩夏; born 1986), Japanese model, gravure idol and actress
• Ayaka Konno (紺野 彩夏; born 1999), Japanese actress and model
• Ayaka Kōra (高良 彩花; born 2001), Japanese long jumper
• Ayaka Kuno (久野 綾香; born 1987), Japanese sprint canoer
• Ayaka Maekawa (前川 綾香; born 1983), Japanese tennis player
• Ayaka Matsumoto (松本 亜弥華; born 1988), Japanese volleyball player
• Ayaka Michigami (道上 彩花; born 1994), Japanese professional footballer
• Ayaka Miyao (宮尾 綾香; born 1983), Japanese retired professional boxer
• Ayaka Miyauchi (宮内 彩香; born 1983), Japanese Nak Muay and kickboxer
• Ayaka Miyoshi (三吉 彩花; born 1996), Japanese actress, model, and former idol
• Ayaka Mizusawa (水澤 彩佳; born 1994), Japanese former member of the NGT48
• Ayaka Nagate (長手 絢香; born 1981), Japanese actress and former singer
• Ayaka Nanase (七瀬 彩夏; born 1994), Japanese voice actress
• Ayaka Nishikawa (西川 彩華; born 1996), Japanese professional footballer
• Ayaka Nishimura (西村 綾加; born 1989), Japanese field hockey player
• Ayaka Nishiwaki (西脇 綾香; born 1989), Japanese musician and dancer
• Ayaka Noguchi (野口 彩佳; born 1995), Japanese professional footballer
• Ayaka Ōhashi (大橋 彩香; born 1994), Japanese voice actress and singer
• Ayaka Ohmichi (大道 彩香; born 1996), Japanese actress
• Ayaka Okuno (奥野 彩加; born 1995), Japanese tennis player
• Ayaka Ōshima (大島 綾華; born 2003), Japanese women's professional shogi player
• Ayaka Ōta (太田 彩夏; born 2000), Japanese former member of the SKE48
• Ayaka Otsu (大津 綾香; born 1992), Japanese politician and former child actress
• Ayaka Saitō (齋藤 彩夏; born 1988), Japanese voice actress
• Ayaka Saito (footballer) (齊藤 彩佳; born 1991), Japanese professional footballer
• Ayaka Saito (karateka) (齊藤 綾夏), Japanese karateka
• Ayaka Sasaki (佐々木 彩夏; born 1996), Japanese idol
• Ayaka Sayama (佐山 彩香; born 1993), Japanese gravure idol
• Ayaka Shimizu (清水 彩香; born 1987), Japanese voice actress
• Ayaka Shiomura (塩村 文夏; born 1978), Japanese politician
• Ayaka Suwa (諏訪 彩花; born 1988), Japanese voice actress
• Ayaka Suzuki (鈴木 彩香; born 1989), Japanese rugby union and sevens player
• Ayaka Tachibana (立花 彩夏), Japanese former member of the Yumemiru Adolescence
• Ayaka Takahashi (高橋 礼華; born 1990), Japanese retired badminton player
• Ayaka Takamoto (高本 彩花; born 1998), Japanese former member of the Hinatazaka46
• Ayaka Tano (太野 彩香; born 1997), Japanese former member of the NGT48
• Ayaka Toko (床 亜矢可; born 1994), Japanese ice hockey player
• Ayaka Umeda (梅田 彩佳; born 1989), Japanese former idol and singer
• Ayaka Wada (和田 彩花; born 1994), Japanese singer and idol
• Ayaka Watanabe (渡辺 彩華; born 1997), Japanese mixed martial artist
• Ayaka Yamashita (footballer) (山下 杏也加; born 1995), Japanese professional footballer
• Ayaka Yamashita (voice actress) (山下 亜矢香), Japanese voice actress
• Ayaka Yasumoto (安本 彩花; born 1998), Japanese member of the Shiritsu Ebisu Chugaku
• Ayaka Yoshimoto (吉本 彩華; born 1996), Japanese former member of the Nogizaka46
• Ayaka Yoshimura (吉村 綾花; born 1990), Japanese former member of the Sweets (group)

• 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