Azuma is both a Japanese surname and a masculine Japanese given name. Notable people with the name include:

Surname

Fukashi Azuma Fukashi may refer to: * Fukashi, a Japanese fortress captured during the 16th-century Siege of Fukashi * Fukashi, a stick-like wagashi made in Kawagoe, Saitama from wheat bran coated in brown sugar People *, Japanese anime producer and head of the ...

( 東不可止, born 1966), Japanese producer and director for

TV Tokyo JOTX-DTV (channel 7), branded as and known colloquially as , is a television station headquartered in the Sumitomo Fudosan Roppongi Grand Tower in Roppongi, Minato, Tokyo, Japan, owned and operated by the subsidiary of listed certified b ...

*, Japanese shogi player *, Japanese mathematician *, Japanese manga artist *, Japanese manga artist and father of lolicon manga *, Japanese cultural critic *, Japanese footballer *, Japanese swimmer * Ronald Azuma, American engineer *, Japanese military officer *, Japanese physician and bureaucrat who served as Governor of Tokyo *, Japanese soldier *, Japanese ice hockey player *, Japanese sprinter * Riki Azuma (リキアズマ), Japanese producer & rapper from Small Circle Of Friends

Given name

*, Japanese politician *, Japanese film director and screenwriter *, Japanese golfer

Fictional characters

* Kyo Azuma (東京), a character in ''

Inazuma Eleven is an association football-themed media franchise created by Level-5 (company), Level-5. The franchise began with the release of ''Inazuma Eleven (video game), Inazuma Eleven'' in 2008, with the game series selling over 8 million copies worldwide b ...

'' * Azuma, a high-ranking courtesan in

Chikamatsu Monzaemon was a Japanese dramatist of jōruri, the form of puppet theater that later came to be known as bunraku, and the live-actor drama, kabuki. The ''Encyclopædia Britannica'' has written that he is "widely regarded as the greatest Japanese dramatis ...

's 1718 play

The Love Suicides at Amijima ''The Love Suicides at Amijima'' (''Shinjū Ten no Amijima'' or ''Shinjūten no Amijima'' 心中天網島) is a domestic play (''sewamono'') by Japanese playwright Chikamatsu Monzaemon. Originally written for the ''bunraku'' puppet theatre, it wa ...

* Jo Azuma (東丈), a character in ''

Genma Taisen is a Japanese science fiction manga and novel franchise that began in 1967. It was a collaboration in '' Weekly Shōnen Magazine'' by science fiction writer Kazumasa Hirai and manga artist Shotaro Ishinomori. It was adapted into a 1983 ...

'' *, a character in ''

Yakitate!! Japan is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Takashi Hashiguchi. It was serialized in Shogakukan's ''Weekly Shōnen Sunday'' from December 2001 to January 2007, with its chapters collected in 26 ''tankōbon'' volumes. A sixty-nine ...

'' * Soma Azuma, a character in '' Onmyou Taisenki'' * Tetsuya Azuma, also known as Casshan or Casshern, the main and eponymous character of the ''

Casshan ''Casshan'', also known in Japan as , is an anime series created by Tatsunoko Productions founder Tatsuo Yoshida in 1973. The ''Casshern'' franchise also includes a 1993 original video animation , abbreviated as OVA and sometimes as OAV ...

'' franchise *, Tetsuya's mother from ''

'' *, a genius scientist from ''

'' * Azuma (''Ghost in the Shell'') (アズマ), a character in ''Ghost in the Shell: S.A.C. 2nd GIG'' * Azuma, a member of the Grimoire Heart, and one of the Seven Kin of Purgatory in ''

Fairy Tail ''Fairy Tail'' is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Hiro Mashima. It was serialized in Kodansha's ''Weekly Shōnen Magazine'' from August 2006 to July 2017, with the individual chapters collected and published into 63 '' ...

'' * Emily Azuma, a character in the webcomic ''

Questionable Content ''Questionable Content'' (sometimes abbreviated as ''QC'') is a slice-of-life webcomic written and illustrated by Jeph Jacques. It was launched in August 2003 and reached its 4,500th comic in April 2021. The plot originally centered on Marten Re ...

'' * Tokaku Azuma (東兎角), one of the two main characters in the anime ''

Riddle Story of Devil is a Japanese manga series written by Yun Kōga and illustrated by Sunao Minakata. It was serialized in Kadokawa Shoten's '' Newtype'' magazine between the September 2012 and November 2016 issues and is licensed in English by Seven Seas Entert ...

'' * Azuma the Feldsher, a character in the video games '' Shadow Fight 3'' and '' Shadow Fight Arena'' * Manami Azuma, a character in ''Mousou Telepathy'' {{given name, type=both Japanese-language surnames Japanese masculine given names