Blaze may refer to:

People

* Blaze (given name), a list of people with the name *

Blaze (surname) Blaze is the surname of the following: * Bobby Blaze (born 1963), former American professional wrestler * Louis Edmund Blaze (1861–1951), Sri Lankan Burgher educationist and founder of Kingswood College, Kandy, Sri Lanka * Matt Blaze, American co ...

, a list of people with the name * Blaze Bayley, stage name of English singer and former Wolfsbane and Iron Maiden vocalist Bayley Alexander Cooke (born 1963) * Blaze Foley, stage name of American country singer and songwriter Michael David Fuller (1949–1989) * Blaze Starr, stage name of American stripper and burlesque artist Fannie Belle Fleming (1932–2015) * Johnny Blaze, a stage name, along with

Method Man Clifford Smith, Jr. (born March 2, 1971), better known by his stage name Method Man, is an American rapper, songwriter, record producer, and actor. He is known as a member of the East Coast hip hop collective Wu-Tang Clan. He is also half of t ...

, of American rapper, songwriter, record producer and actor Clifford Smith, Jr.(born 1971) * Blaze Ya Dead Homie, also known simply as Blaze, American rapper Chris Rouleau (born 1976) *

Bobby Blaze Robert Smedley (born June 25, 1963 in Ashland, Kentucky) is an American retired professional wrestler and author, better known by his ring name Bobby Blaze. He gained the majority of his in-ring success performing for Smoky Mountain Wrestling (SMW ...

, a ring name of American professional wrestler Robert Smedley (born 1963) * Johnny Blaze, a ring name, along with

John Morrison John Morrison or Morison may refer to: In politics * John Morrison (Manitoba politician) (1868–1930), politician in Manitoba, Canada * John Morrison (Saskatchewan politician) (1872–1950), Canadian Member of Parliament * John Morrison (intelli ...

, of American professional wrestler John Randall Hennigan (born 1979)

Arts and entertainment

Fictional entities

Ghost Rider (Johnny Blaze) Ghost Rider (Johnathon Blaze) is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. He is the second Marvel character to use the name Ghost Rider, following Carter Slade (the Western comics hero later known as the ...

, the second Marvel Comics Ghost Rider * Blaze (''Mortal Kombat''), a character from the ''Mortal Kombat'' video game series * Blaze the Cat, a pyrokinetic princess cat from the ''Sonic the Hedgehog'' video game series *

Blaze and Satanus Blaze and Satanus are fictional human/demon siblings appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. They are the children of Shazam (wizard), Shazam. Blaze debuted in ''Action Comics'' #655 (July 1990) and she was created by Roger Stern ...

, comic book villains from DC Comics, enemies of Superman and Captain Marvel *

Blaze Fielding Blaze Fielding (ブレイズ・フィールディング), better known as just Blaze, is a player character in Sega's ''Streets of Rage'' (''Bare Knuckle'') series of beat 'em up games. Introduced in the original ''Streets of Rage'' in 1991, she ...

, a character from the ''

Streets of Rage ''Streets of Rage'' is a series of side-scrolling beat 'em up video games, centering on the efforts of several ex-police vigilantes trying to rid a fictional, large American city from a crime syndicate that has corrupted its local government. ...

'' video game series * Blaze, a character in the cartoon ''

Beverly Hills Teens ''Beverly Hills Teens'' is an American animated children's television program produced by DIC Animation City. Distributed by Access Syndication and originally airing in first-run syndication in the United States from September 21, 1987 through D ...

'' * the title Red Monster Truck character of ''

Blaze and the Monster Machines ''Blaze and the Monster Machines'' is a computer-animated interactive children's television series with a focus on teaching science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) that premiered on Nickelodeon on October 13, 2014. The series r ...

'', a 2014 Nickelodeon cartoon * Blaze, a horse featured in a series of children's books by C.W. Anderson * Blaze, a firefly in '' Tinker Bell and the Lost Treasure'' * Blaze, a special ability of some Pokémon that have the Fire-type * Blaze, a mob from the ''

Minecraft ''Minecraft'' is a sandbox game developed by Mojang Studios. The game was created by Markus "Notch" Persson in the Java programming language. Following several early private testing versions, it was first made public in May 2009 before being ...

'' video game * Blaze, the player character's callsign in the video game ''

Ace Combat 5 ''Ace Combat 5: The Unsung War'' is a 2004 combat flight simulation video game developed and published by Namco for the PlayStation 2. The game was developed by Project Aces, an internal Namco group credited with the development of the ''Ace Com ...

'' * Blaze, Method Man's nickname in the video game '' Def Jam: Fight for NY''

Films

* ''Blaze'' (1989 film), starring Paul Newman and Lolita Davidovich, the latter as stripper Blaze Starr * ''Blaze'' (2018 film), based on the life of country musician Blaze Foley * ''Blaze'' (2022 film), starring Simon Baker

Music

Groups

* Blaze (group), a house-music production team formed in 1984 in New Jersey, USA * Blaze (Japanese band), a band known for its song "Fire", which appears in the Yu-Gi-Oh! movie ''Pyramid of Light''

Albums

* ''Blaze'' (Lagwagon album), 2003 * ''Blaze'' (Herman's Hermits album)

Songs

* "Blaze" (song), a 2008 single by J-pop singer Kotoko * "Blaze", a single by Japanese singer Kinya Kotani

Other arts and entertainment

* ''Blaze'' (novel), a 2007 novel by Stephen King writing as Richard Bachman *

Blaze (toy) Blaze was a rocking-horse toy produced by Mattel toymakers and introduced in 1961. Blaze was featured prominently during children's television advertising (Mattel was the first toymaker to advertise year around with television commercials). Unl ...

, a rocking-horse riding toy produced by Mattel in the 1960s

Sports and games

Mascots

Blaze (UAB mascot) Blaze is the mascot of the University of Alabama at Birmingham's athletics teams. He is a fire-breathing European dragon. UAB's athletic history goes back to 1977, when Gene Bartow was named the school's first athletic director. In January 19 ...

, the dragon mascot of the University of Alabama at Birmingham athletic teams *

Blaze the Phoenix The 1996 Paralympic Games in Atlanta, Georgia, United States, were held from August 16 to 25. It was the first Paralympics to get mass media sponsorship, and had a budget of USD $81 million. It was the first Paralympic Games where Internatio ...

, the mascot of the 1996 Summer Paralympics *

Blaze the Trail Cat The Portland Trail Blazers (colloquially known as the Blazers) are an American professional basketball team based in Portland, Oregon. The Trail Blazers compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the Northwest Division ( ...

, mascot of the Portland Trail Blazers professional basketball team * Blaze the Vulcan, the mascot of the

California University of Pennsylvania Pennsylvania Western University, California (commonly known as PennWest California) is a public university campus in California, Pennsylvania and one of three campuses of Pennsylvania Western University, part of the Pennsylvania State System o ...

Vulcans

Teams

United States

Atlanta Blaze The Atlanta Blaze were a professional men's field lacrosse team in Major League Lacrosse (MLL). The Blaze became the ninth team in MLL as an expansion team for the 2016 Major League Lacrosse season, 2016 season and played its home games at Atlanta ...

, a former Major League Lacrosse team based in Atlanta, Georgia * Bakersfield Blaze, a former minor league baseball team in Bakersfield, California *

Baton Rouge Blaze The Baton Rouge Blaze was an expansion team that joined the af2 in 2001. '' The Advocate'' held a "Name the Team" contest which was won by a local teacher, Sean Fluharty. The head coach was former LSU quarterback Alan Risher. The cheer/dance team ...

, a former team in the arenafootball2 league who played their home games in Baton Rouge, Louisiana * Bloomington Blaze, former name of the

Bloomington Thunder (SPHL) The Bloomington Thunder were a minor professional ice hockey team that was a member of the Southern Professional Hockey League. Based in Bloomington, Illinois, the Thunder played their home games at the U.S. Cellular Coliseum, located in downtown ...

, a Southern Professional Hockey League team based in Bloomington, Illinois *

Chicago Blaze (basketball) The Chicago Blaze were a women's professional basketball team in the National Women's Basketball League (NWBL). Based in Chicago, Illinois Illinois ( ) is a state in the Midwestern United States. Its largest metropolitan areas include ...

, a National Women's Basketball League team from 2002 to 2005 *

Chicago Blaze (ice hockey) The Chicago Blaze was a professional hockey team based in Rolling Meadows, Illinois. The team was part of the All American Hockey League and began playing in the 2008-2009 AAHL season. The Blaze played their home games at West Meadows Ice Arena ...

, an All American Hockey League team in 2008-09 *

Chicago Blaze (rugby) Chicago Blaze Rugby Football Club is a rugby union club based in Lemont, Illinois. The Blaze's first side competes in the Midwest Rugby Football Union's Division II class. History In 1982, the Windy City Nomads merged with the Amoco Rugby Club t ...

, a rugby union club founded in 1982 * Indiana Blaze, a former W-League women's soccer team based in Indianapolis, Indiana *

Utah Blaze The Utah Blaze was a professional arena football team based in Salt Lake City, Utah and competed in the West Division (AFL), West Division of the Arena Football League. Home games were played at the EnergySolutions Arena. In 2013, the team did ...

, an Arena Football League team based in Salt Lake City

Elsewhere

* Coventry Blaze, an ice hockey team in England, known as Solihull Blaze before relocation to Coventry *

Gold Coast Blaze The Gold Coast Blaze were an Australian men's professional basketball team which competed in the National Basketball League (NBL). The Blaze competed in their inaugural season in 2007–08. The club was based on the Gold Coast and joined the ...

, an Australian basketball team based in Queensland

Other uses in sports and games

Blaze (dinghy) The Blaze was designed in the mid-1990s by Ian Howlett, one time International 14 designer and associated with Americas Cup design work and John Caig, winner of Fireball Worlds. It is a powerful winged single-hander with well-developed 10 m sai ...

, a high-performance racing dinghy designed by Ian Howlett and John Caig * Blaze, a non-standard poker hand

Businesses

Blaze (TV channel) Blaze may refer to: Places * Blaze, Kentucky * Blaze Island, Nunavut, Canada People ;Given name * Blaze Bayley (born 1963), English singer, former Wolfsbane and Iron Maiden vocalist * Blaze Berdahl (born 1980), American actress, singer, ra ...

, a British television channel * Blaze Europe, a video games accessory manufacturer and distributor in the UK * Blaze Pizza, an American pizza chain

Places

Blaze, Kentucky Blaze is an unincorporated community in Morgan County, Kentucky Kentucky ( , ), officially the Commonwealth of Kentucky, is a state in the Southeastern region of the United States and one of the states of the Upper South. It borders Il ...

, United States, an unincorporated community *

Blaze Island Blaze Island is an island located within western Coronation Gulf's Richardson Bay, south of Victoria Island, in the Kitikmeot Region, Nunavut, Canada. Other islands in the vicinity include Kigirktaryuk Island, Onitkok Island, Seven Mile Island, ...

, Nunavut, Canada

Other uses

* Blaze (horse marking), an equine coat marking *

Blaze (software) Bazel () is a free software tool used for the automation of building and testing software. The company Google uses the build tool ''Blaze'' internally and released an open-sourced port of the Blaze tool as Bazel, named as an anagram of Blaze. Ba ...

, a tool to automate software building and testing * Blaze, a C++ math library