is the traditional name of the month of August in the Japanese calendar and a

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*, the father of Ryo Hazuki in the video game series Shenmue *, a character from the anime

Free! ''Free!'' is a Japanese anime television series produced by Kyoto Animation and Animation Do. The series is loosely based on the light novel, , written by Kōji Ōji, which received an honorable mention in the second Kyoto Animation Award ...

*, a character from the anime Love Live! Superstar!! *, the protagonist of the video game series, Shenmue *, a character from the manga New Game! *Hazuki Shiina, a character in the anime and manga series

Legend of Light is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Izumi Aso about a girl named Hikari Kamijou who dreams of becoming a national rhythmic gymnastics champion. The manga series title translates into English as "Legend of Light" (the female ...

*, a.k.a. Reanne Griffith, a character in Ojamajo Doremi *, a character from the anime Tsukuyomi -Moon Phase- *, a character from the anime and eroge

Yami to Bōshi to Hon no Tabibito , also known as ''Yamibō''/''Yamibou'' for short, is a Japanese Eroge, adult visual novel published in December 2002 by Root. A 13-episode anime series produced by Studio Deen aired between October and December 2003. Although the characters a ...

*, a character from the visual novel 999: Nine Hours, Nine Persons, Nine Doors, whose code name was "Lotus" *, a character from the Japanese light novel series Baka and Test

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