Heike may refer to:
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Heike (given name)
Heike is a given name of Germanic origin, most commonly but not exclusively female. The male form is Heiko. Notable persons with this name include:
* Heike Blaßneck (born 1971), German hurdler
* Heike Balck (born 1970), German high jumper
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, a (not exclusively) feminine given name, derived from the male name Anri (Henry)
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Taira clan
The Taira was one of the four most important clans that dominated Japanese politics during the Heian, Kamakura and Muromachi Periods of Japanese history – the others being the Fujiwara, the Tachibana, and the Minamoto. The clan is divi ...
, sometimes referred to as "Heike"
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Heike crab
is a species of crab native to Japan, with a shell that bears a pattern resembling a human face (a case of pareidolia) which is interpreted to be the face of an angry samurai hence the nickname samurai crab. The crabs are named after the once ...
, a species of crab named after the Taira (Heike) clan
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Heike Ondo, a Japanese folk song
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Heike Shamisen
The ''heike shamisen'' (Japanese: 平家三味線), is a Japanese musical instrument, member of the shamisen family. Like its other counterparts, the heike shamisen has three strings, a slender neck, a body taut with skin, and it is plucked wit ...
, a Japanese musical instrument
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The Tale of the Heike
is an epic account compiled prior to 1330 of the struggle between the Taira clan and Minamoto clan for control of Japan at the end of the 12th century in the Genpei War (1180–1185). Heike () refers to the Taira (), ''hei'' being the ''on'yo ...
, an epic account of clan struggle
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