Kaguya, , or Princess Kaguya may refer to:
Fiction
Kaguya-hime
* (, "Princess Kaguya"), the main character in ''
The Tale of the Bamboo Cutter
is a (fictional prose narrative) containing elements of Japanese folklore. Written by an unknown author in the late 9th or early 10th century during the Heian period, it is considered the oldest surviving work in the form.
The story detail ...
'', thought to be the oldest Japanese folktale
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''Princess Kaguya'', a 1935 film based on the folktale
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''The Tale of the Princess Kaguya'' (film), a 2013 Studio Ghibli animated film based on the folktale
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''Kaguyahime'' (manga), a manga series by Reiko Shimizu based on the folktale
** ''
Prince Kaguya
is a Japanese musical based on the fictional prose narrative, ''The Tale of the Bamboo Cutter''. It was premiered on November 28, 2015, at the Hakuhinkan Theater in Tokyo, where its functions were held until December 6. Between December 12 and 1 ...
'', a musical based on the folktale
Other fictional characters and elements
* Kaguya, in the anime film ''
Inuyasha the Movie: The Castle Beyond the Looking Glass''
* Kaguya, in the manga series ''
Kaze ga Gotoku''
* Kaguya, in the manga series ''
Planet Ladder
is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Yuri Narushima. Appearing as a serial in the '' shōjo'' (targeted towards girls) manga magazine ''Crimson'' from the March 1998 issue to the May 2003 issue, the chapters of ''Planet Ladde ...
''
* Kaguya, in the manga series ''
Yaiba
''Yaiba'' (stylized as ''Y∀IBA'') is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Gosho Aoyama. It was serialized in Shogakukan's ''shōnen'' manga magazine ''Weekly Shōnen Sunday'' from September 1988 to December 1993, with its c ...
''
* Kaguya, in the video game ''
Ōkami
is an action-adventure video game developed by Clover Studio and published by Capcom. It was released for PlayStation 2 in 2006 in Japan and North America, and in 2007 in Europe and Australia. After the closure of Clover Studio a few months a ...
''
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Kaguya Houraisan
This is a list of the characters that belong to the ''Touhou Project'', a series of ''danmaku'' and fighting video games by ZUN from Team Shanghai Alice. Most ''Touhou'' characters reside in a fictional realm called Gensokyo (, 'Land of Illusi ...
, in the video game series ''Touhou Project''
* Kaguya Nanbu, in the video game series ''
Super Robot Taisen OG Saga: Endless Frontier''
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Kaguya Ōtsutsuki, in the anime and manga series ''Naruto''
* Kaguya Saotome, in the anime series ''
Soaring Sky! Pretty Cure''
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Kaguya Shinomiya, in the manga series ''Kaguya-sama: Love Is War''
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Kaguya Sumeragi
and its sequel series are Japanese anime made by Sunrise, directed by Gorō Taniguchi, and written by Ichirō Ōkouchi. The series focus around a former prince of the Holy Britannian Empire, Lelouch Vi Britannia, who obtains a mysterious powe ...
, in the anime series ''Code Geass''
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Kimimaro Kaguya, in the anime and manga series ''Naruto''
* Madoka Kaguya, in the anime series ''
Star Twinkle PreCure
is a Japanese magical girl anime series by Toei Animation. It is the sixteenth installment in the ''Pretty Cure'' franchise, and the last series released in the Heisei period. and the sixteenth installment of the franchise, featuring the four ...
''
* Planet Kaguya, appearing in the anime film ''
Doraemon: Nobita's Chronicle of the Moon Exploration''
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Princess Snow Kaguya, in the anime film ''Sailor Moon S: The Movie''
Other uses
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Kaguya (mouse), an artificially bred mouse
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Kaguya (wrestler), Japanese professional wrestler
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"Kaguya" (song), a single by Japanese boy band News
* ''Kaguya'', the nickname for the Japanese lunar orbit spacecraft
SELENE
In ancient Greek mythology and religion, Selene (; grc-gre, Σελήνη , meaning "Moon"''A Greek–English Lexicon's.v. σελήνη) is the goddess and the personification of the Moon. Also known as Mene, she is traditionally the daughter of ...
, launched in 2007
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10880 Kaguya, a minor planet named after the spacecraft
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