Heike may refer to:
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Heike (name)
Heike is a given name of Germanic origin, most commonly but not exclusively female. The male form is Heiko. Heike is also a surname.
Notable persons with this name include:
Given name
Feminine
* Heike Blaßneck (born 1971), German hurdler
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, a (not exclusively) feminine given name and a surname
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Taira clan
The was one of the four most important Japanese clans, clans that dominated Japanese politics during the Heian period, Heian period of History of Japan, Japanese history – the others being the Minamoto clan, Minamoto, the Fujiwara clan, Fuji ...
, 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 – an example of the phenomenon of pareidolia – which is interpreted to be the face of an angry samurai, hence the nickname samurai crab. The crab ...
, 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 w ...
, 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).
It has been translated into English at least five times. ...
, an epic account of clan struggle
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