Pronunciation | IPA: [ɕiꜜzɯka] |
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Gender | Unisex |
Origin | |
Word/name | Japanese |
Meaning | Depends on kanji used. |
Region of origin | Japanese |
Other names | |
Related names |
Shizuka (しずか, シズカ) is a unisex Japanese given name.
Possible writings
Shizuka can be written using different kanji characters and can mean:
- 静, "quiet/calm"
- 静花, "quiet/calm, flower"
- 静香, "quiet/calm, fragrance"
- 静華, "quiet/calm, flower"
- 静佳, "quiet/calm, excellent"
- 静夏, "quiet/calm, summer".
The name can also be written in hiragana or katakana.
People with the name
- Annie Shizuka Inoh (静), Taiwanese actress
- Shizuka Aoki (青木 静香, born 1972), Japanese voice actress
- Shizuka Arakawa (静香, born 1981), Japanese figure skater
- Shizuka Gozen (静, 1165–1211), also known as Lady Shizuka, one of the most famous women in Japanese history and literature
- Shizuka Hasegawa (静香, born 1988), Japanese voice actress
- Shizuka Ijūin (静), Japanese novelist and lyricist
- Shizuka Ishibashi (静河, born 1994), Japanese actress and dancer
- Shizuka Ishigami (石上 静香, born 1988), Japanese voice actress
- Shizuka Ishikawa (静, born 1971), Japanese voice actress
- Shizuka Itō (静, born 1980), Japanese voice actress
- Shizuka Kamei (静香, born 1936), Japanese politician
- Shizuka Kudō (静香, born 1970), Japanese singer
- Shizuka Miura (静香, died 2010), Japanese ball-jointed doll maker and musician
- Shizuka Nakamura (中村 静香, born 1988), Japanese gravure idol and actress
- Shizuka Narahara (楢原 静, born 1928), Japanese table tennis player
- Shizuka Okazaki (静夏, born 1992), motorcycle racer
- Shizuka Saitō (齋藤 支靜加, born 1980), Japanese actress, gravure idol, and writer
- Shizuka Sugiyama (born 1987), Japanese mixed martial arts fighter
- Shizuka Yamamoto (静香, born 1975), badminton player
- Shizuka Yokomizo (横溝 静, born 1966), Japanese photographer
Fictional characters
- Lady Shizuka, a character in the book Autumn Bridge by Takashi Matsuoka
- Shizuka Dōmeki (静), a male character in the manga and anime series xxxHolic
- Shizuka Hattori (静華), a character in the manga and anime series Detective Conan
- Shizuka Hio (閑), a character in the manga and anime series Vampire Knight
- Shizuka Joestar (静), a character in the manga series JoJo's Bizarre Adventure, by Hirohiko Araki
- Shizuka Kawai (河合静香), a character in the manga and anime series Yu-Gi-Oh!
- Shizuka Marikawa (静香), a character in the series High School of the Dead
- Shizuka Minamoto (源静香), a character in the manga and anime series Doraemon
- Shizuka Muto, a character in the book trilogy Tales of the Otori
- Shizuka Nanahoshi (七星静香), a character in the light novel and anime series Mushoku Tensei
- Shizuka, Kaze no (シズカ), a character in the Super Sentai series GoGo Sentai Boukenger
- Shizuka Sakai (酒井静香), a character in the Yo-kai Watch franchise
- Shizuka Shishi (獅子静香), a character in the shōnen manga series Boarding School Juliet
- Shizuka Todou (藤堂静), a character in the shōjo manga series Boys Over Flowers
- Kiryu Shizuka, a character and a Miko from Yuki Yuna is a Hero: Bouquet of Brilliance who is friends with Akamine Yuna and Yumiko’s ancestor Renge.
See also
- Shizuko, unisex Japanese given name related to Shizuka