Kasuga

Kasuga (春日, かすが, カスガ) may refer to:

Places

• Kasuga, Fukuoka, a city in Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan
  • Kasuga Station (Fukuoka), on the Kagoshima Main Line
• Kasuga, Hyogo, a former town in Hyōgo Prefecture
• Kasuga, Gifu, a former village in Gifu Prefecture
• Kasuga Shrine, a major Shinto shrine in Nara
• Kasugayama Castle, the primary fortress of warlord Uesugi Kenshin
• Kasuga Station (Tokyo), on the Toei Subway Mita Line and Ōedo Line

Ships

• Japanese warship Kasuga, also called Kasuga Maru, a Japanese wooden paddle steamer warship of the Bakumatsu and early Meiji period
• Japanese cruiser Kasuga, an armored cruiser of the Imperial Japanese Navy during the Russo-Japanese War
• Kasuga-class cruiser, armored cruisers of the Imperial Japanese Navy, in commission 1904–1945
• Japanese aircraft carrier Taiyō, previously named the Kasuga Maru ocean liner, before being converted into the Taiyō-class escort carrier of the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War II,

People with the surname

• Carlos Kasuga, Japanese-Mexican businessman
• Hachiro Kasuga (1924–1991), Japanese singer
• Kanon Kasuga (born 2003), Japanese actress
• Lady Kasuga or Kasuga no Tsubone (1579–1643)
• Toshiaki Kasuga (born 1979), Japanese comedian
• Shōjirō Kasuga (1903–1976), Japanese communist activist
• Ichiban Kasuga, a character from the Yakuza series

Other uses

• Kasuga , the username of the digital artist and translator who first designed Wikipe-tan
• 7674 Kasuga, a main-belt asteroid
• Ayumu "Osaka" Kasuga, a fictional character from the anime/manga series Azumanga Daioh
• Kasuga-dōrō, a type of Japanese Tōrō (stone lantern)

See also

• Haruhi, which can be written with the same kanji
• Kasukabe, a city in Saitama