Asahi

Asahi (Japanese 朝日, 旭, or あさひ 'morning sun') may refer to:

Places in Japan

Cities

• Asahi, Chiba (旭市; Asahi-shi)

Wards

• Asahi-ku, Osaka (旭区; Asahi-ku)
• Asahi-ku, Yokohama (旭; Asahi-ku)

Towns

• Asahi, Aichi (旭町; Asahi-chō)
• Asahi, Fukui (朝日町; Asahi-chō)
• Asahi, Hokkaido (朝日町; Asahi-chō)
• Asahi, Mie (朝日町; Asahi-chō)
• Asahi, Okayama (旭町; Asahi-chō)
• Asahi, Shimane (旭町; Asahi-chō)
• Asahi, Toyama (朝日町; Asahi-machi)
• Asahi, Yamagata (Nishimurayama) (朝日町; Asahi-machi)

Villages

• Asahi, Gifu (朝日村; Asahi-mura)
• Asahi, Ibaraki (旭村; Asahi-mura)
• Asahi, Nagano (朝日村; Asahi-mura)
• Asahi, Niigata (朝日村; Asahi-mura)
• Asahi, Yamagata (Tagawa) (朝日村; Asahi-mura)
• Asahi, Yamaguchi (旭村; Asahi-son)

Companies

• Asahi Breweries, a Japanese beverage company
  • Asahi Soft Drinks, a subsidiary
• The Asahi Shimbun, a Japanese newspaper
• Asahi Production, a Japanese animation company
• TV Asahi, a Japanese television network
• Asahi Glass Company, a Japanese chemical products manufacturer
• Asahi Optical Corporation, now known as Pentax Corporation
• Asahi Kasei, a Japanese chemical products manufacturer
• Asahi Metal Industry Co. v. Superior Court, a U.S. Supreme Court case (1987)
• Asahi Broadcasting Corporation (ABC), a radio and television broadcaster in the Kansai region, Japan
• ASAHI Net, a major internet service provider based in Japan

People

Name

• Asahi Haga (芳賀 日陽; born 2000), Japanese footballer
• Asahi Hamada (浜田 朝光; born 2001), Japanese singer, member of South Korean band Treasure
• Asahi Inoue (井上 あさひ; born 1981), Japanese announcer
• Asahi Ito (伊藤 あさひ; born 2000), Japanese actor
• Asahi Kokaji (小鍜治 旭; born 2002), Japanese professional footballer
• Asahi Kurizuka (栗塚 旭; born 1937), Japanese actor
• Asahi Masuyama (増山 朝陽; born 1997), Japanese football player
• Asahi Sakano (坂野 旭飛; 2005–2025), Japanese ski jumper
• Asahi Sasaki (佐々木 旭; born 2000), Japanese footballer
• Asahi Shinagawa (品川 朝陽; born 2001), Japanese Muay Thai fighter
• Asahi Uchida (内田 朝陽; born 1982), Japanese actor
• Asahi Uenaka (植中 朝日; born 2001), Japanese footballer
• Asahi Yada (矢田 旭; born 1991), Japanese footballer
• Asahi Yokokawa (横川 旦陽; born 2002), Japanese professional footballer
• Asahi (wrestler) (2002–2024), Japanese professional wrestler

Surname

• Ali Reza Asahi (1974–2025), Afghan Hazara bodybuilder
• Daisuke Asahi (朝日 大輔; born 1980), Japanese football player
• Kentaro Asahi (朝日 健太郎; born 1975), Japanese volleyball player
• Nao Asahi (朝日 奈央; born 1994), Japanese tarento, actress, idol, and former fashion model
• Noboru Asahi (朝日 昇; born 1968), Japanese retired mixed martial artist, a designer, and an owner of MMA gym
• Shiori Asahi (旭 志織; born 1978), Japanese wrestler

Other uses

• Asahi (automobile), a 1930s Japanese automobile
• Asahi (baseball team), a Japanese-Canadian baseball team
• Asahi (motorcycle), a Japanese motorcycle brand
• Asahi (train), a Japanese train service name
• Japanese battleship Asahi
• Asahi Azumane (東峰 旭), a character from Haikyu!! with the position of wing spiker from Karasuno High
• Asahi Gakuen (あさひ学園) Los Angeles Japanese School
• Asahi Health, a Finnish health exercise
• Asahi Minamikawa, a character in the anime series Mewkledreamy
• Asahi Karuizawa, a character in the anime series Soaring Sky! Pretty Cure
• Asahi Linux, an initiative to port Linux to recent Apple devices
• Asahi River (旭川), a river in Okayama Prefecture, Japan
• Asahi University, a private university in Mizuho, Gifu Prefecture, Japan
• "Asahi", a song by Animals as Leaders from the album Parrhesia

See also

• Asachi, a surname
• Hinode (disambiguation), Japanese word for 'sunrise'