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
• Asahi Motors, a Japanese bus company

People

• Asahi Haga (芳賀 日陽, born 2000), Japanese footballer
• Asahi Inoue (井上 あさひ, born 1981), Japanese announcer
• Asahi Uenaka (植中 朝日, born 2001), Japanese footballer
• Asahi Yada (矢田 旭, born 1991), Japanese footballer
• Kentaro Asahi (朝日 健太郎, born 1975), Japanese volleyball player
• Asahi Hamada (浜田 朝光, born 2001), Japanese singer, member of South Korean band Treasure
• Asahi (wrestler) (2002-2024), Japanese professional 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 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'