Azuma

Azuma is a name of several places and people:

Locations:

• Azuma, historical name for eastern Japan, now called Kantō and Tōhoku region
• Azuma, Gunma (Agatsuma), former village in Agatsuma District, Gunma Prefecture, Japan
• Azuma, Gunma (Sawa), former village in Sawa District, Gunma Prefecture, Japan
• Azuma, Gunma (Seta), former village in Seta District, Gunma Prefecture, Japan
• Azuma, Ibaraki, former town in Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan
• Azuma, Kagoshima, former town in Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan
• Mount Azuma, volcano in Fukushima Prefecture, Japan

Japanese surname:

• Kiyohiko Azuma (born 1968), Japanese manga artist
• Hideo Azuma (born 1950), Japanese manga artist and father of lolicon manga
• Hiroki Azuma, Japanese cultural critic
• Ryutaro Azuma, Japanese physician and bureaucrat who served as Governor of Tokyo
• Kazuoki Azuma, Japanese mathematician

Japanese surname of a fictional character:

• Jo Azuma, a character in Genma Taisen
• Kazuma Azuma, a character in Yakitate!! Japan
• Soma Azuma, a character in Onmyou Taisenki
• Tetsuya Azuma, also known as Casshan or Casshern, a character in Casshan
• Azuma (Ghost in the Shell), a character in Ghost in the Shell: S.A.C. 2nd GIG
• Azuma, a member of the Grimoire Heart, and one of the Seven Kin of Purgatory in Fairy Tail

Masculine Japanese given name

• Azuma Koshiishi (輿石 東?) (born 1936), Japanese politician
• Azuma Yano (矢野 東?) (born 1977), Japanese golfer

Other:

• Azuma's inequality, result in probability theory
• Japanese cruiser Azuma, armored cruiser of the Imperial Japanese Navy