Subaru (name)

Subaru (written 昴 in kanji, すばる in hiragana, or スバル in katakana) is the Japanese name for the Pleiades star cluster. It is primarily a masculine given name in Japanese. Notable people with the name include:

• Subaru Kimura (木村 昴, born 1990), Japanese voice actor and singer
• Subaru Nishimura (西村 昴, born 2003), Japanese footballer
• Subaru Shibutani (渋谷 すばる, born 1981), the former member of Kanjani∞
• Subaru Takahashi (高橋 昴, 1902–1992), Japanese cross-country skier

Fictional characters

• Ryoko Subaru, a character in Martian Successor Nadesico
• Subaru, a character in Maid-sama!
• Subaru, a character in .hack//SIGN
• Subaru, a Byakko celestial warrior in Fushigi Yūgi
• Subaru Hasegawa - main character in the light novel and anime series Ro-Kyu-Bu!
• Subaru Hoshikawa (Geo Stelar in the English translation), a character in Mega Man Star Force
• Subaru Konoe, the lead character and female protagonist in Mayo Chiki
• Subaru Mikage, a character in Comic Party
• Subaru Mikazuki, the lead character in My Roommate is a Cat
• Subaru Miyamoto, a character in the manga Subaru
• Subaru Nagayoshi, a character in The Idolmaster Million Live!
• Subaru Nakajima, a character in Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha Strikers
• Subaru Natsuki, protagonist of the light novel series Re:Zero − Starting Life in Another World
• Subaru Sakamaki, a character in Diabolik Lovers
• Subaru Shinjo, a character in the Battle Arena Toshinden fighting game series
• Subaru Sumeragi, a character in Tokyo Babylon, X/1999 and Tsubasa: Reservoir Chronicle
• Subaru Tachibana, a main character in the manga series Stray Human
• Subaru Yagi, a character in the manga series Hot Gimmick
• Subaru Mitejima, a character in the manga series Twin Star Exorcists
• Subaru Oozora, Hololive member
• Subaru Akehoshi, a character in the game franchise Ensemble Stars!
• Subaru Awa, drummer of Togenashi Togeari, the fictional band of Girls Band Cry’s main characters