# Saya

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**Saya** may refer to:

## People

### Given name

- [Saya Aizawa](/source/Saya_Aizawa), Japanese voice actress
- [Saya Bhandari](/source/Saya_Bhandari), Nepali model and actress
- [Saya Gray](/source/Saya_Gray), Canadian musician
- [Saya Hayashi](/source/Rikka_Ihara) (born 1999), Japanese actress known professionally as Rikka Ihara
- [Saya Hiyama](/source/Saya_Hiyama) (born 1993), Japanese freelance announcer and former professional wrestler
- [Saya Ichikawa](/source/Saya_Ichikawa) (born 1987), Japanese-American model, tarento, and newscaster
- [Saya Iida](/source/Saya_Iida) (born 1997), Japanese professional wrestler
- [Saya Ito](/source/Saya_Ito) (born 1999), Japanese kickboxer
- [Saya Kamitani](/source/Saya_Kamitani) (born 1996), Japanese professional wrestler
- [Saya Kawamoto](/source/Saya_Kawamoto) (born 1998), Japanese tarento and actress
- [Saya Mochizuki](/source/Saya_Mochizuki) (born 1976), former Japanese idol and model
- [Saya Nakazawa](/source/Saya_Nakazawa), Japanese shogi player
- [Saya Sakakibara](/source/Saya_Sakakibara) (born 1999), Australian Olympic gold medallist in BMX racing
- [Saya Sayantsetseg](/source/Saya_Sayantsetseg), Mongolian concert pianist and professor of music
- [Saya Takagi](/source/Saya_Takagi) (born 1963), Japanese actress turned activist
- [Saya Woolfalk](/source/Saya_Woolfalk) (born 1979), American artist known for her multimedia exploration of hybridity, science, race, and sex
- [Saya Yūki](/source/Saya_Y%C5%ABki), Japanese actress

### Surname

- [Gaetano Saya](/source/Gaetano_Saya) (born 1956), Italian politician
- [John Nada Saya](/source/John_Nada_Saya) (born 1978), Tanzanian long-distance runner

### Mononym

- [Saya (politician)](/source/Saya_(politician)) (born 1982), Japanese politician

### Honorific

- [Saya Aye](/source/Saya_Aye) (1872–1930), Burmese artist
- [Saya Chone](/source/Saya_Chone) (1866–1917), Burmese painter
- [Saya Gyi U Nu](/source/Saya_Gyi_U_Nu) (1762–1822), Burmese writer
- [Saya Myit](/source/Saya_Myit) (1888–1966), major painter of Buddhist works for religious sites in Lower Burma
- [Saya San](/source/Saya_San) (1876–1931), monk, a physician and the leader of the “Saya San Rebellion” of 1930–1932 in Burma
- [Saya Saung](/source/Saya_Saung) (1898–1952), early Burmese watercolorist famous in Burma for his landscape works
- [Saya Tin](/source/Saya_Tin) (1892–1950), Burmese composer

## Places

- [Saya, Aichi](/source/Saya,_Aichi), Japan, a former town
- [Saya Station](/source/Saya_Station), a train station on the Meitetsu Bisai Line located in Aisai, Aichi Prefecture, Japan
- [Saya de Malha Bank](/source/Saya_de_Malha_Bank), a submerged bank in Mauritius
- [Saya, Nepal](/source/Saya,_Nepal), a municipality
- [Saya, Perm Krai](/source/Saya,_Perm_Krai), Russia, a selo
- [Saya, Republic of Tatarstan](/source/Saya,_Republic_of_Tatarstan), Russia, a selo
- [Saya (river)](/source/Saya_(river)), a river in Perm Krai, Russia

## Fictional characters

- Saya, the heroine of the visual novel *[Saya no Uta](/source/Saya_no_Uta)*
- Saya, a video game character in *[Samurai Shodown](/source/Samurai_Shodown)*
- Saya, the antagonist of the crossover video game *[Namco × Capcom](/source/Namco_%C3%97_Capcom)*
- Saya, a character in the anime film *[Inuyasha the Movie: Swords of an Honorable Ruler](/source/Inuyasha_the_Movie:_Swords_of_an_Honorable_Ruler)*
- Saya, a character in novels [*Summer Love*](/source/Summer_Love_(novel)) and *Saaya* by Subin Bhattarai
- [Saya Minatsuki](/source/Saya_Minatsuki), one of the main character of the manga *Black Cat*
- Saya Shindo, a character in the manga and anime series *[Tokko](/source/Tokko_(manga))*
- Saya, a character in the manga and anime series *[Peacemaker Kurogane](/source/Peacemaker_Kurogane)*
- Saya Tokido, a character in a visual novel and corresponding original video animation *[Little Busters!](/source/Little_Busters!) Ecstasy* (*EX*)
- Saya, a character in the anime film *[Blood: The Last Vampire](/source/Blood:_The_Last_Vampire)* - [Saya Otonashi](/source/Saya_Otonashi), the protagonist in the anime television series *Blood+* - [Saya Kisaragi](/source/Saya_Kisaragi), the protagonist of the anime television series *Blood-C*
- Saya Endo, a character in the anime *[Dagashi Kashi](/source/Dagashi_Kashi)*
- Saya (サヤ), a character in the tokusatsu *[Seijuu Sentai Gingaman](/source/Seijuu_Sentai_Gingaman)*
- Saya Yamabuki, drummer of the band [Poppin'Party](/source/Poppin'Party) from the *BanG Dream!* franchise
- Saya, a character in the South Korean television series *[Arthdal Chronicles](/source/Arthdal_Chronicles)* (2019)
- Saya, a character from the anime *[Wandering Witch: The Journey of Elaina](/source/Wandering_Witch:_The_Journey_of_Elaina)*

## Other uses

- [*Saaya* (novel)](/source/Saaya_(novel)), 2014 Nepali novel by Subin Bhattarai, sequel to *Summer Love*
- [Saya (scabbard)](/source/Saya_(scabbard)) (鞘), the Japanese term for a scabbard
- [Saya (folklore)](/source/Saya_(folklore)), a summer feast and festival Turkic and Altai folklore
- [Saya (poem)](/source/Saya_(poem)), the type of poem or song that a *Takam-Chi* chants while playing a *Takam*
- [Saya (artform)](/source/Saya_(artform)), a particular type of music of Bolivia
- [Saya language](/source/Saya_language), a Chadic dialect cluster of Nigeria
- [Sino-American Youth Ambassadors](/source/Sino-American_Youth_Ambassadors), a program run by Ameson Education and Cultural Exchange Foundation
- *Saya*, a traditional long skirt worn in the Philippines as part of the [baro't saya](/source/Baro't_saya)

## See also

- [Saaya (disambiguation)](/source/Saaya_(disambiguation))

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