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Hartz concept

The Hartz concept refers to four German labor-market reform laws adopted from 2003 to 2005 under Chancellor Gerhard Schröder, whose fourth law created the means-tested benefit Hartz IV.

Hartzell V. Schaff

Hartzell V. Schaff is an American cardiovascular surgeon and past chairman of cardiovascular surgery at the Mayo Clinic, known for septal myectomy and the 1997 fen-phen valve disease report.

Haru Haru

"Haru Haru" (하루하루, "Day by Day") is a 2008 song by South Korean boy band Big Bang, the lead single of their EP Stand Up.

Haru Okumura

Haru Okumura (奥村 春), codename Noir, is a Phantom Thief and heiress to Okumura Foods in Persona 5 (2016), designed by Shigenori Soejima, voiced by Haruka Tomatsu and Xanthe Huynh, with the Persona Milady.

Haru Urara (Umamusume: Pretty Derby)

Haru Urara (ハルウラ) is a character in the Umamusume: Pretty Derby franchise, inspired by a Japanese racehorse known worldwide for an unblemished record of losing all 113 races.

Harua Umemori

Harua Umemori (梅森 遥愛, born 2005) is a Japanese ice hockey forward who won gold with Japan in girls' ice hockey at the 2020 Lausanne Winter Youth Olympics and played for Japan's U18 national team in 2022.

Haruhi Suzumiya (涼宮ハルヒ)

Haruhi Suzumiya (涼宮ハルヒ) is Nagaru Tanigawa's Kadokawa Sneaker Bunko light novel series, begun in 2003, about a god-like high school girl and her SOS Brigade; adapted by Kyoto Animation into a 2006 anime, a 2010 film, and spinoffs.

Haruhiko Bito

Haruhiko Bito (尾藤 晴彦) is a Japanese molecular neuroscientist, Professor and Chair of Neurochemistry at the University of Tokyo, known for work on calcium signaling and memory.

Haruhiko Koseki

Haruhiko Koseki (古関 明彦) is a Japanese molecular biologist and physician-scientist, Deputy Director of RIKEN's Center for Integrative Medical Sciences, known for work on epigenetic inheritance.

Haruhiko Siomi

Haruhiko Siomi (塩見 春彦) is a Japanese RNA biologist known for work on RNA silencing, Argonaute and Piwi proteins, and the piRNA pathway; he joined Chiba University in 2025.

Haruhiro Yamashita

Haruhiro Yamashita (山下治広), Japanese artistic gymnast born 1938 in Uwajima, Ehime; won team and vault gold at the 1964 Tokyo Olympics with a 9.90 vault, invented the Yamashita vault, and entered the International Gymnastics Hall of Fame in 2000.

Haruj

Haruj (Al Haruj, هروج) is a large intraplate basaltic volcanic field of about 45,000 km2 in central Libya, at the SW margin of the Sirt Basin, with ~150 volcanoes and K-Ar ages of 6-0.4 Ma.

Haruka (train)

Haruka (はるか) is a limited express train operated by West Japan Railway Company (JR West) between Kansai International Airport and Kyoto, debuting on 4 September 1994.

Haruka Agatsuma

Haruka Agatsuma (我妻 悠香, born 1994) is a Japanese softball player for Bic Camera who won gold at Tokyo 2020, Asian Games 2018 and 2022, and the 2024 World Championship.

Haruka Aoki (青木 遥)

Haruka Aoki (青木 遥) is a Japanese child voice actress of Production Ace, born December 3 (2011 per databases), Tokyo; voice of Chiikawa since 2022 and Soichiro Suzuhara in Ameku M.D. (2025). Distinct from the Aniplex producer namesake.

Haruka Ayase

Haruka Ayase (綾瀬はるか), born Aya Tademaru in 1985 in Hiroshima, is a Japanese actress, model, and singer signed to Horipro; known for JIN, Yae no Sakura, Oppai Volleyball, and Our Little Sister, and for Our Little Sister's Mainichi Film Award Best Actress win.

Haruka Kitaguchi

Haruka Kitaguchi (北口榛花), born 1998 in Asahikawa, is a Japanese javelin thrower, Paris 2024 Olympic champion, 2023 world champion, and Japanese record holder at 68.92 m.

Haruka Nakamura (composer)

haruka nakamura (中村遥, born 1982) is an Aomori-born Japanese composer, pianist, and producer of ambient post-classical music (grace, twilight, MELODICA, Still Life), distinct from the flutist Haruka Nakamura.

Haruka Tachimoto

Haruka Tachimoto (田知本 遥), born 1990 in Imizu, Toyama, is a Japanese judoka, women's 70 kg. Seventh at London 2012, she won Olympic gold at Rio 2016, beating Yuri Alvear by ippon, then retired.

Haruka Tomatsu (戸松遥)

Haruka Tomatsu (戸松遥), born 1990 in Aichi, is a Japanese voice actress and singer with Music Ray'n, member of Sphere, known as Asuna in Sword Art Online, Nagi in Kannagi, and solo songs like "courage".

Haruki Murakami (村上春樹)

Haruki Murakami (村上春樹), born 1949 in Kyoto, is a Japanese novelist of magical realist fiction, debut 'Hear the Wind Sing' (1979), famous for Norwegian Wood, Kafka on the Shore, and 1Q84, translated into over fifty languages.

Haruki Murakami bibliography

Haruki Murakami bibliography (村上春樹): record of works by the Japanese novelist, from debut Hear the Wind Sing (1979) through The Tale of KAHO (2026), plus translations, essays, and complete editions.

Haruki Uemura

Haruki Uemura (上村春樹), born 1951 in Kumamoto, Japanese judoka, 1976 Montreal Olympic open-class gold medalist, 1975 world champion, later president of the Kodokan Judo Institute and All Japan Judo Federation.

Haruma Miura (三浦 春馬)

Haruma Miura (三浦春馬) was a Japanese actor and singer who worked from childhood, winning Japan Academy Prizes for Koizora (2007) and The Eternal Zero (2013).

Harun al-Hammal

Harun al-Hammal, full name Abu Musa Harun ibn Abd Allah al-Bazzaz, was a Sunni hadith scholar of Baghdad (788–857) whose trusted narrations entered the major Sunni collections.

Harun al-Rashid (هارون الرشيد)

Harun al-Rashid (هارون الرشيد), fifth Abbasid caliph (r. 786–809), ruled Baghdad at the height of Abbasid power, allied with Charlemagne, and became the legendary caliph of the Thousand and One Nights.

Harun al-Rashid of Sulu

Harun al-Rashid, also known as Harun ar-Rashid, was a datu whom Spain proclaimed Sultan of Sulu in 1886 during a succession dispute; he abdicated in 1894 in favor of Amirul Kiram.

Harun Bughra Khan

Harun Bughra Khan, also known as Hasan Bughra Khan, was a Qarakhanid ruler who captured the Samanid capital, Bukhara, in 992 before dying on the retreat.

Harun ibn Khumarawayh

Harun ibn Khumarawayh (هارون بن خمارويه) was the fourth ruler of the Tulunid dynasty, which governed Egypt and Syria; he reigned from 896 until he was killed in 904.

Harun Tüysüz

Harun Tüysüz is a Turkish chemist known for water-electrolysis catalysts based on abundant cobalt, nickel, and iron, leading a group at IMDEA Materials in Madrid since 2024.