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This article is about the Japanese given name. For other uses, see
YU .
Yū
Yū Darvish, a Japanese starting pitcher
Pronunciation /jɯː/ (IPA) Gender Unisex Word/name Japanese Meaning It can have many different meanings depending on the
kanji used. Region of origin Japan Related names
Yūji
Yūka
Yūki
Yūko Yūri
Yūsuke
Yūta
Yūto
Yū or Yu or Yuu (ゆう, ユウ ) is a very common
Japanese given name used by either sex.
Possible writings
Yū can be written using different
kanji characters and can mean:
優, "tenderness" or "superiority"
夕, "evening"
友, "friend"
有, "qualified"
勇, "courage"
祐, "help"
裕, "abundant"
雄, "masculine"
悠, "permanence"
由宇, "reason, eaves"
侑, "assist"
The name can also be written in
hiragana or
katakana .
People
with the given name Yū
Yu Aida (裕), a Japanese manga artist and illustrator
Yū Aoi (優), a Japanese actress
Yū Asagiri (夕), a Japanese manga artist
Yū Asakawa (悠, born 1975), a Japanese voice actress
Yu Darvish (有), an Iranian-Japanese starting pitcher
Yu Fukumoto (福本 悠 , born 2002) , Japanese footballer
Yū Hayami (優), a Japanese pop singer and actress
Yū Hasebe (優), a Japanese actress, singer and model
Yū Hayashi (勇), a Japanese voice actor and singer
Yuu Kashii (由宇), a Japanese actress and model
Yuu Kikkawa (友), a Japanese pop singer
Yū Kikumura (憂), a member of the Japanese Red Army
Yu Kimura (boxer) (木村 悠 , born 1983) , Japanese boxer
Yu Kimura (footballer) (木村 裕 , born 1994) , Japanese footballer
Yū Kobayashi (ゆう, born 1982), a Japanese voice actress
Yu Kobayashi (footballer) (小林 悠 , born 1987) , Japanese footballer
Yū Koyama (ゆう), a Japanese manga artist
Yu Minobe (美濃部 ゆう , born 1990) , Japanese artistic gymnast
Yu Miyahara (宮原 優 ) , Japanese sport wrestler
Yuu Miyake (優), a Japanese composer and sound engineer
Yū Mizushima (裕), a Japanese voice actor
Yu Nakajima (悠), a Japanese Rubik's Cube solver
Yu Nakasato (中里 優 , born 1994) , Japanese women's footballer
Yu Narukami (悠), a Japanese detective and fighter
Yū Sasahara (篠原 侑 ) , Japanese voice actress
Yū Serizawa (芹澤 優 ) , Japanese voice actress and singer
Yū Shiina (椎名 優 ) , usually written
You Shiina , Japanese illustrator and manga artist
Yū Shimaka (裕), a Japanese voice actor
Yū Shimamura (嶋村 侑 , born 1985) , Japanese voice actress
Yuu Shirota (優), a Japanese-Spanish actor and singer
Yuu Shiroyama (優), real name of
The Gazette 's guitarist Aoi
Yū Sugimoto (ゆう), a Japanese voice actress
Yu Suzuki (裕), a Japanese game designer and producer
Yu Takahashi (高橋 優), a Japanese singer-songwriter
Yū Terashima (優), a Japanese manga artist
Yu Todoroki (悠), a Japanese
Takarasienne
Yū Wakui : (和久井 優), a Japanese voice actress
Yuu Watase (悠宇), a Japanese
shōjo manga artist
Yuu Yabuuchi (優), a Japanese manga artist
Yu Yagami (裕), a Japanese manga artist
Yu Yamada (優), a Ryukyuan model, actress, and singer
Yu Yokoyama (裕), a member of the Japanese idol group Kanjani8
Fictional characters
with the given name Yū
Yu Kajima (カジマ), a character from the
Gundam anime series
Yuu Asou (麻生 優雨), a character from the
Fatal Frame III: The Tormented video game series
Yū Kanda (ユウ), a main character in the manga series
D.Gray-man
Yū Komori (ユウ), a main character in
Spider-Man: The Manga
Yuu Matsuura (遊), a central character in the
shōjo manga series
Marmalade Boy
Yū Nishinoya (夕), a character from the
Haikyū!! anime series
Yuu Kashima (遊), a character from the
Monthly Girls' Nozaki-kun anime series
Yu Ominae (優), the main character of the manga series
Spriggan
Yū Kōtari (神足 ユウ), a character from the
BLACK★ROCK SHOOTER anime series
Yu Ishigami (石上 優), a character from the manga series
Kaguya-sama: Love is War
Yuu Otosaka (乙坂 有宇), a character from the anime television series
Charlotte
Yu Takasaki (高咲 侑 ) , a character from the anime series
Love Live! Nijigasaki High School Idol Club
Yū, a character from
Dōbutsu no Mori (film)
Yū Naruse (usually called Yuu-chan), a main character in the manga
WataMote
Yū Koito (小糸 侑), the main character from the anime
Bloom into You
Yū Nanba (難波 悠), a supporting character and party member in
Yakuza: Like a Dragon