Yu
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is a very common Japanese given name used by either sex.
characters and can mean:
The name can also be written in hiragana
or katakana
.
Possible writings
Yū can be written using different kanjiKanji
Kanji are the adopted logographic Chinese characters hanzi that are used in the modern Japanese writing system along with hiragana , katakana , Indo Arabic numerals, and the occasional use of the Latin alphabet...
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
Hiragana
is a Japanese syllabary, one basic component of the Japanese writing system, along with katakana, kanji, and the Latin alphabet . Hiragana and katakana are both kana systems, in which each character represents one mora...
or katakana
Katakana
is a Japanese syllabary, one component of the Japanese writing system along with hiragana, kanji, and in some cases the Latin alphabet . The word katakana means "fragmentary kana", as the katakana scripts are derived from components of more complex kanji. Each kana represents one mora...
.
People
with the given name Yū- Yu AidaYu Aidais a Japanese manga author and illustrator best known for his work Gunslinger Girl. Aida has done character designs for the eroge visual novel, Bittersweet Fools.- Works :* Gunslinger Girl...
(裕), a Japanese manga artist and illustrator - Yū AoiYû Aoiis a Japanese actress and model. She made her film debut as Shiori Tsuda in Shunji Iwai's 2001 film All About Lily Chou-Chou...
(優), a Japanese actress - Yū AsagiriYu Asagiri, better know by the penname Yū Asagiri , is a female Japanese manga artist from Tokyo, Japan. She made her professional manga debut in 1976. Asagiri received the 1987 Kodansha Manga Award for shōjo for Nana Iro Majikku . Her other works include Golden Cain, Midnight Panther...
(夕), a Japanese manga artist - Yū AsakawaYu Asakawa, is a popular Japanese voice actress from Tokyo. She is also a singer, both solo and with the Hinata Girls. She also provides the voice samples for the Crypton Future Media's third Vocaloid 2 era Vocaloid, Megurine Luka. Asakawa is currently affiliated with Arts Vision...
(悠), a Japanese voice actress - Yuu AsakuraYuu AsakuraYuu Asakura is a Japanese actress, dancer and language instructor based out of Los Angeles, California, USA. She moved to Los Angeles after graduating from Tokyo University in 2000 with a B.A. in linguistics and area studies...
, an actress, dancer and Japanese language instructor - Yu DarvishYu DarvishYu Darvish is a Japanese starting pitcher for the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters.Darvish pitched in the 2008 Beijing Olympics as well as the 2009 World Baseball Classic as a member of the Japanese national team...
(有), an Iranian-Japanese starting pitcher - Yū HayamiYu Hayamiis a J-pop singer and TV actress in Japan.- Childhood and education:Hayami was born in Atami, Shizuoka on 2 September 1966. Her real name was . After her parents divorced, her family name changed to ....
(優), a Japanese pop singer and actress - Yū KagamiYu Kagamiis a Japanese screenwriter employed by Minori where he has been writing game scenarios since 2004 when he contributed to his first adult game scrpit for Haru no Ashioto. After getting involved in many drama CDs for the game, his next project was on Ef: A Fairy Tale of the Two. by the same company....
(遊), a Japanese screenwriter - Yū KamonomiyaYu Kamonomiyais a female Japanese voice actress from Aomori, Japan.-Voice roles:*Little Busters! as Miyuki Koshiki, Kengo Miyazawa , and Kyousuke Natsume *Shinkyoku Sōkai Polyphonica The Black as Ide Digurea-References:*...
(ゆう), a Japanese voice actress - Yuu KashiiYuu Kashii, known by her stage name , is a Japanese actress and model. She studied at Mejiro University, where she majored in English. She married actor Joe Odagiri, who is exactly 11 years her senior, on February 16, 2008, the birthday the couple shares...
(由宇), a Japanese actress and model - Yuu Kikkawa (友), a Japanese pop singer
- Yū KikumuraYu Kikumurawas allegedly a member of the Japanese Red Army, an armed militant organization.Police arrested Kikumura in Schiphol Airport in Amsterdam in 1986 when they found him carrying a bomb in his luggage...
(憂), a member of the Japanese Red Army - Yū KobayashiYu Kobayashiis a female voice actress from Tokyo, Japan and is affiliated with HolyPeak. She also occasionally works as a key animator.-Anime:*12Riven - Yuyu Hoshino*Air Gear: Kuro no Hane to Nemuri no Mori - Emily Adachi*Amatsuki - Benitobi...
(ゆう), a Japanese voice actress - Yū KoyamaYu Koyamais a Japanese manga artist. After graduating from the University of Shizuoka he moved to Tokyo and in 1968 took a job with Saito Productions, the company run by Takao Saitō...
(ゆう), a Japanese manga artist - Yū MiyakeYu Miyakeis a composer and sound engineer for the Namco video game company. One of his most memorable works surfaced with Katamari Damacy soundtracks, on which he served as a sound director. Other works include the Tekken series and Ridge Racer series.Before joining Namco, Miyake was a university student...
(優), a Japanese video game composer and sound engineer - Yū MizushimaYu Mizushimais a Japanese voice actor. He is the Japanese voice-over for Sammo Hung, and is the Japanese voice of Wakko.-Notable roles:* .hack//Intermezzo as Male Heavyblade* Black Cat as Doctor * Black Jack* Black Magic M-66 as Leakey...
(裕), a Japanese voice actor - Yu NakajimaYu Nakajimais a Japanese Rubik's Cube solver.Yu held the former world record for average time solving a Rubik's Cube and formerly held it for a single time solution on the standard 3×3×3 cube solution. He beat the previous world record holder Edouard Chambon, who had a single solve record of 9.18 seconds...
(悠), a Japanese Rubik's Cube solver - Yū Sekida (裕), a Japanese actor
- Yū ShimakaYu Shimakais a Japanese voice actor . He was born on May 6, 1949 in the Nagano Prefecture. He was formerly affiliated with Production Baobab, and is now affiliated with Production Aigumi.-Television animation:*Animaniacs...
(裕), a Japanese voice actor - Yuu Shirota (優), a Japanese-Spanish actor and singer
- Yū SugimotoYu Sugimotois a Japanese voice actress.-Notable voice roles:*Digimon *Eithea *Gintama *Hamtaro *Kochira Katsushika-ku Kameari Kōen-mae Hashutsujo *The Prince of Tennis...
(ゆう), a Japanese voice actress - Yu SuzukiYu Suzukiis a Japanese game designer and producer who has spent his entire career with Sega Enterprises. Often referred to as Sega's answer to Shigeru Miyamoto, he has been responsible for the creation of many of Sega's most important arcade games such as Hang-On, Out Run, After Burner II, Virtua Fighter,...
(裕), a Japanese game designer and producer - Yu Tamenaga (ゆう), a Japanese manga artist
- Yū TerashimaYu Terashimais a Japanese manga artist. After working in the Toho marketing department for a while, he made his manga debut by winning the 1st Shōnen Jump Original Manga Work Contest in 1978.-Works:*Amaban! Kochira "Amagasa Bangumi Seisakubu"...
(優), a Japanese manga artist - Yu TodorokiYu TodorokiYu Todoroki is a current member of Takarazuka Revue, where she plays an otokoyaku. She joined the Revue in 1985, became the top star of Snow Troupe in 1997, transferred to Superior Members in 2002 and became the youngest member to serve on the company's board of directors in 2003...
(悠), a Japanese Takarasienne - Yuu WataseYuu Wataseis a female Japanese shōjo manga artist. She received the Shogakukan Manga Award for shōjo for Ceres, Celestial Legend in 1997. Since writing her debut short story "Pajama de Ojama" , Watase has created more than 80 compiled volumes of short stories and continuing series...
(悠宇), a Japanese shōjoShojoThe term refers to manga marketed to a female audience roughly between the ages of 10-18. The name romanizes the Japanese 少女 , literally: "little female". Shōjo manga covers many subjects in a variety of narrative and graphic styles, from historical drama to science fiction — often with a strong...
manga artist - Yuu YabuuchiYuu Yabuuchiis a Japanese manga artist who specializes in shōjo manga. Yuu Yabuchi's most famous works are Mizuiro Jidai, Shōjo-Shōnen, and Naisho no Tsubomi. The main focus of her manga are the emotional and psychological growth of pre-teen girls and boys and early romances between them. Her works are popular...
(優), a Japanese manga artist - Yu YagamiYu Yagamiis a Japanese manga artist. He is best known for the manga Those Who Hunt Elves, which was adapted as an anime series. His works Those Who Hunt Elves, Dokkoida?!, Go West!, and Hikkatsu! Strike a Blow to Vivify have been licensed in English....
(裕), a Japanese manga artist - Yu YamadaYu Yamadais a model, actress, and singer best known from her modeling work with CanCam magazine. Shintaro Yamada is her brother.- Career :Yamada graduated from Okinawa Actors School...
(優), a Ryukyuan model, actress, and singer - Yu YokoyamaYu Yokoyamais a Japanese idol, singer, actor, radio host and lyricist. Yokoyama is also a member of Kanjani Eight.-Career:Yokoyama entered Johnny's on Christmas 1996 where he met fellow members Subaru Shibutani and Shingo Murakami...
(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 universe
- Yū Kanda (ユウ), a main character in the manga series D.Gray-manD.Gray-manis an ongoing Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Katsura Hoshino. The series tells the story of a boy named Allen Walker, a member of an organization of Exorcists who makes use of an ancient substance called Innocence to combat the Millennium Earl and his demonic army of akuma...
- Yū Komori (ユウ), a main character in Spider-Man: The MangaSpider-Man: The MangaSpider-Man: The Manga is a Japanese manga illustrated by Ryoichi Ikegami which retold the story of Spider-Man in a Japanese setting. It was originally published in Japan from January 1970 to September 1971 in Monthly Shōnen Magazine....
- Yuu Matsuura (遊), a central character in the shōjoShojoThe term refers to manga marketed to a female audience roughly between the ages of 10-18. The name romanizes the Japanese 少女 , literally: "little female". Shōjo manga covers many subjects in a variety of narrative and graphic styles, from historical drama to science fiction — often with a strong...
manga series Marmalade BoyMarmalade Boyis a shōjo manga by Wataru Yoshizumi. It was published by Shueisha in the magazine Ribon from May 1992 to October 1995 and collected in eight tankōbon volumes. The series was adapted by Toei Animation as a 76-episode anime television series which aired on TV Asahi and Fuji TV in 1994 to 1995. This... - Yu Ominae (優), the main character of the manga series Spriggan