Yū

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This article is about the Japanese given name. For other uses, see YU.
Yū
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Yū Darvish, a Japanese starting pitcher
PronunciationSimilar to the English word "You"
GenderUnisex
Origin
Word/nameJapanese
MeaningIt can have many different meanings depending on the kanji used.
Region of originJapan
Other names
Related namesYūji
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
  • Yū Sasahara (篠原 侑), Japanese voice actress
  • Yū Serizawa (芹澤 優), Japanese voice actress and singer
  • 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
  • (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
  • : (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
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