Yukari

For the word meaning "upper" in Turkic languages, see Yukarı (disambiguation).

Yukari

Pronunciation	jɯkaɾi (IPA)
Gender	Female
Origin
Word/name	Japanese
Meaning	Different meanings depending on the kanji used
Other names
Alternative spelling	Yukari (Kunrei-shiki) Yukari (Nihon-shiki) Yukari (Hepburn)

Yukari is a feminine Japanese given name.

Possible writings

Yukari can be written using many different combinations of kanji characters. Here are some examples:

• 由加里, "reason, addition, village"
• 由香里, "reason, scent, village"
• 由佳利, "reason, excellent, benefit"
• 由佳梨, "reason, excellent, pear tree"
• 由華莉, "reason, splendor/flower, jasmine"
• 夕香里, "evening, scent, village"
• 夕香莉, "evening, scent, jasmine"
• 夕花莉, "evening, flower, jasmine"
• 夕佳利, "evening, excellent, benefit"
• 裕佳里, "abundant, excellent, village"
• 裕佳梨, "abundant, excellent, pear tree"
• 優香理, "superiority, scent, logic"
• 友加里, "friend, addition, village"
• 結花理, "tie, flower, logic"
• 紫, "purple"
• 縁, "affinity/destiny"

The name can also be written in hiragana ゆかり or katakana ユカリ.

Notable people with the name

• Yukari Fukui (福井 裕佳梨, born 1982), Japanese actress, voice actress and gravure idol
• Yukari Fresh, real name Yukari Takasaki (高崎 ゆかり), Shibuya-kei artist
• Yukari Goto (後藤 友香里, born 1988), Japanese singer
• Yukari Higa (緋賀 ゆかり), Japanese manga artist
• Yukari Iijima (飯島 夕雁, born 1964), Japanese politician
• Yukari Ichijo (一条 ゆかり, born 1949), Japanese manga artist
• Yukari Kajihara (加治原 由香里, born 1953), Japanese fencer
• Yukari Kawasaki (河﨑 由加里, born 1976), Japanese archer
• Yukari Kinga (近賀 ゆかり, born 1984), Japanese women's footballer
• Yukari Kokubun (國分 優香里, born 1983), Japanese voice actress
• Yukari Miyake (三宅 由佳莉, born 1986), Japanese singer
• Yukari Mizuno (水野 友加里, born 1986), Japanese actress
• Yukari Nakano (中野 友加里, born 1985), Japanese figure skater
• Yukari Nozawa (野沢 由香里, born 1957), Japanese actress and voice actress
• Yukari Ohno (大野 ゆかり, born 1975), Japanese ice hockey player
• Yukari Oshima (大島 ゆかり, born 1963), Japanese actress and martial artist
• Yukari Sato (佐藤 ゆかり, born 1961), Japanese politician
• Yukari Tachibana (橘 ゆかり, born 1965), Japanese actress
• Yukari Takemoto (竹本 ゆかり, born 1955), Japanese swimmer
• Yukari Tamura (田村 ゆかり), (born 1976), Japanese singer and voice actress
• Yukari Watanabe (渡邊 ゆかり, born 1981), Japanese speed skater
• Yukari Yamamoto (山本 由佳理, born 1981), Japanese field hockey player
• Yukari Yoshihara (吉原 由香里, born 1973), Japanese Go player

Fictional characters

• Yukari Akiyama (秋山 優花里), a character in the anime series Girls und Panzer
• Yukari Hayasaka (早坂 紫), a character in the manga series Paradise Kiss
• Yukari Hinata (日向 縁), a character in the manga series Yuyushiki
• Yukari Hirai (平井 ゆかり), a character in the light novel series Shakugan no Shana
• Yukari Kashima (鹿島 由加里), a character in the manga series Vampire Princess Miyu
• Yukari Kawai (河井ユカリ), a teenage character in the series of Little Ghost Q-Taro
• Yukari Kohinata (小日向 縁), a character in the manga series Locodol
• Yukari Kotozume (琴爪 ゆかり), a character in the anime series Kirakira PreCure a la Mode
• Yukari Minamida (南田ゆかり), a character from the game Liar Liar
• Yukari Miyako (都 ゆかり), a character in the manga series Monthly Girls' Nozaki-kun
• Yukari Morita, a character in the light novel series Rocket Girls
• Yukari Sakuragi (桜木 ゆかり), a character in the novel Another
• Yukari Sanjo (三条 ゆかり), a character in the manga series Shugo Chara!
• Yukari Sawatari, a character in the manga series School Babysitters
• Yukari Sendou (仙童 紫), a character in the manga series Rosario + Vampire
• Yukari Takara (高良 ゆかり), a character in the manga series Lucky Star
• Yukari Takeba (岳羽 ゆかり), a character in the video game Persona 3
• Yukari Tanizaki (谷崎 ゆかり), a character in the manga series Azumanga Daioh
• Yukari Yakumo (八雲 紫), a character in the Touhou series
• Yuzuki Yukari (結月 ゆかり), a Vocaloid character
• Yukari, a character in the Italian animated series Tommy & Oscar

See also

• Yukari Telepath, a 2007 album by Coaltar of the Deepers