Yuki

Yuki, Yuuki, Yuhki or Yūki are romanizations of various Japanese given names or words (such as 友紀, 由貴, 由岐, 油木, 結城, 雪, 祐樹, 有希). They may refer to:

Places

• Yuki, Hiroshima (Jinseki), a town in Jinseki District, Hiroshima, Japan
• Yuki, Hiroshima (Saeki), a town in Saeki District, Hiroshima, Japan
• Yūki, Ibaraki, a city on Honshu island in Japan
• Yuki, Tokushima, a town in Kaifu District, Japan

People

• Yūki clan, a clan in 14th century Japan
• Yuki tribe, a Native American tribe in California

Given name

Yuki ([juki]) (meaning "snow") or Yūki ([juːki])

Persons with the given name

• Yu~ki, a 1990s bassist of Malice Mizer
• Yuki, a guitarist of Japanese rock group Λucifer
• Yuki (kickboxer), kickboxer who fought in semifinals of the K-1 World Grand Prix 2009 in Tokyo Final 16 Qualifying GP
• Yuuki (keyboardist), a keyboard player of An Cafe, a Japanese group formed in 2003
• Yuhki (keyboardist), a keyboard player of Galneryus, a Japanese power metal/neoclassical metal band
• Yuki (singer) (born 1972), stage name of Yuki Isoya, female vocalist of Japanese band Judy and Mary
• Yuki, stage name of Yukiyo Yamamoto, a vocalist in the Bennie K duo
• Yuki Amemiya, Japanese manga artist
• Yuki Bhambri (born 1992), Indian tennis player
• Yuki Fuji (born 1981), Japanese football player. He plays for Giravanz Kitakyushu
• Yuki Fukaya (born 1982), Japanese footballer. He currently plays for Omiya Ardija
• Yuki Furuta (born 1942), Supreme Court of Japan member
• Yuki Igari (born 1988), Japanese footballer who plays for Shonan Bellmare
• Yuki Ishikawa (born 1987), Japanese volleyball player who plays for JT Marvelous
• Yuki Kaida, a voice actress and radio personality from Tokyo, Japan
• Yuki Kajiura (born 1965), Japanese composer and music producer
• Yuki Karakawa (born 1989), Japanese Nippon Professional Baseball pitcher with the Chiba Lotte Marines in Japan's Pacific League
• Yuki Kashiwagi (born 1991), member of the Japanese idol group AKB48. She auditioned for AKB48 on December 3, 2006, and is now captain of Team B. Her talent agency is Watanabe Productions
• Yuki Kushida, English-speaking actress and teacher of Japanese origin
• Yuki Nakashima (born 1984), Japanese football player currently playing for Vegalta Sendai
• Yuki Maeda (born 1979), Japanese enka singer within Hello! Project
• Yuki Maki (born 1984), Japanese football player
• Yuki Matsuoka (born 1970), voice actor from the Hirano-ku ward of Osaka
• Yuki Nagasato, Japanese female football player
• Yuki Okada (born 1983), Japanese football player currently playing for Tochigi S.C.
• Yuki Ozawa (born 1983), Japanese football player currently playing for Shonan Bellmare. He previously played in Netherlands
• Yuki Saito (disambiguation), several people
• Yuki Shimada (born 1986), Japanese footballer who plays for Mito Hollyhock in the J. League Division 2
• Yuki Takahashi (born 1984), Japanese motorcycle racer
• Yuki Tanaka (born 1981), Japanese volleyball player who plays for Kurobe AquaFairies. She serves as the captain of the team from 2009
• Yuki Uekusa (born 1982), Japanese football player currently playing for Montedio Yamagata
• Yuki Urushibara (born 1974), Japanese manga artist

Persons with the family name

• Hiroe Yuki, (1948-2011) Japanese badminton player
• Kaori Yuki, manga artist active since 1987
• Maiko Yūki, (born 1977), Japanese AV idol, actress and stripper
• Nobuteru Yūki (born 1962), Japanese manga artist, illustrator, and animator
• Shiroi Yuki, Mai Kuraki's twenty-fifth single, released on December 20, 2006

Fictional characters (animation)

• Yuuki Tenpouin, a character in Code: Breaker manga series
• Yuki (The Last Blade), the naginata wielding character of The Last Blade fighting game series
• Yuki Umeda, a character in the 2007 Yume Kira Dream Shoppe anime series
• Yuki, a character in the Galactik Football French animated series
• Yuki Nomura, a character in No Bra
• Yuki, a character in the Idaten Jump series
• Yuki Cross/Kuran, a character in Vampire Knight manga and anime series
• Yuuki, a character in the To Love-Ru manga series
• Yuki, the male protagonist of NeoGeo Battle Coliseum fighting game
• Yuki Amagi, a character of the 2003–2005 Legendz series
• Yūki Kataoka, a character from Saki manga series
• Yuki Kojima, a character of the 1998–2003 Whistle! anime and manga series
• Yūki Kusakabe, a character in To Heart 2
• Yuuki Minami, one of the main characters in the Kanamemo anime/manga
• Yuki Mitani, a character of the 2001–2003 Hikaru no Go anime
• Yuki Nagato, a character of The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya
• Yuki Sohma, a character of Fruits Basket
• Yuki Urakawa, a character of Ceres, Celestial Legend
• Yukiko Amagi, a character from Persona 4
• Yukino Miyazawa, a character of Kare Kano/His and Her Circumstances/Tales at North Hills High manga series
• Yukito Tsukishiro, a character of Cardcaptor Sakura (Cardcaptors)
• Yuuki Sakurano, a character from Sky Girls
• Dylan Yuki, a character in Mirmo!
• Eiri Yuki, a character of Gravitation
• Jaden Yuki, a character of Yu-Gi-Oh! GX, known as Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters GX in Japan
• Michio Yuki, a character of the MW manga series
• Miyuki Takara, a character in the Lucky Star manga series
• Maelstrom, aka Yuki Yoshida a character in the anime/manga Kore wa Zombie Desu ka?

Fictional characters (other media)

• Yuki (King of Fighters), List of The King of Fighters characters ⋅
• Nelly Yuki, a character from the 2002 Gossip Girl novels
• Yuki, the main hero from the SNK Playmore fighting game NeoGeo Battle Coliseum
• Yuki, a character in Enchanted Arms
• Yuki Castelano, Japanese-Italian attorney in James Patterson's crime novels 4th of July and The 5th Horseman (2006)
• Yuki Sonoda, a character of the 2000 Megatokyo webcomic
• Yuki, a character from the games MySims and MySims Kingdom
• Yuki Reid, a character from the British medical drama Casualty
• Yuuki, the lead character of the webcomic Sparkling Generation Valkyrie Yuuki
• Yuuki, the lead character of the Japanese drama Yuuki starring Kazuya Kamenashi
• Yuki Jojima, one of the main characters in the Japanese Tokusatsu series Kamen Rider Fourze

Animals

• Yuki, one of US President Lyndon B. Johnson's dogs, a white mongrel his daughter Luci Baines Johnson found at a gas station in 1966

See also

• Yukie (disambiguation)
• Yukigassen, a Japanese word for an organised "snowball fight", from the Japanese word for snow, yuki
• Yukimura, a Japanese surname meaning "snowy village"