Yuri

Yuri

Yuri is a common first name in several languages, with alternately masculine and feminine denotations depending on the specific culture. In Russia, for example, Юрий is a common male given name meaning 'George', while in Japan it is a traditional female name meaning 'lily'(百合 / ゆり / ユリ). In Korea, Yuri (hangul: 유리) is also a female name, and its meaning varies according to its Chinese characters. It is also a fairly commonplace feminine given name in some Spanish-speaking countries. Yuri may also refer to:

Other uses

• Yuri (genre), a Japanese loanword referring to female homosexual content in fiction, especially anime and manga.
• Yuri (island), one of the Kuril islands claimed by Japan
• Yuri language (New Guinea), a language isolate spoken in Papua New Guinea
• Yuri language (Amazon), an Amerindian language of Colombia and Brazil
• Yuri people, one of the Indigenous peoples in Colombia
• Yuri, the first dedicated Japanese Broadcasting Satellite (Japanese) and start of the BS-series
• Typhoon Yuri (disambiguation)

Russians

• Yuri Brezhnev (born 1933), son of Leonid Brezhnev
• Yuri Churbanov (born 1936), son-in-law of Leonid Brezhnev
• Yuri Andropov (1914–1984), Soviet Politician and General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union
• Yuri Arbachakov, (born 1966), Russian-Japanese boxer, world champion
• Yuri Artsutanov (born 1929), Russian pioneer of the idea of Space Elevator
• Yuri Feodorovich Orlov (born 1924), Soviet physicist and human rights activist
• Yuri Izrael (born 1930), Russian scientist and vice-chairman of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
• Yuri Gagarin (1934–1968), Soviet cosmonaut, the first human in space
• Yuri Maslyukov (1937–2010), Russian politician
• Yuri Matochkin (1931–2006), Russian politician
• Yury Luzhkov (born 1936), Mayor of Moscow from 1992 to 2010
• Yury Sevidov (1942–2010), Russian footballer
• Yuriy Venherovsky (1941–2004), Soviet volleyball Olympic champion
• Yury Zakharevitch (born 1963), Olympic weightlifter for the Soviet Union

Others

• Yuri (Mexican singer) (born 1964), Mexican actress and singer
• Yuri Chinen (born 1993), Japanese singer, dancer and actor
• Yuri Dolgoruki (1099–1157), Grand Prince of Kiev
• Yuri Ebihara (born 1979), Japanese model and actress
• Yuri Foreman (born 1980), Belarusian-born Israeli-American middleweight and World Boxing Association champion super welterweight
• Yuri Landman (born 1973), experimental luthier, comic book artist and musician
• Yuri Lowenthal (born 1971), American actor/voice actor, known best for the fictional character Sasuke Uchiha
• Yuri Rasovsky (born 1944), American audio dramatist
• Yuri Rost (born 1939), Ukrainian photographer and journalist
• Yuri Ruley (born 1976), drummer for pop-punk band MxPx
• Yuri of Silla (died 57 CE), early King of Silla, an area in Korea
• Cha Hyun Ok (born 1976), K-pop singer who was part of the group Cool and is now in Girl Friends
• Yuri of Goguryeo (died 18 CE), early King of Goguryeo, an area in Korea
• Sung Yu Ri (born 1981), Korean singer/actress known mainly for her role as a member in Fin.K.L.
• Masuda Yuri (born 1977), vocalist from Japanese music group m.o.v.e
• Kwon Yuri (born 1989), Korean singer, member of Girls' Generation
• Yuri Kochiyama (born 1921) Japanese American human rights activist

Characters

• Yuri (Command & Conquer), an antagonist in Command & Conquer: Red Alert 2 and Command & Conquer: Yuri's Revenge
• Yuri Sakazaki, a character in the Art of Fighting and King of Fighters video games
• Yuri Stavrogan, an E-frame pilot from animated television series Exosquad
• Yuri, a Russian friend of Mike Motley in the classic comic strip Motley's Crew
• Yuri, one of the main characters in the game Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3
• Yuri Orlov, the main character in the movie Lord of War
• Yuri Shibuya, the main character and 'Demon King' in the light novel series Kyo Kara Maoh!
• Yuri Volte Hyuga, the main character in Shadow Hearts video games
• Yuri Zhivago, the lead character in the book and movie Doctor Zhivago (novel)
• Yuri Lowell, the main character in the game Tales of Vesperia
• Yuri, a protagonist in the Dirty Pair series of anime and manga
• Yuri Mihairokov, a character in Planetes anime series
• Yuri, a starship captain in the game Infinite Space
• Yuri Boyka, sometimes Uri, a character in Undisputed II and III
• Yuri Suzuki, the main character in Red River manga
• Yuri Tsukikage, a character in the HeartCatch PreCure! anime series

See also

• George (disambiguation)
• Jarilo, a spring, agricultural god
• Juri (disambiguation)
• Uriah (disambiguation)
• Yuriko (disambiguation)
• Yury (given name)
• Yūrei, figures in Japanese folklore, analogous to Western legends of ghosts