Yūya

Yūya

Gender	Male
Origin
Word/name	Japanese
Meaning	Different meanings depending on the kanji used

Yūya, Yuya or Yuuya (written: 佑, 優也, 優弥, 優哉, 裕也, 裕哉, 裕矢, 祐也, 祐弥, 祐哉, 祐矢, 夕夜, 雄也, 雄哉, 勇也, 佑哉, 友哉, 悠哉, 悠也, 宥弥 or ゆうや in hiragana) is a masculine Japanese given name. Notable people with the name include:

• Yuya Ando (安藤 優也, born 1977), Japanese baseball player
• Yuya Asahina (朝比奈 ゆうや, born 1980), Japanese manga artist
• Yuya Asano (浅野 雄也, born 1997), Japanese footballer
• Yuya Hasegawa (長谷川 勇也, born 1984), Japanese baseball player
• Yuya Hashiuchi (橋内 優也, born 1987), Japanese footballer
• Yuya Hikichi (footballer, born 1983) (挽地 祐哉), Japanese footballer
• Yuya Hikichi (footballer, born 1990) (曵地 裕哉), Japanese footballer
• Yuya Himeno (姫野 宥弥, born 1996), Japanese footballer
• Yūya Hirose (広瀬 裕也, born 1996), Japanese voice actor
• Yuya Horihata (堀畑 裕也, born 1990), Japanese swimmer
• Yuya Ishii (baseball) (石井 裕也, born 1981), Japanese baseball player
• Yuya Ishii (director) (石井 裕也, born 1983), Japanese film director
• Yuya Iwadate (岩舘 侑哉, born 1985), Japanese footballer
• Yuya Kubo (footballer) (久保 裕也, born 1993), Japanese footballer
• Yuya Kubo (baseball) (久保 裕也, born 1980), Japanese baseball player
• Yuya Matsushita (松下 優也, born 1990), Japanese singer
• Yuya Miyashita (宮下 雄也, born 1985), Japanese singer and actor
• Yūya Nagaoka (長岡 裕也, born 1985), Japanese shogi player
• Yuya Nagasawa (長沢 祐弥, born 1996), Japanese footballer
• Yuya Nagatomi (永冨 裕也, born 1982), Japanese footballer
• Yuya Nakamura (footballer, born 1986) (中村 祐也), Japanese footballer
• Yuya Niwa (丹羽 雄哉, born 1944), Japanese politician
• Yuya Odo (大戸 裕矢, born 1990), Japanese rugby union player
• Yūya Oikawa (及川 佑, born 1981), Japanese speed skater
• Yuya Onoe (尾上 勇也, born 1985), Japanese footballer
• Yuya Osako (大迫 勇也, born 1990), Japanese footballer
• Yuya Oshima (大島祐哉, born 1994), Japanese table tennis player
• Yuya Saito (斉藤 祐也, born 1977), Japanese rugby union player
• Yuya Sano (佐野 裕哉, born 1982), Japanese footballer
• Yuya Sato (footballer) (佐藤 優也, born 1986), Japanese footballer
• Yuya Sato (novelist) (佐藤 友哉, born 1980), Japanese writer
• Yuya Shirai (白井 祐矢, born 1980), Japanese mixed martial artist
• Shōhōzan Yūya (松鳳山 裕也, born 1984), Japanese sumo wrestler
• Yuya Takaki (高木 雄也, born 1990), Japanese idol, singer and actor
• Yuya Tegoshi (手越 祐也, born 1987), Japanese idol, actor and singer
• Tosayutaka Yūya (土佐豊 祐哉, born 1985), Japanese sumo wrestler
• Yuya Uchida (singer) (内田 裕也, born 1939), Japanese singer and actor
• Yūya Uchida (voice actor) (内田 夕夜, born 1965), Japanese actor and voice actor
• Yuuya Watanabe, Japanese Magic: The Gathering player
• Yūya Yagira (柳楽 優弥, born 1990), Japanese actor
• Yuya Yamada (山田 裕也, born 1988), Japanese footballer
• Yuya Yamamoto (山本 優弥, born 1984), Japanese kickboxer
• Yuya Yoshida (吉田 優也, born 1989), Japanese judoka
• Yuya Yoshizawa (吉澤 佑哉, born 1986), Japanese footballer

Fictional characters

• Yūya Kaido (海藤 裕哉), a character in the anime series HappinessCharge PreCure!
• Yūya Noda (野田 侑也), a character in the manga series Miracle Girls
• Yūya Nomoto (野本 裕也), a character in the manga series Killing Bites
• Yūya Sakaki (榊 遊矢), protagonist of the anime series Yu-Gi-Oh! Arc-V
• Yuuya Kizami, a character in the video game series Corpse Party
• Yuuya Sakazaki, a character in the visual novel Hatoful Boyfriend