Yū

This article is about the Japanese given name. For other uses, see YU.

Yū

Yū Darvish, a Japanese starting pitcher
Pronunciation	Similar to the English word "You"
Gender	Unisex
Origin
Word/name	Japanese
Meaning	It can have many different meanings depending on the kanji used.
Region of origin	Japan
Other names
Related names	Yūji Yūka Yūki Yūko Yūri Yūsuke Yūta

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), a Japanese voice actress
• Yuu Asakura, an actress, dancer and Japanese language instructor
• Yu Darvish (有), an Iranian-Japanese starting pitcher
• Yū Hayami (優), a Japanese pop singer and actress
• Yū Kagami (遊), a Japanese screenwriter
• Yū Kamonomiya (ゆう), a Japanese voice actress
• 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
• Yū Kobayashi (ゆう), a Japanese voice actress
• Yū Koyama (ゆう), a Japanese manga artist
• 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
• Yū Sekida (裕), a Japanese actor
• Yū Shimaka (裕), a Japanese voice actor
• Yuu Shirota (優), a Japanese-Spanish actor and singer
• Yuu Shiroyama (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 Tamenaga (ゆう), a Japanese manga artist
• Yu Takahashi (高橋 優), a Japanese singer-songwriter
• Yu Takahashi (高橋 ユウ ), a Japanese-Filipina model and actress
• Yū Terashima (優), a Japanese manga artist
• Yu Todoroki (悠), a Japanese Takarasienne
• Yū Wakui: (優和久井), 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

• Yu otosaka from the charlotte anime series
• Yu Kajima (カジマ), a character from the Gundam anime series
• Yuu Asou (麻生 優雨), a character from the Fatal Frame III: The Tormented video game series
• Yū Kanda (ユウ), a main character in the manga series D.Gray-man
• Yū Komori (ユウ), a main character in Spider-Man: The Manga
• Yuu Matsuura (遊), a central character in the shōjo manga series Marmalade Boy
• Yū Nishinoya (夕), a character from the Haikyū!! anime series
• Yuu Kashima (遊), a character from the Monthly Girls' Nozaki-kun anime series
• Yu Ominae (優), the main character of the manga series Spriggan
• Yu Narukami (鳴上 悠), the official name of the protagonist of Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 4