Yū

Infobox Given Name Revised
name = Yū


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caption= Yū Darvish, a starting pitcher
pronunciation= Similar to the English word "You"
gender = Unisex
meaning = It can have many different meanings depending on the kanji used.
region = Japanese
origin = Japanese
related names = Yūji
Yūka
Yūki
Yūko
Yūri
Yūsuke
Yūta
footnotes = nihongo|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"
*夕, "evening"
*友, "friend"
*有, "qualified"
*勇, "courage"
*祐, "help"
*裕, "abundant"
*雄, "masculine"
*悠, "permanence"
*由宇, "reason, eaves"The name can also be written in hiragana or katakana.

Real 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
*Yū Miyake (優), a Japanese video game 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
*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
*Yū Terashima (優), a Japanese manga artist
*Yu Todoroki (悠), a Japanese Takarasienne
*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 Kajima (カジマ), a character from the "Gundam" universe
*Yū Kanda (ユウ), a main character in the manga series "D.Gray-man"
*Yū Komori (ユウ), a main character in ""
*Yuu Matsuura (遊), a central character in the shōjo manga series "Marmalade Boy"
*Yu Ominae (優), the main character of the manga series "Spriggan"