Yukie (or Yukié) is a feminine
Japanese given name.
Possible writings
Yukie can be written using different combinations of
kanji
are the logographic Chinese characters taken from the Chinese family of scripts, Chinese script and used in the writing of Japanese language, Japanese. They were made a major part of the Japanese writing system during the time of Old Japanese ...
characters. Here are some examples:
*幸恵, "happiness, blessing/favor"
*幸栄, "happiness, prosperous"
*幸江, "happiness, creek"
*由紀恵, "reason, era, blessing"
*由紀江, "reason, era, creek"
*雪映, "snow, shine"
*雪瑛, "snow, crystal"
*雪絵, "snow, picture"
*雪恵, "snow, blessing/favor"
*雪枝, "snow, branch"
*雪江, "snow, creek"
The name can also be written in
hiragana
is a Japanese syllabary, part of the Japanese writing system, along with ''katakana'' as well as ''kanji''.
It is a phonetic lettering system. The word ''hiragana'' literally means "flowing" or "simple" kana ("simple" originally as contrast ...
ゆきえ or
katakana
is a Japanese syllabary, one component of the Japanese writing system along with hiragana, kanji and in some cases the Latin script (known as rōmaji). The word ''katakana'' means "fragmentary kana", as the katakana characters are derived fr ...
ユキエ.
Notable people with the name
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Yukie Arata
was a Japanese freestyle swimmer. She competed in the 1932 Summer Olympics.
In 1932 she was a member of the Japanese relay team which finished fifth in the 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay event. In the 100 metre freestyle competition she was ...
(荒田 雪江, 1914 – date of death unknown), Japanese swimmer
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Yukie Chiri
was a Japanese transcriber and translator of Yukar (Ainu epic tales).
Life
Yukie Chiri was born into an Ainu people, Ainu family in Noboribetsu, Hokkaidō during the Meiji (era), Meiji era. At the time, increasing immigration of Japanese peopl ...
(知里 幸恵, 1903–1922), Japanese transcriber and translator
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Yukie Kawamura
is a Japanese gravure idol, tarento, and actress signed to Japan Art.
Biography
Born in Otaru, Hokkaidō, Kawamura grew up in Yokohama, Kanagawa and later in Abiko, Chiba. She made her debut in 2003 as a gravure idol. In 2006 she started her ca ...
(川村 ゆきえ, born 1986), Japanese gravure idol, tarento and actress
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Yukie Koizumi
Yukie Koizumi (born 24 January 1958) is a Japanese former professional tennis player.
Koizumi reached a best singles ranking of 159 in the world and featured three times in the main draw of the Australian Open. In the 1989 edition she upset ninth ...
(born 1958), Japanese former professional tennis player
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Yukie Nakama (仲間 由紀恵, born 1979), Japanese actress, singer and idol
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Yukie Nakayama
is a Japanese trap shooter, who competed at three Olympic games and won the silver medal at the 2013 ISSF World Championships. Nakayama made her official Olympic debut at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, where she finished thirteenth in the ...
, (中山 由起枝, born 1979), Japanese sport shooter
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Yukie Nishimura (西村 由紀江, born 1967), Japanese pianist
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Yukie Ohzeki
is a former international table tennis player from Japan.
Table tennis career
From 1971 to 1975 she won six medals in singles, doubles, and team events in the World Table Tennis Championships and seven medals in the Asian Table Tennis Champions ...
(大関 行江, born 1949), Japanese table tennis player
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Yukie Sakaguchi (坂口 優希恵, born 1994), Japanese professional soft-tip and steel-tip darts player
Notable people with the surname
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Hiroto Yukie (雪江 悠人, born 1996), Japanese footballer
Fictional Characters
*Yukie Kaufmann (由季江・カウフマン), character in ''
Message to Adolf'' (originally titled ''Adolf'' in English)
*Yukie Mayuzumi (黛 由紀江), character in ''
Maji de Watashi ni Koi Shinasai!
, often abbreviated , is a Japanese adult visual novel developed by and released for the PC on August 28, 2009 (first press version) as a DVD and on October 30, 2009 (regular version) as two DVDs. An English translation of the PC version wa ...
'' (''Majikoi ~ Oh! Samurai Girls'')
*Yukie Mishiro (三代 雪絵), a character from the
light novel series ''
Ginban Kaleidoscope''
*Yukie Utsumi (内海 幸枝), character in the novel, film, and manga ''
Battle Royale''
*Yukie Shirofuku (白福 雪絵), a manager of Fukurōdani Academy in ''
Haikyū!!''
*Yukie,
Kumiko
Kumiko (くみこ, クミコ) is a feminine Japanese given name.
Possible writings
Kumiko can be written using different kanji and can mean:
*久美子, "forever, beauty, child"
*空見子, "sky, see, child"
*公美子, "public, beauty, child"
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's aunt and
Mr Miyagi's lifelong love in
Karate Kid 2, remembered in
Cobra Kai Season 3.
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