Yukie is a feminine

Japanese given name in modern times consist of a family name (surname) followed by a given name, in that order. Nevertheless, when a Japanese name is written in the Roman alphabet, ever since the Meiji era, the official policy has been to cater to Western expecta ...

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, sparkling" *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

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. *

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. *

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 ...

(川村ゆきえ, born 1986), Japanese gravure idol, tarento and actress. *

Yukie Nakama is a Japanese actress, singer and former idol. History Biography She was born in Urasoe, Okinawa, Japan, into a fisherman's family, the youngest of five siblings. At the start of her career she was a gravure idol and singer (her debut single ...

(仲間由紀恵, born 1979), Japanese actress, singer and idol. *

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 th ...

, (中山由起枝, born 1979), Japanese sport shooter. *

Yukie Nishimura is a prolific Japanese pianist and composer. Nishimura studied at the Toho Gakuen School of Music is a private music school in Chōfu, Tokyo, Japan. History Toho Gakuen was founded in 1948 in Ichigaya (Tokyo) as the Music School for Childre ...

(西村由紀江, born 1967), Japanese pianist. *

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 Champion ...

(大関行江, born 1949), Japanese table tennis player.

Fictional Characters

*Yukie Kaufmann (由季江・カウフマン), character in ''

Message to Adolf , known in earlier English versions as ''Adolf'', is a manga series made by Osamu Tezuka. The story is set before, during, and after World War II and is centered on three men with the name Adolf. Adolf Kamil is an Ashkenazi Jew living in Japan. ...

'' (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 A light novel (, Hepburn: ''raito noberu'') is a style of young adult novel primarily targeting high school and middle school students. The term "light novel" is a ''wasei-eigo'', or a Japanese term formed from words in the English languag ...

series ''

Ginban Kaleidoscope is a Japanese light novel series written by Rei Kaibara and illustrated by Hiro Suzuhira. A manga adaptation authored by Jun Hasegawa was serialized in Margaret from 2005 to 2006. An anime adaptation of the first arc of the novels aired on T ...

''. *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!! is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Haruichi Furudate. It was serialized in Shueisha's ''shōnen'' manga magazine ''Weekly Shōnen Jump'' from February 2012 to July 2020, with its chapters collected in 45 ''tankōbo ...

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