is a Japanese ski jumper. She has competed at World Cup level since the 2014/15 season, with her best individual result being fourth place in

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on 25 March 2018. Her younger sister Rio Setō has also competed at World Cup level. Representing the Japanese national team, Yūka won a bronze medal in the women's team competition at the 2015 Junior World Championships in

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. She also won the first ever women's World Cup team competition in Hinterzarten on 16 December 2017, with her team-mates Yuki Ito,

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, and

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