Yukio is a masculine

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Possible writings

Yukio can be written using different combinations of

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characters. Here are some examples: *幸夫, "happiness, man" *幸生, "happiness, live" *幸男, "happiness, man" *幸雄, "happiness, male" *行夫, "to go, man" *行男, "to go, man" *行雄, "to go, male" *之夫, "of, man" *之男, "of, man" *之雄, "of, male" *由起夫, "reason, to rise, man" *由紀夫, "reason, chronicle, man" *由記雄, "reason, scribe, male" *悠紀夫, "long time, chronicle, man" *雪雄, "snow, male" 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 ...

ゆきお or

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ユキオ.

Notable people with the name

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(野坂昭如), Japanese novelist, singer, lyricist, and politician *, Japanese politician who was

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*, Japanese politician *, Japanese gymnast *, Japanese author and architectural photographer *, Japanese video game developer *, Japanese equestrian *, Japanese popular singer *, Japanese Prime Minister *, Japanese cook and television presenter *, Japanese chemist *, Japanese lawyer *, Japanese gymnast *, Japanese city mayor of Otsuki in the Yamanashi Prefecture *, Japanese actor *, Japanese politician *, Japanese motorcycle racer *, Japanese railway bureaucracy *, Japanese anime director *, Japanese soldier *, Japanese ski jumper *, Japanese rower *, Japanese writer *, Japanese rugby football player *, Japanese theatre director * (baseball), Japanese baseball player *, Japanese boxer * Yukio Okutsu (1921–2003), Hawaiian soldier who won the US Congressional Medal of Honor *, Japanese politician * Yukio Peter (born 1984), Nauruan weightlifter *, Russian sumo wrestler *, Japanese mixed martial artist and professional wrestler *, Japanese boxer *, Japanese naval aviator who led the first official kamikaze attack * Yukio Shimoda (1921–1981), American actor *, Japanese photographer *, Japanese Supreme Court justice *, Japanese baseball player *, Japanese judoka *, Japanese novelist *, Japanese politician *, Japanese musician *, Japanese chemist *, Japanese murderer *

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, a pseudonym of

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Fictional characters

Yukio Yukio is a masculine Japanese given name. Possible writings Yukio can be written using different combinations of kanji characters. Here are some examples: *幸夫, "happiness, man" *幸生, "happiness, live" *幸男, "happiness, man" *幸雄, ...

(雪緒), a heroine in the X-Men comics *Yukio, female character in the

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novel, The Ninja * (Johnny) in the anime ''

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'' * Yukio Mashimi in the anime ''Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles'' * in the anime ''Digimon'' * in the manga ''

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'' *, the twin character of the main protagonist Rin Okumura from the anime/manga, ''

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'' *, a character from the anime/manga, ''

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'' *, one of the main antagonists in the anime/manga, '' Kaiji'' *, also known as "Fake Akagi", a character from the anime/manga, '' Akagi''

Other

* 5513 Yukio, asteroid *"Death and Night and Blood (Yukio)", a song by The Stranglers from ''

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