and are 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

Yuka and Yūka can be written using different

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 and can mean: *由香, "reason, fragrance" *由華, "reason, beautiful" *由佳, "reason, good" *由花, "reason, flower" *有佳, "exist, good" *有香, "exist, fragrance" *有華, "exist, beautiful" *優花, "tenderness, flower" *優香, "tenderness, fragrance" *結花, "link, flower" 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 ...

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 f ...

People

;pronounced Yuka *

Yuka Yuka may refer to: *Yuka (music), an Afro-Cuban style of music *Yuka (mammoth), mammoth specimen found in Yakutia, Russia *Manshu Yuka Kogyo K.K. Ssuningkai, a Japanese-German pre-WWII industrial co-operation People *Yuka (name), a Japanese perso ...

(有香), a Japanese singer *, a Japanese long-distance runner *, a Japanese rhythmic gymnast *, a Japanese snowboarder *, a Japanese ice hockey player *

Yuka Hirata is a Japanese actress, voice actress, tarento, and gravure idol from Hokkaido. She portrayed Mere in the Super Sentai Series '' Juken Sentai Gekiranger''. She has also appeared in ''Food Fight'', an episode of Carlos, and several idol videos. I ...

(裕香), a Japanese actress and gravure idol *

Yuka Honda Yuka Honda is a Japanese-American musician who resides in New York City. She is a multi-instrumentalist (mainly piano, synthesizer, sampler and other keyboards), composer, record producer, and co-founder of the band Cibo Matto. Throughout her ...

(ゆか), a Japanese musician *

Yuka Hoshaku is a Japanese actress An actor or actress is a person who portrays a character in a performance. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the traditional medium of the theatre or in modern media such as film, radio, and television. The analog ...

(有香), a Japanese actress *

Yuka Iguchi is a Japanese voice actress and singer. Biography She auditioned for Broccoli Broccoli (''Brassica oleracea'' var. ''italica'') is an edible green plant in the cabbage family (family Brassicaceae, genus ''Brassica'') whose large flowering ...

(井口裕香, born 1988), a Japanese voice actress *

Yuka Imai is a Japanese former voice actress who was previously represented by Gekidan Moonlight and by Atomic Monkey at the time of her retirement. She was born in Atami, Shizuoka. On August 30, 2018, she announced her retirement from voice acting, whic ...

(由香, born 1970), a Japanese voice actress *

Yuka Inokuchi is a Japanese voice actress who is affiliated with Ken Production. She is originally from Kurume, Fukuoka Prefecture. She voices Uzume in '' Ai Yori Aoshi'', Rin Kamishiro in '' Maburaho'', Anju Maaka in '' Karin'', Tabitha in '' The Familiar ...

(有佳), a Japanese voice actress *, a Japanese table tennis player * Yuka Itaya (由夏), a Japanese actress and newscaster *, a Japanese speed skater *

Yuka Kashino (born 23 December 1988), nicknamed , is a Japanese singer and dancer. She is known as one of the members of the electropop group Perfume. Biography Kashino was born and raised in Hiroshima, Japan, where she attended Actor's School Hiroshima wi ...

(有香), a Japanese singer and a member of

Perfume Perfume (, ; french: parfum) is a mixture of fragrant essential oils or aroma compounds (fragrances), fixatives and solvents, usually in liquid form, used to give the human body, animals, food, objects, and living-spaces an agreeable scent. Th ...

*, a Japanese swimmer *

Yuka Komatsu is a Japanese actress, voice actress and narrator from Tokyo. She is affiliated with Aoni Production. Biography Her father was a filmmaker and her mother grew up in a family atmosphere where the movies were nearby. Since childhood, her dream w ...

(born 1978) a Japanese voice actress *

Yuka Kosaka is a Japanese gravure idol and actress. She was born in Izumi-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan. She is also known as her nickname "Yuka-chin", and has starred in a number of TV dramas and films. Profile Yuka made her debut in 2004 after winning ...

(由佳), a Japanese gravure idol, actress and model *, a Japanese gravure idol, television personality and actress *, a Japanese racewalker *

Yuka Motohashi is a Japanese actress who is affiliated with Office Matsuda. She graduated from Shakujii High School. Filmography TV series Films References External links {{DEFAULTSORT:Motohashi, Yuka Japanese actresses 1978 births Living people ...

(由香), a Japanese actress *

Yuka Murayama (born 1964) is a Japanese writer. She has won the Subaru Literary Newcomer Prize, the Naoki Prize, and the Shibata Renzaburo Prize. Biography Born in 1964 in Tokyo, Japan, Murayama graduated from Rikkyo University and majored in Japanese lite ...

(由佳), a modern Japanese writer *, a Japanese goalball player *, a Japanese ice hockey player *

Yuka Onishi Yuka Onishi or Ohnishi (大西結花, Ōnishi Yuka, born July 6, 1968 in Toyonaka-shi, Osaka is a designated city in the Kansai region of Honshu in Japan. It is the capital of and most populous city in Osaka Prefecture, and the third mos ...

(結花), a Japanese actress and singer *

Yuka Orihara Yuka may refer to: *Yuka (music), an Afro-Cuban style of music *Yuka (mammoth), mammoth specimen found in Yakutia, Russia *Manshu Yuka Kogyo K.K. Ssuningkai, a Japanese-German pre-WWII industrial co-operation People *Yuka (name), a Japanese perso ...

(born 2000), a Finnish ice dancer *, a Japanese ten-pin bowler *

Yuka Sato is a Japanese former competitive figure skater and choreographer. She is the 1994 World champion, the 1990 World Junior champion and the 1993 & 1994 Japanese national champion. She placed 7th at the 1992 Winter Olympics and 5th at the 1994 ...

(有香), a Japanese figure skater * Yuka Saitō (essayist) (由香), a Japanese essayist and Suntory employee *

Yuka Saitō (voice actress) is a Japanese voice actress affiliated with Aoni Production. Biography In May 2015, she married fellow voice-actor, Takeshi Kusao and they have a child born in 2018. She announced on her Twitter that she gave birth to a second child on Novembe ...

(佑圭), a Japanese voice actress *

Yuka Terasaki is a Japanese actress, voice actress and singer from Kumamoto Prefecture. She is affiliated with Ken Production. Biography Filmography Television animation ;2006 *'' Onegai My Melody: Kuru Kuru Shuffle'', Megumi Katori ;2007 *'' Neko no Shuuk ...

(寺崎裕香), a Japanese voice actress *

Yuka Tokumitsu Yuka may refer to: *Yuka (music), an Afro-Cuban style of music *Yuka (mammoth), mammoth specimen found in Yakutia, Russia *Manshu Yuka Kogyo K.K. Ssuningkai, a Japanese-German pre-WWII industrial co-operation People *Yuka (name), a Japanese perso ...

(born 1969), a Japanese voice actress * Yuka Tsujiyoko (由佳), a Japanese video game music composer for Nintendo *, a Japanese sailor ;pronounced Yūka * Yūka (優香), a Japanese actress *, a member of

Hinatazaka46 is a Japanese idol group produced by Yasushi Akimoto. The group was established as a subgroup of Keyakizaka46 named Hiragana Keyakizaka46 on November 30, 2015, and was renamed and spun off into its own group on February 11, 2019. The group's ...

*, a Japanese YouTuber *

Yuuka Maeda is a former Japanese singer and actress. After joining Hello Pro Egg, a trainee program associated with Hello! Project, she achieved early fame as Amulet Heart in Shugo Chara Egg! before debuting in S/mileage, a Japanese idol girl group as ...

(憂佳), an ex-member of the Hello! Project group S/mileage *, a Japanese women's footballer *

Yuuka Nanri and are feminine Japanese given names. Possible writings Yuka and Yūka can be written using different kanji characters and can mean: *由香, "reason, fragrance" *由華, "reason, beautiful" *由佳, "reason, good" *由花, "reason, flower" ...

(侑香), a Japanese voice actress and J-Pop singer * Yuka Nomura (佑香), a Japanese actress *, a Japanese politician *

Yuka Saso is a Philippine-born Japanese professional golfer. She competed for the Philippines through 2021, having won the first ever gold medal for the Philippines in both women's individual and women's team event in Asian Games golf competitions. As o ...

(笹生優花), a Filipino professional golfer * Yūka Setō (勢藤優花), a Japanese ski jumper *, an ex-member of

Sakurazaka46 , formerly , is a Japanese idol girl group produced by Yasushi Akimoto. The group was created on August 21, 2015, becoming Nogizaka46's first sister group under the Sakamichi Series. Following the resignation of group's center Yurina Hirate an ...

* Yūka Tano (優花), an ex-member of

AKB48 AKB48 (pronounced ''A.K.B. Forty-Eight'') is a Japanese idol girl group named after the Akihabara (''Akiba'' for short) area in Tokyo, where the group's theater is located. AKB48's producer, Yasushi Akimoto, wanted to form a girl group with ...

Fictional characters

;pronounced Yuka * Yuka Koizumi, a character from ''

Guru Guru Pon-chan is a Japanese manga series by Satomi Ikezawa about a Labrador puppy, named Ponta, who turns into a human and falls in love with Mirai Iwaki, who's very popular in his school. In 2000, it won the Kodansha Manga Award for shōjo. It was publi ...

'' * Yuka Nakagawa, a character from the '' Battle Royale'' novel, films and manga from the same name * Yuka Takeuchi, a character from the '' Variable Geo'' fighting game series * Yuka, one of Kagome's schoolmates from ''

InuYasha is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Rumiko Takahashi. It was serialized in Shogakukan's ''shōnen'' manga magazine ''Weekly Shōnen Sunday'' from November 1996 to June 2008, with its chapters collected in fifty-six '' ...

'' *

, a character from ''

Elfen Lied is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Lynn Okamoto. It was originally serialized in Shueisha's '' Weekly Young Jump'' from June 2002 to August 2005, with the 107 chapters collected into twelve ''tankōbon'' volumes. ''Elfen ...

'' * Yuka Sanada, a character from ''

Genseishin Justirisers , translated into English as ''Phantom Star God Justirisers'' is a tokusatsu superhero TV series produced by Toho and airing on TV Tokyo. This series is the second in Toho's Seishin (Star God) series. The show aired 51 episodes between October 2, ...

'' * Yuka Mochida, a character from ''

Corpse Party is an adventure, and dōjin soft video game series originally created by Makoto Kedōin and developed by Team GrisGris. The first game in the series was developed using the RPG Maker software version RPG Tsukūru Dante 98 and released on April 2 ...

'' * Yuka Kon, a character from ''

World Trigger , also known in short form as , is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Daisuke Ashihara. It was initially serialized in ''Weekly Shōnen Jump'' from February 2013 to November 2018, and transferred to ''Jump Square'' in December ...

'' * Yuka Osada, a character from '' Kamen Rider 555'' * Yuka Ohta, a character from ''

Ultraman Z is a Japanese ''tokusatsu'' drama produced by Tsuburaya Productions. It is the 32nd entry to the Ultra Series and the eighth entry to the lineup, celebrating the 10th anniversary of Ultraman Zero. It premiered in TV Tokyo on June 20, 2020. Sy ...

'' ;pronounced Yūka * Yūka Kazami, a character from the '' Touhou Project''

danmaku Danmaku or Danmu (Japanese: ; Simplified Chinese: , literally translated as “bullet curtain” and figuratively as “ barrage”) is a subtitle system in online video platforms that originates from Japan and popularised in Mainland China. Suc ...

game series *Yūka Ichijō, a character from ''

AKB0048 ''AKB0048'' (stylized as ''AKB∞48'') is a 2012 Japanese science fiction musical comedy anime television series based on the idol group AKB48. The anime is produced by Satelight, with Shōji Kawamori as chief director. The first season air ...

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