Yō, Yo, You or Yoh is a unisex (usually masculine) Japanese given name.

Written forms

Yō can be written using different

kanji are logographic Chinese characters, adapted from Chinese family of scripts, Chinese script, 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 and are ...

characters. Some examples: *洋, "ocean" *羊, "sheep" *瑶, "precious stone" *陽, "sunshine" *容, "contain" *曜, "weekday" *葉, "leaf" *要, "essential" *蓉, "lotus" *庸, "common" *楊, "willow" *燿, "shine" *窯, "kiln" The name can also be written in

hiragana is a Japanese language, Japanese syllabary, part of the Japanese writing system, along with ''katakana'' as well as ''kanji''. It is a phonetic lettering system. The word ''hiragana'' means "common" or "plain" kana (originally also "easy", ...

よう 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 ...

ヨウ.

Notable people with the name

*, Japanese artist specializing in ceramics *, Japanese singer *, Japanese voice actress *, Japanese actor and voice actor *, Japanese roboticist *, Japanese actor *, Japanese voice actress *, Japanese screenwriter *, Japanese actress *, Japanese voice actor *, Japanese key animator, storyboard artist, and anime director

Fictional characters

*, a character in the manga series ''

Shaman King is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Hiroyuki Takei. It follows the adventures of Yoh Asakura as he attempts to hone his shaman skills to become the Shaman King by winning the Shaman Fight. Takei chose shamanism as the m ...

'' *, a character in the manga series ''

Crying Freeman is a Japanese manga series written by Kazuo Koike and illustrated by Ryoichi Ikegami. ''Crying Freeman'' follows a Japanese assassin hypnotized and trained by the Chinese mafia (called the "108 Dragons") to serve as its agent and covered ...

'' *, a character in the manga series ''

My Hero Academia is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Kōhei Horikoshi. It was serialized in Shueisha's manga magazine ''Weekly Shōnen Jump'' from July 2014 to August 2024, with its chapters collected in 42 volumes. Set in a wor ...

'' *, a character in the manga series ''

Deadman Wonderland is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Jinsei Kataoka and Kazuma Kondou. It was serialized in Kadokawa Shoten's '' Monthly Shōnen Ace'' from April 2007 to July 2013, with its chapters collected in 13 volumes. Tokyopop acquir ...

'' *, a character in the media franchise ''

Love Live! Sunshine!! is a Japanese multimedia project co-developed by ASCII Media Works' ''Dengeki G's Magazine'', music label Lantis, and animation studio Sunrise. The project is the second series of the ''Love Live!'' franchise and is a spin-off sequel of '' ...

'' *, a character in the light novel, manga, and anime series ''

Problem Children Are Coming from Another World, Aren't They? , also known as , is a Japanese light novel series written by Tarō Tatsunoko and illustrated by Yū Amano. An anime adaptation by Diomedéa aired from January 11, 2013, to March 15, 2013. Part 1 of the series ended on April 1, 2015, with ...

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Notable people with the name

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