Yūya, Yuya or Yuuya is a masculine

Japanese given name in modern times consist of a family name (surname) followed by a given name. Japanese names are usually written in kanji, where the pronunciation follows a special set of rules. Because parents when naming children, and foreigners when adoptin ...

Written forms

Yūya can be written using different combinations of

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. Here are some examples: *勇也, "courage, to be" *悠也, "calm, to be" *雄也, "male, to be" *優也, "gentleness, to be" *祐也, "to help, to be" *佑也, "to help, to be" *勇矢, "courage, arrow" *悠矢, "calm, arrow" *雄矢, "male, arrow" *裕矢, "rich, arrow" *優矢, "gentleness, arrow" *祐矢, "to help, arrow" *佑矢, "to help, arrow" *勇哉, "courage, how (interrogative particle)" *悠哉, "calm, how (interrogative particle)" *雄哉, "male, how (interrogative particle)" *優哉, "gentleness, how (interrogative particle)" *祐哉, "to help, how (interrogative particle)" *佑哉, "to help, how (interrogative particle)" *勇弥, "courage, more and more" *悠弥, "calm, more and more" *雄弥, "male, more and more" *優弥, "gentleness, more and more" *夕夜, "evening, night" *友哉, "friend, how (interrogative particle)" 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", ...

ゆうや 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 ...

ユウヤ.

Notable people with the name

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Fictional characters

*, a character in the anime series ''

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

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

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'' *, protagonist of the anime series ''

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

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'' *Yuya Kizami (刻命裕也), a character in the video game series ''

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'' *Yuya Sakazaki (坂咲優夜), a character in the visual novel ''

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'' *Yuya Haibara (灰原ユウヤ), a character in the video game and anime series ''

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'' *Yuya Bridges (ユウヤ・ブリッジス), a character in the anime series '' Muv-Luv Alternative: Total Eclipse'' {{DEFAULTSORT:Yuya Japanese masculine given names Masculine given names