Yuka (name)

Infobox Given Name Revised
name = Yuka / Yūka


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gender = Female
meaning = It can have many different meanings depending on the kanji used.
region = Japanese
origin = Japanese
related names = Yukari
footnotes = [ [http://www.babynames.co.uk/meaning_origin_name_Yuka.htm Yuka - Meaning and origin of the name Yuka] ]

nihongo|Yuka |ゆか, ユカ and nihongo|Yūka |ゆうか, ユウカ are feminine Japanese given names.

Possible writings

Yuka and Yūka can be written using different kanji characters and can mean:;only for Yuka
*由香, "reason, fragrance"
*由華, "reason, flower"
*由佳, "reason, good";for both Yuka and Yūka
*有佳, "exist, good"
*有香, "exist, fragrance"
*優花, "tenderness, flower"
*優香, "tenderness, fragrance"The name can also be written in hiragana or katakana.

Real people

;pronounced Yuka
*Yuka (有香), a Japanese singer
*Yuka Honda (ゆか), a Japanese musician
*Yuka Imai (由香), a Japanese voice actress
*Yuka Inokuchi (有佳), a Japanese voice actress
*Yuka Koide (由華), a Japanese gravure idol and model
*Yuka Koyama (裕香), a Japanese voice actress
*Yuka Murayama (由佳), a modern Japanese writer
*Yuka Nomura (佑香), a Japanese actress
*Yuka Sato (有香), a Japanese figure skater
*Yuka Shino (優花), a Japanese actress, former Takarasienne, and voice actress
*Yuka Tokumitsu (由禾), a Japanese voice actress
*Yuka Tsujiyoko (由佳), a Japanese video game music composer for Nintendo;pronounced Yūka
*Yuuka Nanri (侑香), a Japanese voice actress and J-Pop singer;unclassified
*Yuka Konan, a Japanese model from the nicola magazine

Fictional characters

;pronounced Yuka
*Yuka (由加), a character in the "InuYasha" manga and anime series
*Yuka Nakagawa　(有香), a character in the "Battle Royale" novel, films and manga from the same name
*Yuka Takeuchi (優香), a character in the "Variable Geo" fighting game series;pronounced Yūka;unclassified

Other

*Manshu Yuka Kogyo K.K.Ssuningkai, a Japanese-German pre-World War II industrial collaboration, involved in Japanese-German pre-WWII industrial co-operation

References