is a very common Japanese given name used by either sex.
Written forms Yū can be written using different kanji characters and can mean: 優, "tenderness" or "superiority" 夕, "evening" 友, "friend" 有, "qualified" 勇, "courage" 祐, "help" 裕, "abundant" 雄, "masculine" 悠, "permanence" 由宇, "reason, eaves" 侑, "assist" The name can also be written in hiragana or katakana.
People with the given name Yū Yu Aida (裕), a Japanese manga artist and illustrator Yū Aoi (優), a Japanese actress Yū Asagiri (夕), a Japanese manga artist Yū Asakawa (悠, born 1975), a Japanese voice actress Yu Darvish (有), an Iranian-Japanese starting pitcher , Japanese footballer Yū Hayami (優), a Japanese pop singer and actress Yū Hasebe (優), a Japanese actress, singer and model Yū Hayashi (勇), a Japanese voice actor and singer Yuu Kashii (由宇), a Japanese actress and model Yuu Kikkawa (友), a Japanese pop singer Yū Kikumura (憂), a member of the Japanese Red Army , Japanese boxer , Japanese footballer Yū Kobayashi (ゆう, born 1982), a Japanese voice actress , Japanese footballer Yū Koyama (ゆう), a Japanese manga artist , Japanese artistic gymnast , Japanese sport wrestler Yuu Miyake (優), a Japanese composer and sound engineer Yū Mizushima (裕), a Japanese voice actor Yu Nakajima (悠), a Japanese Rubik's Cube solver , Japanese women's footballer , Japanese voice actress , Japanese voice actress and singer , usually written You Shiina, Japanese illustrator and manga artist Yū Shimaka (裕), a Japanese voice actor , Japanese voice actress Yuu Shirota (優), a Japanese-Spanish actor and singer Yuu Shiroyama (優), real name of The Gazette's guitarist Aoi Yū Sugimoto (ゆう), a Japanese voice actress Yu Suzuki (裕), a Japanese game designer and producer Yu Takahashi (高橋 優), a Japanese singer-songwriter Yū Terashima (優), a Japanese manga artist Yu Todoroki (悠), a Japanese Takarasienne Yū Wakui: (和久井 優), a Japanese voice actress Yuu Watase (悠宇), a Japanese shōjo manga artist Yuu Yabuuchi (優), a Japanese manga artist Yu Yagami (裕), a Japanese manga artist Yu Yamada (優), a Ryukyuan model, actress, and singer Yu Yokoyama (裕), a member of the Japanese idol group Kanjani8 Yu Tomiyasu (悠), a member of the idol group NEXZ
Fictional characters with the given name Yū Yuu Asou (麻生 優雨), a character from the Fatal Frame III: The Tormented video game series Yu Ishigami (石上 優), a character from the manga series Kaguya-sama: Love is War Yu Kajima (カジマ), a character from the Gundam anime series Yū Kanda (ユウ), a main character in the manga series D.Gray-man Yū Kashima (遊), a character from the Monthly Girls' Nozaki-kun anime series Yu Kirasawa, a character from Ultraman Nexus known as the "Illustrator" , a character from the anime series The Idolmaster Yuu Koito, a character from the anime and manga series Bloom Into You Yū Komori (ユウ), a main character in Spider-Man: The Manga Yū Koito (小糸 侑), the main character from the anime Bloom into You Yū Kōtari (神足 ユウ), a character from the BLACK★ROCK SHOOTER anime series Yuu Matsuura (遊), a central character in the shōjo manga series Marmalade Boy Yū Nanba (難波 悠), a supporting character and party member in Yakuza: Like a Dragon Yu Narukami (鳴上 悠), the main protagonist from the video game Persona 4 Yū Naruse (usually called Yuu-chan), a main character in the manga WataMote Yū Nishinoya (夕), a character from the Haikyū!! anime series Yu Ominae (優), the main character of the manga series Spriggan Yū Otosaka (乙坂 有宇), a character from the anime television series Charlotte , a character from the anime series Love Live! Nijigasaki High School Idol Club , a character from the manga series Sakura Trick Yū Tendo (天童 遊), a character from the anime series Beyblade: Metal Fusion Yū, a character from Dōbutsu no Mori (film)