Mayu (given name)

Mayu is a Japanese feminine given name. People with this name include:

People

Actresses

• Mayu Asada (麻田 真夕, born 1975), Japanese pink film actress
• Mayu Hotta (堀田 真由, born 1998), Japanese actress
• Mayu Iino (飯野 茉優, born 1999), Japanese voice actress
• Mayu Matsuoka (松岡 茉優, born 1995), Japanese actress
• Mayu Tsuruta (鶴田 真由, born 1970), Japanese actress
• Mayu Watanabe (渡辺 麻友, born 1994), Japanese actress, ex-member of idol group AKB48

Singers

• Mayu Wakisaka (脇阪 真由), Japanese singer-songwriter based in the United States

Sportspeople

• Mayu Honda (本田 万結, born 2004), Japanese judoka
• Mayu Kida (木田 真有, born 1982), Japanese sprinter
• Mayu Kuroda (黒田 真由, born 1989), Japanese artistic gymnast
• Mayu Ishikawa (石川 真佑, born 2000), Japanese volleyball player
• Mayu Iwatani (岩谷 麻由, born 1993), Japanese professional wrestler
• Mayu Hamada (濱田 真由, born 1994), Japanese taekwondo practitioner
• Mayu Ikejiri (池尻 茉由, born 1996), Japanese women's footballer
• Mayu Matsumoto (松本 麻佑, born 1995), Japanese badminton player
• Mayu Mukaida (向田 真優, born 1997), Japanese sport wrestler
• Mayu Sasaki (佐々木 繭, born 1993), Japanese women's footballer

Visual artists

• Mayu Kanamori (金森 マユ, born 1963), Japanese photojournalist and photo media artist based in Australia
• Mayu Shinjo (新條 まゆ, born 1973), Japanese manga artist
• Mayu Sakai (酒井 まゆ, born 1982), Japanese manga artist

Fictional characters

• Mayu Amakura, a character from the Fatal Frame series
• Mayu Hasuda, a character from the film Battle Royale II: Requiem
• Mayu Kashiwada, a character from the anime Futari wa Pretty Cure (known as Maya Kennedy in English releases)
• Mayu Nekoyashiki, a character from the anime Wonderful Pretty Cure!
• Mayu Okada, a character from the anime Smile PreCure!
• Mayu Sakuma, a character from The Idolmaster Cinderella Girls
• Mayu Suzumoto, a character from the anime Corpse Party
• Mayu Tachibana, a character from Kamen Rider 1 (film)
• Mayu Tobita, a character from Kodocha
• mayu, a character from the anime Selector Infected WIXOSS
• MAYU, a voice in the software voice synthesiser Vocaloid 3
• Mayu, a character from the anime Elfen Lied
• Mayu, a character from the anime Space Pirate Captain Harlock

See also

• Mayuko