Yuka (name)

For other uses, see Yuka (disambiguation).

Yuka / Yūka

Gender	Female
Origin
Word/name	Japanese
Meaning	different meanings depending on the kanji used
Region of origin	Japanese
Other names
Related names	Yukari

Yuka (ゆか, ユカ) and 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:

• 由香, "reason, fragrance"
• 由華, "reason, beautiful"
• 由佳, "reason, good"
• 由花, "reason, flower"
• 有佳, "exist, good"
• 有香, "exist, fragrance"
• 有華, "exist, beautiful"
• 優花, "tenderness, flower"
• 優香, "tenderness, fragrance"
• 結花, "link, flower"

The name can also be written in hiragana or katakana.

People

pronounced Yuka

• Yuka (有香), a Japanese singer
• Yuka (有華) a Japanese singer-songwriter
• Yuka Ando (安藤 友香, born 1994), a Japanese long-distance runner
• Yuka Endo (遠藤 由華, born 1991), a Japanese rhythmic gymnast
• Yuka Fujimori (藤森 由香, born 1986), a Japanese snowboarder
• Yuka Hirano (平野 由佳, born 1987), a Japanese ice hockey player
• Yuka Hirata (裕香), a Japanese actress and gravure idol
• Yuka Honda (ゆか), a Japanese musician
• Yuka Hoshaku (有香), a Japanese actress
• Yuka Iguchi (井口 裕香, born 1988), a Japanese voice actress
• Yuka Imai (由香, born 1970), a Japanese voice actress
• Yuka Inokuchi (有佳), a Japanese voice actress
• Yuka Ishigaki (石垣 優香, born 1989), a Japanese table tennis player
• Yuka Itaya (由夏), a Japanese actress and newscaster
• Yuka Kamino (神野 由佳, born 1980), a Japanese speed skater
• Yuka Kashino (有香), a Japanese singer and a member of Perfume
• Yuka Kato (加藤 ゆか, born 1986), a Japanese swimmer
• Yuka Komatsu (born 1978) a Japanese voice actress
• Yuka Kosaka (由佳), a Japanese gravure idol, actress and model
• Yuka Kuramochi (倉持 由香, born 1991), a Japanese gravure idol, television personality and actress
• Yuka Mitsumori (三森 由佳, born 1972), a Japanese racewalker
• Yuka Motohashi (由香), a Japanese actress
• Yuka Murayama (由佳), a modern Japanese writer
• Yuka Naoi (直井 由香, born 1963), a Japanese goalball player
• Yuka Nukui (貫井 柚佳), a Japanese voice actress
• Yuka Oda (小田 由香, born 1973), a Japanese ice hockey player
• Yuka Onishi (結花), a Japanese actress and singer
• Yuka Orihara (born 2000), a Finnish ice dancer
• Yuka Sakazaki (坂崎 ユカ, born 1992), is a Japanese professional wrestler
• Yūka Sasaki (佐々木 優香, born 1987), a Japanese ten-pin bowler
• Yuka Sato (有香), a Japanese figure skater
• Yuka Saitō (essayist) (由香), a Japanese essayist and Suntory employee
• Yuka Saitō (voice actress) (佑圭), a Japanese voice actress
• Yuka Takaoka (高岡由佳, born 1998), a Japanese attempted murderer
• Yuka Terasaki (寺崎 裕香), a Japanese voice actress
• Yuka Tokumitsu (born 1969), a Japanese voice actress
• Yuka Tsujiyoko (由佳), a Japanese video game music composer for Nintendo
• Yuka Yoshisako (吉迫 由香, born 1979), a Japanese sailor

pronounced Yūka

• Yūka (優香), a Japanese actress
• Yūka Kageyama (影山 優佳, born 2001), a member of Hinatazaka46
• Yuka Kinoshita (木下 ゆうか, born 1985), a Japanese YouTuber
• Yuuka Maeda (憂佳), an ex-member of the Hello! Project group S/mileage
• Yuka Momiki (籾木 結花, born 1996), a Japanese women's footballer
• Yuuka Nanri (侑香), a Japanese voice actress and J-Pop singer
• Yuka Nomura (佑香), a Japanese actress
• Yuka Ogata (緒方 夕佳, born 1975), a Japanese politician
• Yuka Saso (笹生 優花), a Japanese professional golfer
• Yūka Setō (勢藤 優花), a Japanese ski jumper
• Yūka Sugai (菅井 友香, born 1995), an ex-member of Sakurazaka46
• Yūka Tano (優花), an ex-member of AKB48

Fictional characters

pronounced Yuka

• Yuka Koizumi, a character from Guru Guru Pon-chan
• Yuka Nakagawa, a character from the Battle Royale novel, films and manga from the same name
• Yuka Takeuchi, a character from the Variable Geo fighting game series
• Yuka, one of Kagome's schoolmates from InuYasha
• Yuka, a character from Elfen Lied
• Yuka Sanada, a character from Genseishin Justirisers
• Yuka Mochida, a character from Corpse Party
• Yuka Kon, a character from World Trigger
• Yuka Osada, a character from Kamen Rider 555
• Yuka Ohta, a character from Ultraman Z

pronounced Yūka

• Yūka Kazami, a character from the Touhou Project danmaku game series
• Yūka Ichijō, a character from AKB0048
• Yūka Hayase, a character from the role-playing game Blue Archive