Yuka (name)

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
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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:

only for Yuka

• 由香, "reason, fragrance"
• 由華, "reason, beautiful"
• 由佳, "reason, good"
• 由花, "reason, flower"
• 結花

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.

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 Iguchi (井口 裕香), a Japanese voice actress
• Yuka Inokuchi (有佳), a Japanese voice actress
• Yuka Kashino (有香), a Japanese singer in a Jpop group Perfume
• Yuka Konan, a Japanese model from the Nicola magazine
• Yuka Kosaka (由佳), a Japanese gravure idol, actress and model
• Yuka Koyama (裕香), a Japanese voice actress
• Yuka Murayama (由佳), a modern Japanese writer
• 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 Terasaki (寺崎 裕香), a Japanese voice actress
• Yuka Tokumitsu (由禾), a Japanese voice actress
• Yuka Tsujiyoko (由佳), a Japanese video game music composer for Nintendo
• Yuka Yamashita (由華), a Japanese VJ model and DJ

pronounced Yūka

• Yūka (優香), a Japanese actress
• Yūka Kawashima, a Japanese singer, ex-member of Jpop group Perfume
• Yuuka Maeda (憂佳), a former member of the Hello! Project group S/mileage
• Yuuka Nanri (侑香), a Japanese voice actress and J-Pop singer
• Yuka Nomura (佑香), a Japanese actress
• Yuka Tamada, an Indonesian Singer (4th Winner of Indonesian Idol 8)

Fictional characters

pronounced Yuka

• Yuka Koizumi of Guru Guru Pon-chan
• Yuka Nakagawa, a character in the Battle Royale novel, films and manga from the same name
• Yuka Takeuchi, a character in the Variable Geo fighting game series
• Yuka, one of Kagome's schoolmates from InuYasha
• Yuka, a character in Elfen Lied
• Yuka Mochida, a fictional character from Corpse Party
• Yuka Kon, a fictional character from World Trigger

pronounced Yūka

• Yūka Kazami, a character in the Touhou Project danmaku game series
• Yūka Ichijō, a character in AKB0048

References

1. Yuka - Meaning and origin of the name Yuka