Yukio

Japanese: [jɯkʲio]GenderMaleOriginWord/nameJapaneseMeaningDifferent meanings depending on the kanji usedOther namesAlternative spellingYukio (Kunrei-shiki)

Yukio (Nihon-shiki)

Yukio (Hepburn)

Yukio is a masculine Japanese given name.

Possible writings

Yukio can be written using different combinations of kanji characters. Here are some examples:

  • 幸夫, "happiness, man"
  • 幸生, "happiness, live"
  • 幸男, "happiness, man"
  • 幸雄, "happiness, male"
  • 行夫, "to go, man"
  • 行男, "to go, man"
  • 行雄, "to go, male"
  • 之夫, "of, man"
  • 之男, "of, man"
  • 之雄, "of, male"
  • 由起夫, "reason, to rise, man"
  • 由紀夫, "reason, chronicle, man"
  • 由記雄, "reason, scribe, male"
  • 悠紀夫, "long time, chronicle, man"
  • 雪雄, "snow, male"

The name can also be written in hiragana ゆきお or katakana ユキオ.

Notable people with the name

  • Yukio Akagariyama (赤狩山 幸男, born 1975), Japanese pocket billiards player
  • Yukio Aki (阿木 由紀夫, 1930–2015), pseudonym of Akiyuki Nosaka (野坂 昭如), Japanese novelist, singer, lyricist, and politician
  • Yukio Aoshima (青島 幸男, 1932–2006), Japanese politician who was Governor of Tokyo
  • Yukio Arai (荒井 幸雄, born 1964), Japanese baseball player
  • Yukio Araki (荒木 幸雄, 1928–1945), youngest-known Japanese Kamikaze pilot killed in World War II
  • Yukio Edano (枝野 幸男, born 1964), Japanese politician
  • Yukio Endō (遠藤 幸雄, 1937–2009), Japanese gymnast
  • Yukio Futatsugi (二木 幸生, born 1970), Japanese video game developer
  • Yukio Furuyama (古山 征男, born 1938), Japanese equestrian
  • Yukio Hashi (橋 幸夫, born 1943), Japanese popular singer
  • Yukio Hatoyama (鳩山 由紀夫, born 1947), Japanese Prime Minister
  • Yukio Hattori (服部 幸應, born 1945), Japanese cook and television presenter
  • Yukio Horigome (堀籠 幸男, born 1940), Japanese lawyer
  • Yukio Iketani (池谷 幸雄, born 1970), Japanese gymnast
  • Yukio Jitsukawa (実川 幸夫, born 1943), Japanese politician
  • Yukio Kagayama (加賀山 就臣, born 1974), Japanese motorcycle racer
  • Yukio Kasahara (笠原 幸雄, 1889–1988), Japanese soldier
  • Yukio Kasaya (笠谷 幸生, born 1943), Japanese ski jumper
  • Yukio Matsuda (松田 征男, born 1942), Japanese rower
  • Yukio Mishima (三島 由紀夫, 1925–1970), Japanese writer
  • Yukio Motoki (元木 由記雄, born 1971), Japanese rugby football player
  • Yukio Ninagawa (蜷川 幸雄, 1935–2016), Japanese theatre director
  • Yukio Odagiri (小田桐 幸雄, born 1956), Japanese boxer
  • Yukio Okutsu (1921–2003), Hawaiian soldier who won the US Congressional Medal of Honor
  • Yukio Ozaki (尾崎 行雄, 1859–1954), Japanese politician
  • Yukio Peter (born 1984), Nauruan weightlifter
  • Yukio Roho (露鵬 幸生, born 1980), Russian sumo wrestler
  • Yukio Sakaguchi (坂口 征夫, born 1973), Japanese mixed martial artist and professional wrestler
  • Yukio Segawa (瀬川 幸雄, born 1954), Japanese boxer
  • Yukio Seki (関 行男, 1921–1944), Japanese naval aviator who led the first official kamikaze attack
  • Yukio Shimoda (1921–1981), American actor
  • Yukio Shmull (died 2018), Palauan politician
  • Yukio Tabuchi (田淵 行男, 1905-1989), Japanese photographer
  • Yukio Takeuchi (竹内 行夫, born 1943), Japanese Supreme Court justice
  • Yukio Tanaka (田中 幸雄, born 1967), Japanese baseball player
  • Yukio Tani (谷 幸雄, 1881-1950), Japanese judoka
  • Yukio Tomioka (富岡 由紀夫, born 1964), Japanese politician
  • Yukio Tsuchiya (土屋 征夫, born 1974), Japanese musician
  • Yukio Yamaji (山地 悠紀夫, 1983-2009), Japanese murderer
  • Yukio Yung, pseudonym of Terry Burrows, English writer and musician

Fictional characters

  • Yukio (雪緒), a heroine in the X-Men comics
  • Yukio, female character in the Eric Van Lustbader novel, The Ninja
  • Yukio Haibara (灰原 由起夫) (Johnny) in the anime Mahoraba
  • Yukio Mashimi in the anime Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
  • Yukio Oikawa (及川 悠紀夫) in the anime Digimon
  • Yukio Tanaka (田中 幸雄) in the manga Beck
  • Yukio Okumura (奥村 雪男), the twin character of the main protagonist Rin Okumura from the anime/manga, Blue Exorcist
  • Yukio Washimine (鷲峰 雪緒), a character from the anime/manga, Black Lagoon
  • Yukio Tonegawa (利根川 幸雄), one of the main antagonists in the anime/manga, Kaiji
  • Yukio Hirayama (平山 幸雄), also known as "Fake Akagi", a character from the anime/manga, Akagi

Other

  • 5513 Yukio, asteroid
  • "Death and Night and Blood (Yukio)", a song by The Stranglers from Black and White
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