Yuki means “snow” (from Japanese “yuki/雪”) or “happiness” (from Japanese “yuki/幸”). Other Kanji character combinations are possible, e.g. “yu/由” meaning “reason” and “ki/貴” meaning “valuable”.
Other variants and nicknames
Other variants of Yuki are Yuuki and Yūki. Similar names are Yuka, Yukari, Yukiko, Yukina, Yukionna and Yuko. Possible nicknames are Yu-Chan, Yu, Yuyu or Yui.
The name Yuki in sports
There are many Pro-Athletes named Yuki:
In Badminton there are Yuki Anai, Yuki Fukushima and Yuki Kaneko for example.
Famous soccer players are Yuki Hamano, Yuki Ichikawa, Yuki Imamura, Yuki Matsubara, Yuki Nakagawa, Yuki Nagasato, Yuki Uekusa and Yuki Yamazaki.
In Baseball there are famous players as well, namely Yuki Koyama, Yuki Kuniyoshi, Yuki Matsui and Yuki Saitoh.
Yuki Ishikawa and Yuki Shoji are successful volleyball players.
F1 pilot Yuki Tsunado is racing for the Red Bull Junior Team.
The name Yuki in music
The Japanese drummer Yuki is part of the Bands “Versailles Philharmonic Quinted” and “Jupiter”. He has been a famous drummer since 2007.
Singer Yuki Isoya (born 1972) has been working in the Japanese music industry since 1991.
The famous anime soundtrack composer Yuki Kajiura (born 1965) has been actively working in music since 1992.
Yuki Kashiwagi (born 1991) is a Japanese Idol and part of the Girlgroup AKB48.
Since she was 17 years old, Yuki Koyanagi (born 1982) has been working as a pop singer.
The name Yuki in Animes
Yuki Kuran is the protagonist of the anime “Vampire Knight Cross”.
In the anime “The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya”, Yuki Nagato, is a main character.
The Vocaloid software is a singing voice synthesizer that sounds like real human singing. One character is Yuki Kaai, a school girl that loves to sing.
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