Mayu (given name)

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

Actresses

 * Mayu Tsuruta (鶴田 真由), Japanese actress
 * Mayu Asada (麻田 真夕), Japanese pink film actress
 * Mayu Matsuoka (松岡 茉優), Japanese actress
 * Mayu Iino (飯野 茉優), Japanese voice actress
 * Mayu Hotta (堀田 真由), Japanese actress
 * Mayu Watanabe (渡辺 麻友), 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 Kida (木田 真有), Japanese sprinter
 * Mayu Hashida (橋田 麻由), Japanese weightlifter
 * Mayu Kuroda (黒田 真由), Japanese artistic gymnast
 * Mayu Ishikawa (石川 真佑), Japanese volleyball player
 * Mayu Iwatani (岩谷 麻由), Japanese professional wrestler
 * Mayu Hamada (濱田 真由), Japanese taekwondo practitioner
 * Mayu Ikejiri (池尻 茉由), Japanese women's footballer
 * Mayu Matsumoto (松本 麻佑), Japanese badminton player
 * Mayu Mukaida (向田 真優), Japanese sport wrestler
 * Mayu Sasaki (佐々木 繭), Japanese women's footballer

Visual artists

 * Mayu Kanamori (金森 マユ), Japanese photojournalist and photo media artist based in Australia
 * Mayu Shinjo (新條 まゆ), Japanese manga artist
 * Mayu Sakai (酒井 まゆ), 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
 * Mayu Nekoyashiki, a character from the anime Wonderful PreCure!
 * 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