Yūya

Yūya, Yuya or Yuuya is a masculine Japanese given name.

Possible writings
Yūya can be written using different combinations of kanji characters. Here are some examples:


 * 勇也, "courage, to be"
 * 悠也, "calm, to be"
 * 雄也, "male, to be"
 * 優也, "gentleness, to be"
 * 祐也, "to help, to be"
 * 佑也, "to help, to be"
 * 勇矢, "courage, arrow"
 * 悠矢, "calm, arrow"
 * 雄矢, "male, arrow"
 * 裕矢, "rich, arrow"
 * 優矢, "gentleness, arrow"
 * 祐矢, "to help, arrow"
 * 佑矢, "to help, arrow"
 * 勇哉, "courage, how (interrogative particle)"
 * 悠哉, "calm, how (interrogative particle)"
 * 雄哉, "male, how (interrogative particle)"
 * 優哉, "gentleness, how (interrogative particle)"
 * 祐哉, "to help, how (interrogative particle)"
 * 佑哉, "to help, how (interrogative particle)"
 * 勇弥, "courage, more and more"
 * 悠弥, "calm, more and more"
 * 雄弥, "male, more and more"
 * 優弥, "gentleness, more and more"
 * 夕夜, "evening, night"
 * 友哉, "friend, how (interrogative particle)"

The name can also be written in hiragana ゆうや or katakana ユウヤ.

Notable people with the name

 * Yuya Ando (安藤 優也), Japanese baseball player
 * Yuya Asahina (朝比奈 ゆうや), Japanese manga artist
 * Yuya Asano (浅野 雄也), Japanese footballer
 * Yuya Hasegawa (長谷川 勇也), Japanese baseball player
 * Yuya Hashiuchi (橋内 優也), Japanese footballer
 * Yuya Hikichi (footballer, born 1983) (挽地 祐哉), Japanese footballer
 * Yuya Hikichi (footballer, born 1990) (曵地 裕哉), Japanese footballer
 * Yuya Himeno (姫野 宥弥), Japanese footballer
 * Yuya Hirose (広瀬 裕也), Japanese voice actor
 * Yuya Horihata (堀畑 裕也), Japanese swimmer
 * Yuya Ishii (baseball) (石井 裕也), Japanese baseball player
 * Yuya Ishii (director) (石井 裕也), Japanese film director
 * Yuya Iwadate (岩舘 侑哉), Japanese footballer
 * Yuya Kubo (footballer) (久保 裕也), Japanese footballer
 * Yuya Kubo (baseball) (久保 裕也), Japanese baseball player
 * Yuya Matsushita (松下 優也), Japanese singer
 * Yuya Miyashita (宮下 雄也), Japanese singer and actor
 * Yuya Nagaoka (長岡 裕也), Japanese shogi player
 * Yuya Nagasawa (長沢 祐弥), Japanese footballer
 * Yuya Nagatomi (永冨 裕也), Japanese footballer
 * Yuya Nakamura (中村 祐也), Japanese footballer
 * Yuya Niwa (丹羽 雄哉), Japanese politician
 * Yuya Odo (大戸 裕矢), Japanese rugby union player
 * Yuya Oikawa (及川 佑), Japanese speed skater
 * Yuya Onoe (尾上 勇也), Japanese footballer
 * Yuya Osako (大迫 勇也), Japanese footballer
 * Yuya Oshima (大島祐哉), Japanese table tennis player
 * Yuya Saito (斉藤 祐也), Japanese rugby union player
 * Yuya Sano (佐野 裕哉), Japanese footballer
 * Yuya Sato (footballer) (佐藤 優也), Japanese footballer
 * Yuya Sato (novelist) (佐藤 友哉), Japanese writer
 * Yuya Shirai (白井 祐矢), Japanese mixed martial artist
 * Yuya Takaki (高木 雄也), Japanese idol, singer and actor
 * Yuya Tegoshi (手越 祐也), Japanese idol, actor and singer
 * Tosayutaka Yuya (土佐豊 祐哉), Japanese sumo wrestler
 * Yuya Uchida (singer) (内田 裕也), Japanese singer and actor
 * Yuya Uchida (voice actor) (内田 夕夜), Japanese actor and voice actor
 * Yuya Watanabe (渡辺 雄也, born 1988), Japanese Magic: The Gathering player
 * Yuya Yagira (柳楽 優弥), Japanese actor
 * Yuya Yamada (山田 裕也), Japanese footballer
 * Yuya Yamamoto (山本 優弥), Japanese kickboxer
 * Yuya Yoshida (吉田 優也), Japanese judoka
 * Yuya Yoshizawa (吉澤 佑哉), Japanese footballer

Fictional characters

 * Yuya Kaido (海藤 裕哉), a character in the anime series HappinessCharge PreCure!
 * Yuya Noda (野田 侑也), a character in the manga series Miracle Girls
 * Yuya Nomoto (野本 裕也), a character in the manga series Killing Bites
 * Yuya Sakaki (榊 遊矢), protagonist of the anime series Yu-Gi-Oh! Arc-V
 * Yuya Shiina (椎名 ゆや), a character in the manga series Samurai Deeper Kyo
 * Yuya Kizami (刻命 裕也), a character in the video game series Corpse Party
 * Yuya Sakazaki (坂咲 優夜), a character in the visual novel Hatoful Boyfriend