Yui (name)

Yui (ゆい, ユイ) is a feminine Japanese given name which can also be used as a surname.

Possible writings
Yui can be written using different kanji characters and can mean:
 * 唯, "only, alone, sole"
 * 由, "reason"
 * 維, "supportive"
 * 惟, "think, consider, reflect"
 * 結, "tie/link"
 * 唯衣, "only, robe/clothing"
 * 由衣, "reason, robe/clothing"
 * 結衣, "tie/link, robe/clothing"

The given name can also be written in hiragana or katakana.


 * As a surname:
 * 由井, "reason, well"
 * 油井, "oil well"
 * 由比, "reason, compare"

People

 * With the given name Yui:
 * Yui (singer) (born 1987), Japanese pop/rock artist
 * Yui Aragaki (新垣 結衣, born 1988), Japanese singer, actress and voice actress
 * Yui Asaka (浅香 唯, born 1969), Japanese singer and actress
 * Yui Hasegawa (長谷川 唯), Japanese women's footballer
 * Yui Horie (堀江 由衣, born 1976), Japanese singer and voice actress
 * Yui Ichikawa (市川 由衣, born 1986), Japanese actress and singer
 * Yui Imaizumi (今泉 佑唯), Japanese actress and model
 * Yui Ishibashi (石橋 唯今), Japanese field hockey player
 * Yui Ishikawa (石川 由依, born 1989), Japanese voice actress
 * Yui Kamiji (上地 結衣, born 1994), Japanese wheelchair tennis player
 * Yui Kanno (結以, born 1987), Japanese model
 * Yui Kobayashi (小林 由依), Japanese singer and model
 * Yui Koike (小池 唯, born 1991), Japanese gravure idol and actress
 * Yui Makino (牧野由依, born 1986), Japanese voice actress
 * Yui Mizuno (水野 由結, born 1999), also known as YUIMETAL, Japanese idol, singer and model
 * Yui Natsukawa (夏川 結衣, born 1968), Japanese actress
 * Yui Nītsu (由衣), a member of the former duo J-pop band Rythem
 * Yui Ohashi (大橋 悠依), Japanese swimmer
 * Yui Okada (岡田 唯, born 1987), member of the J-pop idol group v-u-den
 * Yui Sunami (角南 唯), Japanese handball player
 * Yui Yabuta (藪田 裕衣), Japanese long-distance runner
 * Yui Yamane (山根 優衣), Japanese swimmer
 * Yui Yokoyama (横山 由依), Japanese actress
 * With the surname Yui:
 * Kimiya Yui (油井 亀美也, born 1970), Japanese astronaut
 * Kiyoo Yui (油井 潔雄), Japanese hurdler
 * Noriko Yui, Japanese-Canadian professor of mathematics
 * Yui Shōsetsu (由井 正雪, 1605–1651), Japanese military strategist
 * Toshiki Yui (唯 登詩樹, born 1956), Japanese manga artist

With the given name Yui

 * Yui (ゆい), the protagonist in Indian Summer manga
 * Yui (ユイ), a character in Angel Beats
 * Yui, daughter of Kirito And Asuna in Sword Art Online
 * Fai D. Flowright, also known as Yūi (ユゥイ), a character in Tsubasa: Reservoir Chronicle
 * Yui Funami (船見 結衣), one of the main characters in an anime and manga series  Yuru Yuri / Yuru Yuri ♪♪
 * Yui Furukawa (古川 ゆい), a character in the anime and manga series Ushinawareta Mirai o Motomete
 * Yui Hirasawa (平沢 唯), a character in the anime and manga series K-On!
 * Yui Hongo (唯), a character in Fushigi Yûgi
 * Ichii Yui (櫟井 唯), one of the main characters in the anime and manga Yuyushiki
 * Yui Ikari (碇 ユイ), a character in Neon Genesis Evangelion
 * Yui Inaba (結衣), a character in the visual novel Flyable Heart
 * Yui Kasuga (春日結), the main character in Corrector Yui
 * Yui Kimura, a survivor in Dead by Daylight
 * Yui Kiriyama (桐山 唯), one of the main characters in the novel, manga and anime series Kokoro Connect
 * Yui Kodai, a character in My Hero Academia
 * Yui Komori (ユイ), the main character in Diabolik Lovers
 * Yui Kotegawa (唯), a character in To Love-Ru
 * Yui Kusanagi (草薙　結衣) the lead character in Kamigami no Asobi
 * Yui Mamiya, a minor character in Lost Judgment
 * Yui-MHCP001, a character in the anime and manga series Sword Art Online
 * Yui Michimiya, a character in Haikyu!!
 * Yui Midorikawa (緑川 ゆい), a character in the anime series Smile PreCure! (known as Nina Swanson in English)
 * Yui Minamito (南戸 唯), a character in Strawberry 100%
 * Yui Nagomi (和実ゆい), one of the characters in Delicious Party Pretty Cure
 * Yui Nanase (七瀬 ゆい), a supporting character in Go! Princess PreCure
 * Yui Narumi (ゆい), a character in the Lucky Star series
 * Yui Rio, a character in the video game Yandere Simulator
 * Yui Samidare (五月雨 結), the main character in Danganronpa Kirigiri
 * Yui Shishido, character in the Corpse Party series
 * Yui Tabata (田端 ゆい), a character in H2O: Footprints in the Sand
 * Yui Takamura, a character in Muv-Luv Alternative: Total Eclipse
 * Yui Yuigahama, a character in My Teen Romantic Comedy SNAFU

With the surname Yui

 * Meroko Yui (めろこ・ユイ), a character in Full Moon o Sagashite
 * Heero Yuy (ヒイロ・ユイ), the lead character in Mobile Suit Gundam Wing
 * Yui Kodai a character in the Boku No Hero Academia and a student in class 1B.
 * Tsuruno Yui (由比鶴乃), a main character in the Puella Magi Madoka Magica spinoff Magia Record