Yuri (Japanese name)

Yuri (ゆり, ユリ) is a Japanese given name. Although it sounds similar, it is completely unrelated to the Slavic name Yuri.

Possible writings
Yuri can be written using different kanji characters and can mean: The name can also be written in hiragana or katakana.
 * 由里, "reason, village"
 * 由理, "reason, logic"
 * 由利, "reason, profit"
 * 由梨, "reason, pear"
 * 祐里, "to help, village"
 * 友里, "friend, village"
 * 友理, "friend, logic"
 * 有里, "exist, village"
 * 有莉, "exist, white jasmine/pear"
 * 百合, "lily"

People

 * Yuri Amano (由梨), Japanese voice actress
 * Yuri Ebihara (友里), Japanese model and actress
 * Yuri Ichii (由理), Japanese singer and rapper
 * Yuri Kanō (由理), Japanese long-distance runner
 * Yuri Kasahara (由里), Japanese opera singer
 * Yuri Kochiyama (百合), Japanese-American activist
 * Yuri Komura (born 1992), Japanese ice hockey player
 * Yuri Komuro (友里), Japanese actress, writer and adult video actress
 * Yuri Masuda (祐里), Japanese singer
 * Yuri Mitsui (ゆり), Japanese actress and model
 * Yuri Nagai (友理) Japanese field hockey player
 * Yuri Nakagawa (友里), Japanese model
 * Yuri Nakamura (友理), Japanese actress and singer
 * Yuri Nakamura (singer) (由利), Japanese composer and singer
 * Yuri Narushima (ゆり), Japanese manga artist
 * Yuri Noguchi (ゆり), Japanese voice actress
 * Yuri Shiratori (由里), Japanese voice actress and singer
 * Yuri Yamaoka (ゆり), Japanese voice actress
 * Yuri Yasuda (有里), Japanese businesswoman
 * Yuri (poet) (百合), Japanese poet and calligrapher

Fictional characters

 * Yuri (ユリ), a character in the light novel series Dirty Pair
 * Yuri (ユリ), a character in the visual novel Doki Doki Literature Club!
 * Yuri Ashida (有莉), a character in the anime series Aikatsu Stars!
 * Yuri Sakazaki (ユリ), a character in the video game series Art of Fighting
 * Yuri Tanima (ゆり), a character in the manga series Wedding Peach
 * Yuri Tsukikage (ゆり), a character from the anime HeartCatch Pretty Cure!
 * Yuri Suzuki (夕梨), a character in the manga series Red River
 * Yuri Tamura (ゆり), a character in the manga Watamote
 * Yuri Tachibana (由里), a character in the film Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack

Yūri
Yūri or Yuuri (ゆうり, ユウリ) is a separate unisex Japanese given name, though it may be romanized the same way.

Possible writings
The name can also be written in hiragana or katakana.
 * 悠里, "permanence, village"
 * 裕理, "abundant, logic"
 * 優理, "excellent, logic"
 * 侑李, "urge to eat, plum"
 * 勇利, "courage, profit"

People

 * Yuri Chinen (侑李), Japanese singer and actor
 * Yuri Fudoh (裕理), Japanese golfer
 * Yuri Kawamura (優理), Japanese footballer
 * Yuuri Morishita (悠里), Japanese singer
 * Yuri Obara (悠里), Japanese speed skater
 * Yuri Okubo (勇利), Japanese snowboarder
 * Yuuri Rukawa (ゆうり), Japanese actress
 * Yuuri (singer-songwriter) (優里), Japanese singer-songwriter and YouTuber

Fictional characters

 * Yuuri (ユーリ), a character in the manga series Girls' Last Tour
 * Yuri Kagarin (有理), a character from Super Danganronpa Another 2: Moon of Hope and Sun of Despair
 * Yuri Katsuki (勇利) and Yuri Plisetsky (ユーリ・プリセツキー), characters in the anime series Yuri on Ice
 * Yuri Kozukata (夕莉), a character from the video game series Fatal Frame
 * Yūri Wakasa (悠里), a character in the manga series School-Live!
 * Yuri (ユウリ), a character in the Super Sentai season Mirai Sentai Timeranger
 * Yuri (ユーリス), a character in Fire Emblem: Three Houses
 * Yuri Lowell (ユーリ・ローウェル), the main character in the video game Tales of Vesperia