Yuka (ゆか, ユカ) and Yūka (ゆうか, ユウカ) are feminine Japanese given names.

Possible writings

Yuka and Yūka can be written using different kanji characters and can mean:

• 由香, "reason, fragrance"
• 由華, "reason, beautiful"
• 由佳, "reason, good"
• 由花, "reason, flower"
• 有佳, "exist, good"
• 有香, "exist, fragrance"
• 有華, "exist, beautiful"
• 優花, "tenderness, flower"
• 優香, "tenderness, fragrance"
• 結花, "link, flower"

The name can also be written in hiragana or katakana.

People

pronounced Yuka

• Yuka (有香), a Japanese singer
• Yuka (有華) a Japanese singer-songwriter
• Yuka Ando (安藤 友香, born 1994), a Japanese long-distance runner
• Yuka Endo (遠藤 由華, born 1991), a Japanese rhythmic gymnast
• Yuka Fujimori (藤森 由香, born 1986), a Japanese snowboarder
• Yuka Hirano (平野 由佳, born 1987), a Japanese ice hockey player
• Yuka Hirata (裕香), a Japanese actress and gravure idol
• Yuka Honda (ゆか), a Japanese musician
• Yuka Hoshaku (有香), a Japanese actress
• Yuka Iguchi (井口 裕香, born 1988), a Japanese voice actress
• Yuka Imai (由香, born 1970), a Japanese voice actress
• Yuka Inokuchi (有佳), a Japanese voice actress
• Yuka Ishigaki (石垣 優香, born 1989), a Japanese table tennis player
• Yuka Itaya (由夏), a Japanese actress and newscaster
• Yuka Kamino (神野 由佳, born 1980), a Japanese speed skater
• Yuka Kashino (有香), a Japanese singer and a member of Perfume
• Yuka Kato (加藤 ゆか, born 1986), a Japanese swimmer
• Yuka Komatsu (born 1978) a Japanese voice actress
• Yuka Kosaka (由佳), a Japanese gravure idol, actress and model
• Yuka Kuramochi (倉持 由香, born 1991), a Japanese gravure idol, television personality and actress
• Yuka Mitsumori (三森 由佳, born 1972), a Japanese racewalker
• Yuka Motohashi (由香), a Japanese actress
• Yuka Murayama (由佳), a modern Japanese writer
• Yuka Naoi (直井 由香, born 1963), a Japanese goalball player
• Yuka Nukui (貫井 柚佳), a Japanese voice actress
• Yuka Oda (小田 由香, born 1973), a Japanese ice hockey player
• Yuka Onishi (結花), a Japanese actress and singer
• Yuka Orihara (born 2000), a Finnish ice dancer
• Yūka Sasaki (佐々木 優香, born 1987), a Japanese ten-pin bowler
• Yuka Sato (有香), a Japanese figure skater
• Yuka Saitō (essayist) (由香), a Japanese essayist and Suntory employee
• Yuka Saitō (voice actress) (佑圭), a Japanese voice actress
• Yuka Takaoka (高岡由佳, born 1998), a Japanese attempted murderer
• Yuka Terasaki (寺崎 裕香), a Japanese voice actress
• Yuka Tokumitsu (born 1969), a Japanese voice actress
• Yuka Tsujiyoko (由佳), a Japanese video game music composer for Nintendo
• Yuka Yoshisako (吉迫 由香, born 1979), a Japanese sailor

pronounced Yūka

• Yūka (優香), a Japanese actress
• Yūka Kageyama (影山 優佳, born 2001), a member of Hinatazaka46
• Yuka Kinoshita (木下 ゆうか, born 1985), a Japanese YouTuber
• Yuuka Maeda (憂佳), an ex-member of the Hello! Project group S/mileage
• Yuka Momiki (籾木 結花, born 1996), a Japanese women's footballer
• Yuuka Nanri (侑香), a Japanese voice actress and J-Pop singer
• Yuka Nomura (佑香), a Japanese actress
• Yuka Ogata (緒方 夕佳, born 1975), a Japanese politician
• Yuka Saso (笹生 優花), a Japanese professional golfer
• Yūka Setō (勢藤 優花), a Japanese ski jumper
• Yūka Sugai (菅井 友香, born 1995), an ex-member of Sakurazaka46
• Yūka Tano (優花), an ex-member of AKB48

Fictional characters

pronounced Yuka

• Yuka Koizumi, a character from Guru Guru Pon-chan
• Yuka Nakagawa, a character from the Battle Royale novel, films and manga from the same name
• Yuka Takeuchi, a character from the Variable Geo fighting game series
• Yuka, one of Kagome's schoolmates from InuYasha
• Yuka, a character from Elfen Lied
• Yuka Sanada, a character from Genseishin Justirisers
• Yuka Mochida, a character from Corpse Party
• Yuka Kon, a character from World Trigger
• Yuka Osada, a character from Kamen Rider 555
• Yuka Ohta, a character from Ultraman Z

pronounced Yūka

• Yūka Kazami, a character from the Touhou Project danmaku game series
• Yūka Ichijō, a character from AKB0048

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