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:

• 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"

The name can also be written in hiragana or katakana.

People

• Yuri Amano (由梨, born 1966), Japanese voice actress
• Yuri Ebihara (友里, born 1979), Japanese model and actress
• Yuri Ichii (由理, born 1972), Japanese singer and rapper
• Yuri Kanō (由理, born 1978), Japanese long-distance runner
• Yuri Kasahara (由里), Japanese opera singer
• Yuri Kochiyama (百合, 1921–2014), Japanese-American activist
• Yuri Komura (born 1992), Japanese ice hockey player
• Yuri Komuro (友里, born 1976), Japanese actress, writer and adult video actress
• Yuri Masuda (益田 祐里, Born 1977), Japanese singer, Yuri Barbarice (2021/2022), Yuri Gargarine (1979/2003)
• Yuri Mitsui (ゆり, born 1968), Japanese actress and model
• Yuri Nagai (友理, born 1992) Japanese field hockey player
• Yuri Nakagawa (友里), Japanese model
• Yuri Nakamura (友理, born 1982), Japanese actress and singer
• Yuri Nakamura (singer) (由利), Japanese composer and singer
• Yuri Narushima (ゆり), Japanese manga artist
• Yuri Noguchi (ゆり, born 1992), Japanese voice actress
• Yuri Shiratori (由里, born 1968), Japanese voice actress and singer
• Yuri Yamaoka (ゆり), Japanese voice actress
• Yuri Yasuda (有里, born 1983), Japanese businesswoman
• Yuri (poet) (百合, 1694–1764), 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. She is the friend and love interest of the protagonist, Tomoko

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.

See also

• Yuriko
• Yuri (Slavic name)
• Yu-ri (Korean name)
• All pages with titles beginning with Yuri