Mayu is a Japanese feminine given name. People with this name include:
People
Actresses
*, Japanese actress
*, Japanese pink film actress
*, Japanese actress
*, Japanese voice actress
*, Japanese actress
*, Japanese actress, ex-member of idol group AKB48
Singers
*, Japanese singer-songwriter based in the United States
Sportspeople
*, Japanese sprinter
*, Japanese weightlifter
*, Japanese artistic gymnast
*, Japanese volleyball player
*, Japanese professional wrestler
*, Japanese taekwondo practitioner
*, Japanese women's footballer
*, Japanese badminton player
*, Japanese sport wrestler
*, Japanese women's footballer
Visual artists
*, Japanese photojournalist and photo media artist based in Australia
*, Japanese manga artist
*, Japanese manga artist
Fictional characters
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Mayu Amakura
''Fatal Frame II: Crimson Butterfly'', is a Japanese survival horror video game developed and published by Tecmo in 2003 for the PlayStation 2. It is the second installment in the ''Fatal Frame'' series, and features an independent story with ...
, a character from the ''Fatal Frame'' series
*Mayu Hasuda, a character from the film ''
Battle Royale II: Requiem''
*Mayu Kashiwada, a character from the anime ''
Futari wa Pretty Cure
, known as simply ''Pretty Cure'' outside Japan, is a Japanese magical girl anime series produced by Toei Animation and broadcast across Japan on ANN for 97 episodes. It is the first series in the '' Pretty Cure'' metaseries created by I ...
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*Mayu Okada, a character from the anime ''
Smile PreCure!
is a 2012 Japanese anime television series produced by Toei Animation and the ninth installment in Izumi Todo's ''Pretty Cure'' metaseries, featuring the seventh generation of Cures. The series is written by Shōji Yonemura, who is best kn ...
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*Mayu Sakuma, a character from ''
The Idolmaster Cinderella Girls
is a Japanese free-to-play simulation video game co-developed by Cygames and Bandai Namco Studios for the Mobage social network platform for mobile phones. It was first released on November 28, 2011, for feature phones, and compatibili ...
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*Mayu Suzumoto, a character from the anime ''
Corpse Party
is an adventure, and dōjin soft video game series originally created by Makoto Kedōin and developed by Team GrisGris. The first game in the series was developed using the RPG Maker software version RPG Tsukūru Dante 98 and released on April ...
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*Mayu Tachibana, a character from ''
Kamen Rider 1 (film)
is a 2016 Japanese superhero film, produced to celebrate the 45th anniversary of the Kamen Rider Series and is part of Toei's "Super Hero Year" project. It features a team-up between the main protagonist of ''Kamen Rider'' and the cast of '' Kam ...
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*Mayu Tobita, a character from ''
Kodocha
, also known as ''Kodocha'' for short, is a Japanese manga series by Miho Obana. The series was adapted as an OVA by J.C. Staff and released on December 16, 1995 by Shueisha under their Ribon Video label. An anime television series was pr ...
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*mayu, a character from the anime ''
Selector Infected WIXOSS
''WIXOSS'' is a Japanese multimedia franchise produced as a collaboration between Takara Tomy, J.C.Staff, and Warner Entertainment Japan. The franchise revolves around the eponymous trading card game and follows girls known as Selecto ...
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*MAYU, a voice in the software voice synthesiser
Vocaloid 3
Vocaloid 3 is a singing voice synthesizer and successor to Vocaloid 2 in the Vocaloid series. This version of the software is a much more expansive version, containing many new features, three new languages and many more vocals than past software ...
*Mayu, a character from the anime ''
Elfen Lied
is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Lynn Okamoto. It was originally serialized in Shueisha's '' Weekly Young Jump'' from June 2002 to August 2005, with the 107 chapters collected into twelve '' tankōbon'' volumes. ''Elfe ...
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*Mayu, a character from the anime ''
Space Pirate Captain Harlock
is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Leiji Matsumoto. It was serialized in '' Play Comic'' from 1977 to 1979, with the chapters collected into five ''tankōbon'' volumes by Akita Shoten. The series follows the titular Capt ...
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See also
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Mayuko
Mayuko (written: , , , , or ) is a feminine Japanese given name. Notable people with the name include:
*, Japanese actress and voice actress
*, Japanese synchronized swimmer and coach
*, Japanese actress
*, Japanese actress and model
*, Japanese ...
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Japanese feminine given names
Feminine given names