Yūichi, Yuichi, or Yuuichi is a masculine

Japanese given name in modern times consist of a family name (surname) followed by a given name, in that order. Nevertheless, when a Japanese name is written in the Roman alphabet, ever since the Meiji era, the official policy has been to cater to Western expecta ...

Possible writings

Yūichi can be written using different combinations of

kanji are the logographic Chinese characters taken from the Chinese script and used in the writing of Japanese. They were made a major part of the Japanese writing system during the time of Old Japanese and are still used, along with the subse ...

characters. Here are some examples: *勇一, "courage, 1" *祐一, "to help, 1" *祐市, "to help, city" *佑一, "to help, 1" *佑市, "to help, city" *裕一, "abundant, 1" *裕市, "abundant, city" *雄一, "male, 1" *友一, "friend, 1" *悠一, "long time, 1" *悠市, "long time, city" *優一, "superiority, 1" *有一, "to have, 1" *邑一, "village, 1" The name can also be written in

hiragana is a Japanese language, Japanese syllabary, part of the Japanese writing system, along with ''katakana'' as well as ''kanji''. It is a phonetic lettering system. The word ''hiragana'' literally means "flowing" or "simple" kana ("simple" ori ...

ゆういち or

katakana is a Japanese syllabary, one component of the Japanese writing system along with hiragana, kanji and in some cases the Latin script (known as rōmaji). The word ''katakana'' means "fragmentary kana", as the katakana characters are derived f ...

ユウイチ. Yuichi is a separate given name. *諭一, "to persuade, 1" *愉一, "pleased, 1" *愈一, "more and more, 1" And can also be written in

ゆいち or

ユイチ.

Notable people with the name

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Yuichi Fukunaga is a Japanese jockey who has won 29 Grade 1 races in Japan and abroad. He is affiliated with the Japan Racing Association (JRA) in Rittō. His father is former jockey Yoichi Fukunaga who was said to be a "genius" during his active career, and hi ...

(福永祐一, born 1976), Japanese jockey *, Japanese footballer *, Japanese baseball player *, Japanese video director *, Japanese tennis player *, Japanese football player *, Brazilian baseball player *, Japanese football player *, former volleyball player from Japan *, member of the boy band KAT-TUN *, Japanese actor *, Japanese voice actor *, Japanese football player *, Japanese football referee *, Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party *, Japanese cross-country skier *, Japanese science fiction writer *, Japanese football player *, male Japanese novelist *, Japanese author *, Japanese shogi player *, Japanese actor and full-time member of the 4-man theatre troupe *, Japanese football player *, Japanese painter

Fictional characters

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'' *Yuichi Beelzebub, character in ''

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'' *Yuichi Jin (迅悠一), character in ''

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'' *Yuichi Tsurugi (剣城優一), from

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