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Yuki-onna (雪女)
Yuki-onna (雪女, "snow woman") is a Japanese snow-linked female yōkai with many regional forms, best known through Lafcadio Hearn's 1904 Kwaidan tale of Minokichi and Oyuki, which later spread as if it were an old folktale.
Yuki-Onne Tessera
Yuki-Onne Tessera, a 1,200 km-wide tessera (heavily deformed terrain) on Venus at 39°N, 261°E, named in 1997 after the Japanese spirit of death; IAU-approved, feature ID 6678.
Yukiaki Okabe
Yukiaki Okabe (岡部•幸明), Japanese freestyle swimmer, 1941–2018; Waseda University. Won bronze in the 4x200 m freestyle relay at Tokyo 1964 and held the 1963 long-course world record (8:09.8).
Yukie Chiri
Yukie Chiri (知里幸恵, 1903–1922) was an Ainu woman from Noboribetsu, Hokkaido, whose posthumous Ainu Shin'yōshū (1923) was the first published collection of Ainu kamui yukar by an Ainu author.
Yukie Nakama
Yukie Nakama (仲間由紀恵), born 1979 in Urasoe, Okinawa, is a Japanese actress and former idol singer who debuted in 1996 and is best known for playing Yankumi in the Gokusen series.
Yukihana Lamy
Yukihana Lamy (雪花ラミィ) is a Japanese VTuber and singer with hololive's fifth generation, who debuted in August 2020 and announced her first album, Fleur de neige, for 2027.
Yukihide Tomari
Yukihide Tomari (泊 幸秀) is a Japanese RNA biochemist at the University of Tokyo known for work on small silencing RNAs and the piRNA pathway.
Yukihiko Kitamura
Yukihiko Kitamura (北村 幸彦) is a Japanese experimental pathologist and immunologist at Osaka University known for defining the origin and development of the mast cell lineage.
Yukihiro Ozaki
Yukihiro Ozaki (尾崎 幸洋) is a Japanese analytical chemist known for vibrational spectroscopy, who spent his career at Kwansei Gakuin University and won the 2025 Ellis R. Lippincott Award.
Yukihiro Takahashi (高橋幸宏)
Yukihiro Takahashi (高橋幸宏), 1952–2023, Japanese drummer, singer, and composer; Sadistic Mica Band drummer, Yellow Magic Orchestra co-founder with Hosono and Sakamoto, solo albums Saravah!, Murdered by the Music, Neuromantic, later SKETCH SHOW and METAFIVE.
Yukiko Goda
Yukiko Goda is a Japanese-born neuroscientist who studies synapses and astrocytes, and has been Professor of the Synapse Biology Unit at the Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology since 2022.
Yukiko Gotoh
Yukiko Gotoh (後藤由季子) is a Japanese molecular biologist, professor and vice dean at the University of Tokyo, known for work on MAP kinase signaling and neural stem cell fate.
Yukiko M. Yamashita
Yukiko M. Yamashita is a cell biologist, Whitehead Institute Member, and MIT professor who studies asymmetric stem cell division and satellite DNA in fruit flies; she won a MacArthur Fellowship in 2011.
Yukiko Ueno
Yukiko Ueno (上野由岐子), Japanese softball pitcher born 1982 in Fukuoka; two-time Olympic gold medalist (Beijing 2008, Tokyo 2020) and 2004 bronze medalist who threw the first Olympic perfect game.
Yukiko Wada (和田由紀子)
Yukiko Wada (和田由紀子, born 2002) is a Japanese volleyball outside hitter, 175 cm, for UYBA Busto Arsizio and Japan; Paris 2024 ninth place, 2026 Asian Games silver medalist.
Yukino Yoshida
Yukino Yoshida (吉田雪乃), Japanese speed skater born 2003 in Morioka; 2020 Youth Olympic gold (team sprint) and bronze (500 m); 2022 world junior 1000 m champion; 13th in 500 m at Milan-Cortina 2026.
Yukinobu Tatsu (龍幸伸)
Yukinobu Tatsu (龍幸伸) is a Japanese manga artist, creator of Dandadan on Shonen Jump+ since 2021. Former Chainsaw Man assistant; earlier works Seigi no Rokugō and Fire Ball! at Kodansha; 71st Shogakukan Manga Award winner.
Yukinori Kawae
Yukinori Kawae (河江肖剰), born 1972, is a Japanese Egyptologist at Nagoya University known for 3D scanning of the Giza pyramids and the ScanPyramids Big Void.
Yukinori Okada
Yukinori Okada (岡田 随象) is a Japanese statistical geneticist, professor of genome informatics at the University of Tokyo since 2022, known for rheumatoid arthritis GWAS and drug-target discovery.
Yukio (comics)
Yukio is a Marvel Comics ronin, thief, and assassin created by Chris Claremont and Frank Miller, debuting in Wolverine (1982) #1. Unlike the powered film versions, the comic Yukio has no superpowers and is an ally of Wolverine and Storm.
Yukio Endo
Yukio Endo (遠藤幸雄), Japanese artistic gymnast (1937–2009), five-time Olympic gold medalist and 1964 Tokyo individual all-around champion; led Japan to team titles in 1960, 1964, and 1968.
Yukio Fujiki
Yukio Fujiki is a Japanese cell biologist at the University of Hyogo who identified PEX genes that fail in peroxisome-deficiency disorders such as Zellweger syndrome.
Yukio Kasaya
Yukio Kasaya (笠谷 幸生, 1943–2024), Japanese ski jumper, won the 1972 Sapporo Olympic normal hill gold, Japan's first Winter Olympic gold, leading a Japanese 1-2-3 sweep with Konno and Aochi.
Yukio Mishima
Yukio Mishima (三島由紀夫), born Kimitake Hiraoka, was a Japanese novelist, playwright, and essayist known for Confessions of a Mask and The Temple of the Golden Pavilion.
Yukio Nagasaki
Yukio Nagasaki (長崎 幸夫, born 1959) is a Japanese polymer chemist, professor at the University of Tsukuba from 2004 to 2025, known for smart nanogels and redox nanoparticles for drug delivery.
Yukiyo Mine
Yukiyo Mine (峰 幸代), Japanese softball catcher born 1988 in Fukuoka; two Olympic golds (Beijing 2008, Tokyo 2020), three World Championship medals, later a mental and performance coach.
Yukjeon
Yukjeon (육전, 六典) is the six-part administrative structure at the core of Joseon law, introduced by Jeong Do-jeon in 1394 and finalized in the Gyeongguk daejeon of 1485.
Yukjin
Yukjin (육진, "six garrisons") was a group of six military-administrative districts Joseon Korea established on the lower south bank of the Tumen River between 1434 and 1449 to guard against the Jurchens.
Yuknoom Ch'een II
Yuknoom Ch'een II, called Yuknoom the Great, was king of the Kaan (Snake) kingdom with its capital at Calakmul, reigning from 636 to 686 over its Golden Age.
Yuknoom Tiʼ Chan
Yuknoom Tiʼ Chan, also known as Yuknoom Chan, was a king of the Kaanul (Snake) dynasty of the Classic Maya lowlands, attested in 619, when he supervised the ruler of Caracol.