General articles: Arts and culture
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Yuewei Caotang Biji
Yuewei Caotang Biji (阅微草堂笔记, Notes of the Thatched Abode of Close Observations) is a collection of Classical Chinese tales of foxes and ghosts compiled by the Qing scholar Ji Yun between 1789 and 1798.
Yueyang Tower Record
Yueyang Tower Record (岳阳楼记) is a celebrated 368-character essay written by Fan Zhongyan in 1046, known for "worry before the world, rejoice after the world."
Yuezhang Ji
The Collected Ci of Liu Yong (Yuezhang ji, 樂章集) is the collection of ci lyrics by Northern Song poet Liu Yong, arranged by musical mode and foundational for slow ci.
Yuezheng Ling
Yuezheng Ling (乐正绫) is a Chinese Vocaloid virtual singer who sings in Mandarin, voiced by Qi Inory and released in 2015; her songs passed 1.5 billion bilibili views.
Yuezheng Longya
Yuezheng Longya (乐正龙牙) is a Chinese male Vsinger, a drummer and elder brother of Yuezheng Ling, created by Shanghai HENIAN as the first male Chinese VOCALOID in 2017.
Yuffie Kisaragi
Yuffie Kisaragi (ユフィ・キサラギ) is the Wutai ninja and materia hunter of Final Fantasy VII, an optional 1997 party member who fights with a giant shuriken, later starring in FF7R Episode INTERmission and joining the Rebirth party.
Yuganthaya
Yuganthaya (යුගාන්තය; End of an Era) is a 1949 Sinhala novel by Sri Lankan writer Martin Wickramasinghe, the middle volume of his Koggala trilogy, filmed in 1985 by Lester James Peries.
Yugendran
Yugendran (Yugendran Vasudevan, யுகேந்திரன்) is a Tamil playback singer, actor, music director and host born 1976 in Chennai, son of singer Malaysia Vasudevan, known for Bigg Boss Tamil 7 and Rambutan Media Works.
Yugvandana
Yugvandana (યુગવંદના, "Ode to the Age") is a Gujarati poetry collection by Jhaverchand Meghani, published in 1935, that earned him the title Rashtriya Shayar, conferred by Mahatma Gandhi.
Yuhai
The Yuhai is a 200-juan Chinese classified encyclopedia compiled by the Southern Song scholar Wang Yinglin, completed in 1252 to prepare for the boyxue hongci examination.
Yui (singer)
YUI, full name widely reported as Yui Yoshioka (吉岡唯), born 1987 in Fukuoka, is a Japanese singer-songwriter who rose from street performing to Oricon No. 1 albums and starred in Taiyo no Uta; distinct from Yui Ogura and Yui Mizuno.
Yui Aragaki (新垣結衣)
Yui Aragaki (新垣結衣, Gakky), Japanese actress born 1988 in Naha, Okinawa; former Nicola model, star of Code Blue and Legal High, Blue Ribbon Award winner, wife of Gen Hoshino.
Yui Hatano (波多野結衣)
Yui Hatano (波多野結衣), Japanese AV actress who debuted in 2008, has over 2,000 works, multiple DMM and Sky PerfecTV awards, and major fame in Taiwan as the 'Lin Chi-ling of AV', including an Easycard tie-up.
Yui Horie (堀江 由衣)
Yui Horie (堀江 由衣), real name Yoshiko Horie, is a Japanese voice actress and singer from Tokyo known for Toradora!, the Monogatari series, and K.
Yui Ishikawa (石川 由依)
Yui Ishikawa (石川 由依), born 1989 in Hyogo Prefecture, is a Japanese voice actress known as Mikasa Ackerman in Attack on Titan, Violet Evergarden, and 2B in NieR: Automata; Seiyu Awards supporting (2014) and lead (2021) winner.
Yui Mizuno (水野由結)
Yui Mizuno (水野由結), known as Yuimetal, is a Japanese former performer, born in 1999, best known as a member of the metal-idol group BABYMETAL from 2010 to 2018.
Yuichi Nakamura (中村 悠一) (voice actor)
Yuichi Nakamura (中村悠一), born 1980 in Kagawa, Japan, is a seiyuu and narrator famous as Satoru Gojo in Jujutsu Kaisen and Bucciarati in JoJo, twice Most Valuable Seiyu and two-time Crunchyroll Award winner; distinct from the 1987-born actor of the same name.
Yūichirō Umehara
Yūichirō Umehara (梅原裕一郎) is a Japanese voice actor from Shizuoka Prefecture, affiliated with Arts Vision, known for his deep voice and roles such as Goblin Slayer.
Yuja Wang (王羽佳)
Yuja Wang (王羽佳), Chinese classical pianist born in Beijing in 1987, Curtis-trained under Gary Graffman; 2007 Boston Symphony breakthrough replacing Argerich, Deutsche Grammophon artist since 2009, Grammy winner for The American Project.
Yuji Itadori (虎杖悠仁)
Yuji Itadori (虎杖悠仁) is the protagonist of Gege Akutami's manga Jujutsu Kaisen: a 15-year-old who swallows Sukuna's finger, becomes the curse king's vessel, trains at Tokyo Jujutsu High under a suspended death sentence, and fights without an innate technique using Divergent Fist and Black Flash.
Yuji Okumoto
Yuji Okumoto (born 1959, Los Angeles) is an American actor and producer, best known as villain Chozen Toguchi in The Karate Kid, Part II and Cobra Kai, and for producing The Paper Tigers (2020); he also runs the Seattle restaurant Kona Kitchen.
Yujiro Ishihara
Yujiro Ishihara (石原裕次郎) was a Japanese actor and singer, a Nikkatsu star of more than 90 films and 500 songs who defined postwar Showa popular culture.
Yuju (최유나) (singer)
Yuju (유주, Choi Yu-na, born 1997, Goyang) is a South Korean singer-songwriter, main vocalist of GFRIEND (2015–2021), later a soloist with EPs REC., O, In Bloom, and file. 07 under Konnect and AT AREA.
Yuka Honda
Yuka Honda (本田ゆか), born 1960 in Tokyo, is a Japanese keyboardist, producer, and composer in New York, co-founder of Cibo Matto, Tzadik solo artist as eucademix, and wife of Nels Cline.
Yuka Iguchi
Yuka Iguchi (井口裕香) is a Japanese voice actress and singer from Tokyo, best known as the voice of Index in A Certain Magical Index and Myne in Ascendance of a Bookworm.
Yukar
Yukar (Ainu: ユカㇻ) is the chanted oral epic literature of the Ainu people, the indigenous inhabitants of Hokkaido, comprising heroic epics and mythic epics narrated by gods.
Yukari Tamura (田村 ゆかり)
Yukari Tamura (田村ゆかり), born 1976 in Fukuoka, is a Japanese voice actress and singer at Amuleto. Known for Nanoha, Suzuha Amane in Steins;Gate, Rika Furude, Qiqi and Nahida in Genshin Impact; music debut 2001, Budokan 2008, label Cana aria.
Yukata (浴衣)
Yukata (浴衣), from yukatabira, is Japan's unlined cotton summer kimono, worn skin-to-skin with geta and a hanhaba or heko obi. Originating as Heian bathing wear, it spread via Edo bathhouses and Meiji chusen dyeing to become festival and ryokan wear.
Yuke (rapper)
Yuke (stylized yuke), real name Yandel Sosa, is an American underground rapper and producer from New York's Bronx, active since 2020, known for plugg and jerk hip hop, the Cheetah World mixtape series, and collaborations with jaydes in the finesse cult collective.
Yuki Chiba
Yuki Chiba (千葉雄喜), born 1990 in Tokyo, is a Japanese rapper formerly known as KOHH, debut mixtape YELLOW T△PE (2012), album MONOCHROME (2014), Hot 100 hit "Mamushi" with Megan Thee Stallion, and Warner Music Japan deal (2025).