Naruse Yuu (成瀬 優) from anime WataMote, had been Tomoko Kuroki's best friend in middle school, and she still calls Tomoko by her nickname she gave her: "Mokocchi.
It can also come from 有 (Yuu) meaning "exist", and it is quite popular in Japan, as it is in the top 600s for both genders.Also, a famous bearer of this kanji is Japanese baseball player Yu Darvish.
Yuu Watase is a Japanese shōjo manga artist. She received the Shogakukan Manga Award for shōjo for Ceres, Celestial Legend in 1997. Watase debuted at the age of eighteen with her short story "Pajama de Ojama", since Watase has created more than 80 compiled volumes of short stories and continuing series. In October 2008, Watase began her first shōnen serialization, Arata: The Legend in Weekly Shōnen Sunday.
Yu Darvish is a Japanese starting pitcher for the Texas Rangers of Major League Baseball (MLB). Darvish pitched in the 2008 Beijing Olympics as well as the 2009 World Baseball Classic as a member of the Japanese national team. He was considered by many to be the best pitcher in Japanese professional baseball prior to his arrival in Major League Baseball in 2012. In his first MLB season, Darvish finished third in the American League (AL) Rookie of the Year balloting. The next season, he finished second in the AL Cy Young Award vote as he led the Major Leagues in strikeouts with 277 and finished fourth in the AL in earned run average (ERA) at 2.83. On 6 April 2014, Darvish reached the 500 strikeout mark in fewer innings pitched than any starting pitcher in MLB history.
Yu Shirota, born December 26, 1985, is a Japanese-Spanish actor and singer, most known for his role as Kagurazaka Makoto in the Japanese television drama live-action adaption of Hana-Kimi, Kunimitsu Tezuka in the Prince of Tennis Musicals, Tuxedo Mask in the Sailor Moon Musicals, and as Kei Shinjo in Rookies. In 2009, he was named one of the most promising actors and actresses, placing 8th in a poll conducted by Oricon. He is a former member of the Watanabe Entertainment group, D-BOYS.
Yū Kobayashi is a Japanese voice actress, actress and singer affiliated with HolyPeak. She always uses honorifics in conversation due to strict family education.
Yuu Otosaka is the main character of the anime Charlotte. The anime is about teenagers who develop special abilities that disappear when they get older. Yuu is able to take over someone else's body, but only for five seconds.
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Yu Narukami (鳴上 悠) is the protagonist of 'Persona 4', although in the game itself, the player can choose his name.
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Another kanji used for Yuu is 勇, and it means "courage, bravery". [noted -ed]
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Yuu can also be written with 勇, meaning "courage/valour".
A famous Japanese Manga artist/writer would be Yuu Watase. She was the creator of the popular anime series, Fuushigi Yugi. She has made many more popular anime series as well and continues to make wonderful art.