Yukie

Yukie Nakama. Japanese actress, singer and idol.

Pronunciation| jɯkʲie (IPA)
Gender| Female
Origin
Word/name| Japanese
Meaning| Depends on the kanji used
Other names
Alternative spelling| Yukie (Kunrei-shiki)

Yukie (Nihon-shiki)

Yukie (Hepburn)

Yukie (or Yukié) is a feminine Japanese given name.

## Written forms

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Yukie can be written using different combinations of kanji characters. Here are some examples:

* 幸恵, "happiness, blessing/favor"
* 幸栄, "happiness, prosperous"
* 幸江, "happiness, creek"
* 由紀恵, "reason, era, blessing"
* 由紀江, "reason, era, creek"
* 雪映, "snow, shine"
* 雪瑛, "snow, crystal"
* 雪絵, "snow, picture"
* 雪恵, "snow, blessing/favor"
* 雪枝, "snow, branch"
* 雪江, "snow, creek"

The name can also be written in hiragana ゆきえ or katakana ユキエ.

## Notable people with the name

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* Yukie Arata (荒田 雪江, 1914 – date of death unknown), Japanese swimmer
* Yukie Chiri (知里 幸恵, 1903–1922), Japanese transcriber and translator
* Yukie Kawamura (川村 ゆきえ, born 1986), Japanese gravure idol, tarento and actress
* Yukie Koizumi (born 1958), Japanese former professional tennis player
* Yukie Nakama (仲間 由紀恵, born 1979), Japanese actress, singer and idol
* Yukie Nakayama| (中山 由起枝, born 1979), Japanese sport shooter
* Yukie Nishimura (西村 由紀江, born 1967), Japanese pianist
* Yukie Ohzeki (大関 行江, born 1949), Japanese table tennis player
* Yukie Sakaguchi (坂口 優希恵, born 1994), Japanese professional soft-tip and steel-tip darts player

## Notable people with the surname

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* Hiroto Yukie (雪江 悠人, born 1996), Japanese footballer

## Fictional Characters

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* Yukie Kaufmann (由季江・カウフマン), character in Message to Adolf (originally titled Adolf in English)
* Yukie Mayuzumi (黛 由紀江), character in Maji de Watashi ni Koi Shinasai! (Majikoi ~ Oh! Samurai Girls)
* Yukie Mishiro (三代 雪絵), a character from the light novel series Ginban Kaleidoscope
* Yukie Utsumi (内海 幸枝), character in the novel, film, and manga Battle Royale
* Yukie Shirofuku (白福 雪絵), a manager of Fukurōdani Academy in Haikyū!!
* Yukie, Kumiko's aunt and Mr Miyagi's lifelong love in Karate Kid 2, remembered in Cobra Kai Season 3.

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