Yukio

Yukio is a masculine Japanese given name.

Yukio

Yukio Mishima (1925–1970), Japanese writer.
Pronunciation	Japanese: [jɯkʲio]
Gender	Male
Origin
Word/name	Japanese
Meaning	Different meanings depending on the kanji used
Other names
Alternative spelling	Yukio (Kunrei-shiki) Yukio (Nihon-shiki) Yukio (Hepburn)

Written forms

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

• 幸夫, "happiness, man"
• 幸生, "happiness, live"
• 幸男, "happiness, man"
• 幸雄, "happiness, male"
• 行夫, "to go, man"
• 行男, "to go, man"
• 行雄, "to go, male"
• 之夫, "of, man"
• 之男, "of, man"
• 之雄, "of, male"
• 由起夫, "reason, to rise, man"
• 由紀夫, "reason, chronicle, man"
• 由記雄, "reason, scribe, male"
• 悠紀夫, "long time, chronicle, man"
• 雪雄, "snow, male"

The name can also be written in hiragana ゆきお or katakana ユキオ.

Notable people with the name

• Yukio Akagariyama (赤狩山 幸男, born 1975), Japanese pocket billiards player
• Yukio Aki (阿木 由紀夫, 1930–2015), pseudonym of Akiyuki Nosaka (野坂 昭如), Japanese novelist, singer, lyricist, and politician
• Yukio Aoshima (青島 幸男, 1932–2006), Japanese politician who was Governor of Tokyo
• Yukio Arai (荒井 幸雄, born 1964), Japanese baseball player
• Yukio Araki (荒木 幸雄, 1928–1945), youngest-known Japanese Kamikaze pilot killed in World War II
• Yukio Edano (枝野 幸男, born 1964), Japanese politician
• Yukio Endō (遠藤 幸雄, 1937–2009), Japanese gymnast
• Yukio Futatsugi (二木 幸生, born 1970), Japanese video game developer
• Yukio Furuyama (古山 征男, born 1938), Japanese equestrian
• Yukio Hashi (橋 幸夫, born 1943), Japanese popular singer
• Yukio Hatoyama (鳩山 由紀夫, born 1947), Japanese Prime Minister
• Yukio Hattori (服部 幸應, born 1945), Japanese cook and television presenter
• Yukio Horigome (堀籠 幸男, born 1940), Japanese lawyer
• Yukio Iketani (池谷 幸雄, born 1970), Japanese gymnast
• Yukio Jitsukawa (実川 幸夫, born 1943), Japanese politician
• Yukio Kagayama (加賀山 就臣, born 1974), Japanese motorcycle racer
• Yukio Kasahara (笠原 幸雄, 1889–1988), Japanese soldier
• Yukio Kasaya (笠谷 幸生, born 1943), Japanese ski jumper
• Yukio Matsuda (松田 征男, born 1942), Japanese rower
• Yukio Mishima (三島 由紀夫, 1925–1970), Japanese writer
• Yukio Motoki (元木 由記雄, born 1971), Japanese rugby football player
• Yukio Ninagawa (蜷川 幸雄, 1935–2016), Japanese theatre director
• Yukio Odagiri (小田桐 幸雄, born 1956), Japanese boxer
• Yukio Okutsu (1921–2003), Hawaiian soldier who won the US Congressional Medal of Honor
• Yukio Ozaki (尾崎 行雄, 1859–1954), Japanese politician
• Yukio Peter (born 1984), Nauruan weightlifter
• Yukio Roho (露鵬 幸生, born 1980), Russian sumo wrestler
• Yukio Sakaguchi (坂口 征夫, born 1973), Japanese mixed martial artist and professional wrestler
• Yukio Segawa (瀬川 幸雄, born 1954), Japanese boxer
• Yukio Seki (関 行男, 1921–1944), Japanese naval aviator who led the first official kamikaze attack
• Yukio Shimoda (1921–1981), American actor
• Yukio Shmull (died 2018), Palauan politician
• Yukio Tabuchi (田淵 行男, 1905-1989), Japanese photographer
• Yukio Takeuchi (竹内 行夫, born 1943), Japanese Supreme Court justice
• Yukio Tanaka (田中 幸雄, born 1967), Japanese baseball player
• Yukio Tani (谷 幸雄, 1881-1950), Japanese judoka
• Yukio Tomioka (富岡 由紀夫, born 1964), Japanese politician
• Yukio Tsuchiya (土屋 征夫, born 1974), Japanese musician
• Yukio Yamaji (山地 悠紀夫, 1983-2009), Japanese murderer
• Yukio Yung, pseudonym of Terry Burrows, English writer and musician

Fictional characters

• Yukio (雪緒), a heroine in the X-Men comics
• Yukio, female character in the Eric Van Lustbader novel, The Ninja
• Yukio Haibara (灰原 由起夫) (Johnny) in the anime Mahoraba
• Yukio Mashimi in the anime Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
• Yukio Oikawa (及川 悠紀夫) in the anime Digimon
• Yukio Tanaka (田中 幸雄) in the manga Beck
• Yukio Okumura (奥村 雪男), the twin character of the main protagonist Rin Okumura from the anime/manga, Blue Exorcist
• Yukio Washimine (鷲峰 雪緒), a character from the anime/manga, Black Lagoon
• Yukio Tonegawa (利根川 幸雄), one of the main antagonists in the anime/manga, Kaiji
• Yukio Hirayama (平山 幸雄), also known as "Fake Akagi", a character from the anime/manga, Akagi
• Yukio Hidaka (ヒダカ・ユキオ), a character from the anime Gundam Build Divers

Other

• 5513 Yukio, asteroid
• "Death and Night and Blood (Yukio)", a song by The Stranglers from Black and White