Yuichi

Yūichi

Gender	Male
Origin
Word/name	Japanese
Meaning	Different meanings depending on the kanji used

Yūichi, Yuichi, or Yuuichi (ゆういち) is a masculine Japanese given name. Notable people with the name include:

• Yuichi Akasaka (born 1967), Japanese short track speed skater
• Yuichi Honda (born 1984), Japanese baseball player
• Yuichi Kodama, Japanese video director
• Yuichi Ito (井藤 祐一, born 1986), Japanese tennis player
• Yūichi Komano (born 1981), Japanese football player
• Yuichi Mizutani (born 1980), Japanese football player
• Yuichi Nakagaichi (born 1967), former volleyball player from Japan
• Yuichi Nakamaru, member of the boy band 'KAT-TUN'
• Yuichi Nakamura (actor) (born 1987), Japanese actor
• Yuichi Nakamura (voice actor) (born 1980), Japanese voice actor
• Yuichi Nemoto (born 1981), Japanese football player
• Yuichi Nishimura (born 1972), Japanese football referee
• Yuichi Ogawa (born 1946), Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party
• Yuichi Onda (born 1980), Japanese cross-country skier
• Yūichi Sasamoto (born 1963), Japanese science fiction writer
• Yuichi Shibakoya (born 1983), Japanese football player
• Yūichi Suzumoto (born 1969), male Japanese novelist
• Yuichi Takai (born 1932), Japanese author
• Yūichi Tanaka (田中 悠一, born 1985), Japanese shogi player
• Yuichi Tsuchiya (born 1979), Japanese actor and full-time member of the 4-man theatre troupe pnish
• Yuichi Yamauchi (born 1984), Japanese football player

Yuichi (ゆいち, but not transliterated as Yūichi or Yuuichi) is a separate Japanese given name. Notable people with the name include:

• Takahashi Yuichi (1828–1894), Japanese painter

Fictional characters

• Yuuichi Aizawa, character in Kanon
• Yuuichi Tate, character in My-HiME and My-Otome
• Yuichi Kayama, character in Sakura Wars
• Yuichi "Ichi" Taira, character in Paranoia Agent
• Yuuichi Beelzebub, character in "Yondemasu yo, Azazel-san"