Yukio

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; 1943–2025), 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

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

Yuki "Yukio" ("Yuki O.") Ohara, a character in the Deadpool film series and the Negasonic Teenage Warhead comic-book series

Other

5513 Yukio, asteroid

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