Yukiya

Yukiya

Yukiya Arashiro, Japanese road bicycle racer
Pronunciation	jɯkʲija (IPA)
Gender	Male
Origin
Word/name	Japanese
Meaning	Different meanings depending on the kanji used

Yukiya is a masculine Japanese given name.

Possible writings

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

• 幸矢, "happiness, arrow"
• 幸也, "happiness, to be"
• 幸椰, "happiness, coconut tree"
• 幸弥, "happiness, increasingly"
• 幸哉, "happiness, how (interrogative particle)"
• 行矢, "to go, arrow"
• 行也, "to go, to be"
• 行哉, "to go, how (interrogative particle)"
• 行弥, "to go, increasingly"
• 之矢, "of, arrow"
• 之弥, "of, increasingly"
• 志也, "determination, to be"
• 恭也, "respectful, to be"
• 雪矢, "snow, arrow"
• 有起哉, "to have, to rise, how (interrogative particle)"

The name can also be written in hiragana ゆきや or katakana ユキヤ.

Notable people with the name

• Yukiya Amano (天野 之弥, born 1947), Japanese diplomat
• Yukiya Arashiro (新城 幸也, born 1984), Japanese cyclist
• Yukiya Isaniwa (伊佐庭 如矢, 1828–1907), Japanese mayor
• Yukiya Kitamura (北村 有起哉, born 1974), Japanese actor
• Yukiya Satō (佐藤 幸椰, born 1995), Japanese ski jumper
• Yukiya Sugita (杉田 祐希也, born 1993), Japanese footballer
• Yukiya Tamashiro (玉城 幸弥, born 1993), Japanese footballer
• Yukiya Uda (宇田 幸矢, born 2001), Japanese table tennis player