Yūsei, Yusei or Yuusei is a masculine Japanese given name.

Yūsei
Yusei Kikuchi, Japanese baseball player
Pronunciationjɯɯsei (IPA)
GenderMale
Origin
Word/nameJapanese
MeaningDifferent meanings depending on the kanji used
Other names
Alternative spellingYusei (Kunrei-shiki)

Yusei (Nihon-shiki)

Yūsei, Yusei, Yuusei (Hepburn)

Possible writings

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Yūsei can be written using different combinations of kanji characters. Some examples:

  • 勇星, "courage, star"
  • 勇成, "courage, turn into"
  • 勇盛, "courage, prosper"
  • 勇誠, "courage, true"
  • 勇正, "courage, righteous"
  • 勇政, "courage, politics"
  • 勇生, "courage, life"
  • 勇精, "courage, vitality"
  • 勇清, "courage, pure"
  • 雄星, "masculine, star"
  • 雄成, "masculine, turn into"
  • 雄盛, "masculine, prosper"
  • 雄誠, "masculine, true"
  • 雄正, "masculine, righteous"
  • 雄政, "masculine, politics"
  • 雄生, "masculine, life"
  • 雄精, "masculine, vitality"
  • 雄清, "masculine, pure"
  • 優星, "superiority, star"
  • 優成, "superiority, turn into"
  • 優生, "superiority, life"
  • 優正, "superiority, righteous"
  • 祐星, "to help, star"
  • 祐誠, "to help, true"
  • 友星, "friend, star"
  • 友正, "friend, righteous"
  • 有星, "to have, star"
  • 有誠, "to have, true"
  • 悠星, "long time, star"
  • 悠正, "long time, righteous"

The name can also be written in hiragana ゆうせい or katakana ユウセイ.

Notable people with the name

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  • Yusei Kikuchi (菊池 雄星, born 1991), Japanese baseball player
  • Yusei Kudo (工藤 祐生, born 1986), Japanese footballer
  • Yusei Matsui (松井 優征, born 1981), Japanese manga artist
  • Yusei Nakahara (中原 優生, born 1993), Japanese footballer
  • Yūsei Oda (織田 優成, born 1969), Japanese voice actor
  • Yusei Ogasawara (小笠原 侑生, born 1988), Japanese footballer
  • Yusei Ogawa (小川 雄勢, born 1996), Japanese judoka
  • Yusei Sugiura (杉浦 佑成, born 1995), Japanese basketball player

Fictional characters

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  • Yusei Fudo (不動 遊星), protagonist of the anime series Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's