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Yūsei

Yusei Kikuchi, Japanese baseball player
Pronunciation	jɯɯsei (IPA)
Gender	Male
Origin
Word/name	Japanese
Meaning	Different meanings depending on the kanji used
Other names
Alternative spelling	Yusei (Kunrei-shiki) Yusei (Nihon-shiki) Yūsei, Yusei, Yuusei (Hepburn)

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

Written forms

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

• 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

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

• Given names
• Japanese masculine given names
• Masculine given names