Yurika

Yurika

Gender	Female
Origin
Word/name	Japanese
Meaning	Different meanings depending on the kanji used.
Region of origin	Japan
Other names
Related names	Yuri Yuriko Yurie

Yurika (ゆりか, ユリカ) is a feminine Japanese given name.

Written forms

Forms in kanji can include:

• 百合果, "lily, fruit"
• 由里香, "reason, hometown, fragrance"
• 由利加, "reason, profit, addition"
• 友里花, "friend, hometown, flower"
• 友里加, "friend, hometown, addition"
• 友里香, "friend, hometown, fragrance"
• 友梨香, "friend, pear, fragrance"
• 祐里香, "to help, hometown, fragrance"
• 夕梨花, "evening, pear, flower"

The name can also be written in hiragana or katakana.

People

• Yurika (musician) (友里花; born 1995), Japanese musician
• Yurika Abe (阿部 友里香; born 1995), Japanese paralympic cross-country skier and biathlete
• Yurika Aizawa (逢沢 ゆりか; born 1979), Japanese voice actress
• Yurika Endō (遠藤 ゆりか; born 1994), Japanese voice actress and singer
• Yurika Furuya (古谷 柚里花; born 2000), Japanese member of the Up Up Girls Kakko Kari
• Yurika Harada (原田 百合果; born 1988), Japanese fashion model and singer
• Yurika Hino (日野 由利加; born 1963), Japanese voice actress
• Yurika Hirayama (平山 友梨香; born 1990), Japanese ski jumper
• Yurika Jūmonji (十文字 ゆりか; born 1984), Japanese hypnotist and tarento
• Yurika Kubo (久保 ユリカ; born 1989), Japanese voice actress and singer
• Yurika Nakamura (actress) (中村 ゆりか; born 1997), Japanese actress
• Yurika Nakamura (runner) (中村 友梨香; born 1986), Japanese long-distance runner
• Yurika Ochiai (落合 祐里香; born 1979), Japanese voice actress
• Yurika Oka (岡 優里佳; born 2003), Japanese professional wrestler
• Yurika Ōyama (大山 由里香; born 1974), Japanese bowling player
• Yurika Sema (瀬間 友里加; born 1986), Japanese tennis player
• Yurika Yoshida (吉田 夕梨花; born 1993), Japanese curler

Fictional characters

• Yurika Misumaru (ユリカ), character from the anime Martian Successor Nadesico
• Yurika Kirishima (ゆりか), character from the Rival Schools video game series
• Yurika Tōdō (ユリカ), angry vampire from Aikatsu!
• Yurika Nijino (ゆりか), from Rokujouma no Shinryakusha
• Yurika, Otakuthon mascot

See also

• Yurîka or Yuriika refers to Eureka, a 2000 Japanese film directed by Shinji Aoyama