# Yukari

Yukari is a feminine Japanese given name.

## Written forms

Yukari can be written using many different combinations of kanji characters. Here are some examples:
* 由加里, "reason, addition, village"
* 由香里, "reason, scent, village"
* 由佳利, "reason, excellent, benefit"
* 由佳梨, "reason, excellent, pear tree"
* 由華莉, "reason, splendor/flower, jasmine"
* 夕香里, "evening, scent, village"
* 夕香莉, "evening, scent, jasmine"
* 夕花莉, "evening, flower, jasmine"
* 夕佳利, "evening, excellent, benefit"
* 裕佳里, "abundant, excellent, village"
* 裕佳梨, "abundant, excellent, pear tree"
* 優香理, "superiority, scent, logic"
* 友加里, "friend, addition, village"
* 結花理, "tie, flower, logic"
* 紫, "purple"
* 縁, "affinity/destiny"
The name can also be written in hiragana ゆかり or katakana ユカリ.

## Notable people with the name

* Yukari Fukui (福井 裕佳梨, born 1982), Japanese actress, voice actress and gravure idol
* Yukari Fresh, real name Yukari Takasaki (高崎 ゆかり), Shibuya-kei artist
* Yukari Goto (後藤 友香里, born 1988), Japanese singer
* Yukari Higa (緋賀 ゆかり), Japanese manga artist
* Yukari Iijima (飯島 夕雁, born 1964), Japanese politician
* Yukari Ichijo (一条 ゆかり, born 1949), Japanese manga artist
* Yukari Kajihara (加治原 由香里, born 1953), Japanese fencer
* Yukari Kawasaki (河﨑 由加里, born 1976), Japanese archer
* Yukari Kinga (近賀 ゆかり, born 1984), Japanese women's footballer
* Yukari Kokubun (國分 優香里, born 1983), Japanese voice actress
* Yukari Miyake (三宅 由佳莉, born 1986), Japanese singer
* Yukari Mizuno (水野 友加里, born 1986), Japanese actress
* Yukari Nakano (中野 友加里, born 1985), Japanese figure skater
* Yukari Nozawa (野沢 由香里, born 1957), Japanese actress and voice actress
* Yukari Ohno (大野 ゆかり, born 1975), Japanese ice hockey player
* Yukari Oshima (大島 ゆかり, born 1963), Japanese actress and martial artist
* Yukari Sato (佐藤 ゆかり, born 1961), Japanese politician
* Yukari Tachibana (橘 ゆかり, born 1965), Japanese actress
* Yukari Takemoto (竹本 ゆかり, born 1955), Japanese swimmer
* Yukari Tamura (田村 ゆかり), (born 1976), Japanese singer and voice actress
* Yukari Watanabe (渡邊 ゆかり, born 1981), Japanese speed skater
* Yukari Yamamoto (山本 由佳理, born 1981), Japanese field hockey player
* Yukari Yoshihara (吉原 由香里, born 1973), Japanese Go player

## Fictional characters

* Yukari Akiyama (秋山 優花里), a character in the anime series Girls und Panzer
* Yukari Hayasaka (早坂 紫), a character in the manga series Paradise Kiss
* Yukari Hinata (日向 縁), a character in the manga series Yuyushiki
* Yukari Hirai (平井 ゆかり), a character in the light novel series Shakugan no Shana
* Yukari Kashima (鹿島 由加里), a character in the manga series Vampire Princess Miyu
* Yukari Kawai (河井ユカリ), a teenage character in the series of Little Ghost Q-Taro
* Yukari Kohinata (小日向 縁), a character in the manga series Locodol
* Yukari Kotozume (琴爪 ゆかり), a character in the anime series Kirakira PreCure a la Mode
* Yukari Miyako (都 ゆかり), a character in the manga series Monthly Girls' Nozaki-kun
* Yukari Morita, a character in the light novel series Rocket Girls
* Yukari Sakuragi (桜木 ゆかり), a character in the novel Another
* Yukari Sanjo (三条 ゆかり), a character in the manga series Shugo Chara!
* Yukari Sawatari, a character in the manga series School Babysitters
* Yukari Sendou (仙童 紫), a character in the manga series Rosario + Vampire
* Yukari Takara (高良 ゆかり), a character in the manga series Lucky Star
* Yukari Takeba (岳羽 ゆかり), a character in the video game Persona 3
* Yukari Tanizaki (谷崎 ゆかり), a character in the manga series Azumanga Daioh
* Yukari Yakumo (八雲 紫), a character in the Touhou Project series