Yuri

Yuri may refer to:

Names

• Yury, the Slavic form of the given name George
• Yuri (Japanese name), also Yūri, feminine Japanese given names
• Yu-ri (Korean name), Korean feminine given name

Languages

• Yuri language (Amazon), an Amerindian language of Colombia and Brazil
• Karkar language, a language isolate spoken in Papua New Guinea also known as "Yuri"

Places

• Yuri, Akita, a former town in Akita Prefecture, Japan; now part of Yurihonjō
• Yuri District, Akita, a former district
• Yuri (island), one of the Kuril islands claimed by Japan

People

• Yuri of Goguryeo, possibly mythological monarch from the ancient Korean Peninsula
• Yuri Andropov, General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union
• Yuri Bezmenov (1939-1993), Soviet journalist and eventual anti-communist who defected to Canada
• Yuri Gagarin, first man in space
• Yuri Kochiyama, Japanese American human rights activist
• Yuri Lowenthal (born 1971), American actor, producer, and screenwriter best known for his voice-over work

Media

• Yuri (genre) (百合 "lily"), a Japanese term referring to female homosexual content in fiction, especially anime and manga
• Yuri (satellite), the first dedicated Japanese broadcasting satellite and start of the BS-series

Other uses

• Typhoon Yuri (disambiguation)
• Human-powered helicopter#Yuri I – a human-powered helicopter developed in Japan

See also

• George (given name)
• Yūrei, figures in Japanese folklore, analogous to Western legends of ghosts
• Yūri-kinsai, Japanese ceramic technique
• Yuriko (disambiguation)
• Juri (disambiguation)