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yuri

fiction genre involving intimate relationships between female characters
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Summary

yuri is an anime and manga genre[1]. yuri draws 11,150 Wikipedia views per month (anime and manga genre category, ranking #3 of 12).[2]

Key Facts

  • Instance of: fiction genre[3]
  • Named after: Lilieae[4], female[5]
  • Subclass of: anime and manga[6], lesbian fiction[7], romantic fiction[8], lesbian literature[9]
  • Commons category: Yuri (genre)[10]
  • Said to be the same as: girls' love[11]
  • Opposite of: yaoi[12]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Yuri (genre)[13]
  • Main subject: lesbianism[14]
  • Facet of: lesbian literature[15]
  • Native label: 百合[16]
  • Different from: girls' love[17]
  • Hashtag: Yuri[18], 百合[19]
  • Maintained by WikiProject: WikiProject Anime and manga[20], WikiProject Japan[21], WikiProject LGBTQ+ studies[22], WikiProject Media[23], WikiProject Women[24], WikiProject Sexology and sexuality[25], WikiProject Sociology[26], WikiProject Women's History[27]

Why It Matters

yuri has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] yuri is known by 61 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 5w ago · BorkedBot bot · 2026-09-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Maintained by wikiproject → WikiProject Anime and manga, WikiProject Japan, WikiProject LGBTQ+ studies +5
    "/* wbsetqualifier-add:1| */ Subject named as: Yuri (genre), update metadata from fandom API ([[:toolforge:editgroups/b/CB/99b2ad04eb20|details]])"
  2. 6w ago · Treisijs · 2026-08-30 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Maintained by wikiproject → WikiProject Anime and manga, WikiProject Japan, WikiProject LGBTQ+ studies +5
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Maintained by wikiproject: WikiProject Anime and manga"
  3. 7w ago · MsMorale · 2026-08-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Fandom article id → lgbt:Yuri, yuripedia:Yuri_(genre)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Fandom article id: yuripedia:Yuri_(genre), Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/312537704|Yuri (genre) (#312537704)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/8296|Yuri"
  4. 9w ago · LadyData · 2026-08-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Imdb keyword → yuri
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Imdb keyword: yuri, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/193894058|yuri (#193894058)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/6965|Top 10,000 IMDb keywords]] #m"
  5. 21w ago · Jwillikers · 2026-05-14 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of → anime and manga, lesbian fiction, romantic fiction +1
    Subclass of → —
    Different from → girls' love
    Named after → —
    + 9 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Instance of: fiction genre"
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