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| Yaongyi | comics artist, influencer, model | 1 |
| Yasuhiro Nightow | mangaka, illustrator | 1 |
| Yasuomi Umetsu | animator, character designer, film director, director | 1 |
| Yelena Grachyova | scientist | 1 |
| Yelizaveta Skvortsova | screenwriter, animator, film director | 1 |
| Yoko Taro | screenwriter, video game writer, comics writer, video game designer, video game developer, video game director | 1 |
| Yomu | illustrator | 1 |
| Yoram Gross | screenwriter, television producer, film director, film producer, director | 1 |
| Yoshikazu Yasuhiko | screenwriter, mangaka, animator, illustrator, character designer, film director, novelist | 2 |
| Yoshinobu Nishizaki | screenwriter, animator, comics artist, character designer, film director | 1 |
| Yoshio Kuroda | television director, film director | 1 |
| Yoshitake Suzuki | screenwriter | 1 |
| Yoshitoshi ABe | screenwriter, mangaka, illustrator, character designer, visual artist, blogger, draftsperson | 1 |
| Yoshiyuki Tomino | screenwriter, animator, musician, film director, novelist | 2 |
| Yu | author, fantasy author, novelist, online writer | 1 |
| Yu-hachi | mangaka, illustrator | 1 |
| Yves Rousset-Rouard | politician, film producer, producer | 1 |
| Yōko Kamio | mangaka | 1 |
| Yūki Kodama | mangaka, illustrator | 1 |