Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-17259909-20160312232541/@comment-856627-20160316001844

DinoTaur wrote: Actually, the yu and u are part of different kanji. 柚 (ゆ, yu)

宇 (う, u)

If it were something like 遊 (ゆう), then it would be yū. I know it's two different kanji, but it's still a single syllable, like Yūko Nishi's name (which has the same 宇 as Kunichika's name). That's what I mean.