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There's “Yu” which is a short name for both Japanese and Korean.

“Yū” in Japanese long name:

  • ta” (ゆうた)
  • ji” (ゆうじ)
  • suke” (ゆうすけ)
  • ki” (ゆうき)

“Yoo” in Korean long name:

  • Yoo-seok” (석)
  • Yoo-geon” (건)
  • Yoo-bin” (빈)
  • Yoo-jin” (진)

Another idea could be aligning names from Japanese Kanji to Korean Hanja.

[* KanjiHanja since they both mean “Hàn (Chinese ) Characters”]

A good example would be

Japanese:「しょうた」/sta/: “Shota”

Korean: “승태” /sŭng taé/: “Seung-tae”

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