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Are there any people in China with the surname Hanyu?

There is no one named Hanyu in China. Hanyu is a Japanese surname.

"Hanyu" is a Japanese surname. There are many Japanese named "Hanyu" in Japan, such as Yuzuru Hanyu who is currently competing at the Beijing Winter Olympics, and the ninth dan Zenji Hanyu, who is known as a genius in the Japanese shogi world. However,

Their pronunciation of "Hanyu" is different. Yuzuru Hanyu pronounces "はにゅう(Ha nyu)".

The origin and distribution of the Hanyu surname is said to have been during the Yamato period in Japan. The local nobles of Hanyu once donated precious feathers to the Yamato court, so the Yamato court gave them the surname Hanyu. Hanyu is a relatively rare surname in Japan.

In terms of distribution, the Japanese surname "Hanyu" is mainly distributed in Ibaraki Prefecture, Kagoshima, Miyagi Prefecture and other areas. For example, Hanyu Yuzuru's birthplace is Sendai City in Miyagi Prefecture, Japan.