Beongcheon Yu (29 December 1925 – 23 November 2022) (Korean: 유병천) was a Korean-born translator of Natsume Sōseki's novel The Wayfarer and author of a critical study on Natsume.
He was selected to attend the Dai-Ichi-Koto Gakko (the First Higher School), now part of the University of Tokyo.
He graduated with his BA in French literature from Seoul National University in 1948.
Known for his critical analyses of Hemingway, Melville, Akutagawa Ryunosuke, the Korean authors Han Yong-Un and Yi Gwangsu, and the life and writings of Lafcadio Hearn, he also wrote about the impact of orientalism on western literature.
Yu was professor emeritus in English at Wayne State University.