“Shut up, hack! I should get an award for just dealing with you.”
Yuki Rurikawa (瑠璃川幸, Rurikawa Yuki) participates in the Summer Troupe as a costume specialist and actor. He loves wearing cute feminine clothes. However, his personality is rather frank and brazen, and he often goes off at his seniors. After he did the costumes for the Spring Troupe's Romeo and Julius, Izumi Tachibana decided to invite him to the summer audition. Soon following, Yuki became a part of the Mankai Company.
He shares room 201 together with Tenma Sumeragi.
Appearance[]
Due to his girlish face and clothing style, he is often mistaken as a girl. Nevertheless, he is a 15 year old boy who loves cute clothes, which he often wears and designs himself. Yuki has orange eyes and green hair, styled in a modern bob cut. He wears a white frill blouse together with a rose-colored skirt and suitable beret. To round everything up, a pair of classic brown ankle boots, grey socks, and a brown bear-shaped bag. His personal look is a very feminine one, but he can also be seen wearing male clothes, like his school uniform.
Personality[]
Yuki is a person with a sharp tongue, and he is not afraid to speak his mind, but he is not essentially mean-spirited. He has little respect for those older than him and doesn't mind getting into an argument if he deems it necessary. This is a character trait Yuki got after people often commented negatively about his preference in looks and taste. To defend himself, he became someone who would stand up against such bullying. However, he would never mock someone for something they like or their ability and is actually a very tolerant and headstrong person who supports his comrades even in dire times. He also takes great pride in his sewing and designing skills.
History[]
Yuki grew up in a normal household with parents that gave him freedom and followed the principle that a kid has to make their own experience. Because of this, they never really restricted the way he wanted to express himself. Even so, during the phone call Izumi Tachibana had with his mother, it was revealed that she wanted to get Yuki a bit on track by getting his sometimes brazen behavior out of him, which surprised the director. Yuki originally just joined the Mankai Company to learn about how the costumes he made functioned on stage and in use. He later found out that he was more interested in acting than he initially thought.
Relationships[]
Despite having a sharp tongue, Yuki has a very good relationship with the rest of the troupe, maybe with the exception of Tenma though.
Tenma Sumeragi: The two are roommates and always have fights with each other, though nothing serious. Yuki is always exasperated by Tenma's big ego and thick-headedness, and always teases him, calling him a hack or other names. Tenma is subject to his insults and rather annoyed and offended as well. However, the two don't hate each other and do look out for the other.
Muku Sakisaka: The two go to the same school as each other. They knew each other before joining the same troupe, and remain friends. They both help each other out when one is going through hard times. Muku admires Yuki for being very cool and strong. Yuki thinks that Muku, though a bit overboard with his self-deprecation or not the most dependable sometimes, still thinks highly of him.
Misumi Ikaruga: Yuki doesn't understand Misumi's strange love for triangles, and thinks he is a weirdo. Misumi loves Yuki's costumes.
Kazunari Miyoshi: Yuki finds Kazunari quite noisy and annoying, but respects his artistic/creative abilities. Kazunari thinks they are a great pair when it comes to designing and that Yuki is super cute and cool.
Kumon Hyodo: Another energetic person joined the troupe, and no surprise Yuki found Kumon to be too loud and annoying. Kumon thinks Yuki is super cool and talented.
List of nicknames he uses for others[]
- Sakuya Sakuma - Energy Concentrate
- Masumi Usui - Psycho Stalker
- Itaru Chigasaki - Elite Swindler, Crippled Gamer, Otaku, Old Man
- Tsuzuru Minagi - Villager C
- Citron - Foreign Swindler
- Chikage Utsuki - Shitty Elite Glasses
- Tenma Sumeragi - Hack, Useless, Mr. More Directionally Challenged Than a Rock
- Muku Sakisaka - Wonderboy
- Misumi Ikaruga - Trianglian
- Kazunari Miyoshi - Friendly McExtrovert
- Kumon Hyodo - Mini Hyo-bro
- Juza Hyodo - Standard Gangster
- Banri Settsu - Neo Gangster, Mr. High Spec
- Omi Fushimi- Ma
- Sakyo Furuichi - Money-grubbing Yakuza
- Taichi Nanao - Dumb Dog, Doggie
- Tsumugi Tsukioka - At-Home Tutor
- Tasuku Takato - Muscle Head
- Hisoka Mikage - Psycho Sleeper
- Homare Arisugawa - Shameless Poet, Arisu
- Azuma Yukishiro - Azu-nee
- Izumi Tachibana - Currian, Invader From Planet Curry
- Ken Sakoda - Sack-o-dumb
Roles[]
These are the roles Yuki has played:
- Scheherazade in Water Me!
- Shiro in The Great Sardine Search
- Francoise in Captain Sky's Pirates
- Hikaru Washimiya in Love Out of Left Field
Etymology[]
- The name Yuki means "happiness, good luck" (幸).
- Yuki's surname Rurikawa means "lapis lazuli" (瑠璃) (ruri) and "river, stream" (川) (kawa).
Trivia[]
- Yuki has the habit of giving people nicknames. Yuki himself says that he is not deliberately trying to be mean, but just saying whatever pops up in his head when he sees someone.
- It is presumed that Yuki may have been Taichi's first crush.
- Taichi describes his first love as "a girl who talked like one of the guys" with "a real mouth". He also mentions that his first love was skilled at needlework and was able to sew and knit. Omi, Kazunari, Muku, and Izumi figure out that Yuki possibly was his first crush, however, there is no direct confirmation in the franchise.
- This is also hinted through their chat name, Secret Childhood Friends.
- The little doodle he drew in the notebook is the same bear he also has as a bag.
- Yuki was featured on the Mini Album A3! First SUMMER EP, where he sang his character song; MINORITY.
- He enjoys watching Kabuki.
- Along with Tsuzuru Minagi, Kazunari Miyoshi, Sakyo Furuichi, Omi Fushimi, and Azami Izumida, Yuki is one of the few people who do additional work for Mankai.
- In his case; it's designing and sewing all costumes.
- When he was younger, he used to take piano classes.[3]
References[]
- ↑ Not mentioned in the EN app. Yuu first appeared in Wonder Rush and Yume in the backstage story to [Winter Workers] Yuki SR .
- ↑ First mentioned in Yuki's SSR from Brown Wear Collection, A Page From Someone's Life [1]
- ↑ A3! Second Anniversary Book Sunshine