Name: Yui Narukami
Also Known As:
Leader
Mistress (by Teddie)
Senpai (by Kanji, Rise, Ryuto & Naoto)
Partner (by Yosuke)
Big Sis (By Nanako)
Kitty (By Ryuto)
Refined Queenpin of Steel (P4A)
Delicate Girl (PQ)
Queenpin (PQ2)
Shihoko Seta (Prototype name before Yui Narukami)
Japanese Name: ナルカミ ユイ
なるかみ ゆい (Please tell me this is right, I'm not fluent but I'm learning)
Romanji: Narukami Yui
Seta Shihoko (Prototype name before Yui Narukami)
First Appearance: Persona 4 (V) Female Protagonist
Affiliation: Investigation Team
Weapon: Nunchaku (Formerly)
Two-Handed Swords
Date of Birth: 08/31/1994 (I chose, not canon to Yu Narukami)
Zodiac: Virgo
Blood Type: B
Age: 16-17
Height: 153cm (5'0")
Arcana: The Fool, The World
Persona: Izanagi, Izanagi-no-Okami, Wild Card
Theme: "Reach Out To The Truth (P4 Arena ver.) (P4A)
"Dance!"
"Maze of Life"
"Signs of Love (TK Remix)
"Remember, We Got Your Back"
Japanese VA: Sayaka Ohara
English VA: Lauren Landa (I changed it from Erica Lindbeck because her voice is more angelic and fits more with Yui)
Design:
Yui has thick, silver hair that ends at her elbows and light grey eyes. Her hair is clipped back (which explains her unique hairstyle) and has two things along with it. Her first hairstyle is tied into a low side ponytail with a purple scrunchy while the other hairstyle has a hair strand tied on the side of her head with a yellow and purple kumihimo. This complements her bright, grey eyes too. Standing at 153cm (5'0") she is the second shortest in the group, having Naoto being shorter.
In the Midnight Channel, Yui wears the normal school uniform and grey glasses give to her by Teddie.
On days off, she wears sleeveless sweater dress with yellow buttons sewn on. Underneath is a black skivvy and yellow leggings with black calf boots with purple laces.
On days off in the summer, Yui wears a sweet-heart cut-out halter top that is purple with a white stripe and pale blue straps. For bottoms is a grey skirt with dark grey and pale blue designs on it, while socks with pale blue cuffs and grey flats. Lastly, on her head is a purple tribly hat with a yellow ribbon around it.
During the summer festival, Yui wear a yukata with the girls. Her yukata is yellow and white plaid with purple flower designs on it. Her hair is put up in a half bun, pinned with a porcelain hair clip that has a flower that is yellow in the center that blends into purple tips.
In Persona 4 Golden (Not actually gonna do a rewrite of Persona 4 Golden, I'm just doing this 'cause I'm bored), during the winter, Yui wears a lilac snowsuit with light blue sleeves and a fluffy hood. Underneath the snowsuit is two layers of thick skivvies, one being a yellow turtle neck that sticks out. On her head is a dark purple beanie with yellow heart designs on it. On her hands are light blue gloves while on her feet are purple snow boots with white trim.
In the epilogue, Yui has a purple cropped hoodie with white drawstring and a white high-waist skirt that ends above her knees. Underneath is a pair of light blue leggings with white stripes and purple jelly shoes.
In Persona 4 Dancing All Night, Yui wears a modified version of her school uniform. Instead of her normal blouse, it's a cropped, black cold-shoulder shirt with 'WILD' in a ripple-like stye font and the Yasogami High jacket and skirt. Underneath is a pair of light blue stockings with yellow star designs on and purple high tops.
Personality:
At first, Yui is very reserved and quiet due to her being taught that she should respect others by calling them by their last names, no matter the age. Her only exception is Nanako because Yui doesn't know what to call someone whom she considers a little sister, being an only child. When she becomes more acquainted with the Investigation Team, she starts calling them by their first names. (However, when it comes to Rise, Ryuto and Naoto, she calls them differently from the others. Rise is Rise~Tan, Ryuto is Ryu~Chan and Naoto is Nao~Chan). In the end, *SPOILERS*. Even though she is kind-hearted, she has an anger that slumbers within. When her rage it out, you can tell by looking at her eyes how it's darker than usual (her natural eye color is dark grey. When she is happy, most of the time, her eyes appear lighter.). Yui is quite intelligent and athletic, but her skills are in crafts. This is shown by her making kumihimo the traditional ways, mainly the marudai (round stand) and takadai (high stand), for the Investigation Team, helping Kanji out with making knitted rabbits and making paper cranes. She is used to doing crafts as it was one way to escape from her strict household as her parents wants her to be a better successor for the company. Other than that, she's shares a few things with her male counterpart as they have an abandonment issues and also will make funny remarks. Lastly, Yui's cooking is at range of in between good and great as she was taught by the maids whenever her parents were out.
Profile:
*SPOILERS*
Etymology:
Yui is most commonly known as 'superior garment', hinting at her love of crafts.
Her last name, Narukami, means 'howling god,' which is a reference to a recurring entity in the series and to his initial element Electricity, since Narukami is a Japanese god of thunder. 'Narukami' can also be read as "to become a god," foreshadowing how Yu manifests the World Arcana in the true ending, however, the characters of his name mean completely different things ("sound" and "above," respectively), meaning that the reference is an oral-only pun.
Trivia:
. Yui's favorite food is tofu
. She's a vegetarian, though is lenient on it as it was her parent's idea
. She's thinking of being a vegan
. Yui is lactose intolerant
. Yui's best friend is Rise, making it a pattern that the Lovers Arcana are female protagonist's best friend
. Ryuto is the only person who has seen Yui's rage, as Yui was pissed off at one of her ex-friends in front of him
. Yui is bisexual, but shows more interest in boys.
. Yui hasn't had true friends until meeting the Investigation Team, as she chose the wrong people to hang with
. Yui's favorite flower is a periwinkle. Periwinkles, in some religions, are associated to the Virgin Mary. This ties into her Zodiac sign, Virgo, the virgin.
. Her wardrobe consists of mainly purple. This is because purple is the complementing color of yellow, the color of Persona 4.
. Along with purple, she has accents of yellow, white and pale blue. Yellow for a call back to the original Persona 4, white shows her purity, as she is genuinely a cheerful character. Lastly, the pale blue is to call back to her favorite flower, periwinkle
. Her Japanese voice actress, Sayaka Ohara, also voices characters like Michuru Kaioh/Sailor Neptune from Sailor Moon Crystal and Margaret from Persona 4, making her share a voice with Margaret. However, Yui is less spontaneous.
. Her English voice actress, Lauren Landa voices characters like Sakuya from SAO, Kirche from The Familiar of Zero and Michuru Kaioh/Sailor Uranus from Sailor Moon VIZ Media dub. This makes the second time Sayaka Ohara and Lauren Landa to voice the same character.
. The reason why she has such a posh voice is because of her living in a life of wealth and was taught to speak in that manner.