Jiāng Yuyuri

"Cherish the ones you love now. Maybe tomorrow, you won't have this chance anymore."
Jiāng Yuyuri is Sengawa Kagome's family former nursemaid and housekeeper. Notably, she has been part of the previous era of AKB0048. At that time, she was Eguchi Aimi the 3rd (3 ). During her understudy years, she was most often nicknamed Yuyu, Yuyun and Yuyutan. She has completely retired from the Entertainment world and now leads a quiet life as an elementary school teacher on Sorastar. In her spare time, she is also a freelance author and illustrator of children's books.
==Appearance==
Yuyuri has sleek, straight jet black hair, a pair of clear, slanted silver eyes with the diamond shapes common among graduates, as well as an olive tan she got from her time on Sorastar. She usually keeps her hair styled in a simple low bun held by a golden hairpin, with blunt bangs. Powder blue-coloured tiny dot-shaped earrings show off her ears. The willowy brunette is usually quite graceful in her movements.
When she was still an idol, she had a paler skin tone, and in an attempt to stand out, she used to style her hair in various intricate ancient chinese-inspired hairstyles.
Her fashion style is mostly comfortable, casual but still feminine and stylish. She mostly dresses in pastel blue and white clothing. She prefers dresses and skirts over pants.
==Personality==
Generally, Yuyuri is an accommodating, soft-spoken and dignified person who likes to be of service. Being good-natured, with a soothing aura to booth, her unfailing patience makes it a challenging task to anger her. She is both respectful and educational in her way of dealing with others; she always tries to be understanding before being judgmental, precious qualities for her job as a kindergarten teacher. In spite of her even-temper, she never hesitates to call out others on their faults if needed, in order to help them to rectify their mistakes and become persons they can be proud of.
Additionally, Yuyuri is protective of her students and loved ones, wanting the best for them and always trying to be the shoulder they can lean on. She is also quite artistic, as her hobbies include dancing ballet, playing the Euphonium and Sitar and reading fantasy novels. She doesn't shy away from encouraging creativity in those around her as well.
During her teenage years, and especially when she was an idol, although she already had her courteous and collected nature, Yuyuri was more assertive and ambitious. She planned to become one of the front members of the 00, and even eventually become Center Nova. However, she both relaxed and matured as she grew up and started a long process of self-discovery, realizing that life had plenty of things to offer other than being the most popular idol ever and that she actually needed to seek herself if she truly wanted to be happy.
Even though she might silently cringe if you show her videos of her younger self, overall she has fond memories of her time as an idol and thinks it was a good experience for her. What's more, Yuyuri is proud of her life journey.
==History==
Yuyuri hails from Angestar and chose the path of idol very early. As far as she could remember, her life-long dream has always been of making it into the AKB0048, and encouraged by her parents, she had devoted her entire childhood to training for this goal. She therefore joined an idol school where she learnt the basics of idol craft.
Nevertheless, once she finally achieved her dream at 12 years old, as naive as it may sound, Yuyuri was surprised by all the downsides that came with being an idol; such as the violent clashes with the DES, haters, obsessive fans, and the media constantly analyzing and criticizing her every move. Nevertheless, she persevered, and fortunately she had no particular difficulty in the other aspects of her new idol life, including vocal training, learning choreography and performing before a thousand of people, since she was already taught these in idol school. In the end, the only thing she really needed to learn was to manage her stress. 
During her third year as an understudy, she got her succession fever. Everyone wondered who she would succeed, especially since she never really talked about her desired name and often hand-waved the question during interviews. Her fan base considered several names, but Kato Rena, Hokazono Hazuki, and even Okada Nana came up the most. Finally, it was announced she became Eguchi Aimi the 3th, which surprised many, but was quickly accepted by the fans. 
Yuyuri enjoyed her idol career, but she soon grew tired of the constant battles, danger, pressure, competition, scandals and paparazzo who didn't care to respect her private life. She ultimately reached the conclusion that graduating was the only way to regain her peace of mind, rather than continue and suffer, although it pained her to disappoint her fans. After she graduated, she definitely retired from the world of Entertainment to live a normal, peaceful life and refocus on herself. At first she stayed on Akibastar, and for a while she was a job hopper; it took her several years to find herself. 
She decided to live on Sorastar for its pleasant climate. It was there that she met the Sengawa family and gladly accepted their job offer, beginning to take care of Kagome and Soujirou. Over the years that she worked for them, she became very attached to them, especially Kagome, so much that she considered them like a second family. She even has been given her own bedroom in the family house.
However, the tensions between the parents of the two children grew heavier and heavier, and Yuyuri saw how much the marital disputes affected both Kagome and Soujirou. So she decided to muster her courage and have a talk with their parents. This resulted in a horrible argument between her and her employers. Yuyuri, seeing that there was nothing more she could do to change their minds, reluctantly decided to resign and leave the same day, trying her best to hide her own tears from Soujirou and Kagome. She took some time to recover from this painful episode, and long regretted leaving Kagome and Soujirou behind. However, she eventually moved on.
After careful consideration, she began studying to become a teacher, using all the money she had saved working for the Sengawas to pay for her tuition fees.
After all these years, Yuyuri has finally found her niche and has a job where she feels useful; she can't imagine herself doing anything else.
==Relationships==
Sengawa Kagome - Kagome was like a dear younger sister to her, and leaving her behind was probably one of the most difficult decisions of her life. Yuyuri still fondly remembers how bright Kagome's eyes would shine when she listened to her magical stories. Sometimes, Yuyuri wonders how Kagome is doing right now.
Sengawa Soujirou - She viewed Soujirou as a bratty, but lovable younger brother. Yuyuri always knew that behind his gruff demeanor, he cared, but was both too proud and clumsy to show it. She liked to tease him kindly, and still laughs when she remembers some of his antics.
==Etymology==
Jiāng (姜): "Jiāng" is a pretty common Chinese surname. It is probably inspired by the eponymous river in Chinese mythology.
Yuyuri (ゆゆり): "Yuyuri" is written in Hiragana, so there's no particular meaning attached to it.
==Quotes==
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==Gallery==
===Eguchi Aimi the 3rd===
Jiang_Yuyuri_Successor_Era.png|Aimi Galaxy Cinderella of Senbatsu Member Uniform (drawn by Chem)
Yuyuri_Kirara-1.png|Aimi's kirara (drawn by Chem)
==Trivia==
*Her favourite 00 songs are Kamonegix and Princess Cloak.
*Yuyuri never had any Oshimen. Whenever she was asked why, she simply replied that it was too difficult to choose only one or even two idols among so many talented idols.
*Although she desired to become the "face" of AKB just like the original Acchan was, she never wanted to succeed anyone in particular. In fact, she would have been fine staying an understudy since she feared changing if she were to become a successor.
*Whereas Yuyuri absolutely loves watching over children and teaching them things, she is not that keen on having children herself. She doesn't care much for marriage either, and doesn't actively look for a significant other.
*She is partly Chinese from her father.
*She can speak at least four languages fluently, namely: Japanese, Mandarin Chinese, English and Hindi which she learned when she moved to Sorastar.
*Her primary mode of transportation is her bicycle.
**Unbeknownst to most, the reason for this is that Yuyuri has a very bad case of road rage, and it's one of the only moments you can hear her yell, snort and use swear words that would make a sailor blush. It's as if whenever she drives, she lets out all her pent-up frustration.
*She shares her birthday with Matsui Jurina the 8th.
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