Yori

Yori is a student of the Yamanouchi Kinja school in Japan whom Ron Stoppable has a crush on. After Kim, she appears to be the most popular of Ron's crushes. In the episode "Exchange", Ron shows repeated interest in Yori, both at their meeting, where he is stunned by her appearance, and again later, when Fukushima is informed that he was right to save a pretty girl. At this time, Ron is not aware that Yori herself has feelings for him. On their second meeting, Ron tells her of his relationship with Kim, which she accepts. Kim shows clear jealousy of Yori, possibly due to Kim believing her to be her greatest competition for Ron's affections.
== Background ==
=== Personality ===
Yori
 was very respectful of everyone she met, the only exception being 
established villains. Even among people she knew well, she never failed 
to bow as a sign of respect. She was quite concerned with honor, 
attempted to behave honorably at all times, and encouraged others to do 
the same. This is also how she frequently challenged Ron to take the 
lead role when they were together, and Ron tended to respond to her 
expectations, both as a way of both proving himself a hero and hopefully
 impressing Yori as a bonus. Admittedly, most of the things that Yori 
stated would be Ron's honor to do could also have been considered either
 grunt work, or something a gentleman would be expected to do in a 
lady's presence (which Ron seemed largely unaware of). Some examples of 
this included;
# Your honor to carry the bags (Ron brought a huge pile of luggage to the airport and expected someone else to carry them).
# Your honor to walk (all the way up the mountain where the Yamanouchi
 Ninja School is located, and then back down upon his departure).
# Your honor to go first (when they were about to enter a suspicious and likely dangerous building.
Yori also thought that Ron was very funny with what she called 
"American style jokes", though in most cases Ron was just uninformed or 
accident-prone, and was not actually trying to amuse her.
=== Appearance ===
Comparable
 age to Ron and Kim, Yori is a Japanese schoolgirl with black hair, tan 
skin. She was most often seen wearing "combat clothing" of black shinobi shōzoku,
 considered the "traditional ninja uniform"; sometimes with a hooded 
mask but generally without. While at the ninja school, especially during
 practice, she wore a white keikogi, or "practice uniform". On 
the occasions when Yori needed to appear out in the open as a normal 
student, she wore a light blue with plaid skirted traditional Japanese serafuku, or "sailor" school uniform.
However, the one thing which Yori always wore was a scarlet red headband.
=== Abilities ===
Yori
 appeared to be a fairly talented ninja, and could usually hold her own 
in battle unless considerably outnumbered. On the few occasions when 
they fought, Yori's battles with Kim suggested that they were very 
evenly matched in skill. In addition, Master Sensei seemed to place a 
great deal of faith in Yori, which suggested that she was likely either 
one of his top students, or the most trustworthy.
=== Equipment ===
* Tessen handheld war fans.
* Kusari-fundo or surujin grappling chain.
** Both ninja weapons are identical except one end of the surujin has a spike instead of a second blunt weight, and all we saw was the one end with blunt weight.
== Relationships ==
Yori
 treated Master Sensei with the respect due to a father figure and 
teacher, obviously caring for and respecting him deeply. She was greatly
 worried for his safety when he was abducted by DNAmy, and upon being 
reunited with him, rushed to embrace him, before recalling her manners 
and greeting him with a bow.
Yori was the first person that Ron Stoppable met during his trip 
to Japan, and served as his guide. They became fast friends, and though 
Ron was unaware, Yori developed a crush on him. Ron came to see Yori as 
his "favorite ninja," while Yori came to see Ron as a trusted friend and
 Yamanouchi's champion. As a result, she would call upon him each time 
the school was in trouble. Ron didn't realize Yori's true feelings until
 Kim confirmed them, and the next time they saw each other, Ron and Kim 
were dating, which Yori did not seem at all bothered by.
Yori's relationship with Kim Possible got off to a rocky start: 
Kim first met Yori when she abruptly appeared at Middleton High School, 
and Ron (sworn to secrecy about his time in Japan) came up with a very 
flimsy lie to explain Yori's presence. Though Yori greeted Kim as a 
respected comrade, Kim was instantly suspicious of her (aided largely by
 her own jealousy over the fact that Ron had an attractive female friend
 that he failed to tell Kim about). Once Ron was allowed to share the 
secrets of Yamanouchi with Kim, she gradually began to return the 
respect that Yori had for her from the start. After Kim and Ron began 
dating, she urged Ron to inform Yori of this. Somewhat surprisingly, 
Yori approved of Kim and Ron as a couple, adding that she believed Ron 
was Kim's destiny and did not seem at all hurt by the announcement.
Yori stated that Hana Stoppable was like a little sister to her. 
Curiously, they do share similar skin tone and hair color, and Hana's 
exact biological origin is unknown.
== Trivia ==
* Yori bears a striking resemblance to the character Karai from the 2003 incarnation of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.
* Her name means "reliable" in Japanese.
== Gallery ==
== References ==
Category:Characters
Category:Females
Category:Recurring characters