Yurika Kurihara

Yurika Kurihara (栗原 ゆりか) is one of the secondary heroines and protagonists of the light novel series Kindred Hearts.
== Appearance ==
Yurika is a teenage Esper girl with a long chestnut brown hair tied into a braided side plait and hazel eyes. She also wears a pair of transparent contact lenses, since Yurika has myopia. During her idol days, she used to tie hair into small twintails with a pink-and-blue dye and wore a pair of purple contact lenses. Her outfit consists of a bluish grey sailor uniform paired with a pair of black checkered miniskirt and matching pantyhoses. Her pupils turns from purple to pink when she uses her Sigil. During her time in the Borderland, Yurika wore a red tubetop bikini with pink polka dots.
== Personality ==
Yurika is a rather klutz and kind-hearted girl. She identifies herself as a deredere and she sometimes gets things wrong if she loses her focus for a while. She also cares for her fellow Esper brethren and she's also afraid of losing friends. As a former idol, Yurika knows how to steal the hearts of Esper boys with her cute charm and voice.
== Abilities ==
* Angelic Voice: A Sigil that gives Yurika the ability to manipulate soundwaves and her voice. She could imitate someone's voice with it, and it comes in handy whenever she has to unlock something that requires voice activation or to deceive enemies. She's also able to heal other Espers with her singing. Her Sigil does not come with EX Skills.
* Bitch-slap: Despite being a cute and clumsy girl, Yurika will not hesitate to slap someone who dares to call her with derogatory and offensive remarks. Her bitch slap is able to send her enemies flying, almost as strong as Rachel's Blitz Kick.
* Athletic prowess: Yurika's sleek and slender body allows her to move slightly faster, which allows her to avoid incoming projectiles and enemies.
== Trivia ==
* Yurika's outfit resembles a Yasogami High School uniform. One of Yurika's nickname, Yurishii is a tribute to the retired voice actor and singer Yurika Endo.
* Her name, background, personality and appearance resembles Rise Kujikawa from Persona 4, Yayoi Takatsuki from The Idolmaster, Ruby Kurosawa from Love Live Sunshine, Tsubame Murota from Magical Girl Raising Project, Daqiao and Lianshi from Dynasty Warriors, Yukimi Igarashi from Kamen Rider Revice, Asuna Karino/Poppy Pipopapo from Kamen Rider Ex-Aid, Hammie from Uchu Sentai Kyuuranger, Isola from Luminous Avenger iX and Saiko Bichitaru from SMG4's web series. She also shares the last name as Haruka Kurihara, a character from Kamen Rider Blade.
* Yurika has a sweet tooth and really loves desserts, especially ice cream sundae, shaved ice with red bean paste, baked sweet potatoes, fluffy pancakes and cheesecakes. She also loves to bake cookies and pastries during her pasttime.
* Yurika was born in the rural areas of Fukui Prefecture, a prefecture in Japan reowned for its paleontological discoveries and dinosaur-themed memorabilias. Notable dinosaurs from Fukui Prefecture are Fukuiraptor and Fukuisaurus.
* Yurika was a former member of an idol unit called Lucky☆Colors, produced by a tarento agency named 11/5 Produce. She retired from the group when her producer found out that she's an Esper.
* During the events of Alice in Borderland, Yurika and a handful of other female Espers were almost murdered by Aguni and his lackeys in Tama Pacific Beach, who wants to kill them since they were accused of being the witch who killed Momoka. She was saved by Yuuta, Mirai, Ellie, Dusk and their Pokémon, and she went back to her world using Hoopa's Hyperspace Hole. She was relieved when she finally came back to her home in Sunshine City, although she felt traumatized from her experience in the Borderland. Aguni and his lackeys were tortured by Lucifer and Lucretia McEvil, Vulcanna Ash, Evil Sam, Evil Patrixxx, Evil Mario, Boris the Teeth Guy, the Scary Logo Alliance and their boss Giratina in Satan's Kingdom for what they almost did to Yurika and her friends, as well as for murdering a bunch of innocent people in the resort.
* Both Yurika's Japanese and English voice actors (Maaya Uchida and Megan Shipman) are good singers. Maaya Uchida is also best known as an Anisong singer and voiced several idol characters such as Ranko Kanzaki from The Idolmaster: Cinderella Girls, Urara Hasumi from Battle Girl High School and Yusa Nishimori from Charlotte, while Megan Shipman voiced Hanamaru Kunikida in the dubbed version of Love Live Sunshine. She's also a YouTuber who does English covers of various Anisongs under the handle name MopTop, much like Rachel's English voice actor, Amanda Lee (best known as AmaLee) and Cathy's English voice actor, Cristina Vee. Both Yurika and Celia's English voice actors (Megan Shipman and Kayli Mills) are members of the idol group Interlunium.
Category:Characters
Category:Espers