Yumi Shirakawa

Yumi Shirakawa is one of the human partners in Shin Megami Tensei: if....
==Appearances==
*Shin Megami Tensei: if...: Recruitable Character
**Shin Megami Tensei: if... (Manga)
**Shin Megami Tensei: if... (Novel)
*Shin Megami Tensei: Kahn
**Shin Megami Tensei: Kahn - Vanity Paradise
==Personality==
Yumi possesses a down-to-earth nature and acts quickly upon the school's transportation to the demon world. Reflecting this is her route's relative simplicity and straight forward objective. Though she cares very much for her school and its student body she can be very rough, referring to Reiko Akanezawa as a "stuck-up little princess" and is at times something of a bully.
==Profile==
===Shin Megami Tensei: if...===
Yumi Shirakawa is the first character that can be recruited in the game. She is a classmate that the protagonist meets right after they leave the classroom, once Karukozaka High is transported to the Expanse. Should the protagonist accept her, they will be locked onto her path and will go through the worlds of the Expanse, eventually defeating Hazama in his Emperor form without learning of his past. She seems to care about her school, wishing to save everyone inside it. Her path, up until the first battle with Hazama, is identical to Reiko's.
====Kahn====
Yumi is one of the two survivors of the incident at Karukozaka. In the canon of Shin Megami Tensei Kahn, during the Karukozaka High School incident in the Expanse, she awakens to the Guardian ability upon death, her Guardian being Valkyrie. She's transferred to another school and appears to be trying to move on with her life when Ambassador Thorman's forces attempt to abduct her. During the attack, she calls upon her Guardian to help her, now having taken the form of Angel. She appears to have strong magical powers that resonate with the sealing stone of Amatsugami. 
Further along in the story, she unseals the Sword of Hi-no-Kagutsuchi which causes the Chaos to be freed, and the world is destroyed in the blast. Thirty years pass and the story resumes as Nobu is brought to this future, in which Yumi has reincarnated as a Messian named Sarah, accompanied by a warrior named Mayne. Although Sarah does not retain her Guardian abilities nor her memories, Sarah is capable of wielding strong magic just like Yumi.
It is revealed throughout Shin Megami Tensei Kahn's plot that Nobu and Yumi have been reincarnating since ancient times, fighting an entity known as the Chaos, and sealing it through the sacrifice of Yumi and the power of the sword of Hi-no-Kagutsuchi. In the story's conclusion, Nobu is able to reach into Sarah and connect with Yumi, together they are able to defeat the resurrected Thorman. 
==Stats==
===Shin Megami Tensei: if...===
Like the other partners, Yumi uses the same formula to calculate her HP as the protagonist, which is determined by their gender. This can make the game somewhat more difficult if the female route is chosen.
Yumi's stats are chosen at random from 4 different distributions:
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== Etymology ==
* The name Yumi means "reason, case, cause" (由) (yu) and "beautiful" (美) (mi). 
* Yumi's surname Shirakawa means "white" (白) (shira) and "river, stream" (川) (kawa).
==Gallery==
Tamaki Yumi Hazama.png|Yumi with the protagonist and Hazama
SMT if... PlayStation poster.jpg|PSX Poster
If Snes promotional art2.png|Promotional art
If-group.jpg|Yumi with the If... cast
Yumi if... Manga.png|Yumi as she appears in the Shin Megami Tensei: if... manga
Yumi (n).jpg|Yumi as she appears in the novel
IF Novel.jpg|Protagonist, Yumi and Charlie in novel
Karukozaka3.JPG|Yumi and Akira's outfits in Shin Megami Tensei IMAGINE
SMT-TCG-Yumi-Shirakawa1.jpg|Yumi Shirakawa in the TCG
DDSt10A Inside Cover Illustration.jpg|Illustration for the inside cover of Digital Devil Story 10th anniversary
Category:Neutral-Aligned Characters
Category:Shin Megami Tensei: if... Allies