Yuuko Ichihara

Yuuko Ichihara, also known as Kindoo-chan, The Dimensional Witch, The Far-Eastern Witch, The Space-Time Witch and The Witch of the Dimensions, is the main female protagonist from the xxxHOLiC series.
== Charactah Account ==
Being one extremely experienced in her industry, Yuuko is not foolish enough to give away her real name like Watanuki. That aside, Yuuko has served as a major catalyst for Watanuki's transformation, acting somewhat as his mentor. She loves to drink and eat Watanuki's wonderful cooking and dragging Watanuki on crazy outings at the drop of a hat.
Despite this immature and free-spirited attitude, Yuuko has been known to be sage-like and serious when the time calls for it. Yuuko seems to know the true hitsuzen that Watanuki will follow, and has often offered cryptic messages to warn him of impending danger or a folk tale that he should take a bit more seriously. She also seems to truly care about him, making sure he is safe at night, sending the Kudakitsune (pipe-fox) with him for extra protection, or calling Doumeki when he needs saving.
Yuuko is very powerful when it comes to magic and knowledge and is highly respected within the spirit realm. However, she doesn't often appear to get directly involved in things beyond whatever contract she has with those making wishes. Sometimes, she sends Watanuki to do jobs for her, such as when she granted a wish from Himawari. Yuuko seems to take the role of someone playing chess when it comes to the big picture of things that are going on. 
== Appearance ==
=== Anime ===
* CLAMP in Wonderland 2
* Tsubasa RESERVoir CHRoNiCLE
* Tsubasa RESERVoir CHRoNiCLE Movie: The Princess in the Birdcage Kingdom
* Tsubasa RESERVoir CHRoNiCLE Season 2
* Tsubasa RESERVoir CHRoNiCLE: Spring Thunder Chronicle
* Tsubasa RESERVoir CHRoNiCLE: Tokyo Revelations
* xxxHOLiC
* xxxHOLiC Movie: A Midsummer Night's Dream
* xxxHOLiC Rou
* xxxHOLiC Shunmuki
* xxxHOLiC*Kei
=== Light Novels ===
* xxxHOLiC: AnotherHOLiC
=== Manga ===
* Clamp in Wonderland EX
* Kobato
* Private Institute Horitsuba
* Tsubasa RESERVoir CHRoNiCLE
* xxxHOLiC
* xxxHOLiC Rei
* xxxHOLiC Rei Special
== Trivia ==
* Yuuko had a past relationship with Clow Reed.
* Yuuko is the one Fei Wang Reed wanted to revive completely to prove he was superior to Clow Reed who could only freeze her time, eventually causing the events of both xxxHOLiC and Tsubasa.
* Yuuko has a specific outfit that she always wears whenever she shows up in Tsubasa Reservoir Chronicle.
* In Horitsuba Gakuen, Yuuko is a chairwoman and a Literature teacher who always climbs through the window.
* Yuuko is an alcoholic. This however, is pretty obvious as she is most of the time seen drinking wine, beer, or other alcoholic beverages. The most is that she is seen drinking sake with fish as she called it really delicious.
* Interestingly, all of Yuuko's customers in the story are all female - with the exception of the old man that received the cage filled with "Illusion Birds", birds that can only be seen its shadow in the full moon. Watanuki and Doumeki are not included as they are employee and friend respectively.
* Yuuko is hardly seen wearing the same outfit all the time, since she only wears them once (she never wears the same outfits twice, except for the black dress that she used to send the Tsubasa gang to other dimensions which she is seen in anytime there's a plot point related to Tsubasa, and a kimono with butterfly wings attached to the obi that is seen mostly in Watanuki's dreams).
* Yuuko's real eye color is not known as she changes it most of the time to fit with her outfits. However, the most consistently used color for her eyes is a wine red.
* Yuuko's recurring theme is the butterfly. Almost all of her outfits have a butterfly design to it. An example is her OVA kimono, the obi is designed to resemble a butterfly.
** This butterfly theme is especially symbolic since this was the theme for the outfit Yuuko chose to die in. Incidentally, in an earlier chapter when Yuuko used a location spell that turned a handkerchief into a butterfly, she mused that "if it had to go farther, it would turn into a bird". So she being the butterfly who fades away and Kimihiro - her successor - whose symbol is the bird is the next level to go further.
* Kakei makes a reference of Yuuko when Kazehaya asks him why Watanuki can't leave the shop.
== Gallery ==
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== External Links ==
* Yūko Ichihara at xxxHOLiC Wiki
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