Yukiko Asai

**Yukiko Asai** (浅井 幸子, *Asai Yukiko*), nicknamed **Yukirin** (ゆきりん), is the girlfriend of Tsuyoshi Naoe from a different school who shares the same hobbies and interests as him.

For more information about Yukirin, click here.

## Appearance

Originally, Yukiko's hair was black, but she dyed it orange for a cosplay event and it is often braided with bangs swept at her sides, fuchsia-colored eyes and she constantly wears a smile on her face.

She wears a cream cardigan with dark blue collars and a red neckerchief, black thigh high socks and brown school shoes.

## Personality

Yukiko is a very cheery girl who is always full of energy and positive thinking, which makes her quite an odd couple with her boyfriend Tsuyoshi Naoe.

## About Yukiko's Voice Actress

Shizuka Ishigami (Yukiko's voice actress) has voiced many from each of the same anime series along with the four male protagonists and the other three female deuteragonists:

### Male Voice Actors

* Shizuka and Koki Uchiyama (Tsuyoshi Naoe's voice actor) voices two characters from each of the same anime series:
	+ Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba
		- Shizuka voices Makio.
		- Koki voices Rui.
	+ Type-Moon's Fate
		- Shizuka voices Celenike Icecolle Yggdmillennia from Fate/Apocrypha.
		- Koki voices Shirou Tokisada Amakusa from Fate/Apocrypha and Tristan from Fate/Grand Order.
* Shizuka, Nobunaga Shimazaki (Keiichi Katakura's voice actor) and Takuya Eguchi (Tomoya Matsunaga's voice actor) voices two characters from each of the same anime series:
	+ Fruits Basket (2019 TV series)
		- Shizuka voices Minami Kinoshita.
		- Nobunaga voices Yuki Sohma.
		- Takuya voices Kakeru Manabe.
	+ That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime
		- Shizuka voices Ryōta Sekiguchi.
		- Takuya voices Souei.

### Female Voice Actresses

* Shizuka and Ai Kayano (Nozomi Matsunaga's voice actress)
	+ Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba
		- Shizuka voices Makio.
		- Ai voices Kanae Kocho.
	+ The Promised Neverland
		- Shizuka voices Nat.
		- Ai voices Anna.
* Shizuka and Minami Tsuda (Anna Kobayakawa's voice actress)
	+ Redo of Healer
		- Shizuka voices Setsuna.
		- Minami voices Norn Clatalissa Jioral.
	+ Fruits Basket (2019 TV series)
		- Shizuka voices Minami Kinoshita.
		- Minami voices Kana Sohma.

## Etymology

* The name **Yukiko** means "happiness, good luck" (幸) (**yuki**) and "child" (子) (**ko**), which fits her personality.
	+ **Yukiko** (幸子) can also be written/read as **Sachiko** (幸子).
* Yukiko's surname **Asai** means "shallow" (浅) (**asa**) and "well, mine shaft, pit" (井) (**i**).

### Nickname

* Yukiko's nickname **Yukirin** is written in hiragana (ゆきりん), which has no special meaning. However, when part of the names **Yuki** (ゆき) and **Rin** (りん) are written in kanji (幸, 雪, 由貴, 由紀, *Yuki*) - (凛, *Rin*), it could possibly mean:
	+ **Yuki** (幸, 雪, 由貴, 由紀)
		- 幸 - "happiness, good luck".
		- 雪 - "snow".
		- 由貴 - "reason, case, cause" (由) (**yu**) and "valuable" (貴) (**ki**).
		- 由紀 - "reason, case, cause" (由) (**yu**) and "chronicle" (紀) (**ki**).
	+ **Rin** (凛)
		- 凛 - "dignified, severe, cold", which is ironic considering her sweet and bubbly (**a person full of cheerful high spirits**) personality.

## Trivia

* Yukiko has a penchant (a strong or habitual liking for something or tendency to do something) for giving nicknames to people who are close to her such as:
	+ Female
		- Anna Kobayakawa - Lady Kobayakawa/Miss Kobayakawa
		- Mari Tsutsui - **Mari**ppe
		- Nozomi Matsunaga - **No**nnon (from the name **No**zomi)
	+ Male
		- Natsuki Hashiba - **Natsuki**ng
		- Tomoya Matsunaga - **Mattsu**ntsukutsun (from his surname **Matsu**naga)
		- Tsuyoshi Naoe - **Tsuyo**ponnu
			* Although Yukirin usually calls Tsuyoshi "Tsuyoponnu", she calls him "Tsuyopon" in **Episode 13**.