Aine Yuuki

**Aine Yuuki** is the one of the two main protagonists of the *Aikatsu Friends!* anime.

Aine is a student of Star Harmony Academy, initially having attended the normal division before transferring to the idol division. Aine is a cute-type idol whose preferred brand is Sugar Melody. Along with Mio Minato, the two are a part of Pure Palette.

In the AWA fics, Aine debuted in the All Worlds Alliance Missions - Aikatsu on Parade!. She now attends the AWA Academy as a student.

## **Appearance**

Aine has fair skin and vibrant red and orange eyes with flecks of yellow. She has thickly curled cornflower lilac-pink hair with a chardonnay-orange ombre. Her bangs are straight cut and worn with a sky blue headband that has a bow on the corner, while her short curled forelocks are worn over her shoulder beneath the ear.

As of season two, Aine's hair has grown slightly longer and curlier, which she now tied up slightly at the back, with some strands falling over her shoulders on either side. She has replaced the headband with a sky blue bow, which is worn on the right side of her head.

At the age of two, Aine had her small amount of hair tied up with a mini sky blue bow. As she grew older and had more hair, Aine adapted the twin pigtail hairstyle, held by mini bows as well. Reaching the age of eight, Aine let her hair down to shoulder's length, in which had developed great volume, and retained the bows, but this time as hairclips. Her final hairstyle change before her current one was when she reached the age of eleven, in which her side ponytail hairstyle was held up by a ribbon-bow that is the most similar to the one she has on her current headband.

## **Personality**

Aine is a positive and cheerful person with a kind heart who is known for her ability to make friends easily.

## **Warriors of the Multiverse: United We Stand**

### **History**

In Chapter 9, Aine, alongside Mio Minato and Raki Kiseki, are seen being bothered a group of rogue spirits in a mini park when Eddy Skipper McGee arrives and helped them out. After purifying the entities, Aine and the girls expressed their gratitudes to Eddy when Yukio Okumura and Rin Okumura met up with them alongside the former complimenting Eddy for helping the girls.

## **Trivia**

* She is 155cm tall.
	+ She is tied with Mio as the shortest main characters.
* Her star sign is Cancer.
	+ Her birthday, July 20, commemorates the first proposal of a World Friendship Day in 1958. Although World Friendship Day is officially recognized as July 30 by the United Nations, some countries still observe Friend Day on July 20.
	+ July 20 is also observed as Marine Day in Japan. This alludes to Aine's life-changing experience with Mio in Episode 16, where jumping off the bridge and into the waters gave Aine the courage she needed.
	+ Along with Mio's birthday, the two's dates can be connected as **7 2 1 6** (*nani iro*, lit. any color). This is a reference to their song, Everyone Everyone!, with one of the lines being **This forever-going story, what color will it be this time?**.
	+ She shares her birthday with Minami Kaidō from Go! Princess Pretty Cure.
* She loves her family.
* She likes animals, her favorite being the penguin.
* She dislikes crying.
* Her favorite food is the tomato basil and cheese sandwich.
* Her specialties are music, getting along with others, and small talk.
* Aine is the fourth Aikatsu! franchise protagonist, following Ichigo Hoshimiya and Akari Ōzora from the original Aikatsu! series and Yume Nijino from the Aikatsu Stars! series.
	+ Like the other main protagonists in the Aikatsu! franchise she has a trademark bow in her hair, is a Cute-type Idol, and has a pink theme color.
	+ Like Ichigo and Yume, she also performed a Special Appeal and obtained an Idol Aura in her very first stage performance.
	+ Coincidentally, she shares her eye color with Yume Nijino.
	+ Aine is the third protagonist whose family runs a food store.
	+ Aine is the first main protagonist to already be a second-year middle school student in her introduction.
	+ She is also the first main protagonist whose trademark bow isn't a shade of pink or red.
	+ She is the first protagonist whose debut performance is not a solo, but a duet.
	+ She is the only protagonist who has never had flowers in her aura.
	+ Like Ichigo, her primary brand has the word 'Sugar' in it.
	+ She is the first protagonist whose surname doesn't have anything to do with a phenomenon in the sky.
* Aine is the third main character in the Aikatsu! franchise to change her hairstyle, following Akari Ōzora from the original Aikatsu! series and Yume Nijino from the Aikatsu Stars! series.
* Aine is the sixth character in the Aikatsu! franchise to have ombre hair, following Sora Kazesawa, Nina Dōjima from the original Aikatsu! series, as well as Yume Nijino, Yozora Kasumi, Lilie Shirogane from the Aikatsu Stars! series.
	+ She is the eleventh character overall in the Aikatsu! franchise to have dual colored hair, following Sora Kazesawa, Mikuru Natsuki, Rin Kurosawa, Nina Dōjima from the original Aikatsu! series, Yume Nijino, Tsubasa Kisaragi, Yozora Kasumi, Lilie Shirogane, Elza Forte and Kirara Hanazono from the Aikatsu Stars! series.
* She is the seventh character overall in the Aikatsu! franchise to have dual colored eyes, following Mikuru Natsuki, Nono Daichi and Nina Dōjima from the original Aikatsu! series, as well as Yume Nijino, Mahiru Kasumi and Lilie Shirogane from the Aikatsu Stars! series.
* Aine bears resemblance to Orine Aida from the AKB0048 series.
	+ They both have ombre pink hair.