Aine Yuuki

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

## **Charactah Account**

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.

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.

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

## **Appearance**

### **Anime**

* Aikatsu Friends!
* Aikatsu Friends!: Bright Jewel
* Aikatsu on Parade!

### **Video Games**

* Data Carddass Aikatsu Friends!
* Data Carddass Aikatsu Friends! Brilliant Jewel

## **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. Because her bow color is from Mio's first hair color
	+ 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 Ōzorafrom 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.