Yuiko Ubuyashiki

**Yuiko Ubuyashiki** (産屋敷 結子, *Ubuyashiki Yuiko*?), formerly called **Yuiko Himorogi** ((神籬 結子, *Himorogi Yuiko*?) was character of *Kimetsu no Yaiba Narratives: Sengoku Tales*. She was the wife of Hideyoshi Ubuyashiki, and the mother of Aoki Ubuyashiki.

## Etymology

Yuiko's surname, Ubuyashiki, contains the kanji for "bear, give birth to" (産, *ubu*?), "house, shop" (屋, *ya*?) and "spread" (敷, *shiki*?). Her first name contains the Kun'yomi reading of the kanji for "tie, bond, connection, join, organize, do up hair, fasten" (結, *yui*?) and the common feminine suffix, which translates to "child" (子, *ko*?).

## Appearance

Throughout most of Sengoku Tales, Yuiko was a fair adult Japanese woman with pale skin and large, lavender eyes and short eyebrows. She had long, straight, white-colored hair in several strands that reached just below her waist and right-swept with two strands of hair let loose at the front whilst wearing tassel-like earrings on her ears, with pinkish-red lips and similar pinkish-red eyeliner on her lower eyelids.

Yuiko was usually seen wearing a light blue Hōmongi kimono decorated with purple flowers along with a maroon obi and a pink obiage and juban under everything, while also sporting white tabi socks and a pair of zōri with red straps.

## Personality

Yuiko is shown to possess the same quiet, strict and serious disposition, strong-willed and principled as her husband, and caring for and over her son, acting professionally and tactfully when communicating her views to the Hashira and her son about how wrong they were to blame Yoriichi for Michikatsu's betrayal.

Yuiko is also known to be a caring and loving individual who would do anything for the people she cares about, ranging from her husband and son, even willing to put her life on the line for them.

Yuiko is also noted to have been a loving, caring and strict parent to her son, making sure to raise them to be independent and emotionally strong in order to prepare them for future. She showed a strong amount of faith and love towards her son, Aoki and his potentials as the Demon Slayer Corps.

Ever since her husband's death, Yuiko displayed a strong sense of loyalty and devotion to her son as the new head of the Ubuyashiki Family and Commander of the Demon Slayer Corps, by being the one to forcefully remind him of his duties as their leader, even resorting to physical force to remind him of this by slapping him at one point to show his action of banishing Yoriichi would have consequences for the Corps in the future that would lead to its disarray.

## Abilities

### Overall Abilities

**Leadership Skills:** When constantly around her husband when his health was terrible plus how she was raised at the Himorogi family, Yuiko showed herself to be a highly competent leader and military commander, having been able to fill in for her father in his duties as Corps Commander for the Demon Slayer Corps during days where he was busy.

**Indomitable Will:** Yuiko has a strong and unwavering will which has remained unchanged even after her husband's death. This is from her mature upbringing by in the temple of the Himorogi Family temple.

## Trivia

* The author of the *Kimetsu no Yaiba Narratives anthology*, IKItheindize, took inspirations from Amane Ubuyashiki, Kagaya Ubuyashiki's wife, to create Yuiko Ubuyashiki.
	+ IKItheindize also finds Amane Ubuyashiki and her quintuplet children, specifically her four daughters, as very interesting characters to him which became his main inspiration for the creation of Yuiko Ubuyashiki.