Juri Kurebayashi

**Juri Kurebayashi** (紅林 珠璃 *Kurebayashi Juri*) is one of the main characters of the Data Carddass Aikatsu! 2015 Series and Season 3 of the anime. She is a sexy-type idol using Sangria Rosa as her primary brand.

## Biography

Juri is a new idol who's stirring up a passionate wind at the academy in her quest to become a great actress.

### Appearance

Juri has violet eyes and long, wavy crimson red hair tied up into a high ponytail that is slightly swung off to the side. She also wears a yellow ruffled flower hair accessory with a small purple gem hanging from a golden chain on her ponytail.

### Personality

Juri is described as being "hot" by Akari and many others. She is very passionate about becoming an actress and is very passionate in general. She's also very hard-working and aims to become an actress all her own.

## Etymology

**Kurebayashi** (紅林) **Kure** (紅 *kurenai*) means crimson red which may be a reference to her theme color and **Bayashi** (林*hayashi*) means grove, woods, or forest.

**Juri** (珠璃) **Ju** (珠 *tama*) means pearl and **Ri** (璃) means glass or glassy. This may be a reference to her brand's Romance Story, Cinderella.

## Background

Juri is the daughter of the famous actress, Karen Kurebayashi, and well-known Spanish chef, Serio Kamino. She would often take jobs when she was younger, and sometimes they were with Hinaki who described her as a tender soul back then. Juri had always wanted to be an actress and didn't realize that people were giving her jobs just because she's Karen's daughter which was a bad thing until one day she saw just how hard her mother was working. Realizing she needed to change, she stopped taking jobs and practiced near tirelessly until she felt confident enough in her own acting abilities. When she felt she was ready, she took the Starlight transfer exams and passed, planning to become an actress all on her own.

## Relationships

* **Akari Ōzora**

When they first met, Akari had pointed out many times that Juri was very "hot". When Juri had told everyone that she had no plans for new years, Akari offered that Juri stayed with her. Juri admires Akari and her determination and aims to be like that as well.
* **Sumire Hikami**
* **Hinaki Shinjō**

Juri and Hinaki were childhood friends when they were little. They often took jobs together and were shown to get along well with each other. When the two meet again in the future, Hinaki is surprised by Juri's new heat, wondering what happened to the gentle girl she once knew. It was shown that Juri still remembered her friendship with Hinaki, even pausing in the middle of training when she saw her. After the two made amends with how Juri had changed, they were shown to still retain that friendship they had. They end up forming a duo unit known as Passionate✮Jalapeño following the debut of Dancing Diva.
* **Madoka Amahane**
* **Rin Kurosawa**
* **Lisa Shirakaba**

At Episode 174, Lisa became Juri's partner for the drama and asked few things about Starlight Queen Cup, Juri answered friendly.
## Quotes

"*That*Aikatsu! Sensei*part is mine. I won't let anyone else have it!*"
– Juri's "declaration" during her debut entrance in Episode 109