Yu

Yu (Iori, Kenta, Kai)
Cupid (Kai)

Artist's Freedom of Expression (Epithet)

## Signature

**Yu** (ユウ) is a character in the Idol Show Time franchise, and a member of Lùcifer.

## Appearance

Yu has blond hair and blue green eyes. His hair styled similarly to Kai’s, just slightly longer.

In his idol clothes, Yu wears a black cropped jacket with pink accents, white cuffs and silver triangle buttons; the back extends to his knees and have a slant-cut. The jacket is collared and the left side is worn off-shoulder. Underneath is a white pleated button-up shirt tucked into black high-waisted shorts. He wears a pink tie. Black suspenders are attached to his shorts with metal clasps and a black leg strap is seen on his right thigh. His socks are asymmetrical with one striped thigh-high with a garter belt on his left leg and a black knee-high on his right. His shoes are black zip-up boots and he wears a single black glove with pink accents on his right hand. He wears a black military cap with a gold Lùcifer emblem on the front and a silver plait pattern above the visor. A grey armband with the Lùcifer logo and his image colour can be found on his left arm.

## Character Description

Kai’s younger twin brother. He’s quiet and introverted, preferring to draw whenever possible. Doesn’t appear to have much interest in anything other than art and even forgets to eat or sleep when he’s concentrated on a piece, which worries and angers Kai. He likes abstract art but his favourite things to draw are the sky and butterflies. He seems to live in his own world.

As long as he has his brother, he is happy.

## Background

Kai and Yu started their social media account after their mother (who works for a major cosmetics company) recommended it to them. Their account would soon skyrocket in popularity and eventually, the two received frequent messages from talent scouts looking to recruit them. Yu had no interest in any of that however, all he wanted to do was paint and unless Kai was in the photo as well, Yu typically wouldn't look at the camera. The day they were scouted by Stella\*rium would change this. It led to the pair meeting their would-be manager, Minato Haruno, who convinced them to join the idol industry under the promise that they would be able to stay together forever by doing so. Feeling that they probably wouldn't get a better than deal than that, they agreed to it.

## Trivia

* The Lùcifer members are said to be based on the seven deadly sins, Yu is most likely “Sloth” due to him not having much interest in most things, aside from painting.
* On the official website, Yu's quote is a shortened version of his full recorded voice line. The full line is "I'm Yu. Everything you can imagine is real. However... I never imagined becoming an idol. Right, Kai?"
	+ On that note, Yu's line appears to be a reference to the quote, "Everything you can imagine is real" by Pablo Picasso, a famous Spanish artist.
* Yu livestreams online with Kai and are very popular.
* ’Kai’ and ‘Yu’ are stage names based on their real names.
	+ With the release of Idol Show Time 5, there is a possibility that his real name is actually "Yuri".
* Kai and Yu's teaser images were released at 15:15 and 21:45 JST respectively. This is most likely because the timings are opposite each other on an analog clock.