Ayako Kuroki

**Ayako Kuroki**, also known as **Yuki Kashiwagi the 6th** and **Yukirin**, is a character from the *AKB0048* anime.

A young woman of many roles. Yukirin is one of the most feminine of the Successors but don't let the girly demeanor fool you, she's more than capable of handling things on her own. She is the Katyusha's acting captain when Tsubasa is not around as well as the ship's resident medic.

In the XP4 fics, Ayako debuted in the XP4 Heroes Coalition - AKB0048.

## **Appearance**

Yukirin has long slightly wavy somewhat puce hair that goes to her waist in whch the tips are somewhat curled, violet eyes, and a white headband with a white ribbon on it. Like all members of AKB0048, she has a heart-shaped lining on her hair and eyes.

## **Personality**

Yukirin is open-minded, nice, calm and has creative ideas.

## **XP4 Fanfics**

Ayako is member of the Heroes Coalitions and is part of the Idols Division. She is also attends the Vanguard Academy as a student.

### **XP4 Heroes Coalition - AKB0048**

In Chapter 2, Ayako is first seen performing alongside her fellow successors at the AKB0048's exclusive concert hall located somewhere in the main city of Akibastar.

In Chapter 4, Ayako took part in a mission at Kiharastar to perform in a guerrilla concert. After the mission in Kiharastar ended in a success, she alongside everyone were on their way back to Akibastar when they came across Walkerton Battler from outside their ship.

In Chapter 5, Ayako, alongside her fellow idols, the heroes and Tsubasa Katagiri, are seen having a conversation with the member of Unit W inside the living area of AKB's main base in the city of Akibastar where Unit W offered them assistance which they accepted.

In Chapter 6, Ayako is seen having a conversation with Columbia, Denver, Montpelier, May Lee Jinju and Chiharu Sakuragi at the lounge area inside the Great White Shark.

In Chapter 11, Ayako took part on a guerrilla concert at the town of Grust in Tundrastar while the heroes takes on the DES Soldiers.

In Chapter 12, Ayako is present during the aftermath of the battle against DES and AKB0048's guerrilla concert, and alongside everyone, they discovered dead bodies of DES soldiers before coming across with Mace Wyndu, Abdul Hakim and Tamina Sixx.

In Chapter 15, Ayako is present in the living area of the dormitory where Tsubasa Katagiri announced the mission at Lancastar.

In Chapter 20, Ayako present during a meeting instigated by Kazeyoshi Imai and Tsubasa Katagiri.

In Chapter 23, Ayako took part in a guerrilla concert in Baltistar.

In Chapter 24, Ayako is present during the aftermath of the mission at Baltistar and later witnessed Kazeyoshi Imai's announcement all across the universe.

In Chapter 28, Ayako, alongside everyone, are seen approaching Kasumigastar and upon arriving at one city, they were confronted by Noboru Takizawa and his cohorts, demanding them to leave but they refuse. They then later witnessed the arrival of thousand of AKB-fans, much to their shock and awe.

In Chapter 29, Ayako, alongside everyone, are seen backstage of the concert hall in a city somewhere Kasumigastar with a look of awe at the large number of crowd gathered for the concert. Later on stage, she witnessed the return of Atsuko Katagiri and the rest of the missing idols, and had a great performances afterwards.

In Chapter 32, Ayako took part of paying respects for Mace Wyndu's death by attending his funeral via burial at sea in Atamistar. She then witnessed the arrival of a fleet of Dimensional Defense Union ships whom paid their respects for Mace by gifting him with a Heroes' Tribute.

In the Epilogue, Ayako, alongside her fellow idols and the heroes, is present in the AKB-exclusive space terminal in Akibastar where they said their goodbyes to the members of Unit W and Alpha Squadron. Afterwards, everyone decided to take a break for the rest of the day.

## **Trivia**

* Her forename, *Yuki*, often means 'snow'.
* Ayako is the 6th person to hold the name of Yuki Kashiwagi.
* In Episode 17, she ranked 4th at the General Elections, but in the early rankings, she placed 6th.
* She is the acting captain when Tsubasa is busy or is not present on the Flying Get.
* She is 00's acting nurse. She is seen in a doctor's coat when checking the members and when tending to them.