Yuki Kurihara

**Yuki "Kuri" Kurihara** (栗原雪 *Kurihara Yuki*) is the female protagonist of the series. She is a second-year student who likes Shinya Momotsuki and eventually confesses to him at the start of Momokuri and becomes his girlfriend.

## Appearance

Yuki is a pale-skinned teenage girl with chin-length light wavy brown hair and reddish brown eyes. Yuki’s height is 152 centimeters, which is generally shorter than most girls in the school.

Like Shinya Momotsuki, she is usually dressed in her school uniform consisting of a white and green skirt, long black stockings and brown shoes. Momotsuki, including many others, always call her pretty.

## Personality

Yuki Kurihara is a kind and caring girl. She has been shown to take care of Momo-kun when he was sick and always remains loyal to him. The only personality trait that has been stated by Yuki’s best friend, Norika, to be “strange, stalker-like or possibly perverted” is that she has taken many pictures of Momo-kun and has a strange hobby of collecting items which have been used by Momo-kun, for example, straws and plastic bottles which have been used by Momo-kun. Another unique personality trait is that unlike most girls, Yuki doesn’t get jealous easily.

## Relationships

### **Shinya Momotsuki**

Momotsuki is Yuki's boyfriend whom she is deeply in love with, though Yuki is seen as strange and potentially perverted by her close friends due to the fact that she always attempts to "see every cute expression he makes". Yuki tends to sneak around and take pictures of him when others aren't looking, which gets her labeled as "stalker like" by her best friend Norika, though she notes that while Yuki is weird, her feelings for Momotsuki are real and strong. Yuki also mainly refers to Momotsuki as Momo-kun and sometimes refers to him as Shinya-kun.

### **Norika Mizuyama**

Norika is Yuki's best friend and classmate whom Yuki often goes to for advice. Norika has a very calm demeanor and is very good at dealing with Yuki's personality especially in relation to her boyfriend Momo.

### **Rio Sakaki**

Yuki and Rio became close after Rio tells Yuki about two types of potatoes. And became closer after Rio knows that Yuki secretly taking pictures of Momo, and became more closer at the summer festival when Rio tells Yuki about her feeling.

### **Rihito Sawaguchi**

Rihito often teases Yuki and Momo. Rihito also realizes that Yuki is secretly taking pictures of Momo.

## Quotes

> "*But, it's, like, his expressions. It's cute how his facial expression changes all the time. He must be a honest person.*" - Yuki to Norika Mizuyama about Shinya Momotsuki
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## Etymology

* The name **Yuki** means "snow" (雪).
* Yuki's surname **Kurihara** means "chestnut" (栗) (**kuri**) and "field, plain" (原) (**hara**).'

## Trivia

* Yuki's zodiac sign is Gemini.
* Yuki's hobby is collecting Shinya Momotsuki's used items, for example, Momo’s used straws. Yuki also has a hobby of taking pictures of Momo, and she currently has an album containing 200+ pictures of Momotsuki.
* Unlike most girls, Yuki doesn’t get jealous easily.
* The reason she is called Yuki “snow” is because her parents met at a ski resort. Many people also assume she is born in the winter, but her actual birthday is June 15th.

## Gallery

Yuki's full body and facial expressionA happy YukiYuki and Shinya Momotsuki