Yume Zhou

Yume Zhou is a member of Interlunium. She is a part of the subunit Aromatique.

Yume features in the songs Level Up! and Idol Road. She also sings in Round & Round as part of Aromatique.

## Background

On January 28th in Hubei, China, Liu Yang Zhou and Chitose Abe gave birth to their only child Lu Mei, otherwise known as Yume Zhou. Her father was a gymnastics coach at the famous Wuhan Sports University and her mother stayed at home to take care of their daughter. Since Yume was an only child, her parents gave all of their attention to their daughter when they could, spoiling her at times while also being very attentive of her actions. Though both of her parents were very busy with their own work and couldn’t spend all of their time with Yume, they always told her to use ‘common sense’ and to stay out of trouble. At the age of five, her parents decided to fill her free time with various after-school activities such as piano, gymnastics, and extra tutoring. Since her dad had such a deep passion for gymnastics, it rubbed off on Yume, who began to sincerely enjoy the sport.  During this time as well, Chitose decided that she wanted to continue her studies in pharmacology, initially having to take a break due to having Yume and all, so she moved back in with her family in Japan. Even though they were far apart, Chitose wanted to spend time with her only child, so Yume would fly to Japan to spend part of her summers there. It was fun for her since there were many children there to play with and she didn’t have to worry about her extracurricular activities.

In school, Yume was very blunt and straightforward with her teachers, causing them to be constantly irritated of her. She wasn’t afraid to let her teachers know that their way of teaching was unnecessarily long-winded and inefficient. She would always say that all you needed was common sense to pass the tests. That mentality caused her to struggle a bit in her classes, but she was still a B student and was doing fine overall. The only time she really showed interest was during lunchtime, especially if there was honey-glazed chicken on the menu. In terms of actual classes and extracurriculars, she loved physics and cheerleading, but most importantly, she always looks forward to gymnastics. To Yume, it was such an elegant, uncomplicated, and powerful sport, just like her. It also helped that she was really good at it too! To make sure that she was in peak condition, she would create detailed plans for her diet, exercise, and even her sleep. Thanks to her father being a huge influence in her life, Yume made it her dream to continue gymnastics and get into WSU. She knew that in order to make it into WSU, she would have to work even harder to make sure she could be accepted.

Apart from school and training, nothing exciting really happened in Yume’s life. She was very confident in her abilities in gymnastics and would strive for perfection in her routines, practicing almost everyday until she was satisfied with her results. Her plan was to hopefully represent her country in the Olympic games, so she would perform her routines in front of her father for approval. She would take any criticism and fix the issues before performing again. This would continue until both parties were unable to find any more flaws to pick at during her piece. Whenever people saw her perform, they would always comment how she had so much potential as a twelve year old and she was proud to see all of her work pay off so soon.

She dedicated her every moment to planning her enrollment performance, but sadly, it was not meant to be as Yume was involved in a tragic biking accident, breaking her right leg. Though it would recover, the doctors told Yume it was never going to be back at the same strength as before. She knew what that meant. She would never be able to continue gymnastics and make it to the top. It was a devastating blow to her and her family. They knew how hard she worked for this opportunity and for it to just disappear so quickly was truly painful. She tried to make light of the situation, telling herself that now she can relax and finally eat to her stomach’s content, but it would only work for so long. Her mind was plagued with thoughts about what she would do once her leg healed up. She knew that they Olympics were impossible at this point, but what else could she do? All she knew was gymnastics and now with that gone, she felt useless. Yume’s parents were incredibly worried about their daughter after seeing her in this state, so they both decided that she needed a change of scenery to hopefully help her find answers.

As soon as she was able to, Yume went to live with her mother in Japan to help her recover and get her mind off of WSU and her injury. The friends that she made over the summers she spent in Japan heard about the accident and came to offer their condolences while also telling her of all the things they did during the year. During this time as well, Yume saw a piano in her mother’s place and decided to try playing again, since she had more time and all. She was rusty at first, but then she began to get the hang of it again! Her mother was surprised that she still remembered and encouraged her daughter to pick up her music studies again. She also was trying to find other things that would interest her. She decided that dancing was a good alternative, as it wasn’t as intensive as gymnastics, but it still allowed her to move around. When she was around sixteen, she auditioned to be a backup dancer for a local performance group, in which she was accepted. Yume would dance for numerous acts and groups, but it was mainly for new idol groups or solo artists. She soon began to develop an interest with idols the more she was exposed to the industry. She was impressed with how graceful they were, being able to handle singing and dancing at the same time while keeping a smile on their face. She saw it as a challenge and that really stoked her interest, so she decided to audition to become an idol at I MY ME. She knew that she would have to transfer schools, but she figured that it would be worth it since going back to her old school would only bring back bad memories. In the days prior to her audition, Yume practiced hard and relished the feeling of being able to be so serious and passionate about something again. She confidently went into her audition and left feeling prideful, which was an emotion that she had nearly forgotten since the accident. The company called her soon after with her acceptance and she started training as soon as she was settled into the dorms. A few days later, she received a surprise call from a producer, Lina, who was ready to assign her to the group, Interlunium. She still had to finish mandatory training, but she felt really blessed to have been able to debut so soon, especially with a group whose first single had started a buzz in both I MY ME and the whole Japanese idol industry.

## Other Data

Yume attends Mizoroge High School.

Yume was designed by her CV Nonon.

Her Blood Type is O-.

She placed eighth in the 2018 popularity poll  and third in the 2019 popularity poll.

She was ranked fifth in the 2020 popularity poll  and sixth in the 2021 popularity poll.

She features in several issues of the 4koma: 12, 14, and 27.

Her Fantasy Class is Farmer.

Her only known stat is LVL: 999. This is because her other stats are too high.

Unlike the other Classes, Farmer caps at LVL 999, while all other Classes cap at LVL 100.

## Gallery

The 2019 Popularity Poll Results. Drawn by Rosel\_\_d.Yume and her voice provider Nonon's 2019 Birthday Art. Drawn by Eden.
## References

1. ↑ https://docs.google.com/document/d/1yYmyWYPM02QjyrsZCjQBbqbgREhaotUlghWTGnpn41I/edit?usp=sharing
2. ↑ https://twitter.com/Interluniums/status/997967425785225218
3. ↑ https://twitter.com/Interluniums/status/1088169066928488449
4. ↑ https://twitter.com/Interluniums/status/1230186540715958273
5. ↑ https://twitter.com/Interluniums/status/1366070665271533571