Yokou Shinamari

Yokou-san (by Teppei, Akiko, Kikumi, Rui, Yuri, Matsuki, Hajime, Tsubaki, Ayato, Shinobu, Sakura and Sora)
Shinamari-san (by Tatsuya, Nanami, Junichi, Rantaro and Yuki)
Yokou (by Ena and Kleo)
Yokou-kun (by Izumi and Michiko)

## Personal Information

### Pronouns

She/her/ruby (english)
Watashi (japanese)

## Credit

### Discord Tag

miso\_s0up

“
You know.. All of my princess behaviour..
 This is all just a mask.

”
**Yokou Shinamari**

> ***“Eccentric Princess Ruby“***

**Yokou Shinamari** *(死鉛瑛子, Shinamari Yokō),* also known as **Ruriko Konda** *(近田瑠璃子, Konda Ruriko)* is a second year at Gesshoku High School and a member of Hopeful DƎSPɅIR. She goes by the stage name **Y the Great**.

## Background

> Behaving like a princess, trying to act like she is the best, laughing at others with a straight face.. But behind all of that theatre, you can actually find a very kind and soft person.
>
> Yuri Uehara about Yokou Shinamari

Yokou was a very shy and unsure person when ruby was a little girl. Everyone bullied her because of that. When Yokou turned 12, she started to act like a princess to seem a better person. But that didn’t help. People still didn’t want to be friends with ruby and talked behind her back. She was considered “strange”. Her mother wanted Yokou to go to many after-school lessons so ruby can make friends there. Swimming, shooting, mountain-climbing and break-dancing. Though, Yokou never wanted to do all of this, because she had a passion for music. But she just couldn’t ask her mother to stop all of this, because even though Yokou was acting like a princess, inside she was still the same shy girl she was without the acting. Yokou started to listen to music often and even started composing songs. Her loneliness never faded, until her childhood friend, Ayato, returned from the mental asylum. She accepted his invitation for making a band.

## Appearance

Yokou is a short girl. She has cyan hair tied into two side ponytails, two longer strands reaching her shoulders and bangs covering her forehead, ruby eyes and light skin.

Her casual outfit contains of a knee-length pink dress with frills and ribbons, long white gloves and black shoes. Her stage outfit contains of a long-sleeved white shirt, a brown vest, a red skirt, black boots and two big golden bells serving as her hair accessories. Her winter outfit contains of a long white coat with black fluff on its hood, black tights, high heavy black boots and white gloves.

## Personality

Yokou seems like a selfish and egoistic person who doesn’t care about anyone but rubyself. But inside, she is very caring and kind to the ones who are kind to her. After joining Hopeful DƎSPɅIR, ruby started to show her inner side more often. Before starting her massive play, Yokou was shy and unsure, but she overcame that side of her personality.

## Etymology

**Yokou** (瑛子): **Yo** (瑛) means “crystal” and **Kou** (子) means “child”.

**Shinamari** (死鉛): **Shi** (死) means “death” and **Namari** (鉛)means “lead”.

**Ruriko** (瑠璃子): **Ru** (瑠) means “lapis lazuli”, **Ri** (璃) means “gemstone” and **Ko** (子) is a name suffix meaning “child”.

**Konda** (近田): **Kon** (近) means “near” and **Da** (田) means “rice field”.

## Trivia

* Yokou uses neopronouns, same as Meiko Suzuki, Yuki Sato and Yuri Uehara.
* Yokou isn’t actually her real name. She is known under the name Ruriko Konda, but is planning to officially change it to Yokou Shinamari.
* Her actual name was officially changed mid-project from Remilia to Ruriko.

#### Sparkly Stage! Fanganronpa Trivia

* Yokou participated in a killing game with other members of Hopeful DƎSPɅIR, members of Zetsubou Circus and Sora Yakima.
* In the game, Yokou was wearing a royal gown.
* She said that her talent in the killing game was the Ultimate Hairdresser. However, she was actually the Ultimate Affluent Prodigy.
* Her NG-code (prohibited action) in Chapter 2 was taking off her gown.
* In the killing game she was part of a yakuza clan.