Yoshi

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> "*Hilarious!*"
> ― Yoshi's catchphrase
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**Yoshi** (ヨッシー, *Yosshī*) is a supporting character of the *Don't Toy With Me, Miss Nagatoro* manga series. She is a high school student and one of Nagatoro's friends. Yoshi is a simple-minded and somewhat childlike air-headed girl as well as a sort of sidekick within the 'cool kids' clique, which Gamo-chan, Sakura and Nagatoro herself are part of. She usually imitates or repeats her friends' gestures or last words and follows around Gamo-chan, helping whatever schemes she has in mind, especially teasing Senpai.

Her full name is currently unknown.

### Quick Answers

**Who is Yoshi?**

 Yoshi is a green dino-like character that first appeared in the SNES game Super Mario World. He's the same size as a human and is hatched from spotted eggs. Yoshi has light green skin, a saddle, and nice shoes given at birth. He helps his pal Mario on various quests, serving as transportation. Yoshi's also known for starring in his own series, as well as the NES and Game Boy game "Yoshi's Egg". As an energetic dinosaur of the same species, Yoshi is beloved by many.

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**Is Yoshi a turtle or a dinosaur?**

 Yoshi is neither a turtle nor a dinosaur, but an anthropomorphic theropod species. He is classified as a dinosaur-like creature, and has light green skin. The main Yoshi, also known as Green Yoshi, is known as "Yoshisaur" (Yoshisaurus munchakoopas), and is part of the Yoshis species. Though previously thought to be a dinosaur, it was revealed in 2019 that Yoshi is actually a turtle, with a rounded red armor that forms a shell. However, Yoshis are not true turtles, but a species of semi-upright-walking bipedal animals. Despite this, Yoshi has a large chameleon-like tongue and a large appetite, making him a unique creature of his own.

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**Is Yoshi a Luigi's pet?**

 Yes! Yoshi is Mario and Luigi's pet dinosaur, and the best friend of the late Donkey Kong. He was originally Mario and Luigi's pet, a green Yoshi based on the Nintendo character, and his first appearance was in 'Find Yoshi!'. He is also Toad's best friend and co-protagonist in the series.

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**What is the actual name of Yoshi?**

 Yoshi's full name is T. Yoshisaur Munchakoopas, but players can also choose to give him the name Yoshi Kid in the Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door game. Additionally, there are other variants of Yoshi, such as Black Yoshi and Mini-Yoshi.

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**Is Yoshi a good guy or a bad guy?**

 Yoshi is mostly a good guy! He has a protective and determined demeanor, and is very loyal and grateful. He's typically nice, loves food, and can be considered a hero. However, there is a violent, homicidal version of Yoshi known as Black Yoshi. Additionally, in Five Nights at Yoshi's, Yoshi is an enemy. But overall, Yoshi is kind and generous, compassionate, and playful. He can also be petty sapient and smart.

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## Appearance

Yoshi is an attractive, average-statured high schooler with long, dirty-blonde hair pinned back in tight pigtails (occasionally low ones), with a distinctive curly cowlick right on the top of her head. She has milky skin - only slightly darker than Senpai's - and large, somewhat absent-looking, hazel eyes. Both of her lobes are pierced, and she always wears stud pearl-like earrings. She was the second tallest out of Nagatoro's friends, until Sakura reached her height, albeit they are both several inches below Gamo-chan; however at the beginning of the story Yoshi was just a couple of inches taller than Nagatoro and had a very modest bust size, yet during the summer she underwent some puberty changes that at first made her taller and then turned her physique from skinny to curvy - with a slight hint of chubbiness - earning her the second-biggest bosom among her clique, though this has some consequences as she often appears slightly hunched over due to the weight, albeit she remained impressively athletic. Yoshi usually sports a vacant open-mouthed cat smile that signifies her lack of intelligence; also her pigtails fly up whenever she's surprised or excited.

She typically wears her school uniform consisting of a white button-up shirt (with loose sleeves and the collar never buttoned) and a navy blue skirt completed with a pair of sneakers and light soccer socks. However, in summer she wears a short-sleeved shirt in her uniform, while in winter she is shown to wear a light brown sweater and occasionally a blue blazer. She is also always seen wearing a spare hair tie as a bracelet on her right wrist.

When not at school her wardrobe consists of t-shirts, shorts, and sneakers/sandals, meaning, she's not one to groom herself. All her casual clothes have animal-related patterns.

### Gallery

Yoshi's regular uniformYoshi's winter uniformYoshi with the uniform's blazerYoshi's school swimsuitYoshi's spring gym uniformYoshi's winter gym uniformYoshi in a bikiniYoshi during summer breakYoshi's casual outfitYoshi on a day offYoshi's ski suitYoshi's judo attireYoshi at the aquariumYoshi's Shinsengumi tunic
## Personality

Yoshi appears as an energetic, enthusiastic, and willing individual with a childlike and simple-minded attitude. She's prone to talk in a loud, spontaneous, manner and has a habit of mimicking other characters' actions as well as repeating the last word they said like a parrot. Generally speaking, she's seen as only a tag-along to Gamo-chan and doesn't seem to have a personality of her own. However, her antics are less mischievous than that of her friends and she's much more of an openly sweet person who doesn't enjoy inflicting pain or mocking others, but rather does what the other girls do due to peer pressure. Her loyalty and affection toward her friends are such that she is thrown into panic and confusion whenever Gamo-chan and Nagatoro butt heads because she's equally close to both of them, sometimes even trying to be the peacemaker between the two. However, as the story progresses, Yoshi seemingly matures, eventually standing up to Gamo-chan and convincing her not to get in the way of Nagatoro's date, as well as deciding on her own what to do during their free activity day in Kyoto.

Described as "a natural airhead", Yoshi displays an evident lack of intelligence, is not particularly bright, always appears absent-minded, often needing an explanation for even the most obvious things, failing in understanding something even when repeated more than once, or even, as shown in an extra sketch of Volume 4, getting lost very frequently in crowded places. She is ranked as the lowest among her clique for academic skills. Her character profile refers to her as a "moron".

     Regardless of this, many of her quirks seem to come from a deep insecurity, as whenever asked what *she* wanted to do, Yoshi defers to Gamo-chan or Nagatoro for guidance, further proving her lack of confidence. She's also very fearful and easily impressionable, getting scared every time Nagatoro scolds her, when they are confronted by the President, and even admitting to being afraid of crossing the road when the traffic light is 'blinky'. As revealed in the Official Fanbook, she is a very pure and kind girl, so shy and meek to even having trouble saying "hi" to someone she knows if meeting said person casually.

In early chapters, she is shown to be very socially driven and popular among boys, even more than Gamo-chan and Nagatoro, and is often seen flirting with them or being approached by guys with flirting intentions. Due to this, Yoshi often tries to act as the matchmaker for her friends, planning various double dates. However, this flirtatious aspect is downplayed in later chapters and mostly overtaken by Sakura, leading the latter to be depicted as the matchmaker in the anime adaptation while Yoshi, as demonstrated later on in the story, when the girls talk about romance is the only one who is not questioned since - as shown in a bonus strip of Volume 14 - her friends deemed it "too soon" for her.

Her hidden depths are her love for animals, dogs in particular, and being extremely physically affectionate, tending to externalize her affections to others with frequent hugs and caresses which, combined with a very low sense of personal space, prompt her to have an obsession to touch Senpai's hair due to how fluffy it is. She is also implied to be a closet geek, being a fan of "*One Piece*" and "*YuYu Hakusho*", enjoying Junji Ito's work, managing to identify the Fusion Dance from "*Dragon Ball Z*", knowing specific shōgi moves like "murisuji", and often mentioning genre movie actors such as Ichikawa Ebizō XI, besides actually really appreciating Senpai's manga. Furthermore, she's an amazingly skilled mascot designer and is regarded as a "cuteness aficionado" by her friends. Yoshi also enjoys singing very much, though she is extremely tone-deaf.

She is also extremely athletic, loves the beach, is capable of effortlessly skiing down a pro course with the snowboard and is likely the most physically performing out of all her friends, has proven to be capable of almost inhuman feats such as possessing enough strength to constrict someone with one hand, or running at such an amazing speed to act as a windbreak. Also, she has impressive eyesight, remarkable observation skills and a surprisingly good knowledge of French and especially English, as well as classic Chinese poetry and philosophy.

Yoshi is the most gluttonous of the girls' group, eating everything regardless of how unhealthy it may be. Most background scenes that show her will depict her eating something.

Yoshi usually refers to Senpai as "**Sense**" (センセ), as short for "Manga no Sensei" (漫画の先生).

## Appearances

### *Manga*

* Chapter 1
* Chapter 6
* Chapter 11
* Chapter 14 (daydream)
* Chapter 16
* Chapter 19
* Chapter 22
* Chapter 23
* Chapter 24
* Chapter 25
* Chapter 27
* Chapter 28
* Chapter 30
* Chapter 32
* Chapter 33
* Chapter 34
* Chapter 35
* Chapter 36
* Chapter 37
* Chapter 38
* Chapter 39
* Chapter 40
* Chapter 42
* Chapter 43
* Chapter 44
* Chapter 45
* Chapter 46
* Chapter 47
* Chapter 48
* Chapter 52
* Chapter 56
* Chapter 57
* Chapter 58
* Chapter 59
* Chapter 63
* Chapter 67
* Chapter 69
* Chapter 70
* Chapter 74
* Chapter 75
* Chapter 76
* Chapter 77 (flashback)
* Chapter 79
* Chapter 80
* Chapter 81
* Chapter 86
* Chapter 87
* Chapter 88
* Chapter 89
* Chapter 90
* Chapter 91
* Chapter 92
* Chapter 95 (cameo)
* Chapter 100
* Chapter 101
* Chapter 102
* Chapter 103
* Chapter 104
* Chapter 105
* Chapter 106
* Chapter 107
* Chapter 108
* Chapter 112
* Chapter 113
* Chapter 118
* Chapter 119
* Chapter 120
* Chapter 121
* Chapter 122
* Chapter 123
* Chapter 125
* Chapter 126
* Chapter 127
* Chapter 128 (depiction)
* Chapter 133
* Chapter 134
* Chapter 135 (phone only)
* Chapter 136
* Chapter 137
* Chapter 139
* Chapter 140
* Chapter 141
* Chapter 142 (cameo)

### *Bonus*

* Bonus 8
* Bonus 9 (dream)
* Bonus 15
* Bonus 18
* Bonus 19
* Bonus 23
* Bonus 25
* Bonus 27

### *Side Stories*

* Side Story 4
* Side Story 8

### *Anime*

#### Season 1

* Episode 1
* Episode 3
* Episode 4
* Episode 5
* Episode 6
* Episode 7
* Episode 8
* Episode 9
* Episode 10
* Episode 11
* Episode 12

#### Season 2

* Episode 1
* Episode 3
* Episode 5
* Episode 6
* Episode 7
* Episode 8
* Episode 9
* Episode 11
* Episode 12

### *Anime Extras*

* Anime Extra 2
* Anime Extra 3
* Anime Extra 4

## Trivia

* Before her official name was revealed in Chapter 25, the character was referenced as "**Friend B**" (友達B, *Tomodachi B*).
	+ She is the first supporting character out of Nagatoro's group of friends whose name was revealed to the readers, followed by Gamo-chan and Sakura, respectively.
	+ Her pet name, "Yoshi" (ヨッシー, *Yosshī*), is likely a reference to the homonymous videogame character from the *Super Mario* franchise and is probably due to the amazing running skills she shares with the fictional creature.
	+ Her surname is yet to be revealed, however, it might be a reference to Yoshikawa Station, Yoshikawaminami Station or Yoshinohara Station in Saitama prefecture.
* It's strongly suggested that Yoshi liked Senpai's manga a lot, given that in Chapter 1 the only spoken lines when the girls commented it is hers and Gamo-chan's who was the only one to criticize it, while Yoshi complimented it, stating it was "cool" and "better than One Piece". Further proving this, when Nagatoro invited Senpai to have lunch with them, she was ecstatic while recognizing him as "the mangaka from the library" and from that moment on started to call him "Sense" as an abbreviation for "Manga no Sensei", which is approximately translatable "grandmaster of manga".
* She's a fan of the pop trio YabaT.
* Yoshi is the first character to ever call Nagatoro by her pet name, "Hayacchi", during the series. Also, she was the first one to do it in front of Senpai, thus giving him a hint at the girl's first name.
* In Chapter 28 it's revealed Yoshi and Gamo-chan are both members of the same club, although it's unknown which one.
	+ However due to Nagatoro seemingly having acquaintances in the handicrafts club, as mentioned in Chapter 8, it could be speculated that's the one.
		- This is further implied when in Chapter 36 when Nagatoro shows up in the art club with the costume she asked her acquaintances in the club to make, they were shown to be out of the room peering at the scene.
	+ Despite this, it's revealed in her character profile in the Official Fanbook that she has since left whatever club she was part of.
* Yoshi likes karaage, her favourite dish at sushi restaurants are tuna rolls and eels, while her favourite snacks are panda-shaped cookies, the ones she dislikes being the koala-shaped ones. Her drink of choice is orange juice.
	+ According to her character profile in the Official Fanbook, her top favourite foods are hamburgers, and conveyor belt sushi while the foods she hates the most are broccoli and carrot.
* Despite her "juvenile delinquent" attitude and Senpai's prejudices, it's implied Yoshi doesn't usually drink alcohol and dislikes who does.
* She's a dog lover and owns a miniature dachshund.
	+ Her smartphone has a sticker with a picture of her dog.
* Yoshi is an avid plush collector.
* Having appeared in Bonus 8, Yoshi was the first character outside the two protagonists to ever appear in a Bonus chapter.
	+ This also briefly made her the most recurring out of all the supporting characters, with one appearance more than Gamo-chan until the "Judo Tournament Arc" after which the latter was featured in various chapters without Yoshi's presence.
* Yoshi is the only character who has broken the fourth wall as in Chapter 56 she exclaimed "death flag" out of nowhere right before she, Gamo-chan, and Sakura narratively left the scene; in literature, said term is used to indicate when a character does or says something that anticipates either it's death or leaving the scene.
* Yoshi's official measurements are 86-61-85.
* Being born on November 23, Yoshi is the second youngest among the girls' clique after Nagatoro herself. Since the Japanese school year is from April to March, and first-year students are required to be 15 years old at the start of classes, she was 15 like all her friends when the school year began. While it is unclear what month Chapter 1 is set in, she has turned 16 by Chapter 80 which is set in March.
	+ Her astrological sign is *Sagittarius*.
* The color with whom she’s associated on her profile page on the anime official website is pink.
* In the official English translation of the manga, her name is spelled "Yosshii", despite Nanashi having officially given the rōmaji as "Yoshi" in the Japanese volumes and the anime merchandise which also spells it as "Yoshi".
* Yoshi is left-handed.
* Her character song is "*Popcorn Day!*".
* Due to Chapter 120 being titled after a line spoken by her, she is the ninth character after Nagatoro, Gamo-chan, the protagonist's sister, Sunomiya, Senpai, Shikki, Sakura and the President to ever name a chapter.

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 Don't Toy With Me, Miss Nagatoro: Official Fanbook, Main Character Introduction: Yoshi.
 Don't Toy With Me, Miss Nagatoro: Chapter 74, page 1.
 Don't Toy With Me, Miss Nagatoro: Chapter 87, page 21.
4. ↑ Don't Toy With Me, Miss Nagatoro: 2020 Calendar, July's illustration.
 Don't Toy With Me, Miss Nagatoro: Chapter 11, page 2.
 Don't Toy With Me, Miss Nagatoro: Chapter 63, page 13.
 Don't Toy With Me, Miss Nagatoro: Chapter 19, page 2.
 Don't Toy With Me, Miss Nagatoro: Chapter 1, page 5.
 Don't Toy With Me, Miss Nagatoro: Chapter 6, page 2.
 Don't Toy With Me, Miss Nagatoro: Chapter 33, page 6.
 Don't Toy With Me, Miss Nagatoro: Chapter 22, page 2.
 Don't Toy With Me, Miss Nagatoro: Chapter 16, page 12.
 Don't Toy With Me, Miss Nagatoro: Chapter 16, page 10.
 Don't Toy With Me, Miss Nagatoro: Chapter 58, page 6.
 Don't Toy With Me, Miss Nagatoro: Chapter 67, page 23.
 Don't Toy With Me, Miss Nagatoro: Chapter 22, page 1.
 Don't Toy With Me, Miss Nagatoro: Chapter 34, page 10.
18. ↑ The sole exception to this is the yukata she wore for the summer festival, possibly borrowed from the more stylish Gamo-chan.
 Don't Toy With Me, Miss Nagatoro: Chapter 11, page 8.
 Don't Toy With Me, Miss Nagatoro: Chapter 16, page 16.
 Don't Toy With Me, Miss Nagatoro: Chapter 32, page 14.
 Don't Toy With Me, Miss Nagatoro: Chapter 32, page 15.
 Don't Toy With Me, Miss Nagatoro: Chapter 90, page 1-4.
 Don't Toy With Me, Miss Nagatoro: Chapter 105, page 2.
 Don't Toy With Me, Miss Nagatoro: Chapter 16, page 12.
 Don't Toy With Me, Miss Nagatoro: Chapter 6, page 11.
 Don't Toy With Me, Miss Nagatoro: Chapter 35, page 8.
 Don't Toy With Me, Miss Nagatoro: Chapter 27, page 7.
 Don't Toy With Me, Miss Nagatoro: Chapter 101, page 15.
 Don't Toy With Me, Miss Nagatoro: Chapter 11, page 8-9, 10-11.
 Don't Toy With Me, Miss Nagatoro: Chapter 23, page 14.
 Don't Toy With Me, Miss Nagatoro: Chapter 38, page 7.
 Don't Toy With Me, Miss Nagatoro: Chapter 56, page 10.
34. ↑ Don't Toy With Me, Miss Nagatoro: Side Story 8, page 2.
 Don't Toy With Me, Miss Nagatoro: Chapter 6, page 4.
 Don't Toy With Me, Miss Nagatoro: Chapter 27, page 7.
 Don't Toy With Me, Miss Nagatoro: Chapter 6, page 11.
 Don't Toy With Me, Miss Nagatoro: Chapter 104, page 1-22.
39. ↑ 39.0 39.1 39.2 Don't Toy With Me, Miss Nagatoro: Bonus 8, page 9.
 Don't Toy With Me, Miss Nagatoro: Chapter 11, page 8-9, 10-11.
 Don't Toy With Me, Miss Nagatoro: Chapter 27, page 15.
 Don't Toy With Me, Miss Nagatoro: Chapter 28, page 6.
 Don't Toy With Me, Miss Nagatoro: Chapter 1, page 5.
 Don't Toy With Me, Miss Nagatoro: Chapter 121, page 13.
 Don't Toy With Me, Miss Nagatoro: Chapter 37, page 2.
 Don't Toy With Me, Miss Nagatoro: Chapter 70, page 5.
 Don't Toy With Me, Miss Nagatoro: Chapter 16, page 13.
 Don't Toy With Me, Miss Nagatoro: Chapter 1, page 4-5.
49. ↑ Don't Toy With Me, Miss Nagatoro: Bonus 15, page 1.
 Don't Toy With Me, Miss Nagatoro: Chapter 87, page 2.
 Don't Toy With Me, Miss Nagatoro: Chapter 74, page 1-2.
 Don't Toy With Me, Miss Nagatoro: Chapter 19, page 7.
 Don't Toy With Me, Miss Nagatoro: Chapter 57, page 20.
 Don't Toy With Me, Miss Nagatoro: Chapter 30, page 1.
 Don't Toy With Me, Miss Nagatoro: Chapter 33, page 16.
 Don't Toy With Me, Miss Nagatoro: Chapter 91, page 10.
 Don't Toy With Me, Miss Nagatoro: Chapter 74, page 23.
58. ↑ Don't Toy With Me, Miss Nagatoro: Official Fanbook, Q&A! Let's ask Nagatoro-san and friends!.
 Don't Toy With Me, Miss Nagatoro: Chapter 80, page 7, 10-11, 16.
 Don't Toy With Me, Miss Nagatoro: Chapter 105, page 14.
 Don't Toy With Me, Miss Nagatoro: Chapter 112, page 18.
 Don't Toy With Me, Miss Nagatoro: Chapter 69, page 12.
 Don't Toy With Me, Miss Nagatoro: Chapter 79, page 10.
 Don't Toy With Me, Miss Nagatoro: Chapter 48, page 10.
 Don't Toy With Me, Miss Nagatoro: Chapter 1, page 4.
 Don't Toy With Me, Miss Nagatoro: Chapter 1, page 5.
 Don't Toy With Me, Miss Nagatoro: Chapter 11, page 3.
 Don't Toy With Me, Miss Nagatoro: Chapter 16, page 10.
 Don't Toy With Me, Miss Nagatoro: Chapter 6, page 4.
 Don't Toy With Me, Miss Nagatoro: Chapter 6, page 11.
 Don't Toy With Me, Miss Nagatoro: Chapter 11, page 6.
 Don't Toy With Me, Miss Nagatoro: Chapter 33, page 6.
 Don't Toy With Me, Miss Nagatoro: Chapter 48, page 4.
 Don't Toy With Me, Miss Nagatoro: Chapter 35, page 7.
 Don't Toy With Me, Miss Nagatoro: Chapter 6, page 11.
 Don't Toy With Me, Miss Nagatoro: Chapter 52, page 1-2.
 Don't Toy With Me, Miss Nagatoro: Chapter 34, page 11.
 Don't Toy With Me, Miss Nagatoro: Chapter 25, page 11.
79. ↑ School Grade and Age Structures in Japan - PLAZA HOMES
 Don't Toy With Me, Miss Nagatoro: Chapter 1, page 1.
 Don't Toy With Me, Miss Nagatoro: Chapter 11, page 2.