Yuuna Shigemura

* RL
* SAO
* ALO
* SBO

**Yuuna Shigemura** (重村 悠那, *Shigemura Yūna*?), known as **Yuna** (ユナ, *Yuna*?) in «Sword Art Online» (SAO), «ALfheim Online» (ALO), «Spell Blade Online» (SBO), and «Ordinal Scale» (OS) is one of the female deuteragonists in Minato Yatsushiro's ***Sword Art Online Alternative: Spell Blade Online*** light novel series.

She was one of the 10,000 players trapped in SAO during the «**SAO Incident**». Despite being a high-ranking officer of the famous and most powerful of the clearing guilds, the «Knights of the Blood», Yuna was among the rather obscure members as she had hardly any achievements to her name. Nevertheless, her popularity as a singer earned her the epithets of **Peaceful Songstress** (静かの歌姫, *Shizuka no Utahime*?) and «**White Lily** (白百合, *Shirayuri*?) even if she was largely overshadowed by the most well-known idol of all, the Snow White Songstress.

## Background

Yuuna is the eldest daughter in a family of two; she has a younger sister named Ayumi Shigemura. Growing up, Yuuna's parents had her learn how to play the piano and the classical guitar, however, Yuuna had always preferred singing, especially pop or anime songs. She loved to discuss it with her friends in school but she simply could not find the resolve to speak with her father concerning her preference as he was exceedingly strict and only allowed her to learn classical music (she specifically enjoys pieces done by Liszt and Wagner). During her early education in kindergarten, elementary, and junior high, Yuuna was always besides Eiji Nochizawa, a boy with whom she developed a crush on but unfortunately could not confess her feelings before moving an all-girls' boarding institute for senior high. While attending the all-girls' school, Yuuna was still allowed visits from Eiji by invitation only and he brought to her the idea of playing «Sword Art Online» after learning that it was in development; the two signed up for the Closed Beta but unfortunately were not selected. The two would later fail to get the copies of the games in stores but they were given two copies of the game by Yuuna's father who was actually the professor in charge of SAO's creator, Akihiko Kayaba, while he had attended college.

On November 6, 2022, the day the official service of the game began, Yūna and Eiji logged into the game, only to discover that Kayaba Akihiko had turned it into a death game. At first, Yūna listened to Eiji's request to remain in town, where it was safe, but at some point, she acquired the Dagger skill and ventured into the Outer Field to earn experience and money. Her resolve to help clear the game was so strong that she had soon reached a level close to that of the Clearers at the time, a feat that required a lot of effort. She was recognized and both she and Nautilus (Eiji's in-game name) were added into the ranks of the Knights of the Blood.

## Personality

Yūna is a very kind individual, caring a lot for others. She sometimes drags Nautilus to the orphanage in the Town of Beginnings to help care for the young children trapped in the game.

## Appearance

### Real Life / Sword Art Online / Project Alicization Avatar

Yūna's real hair color is unknown although she has hinted that it may be black.*[citation needed]* Yūna has rather short hair which she had dyed milk-tea brown using a rare coloring dye. Her eyes are a soft caramel brown. Throughout most of the Aincrad Arc, Yūna wore the uniform of the Knights of the Blood guild while also wearing a pure white feathered hat.

## References

1. ↑ Volume 1, *Memories of Evil*, Part 4
2. ↑ Volume 1, *Memories of Evil*, Part 1
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 Material Collection 01: Yuuna Shigemura's first character profile.
4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 Material Collection 07: Yuuna Shigemura's second character profile.
5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 Material Collection 01: Yuuna Shigemura's in-depth background check.
6. ↑ Volume 1, *Memories of Evil*, Prologue