Yui Yumekawa

Overview

Role

Image Gallery

Yui Yumekawa
Kanji	夢川 ゆい
Rōmaji	Yumekawa Yui
Physical and Vital Information
Species	Human
Gender	Female
Age	11 12 (Episode 160)
Eye Color	Purple
Hair Color	Yellow
Professional Statistics
Occupation	Idol Student
Affiliation	MY☆DREAM (unit)
Personal Status
Relatives	Shogo Yumekawa (older brother)
Debut
Anime	Episode 140 - Every~one Friends! For~ever Friends! (cameo) ITPP Episode 01 - I Became a Dreamy-Cute Idol!? (Official debut)
Voice Actors
Japanese	Arisa Date
Image Gallery

Yui Yumekawa (夢 (ゆめ) 川 (かわ) ゆい, Yumekawa Yui) is the main protagonist of Idol Time PriPara and a sixth grader at Avocado Academy. She is a Lovely-type idol who prefers the brand Fantasy Time. She often adds "yume" in the middle or ends of her sentences, or says "Yumekawa" (meaning dreamy-cute) as a catchphrase, like Laala's "Capisce!". She is also the team leader of MY☆DREAM.

In Idol Land PriPara, Yui has been locked away, and the reason has yet to be revealed.

Appearance

Yui's normal appearance

Yui is a young girl with purple eyes and short, curly yellow hair that reaches down her shoulders. Her forelocks curl on end and stops at the bottom of her ears, while her short bangs curl inward with a single strand curling outward. She wears a short amount pulled into round pigtails with a thick curl on the bottom adorned by a light blue bow with a gold star on it.

As an idol, Yui grows taller and her hair reaches down until her waist. Her forelocks remain short but gain further curl, while her bangs remain untouched. Her pigtails grow in length and appear thinner, and she gains a second pink bow for her right pigtail. Her eyes appear the same but gains a star shaped marking.

Personality

Yui is cheerful and bright and always finds herself daydreaming to the point of getting distracted or showing up late for various things. For a long time she has dreamed of becoming an Idol, but while she feels it is impossible for someone like her, she continues to allow her dream and ambition to grow.

She also enjoys eating especially rice and has a tendency to put her right hand to her cheek.

She also believes that people and their alter-egos are opposite people rather than the same person, until she sees them transformed into said alter-ego.

Relationships

• Shogo Yumekawa - Yui doesn't get along with her brother very well and she always make fun of him. He doesn't believe that little girls can become idols. Towards the end of episode 160 and onwards, Shogo starts to support Yui rather than discourage her. Yui wanted to become a idol because of her brother.
• Laala Manaka - They are roommates and classmates in Avocado Academy. At first, Yui did not believe that Laala was a Divine Idol, but in episode 142, Yui realizes that Laala really is a Divine Idol. During Laala's departure to a new PriPara, Yui tried to stop Laala from leaving and performs for her especially before she goes.
• Nino Nijiiro - Yui's close friend, Yui had stated that she wanted to form a team with Nino and Michiru Koda in episode 168. After training together as a team with Michiru and Yui, they grew closer to each other. She is also her teammate in MY☆DREAM.
• Punicorn - Punicorn is Yui's PriPara manager and friend.
• Falala・A・Larm - Yui and Laala are currently trying to revive Falala by forming a team with someone else. They had once succeeded into reviving Falala in episode 171, but the effect was temporary.
• Michiru Koda - After training together as a team with Nino and Yui, they grew closer. She is also her teammate in MY☆DREAM.
• Shuka Hanazono - She is Yui's rival.

Etymology

Yumekawa (夢川) Yume (夢) means dream, and Kawa (川) means river.

Yui (ゆい) means only (唯) or tie (結).

Significant Coords

• Girlish Star Coord- Her casual coord inside PriPara.
• Fantasy Time Cyalume Coord - Her first Cyalume Coord.
• Dream Cyalume Yui Coord - Her Dream Cyalume Coord starting from episode 152.
• Fantasy Time Dream Coord - Her second Dream Cyalume Coord from episode 171.
• Team Dream Cyalume MY☆DRE Yui Coord - Her third Dream Cyalume Coord starting from episode 177.
• Afternoon Coord - Her fourth Dream Cyalume Coord starting from episode 185.

Trivia

• The pronunciation of her surname "Yumekawa" hints on the popular fashion slogan "Yume-Kawa" (夢可愛い (yume-kawaii, 夢可愛い)), which means "dreamy-cute", and indicates girls who use cute items in pastel colors as their main dress coord.
• Her birthday is on August 18th, making her zodiac sign Leo.
• Her blood type is O.
• Yui is the designer of her own brand, Fantasy Time and is allowed to use it in PriPara for being the first customer of the Paparajuku Prism Stone.
  • She has also been designing clothes since she was 3.
• Yui can knit.
• Yui talks in third person.
• Yui is the second idol to create a brand, the first being Aroma Kurosu.
• Yui won the very first grand prix, the Idol Time Grand Prix, held at Paparajuku's PriPara.
  • It was also her first grand prix she participated in.
• Like Yui's brand Fantasy Time, "mousou time" is what her friends call her frequent daydream sessions.
• Yui is the first idol to ever perform in Paparajuku's PriPara.
  • She is also the first idol to debut in Paparajuku's PriPara, as well as the first Lovely idol to debut there.
• Her favorite food is rice.
  • Her favorite type of rice is called Yumepirika.
  • Her love of rice is referenced in a few aspects of her characters, such as her birthday falling on Rice Day aswell as her carrying around a rice cooker as she gets hungry easily and since she spaces out during her meal times.
    • The rice cooker is similar to Falulu's "Non".
  • Her along with the other protagonists of Idol Time have staple foods as their favorite food.
• She shares the same walking style on the runway with Falala, Garara, and Mia.
• She has a parallel version of herself in Kiratto Pri☆Chan named Yui Gekikawa.
  • Unlike her PriPara counterpart, she says “Gekikawa”, which means “Super Cute”, instead of “Yumekawa”.
  • She is the fourth main protagonist to have a parallel version of herself in a spin-off series, with the first being Mia Hanazono in Idol Time PriPara and the second and third being Aira Nanahoshi and Naru Shiawase respectively from Kiratto Pri☆Chan.
• In Kiratto Pri☆Chan, her main appearance matches her PriPara form rather than her normal form.
• As with Laala during episodes 48-50 of Idol Time PriPara, Yui in Idol Land PriPara is the second Pretty Series protagonist to be put to an eternal sleep, and the reason has yet to be revealed.

Main Characters
Season 1
Season 2
Season 3
Idol Time PriPara
Idol Land PriPara