Yumi Yoshimura (吉村 由美, Yoshimura Yumi, born January 30, 1975) is a Japanese singer, musician and a member of the Japanese pop duo PUFFY, along with Ami Onuki.
Yumi is the animated counterpart of Yumi Yoshimura. She is the second member with Ami Onuki and one of the two main protagonists of the series. She is voiced by Grey DeLisle.
Background[]
Early life and career[]
She was born in Neyagawa, Osaka, Japan in 1975. She learned that there was a talent search underway in Tokyo. She successfully tried out and was paired with Ami Onuki to form the group PUFFY.
Personal life[]
From 1999 to 2002 she was married to singer Takanori Nishikawa (better known by his music alias T.M. Revolution). After the Japanese media accused Yoshimura of having an affair, Nishikawa filed for divorce. Yoshimura remarried a long-time friend and businessman on December 31, 2009. On August 1, 2012, Yoshimura gave birth to a baby boy. However, she and the unnamed businessman divorced on December 31, 2013, their fourth anniversary.
Between February and April 2003 she lived in Los Angeles, California and went to school to learn the English language. Yumi speaks Japanese, some English, some Spanish and a little French. She also speaks some Hungarian and Portuguese at the beginning of Hi Hi Puffy AmiYumi.
She has hosted the hit talk show Pa-Pa-Pa-Pa-Puffy alongside Ami Onuki in Japan, which aired from 1999 to 2002.
On November 19, 2004, PUFFY's show Hi Hi Puffy AmiYumi began airing on Cartoon Network in the United States. She is voiced by Grey DeLisle in her animated form and she herself appears in the show's live action segments.
She starred as Dendou-Jitensha in the 2002 film Mohou-han (Copycat Killer). She also starred as Ryoko Tajima in the 2004 film Inu to arukeba: Chirori to Tamura (Walking the Dog) and as Nozomi Akai in the horror film The Neighbor No. 13 (Rinjin 13-gô), which was released in 2005.
Appearance[]
Yumi has apricot skin, blue eyes and short light purple hair that she styles into a messy shoulder-length bob. She dresses in a rock style with a studded choker and two handcuffs, a purple T-shirt with a skull on it, a black miniskirt, purple shorts and black/purple punk boots. She often shows her highlighted fang in official arts and a pilot episode, while rarely does in main episodes.
For bedtime, Yumi wears a black or a white sleeved nightgown with a skull in the middle.
For swimwear, Yumi first wears a green camouflage bikini in the episode "Robo-Pop," but in "Surf's Up" and until the rest of the series, Yumi wears a purple string bikini with part a skull on the bikini top and the other part on the bikini bottom.
For formal wear in "Movie Madness", Yumi wears a glamorous black sequin dress with the same studded choker from her usual outfit and wears black opera gloves.
For ninja wear, Yumi wears a black sleeveless ninja outfit and wears a black balaclava.
As a magician assistant, she wore a pink headband, a golden necklace, a pink tube top, a pink miniskirt and gold pumps.
In "Secret Origin" and the flashback of "Super Zero", she wore a black long-sleeved shirt, a white flounced skirt, white socks and black Mary Janes shoes.
In the pilot, she had her hair being more purplish-toned and lighter, a dark magenta shirt with the skull having a green outline, slightly tan skin, freckles, a greyish-blue glove (on her right hand), spiked handcuff (on her left hand) and spiked choker, pastel bluish-purple socks and boots with shades of purple. She also had square-framed sunglasses on her hair in some shots.
Personality[]
Yumi's demeanor is not just like Ami's. She is sarcastic, cynical, vain, sassy, stubborn, and gained with self-importance. She loves things like ninjas and anything else rough and tough. She rarely signs in any excitement as "she is too cool" to show it. For some reasons, she comes off as rude and insults others she sees as "not cool".
Despite being similar age group with and more serious than Ami, Yumi is also more impetuous than Ami and rushes headlong into a decision before thinking. However, Yumi has a mature side, too, and for some reasons with Ami's childish obsessions. She also has a big heart and is willing to help while she can.
In the pilot, she was depicted being more calmer instead.
Instruments[]
Yumi can play:
- Guitar
- Harmonica (Kore ga Watashi no Ikiru Michi)
- Piano (2001:a halfway of space odyssey - Watashi no Nozomi)
- Timpani (Jet Tour '98 - Ai no Shirushi)
- Saxophone (Cosmic*Wonder)
Appearances[]
Hi Hi Puffy AmiYumi[]
Cameo Appearances[]
OK K.O.! Let's Be Heroes[]
Villainous[]
Video games[]
Hi Hi Puffy AmiYumi: Kaznapped![]
Hi Hi Puffy AmiYumi: The Genie and the Amp[]
Printed Media[]
Merchandises[]
Songs[]
Solo Solo[]
- Tennen no Beauty (Natural Beauty)
- Kyouki na Futari (Perfect Couple)
- Hanabi (Fireworks)
- V-A-C-A-T-I-O-N
- Sorenarini (Hold Out As Long As You Can)
- Ai no Aura (Aura of Love)
- Watashi no Nozomi (My Hope)
Jet-CD[]
- Tetsugaku (Philosophy)
The Hit Parade[]
- Hi-Teen Boogie (Late-Teens Boogie)
Fever*Fever[]
- Nannari to Naru Deshou (Anything can become a habit)
Spike[]
- This is the Song of Sweet Sweet Season When Cherry Garcia Blossoms Bloom
Splurge[]
- Rakuda no Kuni (Camel Country, Cameland)
Solo single[]
On 2 July 1997, each member of PUFFY released their own solo single before their original solo album, Solo Solo was released on the 6 August 1997.
Track listing[]
- V-A-C-A-T-I-O-N
- Kyouki na Futari (Perfect Couple)
- V-A-C-A-T-I-O-N (Original Karaoke)
- Kyouki na Futari (Original Karaoke)
Gallery[]
Trivia[]
- Like Ami, Yumi is not voiced by her real-life counterpart in the Japanese dub despite being modeled after her.
- Yumi is a only main character to have one fang.
- Yumi made a cameo appearance in the OK K.O.! Let's Be Heroes special Crossover_Nexus.
- Yumi Yoshimura is voiced by Grey DeLisle, who is best known for Wubbzy from Wow Wow Wubbzy!, Frida Suãrez from El Tigre: The Adventures of Manny Rivera, Frankie from Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends, Sam from Danny Phantom, and Lola, Lana, and Lily Loud from The Loud House.
- Like her friend Ami, Yumi has her own motorized scooter in some episodes.
- While her and Ami's accurate age is never revealed in episodes, some episodes like "Team Teen" and "Ninjcompoop" imply that the duo are teenagers as animated characters. Their ability of driving their own scooters and tour bus could be a clue to guess they are about 14 or 15.
- Fans of the show usually consider Yumi as younger counterpart of the animated duo than Ami. As real-life counterparts, Yumi Yoshimura(born in Jan 30th, 1975) is about two years younger than Ami Onuki (born in Sep 18th, 1973).
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