Yuriko (ユリコ)? (Lillian in the Canadian English dub) is a minor character in Futari wa Pretty Cure and Max Heart. She is one of Honoka's friends and fellow Chemistry Club members at Verone Academy.
Bio
Appearance
Yuriko has grey eyes and short, dark teal hair worn in an angular cut bob. Her bangs are entirely pulled to the right and held by a clip. She noticeably is one of the few characters in the series to wear a pair of glasses and has freckles.
Normally she is seen in the Verone Academy uniform.
Personality
Yuriko is wise and excitable when it comes to new projects or science, but she normally maintains a calm stature. She strongly admires Honoka and is always willing to talk to her or listen to her ideas. She becomes very invested in whatever projects she or the club make and personally takes to them.
Relationships
- Yukishiro Honoka: A friend of hers from the Chemistry Club of Verone Academy. She strongly admires her and loves spending time with her and when Honoka was worried about studying in Paris, Yuriko gave her advice from a different point of view than Nagisa's.
Etymology
Yuriko (ユリコ)? is best to be described as a common female name in Japanese. Here are the different meanings when written in Kanji:
- 百合子 - "lily child"
- 由里子 - "reason child/hometown child"
- 由利子 - "reason/benefit child"
- 優梨子 - "tenderness/pear child"
- 有里子 - "possess/hometown child"
Her given name in the Canadian English dub, Lillian, is derived from the Lily flower.[1] Interestingly, one of the translations of her name in the Japanese version is connected with the Lily flower.
History
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The majority of episode 13 focuses on Yuriko's worries of the invention that she, Honoka, and the rest of the members of the Chemistry Club have created. Yuriko tried to shield the invention, when the Cures battle the Zakenna while asking them to not harm the project everyone worked so hard on.
Trivia
- Yuriko shares her given name with Shiratori Yuriko, a minor character from Tropical-Rouge! Pretty Cure.
- She shares her English dub name with Nekoyashiki Mayu's Pretty Cure alter ego, Cure Lillian from Wonderful Pretty Cure!.
- Her surname was never revealed.
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