| Yuria Sekiguchi | |
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| Information | |
| Japanese Name: | 関口 ユリア |
| Romanized Name: | Sekiguchi Yuria |
| English Name: | Yuria Sekiguchi |
| First Appearance: | "Nichijou Episode 4" |
| Birthday: | March 9[1] |
| Affiliated: | Kenzaburou Daiku (friend/senpai) Makoto Sakurai (Classmate) Cafe waitress (sister) |
| Japanese VA: | Ai Hirosaka |
| English VA: | Apphia Yu |
Yuria Sekiguchi (関口 ユリア, Sekiguchi Yuria) is a student at Tokisadame Highschool where Nichijou is mostly set, although she goes to a different class than Mio Naganohara, Yuuko Aioi, and Mai Minakami. She is a member of the Igo-Soccer Club and is usually seen reading Helvetica Standard mangas. Yuria is also interested in calligraphy. She is often seen with Kenzaburou Daiku.
Etymology[]
- The name Yuria is written in katakana (ユリア), which has no special meaning. However, when written in kanji (結李愛, 結李愛 or 由梨愛), it could possibly mean:
- 結李愛 - "tie, bind" (結) (yu), "plum, prune" (李) (ri) and "love, affection" (愛) (a).
- 由梨愛 - "reason, case, cause" (由) (yu), "pear" (梨) (ri) and "love, affection" (愛) (a).
- Yuria's surname Sekiguchi means "barrier, gate" (関) (seki) and "mouth, entrance" (口) (kuchi/guchi).
Appearance[]
Yuria has light blonde hair and is only seen wearing her school uniform. A characteristic trait is her eyes, which are black bars without pupils. It is likely that this is not her real face and she is just trying to seem inconspicuous, as other characters use the same face.
Personality[]
| 囲碁サッカー部の部員
無口で金髪おかっぱ頭が特徴。 いつも読書をしている。 |
A member of the Igo-Soccer Club.
She is quiet and has blonde hair with a bob hairstyle. She is always reading. |
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Yuria is extremely shy and seems to be very inexperienced in interacting with other people (as seen when she prefers to read mangas instead of playing games with Kenzaburou Daiku or introduces herself very hastily to the new club member, Makoto Sakurai).
She has a crush on Kenzaburou, although she tries to hide it. Nevertheless, he is the only person able to force Yuria to display emotion (like making her blush). It is implied that Kenzaburou finally realizes this at the 26th episode of the anime.
Sekiguchi's profile (from DVD/Blu-ray booklet)
Relationships[]
Kenzaburou Daiku[]
President of the Igo-Soccer Club. She has a crush on him, which he appears oblivious to. He is surprised to discover that she skips cram school to attend club activities.
Makoto Sakurai[]
A classmate.
GET WILD Cafe waitress[]
Her sister.
Appearances[]
- Main Article: List of Sekiguchi and Daiku's appearances
Daiku and Sekiguchi often appear together in the Nichijou anime, manga, and other media. Their list of appearances have been combined into a single page to better view their friendship and romantic tension.
Character songs[]
Trivia[]
- She likes cats[3].
- She was initially named Sekiguchi Momoko (関口ももこ) in the chapter of Nichijou included in the July 2008 issue of Shonen Ace. This was changed to Sekiguchi Yuria in the final volume release.[4]