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| Yui Yumekawa | |
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| Kanji | 夢川ゆい |
| Rōmaji | Yumekawa Yui |
| Physical and Vital Information | |
| Species | Human |
| Gender | Female |
| Birthday | August 18 |
| Zodiac Sign | Leo |
| Age | 11-12 |
| Blood Type | O |
| Eye Color | Purple |
| Hair Color | Yellow |
| Professional Statistics | |
| Type | Lovely 
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| Occupation | Idol Student |
| Affiliation | MY☆DREAM |
| Personal Status | |
| Relatives | Shogo Yumekawa (Older Brother) |
| Debut | |
| Anime | Episode 140 - Every~one Friends! For~ever Friends! |
| Voice Actors | |
| Japanese | Arisa Date |
Yui Yumekawa (夢川ゆい Yumekawa Yui) is the main protagonist of Idol Time PriPara and a sixth grader at Avocado Academy. She is a lovely-type idol whose preferred the brand is Fantasy Time. She often adds "yume" in the middle or ends of her sentences, or says "Yumekawa" (meaning dreamy-cute) as a catchphrase. She is a part of the idol unit MY☆DREAM.
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.
Relationships[]
Shogo Yumekawa[]
Her older brother who often belittles her for her dream of becoming an idol.
Laala Manaka[]
They are roommates and classmates in Avocado Academy. Laala acts as a mentor of sorts to Yui.
Nino Nijiiro[]
A close friend, and one of her teammates in MY☆DREAM.
Michiru Koda[]
One of her teammates in MY☆DREAM.
Etymology[]
Yumekawa (夢川) Yume (夢) means dream, and Kawa (川) means river.
Yui (ゆい) means only (唯) or tie (結).
Trivia[]
- The pronounce of her surname "Yumekawa" hints on a popular fashion slogan "Yume-Kawa" (Yume-kawaii), which means "dreamy-cute", and indicates girls who use cute items in pastel colors as their main dress coord.
- Her birthday is on Rice Day.
- She also shares her birthday with Himari Aozora from Himitsu no Aipri.
- Her zodiac sign Leo.
- 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.
- Yui talks in third person.
- Yui carries 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".
- Yui is the second idol in the PriPara series 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 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 in Kiratto Pri☆Chan, and is named Yui Gekikawa.
- Unlike her Pripara counterpart, this version of Yui 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.
