Yurika Tōdō



"I'm a descendant of vampires who share the blood of the great Count Dracula... Won't you wish to have Yurika-sama suck your blood?"

- Yurika's catchphrase

Yurika Tōdō (藤堂ユリカ), is a character in the Aikatsu on Parade! series and was one of the main characters in the first and second season of the Aikatsu! series. She is a student at Starlight School. Yurika is a cool-type idol whose preferred brand is LoLi GoThiC.

Personality
Yurika has an evil-vampire personality that was based on an old vampire romance manga she read. When in character, she is confident and proud, however, there are moments when she lets her character slip. During those moments she is quiet and soft-spoken.

Appearance
Yurika has pale skin and teal-colored eyes. Her platinum-blonde hair is styled into two ringlet pigtails. When out of character, she is shown wearing it down and also wears a pair of glasses.

Background
At one point, the media took a photo of Yurika's real appearance when she was picking up her food delivery. As a result, it nearly became a scandal. With Ichigo's help and the support of her fans, she overcame this event, became the next muse of LoLi GoThiC and became well-acquainted with Ichigo and her friends.

Relationships

 * Kaede Ichinose
 * Kaede and Yurika have been good friends since their Tristar days. Despite being near opposites, they get along well. Their bond became closer after Kaede invites Yurika to be partners for the Partners Cup, later forming their duo-unit Magic Blood.


 * Ran Shibuki
 * Yurika and Ran both argue about training a lot. Even Yurika is sometimes a pain, Ran genuinely cares for her. Yurika had originally wanted to pair with Ran for the Partners Cup, but was upset that Sora and Ran were paired up together.


 * Mizuki Kanzaki
 * Mizuki chose Yurika to replace Ran as the final member of Tristar after seeing her working hard to maintain her character, despite no one being around. Yurika looks up to and admires Mizuki's hardworking demeanor.


 * Ichigo Hoshimiya
 * Yurika became acquainted with Ichigo after they attended the same audition together, with Ichigo helping Yurika out on the side with her scandal issues.


 * Sumire Hikami
 * Yurika gave her respect and approval to Sumire when she came to the LoLi GoThiC mansion in search of her own Premium Rare dress.

Etymology
Tōdō (藤堂) means 'Wisteria Court'. It is a historical Japanese family name.

Yurika (ユリカ), the katakana is a name related to "lily". In kanji, "カ" could indicate "fragrance" (香) or "flower" (華).

Trivia

 * Her favorite foods are garlic ramen and Gyūdon (beef bowl).
 * Her disliked food is fancy melon.
 * Yurika, along with Mizuki, Ichigo, and Akari, have shown themselves to be the most consistently popular main characters, having made it into all election-determined incarnations of Aikatsu8 and Photokatsu8 since their debut.
 * Yurika is the first main character to not wear a basic stage coord for her debut performance.
 * Yurika shares the same seiyū with Palm, Sora Kazesawa's pet parrot.
 * She is the first idol to have the name of the color scheme of her basic school coord changed between seasons.
 * Yurika is the second person known to have only one premium dress in Season one, but has a premium dress in Season Two. The first person being Mizuki Kanzaki.
 * Yurika is the third idol to have two different singing voices, Moe and Remi following Ran and Sora.
 * As of episode 89, she shares her singing voice with Otome Arisugawa.
 * As of Season 3, she now shares her singing voice with Miyabi Fujiwara. This makes her the third first-generation character that shares her singing voice with a second-generation character.
 * Yurika is the only idol of season one whose premium dress debuted in a solo performance.
 * As of Episode 127, Yurika is the only main Cool idol who has not once performed a Cool Flash.