Chinatsu Yoshikawa (吉川ちなつ Yoshikawa Chinatsu) is a character in the YuruYuri series who appears as one of the main characters in YuruYuri, MiniYuri, Tensei Shitara Akari dake Slime datta ken, and a supporting character in Reset! and Ōmuro-ke.
Description[]
She is a pink-haired girl in Akari Akaza's class who originally wanted to join the tea ceremony club, but ended up joining the Amusement Club as the tea ceremony club was abolished. She is often chased after by Kyōko Toshinō (initially in part due to her resemblance to Mirakurun), though she herself has passionate feelings for Yui Funami. She acts and exudes cute, especially in the presence of Yui, and is helpful to her club by being its tea-maker, but she sometimes shows dark thoughts and when attempting to draw something she displays terrifying artistic skills.
Appearance[]
Chinatsu is a girl of short height. She has pink fluffy pigtails with two maroon hair bobbles on them. Her hair has been shown to eat small objects, such as a ping pong ball, which made Akari Akaza, Kyōko Toshinō and Yui Funami shocked. Her hair was supposedly a contributing factor in the lack of Akari's presence. She has blue eyes and a creamy complexion.
Personality[]
Chinatsu's terrifying artworks
The majority of the time Chinatsu has a cute and rather innocent personality (it is shown that she will exhibit that more whenever she is around Yui Funami). Whenever she and Akari Akaza are alone, she is persistent to know more about Yui (as seen in Episode 05, she makes a Yui-senpai test that she gave to Akari but ends up... Doing something...)
She was exhausted by the effort of posing as Mirakurun to make Mari (Yui's relative) happy (although seeming genuinely satisfied when it made her happy), taking on a tired, abrupt attitude. Upon having realized that Chinatsu isn't quite like Mirakurun, Mari has since grown melancholic about her.
In episode 11 it was revealed that she once bullied Akari, Kyōko and Yui at a playground before they knew each other.
Despite her cute facade, she often reveals a frightening inner self, which is shown in her horrifying drawings, as well as her sewing and cooking skills, and the fact that she forcefully kissed Akari. She used to be a bully when she was in elementary school, and still doing it sometimes like when she suggests splashing water on Akari while she's in the toilet.
She's seen acting unladylike whenever she's tired, exhausted, or during hot weather, like lying down on the floor with an oldman pose or scratching her back with Mirakurun's rod.
Chinatsu is terrified of scary things, as shown when she gets teased by Kyōko on many occasions (and once by Chitose). She is utterly frightened on both occasions when she watches a horror movie, also scaring the person watching it with her. For Yui, this resulted in scary arm-shaped bruises on her own arm where Chinatsu was clutching it. In Akari's case this gave her a huge shock when she saw Chinatsu's weird expression during the movie.
Relationships[]
Yui Funami[]
Chinatsu and Yui in the cinema
Chinatsu, after Yui took her hand outside the cinema
Chinatsu starts to have a crush on her when she tells Chinatsu that she will protect her from Kyōko.
Yui is Chinatsu's upperclassman whom she has a big crush on and ends up really loving her. Chinatsu is really obsessed with Yui and gets really angry when Kyōko's telling her that Yui is head over heels over her and makes a manga about Yui and her and makes Chinatsu make one too, but it ends up looking really creepy. It is seen that Yui cares for her and is thankful to her when Chinatsu knitted a scarf for her but doesn't know how to pay her back, so she decided to have a date with her.
Kyōko Toshinō[]
Chinatsu has been shown to be both distant towards Kyōko, yet also loving. Her distant nature was more present in the beginning of the series. Upon first meeting her, Chinatsu was easily disturbed from Kyōko’s loving obsession and crush on her. Such as trying to bathe with her. However, as time went on, Chinatsu became more and more accepting of Kyōko. She enjoyed the Christmas date that they both went on, and even decided to accompany Kyōko to the hot springs just so she wouldn't have to be lonely. All in all, she at least considers Kyōko a great friend.
Akari Akaza[]
She and Akari are fairly close, and seem to have gotten closer over the chapters of the manga. Chinatsu, once in a while, uses Akari for "practice".
Appearances[]
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Etymology[]
- Chinatsu's surname Yoshikawa means "lucky, good" (吉) (yoshi) and "river, stream" (川) (kawa).
- Her name can also be read as 千夏 which means “A Thousand summers” in which “Thousand” (千) (chi or sen) and “summer” (夏) (natsu).
Trivia[]
- Originally, Akari, Kyōko and Yui were meant to be the only three Amusement Club members. However, as soon as Namori finished drawing the first chapter, she decided that "four people is better than three", and created Chinatsu's character, which is based on Mirakurun with different pigtails and eye color. [6]
- Chinatsu appears distraught at the idea of being a bully and declares that she's never bullied anyone in her life, although she seems to be the bully in the flashback in episode 11.
- Oddly, Chinatsu is a much better artist and all-around better student when she has a cold, but she also seems to be a better artist when she doesn't put in effort.
- Chinatsu is the youngest main character in YuruYuri.
- Chinatsu's pigtails can absorb objects like a ping pong ball.
- Chinatsu may have been based on/inspired by Chibiusa from Sailor Moon. Their appearances (especially hairstyle) are very similar on top of their names both starting with "chi".
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References[]
- ↑ Nickname given by Akari Akaza
- ↑ Used by Kyōko Toshinō
- ↑ Used by Hanako Ōmuro
- ↑ Used by Mari Funami
- ↑ Used by Mari Funami (lit. 'Older sister Mirakurun')
- ↑ Interview with Namori (Manga's 10th anniversary)
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| YuruYuri characters | |
|---|---|
| Amusement Club | Akari Akaza • Kyōko Toshinō • Yui Funami • Chinatsu Yoshikawa |
| Student Council | Ayano Sugiura • Chitose Ikeda • Sakurako Ōmuro • Himawari Furutani • Rise Matsumoto |
| Teachers | Nana Nishigaki • Hatsumi Kitamiya • Shihoko Azuma • Tsubasa Minamino |
| Relatives | Akane Akaza • Tomoko Yoshikawa • Chizuru Ikeda • Mari Funami • Kaede Furutani • Nadeshiko Ōmuro • Hanako Ōmuro |
| Majokko Mirakurun | Mirakurun/Kurumi • Rivarun/Raika • Ganbō |
| Minor characters | Haruka Koyama • Takane Dezaki • Hiro Takaoka |
| Cameo appearances | Aoi Isurugi • Mirai Sōma • Kokoro Ogawa • Misaki Takasaki • Ai Miwa • Megumi Sonokawa • Miho Yaeno |
| MiniYuri characters | |
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| Amusement Club | Akari Akaza • Kyōko Toshinō • Yui Funami • Chinatsu Yoshikawa |
| Student Council | Ayano Sugiura • Chitose Ikeda • Sakurako Ōmuro • Himawari Furutani • Rise Matsumoto |
| Teachers | Nana Nishigaki • Shihoko Azuma |
| Other characters | Chizuru Ikeda • Mirakurun/Kurumi |
| Reset! characters | |
|---|---|
| Main characters | Hiro Takaoka • Aoi Isurugi |
| Supporting characters | Kumako Gondagawa • Kyōko Toshinō • Yui Funami • Chinatsu Yoshikawa |
| Minor characters | Chitose Ikeda • Ayano Sugiura • Sakurako Ōmuro • Akari Akaza |
| Other characters | Mirakurun/Kurumi |
| Ōmuro-ke characters | |
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| Ōmuro family | Sakurako Ōmuro • Hanako Ōmuro • Nadeshiko Ōmuro |
| Supporting characters | Himawari Furutani • Kaede Furutani • Mirai Sōma • Kokoro Ogawa • Misaki Takasaki • Ai Miwa • Megumi Sonokawa • Miho Yaeno |
| Minor characters | Chinatsu Yoshikawa • Yui Funami • Akari Akaza |
| Tensei Shitara Akari dake Slime datta ken characters | |
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| Main characters | Akari Akaza • Kyōko Toshinō • Yui Funami • Chinatsu Yoshikawa |
| Supporting characters | Anna • Ciel • Ayano Sugiura • Chitose Ikeda • Himawari Furutani • Nadeshiko Ōmuro • Hanako Ōmuro • Nana Nishigaki • Rise Matsumoto • Mari Funami • Tomoko Yoshikawa • Akane Akaza |