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"I wanted to become completely self-sufficient. But I think I was being presumptuous. I have the inn, I have my family, I have the waitresses and chefs... I am who I am now because I was raised by such a kind group... When I think of it that way, my problems aren't just my own. That's why... I'm going to stay here. By my own will."
Yukiko Amagi is a playable character from Persona 4. She is a second year student at Yasogami High School and one of the protagonist's classmates. Her family runs the tourist destination the Amagi Inn, where she is next in-line as manager.
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Appearances[]
- Persona 4 / Golden: Playable Character; Priestess Social Link
- Persona 4 (Manga): Major Character; Priestess Arcana
- Persona 4 The Magician: Major Character
- Persona 4: Kiri no Amnesia: Major Character
- Persona 4 The Animation / Golden Animation: Major Character; Priestess Arcana
- Persona 4 Visualive / the Evolution
- Persona 3 Portable: Minor Character
- Persona 4 Arena / Ultimax: Playable Character/Navigator/Protagonist (Yukiko Story Route, Episode P4)
- Persona 4: Dancing All Night: Playable Character
- Persona Q: Shadow of the Labyrinth: Playable Character
- Persona Q: Shadow of the Labyrinth - Side:P4: Major Character
- Persona Q: Shadow of the Labyrinth - Side:P3: Supportive Character
- Persona Q2: New Cinema Labyrinth: Playable Character
- Persona 5: Mentioned
- Persona 3: Dancing in Moonlight: Cameo (DLC)
- Persona 5: Dancing in Starlight: Cameo (DLC)
Design[]
Persona 4 / Golden[]
Yukiko has dark brown eyes and has long straight black hair that is kept neat with a red hairband. In the Midnight Channel, she wears a pair of red frame glasses with a double nose bridge. Yukiko wears her Yasogami High Uniform along with a red cardigan sweater and black tights. When helping out at the family inn, she wears a pink kimono.
On summer school days, she appears virtually the same, save for that she doesn't wear pantyhose even when inside the Midnight Channel and her sweater is now smaller and unbuttoned. On regular holidays, she wears a red dress and flame scarf, along with black, knee high-boots and socks; while on summer holidays, she appears in a black shirt with puffy sleeves, a short white skirt and white sandals. At the summer festival, she wears a violet yukata with a pink obi.
In Persona 4 Golden during winter schooldays, she wears a beige coat with a red scarf and appears in a white snowsuit on the ski trip. During the winter, she wears a white v-collar top over a red dress white with a belt attached with a ribbon. She also wears brown arm warmers, matching pantyhose, and short brown boots. In the epilogue, her hair is up in a neat bun, and she wears a snow white dress with a sky blue cardigan and white sandals.
Shigenori Soejima designed Yukiko in the vein of Yamato nadeshiko, or a stereotypical Japanese beauty.[2] He paid special attention to her eyes and eyebrows.[2] He also made sure her bangs weren't so severe that they looked "creepy" like an "old Japanese doll."[2] In keeping with the retro theme of Inaba, he also gave Yukiko her hair band.[3]
Persona 3 Portable[]
Yukiko in Persona 3 Portable.
In Persona 3 Portable (two years before the events of Persona 4), she makes a brief appearance where she dons a black seifuku uniform and has short hair with a white headband.
Manga / Animation[]
When she was a child, from her appearance in the anime, Yukiko had braided pigtails and wore a bright pink dress. She appears the same in the manga, though her hair is short.
Dancing All Night[]
In Persona 4: Dancing All Night, she retains her summer school uniform, but the minor difference is that she wears a pair of red headphones, black knee-length socks and red sneakers.
Personality[]
Yukiko asked to hang out by Mitsuo Kubo.
Yukiko is a reserved, soft-spoken and shy girl, having been raised at an early age to be a prim and proper lady of traditional Japanese customs. At school, she is known for scoring well on exams, earning top grades in her class and often studying the material with her best friend since early childhood, Chie Satonaka.
She is aware of her high-class reputation in Inaba, being the heiress of one of the town’s main attractions, further encouraging her reserved nature. This proves to be a heavy burden on Yukiko, her responsibilities making her feel as though she is inherently worthless outside of her pretty looks and fulfilled obligations.
She doesn't open up to anyone out of fear of being ungrateful and selfish, but internally stresses over the pressure. The push-and-pull of her circumstances cause her to want to "escape" her life and go anywhere else, even putting her friendship with Chie at risk when she realizes that Chie can't fulfill her wish of being saved. After facing her Shadow, the girls tell each-other their true feelings and how isolated they've both felt, breaking the wall that distanced them.
Once rescued and returned back home, Yukiko becomes more honest with herself while also accepting the fact she will inherit her family's inn, finding a balance between both worlds. She actively engages with her friends and starts to think on her own terms, sometimes misinterpreting situations and/or laughing uncontrollably at things she finds funny. Yukiko is often noted for her empathy and courage. In contrast to her best friend, she isn't bothered in the slightest by insects and greatly enjoys horror stories.
Yukiko strengthening her friendship with Chie.
Selfless and supportive, Yukiko does not hesitate to risk her life to save or protect those in need, even if she gains nothing out of it. She also deeply values her hometown and vows to become a strong, dependable person so that one day she in turn will be able to support and protect her town and her people, just like they have graciously done for her. She takes the well-being of new friends she makes seriously, as in Persona 4 Arena when Yukiko solemnly promises to save Labrys from danger, protecting her from harm just recently after bonding with her. In Persona Q, Yukiko assures Rei and Zen that they'll be safe as long as she's around, going so far as to becoming a big sister figure to Rei after Rei asks her if she can call Yukiko "Yuki-chan."
Her biggest insecurity is being forced into a life that isn't hers. Not wanting to disappoint the ones she loves, Yukiko accepts the obligations of running the historical Amagi Inn, doing her best to uphold them despite feeling suffocated. Chie becomes special to her because she protects her, fighting off unwanted attention from aggressive boys at school and cheering Yukiko up (such as keeping the dog Yukiko originally found so Yukiko can come visit him at Chie's house). After being thrown into the TV, she is both elated and terrified to see the Investigation Team come to her aid, especially Chie. She apologizes to Chie for seeing her as a codependent outlet for her woes instead of the genuine friend she once knew as a little girl.
Yukiko having a laughing fit over admitting Chie's cooking is horrible.
Yukiko's sense of humor is unique and can result in her having uncontrollable laughing fits. If she doesn't find it humorous or get the joke, she will not even force a pity laugh. Yukiko also has an inexplicable fascination with legends, such as when Yosuke says a co-worker at Junes claimed Kanji to have been a legendary "hellraiser" ever since middle school.[4]
Due to constantly working at the inn and having little free time to socialize, she naively misinterprets social situations at times. For example, during the night of the Fireworks Festival, Yosuke is annoyed that Teddie went through his adult magazines, though she mistakenly assumes Teddie was searching for Yosuke's money. Yukiko has never talked to boys on her own and lacks an understanding on what the opposite sex is like in general. This is why she gets extremely flustered whenever Teddie jokes about "scoring with a hot stud." One thing that greatly offends Yukiko is being sexually harassed or objectified. After slapping Yosuke when she thought he made a sleazy pass at her, she then apologized upon realizing the actual truth. She also slapped Kanji to forcibly stop him from inquiring about her Shadow in a somewhat perverted-like fashion, apologizing for smacking him "too hard." Whenever Yukiko is angry or upset, others will remark on how terrifying and scary she can be when pushed.
Like the rest of the girls save for Naoto, Yukiko is a horrible cook. On the school camping trip, her’s and the Chie's attempt to cook dinner would end in Yosuke referring to it as "Mystery Food X." Yukiko has an absurd cooking logic, mixing wildly inappropriate ingredients together with distasteful results.
In Japanese, her honorific speech pattern stems from a branch form of Keigo (敬語; respectful language) called Kenjougo (謙譲語), a respectful and humble way to speak and interact with others.
Profile[]
Persona 3 Portable[]
Yukiko appears exclusively in the female protagonist's route when her sports club visits Yasogami High School for joint sports practice, explaining that the inn belongs to her family and she is helping out. When asked by Yuko Nishiwaki if she will inherit the family inn, Yukiko replies that she is unsure. One of the inn's waitresses, Kasai, appears to get the car keys from Yukiko so she can go grocery shopping. Yukiko offers to go instead, but Kasai refuses due to Yukiko mixing up ingredients.[5]
Persona 4[]
"Another of the protagonist's classmates. She is the daughter of the family who runs the venerable, high-class Amagi Inn. She spends a lot of time with Chie Satonaka, but she is currently in the middle of her apprenticeship as manager."
Yukiko Amagi is wearing a kimono because she's filling in for her mom at the inn they run.
Yukiko's family runs a famous hot spring inn, the Amagi Inn in the town of Yasoinaba, often mentioned in the news as "the treasure of Yasoinaba." Yukiko is expected to succeed the family business by becoming the manager of the inn, and is always busy training herself. Despite her apparent willingness to inherit the inn, Yukiko actually wants nothing to do with it, but is only obliged to do so. Because of her obligation, she often goes home quickly after school is over and may even have to skip classes.
Yukiko first appears on April 12th, during the protagonist's first day of school. Some of the other students ask her if the TV reporter Mayumi Yamano is staying at the Amagi Inn, after which Chie asks if she watched the Midnight Channel.
After class is dismissed, Chie and Yukiko walk home with the protagonist. Outside the school gates, a boy from a different school appears and awkwardly asks her out. Yukiko rejects the boy and he runs away. When she expresses confusion about what he wanted, Chie tells her that he “obviously” wanted a date. Two boys who witness this speak amongst themselves, noting that the ritual of asking Yukiko out is known as the Amagi Challenge. Yosuke has also tried asking Yukiko out in the past, though she does not remember this.
While walking through the roads near school, Chie tells the protagonist about Yukiko's family inn, calling it the only thing that keeps the town going. Yukiko downplays this, saying it's just an old establishment. Chie further embarrasses Yukiko by telling the protagonist she has never had a boyfriend despite being so popular. Shortly after, the three come across a crime scene where a body was discovered and Ryotaro Dojima suggests they all head straight home. Following this, Yukiko and Chie go home and agree to go to Junes on another day.
Yukiko being interviewed by the media.
After the protagonist and Yosuke finish exploring the Midnight Channel for the first time, the protagonist sees Yukiko near the Samegawa Flood Plain while she is out running an errand for the inn. Yukiko talks about her friendship with Chie and how the two used to cut class together when they were first years. Later that night, there is a news broadcast where a reporter interviews Yukiko.
Yukiko does not show up to school the next day and Chie becomes concerned that she might have been thrown into the TV. She continually calls her until finally getting a response, relieved to find that Yukiko is simply helping at the inn while a large group stays there. However, when the protagonist watches the Midnight Channel that same night, he sees a version of Yukiko on the TV dressed as a princess, proclaiming that she is going to hunt for her Prince Charming and score herself a hot stud.
As Yukiko's behavior in the show was rather bizarre and unlike how she would normally act, Yosuke calls the protagonist and suggests that they meet up in the Junes Food Court the next morning. Unfortunately, the protagonist and Yosuke are arrested when Yosuke displays swords out in the open. Dojima releases them, but confiscates their weapons. It is at this moment that Chie confirms that Yukiko has truly vanished, indicating that she was kidnapped and will become the next victim of the serial murders if not saved in time. Realizing this, with the help of Teddie, the protagonist, Yosuke and Chie storm Yukiko's Castle.
If Yukiko is not reduced by the 4/29 deadline, the protagonist will hear sirens after seeing the fog setting in and receive a call from Yosuke to confirm that the dead body is Yukiko. The protagonist blacks out instantly afterwards and is summoned to the Velvet Room, where he will be given a choice by Igor to try again a week prior.
Shadow Yukiko
Shadow Yukiko furious by her lack of free will.
When the party reaches the top floor, they find Yukiko alongside Shadow Yukiko. The Shadow talks about wanting to run away from Inaba and wishing she could be saved, but not having the strength to do so on her own. After Shadow Yukiko insults the Amagi Inn, Yukiko rejects the Shadow, causing it to transform into a large red bird with Yukiko's face and hair, sitting in a cage. When her health is low enough, she summons a Charming Prince Shadow. The trio eventually manages to fend off the Shadow, and with Yukiko eventually willing to face herself, the Shadow transforms into Konohana Sakuya, becoming Yukiko's Persona.
After her kidnapping and subsequent rescuing, Yukiko becomes a much livelier person upon joining the Investigation Team, and the party learns about her habit of breaking into sudden fits of laughter (usually after hearing a terrible joke or pun), which often surprises her peers. She also reveals a competitive side when Rise Kujikawa taunts her and Chie about making omelets for Nanako Dojima.
When the Investigation Team contemplates pushing Taro Namatame into the TV, Yukiko is strongly against killing him, asking if there is really no other way except revenge. She wants to keep making memories with her friends and does not want murder to be one of those memories. Should the protagonist throw Namatame into the TV, she does not voice her disagreement and chooses to remain in the room.
Regardless of the protagonist's decision, when the protagonist leaves Inaba and the train begins to leave, Yukiko is the first one to speak. With tears in her eyes, she thanks him and tells him to stay well until they meet again someday.
Persona 4 Golden[]
"Another of the protagonist's classmates. She is the daughter of the family who runs the venerable, high-class Amagi Inn, where she is often helping out. She has quick wits, but tends to be spacy as well."
In Persona 4 Golden, the addition of bikes for the Investigation Team introduced a unique new way of obtaining skills for party members. By going on special forms of dates with each party member, involving the use of the bikes, the player is given the option of either having the party member in question learn a brand-new skill, or relearn any old skill that they have forgotten. The bike skills available to Yukiko are listed below. Additionally, like with Rise in Persona 4, each party member is able to learn new skills upon the player's progression of their Social Link. The social link skills that Yukiko learns upon the development of her Social Link are also listed below.
Chie and Yukiko performing Twin Dragons.
Yukiko can also perform a fusion spell with Chie called "Twin Dragons," whenever the following requirements are achieved: Yukiko and Chie are both in the active party and the enemy survives an All-Out Attack. When performing "Twin Dragons," Yukiko and Chie both run towards each other and summon their own Persona. A magic circle will appear beneath the enemy, with a golden dragon circling them. Shortly after, an apparition of a lily will appear to bloom, causing damage to the enemy group.
Golden Epilogue[]
If the protagonist completes the Aeon Social Link and later discovers Izanami's involvement, the epilogue shows him returning to Inaba for the summer. Yukiko and the others surprise the protagonist and greet him at Junes. By this time, she has fully accepted that she will become the next manager of the Amagi Inn[6] and started wearing her hair in a bun, similar to the women who work at traditional inns.
Social Link[]
"Oh, yes. I'm still studying. Cooking... and job licenses. I don't plan to leave anymore, but I thought I might as well. I'm glad I realized sooner... If I'd stuck out on my own, I know I would have regretted it. I wanted to become completely self-sufficient. But I think I was being presumptuous. I have the inn, I have my family, I have the waitresses and chefs... I am who I am now because I was raised by such a kind group... When I think of it that way, my problems aren't just my own. That's why... I'm going to stay here. By my own will."
- Main article: Social Link/Yukiko Amagi
Yukiko creates the Priestess Arcana Social Link with the protagonist. Through the protagonist's interactions with her, Yukiko expresses how she cannot live a normal teenager's life due to her status as the Amagi heir and her wish to leave Yasoinaba instead of inheriting the Inn. She decides to become an interior decorator after her graduation. Yukiko also reveals that she is constantly being pestered by tabloid reporters after the murder of Mayumi Yamano, who stayed at her inn before she was killed.
Yukiko confesses her horrible cooking skills and is worried that she will not be able to take care of herself after leaving town. She asks the protagonist to sample her food. Yukiko later enlists a cook of the Amagi Inn to teach her cooking. Yukiko slowly loses her urge to leave Inaba, gradually becoming guilty about wanting to turn her back on the people who have done so much for her. She eventually realizes how much she loves the Inn after being harassed by the tabloid reporters, who want to publish a story that would tarnish the Inn's reputation. Finally having enough, Yukiko angrily refuses all future coverage and threatens to complain to their sponsors if they try to retaliate.
By the end of the Social Link, Yukiko decides not to leave Yasoinaba, but to inherit the Inn and continue her family's legacy. Having finally found her resolution, Yukiko's Persona, Konohana Sakuya transfigures into Amaterasu.
Should the protagonist choose to establish a lovers relationship with Yukiko and accept her invitation on December 24, the protagonist bakes Yukiko a Christmas Cake; she will then give him a Leather Keychain. Yukiko will also ask the protagonist if she can stay over for the night, admitting she had lied to her parents that she would sleep at Chie's house instead.
By leveling up the Priestess Arcana Social Link to rank 3, Yukiko will learn her distinctive follow-up attack, Fan Assault, where she performs a powerful attack with 100% critical rate and inflicts Dizzy status on another active enemy, provided the protagonist strikes down a target.
Persona 4 Manga[]
In the manga, Yukiko's Shadow is defeated by Chie's Persona and transforms into Konohana-Sakuya after Yukiko confronts her other self, admitting that while a part of her does not want to inherit the inn, everyone she cares for is in Inaba. After Chie apologizes for not seeing the real Yukiko, Yukiko admits that the same is true of her, and that she'll get stronger on her own, saying that Chie is already very strong herself. She has an apparent crush on the protagonist.
Persona 4 The Animation[]
Persona 4 Animated Yukiko's hunt for a hot stud
Yukiko's hunt for her Prince Charming.
In the anime, Yukiko gets saved early on April 18th. After she wakes up inside of a castle, she sees an empty birdcage and recalls the time she had found a baby bird and took care of it until it had matured. She had divided up her time between going to school, helping out at the inn and taking care of the bird. She watched it grow and felt as if it were a kindred spirit, being locked up with nowhere else to go.
She comes home one day to see the door to the birdcage wide open and the bird nowhere to be seen. A helper at the inn comes by and suggests Yukiko had forgotten to lock the cage door. She consoles Yukiko; in the castle, Yukiko encounters her Shadow Self.
Yukiko trapped in a bird cage
After her Shadow Self transforms, instead of falling unconscious, she gets trapped in a birdcage. During the battle, she pleads for Chie to run away. She calls herself helpless, but Chie exclaims that isn't true. She says Yukiko is strong and can break free of that cage to soar, but Yukiko tearfully denies it. Back when she lost her pet bird, she wasn't heartbroken, but humiliated; she did forget to lock the cage, but the bird still had enough courage to open the gate and fly away on its own, unlike Yukiko. She believes she's horrible and a coward for wanting someone to free her, but Chie reaffirms how mistaken she is and how truly strong she is. Realizing she has everything she needs to succeed in life and friends who care about her, Yukiko breaks free of the cage and embraces Chie.
After the battle is over, Yukiko walks to the Shadow she created from her desire to escape. She gracefully apologizes for rejecting it earlier and hugs her Shadow, admitting that it's a part of herself. Yukiko's Shadow Self nods and is reborn as her Persona, Konohana Sakuya.
Yukiko and Yu's bond is represented by the Persona, High Pixie.
Persona 4 Arena[]
"The heir to the Amagi Inn and a 3rd-year at Yasogami High. Though smart and polite, she can be quite spacey... She and Chie are longtime friends. Her fans and Persona, Konohana Sakuya, let her attack at range."
Yukiko has become a more accomplished chef. When she learns that the Midnight Channel has returned, she grows concerned, especially after learning from Rise's manager that Rise has gone missing. She meets up with the others to investigate the TV World which has been reformed to resemble Yasogami High. Yukiko and the others are dragged into the strange tournament devised by General Teddie.
The auditory illusions begin to bother Yukiko, reminding her that she relies on everyone to do things for her. When she reaches the real Teddie, he inadvertently provokes her into fighting him. She bonds with a girl claiming to be their student council president. By the time they reach the announcement room, they find Rise and Yu.
After being forced to fight Yu, Yukiko's Shadow appears to taunt her. Thanks to Yu and Rise, she holds her composure and defeats her Shadow. General Teddie reappears revealing himself to be the student council president's Shadow. The president in turn reveals herself to be an android named Labrys and shuts off her ego to fight her own Shadow.
As Labrys gives chase to her shadow, Mitsuru Kirijo arrives; she and Yukiko pursue Labrys. They end up fighting each other as the Tournament is still in effect with Yukiko emerging victorious. Yukiko follows them back to the announcement room as Yukiko helped Labrys restore her normal personality and protected her against her Shadow. Labrys is then able to awaken her Persona. The case having been solved, Yukiko and Labrys return with Yu and Rise back to their friends as well as Aigis, Akihiko and Mitsuru, the latter of whom congratulates Yukiko on a job well done.
However, all is cut short when Labrys suddenly shuts down and is taken over by one Mitsuru senses to be the real culprit of the whole ordeal. When the culprit forces Labrys to attack everyone, Yukiko takes it upon herself to stop her. Afterwards, the culprit explains what he is truly after and promises to return, disappearing and allowing Labrys to regain consciousness once again. After Labrys leaves Inaba and Yu and the others reform the Investigation Team, Yukiko and Chie both look for accessories to give Labrys when they see her again.
In Yukiko's gag ending, she has Teddie eat her boxed lunch thinking it has healing properties, though in reality it makes him sick. She decides to look for the others, running into Yu in the process. After a short fight in which she wins, she violently force-feeds Yu the same boxed lunch, hoping it would help with healing him. The rest of the Investigation Team runs in, claiming the case is over, and as a celebratory gesture, she attempts to get them to eat her food. It is implied that she succeeded, since everyone ended up getting sick (she thinks it was possibly swine flu) and couldn't see each other for the rest of Golden Week.
Persona 4 Arena Ultimax[]
Only a few days after Yukiko and her friends helped Labrys overcome her Shadow, Inaba becomes enshrouded in a thick red fog. In the P4 episode, Yukiko notices everyone from the inn has vanished. Now all alone, she rushes outside to find her town in a hazy vortex of crimson red madness. While trying to figure out the current situation, she runs into two Kanjis (much to her bewilderment) and cannot tell them apart. Later on Teddie arrives but he cannot seem to decipher the real Kanji himself, much to Yukiko's disappointment.
She comes up with an idea that proves who the real Kanji is, and after expressing disgust, the fake Kanji takes on Shadow Kanji's personality and forces the three to fight him in order to escape. Yukiko is more than ready to take him on, but Kanji feels that it is his responsibility to deal with his inner demon while Teddie shows reluctance to fight, saying it's too late for him "to step into THAT world!" Yukiko, Kanji and Teddie decide who gets to fight him, offering navigation and support as well, and eventually they defeat him with little to no problem. After they notice that the fake Kanji melted and turned into gold dust that scattered in the school's direction, the three leave the area with intentions of going to the school (which has been transformed into a warped, massive tower) in order to find answers.
When the three make it to the school, they are greeted by General Teddie, much to their shock and confusion. Yukiko becomes so angry upon seeing General Teddie on the TV screen that she spitefully smacks Teddie in front of her. The trio make their way into the school's music room where they find Akihiko crucified and unconscious. They also encounter a strange young man in a baseball outfit and confront him. He reveals himself to be another fake and summons a ring to trap the three, forcing them to fight once again.
The real Junpei appears and descends from the ceiling, knocked out clean after hitting the roof of the ring. With Teddie and Kanji, Yukiko manages to defeat the strange baseball-clad enemy and just as before, he melts and scatters. When the ring clears and Junpei falls through, he regains consciousness and introduces himself to them all. Akihiko later wakes up and Yukiko and the others are relieved to see he is okay. Freeing him from the cross, the newly formed quintet resolve to find and rescue the other kidnapped Shadow Operatives.
The group comes to the announcement room and discovers Aigis trapped on a bridge quite familiar to Junpei and Akihiko. Yukiko elects to rush in and rescue her, but Teddie insists that he swoop in and save her. Before they can come to an agreement, a slender young boy appears with a dog. They reveal themselves to be fakes and summon the ring, forcing the five to fight them before they can save Aigis. The two are beaten quite easily, but they are somehow able to fool Yukiko, Kanji and Teddie enough to attempt a surprise attack, which is deflected just in time by the real versions of the fakes they fought.
The real boy introduces himself as Ken Amada and his dog as Koromaru. He scolds the group for letting their guard down, which makes Yukiko and Teddie feel bad while Kanji remarks that he's "brattier than the fake one." Aigis is rescued. Yukiko, Kanji and Teddie express doubt in themselves and their abilities but the Shadow Operatives acknowledge each of their strengths and encourage them to press on. They regain their spirits and join the Shadow Operatives to find Mitsuru. When the story shifts to Narukami reaching the top of the tower and resolving matters, it is implied that Yukiko stayed behind and fought off the encroaching Shadows alongside everyone.
After everything is returned back to normal, Yukiko is once again working away at the inn. She has found a way to keep her composure towards unruly customers and even teases them for her amusement, much to the surprise of Kasai, Yukiko's elder and co-worker. While Yukiko is showing signs of becoming a more distinguished manager of the inn, her cooking skills have seemed to regress, much to her dismay.
In the P3 episode, she is fending off Shadow-type Rise at Junes when Junpei appears. Yukiko is quick to accuse him of being the culprit, but after a fight eventually breaks out between Shadow-type Rise and him, she quickly realizes he isn't and immediately apologizes. Junpei teaches Yukiko a "stranger danger technique" and she practices this, alerting the real Rise to her location and attacking Junpei thanks to the misunderstanding. After Yukiko explains everything to her, Rise herself apologizes to him.
Junpei decides to locate his friends, with Rise and Yukiko choosing to do the same. They locate Naoto and a wounded Kanji through Rise's Persona, Himiko. Before they part ways, Yukiko wishes Junpei luck and tells him to stay safe. Throughout the rest of the story, Yukiko and Rise battle countless Shadows in the town before getting lost in the fog and being unable to locate anyone. Yukiko continues to fend off Shadows while Rise herself desperately attempts to connect with someone, which eventually she does three times—first with Mitsuru, second time with Teddie, then the third time with Mitsuru again. By the third transmission Mitsuru tells them to return to Junes, since Yukiko and Rise discover they are closest to that area. There, Yukiko and Rise fight off the Shadows once more and send Labrys support as she goes on to the tower and deal with the true culprit of the case.
In the true ending, where everyone hangs out at Junes when all is said and done, Yukiko is seen having a good time with old and new friends alike, grooming Koromaru (calling him anything but his actual name), admiring Ken's youthful charm (much to the chagrin of Teddie), and hysterically laughing at Akihiko in Yukari's Feather Pink Argus helmet.
Playstyle[]
Yukiko is a zoning character whose style of gameplay resembles the regular Megami Tensei JRPGs: buffing and using magic while pestering enemies with projectiles. Armed with Fire spells, she is typically played at medium-to-long range, shutting down her opponent's approaches and can attempt to get them off with her Furious Action, Dia, which will heal her, and also act as a kind of less costly burst, throwing the opponent across the screen, as well as healing her. She can also hold down the button(s) she uses for Agi to set up a difficult situation to get out of or fool them into thinking it's safe to traverse.
All the while, Yukiko needs to find opportunities to use Fire Boost/Fire Amp to increase the damage from her Agi spells as well as look for unblockable setups with Fire Break. She is, however, severely limited at short range and heavily dependent on her Persona to maintain her defense and extend her offense. Thus a Persona Break is especially limiting as many of her primary options are lost. She also has poor vitality and though she can heal it, Dia is not reliable as she sits still while using it and, if they read it, can predict when they will use it to punish them. On the other hand, once she reaches Awakening she can be quite a threat thanks to her heightened defense and Maragidyne, and her Instant Kill, In Full Bloom, is known to be one of, if not, the best finishers in the game due to its lack of superflash and ability to punish moves with poor recovery.
Her leitmotif's name is "Princess Amagi-ya." The OST disc has updated instrumentals such as a few more guitar chords.
However, on the arranged soundtrack, the remix, "Princess Amagi-ya -Traditional Taste Mix-", takes in a very slow tempo with more instrumental focus on the piano, flute and other oriental instrumentals.
Move List[]
- Reversal/Furious Action: ディア (Dia): Yukiko's Furious Action. Yukiko summons a shield around her that knocks the opponent back (and deals very little damage). She can use this to avoid projectiles (except Chie's God's Hand) and most Instant Kills. If she is hit, it is considered airborne since she levitates while in Dia so she cannot be thrown while in this state. She can use this for a combined accumulation of 15 seconds; after that, she can still use it, but she will not be able to hold it down to heal herself.
- Skills/Special Attacks
- アギ (Agi): A basic fire spell. Yukiko first summons Konohana-Sakuya for a physical attack, then issues a circular fire explosion that she can detonate at her will. In P4U2, if held down long enough, when released the Agi will release two explosions instead of one.
- マハラギ (Maragi)
- 炎の舞 (Dancing Flames)
- 火炎ブースタ (Fire Boost)
- 火炎ガードキル (Fire Break)
- 朱雀炎渦陣 (Phoenix Flame Swirl)
- SP Skill
- アギダイン (Agidyne)
- Awakened SP Skill
- マハラギダイン (Maragidyne)
- Instant Kill Move
- 乱れ華焔 (In Full Bloom)
Score Attack[]
Yukiko is the third character the player faces in Score Attack. Yukiko begins each match at Level 8 Fire Boost and a Fire Break that will recover almost instantly. In addition, all of her fan moves shoot three fans instead of one.
Persona 4: Dancing All Night[]
"A member of the Investigation Team, and currently a third-year in high school. She is the only child of the Amagi family, the owners of a traditional inn in Inaba, and she is best friends with Chie, one of her classmates."
These events take place six months after the P4 events and a few months after P4AU. Yukiko will enter inside the TV World once again, this time stepping on the dance floor with her friends in order to defeat the lurking Shadows and solve the latest case regarding Rise and her junior cohort Kanami Mashita, as well as Mashita's group, "Kanamin Kitchen." Her dance consists of an upbeat mix of ballet and traditional Japanese dance.
Persona Q: Shadow of the Labyrinth[]
Taking place during the Persona Q timeline, immediately following the Yasogami Beauty Pageant, a mysterious clock tower bell is heard by her and the rest of her team members, prompting Yukiko to tell the others about the "Seven Wonders of Yasogami High," including one of its myths stating that if you hear the bells to the end, you die. After the Investigation Team is transported to an alternate dimension school that bears an extreme resemblance to Yasogami, they encounter two "students" named Zen and Rei and a new group of Persona users called SEES, who all agree to leave this place together, dividing themselves into Team Gekkou and Team Yaso.
During P4 side's story, Yukiko forms a strong, sisterly bond with Rei, when Rei asks if she can call her "Yuki-chan," stating that Yukiko is like a big sister to her, and Yukiko gladly accepts, often acting as moral support for Rei. Yukiko takes great joy in the Evil Spirit Club, finding it hilarious rather than scary like most of the other girls with the exception of Aigis. She also tries to console others during it by telling scary stories while there, scaring them even more, specifically Chie.
She is excited to have made many new friends, including Rei and Zen, and forms a tight bond with Team Gekkou as well as securing an even tighter bond with her best friend Chie throughout these many trials. Towards the end of the game, once Rei regained her memories and she and Zen passed on into the afterlife, she is seen wishing her newfound SEES friends farewell and that "she had fun" before passing through a door that leads to her original timeline. With the memories of the adventure she just finished seemingly wiped away, she is seen helping out Chie and others with their studies that afternoon after having just finished school.
Persona 5[]
Although she does not make an appearance within the game, she and her Amagi Inn are briefly mentioned on the TV station Goro Akechi appeared on, on 12/14. As the host regards the Amagi Inn as a long-standing tradition with delicious food and relaxing hot springs, he describes Yukiko as a "beautiful young proprietress," remarking that it's worth the visit just to see her.
Persona Q2: New Cinema Labyrinth[]
The team is venturing into the TV world when they are suddenly brought to a mysterious place. They encounter the Phantom Thieves of Hearts who explain the situation to them. As they work together to traverse through the movies and defeat the bosses, they encounter members of S.E.E.S, and all groups work together to defeat the enemy and return home.
Yukiko bonds with Yusuke Kitagawa and Haru Okumura while doing Special Screenings that allow them to learn combo attacks.
Stats[]
Persona 4 Golden Skills[]
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Etymology[]
- Yukiko means "snow" (雪) (yuki) and "child" (子) (ko).
- Amagi means "heaven/heavenly, sky, imperial" (天) (ama) and "castle" (城) (ki/gi).
In Other Languages[]
| Language | Title |
|---|---|
 Japanese
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天城 雪子 (Amagi Yukiko) |
 Korean
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아마기 유키코 (Amagi Yukiko) |
  Traditional Chinese
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天城 雪子 (Tiānchéng Xuězi) |
 French
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Yukiko Amagi |
 German
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Yukiko Amagi |
 Spanish
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Yukiko Amagi |
 Portuguese (Brazil)
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Yukiko Amagi |
| Arabic | يوكيكو أماغي |
Trivia[]
- While developing the plot, directors Soejima and Hashino initially considered making Yukiko an additional culprit in between Namatame and Izanami but only as a half-joke based on Japanese detective story tropes, and the idea was never seriously written. Yosuke Hanamura was also considered for this role as a sympathetic villain of sorts but this idea was also scrapped because developers believed that their motives would be too boring. Additionally, they hesitated at having a party member be a culprit.[7]
- On her social network profile in Persona Club P4, Yukiko's favorite things are Japanese food and dogs. She hates dirty talk. Her special skills are kimono dressing and arranging food dishes. She has joined the hobby pages "Japanese clothing lovers," "The Go Home Club," "Let's visit the dam" and "Fans of Showa era music." Her inbox has a message from Yosuke asking her to let him come back and bathe in the hot springs at the Amagi Inn again.[8]
- The developer Q&A about Yukiko in Persona Club P4 reveals some additional background information:[5]
- Yukiko does not like to stand out but wears the color red because Chie told her it looks good on her.
- Yukiko is not allowed to go on errands for the Amagi Inn after bringing back the wrong ingredients for dishes.
- In Yukiko's rank 10 romance route, the original dialogue option for inviting her to sit on the protagonist's futon was toned down after staff found it "too perverted."
- The fried tofu in Yukiko's kitsune udon does not refer to blocks or chunks of fried tofu but rather Abura-age.
- Yukiko's cell phone in Persona 4 The Animation is a red Francfranc N-05B.[9]
- In the events of the Chariot Arcana Social Link, Chie reveals that she first met Yukiko during their childhood. The day that they met, Yukiko ran away from home with a dog. According to Chie, Yukiko was expressionless as a child, and reveals that Yukiko ran away from home because her family did not allow her to take in the stray dog. Feeling sympathetic towards Yukiko, Chie tries to make Yukiko smile, and the two eventually become best friends. Chie later reveals that the dog became her pet, whom she named Muku, though Yukiko believes the dog's name is Chosokabe.
- In Persona 4 Golden, when Yukiko wears a Gekkoukan High School uniform, she will imitate Mitsuru Kirijo's victory pose and say her lines.
- Yukiko is the only character in Persona 4 to have a higher SP than HP when fully healed at max level.
- In Persona Q, when the team performs an All-Out Attack, Yukiko's portrait displayed on-screen beforehand has her face in a rather scowling expression, making her one of the few characters whose portrait slightly alters during an All-Out Attack sequence.
- In the 7th episode of the Persona 4 The Animation English dub, Margaret misnames Yukiko's Arcana, calling her the Empress instead of the Priestess.
- In Persona 4: The Animation, Yukiko is the only member of the Investigation Team who keeps her weapon when summoning her Persona.
Appearances in Other Media[]
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References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Atlus. Enterbrain. Shigenori Soejima. (2008). Chapter 1: Main Characters. Persona 4: Official Design Works (pp. 44). Udon Entertainment. ISBN-13: 978-4757745087.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Atlus. Enterbrain. Shigenori Soejima. (2008). Chapter 1: Main Characters. Persona 4: Official Design Works (pp. 64). Udon Entertainment. ISBN-13: 978-4757745087.
- ↑ Atlus. Enterbrain. Shigenori Soejima. (2008). Chapter Extra: Interview with Shigenori Soejima. Persona 4: Official Design Works (pp. 188). Udon Entertainment. ISBN-13: 978-4757745087.
- ↑ Yosuke: "Yeah, I know there are some rumors about a first-year student here who's a total hellraiser. One of the guys working at Junes said the dude's been a legend ever since middle school. Although... Was he in a biker gang?"
Yukiko: "D-Did you say he was a legend?"
Chie: "Uh, it's not what you think, Yukiko." - ↑ 5.0 5.1 Atlus. (2009). Chapter 1: Yukiko Amagi: Questions We Asked the Developers. Famitsu Editorial Staff. Persona Club P4 (pp. 40). Famitsu. ISBN-13: 475774630X.
- ↑ "Secret Investigation Files," Persona 4 Golden Premium Fan Book. p. 233.
- ↑ Persona 4 – 2008 Developer Interview. Shmuplations. (March 26, 2024)
- ↑ Atlus. (2009). Chapter 1: Characters. Famitsu Editorial Staff. Persona Club P4 (pp. 37). Famitsu. ISBN-13: 475774630X.
- ↑ NEC and Francfranc's 2nd Collab Model, the N-05B. Published 2010. Pho-N Watch. News Article.
| Characters | |
| Playable | Rise Kujikawa - Yu Narukami - Kanami Mashita - Yosuke Hanamura - Chie Satonaka - Kanji Tatsumi - Teddie - Yukiko Amagi - Naoto Shirogane - Nanako Dojima - Margaret - Marie - Tohru Adachi - Hatsune Miku |
| Non-playable | Protagonist - Ryotaro Dojima - Minoru Inoue - Sumomo Ujima - Tomoe Sayama - Tamami Uesugi - Nozomi Nakahara - Kyoka Ochimizu - Dance Instructor - Yuko Osada - Mikuratana-no-Kami - President Tanaka |
| Locations | |
| Other | Velvet Room - Yomotsu Hirasaka - Takura Productions - Inaba - Midnight Channel |
| Midnight Stage | Kujikawa Rise (Stage) - Circus Tent - Sultry Lounge - Doll House - Romantic Castle - Mechanical Castle - Event Space - Mikuratana-no-Kami's Realm |
| Music | |
| Albums | Persona 4: Dancing All Night Original Soundtrack |
| Songs | Dance! - Calystegia |
| Archive | |
| Terminology | Persona - Persona User - Shadow - Kanamin Kitchen - LMB Festival - Shadow Self - Investigation Team - Apathy Syndrome |
| Lists | Trophies |