| ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| [Source] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Yukari "Caroline" Hayasaka (早坂紫 Hayasaka Yukari) is the main protagonist of the Paradise Kiss anime and manga series.
At the start of the series, Yukari is introduced as a snobbish and straight-laced "good girl" with the goal of acceptance at a top university. She feels she hasn't truly lived at all, knowing only a lifestyle of endless studying. However, when Yukari is scouted by Arashi and meets Jōji Koizumi, she begins to see life differently.
Later on in the story, Yukari becomes an official model for the Treetop agency.
Physical appearance[]
Yukari is a beautiful young woman with a slender frame and an arrogant expression. She has long black hair with messy bangs that originally hung just above her eyebrows before they were cut into a blunt cut by Seiji Kisaragi at George's request. Some of her classmates make fun of her too-short bangs.
Yukari wears the school uniform of the elite Seiei Academy. She wears increasingly more fashionable clothes as she spends more time in the fashion industry, usually wearing something designed by George Koizumi. George often styles her hair and makeup himself, affirming her place as his frustrating muse.
Personality and traits[]
Yukari is an attractive young woman that focuses intensely on her studies, especially as she approaches her university entrance exams. Despite her natural stubbornness, she is unsure of herself and her goals, having only found self-worth in her academic performance. Her mother's persistence to do her best rubbed off on her as she tries to go well beyond her limits. She still manages to disappoint Yasuko Hayasaka. She feels that she has never truly lived and is not sure of what she actually wants out of life. George is the first one to tell her that he wants to hear what drives her.
Yukari's intense relationship with George pushes her to grab hold of her identity, despite the fact that she feels he is a cold and manipulative man. She tries to become the kind of woman George wants.
Biography[]
Yukari has spent her life searching for meaning. She finds it in her academic performance. believing that it makes her mother happy. She is a diligent person that compensates for her lack of ability by simply working harder at it.
When Arashi spots her in a crowd, he identifies her snooty expression and beauty as being perfect for ParaKiss's Grand Prix model. He calls out for her to stop, she calls him a pervert before fleeing and screaming to get away from her. She trips into Isabella's arms and faints. Yukari awakens in the "atelier", an elegant basement-level bar that Paradise Kiss uses as an design studio. After telling them off for being art students that can't understand her academic world, she accidentally leaves her wallet behind. George arrives later, grabs her student ID photo, and agrees that she is perfect for their model. He waits outside her school to return her wallet, presenting her with a rose that she crushes in her hand. Yukari initially refuses his advances, only accepting them after she sees how hard the group works on their craft and being charmed by George's strong sense of individuality.
The ParaKiss crew show her a different way of living through their fashion design and bold choices in lifestyles, particularly with George pushing her to assert her identity at every opportunity. They fight frequently as George tells her to take more responsibility for her own life, and Yukari tells him to stop being so hot-and-cold to her. Their relationship is passionate and intense, with Yukari and George constantly pushing each other to extremes. Yukari almost drops out of school to become a fashion model. She does finish high school and goes on to have a highly successful modelling career.
Yukari becomes enamoured with George's enigmatic nature and often scandalous ways of living. George is equal parts fascinated and frustrated by how straight-laced she is, he wants to see her establish her own goals independent of him or anyone else. The dynamic between the two is volatile and, at times, unhealthy.
After George leaves for design school in Paris, Yukari receives a box adorned with a butterfly. It contains a key for the storage where George left every dress he made up to that point--not a single Paradise Kiss dress ever sold on consignment--for Yukari to keep.
In the manga and anime, Yukari marries Tokumori, who has become a doctor. They are going to New York on an invitation from George, who has become a successful costume designer for Broadway productions.
In the movie, Yukari travels to New York alone, and wanders into George's atelier. He embraces her, and they kiss.
Yukari is sometimes called "Cinderella" by George and "Caroline" by Miwako and Isabella.
Anime portrayal[]
Yukari Hayasaka is voiced by Yu Yamada in the anime series.
Behind the scenes[]
- Yukari is the heroine of Paradise Kiss and debuts in the first chapter. Yukari is the only character in Paradise Kiss to appear in all forty-eight chapters.
- In the manga and the anime, Yukari breaks up with Jōji Koizumi.
- In the last chapter, Yukari is engaged to Hiroyuki Tokumori and they are planning on going to U.S for their honeymoon after the wedding, accepting an invitation from George to see his broadway costumes (which would make her Yukari Tokumori).
Appearances[]
- Anime
Etymology[]
- The name Yukari means "purple, violet" (紫).
- Yukari's surname Hayasaka means "already, now, fast, early" (早) (haya) and "slope, hill" (坂) (saka).
Trivia[]
- Yukari is 5'7" (she tells Kozue Shimamoto that she is 170cm).
- Yukari's birthday is June 27th.
Gallery[]
Anime[]
Manga[]
Live Action[]
