Yuka Sonobe

Yuka Sonobe is one of the students from Japan who got involved in the summoning Incident, and ended up in Tortus along with her other classmates. She is friends with Taeko Sugawara & Nana Miyazaki, and was a part of Aiko's bodyguards protecting her from danger of any kind including the honey-traps of the kingdom.

After the demon races' invasion in the Heiligh Kingdom, Yuka became the unofficial leader of the students that stayed behind.

Appearance
Yuka is a beautiful young woman with shoulder-length wavy chestnut-colored hair.

Personality
Yuka is cheerful, yet can come off as rude at times, but she is very kind and serious. She has a strong will and is eager to make the most of her life after she was saved by Hajime, even through she was still traumatized by what happened at the Great Orcus Labyrinth. She also takes on a leadership role after Kouki's group travels with Hajime, and has prover herself to be a skilled leader.

Although Yuka is not afraid to speak up when needed, she has trouble expressing her real thoughts on occasion (particularly with regards to her feeling towards Hajime). Despite this, her real intentions are easily noticeable through her actions and facial expressions.

Physical Abilities

 * Enhanced Physical Abilities - Being one of the summoned heroes, Yuka was granted with superhuman physical abilities. She was especially blessed with great strength and speed, allowing her to throw small objects and weapons over a fairly good distance. She is also blessed with superhuman dexterity due to her Job as an Acrobat, allowing her to juggle a hundred knives at the same time.
 * Keen Intellect - Yuka has shown to be very perceptive and insightful as she was the only one to notice an ominous danger taking place in the palace after the sudden disappearance of Aiko.
 * Master Marksmanship - Due to her job as an Acrobat, Yuka becomes extremely skilled with throwing weapons. She can throw multiple objects at multiple targets with superior dexterity and precision. In her hands, anything can be turned into a weapon, such as playing cards to vegetables sticks. She can even achieve a boomerang-like return effect with playing cards.

Skills

 * Dagger Art - A skill that increases efficiency in using a dagger and other knife weapons.
 * Throwing Art - A skill that increases the user's throwing ability.
 * Language Comprehension - A base skill granted to all those who got summoned. It gives the user the ability to understand any language and be proficient in it.

Weapons & Equipment

 * Throwing Knives - Twelve knives which can be called back as long as one is still held by the thrower. They can also be wrapped in a wreath of flames.

Quotes

 * (To Hajime Nagumo): "I won’t waste this life you saved! Maybe you don’t really think anything of it, Nagumo, but I’ll still treasure this life you gave me!"
 * (To Kousuke Endou): "I don’t want to let everything Nagumo’s done for us go to waste."
 * (To Hajime Nagumo): "You suck, Nagumo!"

Etymology

 * The name "Yuka" means "excellence, superiority, gentleness" (優), and "flower, blossom" (花).
 * The kanji that is used for her name in the manga (香, ka) means "fragrance, fragrant".
 * Yuka's surname "Sonobe" means "garden, park, plantation" (園) and "part, department, category" (部).

Trivia

 * Ryo Shirakome based Yuka off of Himeko Tachibana from .
 * According to Princess Liliana, Yuka was popular among the knights and people in the Heiligh Kingdom.
 * Yuka aspires to be a chef one day.