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 later 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 - A set of 12 knives. They could be wrapped in a wreath of flames, and be called back as long as one is still held by the thrower. They were later enhanced by Hajime for the battle against Ehit. They were increased to a hundred of them and enchanted new abilities, which included emitting electricity using "Lightning Field", emit mana shockwaves, and were even enchanted with several ancient magics. Furthermore, the holsters on Yuka's arms were enchanted with spatial magic, in order to store her extra knives.
 * Treasure Trove - A ring-shaped artifact that has a small 1 centimeter ruby set in its center. The ruby was actually an artificially created dimensional space where things could be stored. It has the size around a house’s storage.

Quotes

 * (To Hajime): "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): "I don’t want to let everything Nagumo’s done for us go to waste."
 * (To Hajime): "You suck, Nagumo!"
 * (To Aiko): "No need to explain. It’s got nothing to do with me, anyway. Besides, I already know that Yue-san’s the one who manages Nagumo’s harem. Anyone she’s okay with gets to join, right? That’s how it is for Tio-san and Kaori, right? Actually, I know she was pushing for Nagumo to start fucking those two. I guess now you’ve been accepted by her too, huh? Congrats."
 * (To Kouki): "I’ve told you this before too. It’s not like I’ve swept everything you’ve done under the rug. I’m still not sure if you’ve really reformed or not either. Everyone else is probably thinking something similar."
 * (To Kouki): "But at the same time, I’m genuinely glad you came back to us alive."

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 .
 * Yuka is a D cup.
 * According to Princess Liliana, Yuka was popular among the knights and people in the Heiligh Kingdom.
 * Yuka's career goal is be a chef.