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|kana       = {{Ruby-ja|園|その}}{{Ruby-ja|部|べ}}{{Ruby-ja|優|ゆう}}{{Ruby-ja|花|か}}
|romaji     = Sonobe Yūka
|trans_name = 
|real name  = 
|aliases    = * God's Apostle
* Yukacchi ([[Nana Miyazaki]]) 
* Sononobe ([[Suzu Taniguchi]]) 
* Sonosono (Suzu Taniguchi) 
* Ka-chan ([[Hearst]])
* Demon Lord's Mistress
* Magical Girl
|world      = [[Earth]] (''Japan'')
|status     = Alive
|race       = [[Human]]
|gender     = Female
|age        = 17 (''debut'')
|height     = 
|weight     = 
|haircolor  = Chestnut
|eyecolor   = Brown (''Manga'')<br>Green (''Anime'')
|manacolor  = 
|occp       = * Student (''Japan'')
* Waitress
|job        = Acrobat
|rank       = 
|affli      = * [[Hero Party]]
* [[Heiligh Kingdom]]
* [[Returnees]]
|relatives  = * [[List of Minor Characters#Japan|Yuri Sonobe]] (Mother)
* [[List of Minor Characters#Japan|Hiroyuki Sonobe]] (Father)
|relatives1 =
|wn         = Chapter 7
|ln         = [[Arifureta (Main Series)/Light Novel/Volume 1|Volume 1]]
|manga      = [[Arifureta - Chapter 29|Chapter 29]]
|anime      = [[Arifureta - Episode 01|Episode 1]] (''flashback'')
|jp voice   = {{W|Miyu Tomita}}
|en voice   = Mallorie Rodak
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{{Nihongo|Yuka Sonobe|{{Ruby-ja|園|その}}{{Ruby-ja|部|べ}}{{Ruby-ja|優|ゆう}}{{Ruby-ja|花|か}}|Sonobe Yūka}} 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]] and [[Nana Miyazaki]], and was a part of [[Aiko Hatayama|Aiko]]'s bodyguards protecting her from danger of any kind (including the templar knight escorts from the Kingdom).

After the [[demon]]s invaded the [[Heiligh Kingdom]], Yuka became the unofficial leader of the students that stayed behind while [[Hajime Nagumo|Hajime]] and his companions traveled with the [[Hero]] [[Kouki Amanogawa]] and his friends.

== 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 Nagumo|Hajime]], even through she was still traumatized by what happened at the Great Orcus Labyrinth. She later takes on a leadership role after [[Kouki Amanogawa|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.
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== Powers & Abilities ==
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|-|Physical Abilities =

* '''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.
* '''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.
* '''Expert Swordswoman''' - Yuka is extremely skilled with daggers.
* '''Master Marksmanship''' - Due to her job as an Acrobat, Yuka become 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.
* '''Master Acrobat''' - Thanks to her superhuman strength and speed, Yuka excels at gymnastic and can easily perform almost any form of acrobatic stunt humanly possible.

|-|Magical Abilities =

* '''Immense Mana''' - Being one of the summoned heroes, Yuka has a larger mana pool than most people of Tortus.

|-|Skills =

* {{Nihongo|Dagger Art|短剣術|Tanken-jutsu}} - A skill that increases efficiency in using a dagger and other knife weapons.
* {{Nihongo|Throwing Art|投擲術| Tōtekijutsu}} - A skill that increases the throwing ability of the user.
* {{Nihongo|Language Comprehension|言語理解|Gengo Rikai}} - 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 =

[[File:Throwing Knives (Anime).png|thumb|'''Throwing Knives''']]
* '''Throwing Knives''' - A set of 12 knives that could be wrapped in a wreath of flames, and be called back after being thrown, as long as one is still held by the owner. During Ragnarok, Hajime made more knives for Yuka, until she had a hundred of them, as well as enchant them with new abilities.  These included emitting electricity using "''Lightning Field''," emitting mana shockwaves, and even enchant them with several ancient magics. Furthermore, the holsters on Yuka's arms were enchanted with spatial magic, in order to store her extra knives.
* {{Nihongo|CheatMate|チートメイト|Chītomeito}} - A food-type artifact comprised of nutritional minerals, such as calcium and iron, that are enchanted with metamorphosis and evolution magic. They are then turned into powder and transmuted to became a solid food block. Once consumed, it raises a person's base stats and increases their body's sturdiness.
* {{Nihongo|Last Seele|ラスト・ゼーレ|Rasuto Zēre}} - A necklace artifact with a small crimson red gem orb that Hajime made for everyone who participated in Ragnarok. It bestows its wearer the skill "''Limit Break''," as well as its derivative skill "''Overload''."
* {{Nihongo|Treasure Trove|{{Ruby-ja|宝|ほう}}{{Ruby-ja|物|もつ}}{{Ruby-ja|庫|こ}}|Hōmotsuko}} - A ring-shaped artifact that had small one centimeter ruby set in its center. The ruby was actually an artificially created dimensional space where things could be stored.
* {{Nihongo|Skyboard|スカイボード|Sukaibōdo}} - A surfboard that lets the user surf through the sky. It wrapped the user in a spatial magic barrier to cut down air resistance and used gravity magic to emulate flight. Its average cruising speed was around 200km/h, though those with larger mana pools could accelerate them to 300km/h. However, it took a lot of mana to operate.
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== Quotes ==
* (To [[Hajime Nagumo|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!''"<ref name=Vol3>[[Arifureta (Main Series)/Light Novel/Volume 3|Light Novel Volume 03]]</ref>
* (To [[Kousuke Endou|Kousuke]]): "''I don’t want to let everything Nagumo’s done for us go to waste.''"<ref name=Vol11>[[Arifureta (Main Series)/Light Novel/Volume 11|Light Novel Volume 11]]</ref>
* (To Hajime): "''You suck, Nagumo!''"<ref name=Vol11/>
* (To [[Aiko Hatayama|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.''"<ref name=Vol13>[[Arifureta (Main Series)/Light Novel/Volume 13|Light Novel Volume 13]]</ref>
* (To [[Kouki Amanogawa|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.''"<ref name=Vol13/>
* (To Kouki): "''But at the same time, I’m genuinely glad you came back to us alive.''"<ref name=Vol13/>

== Etymology ==
* The name "'''[https://www.behindthename.com/name/yu23ka Yuka]'''" means {{Nihongo|"excellence, superiority, gentleness"|優|yu}} and {{Nihongo|"flower, blossom"|花|ka}}.
* Yuka's surname "'''Sonobe'''" means {{Nihongo|"garden, park, plantation"|園|sono}} and {{Nihongo|"part, department, category"|部|be}}. 

== Trivia ==
* Ryo Shirakome based Yuka off of [[w:c:k-on:Himeko Tachibana|Himeko Tachibana]] from ''{{W|K-On!}}''.<ref name=Vol3/>
* In the Manga, the second syllable in Yuka's name is spelled using the kanji "香" (''ka''), meaning "'''fragrance, fragrant'''."<ref>[[Arifureta - Chapter 29|Manga - Chapter 29]]</ref> However, it is later reverted back to its previous kanji "花."<ref>[[Arifureta - Chapter 66|Manga - Chapter 66]]</ref>
* Yuka is a D cup.<ref>[[Arifureta Official Design Works]]</ref>
* According to Princess [[Liliana S. B. Heiligh|Liliana]], Yuka was popular among the knights and people in the [[Heiligh Kingdom]].<ref name=WN347>Web Novel - Chapter 347</ref>
* Yuka's career goal is be a chef.<ref name=WN347/>

== References ==
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