Yuzuriha

ユズリハ Yuzuriha
UNI2 UNI BBTAG
Profile
Name:	Yuzuriha (ユズリハ)
Gender:	Female
Birthday:	July 20th
Height:	169 cm (5'6½")
Weight:	53 kg (116 lbs)
Sizes:	Bust: 88cm Waist: 57cm Hip: 84cm
Bloodtype:	B
Affiliations
Alias:	Blade of The Godspeed (神速の斬撃)
Battle Style
Ability:	The EXS of Falling Flowers: Ainsel Lost
Weapon:	Iris Blade: Kamiji-no-Homare
Voice Acting
Japanese Voice:	Ayumi Fujimura (UNI(EL[ST/CLR]) Hitomi Nabatame (since UNI2)
English Voice:	Erica Lindbeck

"I don't care what happened in the past...
I'm me, and you're you. Isn't that enough?"

Yuzuriha (ユズリハ) is a cheerful young woman whose family is connected to the Night Blade. She roams Kanzakai during the Hollow Night, keeping the peace with her heirloom blade.

She is one of the twelve characters introduced in the original version of UNDER NIGHT IN-BIRTH.

Background

Blade of the Godspeed

UNDER NIGHT IN-BIRTH

A rather dangerous looking girl who wields a blade as tall as herself. She is a descendant of the protectors of this domain, but her family has abandoned that task, with the exception of the single blade she wields. Yuzuriha herself has heard of Voids and the Night Blade, but finds the entire concept ridiculous -- her parents failed to pass on the tradition. One night, she takes the heirloom sword, and heads into the Hollow Night, where all the In-Births are said to gather. Why must she go out tonight, you ask? Well, because it seems like fun, of course!

UNDER NIGHT IN-BIRTH II [Sys:Celes]

Yuzuriha is a member of the Dual Moon clan--a group of warriors that split off from the Night Blade long ago.

She currently serves as the guardian of the shrine meant to protect her town from the forces of the Night. Yuzuriha fought many battles during Amnesia's reign of terror, eventually succeeding in suppressing them. One day, however, Kuon the Aeon--the former leader of the Night Blade--appeared before her. His presence reminded her of a great incident in the distant past that forced the schism between the Night Blade and the Dual Moon clan. Though Yuzuriha herself has no direct connection to this ancient scandal, she decides to confront Kuon to get payback for her clan and to clear all doubt within herself.

"Somethin' just don't sit right with me..."

Information

Yuzuriha is a woman who hates trouble and likes to laze around. She is the most recent Protector of the Shrine after her sister, Hiroha, lost her powers.

Appearance

Yuzuriha is a young woman with long, reddish-pink hair in a ponytail, red eyes and a slightly above-average bust. She wears a fuchsia camisole that leaves her belly button and stomach visible, a light pink jacket with fuchsia flowers at the end and on the ends of the sleeves that hang on her shoulders, white-bright blue skinny jeans that are unzipped and unbuttoned with a unbuckled belt and Black High Heeled Sandals.

The haori that Yuzuriha wears is made from a traditional cloth passed down her family's lineage, and is traditionally worn when heading out in to the Night. It's used as a good-luck charm when going out to hunt Voids.

Personality

Yuzuriha is a very cheerful and carefree, acting like anything that goes on around her doesn't seem to bother her. She affectionately refers to her sword as "Ayame" and her smartphone as "Felia" (both with the "chan" honorific). She is also someone who doesn't hold very serious grudges, having already forgiven Hyde for his actions in the past, as well as telling Hilda to rethink her decision on becoming a Re-Birth in a manner akin to a mother scolding her child.

Despite her seemingly happy-go-lucky attitude, Yuzuriha possesses a serious and realistic side to her. Since obtaining her sword, she has taken it upon herself to be the guardian of the city and killing any Void she encounters and admits that her abilities are far from being perfected. When encountering Hilda, she states that carrying an unconscious Hyde and Linne would be more troublesome than fighting Hilda herself, showing a bold and cocky side to her personality as well.

Story

Years ago Yuzuriha's ancestors worked for the Night Blade. After the Licht Kreis first appeared and started to fight against the Night Blade for the control of the Hollow Night, Yuzuriha's ancestors were fed up with the fighting and decided to betray the Night Blade and start their lives anew. The only thing they had kept from the Night Blade is the Iris Sword passed down on their lineage.

Yuzuriha's family then started to hold a sword-fighting dojo, from where she was taught her family's sword-style. Around the time, when Hyde went to elementary school, he met Yuzuriha at the dojo. The two have been friends since that point, but their relationship has gotten awkward after a "certain incident", which has left Hyde guilt-ridden ever since.

Abilities

Yuzuriha's ability is the EXS of Falling Flowers: Ainsel Lost (散華のEXS 「無明長夜」(「エインセルロスト」)), which allows her to enter a state of awareness that enhances her senses to several times sharper than that of a normal person. This increases the accuracy and sharpness of Yuzuriha's swift sword slashes. With her sharpened senses, Yuzuriha can read the opponent's flow of EXS and anticipate their moves.

The sword she uses is the Iris Blade: Kamiji-no-Homare (菖蒲刀・神路誉(あやめがたな:かみじのほまれ)) of whom she affectionately calls "Ayame-chan", despite her dislike of having to carry it with her all the time due to its size being that of a narrow tachi. It is an heirloom sword passed down Yuzuriha's family. It was passed on to the Protector of the Shrine as a talisman to help them cleanse "evil spirits". According to Yuzuriha's sister Hiroha, the blade had been broken at one point in the past, which required Hiroha to give up her vessel and EXS in order to reforge the blade.

Yuzuriha wields her family's traditional sword-drawing moves in battle. Their fighting style is called Dual Moon's One Blade Drawing Style (双月一刀流抜刀術). Yuzuriha is the last practitioner of these sword-drawing arts.

Musical Theme

Title	Romaji	Translation	Description
歩く姿は百合の花♪	Aruku Sugata wa Yuri no Hana♪	Walking Lily Flower♪	Yuzuriha's theme

Composer Commentary

• ENG
• JPN

Walking Lily Flower♪
This is the final BGM made for the original cast of first UNI.

After overcoming the difficult creation of Hyde's BGM, it was smooth sailing. I kept postponing Yuzuriha's theme and she ended up being as challenging as Hyde. I had a vague idea of applying Japanese image, but it took quite a long time to apply it to the notes and I went through multiple retakes. I barely ended up with the current song just before the final deadline.

Connecting the intro to the refrain riffs, while expressing matureness in the first verse and liveliness in the second verse. And in the refrain a slight hint of prettiness. That about sums up this song.

歩く姿は百合の花♪
初代UNIのキャラクターBGMので、最後に作った曲です。

難産だったハイドBGMを乗り越え、その後は順調だったのですが後回しにしていたユズリハはハイドと同じぐらい難航しました。和風なイメージを入れたいとふんわり考えつつも、それを音に落とし込むのにかなり時間がかかり、結構リテイクを繰り返しました。締め切りギリギリでなんとか今の曲に落ち着きました。

イントロからサビメロのリフにつなぎ、Aメロでは少しの大人っぽさを、Bメロでは躍動感を、そしてサビ躍動感と一匙の可憐さを。そんな感じの曲です。

Introduction Text

• Exe:Late[cl-r] (Artbook)
• Exe:Late (EN)
• Exe:Late (JP)
• Original

She reacts. She runs away from her laws and chooses to be alone, living life as she
pleases, bound to no one. Tonight, too, is nothing more for her than a whimsical stroll.
The naked sword is seldom drawn, but when it is, the blade never lies. Everything is
reflected in its clear glimmer... And her true self lies beyond the freedom she attained.
The self she has lost.

She doesn't think. She runs away from her laws, and chooses to be alone, living life as she
pleases, not bound to anyone. Tonight, too, is nothing more than a whimsical stroll.
The naked sword is seldom drawn, but when it is, the blade never lies. Everything is
reflected in its clear glimmer... And her true self lies beyond the freedom she attained.
The self she has lost.

She considers nothing. A rule is escaped and it chooses to be by itself.
Also regardless of whom, it lives as mind is suitable. Tonight is not capricious.
A white edge gazes at a moment. Truth winks. Everything changes for every instant.
Waiting at the point of freedom is real her. Oneself who was lost.

She is thoughtless. She chooses to be herself evading from the statute.
Letting nobody capture her, she lives as the fancy takes her. Only her capriciousness brought her out tonight.
The cold steel gazes at the moment. The principle is a blink. Everything returns to every moment.
The true self awaits her beyond the freedom. The lost self.

Movelists

UNDER NIGHT IN-BIRTH

Name	Command
Unique Attacks
Dual Moon's One Blade Drawing Style First Form: Paulownia 双月一刀流抜刀術壱之型：桐	→ + A or B or C ★ *Air OK
Unique Attack 特殊技	← + B (*Can parry)
Unique Attack 特殊技	← + C
Unique Attack 特殊技	Midair ↓ + C
Force Function
Dual Moon's One Blade Drawing Style Third Form: Sever 双月一刀流抜刀術参之型：截	Simultaneously B + C ★ *Air OK
Special Attacks
Dual Moon's One Blade Drawing Style Second Form: Bloom 双月一刀流抜刀術弐之型：咲	↓↘→ + A or B or C ★ *Air OK *EX Able
Dual Moon's Et Cetera! Eight-fold Ring 双月一刀流以下略！八重一輪	↓↙← + A or B or C ★ *Air OK *EX Able
Over Here! こっちだよー！	←↓↙ + A or B or C ★ *Air OK
Stance of Mighty Will and Calm Mind 威気静心之構	Hold down the button after using a move marked with ★
Pause 跡切	Release the button or press D during the Stance *Air OK
Stagnant Walk 瀞歩	← or → during the Stance
Swift Move 移徙	←← or →→ during the Stance *Air OK
Wind Exceed 風越	↖ or ↑ or ↗ during the Stance *Air OK
Flowing Ripple 流漣	↓↓ during the Stance *Air OK
Infinite Worth (Consumes 200% EXS)
Dual Moon's One Blade Style Secret Art: Luster Birth 双月一刀流奥義： 華生	←↙↓↘→ + D
Infinite Worth EXS (Consumes 200% EXS)
Dual Moon's One Blade Drawing Style Form Zero Ultimate Art: Bloody Fate 双月一刀流抜刀術零之型秘奥義： 命紅	A · B · C · D simultaneously Usable when below 30% health

Check the details about Yuzuriha's gameplay from here!

BlazBlue: Cross Tag Battle

Name	Command
Smart Combos
Smart Combo 1 スマートコンボ1	A · A · A · A
Smart Combo 2 スマートコンボ2	B · B · B
Smart Combo 3 スマートコンボ3	↓+B · ↓+B · ↓+B
Smart Combo 4 スマートコンボ4	Midair A · A
Smart Combo 5 スマートコンボ5	Midair B · B · B
Special Attacks
Dual Moon's One Blade Drawing Style Third Form: Sever 双月一刀流抜刀術参之型：截	B after using B attack 3 times *Air OK
Stance of Mighty Qi and Quiet Heart 威気静心之構	A or B or C (Hold) during ★ moves
Shift Move 移徙	→→ or ←← during Stance of Mighty Qi and Quiet Heart *Air OK
Reversal Action
Dual Moon's Et Cetera! Eight-fold Ring 双月一刀流以下略！八重一輪	A · D simultaneously *Air OK
Skills
Dual Moon's One Blade Drawing Style Second Form: Bloom★ 双月一刀流抜刀術弐之型：咲★	↓↘→ + A or B*Air OK
→ ★Second Form Successive Type: Successive Bloom →★弐之型連式：連ね咲	During ★, Press A or B
→ ★Second Form Flowing Type: Flowing Bloom →★弐之型流式：流れ咲	During ★, Press ← + A or B
Over Here! こっちだよー！	↓↙← + A or B or C *Air OK
Extra Skills
EX Dual Moon's One Blade Drawing Style Second Form: Bloom ★ EX 双月一刀流抜刀術弐之型：咲	↓↘→ + C *Consumes Skill Gauge by 1
→ ★EX Second Form Successive Type: Successive Bloom → ★EX 弐之型連式：連ね咲	Press C during ★ *Air OK *Consumes Skill Gauge by 1
Distortion Skill
Second Form: Raging Bloom 弐之型乱式：閃華乱れ咲	↓↘→ + B · C simultaneously *Air OK *Consumes Skill Gauge by 2
Dual Moon's One Blade Style Secret Art: Luster Birth 双月一刀流奥義：華生	↓↙← + B · C simultaneously *Consumes Skill Gauge by 2
Distortion Skill Duo
Dual Moon's One Blade Style Secret Art: Luster Birth 双月一刀流奥義：華生	P during the main character's Distortion Skill *Consumes Skill Gauge by 2
Astral Heat (Consumes Skill Gauge by 9 via Level 4 Resonance Blaze)
Dual Moon's One Blade Drawing Style Form Zero Ultimate Art: Bloody Fate 双月一刀流抜刀術零之型秘奥義：命紅	↓↓↓ + B · C simultaneously Usable with only one partner remaining on both sides

Gallery

Official Art
Character Select (UNI) Victory Portrait (UNI) Character Select (UNI2) SD Character Character Select (Cross Tag Battle) Arcade Mode Ending (UNI) Arcade Mode Ending (UNI2) Normal (通常) Happy (喜) Angry (怒) Sad (哀) Serious 1 (真面目1) Serious 2 (真面目2)

Official Illustrations

Happy Valentine's Day by Seiichi Yoshihara (2012) Happy Birthday by Seiichi Yoshihara (2012) Happy Birthday by Yuusuke Nakahara (2013) Happy Birthday by 6sec (2014) Happy Birthday by Makoto Satou (2015) Happy Valentine's Day by Seiichi Yoshihara (2015) Happy Birthday by Kara Osawa (2016) Happy Birthday by Koutarou Shiratori (2017) Happy Birthday by Takehiko Wagatsuma (2018) Happy Birthday by Seiichi Yoshihara (2019) Happy Birthday by Seiichi Yoshihara (2020) Happy Birthday by Seiichi Yoshihara (2021) Happy Birthday by Seiichi Yoshihara (2022)

Guest Illustrations
By Nan Yaegashi By Skullgirls Art Team

Concept Art
Design Sheets from Mook Design Sheets from Mook Concept art from Exe:Late[cl-r] gallery Concept art from Exe:Late[cl-r] gallery

Store Icons
Additional colors (Playstation Store) Additional colors 2 (Playstation Store) System Voice (Playstation Store) System Voice all-in-one (Playstation Store)

Videos
Gameplay from 1.00 Build Gameplay Tutorial for Exe:Late

Creation & Development

Yuzuriha wasn't originally planned as a playable character for the initial roster. When the producer went through the list of planned characters, he noticed that wasn't any character with revealing clothes or any character with truly cheerful personality.

In order to fill this lack of character traits, Yoshihara collected various ideas from the development team. That's where he got the idea for a character who used to belong to the Night Blade. Idea behind the character's design was to mix both the past and present. Yoshihara used a combination of jeans and kimono to accomplish..

At some point of development, Yuzuriha was meant to be given a projectile attack which was ultimately scrapped. See more details in Datamine.

Trivia

• The name "Iris Blade" refers to the shape of blade's tip that resembles Japanese iris flower's leaves.
• The term "Sange" (lit. scattering luster) in the name of her EXS ability is also a term for "dying a glorious death", akin to "falling as flowers do".
• During her walking animation, she hums out musical notes via cosmetic effect.
• Yuzuriha makes a cameo appearance as a background character in Skullgirls. She appears in a stage called "River King Casino".
• During her Infinite Worth, Yuzuriha shouts out "aku, soku, zan!" ("evil, swiftly, slain!") A reference to the Rurouni Kenshin portrayal of the famous historical Shinsengumi figure, Hajime Saitou.
• Excluding Vatista, Yuzuriha is the only Night Blade-related character to use hover-based dash animation instead of the usual run, akin to the playable Amnesia members.