Aine Yūki

Aine Yūki (あいね Yūki Aine) is, alongside Mio Minato, the deuteragonist of Aikatsu Friends! who is a second year student of Star Harmony Academy's normal division. She's a cute-type idol whose preferred brand is currently undisclosed.

Appearance
Aine has light pink hair with peach orange gradient applied to its ends; her bangs are cut straight and are worn using a headband with a pink bow on it. Her eyes are a gradient of red and orange color with yellow flecks.

Personality
Aine has an innate talent to making friends. It's reflected in her catchphrase: 'I'll make a million friends!'

Relationships
TBA
 * Mio Minato

Etymology

 * Yūki (友希)
 * While Yū (友) is the kanji for 'friend' and ki (希) is the kanji for 'courage', the surname is also a pun on the word 'courage' (勇気), also pronounced yūki. It's a pun on an actual Japanese surname, written using kanji 結城, as well.
 * Aine (あいね)
 * Due to the name being written in hiragana, it has no one specific meaning. The most common rendition of this name is written using the kanji 愛音, meaning 'love' and 'sound' respectively.

Quotes
TBA

Trivia

 * Aine is the tenth character in the entire franchise to have dual-colored hair, following Sora Kazesawa, Mikuru Natsuki, Rin Kurosawa and Nina Dōjima from the original Aikatsu! series, as well Tsubasa Kisaragi, Yozora Kasumi, Lily Shirogane, Elza Forte,Yume Nijino and Kirara Hanazono from Aikatsu Stars!, followed by Mio Minato.
 * Following Sora, Nina, Yume, Yozora, and Lily, she's the sixth character in the franchise with gradient hair.
 * Aine has the similar eye color to Elza Forte from Aikatsu Stars.
 * Both characters also have pink hair, although Aine's is lighter in color, shorter, and has a gradient.
 * Aine's appearance resembles Orine Aida from AKB0048.
 * Their names both end with the syllable ne as well.
 * Both Aine and Mio's name can be alternately written using kanji 愛音.
 * She shares her surname with Aikatsu Stars!' Subaru, however with different kanji.
 * Following Mikuru, Yozora, Asahi, Mahiru and Aria, she's the sixth character in the franchise whose surname can also be used as a first name, followed by Mio, Maika, Ema and Mirai.