You Watanabe
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| Watanabe You | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Kanji | 渡辺曜 |
| Romaji | Watanabe You |
| Statistics | |
| Birthday | April 17th |
| Year | Third Year (Movie) Second Year (Season 1-Movie) |
| Height | 157cm |
| Blood Type | AB |
| Three Sizes | B 82, W 57, H 81 |
| Other | |
| Zodiac Sign | Aries |
| Favorite Food | Salisbury Steak |
| Disliked Food | Sashimi |
| Charm Point | Her energetic personality |
| Debut | |
| Japanese Voice Actress/Actor | |
| Seiyuu Kanji | 斉藤朱夏 |
| Seiyuu Romaji | Saitou Shuka |
| Other Language Voice Actor/Actress | |
| English | Apphia Yu |
| Signature | [] |
You Watanabe is a main character in Love Live! Sunshine!!. She is a third-year student at Numazu High School. She is a member of CYaRon! and YYY, two sub-units under Aqours. Her image color is light blue.
She was a second-year student at both Uranohoshi Girls' High School prior to its closure and Seishin High School (albeit temporarily) before fully integrated into Numazu High.
Background
She is a second year and a classmate of Chika Takami, who is her childhood friend along with Kanan Matsuura. Her father captains a ferry and she would like to have his job someday. Her catchphrase is "Yousoro!" (ヨーソロー！ lit. Aye Aye!), on which she salutes like a sailor. This is often accompanied by the phrase "Zensoku zenshin!" (全速前進！ Full speed ahead!). She also has a cousin named Tsuki Watanabe, who lived in Italy.
In the first episode, on a trip to Tokyo with Chika, the two learned about school idols and the Love Live! tournament after seeing a screen with school idols at the Akiba Dome, including µ's. After Chika becomes fascinated with the idea of school idols, You follows her into opening a school idol club of their own at their high school.
Personality
You is an energetic, tomboyish and positive girl with an outlook of focusing on her goals, which can sometimes cause her to take action without thinking things over first. Her positive attitude also makes her one of the more charismatic members of the group. Since she would like to have her father's job as the captain of a ferry, she tends to salute when she says her catchphrase "Yousoro!", often in the place of "hello" and "good-bye".
You loves the friendship she has forged with Chika over the years, so she slowly grew jealous of Riko Sakurauchi's friendship with Chika when she invites her to join Aqours. This is hinted in Season 1 Episode 10, and is expanded upon in Season 1 Episode 11 when the members of Aqours find out the group originally consisted of her and Chika, rather than Chika and Riko. After Mari Ohara confronts her on it, You expresses her feelings to her best friend, and stops being jealous of Riko.
Clubs and Hobbies
Due to her upbringing, her daily routine includes weight training and running. You is shown to have many talents: one of them is high diving, and she is good enough at it to qualify for the national team. She can also intuitively forecast the weather. She is also a very good chef, able to cook and turn Yoshiko Tsushima's and Mari's prepared dishes into curry as seen in Season 1 Episode 10. She loves the uniforms of uniformed occupations, which is why she acts as Aqours' wardrobe supervisor alongside Ruby Kurosawa, able to illustrate concept art of idol costumes and make them with no prior experience
Appearance
You has a slim figure and is athletic. She has curly light greyish-brown hair that reaches her shoulders and has light blue eyes.