 This article is about a character in Kamen Rider Ryuki.
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Yui Kanzaki (神崎 優衣, Kanzaki Yui) is a main character in Kamen Rider Ryuki. She is the sister of Shiro Kanzaki, the creator of the Decks, and she, with Shiro, is the partial creator of the Mirror World and its Mirror Monsters. She spent most of the series opposing her brother on the Rider Fight.
Personality[]
Yui at heart is a young innocent girl who is caring to anyone she meets. However, this trait is what causes her the most trouble as a majority of the people around her are associates of the Rider War and only wish to use her to their advantage. This is shown is Episode 6, when Masashi seeks her out.
She hates fighting, as shown by the multiple times that she attempted to stop Shinji and Ren from fighting each other.
History[]
Yui originally lived with her aunt, but when her aunt went overseas, she met Ren somehow, although how this occurred is not specified in the series. Coincidentally, Ren was a Kamen Rider who had received his deck from Shiro at some point in time in Japan. Yui became somewhat of Ren's accomplice and would accompany him to fights where he would enter Mirror World and fight.
Time passed and eventually she also met Shinji, who would became Kamen Rider Ryuki. Her aunt returned from her overseas trip and she began to help out at the cafe that her aunt owned. She was kidnapped by Masashi Sudo to use as bait to lure out Shiro but Ren was able to rescue her before that happened. Later, she went to Seimeiin University to inquire about her brother but everyone she asks was much less than helpful. After finding her brother in a yearbook, Her past; which she previously had no memory of, began to reveal itself to her and she met Professor Ejima who worked alongside Shiro during the development of the decks. Ejima died in her arms but not before he told her that everything would have been fine if she had never existed.
She gets a part-time job at ORE Journal while the Chief-Editor recovers.
After continually bothering Nakamura about her brother, he eventually gives in and provides her with a number of papers about Shiro. She learns about a woman named Eri (who coincidentally again is Ren's fiancée) who is in a coma at the hospital.
She is eventually kidnapped by Jun who uses her as bait to lure out Shinji and Ren into battle. Eventually, she manages to find a picture of her old house and goes with Tezuka to have a look but can't bring herself to go in.
Throughout the series, her past continues to unravel even further, she learns many things about her childhood, including that the drawings she and Shiro had created as children were the basis for the Mirror World's monsters. She and Shiro had neglectful parents who kept them locked up in the attic for long periods of time, and when Yui fell ill, she and Shiro could not get their parents' attention. When she, the original Yui, died, the Yui of the Mirror World (as Shiro and Yui had also drawn themselves) asked to inhabit her body so she could live in the real world. Shiro, wanting his sister back by any means, allowed it. The Yui of the series is this mirror version, and had forgotten.
The Mirror Yui had told Shiro that on her twentieth birthday, she would cease to exist along with the original Yui's body. The purpose of the Rider War was to prevent this from happening.
Yui, Shiro and their younger versions drawing as they live in the mirror world.
Yui begins to fade, just as predicted, as she nears her 20th birthday. Even though Shinji, Ren, and Shiro do all that they can to save her, she fades away even though the deadline had not quite been reached. She later appears to Shiro, appealing him to stop his destructive course of actions, saying that to be saved in that manner was not what she wanted, and that she would rather make the mirror world a happy place that would not cause suffering. Shiro agreed, and there is a scene in which she and Shiro, alongside their child selves, draw together, but this time, with happy scenes instead of monsters.
In the new timeline that results from this, there are no Mirror Monsters or Kamen Riders, and all those harmed by the Mirror World are seen to be living normal lives. However, when Ren and Shinji meet the Kanzaki's aunt, she is alone and the only picture of Yui is as a child. As such, it would seem that in the new timeline, Yui's death as a child was not prevented, and Mirror Yui never took her place.
Family[]
- Unnamed Mother
- Unnamed Father
- Shiro Kanzaki - Brother
- Sanako Kanzaki - Aunt
Behind the Scenes[]
Portrayal[]
Yui Kanzaki is portrayed by Ayano Sugiyama (杉山 彩乃, Sugiyama Ayano). As a child, she was portrayed by Miho Koseki (小関 美穂, Koseki Miho).
Appearances[]
Kamen Rider Ryuki
- Episode 1: The Secret Story's Birth
- Episode 2: Giant Spider Counterattack
- Episode 3: School Ghost Story
- Episode 4: School Ghost Story 2
- Episode 5: The Monster's Antique Store
- Episode 6: The Mysterious Rider
- Episode 7: A New Species Is Born?
- Episode 8: The Fourth, Zolda
- Episode 9: Shinji's Arrested!?
- Episode 10: Knight's Crisis
- Episode 11: The Mysterious Empty Train
- Episode 12: Ren Akiyama's Lover
- Episode 13: That Man, Zolda
- Episode 14: Revival Day
- Episode 15: Iron Mask Legend
- Episode 16: Card of Destiny
- Episode 17: The Grieving Knight
- Episode 18: Jailbreak Rider
- Episode 19: Rider Gathering
- Episode 20: The Traitorous Ren
- Episode 21: Yui's Past
- Episode 22: Raia's Revenge
- Episode 23: Changing Destiny
- Episode 24: Ouja's Secret
- Episode 25: Combining Ouja
- Episode 26: Zolda's Assault
- Episode 27: The 13th Rider
- Episode 28: Time Vent
- Episode 29: Marriage Interview Battle
- Episode 30: Zolda's Lover
- Episode 31: The Girl and Ouja
- Episode 32: Secret Data Gathering
- Episode 33: The Mirror's Magic
- Episode 34: Friendship's Battle
- Episode 35: Enter Tiger
- Episode 36: The Battle Ends
- Episode 37: Sleep Is Awakening
- Episode 38: Targeted Yui
- Episode 39: A Dangerous Sign
- Episode 40: Memories of an Older Brother and Younger Sister
- Episode 41: Imperer
- Episode 42: Room 401
- Episode 43: The Hero Fights
- Episode 44: Glassy Happiness
- Episode 45: The Twentieth Birthday
- Episode 46: Tiger's a Hero
- Episode 47: Determination of Battle
- Episode 48: The Final 3 Days
- Episode 49: Granting a Wish
- Episode 50/Finale: A New Life
Kamen Rider Zi-O
- Part 2: Rider Time Ryuki
- Episode 3: Alive A Life (Only mentioned)
- Part 2: Rider Time Ryuki
See Also[]
- Maya Young - counterpart in Kamen Rider Dragon Knight. See comparison page.