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Yuko Harada (原田 夕子, Harada Yūko) is the friend of Shizuku Tsukishima in Whisper of the Heart.

Appearance[]

Yuko is fourteen years old like Shizuku. She is tall, and has brown eyes and brown hair, which she wears in two braids. She wears a Japanese junior high school uniform. In the beginning of the movie she wears a blue sleeveless dress and a floppy hat with a purple band.

Personality[]

She has a huge crush on Sugimura and is a really good student and likes to tease Shizuku after Shizuku acts weird around Seji. She is a good friend, but gets annoyed with Shizuku sometimes.

Story[]

Etymology[]

  • The name Yuko means "evening" (夕) (yu) and "child" (子) (ko).
  • Yuko's surname Harada means "field, plain" (原) (hara) and "field, rice paddy" (田) (ta/da).