Yuhikari Maeda

Yuhikari Maeda (前田ゆひかり) is a female-student at the Dangantective Agency and is also the main protagonist of Dangandetective Another ~Another family mystery~. Her title is the Ultimate skateboarder (超高校級のスケートボーダー, Chō kōkō-kyū no sukētobōdā Lit. Super high school level skateboarder).

She is also the daughter of Yuki Maeda and later, becomes the girlfriend of Midori Taira. It's also revealed in Super Dangandetective Another 2 that she is also the cousin of Tsukikura Utsuro and is also the niece of Utsuro himself.

= ~ Appearance ~ = Yuhikari is a teenage high-school girl who has an average skin-tone, bright-orange hair, and bright-orange eyes. Her bangs are parted to one side with a bright-blue hair clip that’s shaped like a butterfly, though her long hair is shown to be pretty messy and dirty due to her constantly falling over during her skateboarding lessons when she was little, even claiming that she rarely brushed her hair when she was younger.

~ Outfit ~
During her time at the Dangantective agency, Yuhikari wore a bright-red, long-sleeved shirt that she doesn’t tuck into her shorts and her father’s old sleeveless vest as a hand-me-down along with a greyish-blue handkerchief neck-scarf that is shown to have a yellow star sew onto the center of it. She also wears a pair of dark-blue shorts as well as white tennis shoes that have dull-grey laces.

She’s also shown to wear a pair of ocean-blue fingerless gloves and since her ultimate talent is skateboarding, she is also shown to wear bright blue arm-pads and knee-pads and is also shown to carry around her skateboard with her in case she ever feels like heading to the skate park.

~ Middle school appearance ~
During her middle school years, she wore the female Kamigawa middle school uniform, which consisted of a white blazer shirt, a crimson-red bow-tie, a pale-pink sweater, a light-red skirt, long white socks, and blackish-pink tennis shoes. Her hair was also shown to be a lot more dirty than it was when she started high-school and was shown to be tied into a ponytail with her handkerchief neck-scarf and also didn't wear her fingerless gloves during her middle school years.

~ Appearance (Young) ~
When she was younger, Yuhikari wore a bright-yellow shirt with a magenta-colored summer coat. She also wore long grey pants and blue sneakers. Her hair was also shown to be a lot shorter when she was younger

~ Party outfit ~
During the party, she is shown to wear an ocean-green, short-sleeved dress as well as a pair of laceless grey shoes. In addition, she also wears bright-red gloves and is shown to have her hair fixed into a ponytail using her handkerchief neck-scarf. Her hair is also shown to be much cleaner than it was before.

= ~ Personality ~ = As a high-schooler who was chosen to attend the Dangantective agency for her excellent skateboarding skills as well as for being the top skateboarder girl in Japan, Yuhikari is shown to be a passionate and motivational student who has been known for her need to take risks without a 2nd thought and has always dreamt of being able to use her skills in skateboarding to bring the world of skating (In general) to heights beyond the unknown.

Despite her hot-blooded personality, Yuhikari is also shown to genuinely care about her fellow classmates and wishes to help them find their mothers and fathers in every way she can.

It’s also shown that Yuhikari doesn’t have any sort of knowledge on any topic that relates to romance.

An example of this would be when Haruki explained about how he was the ultimate matchmaker, causing Yuhikari to bombard him with questions. Another example of this is shown when Midori asked her if he had any love advice, which she just simply replied with: “''DOES IT LOOK LIKE I KNOW TO YOU?!? IF YOU WANT ANY ADVICE ON ROMANCE, ASK HARUKI, HE’S THE ULTIMATE MATCHMAKER AFTER ALL!''”.

In the 2nd act of chapter 1, it's revealed that Yuhikari has astraphobia (The fear of thunderstorms and lightning) and phonophobia (The fear of loud noises). An example of this is shown when she began crying in the middle of the night upon hearing the sound of thunder.

= ~ Talent & Abilities ~ =

~ Skateboarder ~
Yuhikari stated that she had been offered skateboarding lessons at the young age of 8 years old from her helper, Maito Kumarui, who was also her skateboard mentor. She also claimed that she had won several skateboard tournaments all over Japan and even claimed that she was considered as Japan’s top skateboarder.