Yoshiko Tsushima

Yoshiko Tsushima, also known as Yohane (ヨハネ Yohane), is one of the nine main characters of Love Live! Sunshine!!. She is a first year in Uranohoshi Girls' High School. Her image color is black, but is often depicted as gray or even a grayish-blue. She is a member of Guilty Kiss, a sub-unit under Aqours.

Background
Yoshiko is a first year student who was born in the urban side of the city of Numazu. She attended the same kindergarten as her friend Hanamaru Kunikida, who she calls as "Zuramaru" (ずら丸). Her mother is a teacher at a school.

Yoshiko likes the "little devil" look and proclaims herself to be "Yohane, the Fallen Angel" (ヨハネ Datenshi Yohane), an angel who has angered God and was cast from the heavens to Earth for it, developing a human body which is merely a vessel to which her soul is bound to. She has developed this persona since she was in kindergarten, and fully embraced it during middle school. Because of this, it is implied she didn't have many friends during that time.

Yoshiko meets up with her old kindergarten friend Hanamaru, as well as Chika Takami, You Watanabe and Ruby Kurosawa in the first episode, though she acts like "Yohane" during that time until Hanamaru drives her to act normally. In the following episode, she attends class but immediately escapes after acting like "Yohane" once again. Finally on Episode 5, she is found by Hanamaru to be hiding on school, and is invited by Chika to form part of Aqours. After the group tries to adopt her "fallen angel" style, however, she leaves the group for causing them trouble with the student council president. She officially joins the group the same episode after they assure her they were okay with her "fallen angel" persona.

Personality
Yoshiko seems to be a chuunibyou, a person who holds delusions of grandeur. Bright, self-assured, smart, and thoughtful, Yoshiko has a persona who she describes as "Yohane", a "fallen angel" who has angered God and was cast from the heavens to Earth. Apparently, a side effect to being a "fallen angel" is that she is cursed with extremely bad luck, running into all kinds of unforeseen trouble wherever she goes: raining whenever she goes on trips, falling whenever it snows, not winning anything from lucky draws in convenience stores, falling sick right before exams, and so on. Because of this, she often blames herself for Aqours' misfortunes. Through her delusional persona, Yoshiko acts dramatic, cunning, and a bit devious, and often goes as far as using dark, devilish accessories or clothing to further accentuate her "fallen angel" look as "Yohane". When acting like her, Yoshiko's voice is significantly lower-pitched.

Yoshiko has embraced this side of herself so much, she hates to be called by her real name and demands to be referred to as "Yohane" instead, going as far as to cross out her real name in her introduction and replace it as such. As a result of embracing her "Yohane" side, it is hard for Yoshiko to act like a normal person (something she herself is aware of). This causes her difficulty to get along properly with her classmates and, at times, the rest of Aqours. She is often teased by her friends Ruby and Hanamaru for acting like "Yohane", which is annoying for her. Such moments can cause her voice to reveal her actual, high-pitched, voice.

In spite of all this, Yoshiko isn't ill-willed by nature; she does treasure her friendship with the rest of Aqours for accepting her "Yohane" side; this is most evident with Ruby and Hanamaru, as shown in Season 1 Episode 13. Additionally, she affectionately refers to her friends as "little demons" (リトルデーモン), particularly Riko Sakurauchi, whom she refers to as "Little Demon Lili/Riri. Despite her "Yohane" side, Yoshiko is also able to pull off a normal conversation when it's really needed, most notably in Season 2 Episode 9.

Due to the fact the second-years are considered "the heart" of Aqours, Yoshiko has some difficulty relating to the third-years, which is shared with Hanamaru; this is due to her preference for the indoors and for calmer activities. Season 2 Episode 2 explores this, and after a rainy evening forces the girls to stay indoors, the first- and third-years are able to relate to the others (Yoshiko seemingly relating to Mari Ohara the most).

Yoshiko likes extremely spicy food, as shown in Season 1 Episode 10, where she ate takoyaki filled with Tabasco sauce. She also dislikes coffee.

Clubs and Hobbies
Yoshiko is skilled at playing video games, her favorite genres being fighting games and racing games. She is also talented at performing magic tricks and video editing, acting as the video editor for Aqours. Her biggest hobby is dressing up like a little devil and streaming herself on the internet, where she does fortune telling.

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 * Note: Dengeki G's Magazine is a monthly magazine that is part of the Love Live! and Love Live! Sunshine!! multimedia projects. As it is usually the first source of news for all major projects under these titles, its monthly sections will detail how the project has progressed over time. The issues are usually published a month ahead of time. For example, the July 2010 issue would've been released on 30th May 2010.

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Trivia

 * "Yoshiko" (善子) translates to "good life child."
 * "Yohane" (ヨハネ) is a common Japanese biblical spelling of "John". The latter is ultimately derived from the Hebrew male given name Yôḥānān, a shortened form of Yəhôḥānān (which roughly means "God is gracious").
 * In the early stages of Aqours's conception, Yoshiko was originally a second-year student.
 * In real life, Yoshiko's home is based on an apartment complex next to Hotel Riverside Numazu.
 * A running gag in Season 1 Episode 9 shows that Yoshiko has her signature locking attack.
 * Despite having a dark concept and being in Guilty Kiss, it is revealed in Season 2 Episode 2 that Yoshiko is weakened by Mari's metal music, though this was likely to be her first time experiencing it.
 * Her birthday is on July 13, which is quite fitting since 7 and 13 are both associated with luck, 7 being good luck and 13 being bad luck.

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