Yuri Kozukata
| Yuri Kozukata | |
|---|---|
  Official artwork of Yuri from Fatal Frame: Maiden of Black Water. | |
| Universe | Fatal Frame |
| Debut | Fatal Frame: Maiden of Black Water (2014) |
| Smash Bros. appearances | Ultimate |
| Most recent non-Smash appearance | Fatal Frame: Maiden of Black Water (2014) |
| Console/platform of origin | Wii U |
| Species | Human |
| Gender | Female |
| Place of origin | Japan |
| Voice actor | Risa Taneda (Yuri) Atsuko Tanaka, Kensuke Nishi (Ghosts) |
Yuri Kozukata (不来方夕莉) is a character from the Fatal Frame series. She is the central protagonist of the fifth game in the series, Fatal Frame: Maiden of Black Water.
Origin
Yuri is the central protagonist of Maiden of Black Water, the fifth main entry in the Fatal Frame franchise. She's a 19-year-old woman who survived a car accident that killed her whole family; because of the accident, she developed a "Sixth Sense." This ability allows her to see ghosts. Throughout the game, she helps the other protagonists in solving strange cases around Mt. Hikami, a notoriously haunted location in the outskirts of Japan. Yuri is led to Mt. Hikami by her sixth sense and travels around the area and back, taking photographs of spirits with her Camera Obscura, a specialized camera that can take photographs and exorcise ghosts.
While the Camera Obscura's crosshair is based on the one that appears on the Wii U's GamePad or on the screen (depending on the set control scheme) and the ghostly wails are loosely based on the sound effects ghosts play when damaged in Fatal Frame: Maiden of Black Water, the grainy effects and inverted colors seem to only be referencing her home series's status as a camera-oriented horror game.
Interestingly, the image in the background image is taken from the game's prologue drop, specifically the image displayed before the drop begins.
In Super Smash Bros. Ultimate
As an Assist Trophy
| “ | The protagonist of the Fatal Frame: Maiden of Black Water game is now an assist trophy. If she gets you with her Camera Obscura you'll be paralyzed for a short time, so watch out! | ” |
| —Super Smash Blog, Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Official Site | ||
Yuri appears as an Assist Trophy in Ultimate. When summoned, she says "なに？" (What?) and aims her Camera Obscura at fighters and takes a picture; the flash momentarily stuns the fighters, leaving them vulnerable, and gives them an effect that continues to damage the fighter, even after she disappears. Fighters under the effect have different expressions on their faces, ranging from fear, anger, and sadness.
She also appears as one of the game's collectible Spirits.
Spirit
| No. | Image | Name | Type | Class | Cost | Ability | Series |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,241 |  |
Yuri Kozukata |  |
★★★ | 1 | Slumber Immunity | Fatal Frame Series  Project Zero Series 
|
Gallery
Yuri's official artwork from Ultimate.
Yuri with the Camera Obscura on Prism Tower.
Yuri using the Camera Obscura on Daisy on Reset Bomb Forest.
Yuri on Castle Siege.
Yuri using the Camera Obscura on Mario and Luigi on the Bridge of Eldin.
Yuri with the Camera Obscura on Shadow Moses Island.
Inkling and Diddy Kong reacting to the Camera Obscura's effect on Wrecking Crew.
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Trivia
- Yuri's appearance in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate marks the first time a character from the horror genre appears in some capacity outside of being a trophy.
- Yuri is the first Assist Trophy from a non-playable universe to hail from a game with a D (17+) rating from the CERO, an M (Mature) rating from the ESRB, and an 18+ rating from PEGI.
- Despite Maiden of Black Water receiving an English dub, Yuri is only voiced in Japanese in Ultimate, with her using recycled voice clips from the Japanese version of Maiden of Black Water.
- This makes her one of five characters to have a known English voice actor yet not be voiced in English in Ultimate, with the others being Mewtwo, Takamaru, Luminary, and Cloud Strife.
- She is also one of the four Assist Trophies to speak Japanese in all versions of Ultimate, the others being Takamaru, Sablé Prince, and Akira.
- She is also the only one of those four to be female and unable to be defeated.
- Interestingly, both voice actors credited for providing the ghostly wails accompanying Yuri's attacks played a role in Fatal Frame: Maiden of Black Water but the wails themselves seem to be original.
External links
- Article on the Fatal Frame Wiki
