Yumi Ishiyama

Yumi Ishiyama
Role	Lyoko Warrior
First appearance	Garage Kids, Teddygozilla in the series
English voice actor(s)	Stacy "Fergie" Fergouson (Garage Kids) Mirabelle Kirkland (Code Lyoko)

DESCRIPTIONYumi is surely the most charismatic figure of the series. She also is the most completely defined; she is pretty much the embodiment of Lyoko, because she is the character that one notices first.

Yumi was born in Japan (hence her last name, Ishiyama), her family having emigrated to France when she was just a baby. Having been raised among traditional Japanese values, she shows complete respect for her parents, sometimes even to excess. She attributes a lot of importance to her origins, and even plans later to return to her roots.

First, in regard to Yumi's personality: always dressed in black, she inspires coldness and distance at first glance. Rather abrupt, and often of a sarcastic humour, she can seem particularly stiff and ironic. But this appearance exists only to hide her generous and sensitive inner nature, because behind this mask hides a being filled with warmth and with human qualities such as kindness, helpfulness, delicacy and sincerity. Indeed Yumi prefers getting acquainted and knowing people before opening to them, but once trust is established, she assumes a limitless fidelity towards people whom she likes. A fine observer and psychologist, she is adept at understanding people. Good at sports, very smart (as seen by her responses to difficult situations), a hundred percent natural, she is the perfect opposite of Sissi and seems, in contrast to the majority of her peers with their female "best friends", to prefer the company of boys. The only girl she is close friends with is Aelita. Intransigence remains however her most notable defect.

Yumi is also a very applied pupil, who excels particularly in the literary subjects. Considered as having a great scholastic potential, she has the respect and trust of her professors. She is also the only one of the group living off-campus, the others being dormatory residents.

Socially, her relationships do not seem to preoccupy her much; ignoring the follies of the schoolyard, she seems to pay real attention only to her inner group of friends. Some schoolmates admire her, and while others despise her, she pays no attention. Boys are interested in her, enticed by her natural and cryptic beauty. She, however, pushes them away, by turning derision upon any attempt on their part…

Yumi is undoubtedly the most mature and the most thoughtful of the group. Naturally warranting respect, her opinion is always taken into account. She always acts within the group as defending others: it is she who makes important decisions on the group's direction, and it is to her that they come for advice.

The relations of Yumi and Ulrich are complex and often very ambiguous. An important mission links them in friendship. Strong respect, mutual admiration and reciprocal feelings (although distant) join these two figures in a very strong relationship. Should not however their relationship extend to more than just friendship?

On Lyoko, Yumi is virtualized in geisha form. Equipped with formidable metallic fans with defensive properties (acting as shields) and also as offensive missiles, she proves to be be a considerable adversary against the monsters of XANA. Along with her sharp fans used like ninja stars, she also has telekinetic powers for making life difficult for the henchmen of the computer villain.
She is in 9th grade for Seasons 1-2 and in 10th through Seasons 3-4. In Season 1 she is 14. In Seasons 2-3 she is 15. She is still 15 in Season 4 and turns 16 in episde 76 Lab Rat.

LYOKO POWERS

• ID Card- Yumi's ID card shows a Sakura the official flower of Japan.
• Health - 100 Life points
• Weapon Fan-long range attack fans that cuts through enemies.

• Lyoko Powers

Telekinesis-Yumi has telekinesis on Lyoko, allowing her to be able to lift certain objects and people on Lyoko.

• Vehicle: Overwing-A hover scooter which she shared with Aelita in 2nd and 3rd season.Yumi also has a Nav Skid that can shoot torpedoes since season 4. 

TRIVIA

• The word "yumi" is also a type of Japanese longbow. These bows are rather large. Incidentally, Yumi is the tallest member of Team Lyoko.
• Her full name translates from Japanese as "beauty of the stone mountain" (ishi meaning "stone", yama meaning "mountain").
• Yumi was the only one who ever defeated Aelita when Aelita was under XANA's control.
• Yumi was the first one to be lost at sea in her NavSkid.
• Yumi seems to get devirtulized the most times in the series.
• Yumi is the leader on Lyoko usually jumping in to save the day. (In one episode it landed her in the digital sea.)
• Yumi is the only character whose method of transportation doesn't match her outfit.
• In episode 79, Bragging Rights, it's hinted that Yumi is afraid of bugs.
• In season four Yumi entered Lyoko the most
• In Frontier it is reavealed that Yumi is a really good artist.
• Yumi has a Totoro stuffed animal.
• In Hard Luck, Yumi reveals that her least favorite monsters created by Xana are Kankrelats. She also says that Krabs are her favorite. 

This  is Yumi Ishiyama in the Real World