Asuna Yuuki ★ | |||
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Information | |||
Chinese | 結城明日奈 (亚丝娜) | ||
Japanese | 結城明日奈 (アスナ), Yūki Asuna | ||
Korean | 유우키 아스나 | ||
Other names | Lightning Flash, Titania, Berserk Healer | ||
Anime | Sword Art Online | ||
Anime Debut | Summer 2012 | ||
Voiced by | Haruka Tomatsu ![]() Cherami Leigh ![]() | ||
Status | Superstar | ||
Best Results | |||
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Main: Third place (2017) | ||
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★ Champion (BG6, seed 4) | ||
Bilibili Moe | Third place (2015) | ||
J-Saimoe | Round 3 (2013, 2014) | ||
Defunct Majors Record
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Other Contest Wins
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Asuna Yuuki is the main female protagonist of Reki Kawahara's light novel series Sword Art Online and its anime adaptation by the studio A-1 Pictures.
Asuna is one of the most famous girls in the 2010's, maintaining a strong presence in the major saimoe tournaments. In ISML, she is a perennial Tiara contender and a regular necklace winner, having won five necklace rounds plus a circlet from winning the 2014 Nova postseason round. In addition to that, Asuna has never missed the postseason in all of her Main Tournament appearances, reaching the quarter-finals in 2014 and 2018, and securing a third-place finish in 2017.
The Lightning Flash is one of the powerhouses in China's Bilibili Moe owing to the anime's immense popularity in the country, which was demonstrated by her third-place finish in its inaugural edition. In 2017, her championship run was cut short in the quarter-finals, after she faced a rampaging Shielder hell-bent on destroying anyone who opposes her path towards the championship.
Sword Art Online is infamous for being widely panned in the Western anime community, and one of its discussion centers, the r/anime subreddit, generally shares its sentiments. Although she made the quarterfinals in r/anime's Best Girl 1, her subsequent runs were lacking in strength because of her association with SAO, and her reputation as a "baby's first waifu".
However, in an ironic twist of fate, her first ever major tournament win would come from Reddit, not a Chinese-majority contest such as ISML or BMoe. After the first season of SAO's Alicization aired in late 2018, Asuna suddenly sprouted into the minds of anime watchers, which resulted in her highest-ever seed (#4) in 2019's Best Girl 6. Her closest match in the contest would occur in the round of 32, where she narrowly won against an r/Animemes-supported Zero Two brigade. Asuna then blew out all of her remaining opponents en route to her championship, supported by a whole slew of circumstances that made the perfect storm for her to cement her place in the salts of fame.
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ISML Profile Flavor Text[edit | edit source]
"Yūki Asuna was an ordinary fifteen-year-old girl with her own friends, life, and dreams. If there was anything that made her special, it was that she had no intention of giving up on those things, even if the forces trying to take them away were far beyond her.
When trapped in the digital world of a homicidal madman, Asuna needs little time to overcome the initial shock and set her mind to work on getting out of the virtual prison. One wrong move could cost Asuna her life, but she allows herself no hesitation. To her, every day spent living a lie is like a small death in itself. In order to keep moving forward, Asuna is ready to kill all fear, doubt, and weakness in her heart. And she expects nothing less from those who choose to walk be her side.
As days pass and turn into months, however, Asuna begins to notice that not everything around her is a lie. The people she meets, the experiences she has, and even the feelings she discovers, all of them can be invaluable even if the world around her is not real. If Asuna can accept those things and learn more about herself, her time of struggle will not have been in vain."
- written by Momento10 (presumed)
International Saimoe League[edit | edit source]
ISML 2013[edit | edit source]
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- Postseason Phase 1 Nova Division
Yuuki Asuna > Yui (SAO) (5903-2866)
Yuuki Asuna > Hasegawa Kobato (4785-4754)
Shiina Mashiro > Yuuki Asuna (5943-5224)
- Postseaon Phase 2 Final League
Nakano Azusa > Yuuki Asuna (5370-5187)
Yuuki Asuna > Kashiwazaki Sena (6826-4713)
Yuuki Asuna > Kuroyukihime (5507-5057)
Aragaki Ayase > Yuuki Asuna (6941-6586)
Yuuki Asuna > Nakano Azusa (7421-7376)
ISML 2014[edit | edit source]
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Nova Swiss Rounds (Phase 1) - seed 4
Win vs (13) Azusa Azuki, 3691 - 2224
Win vs (5) Kuroyukihime, 3702 - 2277
Win vs (8) Tsukiko Tsutsukakushi, 3458 - 2486
Win vs (10) Nanami Aoyama, 4006 - 2930
Finals Bracket (Phase 2) - seed N1
Win vs (S8) Shana, 3827 - 2830
Loss vs (S4) Mashiro Shiina, 3990 - 4045
Loss vs Taiga Aisaka, 3000 - 3202
Win vs Yoshino, 4753 - 3955
Loss vs Kurumi Tokisaki, 4571 - 4753
Final postition: 10th
ISML 2015[edit | edit source]
Stella Swiss Rounds -
Win vs (13) Yui (Angel Beats), 3691 - 2224
Win vs (12) Eucliwood Hellscythe, 3702 - 2277
Loss vs (16) Ayase Aragaki, 2436 - 4060
Loss vs (3) Eru Chitanda, xxx - xxx
Tara Playoffs (Phase 2) - seed S4
Loss vs (N5) Yoshino, 2771 - 4896
Final position: 6th
Best Girl Contest[edit | edit source]
Best Girl 1 (2014) - seed 8
Win vs (505) Nino, 3059 - 513
Win vs (264) Rea Sanka, 3880 - 1194
Win vs (120) Nui Harime, 4472 - 1796
Win vs (57) Mio Akiyama, 4262 - 2975
Win vs (25) Mikasa Ackerman, 4887 - 4050
Win vs (24) Homura Akemi, 5791 - 5773 (18 votes difference!)
Loss vs (17) Holo, 4404 - 6751
Best Girl 2 (2015) - seed 25
Win vs (488) Hitei, 6591 - 2118
Win vs (281) Sawako Yamanaka, 6637 - 2817
Win vs (104) Rei Ayanami, 6150 - 4483
Win vs (40) Haruhi Suzumiya, 6398 - 6033
Loss vs (8) Yoko Littner, 5402 - 7018
Best Girl 3 (2016) - seed 44
Win vs (469) Yui Kurata, 3607 - 1417
Win vs (213) Meme, 4344 - 2758
Loss vs (85) Yui Hirasawa, 3256 - 3379
Best Girl 4 (2017) - seed 43
Win vs (470) Riko Suminoe, 6795 - 2782
Win vs (299) Masuzu Natsukawa, 6144 - 3433
Win vs (86) Tooru Hagakure, 6249 - 5365
Loss vs (22) Darkness, 4667 - 8723
Best Girl 5 (2018) - seed 59
Win vs (469) Nepgear, 5387 - 3256
Win vs (213) San, 5220 - 4133
Loss vs (70) Shizuka Hiratsuka, 4042 - 6114
Best Girl 6 (2019) - seed 4
Win vs (509)
Yukina Himeragi, 4212 - 1090
Win vs (253)
Megumi Katou, 4194 - 2225
Win vs (125) Akane Tsunemori, 5681 - 3090
Win vs (68)
Alice Nakiri, 6166 - 9312
Win vs (29)
Zero Two, 8089 - 8058 (31 votes difference!)
Win vs (13)
Mayoi Hachikuji, 6763 - 4657
Win vs (23)
Jibril, 9450 - 6434
Win vs (9)
Mikasa Ackerman, 10552 - 6602
Win vs (6)
Winry Rockbell, 11937 - 6996
Defunct Tournaments[edit | edit source]
Bilibili Moe 2015[edit | edit source]
Round of 128 Groups
Pic | Contestant | Series | Votes |
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Asuna Yuuki | Sword Art Online | 35,902 | |
Utaha Kasumigaoka | Saekano | 16,415 | |
Akari Akaza | Yuru Yuri | 13,075 | |
Japanese cruiser Takao | Kantai Collection | 4940 |
Bracket Stage
Win vs
Kotori Itsuka, 56,744 - 37,633
Win vs
Kurumi Tokisaki, 54,290 - 54,133 (157 votes difference!)
Win vs
Kanade Tachibana, 55,653 - 53,098
Loss vs
Rin Tohsaka, 61,945 - 59,023
Win vs
Chiyo Sakura, 59,929 - 56,634
Bilibili Moe 2017[edit | edit source]
Round of 128 Groups
Pic | Contestant | Series | Votes | TLV |
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Asuna Yuuki | Sword Art Online | 90,073 | 2512 | |
Medusa (Lancer) | Fate/Grand Order | 11,660 | 49 | |
Japanese aircraft carrier Akagi | Kantai Collection | 9659 | 40 | |
Hikari Yagami (Kari Kamiya) | Digimon | 8298 | 63 |
Bracket Stage
Win vs Annie Leonhart, 143,062 - 34,223 (TLV: 2221 - 125)
Win vs
Zero (Grimoire of Zero), 138,972 - 47,004 (TLV: 1330 - 325)
Loss vs
Mash Kyrielight, 141,698 - 169,489 (TLV: 11,296 - 22,626)
Anime Saimoe Tournament[edit | edit source]
Asuna Yuuki > Yukari Hinata > Kyouko Suehara (176-113-51)
Asuna Yuuki > Ayano Sugiura > Umi Sonoda (209-168-61)
Akari Akaza > Asuna Yuuki (270-159)
Asuna Yuuki > Yayoi Kise > Kohina Hiruko (185-115-70)
Asuna Yuuki > Rize Tedeza (197-155)
Mikoto Misaka > Asuna Yuuki (149-89)
Gallery[edit | edit source]
Portraits[edit | edit source]
Honours[edit | edit source]
AnimeBracket
ISML
Bilibili Moe
Non-Contest Honours
External links[edit | edit source]
Beware of spoilers.
- Wikipedia link
- Sword Art Online Fandom wiki page
- MyAnimeList character profile
- Moegirl link (Simplified Chinese)
- NamuWiki page (Korean)