Shouko Yuasa

Shouko Yuasa
Kanji	湯浅 尚子
Gender	Female
Age	16-18
Occupation	High school student
Clubs	Manga Club President
First appearance
Anime debut	"Those Things Piled Up Endlessly"
Portrayal
Voiced by	日本語 Naomi Shindou en-US Dawn M. Bennett Deutsch Ann Vielhaben

Shouko Yuasa (湯浅 尚子, Yuasa Shōko) is a minor character of Hyouka series. She is a second-year student at Kamiyama High School and the president of the school's Manga Club. 

Appearance

Shouko has long raw-umber brown hair that is half-tied and put on her left shoulder with a hair band and gray eyes. She is seen only in her school uniform and she stands slightly shorter than Eru Chitanda.

Personality

Shouko is a little indifferent and nonchalant appearing at first, though she reveals to be kind and friendly as well. She is very attentive not to get involved in any problematic situations. Still, Shouko is willing to indirectly assist these situations if she is able to.

Plot

Concept art

Shouko acts somewhat indifferent when Ayako Kouchi states that making reviews is pointless and argues with Mayaka Ibara, but is seen quietly lecturing Ayako for being too harsh. She also tries to comfort Mayaka, telling her that Ayako wasn't being serious. When Mayaka asks how she knows she just says "because Ayako and I are friends."

Relationships

Mayaka Ibara

Mayaka talks with Shouko

Eru Chitanda

Eru and Shouko

Ayako Kouchi

Ayako is Shouko's good friends who she seems to trust her a lot.

Haruna Anjou

Haruna and Shouko were friends before Haruna's change of school.

Etymology

• The name Shouko means "still" (尚) (shou) and "child" (子) (ko).
• Shouko's surname Yuasa means "hot water" (湯) (yu) and "shallow" (浅) (asa).

Trivia

• Shouko has shown to be quite mischievous:
  • In Episode 13, when Mayaka Ibara was arguing with Ayako Kouchi, Shouko took advantage of the drama by making a banner that says "Girls at War" in front of Manga Club's room to attract more people instead of intervening.
    • Even though she was taking advantage, she knew that Ayako wasn't serious. It's quite apparent that she only did it for the sake of Manga Club, and meant no harm.