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Iona Urazoe, also known as Yuki, is a character whose identity is deeply intertwined with the nature of the WIXOSS game itself. She is a teenage girl of average height with fair skin, long straight black hair, and brown eyes, and she works as a popular fashion model. Her public image is one of composed sophistication, often dressed in smart attire like a black skirt and blazer over a white shirt and red tie. However, this appearance is merely a surface covering a complex and ancient origin.
The being known as Iona Urazoe is not originally human. She was created as Kuro, the Girl of Black, by a girl named Mayu. Alongside her white counterpart Shiro, Kuro was one of two original LRIGs, the magical girl avatars of the WIXOSS card game. She was designed to embody Mayus darker aspects, serving as the bad girl whose purpose was to engage in eternal selector battles and spread misery. As a pure expression of Mayus will, she was not truly malicious but simply played the role assigned to her since her creation. Her entire existence revolved around battle, which she came to regard as her very blood, flesh, bones, and soul. This love for combat became her defining trait, a simple and enthusiastic passion that lay beneath a stoic and cold exterior.
Kuros background is one of a perpetual cycle. She lived through countless iterations of Mayus game, repeatedly serving as a LRIG for various selectors. When her selector won enough battles to become an Eternal Girl, Kuro would take over that girls body, fulfilling the selector's wish and living her life. This cycle continued for a very long time, leading her to inhabit many different bodies. Eventually, she came across a human girl named Iona Urazoe. This Iona came from a prestigious and wealthy family and suffered under the immense pressures of their expectations. Her wish was simply to stop being Iona Urazoe. Together, as selector and LRIG, they won many battles, and the LRIG known then only as Lrig fulfilled that wish by taking over Iona's body. She assumed the girl's identity, becoming a famous model, singer, and actress, using the Urazoe family's wealth to promote the WIXOSS game and attract more selectors.
The character most often referred to as Iona Urazoe in the series is thus this LRIG living a human life. In this form, she acts with a quiet, stoic, and callous demeanor, showing no remorse for the selectors she defeats and whose wishes she reverses. She considers any selector without a strong wish to be blasphemous. Her primary motivation is to find the most powerful selector to serve as her LRIG, as her deepest wish is to return to her true nature as a LRIG and engage in eternal, thrilling battles.
Her role in the story is initially that of a formidable rival. She is a powerful selector whom the protagonist, Ruko Kominato, must face. Recognizing Rukos immense strength and shared passion for battle, Iona grows obsessed with her. She manipulates events so that Ruko defeats her, fulfilling the condition for her own wish. Iona then becomes Rukos new LRIG, replacing Tama, the white counterpart to her original Kuro form. As Ruko's LRIG, she is frustrated by Ruko's initial reluctance to battle but eventually forms a deep bond with her, even learning to understand concepts like friendship as they achieve a powerful Level 5 transformation together.
Her key relationships are defined by this cycle and her core nature. Her relationship with the original human Iona was businesslike, with the two not being particularly close. She is detested by her fellow model Akira Aoi, who is intensely jealous of her popularity and wishes to scar her face. Her creator, Mayu, was angered by Iona's indifference to the cruel game, a rare reaction from a selector that provoked the god-like girl. The most significant relationship is with Ruko Kominato, for whom she initially feels contempt but later develops a deep, dependent obsession that grows into a genuine partnership.
Throughout her story, Iona undergoes significant development. She evolves from a simple, almost mechanical force of nature acting out her creators design into an individual capable of caring for another person. In the end, her long and tumultuous existence as a game piece concludes. After a series of events where she merges with her white counterpart Tama and later separates to save Ruko, the cycle is finally broken. Rukos ultimate wish frees all LRIGs, granting them human forms. Thus, the being known as Kuro, Yuki, Lrig, and Iona Urazoe finally becomes a true human, ending her eternal journey of battle and identity.
Notably, as a LRIG and selector, Iona possesses unique abilities. She has the power to sense what another selector's wish is. Her playstyle in WIXOSS battles is fierce and passionate, using a Black Desire deck focused on the Ulith LRIG and Image Spirits like Devil and Machine Spirit cards.
The being known as Iona Urazoe is not originally human. She was created as Kuro, the Girl of Black, by a girl named Mayu. Alongside her white counterpart Shiro, Kuro was one of two original LRIGs, the magical girl avatars of the WIXOSS card game. She was designed to embody Mayus darker aspects, serving as the bad girl whose purpose was to engage in eternal selector battles and spread misery. As a pure expression of Mayus will, she was not truly malicious but simply played the role assigned to her since her creation. Her entire existence revolved around battle, which she came to regard as her very blood, flesh, bones, and soul. This love for combat became her defining trait, a simple and enthusiastic passion that lay beneath a stoic and cold exterior.
Kuros background is one of a perpetual cycle. She lived through countless iterations of Mayus game, repeatedly serving as a LRIG for various selectors. When her selector won enough battles to become an Eternal Girl, Kuro would take over that girls body, fulfilling the selector's wish and living her life. This cycle continued for a very long time, leading her to inhabit many different bodies. Eventually, she came across a human girl named Iona Urazoe. This Iona came from a prestigious and wealthy family and suffered under the immense pressures of their expectations. Her wish was simply to stop being Iona Urazoe. Together, as selector and LRIG, they won many battles, and the LRIG known then only as Lrig fulfilled that wish by taking over Iona's body. She assumed the girl's identity, becoming a famous model, singer, and actress, using the Urazoe family's wealth to promote the WIXOSS game and attract more selectors.
The character most often referred to as Iona Urazoe in the series is thus this LRIG living a human life. In this form, she acts with a quiet, stoic, and callous demeanor, showing no remorse for the selectors she defeats and whose wishes she reverses. She considers any selector without a strong wish to be blasphemous. Her primary motivation is to find the most powerful selector to serve as her LRIG, as her deepest wish is to return to her true nature as a LRIG and engage in eternal, thrilling battles.
Her role in the story is initially that of a formidable rival. She is a powerful selector whom the protagonist, Ruko Kominato, must face. Recognizing Rukos immense strength and shared passion for battle, Iona grows obsessed with her. She manipulates events so that Ruko defeats her, fulfilling the condition for her own wish. Iona then becomes Rukos new LRIG, replacing Tama, the white counterpart to her original Kuro form. As Ruko's LRIG, she is frustrated by Ruko's initial reluctance to battle but eventually forms a deep bond with her, even learning to understand concepts like friendship as they achieve a powerful Level 5 transformation together.
Her key relationships are defined by this cycle and her core nature. Her relationship with the original human Iona was businesslike, with the two not being particularly close. She is detested by her fellow model Akira Aoi, who is intensely jealous of her popularity and wishes to scar her face. Her creator, Mayu, was angered by Iona's indifference to the cruel game, a rare reaction from a selector that provoked the god-like girl. The most significant relationship is with Ruko Kominato, for whom she initially feels contempt but later develops a deep, dependent obsession that grows into a genuine partnership.
Throughout her story, Iona undergoes significant development. She evolves from a simple, almost mechanical force of nature acting out her creators design into an individual capable of caring for another person. In the end, her long and tumultuous existence as a game piece concludes. After a series of events where she merges with her white counterpart Tama and later separates to save Ruko, the cycle is finally broken. Rukos ultimate wish frees all LRIGs, granting them human forms. Thus, the being known as Kuro, Yuki, Lrig, and Iona Urazoe finally becomes a true human, ending her eternal journey of battle and identity.
Notably, as a LRIG and selector, Iona possesses unique abilities. She has the power to sense what another selector's wish is. Her playstyle in WIXOSS battles is fierce and passionate, using a Black Desire deck focused on the Ulith LRIG and Image Spirits like Devil and Machine Spirit cards.