Koyomi Mizuhara

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Yomi in a color insert from Azumanga Daioh.

Name translations
Chinese	Shǔiyúan Lì / ĀLì （水原暦/阿暦）
Korean	Bak Jae-gyeong （박재경/朴在京）
Korean-to-English translation	Being-in-Capital of Obedience

Koyomi Mizuhara (水原暦, Mizuhara Koyomi^?), a.k.a. "Yomi" is a fictional character from the anime and manga series Azumanga Daioh.

Spoiler warning: Plot and/or ending details follow.

1 Biography
2 Trivia
3 Voice actors
4 Character songs

[edit] Biography

A grade-school friend and general antagonist of Tomo's, Yomi carries herself as the most mature and serious of the group. Her seriousness and stability is often used as a comic foil to the other characters' silliness. It's not uncommon for Yomi to either chide or be struck dumb by her friends' flippant behavior. However, even Yomi will lose it now and then if put through enough stress and aggravation, something Tomo dutifully supplies. This had ended on more than one occasion with Tomo unconscious on the floor. And while she likes to think that she's above the childish behavior of some of her classmates, Yomi has shown that she can be just as bad as they are from time to time, doing such things as getting Chiyo to infuse an amulet with some of her intelligence so she could pass her college entrance exams (a tactic Tomo and Osaka both employed, ending with them both getting accepted to college before Yomi did). She is both smart and athletic: her grades are second only to Chiyo-chan's, and while she isn't better than Sakaki or Kagura at sports, she holds her own. It is suggested that her character is similar to that of her physical education teacher, Minamo Kurosawa.

Despite appearing quite healthy and fit, Yomi has food issues - she is always watching her weight, but also loves food (particularly sweets and spiced dishes). Her list of failed or resigned diets is numerable; she's even been known to write letters to radio talk hosts to seek advice or give her progress on the latest weight-loss trends. She is also a terrible singer. She does have a playful side to her personality which she hides from the other girls to maintain her mature and serious image. She is, however, fond of pranks, such as the infamous Hiccups incident.

[edit] Trivia

In a Christmas episode, the girls sing karaoke. Yomi sings the ending theme to The Very Short Azumanga Daioh Movie, "Sarabai". In that episode Yomi is said to be a horrible singer, but on an album of character songs released subsequently to the series, Yomi's Japanese voice actress Rie Tanaka sings two different songs with a nice voice. (It is the character who is an atrocious singer, not the actress. Rie Tanaka is a well-known singer as well as an Anime voice actress in Japan.)
Her name is a pun, and means Read Between the Lines.