Yuuki Kyouko

Yuuki Kyouko (結城 京子) is the wife of Shouzou and the mother of Asuna and Kouichirou.

Appearance
Yuuki is a fairly tall, middle-aged woman. Even though she is thin, her solid frame removes any sense of slimness. Her hair, which is dyed in a rich, brown color, is parted to the sides neatly cut along her jaw. Even though her face is beautiful, her high nose and jawline, as well as the deep wrinkles near her mouth create a severely cold impression. Kyouko also has brown eyes.

Personality
Yuuki Kyouko was a cold person who had resented her middle-class status and desired that her daughter, Asuna, would grow up rich and have a career that she could be proud of. She would do anything for her daughter to have a better life and a husband with a strong financial background, even choosing Sugou Nobuyuki to be Asuna's future husband, which later turned out to have be a fatal mistake and, even after such a mistake, Kyouko attempted to set Asuna up with her cousin, Yuuya, who she thought was materially free, though she claimed that anyone else who was outstanding would be fine.

Kyouko initially disliked her daughter's fascination of the virtual world and viewed it as a waste of time, until Asuna convinced her to look into that world herself through the AmuSphere. After remembering her sad nostalgic memories upon looking at Asuna's home resembling her childhood's, Kyouko's cold heart melted; thus she then informed Asuna that, as long as she worked hard to become strong enough to support someone else, she would allow Asuna to do as she pleased.

Background
Kyouko was born to a middle-class family with a forest-like home, a traditional Japanese home. As she grew up, she resented her status, and she wished that she was born to an upper-class family. After Asuna was born, she wanted her daughter to have the chance to grow up rich, a chance she did not have. It is noted that, according to Asuna, Kyouko chose Nobuyuki to be Asuna's fiance. However, Kyouko denied the fact that she made such a fatal mistake and pinned the blame on her husband after Nobuyuki's defeat by Kirigaya Kazuto.

Mother's Rosario
On January 6, 2026, Kyouko sternly chided Asuna for her tardiness when the latter arrived late for dinner. As the two ate in silence, Kyouko rebuked Asuna for her usage of the Amusphere to work on her assignments, believing it detracted from her academic performance. When Asuna protested that her grades for her second semester at the SAO Survivor School were sufficient and had handed them to her, Kyouko declared evaluations from that facility were inadequate and declared that Asuna would receiving lessons from a personal tutor for the next semester. She also revealed she had used her connections to procure a transfer form to another high school that would allow her daughter to graduate and attend a university within the year. Asuna objected to her actions, but Kyouko simply criticized the low standards and requirement of the school, declaring it was little more than a method monitoring the teenage survivors of Sword Art Online, whom she derided as children killing each other, ignoring how Asuna was among their number. She further announced her beliefs that Asuna's continued attendance at the school, as well her two year imprisonment in Sword Art Online, would limit her choices in life and restrict her potential, voicing her desire to see her child make full use of her abilities and have a career she could be proud of. Asuna then expressed disapproval at her mother's selection of her future spouse, to which Kyouko asserted marriage to a financially stable individual was part of a successful career and extolled Yuuya's background and personality. When Asuna reminded her of how her previous choice for fiancé had ended up, Kyouko denied her involvement and claimed Shouzou was the one who made the decision. Asuna declared she would choose her own partner, Kyouko acquiesced so long the person in question was worthy, which did not include other students from the SAO Survivor School, and revealed she had investigated into Kazuto and deemed him unfit. As Asuna left to her room, Kyouko briefly expressed shock when her daughter questioned her she still felt shame over being born as the daughter of farmers, before angrily ordering her to return.

The next evening on January 7, when Asuna failed to appear for dinner again, Kyouko went to her room and disconnected the Amusphere on her daughter's head. When Asuna returned to the real world, Kyouko reminded her of her promise to disconnect the console the last time Asuna was late for a meal from the previous month. She warned the next time it happened, she would be confiscating the Amusphere.

On January 12, Asuna persuaded her to put on the AmuSphere to see what the younger's world actually looked like. When she woke up on the other side, she realized that Asuna's chosen destination looked like her childhood home. This brought sad nostalgic memories to her and her heart melted. The next morning on January 13, she permitted Asuna that she had to work hard to get the husband she wanted. Asuna readily agreed to her mother's proposal.

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