Yuuki Kyouko

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

Background
She 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, Sugou Nobuyuki was chosen by Kyouko to be Asuna's fiance. However, Kyouko denies the fact that she made such a fatal mistake and pins the blame on her husband after Nobuyuki's defeat by Kazuto.

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, 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 is a cold person who had resented her middle-class status and desired that her daughter, Asuna, would grow up rich 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 now tells Asuna that, as long as she works hard to become strong enough to support someone else, she would allow Asuna to do as she pleased.

Mother's Rosario
Yuuki Kyouko did not understand the fascination of the virtual world Asuna played. Instead, she thought of it as a waste of time and wanted Asuna to drop out of the school for the former trapped victims of Sword Art Online who were still teens. The elder Yuuki instead wanted to hire a tutor to teach her so that she could go to a better college. She thought that the current school was unqualified to prepare Asuna for university. Kyouko wanted the best for her daughter and not have the life she had before, as a result she wanted Asuna to marry a person with a strong financial background and not to have a relationship with Kazuto, despite Asuna's protests. However, 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 melts, telling Asuna that she must work hard to get the husband she wanted. Asuna readily agreed to her mother's proposal.