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Yukito Tsukishiro
月城 雪

Series Cardcaptor Sakura

Cardcaptor Sakura: Clear Card

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Also Known As Yuki (by Touya)

Yuki-Usagi (by Kero)
Yukito-san (by Sakura)
Yue (Host to)

Yukito Tsukishiro (月城 雪 , Tsukishiro Yukito) is a

protagonist character in CLAMP's anime and manga
series Cardcaptor Sakura. Yukito is Touya Kinomoto’s
boyfriend and is the original object of Sakura
Kinomoto's aIection.

He is the humanoid alter-ego of Yue, the second and

last Guardian of the Kfty-four Clow/Sakura Cards and
their young new mistress. Syaoran Li harbors a crush
on him for a while, which is based in his subconscious
attraction to Yue's incredibly strong lunar magic.

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Appearance

Yukito has brown eyes and gray hair, often parted on

the side. He has large circular glasses, giving him a
scholarly appearance. While he is usually seen in his
school uniform, he can also be seen wearing in casual
clothes, namely jeans and a hooded sweatshirt.

Personality

Yukito's ever present smile is evidence of his kind and

gentle nature. Yukito is soft-spoken, but seems to be
quite popular. He's an athlete to some extent, cooks,
bakes, he's a jack of all trades. Tsukishiro is the object
of both Sakura and Syaoran's adoration. He loves food
and has an enormous appetite. However, it is
mentioned somewhere in the third season that
Yukito's true form Yue is unable to eat. This suggests
that the reason Yukito has such a large appetite
because he is eating for two. Near the end of the
series, it is shown that Yue is losing his power and
there is a strong possibility that he will disappear, so
Yukito has to eat Kve times as much than usual.
Yukito said "I eat and eat and eat, but I'm never full..."
and feels very frail, which is a big worry to the survival
of not only Yue but Yukito himself.

Plot

Clow Card Arc

During much of the Clow Card arc, Yukito appeared as

Touya's friend and would accompany him and Sakura
to school. When Sakura began her quest to capture
the cards, she ran into him several times in areas the
cards were hiding in, or before she was heading out
to Knd the cards. Strangely, he didn't seem bothered
by Sakura's odd behaviour and would just shrug it oI,
promising to keep whatever she was up to a secret.
Even when faced with some of the odd occurrences
around town, he seemed unfazed by it, most likely
due to subconscious inXuences from Yue. Some of
the Clow cards also seemed aware of his true nature
and would avoid attacking him when he was around.

As the series progressed and the Final Judgment

came closer, Yue's energy would occasionally Xare
and bleed through to Yukito during the full moon.
While Yukito himself was unaIected by this, it
produced odd eIects on those around him. Sakura
passed out during the full moon when the pair were
on a scavenger hunt. Fellow guardian Cerberus would
occasionally sense Yue, but due to the fact Miss
Mizuki possessed Moon style magic, he mistook her
for the false form of Yue. Miss Mizuki, however, was
fully aware there was something diIerent about
Yukito, and would give subtle hints to him, though he
didn't catch on to her behaviour.

Sakura Card Arc

As a home economics project, Sakura made a teddy

bear. It was decided that she would give it to Yukito,
but not before Eriol Hiiragizawa helped Knish it. When
Sakura handed him the bear, it glowed with a red
light, then Yukito fainted, and the bear grew to an
exponential size. Sakura was forced to transform a
new card in order to stop it.

Yukito stops by Sakura's house to drop oI a school

book for Touya, and as he is standing in the doorway,
he transforms into Yue. Yue tells Cerberus that his
magic is running out and that Sakura can no longer
sustain him. He then mentions there may be another
source, but doesn't tell Cerberus what that is. Sakura
comes back and Yue instantaneously transforms back
into Yukito. Naturally, he was a bit confused.

Later, Eriol notes that Yukito is having an even harder

time than Sakura nowadays. Yukito thinks to himself
about the blackouts he has been having and how
worn out he has been feeling lately, and that's when
Touya approaches him. Just as Touya was about to
tell him something important, Nakuru Akizuki (Ruby
Moon) falls out of a tree and interrupts. Annoyed,
Touya leaves, and Ruby tells Yukito that with him as
oblivious as he is, her job should be much easier.

The only thing that can save him is a massive infusion

of magical energy, which Yue Knally receives from
Touya (whose earlier eIorts to warn Yukito of his
plight were continually interrupted by the aggressive
the Ruby Moon).

Soon afterwards Sakura confesses her feelings to

Yukito. He inclines as he “thought as much”. Earlier
that day, Yukito told Touya how alarmed he was that
he had suddenly learned about the existence of Yue
and the falsehood of most of his memories, but Touya
replies that it doesn't matter to him since the
moments he has as himself are real.

When Sakura was trapped in her Alice in Wonderland

book, several of her friends played the characters.
Yukito was the white rabbit, running down a path
because he was late for a meeting with the queen.
Suddenly, he changes into Yue and Xies Sakura up in
the air. Once high enough, he drops her. In order to
escape, Sakura needed to transform two new cards.

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Relationships

Touya Kinomoto

Touya and Yukito.

Touya is Yukito’s best friend from high school.

Throughout the series Touya and Yukito's closeness is
frequently displayed. Touya gives Yue his powers in
order to save Yukito's life. Eventually Yukito openly
admits his love for Touya to Sakura after she
confesses to him, notably calling Touya his "number
one".

Sakura Kinomoto

Ten/Eleven-year-old Sakura and teenage Yukito, in the original

Cardcaptor Sakura anime

From the moment Yukito is introduced, it is clear that

Sakura has an enormous crush on him. She
continually marvels that he can be friends with her
"barbaric brother." Everyone involved, including Yukito
himself, believed that his meeting Touya in junior high
school three years ago was a coincidence.

Syaoran Li

For the Krst season audiences were thinking that

Syaoran has a childish crush on Yukito is displayed by
him frequently blushing and/or running away in
Yukito's presence. Syaoran acts as a rival against
Sakura for Yukito's aIection. However, it is discovered
later that Syaoran was just attracted to the magical
energies of the moon residing within Yukito, as
Syaoran draws his magical power from the moon. In
Cardcaptors his fear for Yukito is much more
apparent. Syaoran makes it clear he does not have a
crush on Yukito as real feelings for Sakura begin to
develop.

Yue

"We're really that di<erent?"

Yukito, the temporary form of the mighty Yue, seen in the opening of
the original anime's third and Enal season

Yukito is actually the false form of the Moon Guardian

Yue. Although Yue knows everything about Yukito,
Yukito is initially unaware of Yue's presence. Once
Yukito learns of his stoic alter-ego's existence, the
two are able to communicate mentally. It is suggested
that Yue is the reason for Yukito's large appetite, as
he is in a sense "eating for two."

Powers and Abilities

Alter-Ego/Additional Self Transformation: If Yue

wills it, Yukito is able to transform into his real form.
However as seen in episode 65 it is also shown that
Yue takes into account Yukito's wishes as well when
transforming.

Appearances in Other Media

Tsubasa: Reservoir Chronicle

Yukito makes multiple appearances in Tsubasa:

Reservoir Chronicle. He is Krst shown in the Kingdom
of Clow, where he is the High Priest and the best
friend and conKdante of Touya, the King of Clow. It is
Yukito who uses his magical knowledge to send
Syaoran and the stricken Princess Sakura to Tokyo to
meet with Yuuko Ichihara (in xxxHolic), whom he
refers to as "The Dimensional Witch." Like his
counterpart in Cardcaptor Sakura, Yukito's powers
relate to the moon; he possesses the ability to send
others across dimensions and also the ability to see
the future and spirits of the dead. The magic circle he
uses to send Syaoran and Sakura to Yuuko Ichihara is
almost identical to the one used by Clow Reed in
Cardcaptor Sakura. It was also revealed that one of
Yukito's job as priest is to keep the time still in Clow
country's ruins. In Chapter 188 of the manga, it is
revealed that Sakura was a candidate to succeed the
current priest, which was implied to have been Yukito,
until it was revealed that Nadeshiko was the priest of
Clow Country.

Another version of Yukito appears as a waiter in the

restaurant with Touya in the Hanshin Republic, the
Krst world Syaoran and his companions visit. His
appearance, along with Touya, illustrates the concept
that Syaoran will encounter people he already knows,
but are the not same person in the sense that he
knows them. In the anime series, he appears in Oto
Country along with Touya as patrons in the cafe run
by Sakura and her travelling companions as well as in
two Kller episodes.

Cardcaptors

He is known as Julian Star in the English version. In

the Cardcaptors version there are frequent instances
where his wrong voice actor was used.

Etymology

His given name Yukito means "mountain

hare"/snowy rabbit (雪 ). Yukito's surname
Tsukishiro means "moon-castle" (月城).
Chinese folklore tells of a rabbit resident in
the moon and his alter-ego, Yue, is
associated with the moon. Reference to his
surname, this could also due to the fact that
Yukito is Yue's false form; essentially a
"castle". Tsukishiro could also be translated
as (月, tsuki) "moon" and (城, shiro) "white".

Yukito's favorite Xower Hepatica (雪割草,

Yukiwariso) is from the Krst Kanji 雪 (yuki) in his
name.

Trivia

Certain Clow Cards aeliated with the Moon

appeared to be aware of Yukito's true-nature and
would avoid attacking him or divert their attacks
away from him. This is most evident in the battle
with The Mist card.
During the Mist's attack on the stage, Yukito
tries to help Touya and another student on
the stage. He is able to run through The Mist
and is knocked into it, but the card doesn't try
to dissolve him.

While Yue was forbidden from aiding Sakura

during her capturing of The Cards, Yukito gave
Sakura advice that subsequently helped her
capture several cards like Watery and Illusion.
While Yue was against having a new master,
Yukito was highly protective of Sakura throughout
the Clow Card arc.

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