Yukari Yukino

Yukari Yukino (雪野 百香里) is a minor character of the Kimi no Na wa. film. She serves as Mitsuha's, Tessie's, and Sayaka's Japanese literature teacher in Itomori High School. An alternative version of her is the female protagonist of, another feature by the director of Kimi no Na wa., Makoto Shinkai.

Appearance
Yukino is a 27-year old woman with short dark brown hair styled into a bob and brown eyes. She wears her standard teaching attire in school.

History
In 2013, Yukari Yukino was teaching in Mitsuha Miyamizu's school, and was her Japanese literature teacher, giving her a lesson of the meaning of "Katwaredoki".

In an alternate timeline created by Taki Tachibana, she was one of the teachers who caught Sayaka during her broadcast, and later witnessed the fall of Comet Tiamat.

The Garden of Words
Miss Yukino was the protagonist in The Garden of Words. In that film, she teaches at Imabari, Ehime, before returning to her hometown of Shikoku instead of Itomori.

Etymology

 * The name Yukari means "hundred" (百) (yu), "fragrance, fragrant" (香) (ka) and "village" (里) (ri).
 * Yukari's surname Yukino means "snow" (雪) (yuki) and "field, wilderness" (野) (no).

Behind the scenes

 * In an interview, Makoto Shinkai first joked that he added the character back so he can meet her voice actress, Kana Hanazawa, again, then said that this is fanservice for his fans from previous films.