Yuriko Hori

Yuriko Hori (堀 百合子), née Yuriko Koyanagi (小柳 百合子 Koyanagi Yuriko), is the wife of Kyousuke Hori and the mother of Kyouko Hori   and Souta Hori.

Appearance
Yuriko is a beautiful young woman with shoulder-length brown hair that has some pieces of hair clipped in the back with bangs hanging on either side and olive eyes (from up close) that she always keep close.

Highschool
Yuriko had her hair tied in a low ponytail (she sometimes leaves it completely down) with bangs hanging over her forehead.

Hori-san to Miyamura-kun (OVA)
Yuriko's hair is in a lighter brown color and she has chocolate-brown eyes.

Personality
Yuriko is a very gentle and caring mother who is very lazy in the kitchen.

In Chapter 119.7, it was shown in a flashback of her Highschool days that she also has a serious side to her and she is certainly no pushover as Kyousuke Hori comments on how "Even though she's as gentle as a flower... and a "lily", at that... she's got thorns."

Plot
Due to being very busy in work, Yuriko is rarely at home that leads Kyouko Hori to do all the parenting for Souta Hori.

Yuriko usually comes home when her daughter comes back from buying groceries, but she came home and first met Iori Miyamura on day.

Kyousuke Hori
Kyousuke is Yuriko's husband whom she first met in high school and she had Kyouko Hori at the age of 20.

Kyouko Hori
Kyouko is Yuriko's eldest daughter who have a very nice relationship with one another and Yuriko seems to care for Kyouko a lot.

Souta Hori
Souta is Yuriko's youngest son who have a nice relationship with each other as they seem to be positive with one another and she also cares for Souta, much like how she is with Kyouko Hori.

Izumi Miyamura
When Yuriko is first introduced in the manga, she seems very interested about him when Kyouko Hori and Souta Hori were talking about Izumi.

Takeru Sengoku
In Chapter 119.7, it is shown that Takeru, Yuriko and Kyousuke Hori went to the same high school together.

Etymology

 * The name Yuriko means "lily" (百合) (yuri) and "child" (子) (ko).
 * In Chapter 119.7, Kyousuke Hori comments on how "They say that names and natures often agree, but... Man, she really smiled just like a flower."
 * Before her marriage with Kyousuke, Yuriko's maiden name Koyanagi means "small" (小) (ko) and "willow" (柳) (yanagi).
 * Koyanagi is found mostly in eastern Japan in which some families pronounce the name Oyanagi.

Trivia

 * Kyouko Hori mentioned that Yuriko's "specialty" is making curry, perhaps boiling in the bag kind.

Gallery
Yuriko Hori/Image Gallery