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is a fictional character introduced in the 2008 role-playing game ''Tales of Vesperia'' by Namco Tales Studio. The protagonist of the story, Yuri is a young adult from the Lower Quarter of the Imperial Capital, Zaphias. He leaves the town with a noble named Estellise in order to find a thief who stole an important instrument to his people. Across the story, he is willing to help those in need, even if he has to take extreme measures to do so, adopting a vigilante-like attitude in many situations and also forms a guild known as Brave Vesperia. He is also the protagonist of the anime film ''Tales of Vesperia: The First Strike'' which details his backstory as an imperial knight protecting a town alongside his comrades. The character of Yuri was created to be a young adult to contrast previous ''Tales'' protagonists who besides being younger were developed across their games. Yuri has been designed by Kōsuke Fujishima. He also been well received with many writers for video game publications finding him as an appealing protagonist. The positive response has resulted in Yuri often appearing in polls and ''Tales'' producer Hideo Baba commenting on whether they could create another character with similar traits. ==Creation and design== Yurl Lowell was designed for ''Tales of Vesperia'' by regular series designer Kōsuke Fujishima.〔 Compared to other characters like Flynn, Fujisaka found designing Yuri a challenge, as he was a type of protagonist that the series had not featured previously. Yuri was created to be different from previous protagonists in the series such as Kyle Dunamis from ''Tales of Destiny 2'' and Luke fon Fabre from ''Tales of the Abyss''. While the stories of previous games focused on revealing and developing these characters' personalities, Yuri was given a more adult personality. As such, Yuri was in a position to aid in the growth of the main cast. The game's theme of justice came partially from this portrayal. His deep friendship with Flynn also formed the core theme of Bonnie Pink's theme song "Ring a Bell".〔 ''Tales of Vesperia: The First Strike'' was affected by Yuri and Flynn's younger ages. Niren Fedrock was created to serve as a mentor figure as well as the possible future of the two's careers. Since Yuri was surer of his interest, the coming of age story was more focused on Flynn. The friendship between Yuri and Flynn was seen as "priceless" by director Kenta Kamei due to the mutual respect each other share as well as the occasion each gets angry.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Interview with Kanta Kamei (2) )〕 Kamei's favorite scene is when Yuri looks up at the sky of Ceazontania the night before the Knights expedition to the old ruins. It meant to emphasize the importance of Yuri's decision in regards to his future.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Interview with Kanta Kamei (3) )〕 In Japanese, Yuri has been voiced by Kosuke Toriumi.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=STAFF & CAST )〕 Yuri has been voiced in the English version of the game by Troy Baker. Baker wanted to pay a homage to the original Japanese version, and while working with the script, Baker started understanding the character, considering sometimes what Yuri would say in the game.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Troy Baker Talking About Vesperia )〕 When he was brought into the project, the script was at a very early stage of development, meaning that he and the rest of the localization team were able to get right into Yuri's personality: Troy stated that this kind of feeling was a relative rarity in the profession. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Yuri Lowell」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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