Yugiri

Yugiri (ゆうぎり,) was a girl from the Meiji era (明治時代, Meiji-jidai). She's also a member of the idol group Franchouchou.

She is titled as the Legendary Courtesan (伝説の花魁, Densetsu no Oiran)

Appearance
Yūgiri has light auburn hair with most of it being brought up into a bow-like shape on-top of her head and two long strands hanging over her shoulders. Her bangs are mostly center-parted with one-bit curling to the right. Yūgiri also has light rust eyes, and like the other zombies, grayish-blue skin. She also has a scar across her neck.

Normally, Yūgiri wears a kimono-like outfit; with the top a white and orange checkered pattern, a purple collar, and a forest-green skirt. She also supports dark purple leggings and dark grey boots. As an Idol, Yūgiri wears a light red shirt with green dots and the number "5" written on it. She also wears a bright red skirt with white frills.

Personality
Yūgiri appears to be a very calm and traditional girl, likely because of the time period she lived in. As a result, she appears to calmly accept and conform to the changes in modern society.

She tends to slap someone and lecture them on an answer or revelation they already know and about to answer.

Courtesan (Oiran)
As her title suggests, Yugiri was a courtesan in the Meiji Era while alive, specifically an Oiran. An Oiran, though a type of Yūjo (prostitute) were more so entertainers than physical pleasures. This is probably why Kōtarō resurrected her in the first place as she had experience and skills as an entertainer before.

Shamisen
As evident in episode 2, Yugiri has incredible skill on the instrument called a shamisen, able to play fast and move her fingers around the neck of the instrument with high speed and skill.

Character concept
It feels like a combination of things coming out of the word "Oiran", it was necessary to consider the times to some extent. They wanted to affirm the fact that Yugiri alone could be placed in the leading position, an idol with a strong personality.

Trivia

 * The name Yūgiri means "evening mist".
 * Yugiri was revealed to be 19 when she died.
 * Chronologically, she is the oldest in Franchouchou.
 * However, it is possible that Tae Yamada might be older than Yūgiri.
 * Yuguri is the name of a character in The Tale of Genji.
 * Along with Tae, Yūgiri is the only zombie whose cause of death hasn't been revealed yet.
 * The scar around her neck suggests that she was beheaded, which was not uncommon for her time period.
 * Yugiri died one month after her nineteenth birthday.
 * Yugiri sports most curvaceous figure in group. Beating even Sakura and Tae by three sizes.

Curiosities
Yugiri: What can we do to please our guests tonight? Sakura: Yugiri-san, phrasing! Yugiri: If we do our best to service them, I'm certain the result will be pleasurable for all parties. Sakura:  Wow, we need to work on your phrasing.
 * Affectionate Nickname: Lily calls her "Yugirin".
 * Anime Hair: She has her hair tied up in the shape of a heart.
 * Antiquated Linguistics: Speaks in an archaic way fitting for her time period, specifically the  arinsu / kuruwa  dialect used by courtesans in the Edo Period.
 * Boobs of Steel: Yugiri is the bustiest of the zombies, and one of the hardest to unnerve. She's a talented gymnast, hails from a more violent era, and is familiar with the concept of "testing swords". She's also prone to slapping her peers across the face to make them come to their senses, whether they actually need it or not.
 * The Comically Serious: She's... not as attuned to her surroundings as her calm dignity suggests.
 * Cool Big Sis: She is the oldest in terms of date of birth (though Junko and Tae are older going by how long they lived), and she seems to be the most level-headed of the zombies. The group as a whole affectionately refer to her as "Big Sis", and she is especially close to Lily.
 * Double Entendre: In Episode 4, a line of dialog spoken by Yugiri easily falls under this, and is noticed by Sakura. It also doesn't help that she is a courtesan, and Yugiri is nonchalant in delivering it.
 * Notable in English as well.
 * Fish out of Temporal Water: While all the zombies are this to a certain extent, Yugiri is the most egregious example, being the most ancient of the seven, having been revived from the period of the Meiji Restoration. She essentially lays out how she deals with the situation in Episode 6, explaining that being confused about what's going on wouldn't be helpful, so she's decided to accept things as they come.
 * Get a Hold of Yourself, Man!: Whenever she sees someone moping, she physically slaps people out of their funk. The problem is, most of the time they've already snapped out of it by the time Yugiri slaps them and tells them exactly what they were trying to say. The one time she actually slaps someone in the middle of a funk is in Episode 12 when Sakura remains adamant in giving up.
 * Glad I Thought of It: As mentioned above, Yugiri tends to resort to Armor Piercing Slaps whenever she tries to get someone out of their funk. Only problem there is that the majority of the time, the victim has already started to come to the same epiphany in their own right before she slaps them.
 * Gorgeous Period Dress: In Episode 11, she decks herself out in full  oiran  regalia, complete with platform sandals and headdress when attempting to snap Sakura out of her depression.
 * Hidden Depths: Episode 5 reveals her to be a skilled gymnast. Later in Episode 10, she confirms she also had training as a geisha (coming from a period where oiran and geisha were both active). Her search for edibles in the same episode leaves something to be desired, however, as she can't tell which fungi are poisonous (though it is mentioned that being poisoned isn't a big deal anymore, as they're all already dead).
 * High-Class Call Girl: She was specifically an oiran in her native time, and that would have essentially made her this trope. Episode 2 shows that she's very good at playing the shamisen, which is just one of many skills oiran were expected to learn.
 * Image Song: While Yugiri never got her own song in Season One, she managed to score herself her own focused song for "The Best of Franchouchou" album (it even was a major selling point for this album, as it even had it's own music video). Yugiri's song is known as "Saga Jihen", a song about Yugiri's 'incident' in her past life, and how she awaits for the love of her previous life to arrive in the depths of Hell itself. It's also sung in the style of jazz/big-band music from the early 1900s.
 * Intergenerational Friendship: With Lily, who's technically the youngest member of the crew, and the one furthest from her in original time period.
 * Ms. Fanservice: In official merchandising while in makeup, she has long thick legs, wide hips, and a Cleavage Window while wearing a swimsuit.
 * Mysterious Past: Much like Tae, we don't know much about her life prior to her death. We do know that aside of being an oiran, she also trained as a geisha, and she was around at the time of the Meiji Restoration. The prominent scar around her neck suggests she was beheaded or hanged. And then there's the fact that she would be a 200-year old corpse. Whatever embalming methods her corpse was preserved with remains to be seen. Episode 11 has Kotaro's bartender (and seemingly immortal) acquaintance briefly warn Kotaro to never harm Yugiri because he owes her a lot from the good old days.
 * Named After Somebody Famous: She shares her name with a real-life courtesan from the 17th century, who was in turn named after a character from  Genji Monogatari.
 * Only One Name: She goes by only one name, which was common practice among both oiran and Geisha; their employers would give them "professional" names that were typically taken from poetry or classic Japanese literature.
 * Out of Focus: Downplayed, with her generally prone to hanging around cooperatively on the sidelines of the action and occasionally saying something funny for much of the series, and being the only member of Franchouchou besides Tae not to get a backstory episode. That said, hints of her Mysterious Past came through (in the form of a mysterious bartender who knows about her past, and ALSO is acquainted with Kotaro), and in general she's much more prominent and active in the last few episodes of the first season, her Cool Big Sis traits showing at their absolute fullest.
 * Outdated Outfit: Her casual clothes consist of a kimono, hakama, stockings and boots, in the manner of a female student from the late 1800snote, but with the hakama cut above the knee like a makeshift skirt, to show off more of her legs.
 * Rage Breaking Point: Of the Tranquil Fury variety. She physically slaps Sakura  again  for not only bemoaning her bad luck, but also for throwing her friends' feelings under the bus when all they wanted to do was help her. Where Ai has to point out she's not the only one with bad luck, Yugiri chooses a more physical approach.
 * Rapunzel Hair: While not as long as Tae or Saki's it is notably long enough to reach her hips.
 * Running Gag:
 * Whenever someone is getting moody, she has a tendency to give them a Get a Hold of Yourself, Man! slap, and speaks her mind with a speech while the person was actually thinking the exact same thing. She does this to Sakura  and Kotaro.
 * Her slapping Sakura becomes this, to the point where in the music video for 'Saga Jihen' (i.e. Yugiri's Image Song), she slaps Sakura for no apparent reason whatsoever besides Rule of Funny.
 * Smoking Is Cool: Sometimes she can be seen smoking from a  kiseru, giving her an elegant and sophisticated vibe.
 * Statuesque Stunner: At least when she has her make-up on.
 * The Stoic: While not immune to freaking alongside the others, she's generally able to stay calm and composed in most of their wacky situations. It's even more impressive because she is the biggest Fish out of Temporal Water in the group.
 * Team Mom: Shares this role in alternating fashion with Sakura. She sometimes acts motherly towards the other girls, showing concern and acting the maturest. This makes sense given that she is the oldest girl at the time of death other than Tae (who is The Unintelligible) and Junko (who's the same age, just two months older) as well as being from the earliest time period.
 * Technicolor Eyes: Red eyes, even with her contacts in.
 * Tranquil Fury: She's capable of holding her anger while holding her composure. If she wants your attention, she  will get  your attention with five fingers to the face.
 * Tsurime Eyes: Her eyes show that she's the most mature out of all the Franchouchou members.
 * Unmoving Plaid: Sometimes happens to the diamond pattern on her kimono.
 * Younger Than They Look: She has the look of a woman in her late-20's, but is actually 19 at the time of her death.
 * Zettai Ryouiki: Grade A in her practice clothes.