Yumeko Sakurai (Japanese: 桜井夢子, Sakurai Yumeko) is a rival of Ryo Akizuki, and initially appeared in Dearly Stars. She is voiced by Sayuri Yahagi (Japanese: 矢作紗友里, Yahagi Sayuri) in Neue Green Special Drama CD insert of Neue Green volume 3.

Personality

Yumeko Sakurai is an extremely aggressive and competitive person, to the point of severely injuring other idols. Yumeko is also considered a tsundere type character.

Game Discography

THE iDOLM@STER Dearly Stars

Yumeko is an idol and rival to Ryo Akizuki who chases after her dream no matter what it takes. She is described as an extremely talented idol until it was revealed that she cheated her way to the top by sabotaging rival idols with various means, including giving them candy that clogs the vocal chords or making the stage floor slippery. After Ryo convinces her to stop, she reveals that her dream was to appear as a guest on Souichi Takeda's show "Old Whistle". Despite being rivals, she hangs out with Ryo frequently to talk about their upcoming auditions. After Ryo revealed himself as a boy, Yumeko developed a crush on him.

THE iDOLM@STER Cinderella Girls

Events
Event	Duration	Cards
LIVE Tour Carnival Diary Star Dream ~Love Kyun Valentine~	2/8/2017 - 2/16/2017	Not a featured card.
LIVE Tour Carnival Diary Star Dream ~Magic Concerto~	3/22/2019 - 3/30/2019

THE iDOLM@STER SideM GROWING STARS

Yumeko is briefly mentioned in by Ryo in F-LAGS' prologue story arc.

THE iDOLM@STER Starlit Season

Yumeko Sakurai cameos as a possible rival the player can face.

Other Media Discography

THE iDOLM@STER Neue Green for Dearly Stars

THE iDOLM@STER Innocent Blue for Dearly Stars

Song Discographies

Yumeko Sakurai
THE iDOLM@STER Second Vision Data
Name:	桜井夢子 (Sakurai Yumeko)
Voice actor:	矢作紗友里 (Yahagi Sayuri)
Age:	15
Height:	156 cm
Weight:	45 kg
Birthday:	October 24th
Blood type:	B
Three sizes:	84-55-82 cm
Handedness:	Right
Hobbies:	Original candy making
Horoscope:	Scorpio
Hometown:	Osaka
Cinderella Girls Data
Name:	桜井夢子 (Sakurai Yumeko)
Voice actor:	矢作紗友里 (Yahagi Sayuri)
Age:	15
Height:	156 cm
Weight:	45 kg
Birthday:	October 24th
Horoscope:	Scorpio
Blood type:	B
Three sizes:	84-55-82
Handedness:	Right
Hobbies:	Cooking
Card Type:	Passion
Autograph

Performed Songs

inferno

Trivia and Fan Culture

Trivia

Yumeko is the first freelance idol of the iDOLM@STER series, as she doesn't have any affiliations with any agency.
She calls Azusa Miura her "older sister" because of her admiration to her as her senpai.
Yumeko initially disliked Yayoi Takatsuki due to her being loud and "annoying", though she felt sympathetic when she found out about Yayoi's family and their bad finances.
Yumeko has designs for her CUTE & GIRLY and her COOL & SEXY costumes within her manga appearances.
Yumeko was the first Dearly Stars rival to become playable.

Fan Culture

Yumeko is often associated with the flag of Ghana, after a dialogue line in a Cinderella Girls collaboration event where she is depicted as the flag while berating Ryo.