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Yoko (character)
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Gender

Female

Species

Cat

Heritage

Japanese

Voiced By

Lisa Yamanaka

Yoko is a character featured in Timothy Goes To School

Bio[]

Physical Appearance[]

Yoko is light grey cat with three whiskers on each cheek. On the top of her head she has three darker grey stripes to match her tail. Her eyes are green, while her nose and inner-ear are light pink.

Normally, she wears a yellow dress with a red jacket that has a peach buttoned strip.

Personality[]

Yoko is very friendly and sweet, but a little withdrawn compared to some of the other children. She is kind and appears to be mature, but sensitive. At first, she worried over what the other students would think about her due to her cultural differences, but over time she began to grow proud of it and has fun getting to bond with them over it later in the series. She is smart and will stand up for the others if she believes someone is being mean or rude. 

Relationships[]

Timothy[]

Yoko and Timothy became best friends after they met. They can normally be found together and care greatly for each other, expressing concern or sadness if something was to happen or if the other one was too busy for them. They encourage each other and Timothy is shown being gentle with her.

Female Classmates[]

When not with Timothy, Yoko can usually be seen with them. She gets along with the other girls equally, but seems closer to Lily.  

Male Classmates[]

She gets along with all of the male students as well as Timothy, they are normally shown to be kind to her. She can sometimes be found playing with Charles.

Mrs. Jenkins[]

Yoko admires her teacher and because of her, realized that other than being a violinist she would like to be a Teacher when she grows up.

Miss Appleberry[]

Yoko admires Miss Appleberry, just like she does with Mrs Jenkins. Miss Appleberry has Yoko assist her when she is in charge of the class.

Trivia[]

  • In the book series, written by Rosemary Wells, Yoko was the main character of two book series. Some books included (but not limited to): YokoYoko Writes Her Name, Yoko's Paper Cranes and Yoko's World of Kindness.
    • A few of the episodes in the cartoons are based on Yoko books, but altered to feature a different character or changed the plot. Such as Mama Don't Go, which cast Yoko as the star in the book, but Juanita in the cartoon.
  • In the books, Yoko was revealed to have been born in Japan, but they left sometime prior to the series. Her father is still in Japan, explaining his absence in the cartoon.
  • In the books, Yoko's eyes looked more feline.
  • Her character was based on a girl named Violet from the "Timothy Goes to School" book.
  • In the books, Yoko's wore flowery outfits and her jacket had one button.
  • Her voice actress previously voiced Wanda, an asian girl from The Magical Bus.

Gallery[]

See Yoko (character)/Gallery for more images of Yoko (character)

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