Yuri is an anime original character.

Yuri appears in episode 69 of Ashita no Joe.

After Joe falls from a cliff and breaks his leg, Yuri finds him and let's him rest up on her and her mother's farm until Joe's leg heals. Joe reminds Yuri a lot of her brother Yasuo, who used to also live on the farm before he pursued a career in boxing. She asks Joe if maybe he could be her new ''brother'' where she then runs away embarrassed.