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Beni Yoshida, also known as The Hairdresser, is a support character for Ryoba Aishi in Yandere Simulator 1980s Mode, and in 202X Mode, she is a background character found in Buraza Town.
Appearance[]
Beni has two illustrations in two different time periods, giving her a unique appearance if either protagonist in either timeline visits her. Two of her features that are seen in both timelines are that she has a small, but noticeable mole below her left eye, and she has purple-brown eyes.
202X Mode[]
Beni has wavy, slightly curly dark gray hair with swept gray bangs. Her hair ends below her shoulder blades.
She wears a black V-cut shirt that is covered by an open, fitted pale aqua cardigan, and a black bib apron with two pockets. The right pocket holds three white stylist clips, and the left pocket holds a merlot red fine-tooth comb with silver salon scissors.
1980s Mode[]
Beni has fluffy, charcoal gray hair with curved bangs and some hair strands that are either sticking out or resting on her collarbone. Her hair ends below her shoulder blades. She also wears a little pink lip gloss and some blush.
She wears a vertically striped dusty blue and white dress with a light blue short-sleeved fitted cardigan that has loosely fitted white cuffs, all tucked in her black bib apron. The belt buckle of her apron is silver, and the belt itself hangs in the center. One pocket can be found on the left of her apron, which contains an unknown small purple bottle. A pale Mountbatten pink utility pouch can be seen hanging across her apron, which includes silver scissors, hair clips, two combs, and a merlot red beard foamer. The ends of her dress have a horizontal pattern in the same color as her top. She wears a pair of white heel sandals. In some of her sprites, she can be seen holding a merlot red and white wired hair blower.
In her previous illustration, she had short, mid-neck length black hair with two swept bangs, one strand in the middle, and chocolate eyes. She also wore a V-line dark gray t-shirt covered by an open light blue cardigan with fitted cuffs, paired with a black apron that had gray scissors, two white clips, a brown stick, and a gray spray bottle. She also had two small baby blue dangle bracelets on her right wrist.
Personality[]
Beni Yoshida was born in 1960 in the Shitamachi district of Tokyo, the daughter of a quiet office clerk and a seamstress who worked from home. Her childhood was remarkably ordinary. She played with dolls, watched television dramas, and dutifully completed her schoolwork. Teachers often described her as "polite and attentive," and her classmates thought of her as gentle, even kind. She never demonstrated cruelty toward animals, bullying toward peers, or any of the other traits often associated with children destined for darker futures. By all accounts, it seemed that she would live a modest, unremarkable life.
At 18, Beni enrolled in beauty school, inspired by her mother's artistic hands and her own fascination with the power of transformation - how a new hairstyle could elevate someone's self-confidence. She thrived in her classes, earning praise for her precision and creativity. Two years later, she completed the program and passed the national beautician's license exam, officially becoming a licensed cosmetologist at age 20.
Her first job, however, proved less glamorous than she had imagined. She worked as an assistant in a cramped, smoke-filled barber shop that was dominated by men - both in staff and clientele. The barbers treated her like little more than a broom with legs, assigning her endless sweeping, shampooing, and coffee-fetching. "Endure it. It's valuable experience," she tried to tell herself.
Among the shop's regulars was a middle-aged salaryman who delighted in bragged shamelessly about humiliating his female coworkers, cheating on his wife, and tricking younger women into compromising situations. None of what he did was technically illegal, but he was as deplorable as a man could be without breaking the law. Every time Beni saw him swagger into the shop, her hands clenched. One day, as she stood silently behind him while he boasted about abandoning a mistress who had fallen pregnant, something in her hardened. For the first time in her life, she thought: "The world would be better without this person. And I could do something about it."
When not at her workplace, she began to spend her time watching this man - outright stalking him. She noted his patterns: where he drank, what trains he caught, how often he stumbled home drunk. One rainy night, when the inebriated man staggered dangerously close to a slick, unguarded staircase at a train station, Beni provided a nudge.
Just the smallest nudge.
No one saw her.
No one suspected her.
The authorities ruled it an accident.
After the deed was done, a sensation washed over her. It wasn't guilt, shame, or remorse, nor was it joy or sadistic glee. Rather, it was something akin to a deep satisfaction, as though she had just removed a stubborn black stain from a pure white sheet.
Over the next five years, she balanced her professional life - gaining skill, building clients, saving money - with a secret second life as a vigilante. She didn't kill people indiscriminately; she only cast judgement on those who were the lowest of the low: men who preyed on vulnerable women, people who exploited their power and influence to ruin the lives of others for selfish gain, and people whose immoral behavior disrupted entire communities. Tokyo police eventually noticed a pattern among the "accidental" deaths, and began investigating.
A witness remembered seeing a woman near one of the crime scenes - and Beni matched the description perfectly. The police briefly interviewed her, and - although her heart was beating like a jackhammer inside of her chest - she kept her composure and provided an airtight alibi. Still, the experience of being scrutinized by the police rattled her. In fact, it outright traumatized her. The thrill of vigilantism immediately vanished, replaced by a paranoia that steadily grew more intense with time. She knew that if she wanted to live a long life outside of a prison cell, she had to stop what she was doing. In 1988, she left Tokyo and relocated to a quiet rural town, where she opened her own hair salon. To her clients and neighbors, she was just a friendly, stylish beautician - no one had any reason to suspect what lay in her past.
A year later, in 1989, a beautiful young woman named Ryoba walked into her salon. She was unlike any client that Beni had ever seen before - not because of her appearance or grace, but rather, because of a thousand subtle details. Her eyes seemed to measure everyone in the room, as if sizing up potential threats. Her gaze lingered on a pair of scissors just a little too long. She moved calmly and slowly, in the way that a panther moves before it pounces on the poor animal that is destined to become its next meal.
Their eyes met, and in an instant, Beni felt it: the same feeling she had once experienced when looking at herself in the mirror after a kill. She immediately recognized what Ryoba was: a kindred spirit.
Ryoba became a regular client. Sometimes she would slip a few folded bills into Beni's palm, and in exchange, Beni would whisper advice into Ryoba's ears that nobody else could hear over the buzz of dryers and the snip of scissors. Ryoba never bragged about her deeds - but Beni could always *sense* when Ryoba had recently "eliminated" an "obstacle" from her path. They never spoken of such things directly, preferring their bond to be a silent one.
Beni thought of Ryoba as a friend, one of the very few people who could understand her true nature. In reality, Ryoba was not a woman who desired friendship with anyone at all; it could be said that, over the course of her entire life, she had no true friends - only people who she sought to be on positive terms with so that she could use them in some way. Completely unaware of this - or, perhaps, enjoying the illusion of friendship - Beni treasured the connection that she had with Ryoba.
Later in life, after Ryoba had become a mother, she brought her daughter to Beni's salon. The child was quiet and well-behaved - almost unnervingly so. Beni was delighted to style her hair, first putting it into a cute and playful side-pigtail, and later - after the girl grew older - a high ponytail to mirror her mother's low ponytail. But, as the years passed, it became increasingly difficult to avoid acknowledging just how..."wrong" this girl was.
She was oddly apathetic and indifferent, as if she was completely devoid of emotion; more like a moving doll than a human. Gradually, she began to give Beni the same feeling that Ryoba had once given her, long ago; that feeling of meeting a kindred spirit...a person who was fully willing - and able - to take the lives of others.
This girl disturbed Beni, and yet also stirred something in her chest: a bittersweet nostalgia for her youth, when she had performed the noble duty of cleansing the world of its filth. Those days were long gone, buried under years of ordinary haircuts and polite smiles. But, still, sometimes, when she looked into that child's unblinking eyes, Beni could feel old urges rising once again, and a voice whispering in her ear: "You're not too old. You could return. You could cleanse once more."
She only entertained these thoughts for a moment before smiling and shaking her head. "Me? A killer? At my age? With my wrinkles and grey hair? No...my time is over. I will never take another life... ...probably."
She was mostly active exclusively in the 80s[1] and committed a total of 10 murders.[2]
She also has an unusual talent: spotting someone who is or could be a serial killer. She has an "aura" that a few killers have to detect one of their own, and she knows that Ayano herself could become a potential murderer.[3]
When Ryoba shops in the town, she can talk to Beni in the hair salon. Once Beni finds out that Ryoba was also a murderer, she suggests they swap tips. Those tips can be bought each for $9.99, and will appear in Ryoba's notepad in the Ideas section.
According to the official site, her weakness is "Paranoia."
Relationships[]
- Ayano Aishi: Canonically, Ryoba met Beni at least once, as she knows Ayano and asks about her mother when she visits her salon. Ayano thinks something is unusual about her, but she cannot pinpoint what is unusual about her.[4] Beni noticed how Ayano was devoid of emotion, and as she grew up, Beni recognised the same spark her mother had inside Ayano, which deeply disturbed her.
- Ryoba Aishi: While they never committed murder together, they do talk about the people that Beni could find to be potential murderers. She also didn't know Ryoba's murderous tendencies were a result of the Aishi Condition, assuming that she was like her.[4] They are on a first-name basis. Because of their similarities, Beni is deeply fond of Ryoba, seeing her as a good friend, unknowing that Ryoba is not a woman of friendship, and only sees her as an associate. Regardless, Ryoba seems to appreciate Beni, slipping money into her hands and continuing to be a client, even in motherhood.
Trivia[]
- Depending on the kanji used for her name, it can mean "crimson, deep red" (紅, beni) and one of these three kanji spellings: "humanity, kindness" (仁), "only, solely" (唯), or "clothing, garment" (衣).[5]
- Her surname (吉田, yoshida) means "good luck, fortune" (吉, yoshi) and "rice field, rice paddy" (田, da).
- Her full name is phonetically similar to the word "beautician/hairdresser" (美容師, biyoushi).
- She was added in the December 4th, 2019 Build, in the 202X mode.
- She was added to the official site on August 24th, 2025.
- Her appearance was set for Week 3, but it was later set for "Town."
- She was added to the official site on August 24th, 2025.
- Outside of the walls surrounding Dark Delights Bakery, she can be seen in a poster promoting a sale.
- She has a personal love for haircare, as it was her hobby before making it into a career.[4]
- Beni has never heard that Ryoba Aishi works for the Yakuza.[6]
Illustrations[]
.webp "Old Illustration of the Hair Salonist Clerk in 1980s Mode (Welcome).webp (59 KB)")
.webp "Old Illustration of the Hair Salonist Clerk in 1980s Mode (Waiting).webp (54 KB)")
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