Nodoka Haramura

Nodoka Haramura, also known as Nodocchi, Nodo-chan and Nonoka, is one of the main characters from the Saki series.
== Charactah Account ==
Nodoka Haramura is a first-year student at Kiyosumi High School in Nagano Prefecture and she has played online mahjong since a young girl and develops a eventually passion for it. Her father, who works as an attorney, disapproves of Nodoka's interest but does not prohibit it. Because of her mother's work assignment, her family usually moves to a different city every two to three years. She moves to Nara Prefecture prior to her final year in elementary school and soon enters Achiga Girls' Academy for middle school. While in Nara, Nodoka befriends Shizuno Takakamo and briefly joins Achiga's mahjong club.
Nodoka's family moves again after one year at Achiga to Nagano, where she enters Takatoobara Middle School and meets Yuuki Kataoka. The two join its mahjong club and meet younger teammates Hiroko Murohashi and Maho Yumeno. Takatoobara enters the prefectural middle school mahjong tournament the following year but does not qualify for the national tournament. However, Nodoka qualifies in the individual tournament and proceeds to win the national championship. She begins receiving much publicity after winning the national title, and the media often exaggerates her skills as a mahjong genius. Her family plans to move again after she completes middle school, but Nodoka wishes to remain in Nagano and enter Kiyosumi High School with Yuuki. Her father reluctantly agrees, and she aims to also win the national high school championship in return.
Upon entering Kiyosumi, she meets fellow first-year student Saki Miyanaga is devastated by the fact that Saki possesses skill in mahjong that surpasses her own. Nodoka's initial contempt for Saki eventually disappears, and the two grow closer to each other with the promise of reaching the national high school mahjong team tournament with Yuuki and their senior teammates.
== Appearance ==
=== Anime ===
* Saki
* Saki Biyori Animation
* Saki Picture Drama
* Saki: Achiga-hen - Episode of Side-A
* Saki: The Nationals
=== Manga ===
* Saki
* Saki-Biyori
* Saki: Achiga-hen - Episode of Side-A
* Someya Mako's Mahjong Parlor Food
=== Video Games ===
* Saki Achiga-hen Episode of Side-A Portable
* Saki Portable
* Saki Zenkoku-hen
== Trivia ==
* Nodoka reached the semi-finals of the Saimoe 2009, 2010 and 2012 moe popularity tournaments.
* While Nodoka was hospitalized, Nodoka learned to play mahjong in fourth grade.
* Nodoka's play style is quickly and efficiently racking up points as fast as possible.
* Nodoka is left-handed, although she was taught to play mahjong with her right hand.
* Nodoka always carries her penguin doll due to Hisa Takei's recommendation in their first training camp, affectionately named Etopen, to give her a sense of calmness when playing mahjong.
* Nodoka's nickname is "Nodocchi" (which is the same as her screen name in online mahjong).
* Nodoka is very close to Saki Miyanaga to the point they hold hands and blush towards each other.
== Gallery ==
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== External Links ==
* Nodoka Haramura at Saki Wiki
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