Kanzashi Sarashiki

Kanzashi Sarashiki, also known as Kan-chan, is one of the main characters from the IS: Infinite Stratos series.
== Charactah Account ==
Kanzashi is a First year student at the IS Academy in Class Four, younger sister of the Student Council President, Tatenashi Sarashiki and the IS Representative Candidate of Japan.
Kanzashi is the polar opposite of Tatenashi; while her older sister is cheerful, talkative and very forward, Kanzashi is far more reserved. She is also a hikikomori, spending most of her spare time under a blanket in her room watching anime. She is a huge fan of anime and idolizes anime heroes. She was initially very reluctant to team up with Ichika, due to being forced to work on his IS instead of making her own, but opened up to him after a large amount of persuasion.
Her withdrawn nature is largely thanks to an inferiority complex she feels towards her sister; due to Tatenashi being better than her at pretty much everything, Kanzashi is deeply insecure and often keeps her distance from her sister, a trait she shares with Houki Shinonono. Upon learning that Ichika helping her out and offering to team up with her was an order he got from Tatenashi, Kanzashi was shocked and got sent into a state of depression until Ichika snapped her out of it. After the fight with the Golem, Kanzashi learns that nobody is perfect and that everyone makes mistakes, finally gaining the courage to reconcile with her older sister.
== Appearance ==
=== Anime ===
* IS: Infinite Stratos 2
* IS: Infinite Stratos 2 - Infinite Wedding
* IS: Infinite Stratos 2 - World Purge Arc
=== Light Novels ===
* IS: Infinite Stratos
=== Manga ===
* IS: Infinite Stratos - Sugar & Honey
=== Video Games ===
* Infinite Stratos: Archetype Breaker
== Trivia ==
* Kanzashi's name means "hairpin" (kanzashi). This is probably because of her weird-looking hairpins.
* Kanzashi has a similar appearance to Yuto Sakurai from Kamen Rider Den-O.
* Ironically, the type of anime and manga that she likes is similar to Infinite Stratos. In the light novel, Kanzashi gives Ichika some manga she likes which involves robots (the IS), teenage love (Ichika's harem) and heroes (Ichika, who protects others).
* As revealed in volume 10, Kanzashi is allergic to cats.
* Kanzashi is the second girl to confess her love to Ichika, the first being Houki. Interestingly, Ichika didn't respond to either of their confessions due to different reasons (Houki's was too quiet, Kanzashi's was misunderstood).
** Both of them are quite similar as noted by Ichika: both have an older sister who are well known for being outstanding geniuses that love and support them, but they (Kanzashi and Houki) feel inferior to them (Tatenashi and Tabane respectively) and started to distance themselves from their sister as a result. Their older sisters also have similar personalities: cheerful, talkative, somewhat lecherous and prideful.
* Kanzashi's measurements are B76, W56, H81 (C Cup in Japan, B cup in America).
== Gallery ==
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== External Links ==
* Kanzashi Sarashiki at Infinite Stratos Wiki
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