Sanae Taiga

**"Show me your true colors!"**

## Character Information

### Epithet

Bad Omen (By Aobajohsai)Sana-chan, Misunderstood Tiger, Big Kitty (By Oikawa)Tai-san (By Iwaizumi)Sanae-san, Tiger God (By Hanamaki)

### Also Known As

Bad Omen (By Aobajohsai)Sana-chan, Misunderstood Tiger, Big Kitty (By Oikawa)Tai-san (By Iwaizumi)Sanae-san, Tiger God (By Hanamaki)

### Age

17 - 18 (High School 3rd Year)21 (Early 2016)

## Background Information

### Goal

To graduate peacefullyAvoid Oikawa at all costs

## Professional Status

### Occupation

High School Student (3rd Year, Class 3) - 2012 (Former)Lawyer

## Seiyu Information

### English Actor

Christina Vee

**Sanae Taiga** (Japanese: **大雅 早苗** *Taiga Sanae*) was a third year student at Aobajohsai High, an alleged member of the *Go Home Club* and serves as one of  **Tōru Oikawa**'s "pillars" together with **Hajime Iwaizumi** and is the childhood friend of **Gunther Oikawa**.

As of November 2018, she is a successful lawyer and has kept close contact with her former high school friends.

## **Appearance**

Sanae is depicted as a beautiful and slender woman with long blonde hair that reaches down a few inches below her shoulders and two long fringes framing the side of her face and bangs parted at the side that exposes her forehead, with a set of deep blue eyes. Many students find her beautiful despite her appearing as intimidating due to her sporadic smiles and laughs

She is a girl of average height and is usually seen with the standard Seijoh uniform with white thigh high socks, albeit she rarely wears the beige blazer that came along with the uniform.

## **Personality**

Outwardly, for the most part, Sanae is portrayed as a distinguished and blunt character, intimidating most people with her stern looks and brutal unfiltered remarks when asked for answers. She is very quiet and timid, often spending her school hours bundled up in the corner as she prefers to avoid unwanted attention, hence she never joined any clubs ever since she arrived at Seijoh. She has ahold of her decisions, a rationalizer who is likely to think before speaking, and is very good at reading and seeing people deep inside. While all these are true and are naturally a part of her personality as someone who was raised traditionally, she does harbor a few traits that clash together with the image she frequently displays in public. Most of her traits are subtle hints of her very intense shyness and insecurities; merely imagining herself in front of many would be enough to make her legs quiver, so she isolates herself from the rest of her classmates as a way to avoid possible embarrassing instances.

However, while she tends to keep her guard up high and tries to avoid garnering attention, it seems to always backfire as she has gained the notoriety of being the "Silent Guillotine" amongst the third years and a few lower years because of her way of turning down confession attempts with a quiet bow. This is why she is rather pessimistic with life, believing she is cursed to embarrass herself in public when she tries her hardest to avoid attention the most.

She has a photographic memory but tends to forget common things, which totally renders her photographic memory utterly useless. She is also a skilled cook and would tend to release pent up emotions through cooking, playing chefs until she does feel better- sometimes she goes overboard and is forced to give away her cooking to the neighbors, which made her well-known and likable among them.

She is academically challenged, pushing herself to be on par with the honors in order to appease her mother who has been oppressing her with pressure ever since she started going to school. She strives to become the perfect daughter for her parents that sometimes she tends to overlook resting and continuously hits the books at home, which gravely infuriates her aunt who she considers closer than her actual mother.

## **Background**

She is a product of an illicit act, her mother was the mistress of a police officer. She never saw her father the moment she was born, as he refused to meet her personally. He instead amends to his role as a father by providing financial support for both her and her mother. Her mother deeply loved her father and was devastated when he refused to elope and pick her over his latter family, which is why she was greatly pressured by her mother to act as the perfect daughter in an attempt to gain back his love. Being the child of a mistress had her shield herself from the majority of the kids around her age, believing that she and her mother will receive unbashful hatred when they find out about her family background. Her habit of retracting away from people soon worsened the moment she entered middle and junior high, restricting herself from letting others get too close for comfort and instead kept a few notable childhood friends explicitly.

## **Statistics**

 Stamina
 Game Sense
 Technique
 Speed

Having no athletic experiences, she does not have generally applaudable power and jump techniques. She does have heightened gaming senses because of her attentiveness and ability to read people easily.

## **Relationships**

### **Aobajohsai High**

* **Tōru Oikawa**: Because of her general disliking toward counterfeits and fallacies, she does not have a good impression of Tōru the moment they first met each other- monologuing her displease with his very broad fake smile. She initially avoided him on purpose, refusing to go even in a general direction as him as she found his false persona and *baggage* of fangirls unbearable. Due to her odd way of treating him, he made a note to try and get her to his good side daily, always visiting her classroom to drop a comical good morning.
* **Iwaizumi Hajime**: Sanae and Iwaizumi formed an unusual bond of keeping Tōru in check and prevent him from doing credulous things. Iwaizumi would often greet her with an apology as he drag Tōru back to the court to practice. They have a comical platonic relationship and would often be the secondhand receivers of Tōru's antics and embarrassing moments.
* **Gunther Oikawa**: Unlike his twin brother, Sanae is fond and very close with Gunther, meeting him earlier than his brother as she admired his resilience and humbleness and perfectly understands his reasons for his somewhat contrasting inner persona, even praising him for not bothering to hide it when she is around. She views him as one of the few friends whom she can freely let loose and go past her set boundaries and greatly appreciates it when he comes along to help with keeping his twin from nosing around her. Similarly, she sees her as a brother with an abundant platonic affection for him.
* **Annabeth Haruka**: Due to both of their somewhat complicated familial background, they share a close bond and understand each others' viewpoints and dilemmas.

### **Other Schools**

* **Tobio Kageyama**: She seems to have a subtle soft spot for Tobio even back then when they were in Kitagawa Daichii, describing him in a comical way that she liked him as a junior because he was *too dumb* to even fake his personality.
* **Annabeth Latifa**: She is one of Sanae's childhood circles, as she enjoyed the former bubbly addition she adds to the atmosphere whenever she is around. She went to Nekoma after junior high but still kept in touch with her and Gunther.
* **Chikara Ennoshita**: They exchanged a few conversations during Aobajohsai's matches against Karasuno. He was the only one (besides Kageyama) to have a decent conversation with her.

## **Trivia**

* Favorite Food: Pork cutlet and Egg pie (She can't pick just one)
* Current Concern: What series should she watch next at home.
* She is at the top of her class.
* Her best subjects are Japanese and Arts.
* She likes watching horror movies despite being scared easily.

**Nomenclature:**

* Sanae (早苗) - *Early seedling*
* Taiga (大雅) - *Japanese pronunciation for tiger, 大 meaning big = big tiger*