Okino Inaba

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## Okino Inaba

* Character
* Stage

## Actor

### Portrayed By

Sakai Kana
さかいかな

## Actor

### Portrayed By

Sakai Kana
さかいかな

**Okino Inaba** is a character in the ROAD59 franchise, residing in the Tenkai Ward.

## Profile

A Tenkai resident who runs a shop in the ward. When she found herself in trouble, Bakuto eventually saves her.

## Appearance

Inaba has wavy brown hair that passes her shoulders with a portion tied back from her forehead, leaving some of her forelocks loose. Her eyes are of a brown color with an upturned shape. Unlike the other characters, who dress in professional wear, Inaba has a fairly simple and casual attire consisting of a floral-patterned blouse covered by a teal fur jacket, paired with a black belt, trousers and boots.

## Personality

Inaba is a polite and soft-spoken woman who tends to be quite meek around others. She has a deep fear of the yakuza factions situated in the Tenkai Ward, referring to them as "those scary people", and due to the lack of security and public order in the city, she is somewhat incapable of defending herself. However, despite being disgusted with life in the Tenkai Ward, she gets angry at those who speak poorly of her hometown as she did with Bakuto, until a conversation with him made her have a change of heart.

## Relationships

### Shinonome

* Yanagi Bakuto: Inaba acquaints with Bakuto after he finds her caught up in a street fight between the Shinonome and the Hakurou, and saves her from being detained by the latter group. When Inaba feels impotent of living in the perilous Tenkai Ward, Bakuto encourages her take action for herself. Because of his this, Inaba is very grateful towards Bakuto for his support and considers him as the Tenkai Ward's "hero", much to his spite.
* Yutsuma Kaya: Despite being complete strangers, both Kaya and Inaba are aware of the yakuza's threat to their safety and work together to evade them. Even when the two are cornered by Kensei, Inaba tells Kaya to run away and willingly puts herself at risk by having him attack her. Once the yakuza's warfare finally settles by the end of the first stage play, Inaba re-encounters Kaya and is relieved to see her safe with the Shinonome.

### Hakurou

* Hyuuga Shion: When Hakurou personnel mistake Inaba for being Kaya, Shion stops them from attacking her and is courteous enough to apologize to her. However, as soon as he learns that she's unable to pay them her *shoba-dai* (protection money that people, usually shopkeepers, pay towards the yakuza for them not to harm their establishment) Shion immediately drops his kind demeanor and attempts to detain her, especially due to the fact that the money she had was reserved for Kensei. During a conversation with Bakuto afterwards, it is implied that Shion genuinely didn't mean to be rude to her, as he tells Bakuto that his actions were "...for the sake of work, so it couldn't be helped".

### PHOENIX

* Irina Spessivtseva: Irina is responsible for bombing her store in the first stage play.

## Stage Plays

### 1st Stage Play

Inaba is first shown pursued by a group of Hakurou personnel, who mistake her for being Kaya. Shion immediately steps in to stop them from attacking her and lets her off the hook until he learns from his men that she's unable to pay them the *shoba-dai* for her shop, which was reserved for Kensei. Shion immediately attempts to detain her until Seigo intercedes with Shinonome personnel to engage in battle. Inaba manages to evade the Hakurou while they are distracted and runs into Bakuto, in which she pleads for him to rescue her from the situation. After Bakuto finishes off the Shinonome and Hakurou personnel on his own, he leaves the scene together with Inaba.

Scenes later, while Bakuto and Inaba stroll around the city, he advises her to leave the Tenkai Ward due to its perilous nature, which she strongly opposes to. Believing that she's not at fault for the menace of the yakuza, Bakuto encourages her to take action for herself, and despite her objections, she ends up considering it. Before Inaba takes her leave, she gives her thanks to Bakuto and asks for his name, which he initally refuses to give, but eventually tells her, and the two acquaint.

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Later on in the stage play, Inaba is shown being assaulted by a handful of Kurojou personnel lead by Kensei, which he forces Kaya to witness. Kensei then attempts to make Renge kill Inaba right before Kaya's eyes until Sho and Shion run in to halt the situation. As soon as the the Hakurou and Kurojou start fighting, Inaba finds a path to escape with Kaya while the combatants are distracted, prompting Kensei and the Hiiragi sisters to follow after them. Before Inaba can reach her shop with Kaya, Kensei manages to catch up to them, assaulting Inaba in front of Kaya to once again coerce her into his submission. However, Suzuka, and later Yuuto and Bakuto step in to claim Kaya, which allows Inaba to retreat to safety.

While they are distracted, Renge manages to catch Kaya at knifepoint, prompting members of PHOENIX to arrive and reveal Renge's affiliation with them. Irina notifies Anthony that their bomb is prepared for activiation, which immediately sets off in the city and results in Inaba's shop to be destroyed in the process. Inaba, mentally anguished, decides that the best option for her is to leave the Tenkai Ward to find a safer place to live. She is finally shown in the last scene of the stage play saying her farewells to Bakuto and Kaya before she emigrates.

## Gallery

### Illustration

* Promotional Art
* Twitter Art
* Miscellaneous

Full Body IllustrationInaba ChibiROAD to Party Key Visual"It's a special service!"

"New Life" Support Campaign Illustration

ROAD to Party IllustrationROAD to Party Illustration**LINE Sticker:** "It's a special service♪"
### Cast

* Promotional Images
* 1st Stage Play

## Etymology

* **Okino** (沖野) can be split into two parts; "Oki" (沖) translates to "open sea" or "shoreline", and "No" (野) translates to "field", "area", "rustic" or "wild".
* **Inaba** (伊奈葉) can be split into three parts; "I" (伊) doesn't have a specific meaning, but is commonly found in nouns. "Na" (奈) is an obsolete term for "apple tree" but usually means "what". "Ba" (葉) means "leaf".

## References

* Official Website Profile

1. ↑ Inaba's Twitter Overview