Yamada Anna

* Manga
* Anime

**Yamada Anna** (山やま田だ   杏あん奈な, *Yamada Anna*) is the secondary protagonist of *Boku no Kokoro no Yabai Yatsu*.

Yamada is a popular and fashionable young woman with an outwardly bright personality, though this can sometimes be a front for her insecurities. She is thirteen years old at the start of the series, and attends school alongside her classmates in Daijuni Middle School in Meguro, Tokyo, Class 2-3 (later 3-1).

## Appearance

Yamada is a tall and curvaceous young woman who stands out when compared to her classmates. This causes some people to think that she is actually in High School or College. She wears fashionable and varied clothes when not at school, and has longish, straight, black hair that extends below her shoulders. She has two birthmarks on the right side of her neck, and one on her inner left thigh.

## Personality

Yamada on the surface has a very infectious and positive outlook on the world. She appears to be at the center of most of the social circles she is in, and is often the topic of discussion amongst her friend circle. Despite this, she seems to sometimes find that her relative fame and mature looks attracts shallow actors to her, such as Pickup-pai and Adachi. She has a mild case of androphobia because of this, and attempts to avoid contact with most men, such as when she refused to get powdered sugar on her cocoa bread when a boy was distributing it. Her friends seem aware of this, going out of their way to block men from coming in contact with her by forming a human wall around her.

Her sometimes flighty personality also causes her to abandon her personal projects and ambitions. She has internalized this as a fear of her own abandonment, compounded by her dread of having shallow interactions with others. She is a self-admitted crybaby, sometimes shedding tears over fairly minor things, though this doesn't usually last long. Given her immaturity, she can be, albeit unintentionally, somewhat physically possessive or domineering of people, especially those who are much smaller than her like Chii and Ichikawa, though this is mostly played for comedy. Ultimately, Anna is a very kind, sweet and loving girl who is very considerate of others, and constantly apologizes if something's wrong.

Yamada does work as a model and actress. While it is early in her career, she frets about her popularity, hoping people notice her in magazines and worrying about getting certain roles in movies or TV shows.

Due to the manga's nature in having Ichikawa be the main voice of the manga, much of Yamada's personality is demonstrated through background elements, connecting events and character statements, or her actions, unlike his internal monologues which spell out things more clearly.

## Relationships

#### Ichikawa Kyoutarou

Yamada and Ichikawa start the manga as virtual strangers. Her distrust of men initially makes her afraid he will sell her out when she is eating snacks in the library, but small interactions between the two let her become comfortable around him in time. She is initially taken in by his constant awareness of her actions, and willingness to help her despite acting annoyed or aloof, which she finds to be "funny," the highest form of praise in her mind. Her being aware of him wanting to please her has caused them problems, however, such as when she inadvertently hurt him when he got sick and when he broke his arm, both caused by her asking him to do things for her.

The plot of many chapters of the manga center around Yamada trying to get closer to or learn more about Ichikawa, but him not realizing it due to her unorthodox methods. Making pop quizzes designed to give away your personality and favorite things, or switching out jerseys and taking his raincoat so they can wear the same clothing are just some of the things she has done. Her outgoing personality and his introversion and self-doubt make discussion difficult between them. Despite this, she is very affectionate towards him, and dotes on his appearance or acts jealous if he gets too close to other girls.

To Yamada, Ichikawa is the right mixture of mysterious, aloof, but caring and sincere compared to how most of her interactions with other boys her age are largely shallow. She is also aware of his social anxiety and takes measures to push him to open himself up to others, like inviting him to her house to make chocolate.

It is implied at various points that Yamada may compare Ichikawa to the male lead of her favorite shoujo manga. She may also compare him to her father, who has similar interests and personality to him.

Yamada later confesses to Ichikawa and they start dating around manga chapter 113.

### Kobayashi Chihiro

Among the girls in Yamada's friend group, she seems to have the most interactions with Chii. The two have a notable pairing as the tallest and shortest members of their class, and a common gag is Chii having to deal with bearing Yamada's weight via her sitting on top of her or giving her a piggy-back ride. Ichikawa secretly refer to Chii as the "boyfriend," because they almost act like a flirting couple, though it's never implied to be anything other than platonic. Ichikawa often believes that Chii is the one most aware of Yamada's emotional state, though she remains utterly oblivious to his and Yamada's burgeoning romance, and he may have overtaken her by later chapters.

### Sekine Moeko

Moe is the most trollish of Yamada's friendgroup, though this is usually just through being sarcastic and making snide comments. Moe's blunt personality sometimes hurts Yamada's feelings, like when she dismissed her part of a class project, or pretended Ichikawa was her boyfriend to get him into Yamada's apartment without issue. The two are good friends despite her brash personality. She is one of the biggest supporters of her and Ichikawa's relationship, and sometimes acts as an indirect intermediary between the two.

## Etymology

* **Yamada** means "mountain, hill" (山) (**yama**) and "field, rice paddy" (田) (**ta**/**da**).
* **Anna** means "apricot" (杏) (**an**) and "apple tree" (奈) (**na**).

### Stage Name

* **Akino** means "autumn" (秋) (**aki**) and "field, wilderness" (野) (**no**).
* **Anna** means "apricot" (杏) (**an**) and "apple tree" (奈) (**na**).

## Trivia

* Yamada has a pet Welsh Corgi named Wantaro, though she also likes cats.
* Her favorite movie is Babe.
* Her favorite drink is Milk Tea, and she likes Meat and Pizza buns. Her favorite thing her father makes is onion gratin soup.
* She is nearly a half foot taller than the average grown Japanese woman, which is especially notable due to her age. She gained nearly six inches of height in the fifth grade alone.
* Her favorite manga is titled *Your Color's Octave*.
* Her stage name as a model/actress is **Akino Anna** (秋あき野の   杏あん奈な, *Akino Anna*).
* Her favorite bread is Choco-chip melon bread. (as listed on Extra chapter 16 or 25.1)
* Her neck has two moles at the left.
* Her Blood Type is AB.
* Her Student Number at Daijuni Middle School is 171.
* Her shoe size is 26.5 Centimeters (as of Extra 19.3).
* Her favorite sushi topping is aburi fatty salmon (Extra 25.2).
* She wears contacts in her day-to-day outings, but sometimes wears glasses at home.
* She was scouted as part of her modeling job in the 4th grade.
* Her monthly allowance is 30,000 Yen, though she almost always goes over.
* It is likely that Yamada was based off of the idol and actress Rina Matsuno, based off the series collaboration with Shiritsu Ebisu Chugaku, her height, and love of food, among several other things.
* According to the director of the anime, Akagi Hiroaki, in regards to Yamada's voice actress, Yomiya Hina, "During the audition, I asked her to ad-lib the "eating" part, which was not in the script. She was the only one who could do the scene where she eats potato chips, which is in the original story, and she did it beautifully. That was the deciding factor."
* According to Katelyn Barr, Yamada's English voice actress, her stomach growled loudly during the recording of Episode 3, when Yamada is crying and Ichikawa is hiding underneath the bed. There was a legitimate discussion on leaving the sound in, as it would have been somewhat in-character for Yamada, but it was ultimately decided it would ruined the mood for such a serious scene.