Haruka Ietani

**Haruka Ietani** (家谷 春香, *Ietani Haruka*) is the 8 year old daughter of Ichiro Ietani and Shizuka Ietani and the younger sister of Kotaro Ietani who is currently enrolled at Metropolitan Happee High School's Class 2-3 and the Happee High School Shogi Club.

## Appearance

Haruka has semi-short, pink hair that is tied in little side ponytails where it is tied two green beads with bangs covering her forehead and brown eyes.

She wears her schools uniform which is a grey coat with the school's logo, a white buttoned shirt covered with a white-striped red tie, and a green sweater vest. She also wears a ruffled grey skirt, long white socks with a petal patterned rim, and brown shoes.

## Personality

Haruka is an intelligent person for her age being considered a genius although she has a hard time making friends and starting a conversation. She is usually determined with her goals.

## Background

   Haruka wanted to go to high school, so she entered a high school entrance exam and passed. She is now going to Happee High with her entire family. During her first year she was enrolled at Metropolitan Happee High School's Class 1-3. She was the Class 1-3 Praise Monitor.

## Relationships

**Family:**

* Ichiro Ietani: She usually has a great relationship with her father, helping in whatever way she can, she usually helps him study for his exams and difficult subjects.
* Shizuka Ietani: They both have a good relationship supporting each other, they always go shopping together.
* Kotaro Ietani: Despite the age difference, both have a good relationship, Haruka usually supports him with his exams.
* Gomez: As her pet, Haruka loves Gomez very much.

**Classmates:**

* Kana: Haruka usually talks with Hana and helps each other, despite being different ages they get along and talk about boy things.
* Yuki: As with Hana, Haruka often talks with Yuki being her closest friends.
* Tohru Suzaki: At first Tohru asked him to help her study for his exams, from that moment and finding out that she was Ichiro's daughter they both had a good relationship.

**Shogi Club:**

* Seiji Kakei: When Haruka was looking for a club to join, she found Seiji, he invited her to the Shogi club, although at first they did not get along, it was during a Shogi match that she began to trust him, becoming friends.
* Makoto Ueno: They met during her first visit to the club, they have a good relationship.
* Arata Kuramoto: They met during her first visit to the club, they have a good relationship.
* Aoi Imamura: During the search for new members for the club, Seiji and Haruka found Aoi although at first they were good to her, she proved to be someone cruel, after a Shogi match against Haruka she officially joined the club.

**Others:**

* Mai Mitsuya: They met during a Shogi match, although Haruka won their match they became friends, dating and texting.
* Makoto Hanazawa: They met during a cleaning session, both have become good friends, Makoto was the one who hired her for his part-time job.
* Ai Hanazawa: Haruka met her because of her brother, since then Haruka and Ai have been very close.

## Etymology

* The name **Haruka** means "spring" (春) (**haru**) and "fragrance, fragrant" (香) (**ka**).
* Haruka's surname **Ietani** means "house/home, family, residence/residency, building, dwelling, habitation" (家) (**ie**) and "valley" (谷) (**tani**).

## Trivia

* Haruka's birthday is one day before her mother's birthday and she is the one who inaugurates **Ietani's birthday week**.
	+ All the Ietani have their birthday the same week, which is why this celebration has been called the **Ietani Family birthday week**.

## References

1. ↑ High School Family Chapter 53 Page 7