Shiori Sakurazaka

* Anime
* Manga

****Shiori Sakurazaka**** (桜坂 詩織, *Sakurazaka Shiori*?) is the female deuteragonist in the More Than a Married Couple, But Not Lovers manga series. She is Jirō Yakuin's childhood friend and crush who has been assigned as Minami Tenjin’s partner in the couples training.

## Appearance

Shiori is a cute girl with her chest-length brown hair tied in a pair of low braided pigtails with shoulder-length hair strands hanging on either side and lime-green eyes.

She wears a standard school uniform complete with a light-blue collared shirt, a dark-blue short skirt, a medium blue bow, white knee high socks, and brown shoes. The anime portrays Shiori wearing a beige sweater vest.

## Personality

Shiori can be best described as sweet and shy girl who is well liked by many of the students at school.

## Relationships

### Jirō Yakuin

Jirō is Shiori's childhood friend whom she has had a crush on since middle school, but she accidentally friend-zoned him in their second year of middle school after asking if they could remain friends forever.

### Mei Hamano

Mei is Shiori's best friend who does not realize that Mei has an unrequited crush on her.

### Akari Watanabe

Initially they had a classic relationship between classmates, where both did not give importance to the existence of the other. As the story unfolds they start to get more and more friendly with each other. Even if they're in a love triangle with Jiro.

### Minami Tenjin

As partners in the Marriage Practical, Shiori and Minami were never shown interacting before being paired but the two agreed to work together to perform well on the practical, even calling each other by their first names immediately. Unlike Akari and Jirō, they seem to be a more functional couple, showcased by sharing the housework equally, taking turns cooking, and avoiding conflict. While the two were shown to positively interact with each other in public, Shiori's inexperience and anxiety with male acquaintances contributed to the pair's poor score during their first evaluation. Shiori eventually mustered the strength to be a better partner to Minami thanks to encouragement from Jirō.

Like many others, Shiori enjoys Minami's company as she considers him to be kind and helpful. Minami also appears to be fond of Shiori as he agreed to stay as her partner despite the two having reached A-Rank multiple times. Over time, Shiori eventually opens up more to Minami by talking to him, albeit indirectly, about her personal issues including her feelings for Jirō.

### Ōmae

Shiori and Ōmae were classmates in grade school. He used to bully Shiori, although their classmates say it was because Ōmae liked her. During their grade school graduation, it was revealed that Ōmae would be studying in a different middle school. He expressed concern for her that she would be bullied in middle school because she was weak. Although the two go to the same high school, it is not shown that they are on friendly terms.

## Etymology

* The name **Shiori** means "poetry, poem" (詩) (**shi**) and "weave, weaving" (織) (**ori**).
* Shiori's surname **Sakurazaka** means "cherry blossom" (桜) (**sakura**) and "slope, hill" (坂) (**saka**/**zaka**).

## Trivia

* Like most of the characters, Shiori's surname is derived from the name of a Japanese train station; Sakurazaka Station.
* Shiori is one of the few characters to appear in every episode of the anime along with Akari, Jirō, and Sadaharu.