Orihara

* Manga
* Anime

> "*We keep on fighting and fighting, then finally during one match, I lost. It wasn't even by a slim margin, I was totally overwhelmed. Honestly, I don't think I can ever beat her again.*"
> ― Nagatoro on Orihara[source]
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**Orihara** (折原, *Orihara*) is a background-turned-minor character of the *Don't Toy With Me, Miss Nagatoro* manga series. She is a high school student and a schoolmate of Nagatoro and her friends as well as the main judo rival of the protagonist, albeit she's totally oblivious of it and always extremely friendly as well as utterly nice toward her. Orihara is an energetic, positive, joyful and passionate girl whose constant hard-work and nearly superhuman skills have made an Olympic team candidate.

Her first name is currently unknown.

## Appearance

Orihara is an attractive and tall, high schooler with long and somewhat messy, greenish-black hair (shaded darker in her first appearance) which she keeps in a high ponytail, letting her fringe fall on her forhead with a pair of longer bangs to the side of her face. She has a fair complexion and very large, expressive, hazel eyes with lighter pupils, which signifies her energetic demeanor. Her eyebrows are as thick as Sakura's. She has an athletic, lean and stunning physique, with noticeably large bust - seemingly sharing her bra-size with other well-endowed characters such as Yoshi and Fujimin - and stood only a few inches shorter than Senpai but, despite this, seemingly shares weight category with the significantly shorter and thinner Nagatoro. Orihara is always depicted sporting a wide, friendly and welcoming smile.

She typically wears her school uniform consisting of a white button up shirt (with slightly unbuttoned collar) and a navy blue skirt completed with a pair of sneakers and white soccer socks. However, in summer she wears a short-sleeved shirt in her uniform, while in winter she is shown to wear a light brown sweater and occasionally a well-buttoned blue blazer. She has also prominently been shown wearing her judogi.

When not at school she usually wears sporty, practical and almost tomboyish clothes.

### Gallery

Orihara's regular uniformOrihara's winter uniformOrihara with the uniform's blazerOrihara's casual outfitOrihara's judo attire
## Personality

Orihara is Nagatoro's polar opposite in term of personality as she's always extremely carefree, energetic, direct, easy-going and kind toward anyone; on her first appearance, seeing Senpai lost in the first year floor, she didn't hesitate in offering to help him find the person she was looking for, was very welcoming to him, tried patiently to understand who "Nagatoro" was - since she usually called her "Hayacchi" - and, after explaining him where to find her, stood with the arms on her sides sporting a satisfied expression, happy to have been helpful. She's also described as a very honest girl and has an extremely sporty attitude, always wishing the best to the opponents, being kindly full of advices to fellow judokas, worrying deeply if someone got injuried, ligh-heartedly admitting when someone is stronger than her, nicely hoping to have "exciting matches" with the rivals and looking far to have matches with them. A positive and hard working person, Orihara has trained very hard to get better at judo, starting very incompetent and turning into an Olympic candidate.

Joyful and happy-go-lucky, Orihara is completely devoid of any kind of malice, exhilarated and enthusiastic, to a point that Nagatoro describes her as "a pain" but, nevertheless of this, seemingly have some respect for her and, in stark contrast with her best friend, Gamo-chan greatly enjoy Orihara's company. Even when scolding someone, she acted nicely and smile kindly. On the other hand, Orihara seems to consider Nagatoro a friend, a feeling that's clearly not reciprocated.
Also, she's often implied not to be that bright of a person, as she's always depicted completely unaware of how much Nagatoro is irritated by her; altough she's very well-aware of her simple-minded nature and to be a bit scatterbrained, light-heartedly admitting she can't be a good leader due to be "too caught up in her own world".

Orihara's dream is to become an Olympic gold medalist and, in order to pursue it, she dedicated herself completely to judo, eventually claiming that the sport is all she had and that, due to it, she deep down feels very envious of Nagatoro due to the latter having friends, a boyfriend and being good at judo despite stop practicing it regularily for years, while she had throw all of it away in order to dedicating only to her judo career. This obsession of hers implied Orihara may have a dark side, as it was stated (albeit comically) in a bonus strip for Volume 17.

She's easily excitable and seemingly loves gossips and romance. Her main attribute are her almost superhuman-level physical feats, having been shown capable of overpowering a larger opponent with one hand, moving without been heard nor seen by anyone almost like if teleporting and going through multiple consecutive fights without even breaking a sweat.

## Appearances

### *Manga*

* Chapter 58
* Chapter 78 (indirectly mentioned)
* Chapter 79
* Chapter 80 (mentioned)
* Chapter 81
* Chapter 82 (mentioned)
* Chapter 84
* Chapter 95
* Chapter 96
* Chapter 97
* Chapter 99 (mentioned)
* Chapter 104 (mentioned)
* Chapter 108
* Chapter 109
* Chapter 115 (mentioned)
* Chapter 116
* Chapter 117
* Chapter 118
* Chapter 119
* Chapter 120
* Chapter 123 (mentioned)
* Chapter 124 (mentioned)
* Chapter 125 (cameo)
* Chapter 126
* Chapter 127 (cameo)
* Chapter 128 (mentioned)
* Chapter 129
* Chapter 131
* Chapter 133
* Chapter 134
* Chapter 135 (cameo)
* Chapter 136
* Chapter 137
* Chapter 138 (mentioned)
* Chapter 139
* Chapter 140
* Chapter 141
* Chapter 142
* Chapter 143 (mentioned)

### *Anime*

#### Season 2

* Episode 3
* Episode 8 (indirectly mentioned)
* Episode 9
* Episode 10
* Episode 11

## Trivia

* Before her official name was revealed in Chapter 79, the character was referenced as "**Friend D**" (友達D, *Tomodachi D*).
	+ This happened even with the supporting characters - Gamo-chan, Yoshi and Sakura - and to fellow background character Nekoba ("Friend E"), however, unlike them all, she seems to be a mere acquaintance of Nagatoro's rather than a friend.
	+ She is the only background character appeared in Chapter 58 whose name wasn't revealed in the Official Fanbook, as in her profile she was listed as "**???**".
	+ Her last name is composed by the kanji meaning "chance" (折, *ori*) and "original" (原, *hara*), literally meaning "opportunity field".
		- Her last name might be a reference to Orihara Station in Saitama prefecture.
* Before being formally introduced, she was one of the few characters who were drawn with a face in contrast to Nanashi's usual method of drawing faceless extras. This, along with the author teasing the readers about her name in the Official Fanbook, hinted to many that she would be significant in some way, which was eventually confirmed.
* Orihara bears a strong visual resemblance to **Kazane** (風音, *Kazene*), a supporting character from the third chapter of the *Naked Princess Honoka* series.
* On her first appearance, Senpai meets Orihara outside of 1-A's room, implying she's from that section, which is later confirmed in the Official Fanbook; however in Chapter 79 and 81, she's said to be from section B.
* Her hair are shaded much darker in her first appearance compared to later. However, it's unclear if this was due to a graphical goof, if Nanashi decided to change it or if there is an in-story reason like it happened for Sakura or Misaki.
	+ The anime doesn't seem to address it at all as Orihara's hair color doesn't change from her first appearance to the followings.
* The color with whom she’s associated in her profile page on the anime official website is aquamarine.
* Her character song is "*One Step*".

## References

 Don't Toy With Me, Miss Nagatoro: Chapter 136, page 12.
2. ↑ From Chapter 79 onward.
 Don't Toy With Me, Miss Nagatoro: Chapter 58, page 4.
 Don't Toy With Me, Miss Nagatoro: Chapter 58, page 6.
 Don't Toy With Me, Miss Nagatoro: Chapter 120, page 7.
 Don't Toy With Me, Miss Nagatoro: Chapter 58, page 4.
 Don't Toy With Me, Miss Nagatoro: Chapter 136, page 12.
 Don't Toy With Me, Miss Nagatoro: Chapter 79, page 5-8.
 Don't Toy With Me, Miss Nagatoro: Chapter 140, page 4.
 Don't Toy With Me, Miss Nagatoro: Chapter 118, page 1.
 Don't Toy With Me, Miss Nagatoro: Chapter 58, page 5.
 Don't Toy With Me, Miss Nagatoro: Chapter 58, page 6.
13. ↑ Don't Toy With Me, Miss Nagatoro: Official Fanbook, Background Character Introduction.
 Don't Toy With Me, Miss Nagatoro: Chapter 79, page 6.
 Don't Toy With Me, Miss Nagatoro: Chapter 84, page 6.
 Don't Toy With Me, Miss Nagatoro: Chapter 96, page 1.
 Don't Toy With Me, Miss Nagatoro: Chapter 118, page 2.
 Don't Toy With Me, Miss Nagatoro: Chapter 79, page 11.
 Don't Toy With Me, Miss Nagatoro: Chapter 79, page 15-17.
 Don't Toy With Me, Miss Nagatoro: Chapter 79, page 12.
 Don't Toy With Me, Miss Nagatoro: Chapter 81, page 22.
 Don't Toy With Me, Miss Nagatoro: Chapter 84, page 7.
 Don't Toy With Me, Miss Nagatoro: Chapter 84, page 12.
 Don't Toy With Me, Miss Nagatoro: Chapter 108, page 10.
 Don't Toy With Me, Miss Nagatoro: Chapter 126, page 8.
 Don't Toy With Me, Miss Nagatoro: Chapter 129, page 8.
 Don't Toy With Me, Miss Nagatoro: Chapter 129, page 6-7.
 Don't Toy With Me, Miss Nagatoro: Chapter 84, page 7-8.
 Don't Toy With Me, Miss Nagatoro: Chapter 84, page 12-13.
 Don't Toy With Me, Miss Nagatoro: Chapter 79, page 8.
 Don't Toy With Me, Miss Nagatoro: Chapter 108, page 9-10.
 Don't Toy With Me, Miss Nagatoro: Chapter 119, page 17-18.