Issa Ogiwara

* Manga
* Anime

**Issa Ogiwara** (荻原 一颯, *Ogiwara Issa*) is a minor character in the *Hige wo Soru. Soshite Joshikousei wo Hirou.* series. He is the CEO of Ogiwara Foods Corporation and the older brother of Sayu Ogiwara.

## Appearance

Issa is a handsome young man who appears to be in his early 20s. Kyouya Yaguchi said that both Issa and Sayu are good looking, so it seems that "it's in the blood." He has dark brown hair that is swept to the left side, brown eyes and has a well built stature. He is dressed in a black suit.

## Personality

***Note: This section is under construction and revision.***
## Background

Issa is Sayu Ogiwara's older brother who runs the Ogiwara Foods Corporation, a large food manufacturing company which is famous throughout Japan.

His and Sayu's father regularly cheated on their mother. Eventually, the man decided to leave his wife entirely for another woman.

When Sayu decided to run away, Issa encountered her, and, after having the situation explained to him, he supported her decision, even giving her 300,000 yen to live off of. After 2 weeks, when Sayu didn't return home, he began to worry. Issa was the one who made the effort and personally tracked her to Tokyo, finally pinning down her location around the neighborhood in which her part-time job in a convenience store is located.

He was observing Sayu inside his luxury car and when he finally entered the convenience store he was not able to make contact with her. After some time, he appeared in front of Yoshida's apartment and declared that he has come to bring his younger sister back home. After having the situation explained to him, he thanked Yoshida for looking after his sister. Upon talking to his sister, he tried to convince Sayu that their mother was worried about her, but Sayu didn't believe him. He then came clean that their mother was mainly worried about how her disappearance made her look. Issa explained that he would be able to keep the fact that he found Sayu secret from their mother for a week. After that, he would need to bring her home. After the week passed, Sayu, alongside Yoshida accompanied Issa back to Ashihikawa. After taking care of some business, he drove to Asahikawa Dairoku High School, where she and Yoshida got out and entered the building. After the two returned, the group proceeded to the Ogiwara household.

## Relationships

### Sayu Ogiwara

Nothing much is known about Issa's relationship with Sayu aside from the fact that she is his younger sister and that she is scared of seeing him again.

In the anime, they ae shown to have a good relationship, with Issa initially supporting her decision to get away from their mother. He is shown to care about her and became genuinely worried when she didn't return home.

### Yoshida

Issa respects Yoshida for standing up to his mother when he couldn't and is grateful to him for looking after Sayu.

## Etymology

* The name **Issa** means "one" (一) (**is**) and "sudden, sound of the wind" (颯) (**sa**).
* Issa's surname **Ogiwara** means "reed, rush" (荻) (**ogi**) and "field, plain" (原) (**hara**/**wara**).

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 *Light Novel Volume 3, Chapter 8*
2. ↑ *Light Novel Volume 3, Chapter 2*
3. ↑ *Light Novel Volume 3, Chapter 16*