Other Characters

A list of characters that contribute a minor part in the story, or are only mentioned in a character's backstory.

## Parents

**Mrs. Akagi / Akagi Kaori**

Akagi Kaori (赤城かおり), or usually referred to as Mrs. Akagi (赤城さん/綴里の母), is Tsuzuri's mother.

Appearance: Kaori is a 45 y.o woman with a small build (she stands at only 150cm (approx. 4'11")) and frail appearance from being overworked. She has chestnut brown hair styled in a bun with a few strands framing her face and curtain bangs. Kaori is usually seen wearing an office uniform or an apron depending on which job she is working at the time.

Background:

**Sajou Hikari (née Akagi)/Tsuzuri's Older Sister**

Sajou Hikari (佐条ひかり), also known as Hikari-neesan (ひかり姉さん), is Kaori's oldest child and Tsuzuri's sister.

## Teachers and other relatives

**Kawamura Natsuko/Nacchi**

Kawamura Natsuko (川村夏子) is Tsuzuri and Chikage's homeroom teacher, who also teaches Modern Japanese. Natsuko is nicknamed Nacchi and Miss Kawako, and usually referred these ways.

Appearance: Natsuko has grayish blue eyes and wavy brown hair swept into two sides with some strands framing her face. She usually wears a white blouse, a beige sweater, a black jacket paired with a similar-colored pencil skirt and high heels. Natsuko's height is not shown, but she seems to be a bit shorter than Tsuzuri, who is 164cm.

Personality: Natsuko is usually strict and no-nonsense, however she is also noted to be very close to her students, usually seen discussing daily life matters with them or making presents for them.

## Altern8 Ego

**Atsu**

Atsu (矢野敦夫, *Yano Atsuo*) is the keyboardist and main vocalist of Altern8 Ego. He, Shuya and Kinako are classmates. His hobby is playing dating sims and gal games. Atsu is noted to have chuunibyou behavior.

Appearance: Atsuo have long light pink colored hair with black roots.

**Yuki**

Yuki (奥平行雄, *Okuhira Yukio*) is the drummer of Altern8 Ego. He is in a different class than Shuya and the others. Yukio is the boyfriend of Kinako. His hobby is playing FPS games and practicing his drums.

Appearance: Yukio has tawny, untamed brown hair, slighly darker skin and copper-colored eyes. He wears a pair of glasses with a thick blue frame. He wears the standard Ryusei Middle School boys uniform but without the tie.

**Kinako**

Kinako (花咲きなこ, *Hanasaki Kinako*) is Shuya's old classmate and Altern8 Ego's first supporter and logo landalbum cover designer. She's also Yukio's girlfriend. Her hobby is writing in her diary.

Appearance: Kinako is a small freckled girl of below average height (153 cm, approximately 5'0"). She has shoulder-length dark brown hair decorated with a blue ribbon on one side. Kinako wears glasses which has small and thin rectangular lenses and a thin red frame. She wears the Ryusei Middle School girls uniform, which consists of a dark blue colored seifuku with a white tie.

## Yanagisawa Corp.

**Yanagisawa Souichirou**

Yanagisawa Souichirou (柳沢宗一郎) is the CEO of Yanagisawa Corporation, and the father of Koutarou, Shinsuke, Mio and Makoto. He is currently 54 years old.

Appearance and Personality: Souichirou's face is obscured from view in Mio's flashbacks, combined with the fact that she never mentions her father in any converstaion signals her refusal to acknowledge his existence. From other people's words, Souichirou seems to be a cruel, greedy and disloyal man. On multiple occasions he was seen having affairs with women other than his four wives (Miyako, Risa and two other unnamed wives), and people in the family were all instructed to never mention this in front of the public or they risk getting harm done to them or their family. Souichirou is also addicted to gambling.

**Yanagisawa Miyako**

Yanagisawa Miyako (柳沢美也子) is Souichirou's second wife and Mio's mother.

Appearance and Personality: Miyako is a woman in her 30s who is usually seen in revealing dresses and expensive accessories. Her hair is dyed ginger brown, kept in a small bun, though her hairstyle may change depending on the occasion. She is almost always seen with an arrogant face expression, and is described by Mio "to always think lowly of others, and has a big ego.". Miyako dislikes a children, saying that they are useless and a burden to take care of.

**Yanagisawa Koutarou**

Yanagisawa Koutarou (柳沢光太郎) is Souichirou's oldest son, the future heir of Yanagisawa Corporation. His biological mother is Souichirou's late first wife. Koutarou is currently 25 years old.

**Yanagisawa Shinsuke**

Yanagisawa Shinsuke (柳沢信介) is Souichirou's secold oldest son. He is currently 20 years old.

Appearance: Shinsuke is noted to be incredibly handsome.

**Yanagisawa Makoto**

Yanagisawa Makoto (柳沢誠) is Souichirou's youngest child, currently aged only 7. He was conceived after Souichirou had an affair with his secretary. Makoto's biological mother is publicly stated to be Risa, Souichirou's third wife, and not the secretary. Mio found out about her brother's biological mother by accidentally eavesdropping on a conversation between Miyako and Souichirou when she was 6. Makoto is currently being raised by nannies in the Yanagisawa resident.

**Remi**

Remi (玲美) is Mio's personal valet, and one of the family's butlers.

Remi is a 23 year old woman with black hair styled in a jellyfish cut and brown eyes. She is usually seen wearing a suit or other formal clothing. Mio deems Remi to be a trustable person, and occasionally confides in her. Remi is hinted to have romantic feelings for Shinsuke, and later in the story they began dating.