Kaguya Shinomiya/Relationships

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## Family

### Gan'an Shinomiya

**Gan'an Shinomiya** is Kaguya's father. They two are implied to have a very distant relationship, as Kaguya mentions that he has never shown her any form of parental affection.

### Nayotake Shimizu

**Nayotake Shimizu** was Kaguya's mother. It is unknown what sort of relationship they had due to her death when Kaguya was young, though Kaguya expresses anger when other girls make fun of her for her status as an illegitimate child.

### Un'yo Shinomiya

**Un'yo Shinomiya** is Kaguya's older half-brother. Amongst the Shinomiya family members, these two probably have the 'best' relationship. Even though Kaguya thinks he is a terrible person and mocks his shallow pride, she has holds a great deal of respect for him for keeping his word and never breaking a promise. Her displays of manipulation, intimidation, apathy and diplomacy are more or less Un'yo's influence and teachings.

Un'yo is what Kaguya would have become, had she not joined the Student Council.

### Maki Shijo

**Maki Shijo** is Kaguya's second cousin twice removed. As a part of a distant branch of the Shinomiya family, she openly dislikes Kaguya and calls her Auntie/Old lady as Kaguya is technically two generations above her. The Shijo house split off from the Shinomiyas after calling out their unsavoury business practices. Both families fought with trade and companies in Japan before the Shijo's globalised. During this time, young Maki and Kaguya met each other at a family meeting, in which the former's father warns her to stay away from any members of the Shinomiya house. As such, when Kaguya tries to befriend Maki, the young Shijo rejects her in a fit of prejudiced anger. The two start getting along after the events of Chapter 168. Through their discussion about sex after watching a pornographic video borrowed from Nagisa, Maki reveals that she is aware of the relationship between Kaguya and Miyuki and that it was obvious just by looking at the two of them.

### Kaguya's Sister-in-law

While the latter has never been seen on screen, Kaguya and her sister-in-law appear to have a rather amiable relationship, as she was the only member of the family to wish Kaguya a happy birthday in Chapter 162.

## Student Council

### Miyuki Shirogane

The relationship between Miyuki and Kaguya is the main instigator of much of the series, as both like each other but are both too prideful and of a different class confess to each other. Kaguya is unwilling to openly admit it to him that she loves him, because of her status as a Shinomiya and her immense drive to win, since whoever falls in love first loses. This leads her to start mind games to corner Miyuki and make him confess, which the latter is also doing.

To Kaguya, she first met Shirogane in summer, a few months into high school, when he openly challenges her to who can achieve better scores in assessment in order to catch her eye. Though in reality, Miyuki had approached her several times before. more surprisingly, he delivers on his promise and comes first in his year level, beating her and gaining her and everyone else's attention as a role model in the Student Council. He attracts her attention yet again when he saves her hair ribbon from a swamp in which she had once jumped into to rescue another, the memory of which caused Miyuki to fall in love with Kaguya. It's uncertain if this particular act of kindness made Kaguya begin to develop feelings for Shirogane, but it was during this time period in which they both joined the Student Council. He was one of the first people Shinomiya wanted to trust and get closer to, due to his compassion and selflessness, the absence of which in herself she loathes. Even so, she is pictured slapping Miyuki over some unknown reason and immediately regretting it.

Of the two, Kaguya is more proactive in coercing a confession, due to her natural scheming and desire to win. Despite this, Miyuki can generally scrape by with a draw or win with no planning, or rely on the mysterious force known as Fujiwara to save (or damn) him.

After chapter 160, they officially started dating. However, they agree to keep their relationship hidden from the others for the time being. This does not mean that she does not openly show her affection for him, however, as she and Miyuki secretly hold hands when the rest of the Student Council is caught up in Chika's antics, or when she legitimately tells the Council they're dating, under the guise of a prank.

In contrast to Miyuki, Kaguya believes a relationship should have both sides knowing everything about the other, leading her "Ice" personality (which initially met Miyuki) to resurface after the Culture Festival, believing that he should love that part of her as well if they should be in a relationship. Upon learning that Miyuki hides the "weak" parts of himself and believes he needs to be "perfect" in order to have anything in life, including a relationship with her, she shows increased concern and confronts him about it outright.

Lately, Kaguya has been known to have days where her love "overflows" and is apparently constantly looking for opportunities to kiss him or get him to embrace her. Due to her excitement and frequent carelessness, several characters now know about their relationship (Kashiwagi, Onodera, Kobachi, Iino, Maki, Fujiwara, Hayaska, Kei and Ishigami and Karen are confirmed to know).

The topic of sex and the inevitability of confronting it with Miyuki is made aware to her by Kashiwagi and Maki. Kaguya notes that she does not think she is ready for it just yet, but she is also afraid that if Miyuki were to instigate and she were to decline him, he would come to resent her, and thus would probably accept, much to Maki's worry. Maki later confronts Miyuki about it and at this point, he also silently notes to himself that it's not a topic they can or should avoid when it inevitably creeps up.

In Chapter 220, Kaguya and Miyuki attempt to engage in sexual intercourse for the first time. It wasn't until her hesitance to continue that prompted him to stop. Kaguya wanted to keep going since Miyuki was going to be in America at Stanford for 4 years. They talked and she revealed her fear of him finding another woman and their long-distance relationship would fail. He told her that "men who haven't experienced a woman before are less likely to cheat" and they can wait until she's ready. As the chapter ends, Kaguya kisses Miyuki, telling him that she loves him which he reciprocates. They keep telling each other "I love you," leading them to having sex.

To end the feud between the Shinomiyas and Shijos, Kaguya was forced to break up with Shirogane to marry Mikado . But using her tactics, she secretly aided Miyuki to rescue her and by the end of Chapter 261, he did just that and the two of them resume dating, ending the arranged marriage. When Miyuki moved to Stanford for college, Kaguya visits him various of time using her family wealth until she could move there as well the coming year. According to Oshi no Ko special chapter and Chapter 276, Kaguya ended up marrying Shirogane, with the former taking his surname.

### Chika Fujiwara

**Chika Fujiwara** has been friends with Kaguya since middle school. At times Kaguya detests her and her friendly nature oftentimes because Fujiwara mostly gets things that Kaguya cannot get (e.g. Miyuki's lunchboxes, Kei and Fujiwara's BFF-ness, getting married to Miyuki at a board game, etc) calling her the incarnation of avarice and greed, vile woman, personification of sexual desire. Despite Kaguya thinking about Fujiwara like that at times, she finds her friendship with her irreplaceable in its own way, enough for her to say that it has the same weight as her like for Miyuki. It is revealed that Kaguya deeply trusts her as a friend due to Chika being one of the few to have passed Kaguya's harsh tests of trust.

The two find themselves at odds with each other when they find out that Chika is a supporter of a romance between Ishigami and Miko compared to Kaguya, who is a supporter of a romance between Ishigami and Tsubame. However supporters of both romances remained on good terms, and Kaguya also supports Ishigami and Miko after Tsubame rejected Ishigami.

They were at odds once again when Kaguya and Miyuki revealed their relationship to the student council, with Chika feeling Miyuki "stole" Kaguya from her. Chika was eventually able to grow over it.

### Yu Ishigami

**Yu Ishigami** is Kaguya's underclassman. At times she shows concern for him as his senior and at times she just wants to kill him due to him accidentally interfering in her plans. While normal students scorn Ishigami she has openly said that Ishigami is someone worthy of her attention based on what she has personally seen. She has helped him study to not be held back a grade and supports his crush on Tsubame Koyasu. Being aware of the truth regarding Ishigami's suspension in middle school, Kaguya reveals Kou Ogino's actions to VIPs at Shuuchin Academy and forces him to transfer. When Kyoko Ootomo visited the school to see Ogino and insult Ishigami, Kaguya wanted to hurt her but is refrained from doing out of respect for Ishigami's efforts to protect Ootomo's smile. Kaguya's upperclassman-underclassman relationship with Ishigami develops as time goes on and is shown to occasionally prefer him over Chika (much to Chika's dismay).

Kaguya is aware of her distance between herself and others. Her ice persona especially is haunted by a strong sense of isolation and alienation from the community, much like Ishigami. Due to this, she is naturally drawn to him and seeks to guide him down the right path.

Kaguya is shown to be trusting of Ishigami, as he is one of the few that she is willing to show her true side to. She openly shows her emotions to Ishigami, such as admitting to have a crush on someone as well as throwing a tantrum about the second semester exam results in front of him. She also trusts him enough to be the only one she confides to about her ability to tie a note with her tongue. As the feud between the Shinomiyas ans and Shijos comes to a head, Ishigami is the one she entrust with telling the president that she was dropping out of Shuchi'in.

Kaguya was amongst the first to find out Ishigami's crush on Tsubame. Wanting to help him achieve happiness, Kaguya begins to mentor Ishigami so that he could obtain Tsubame's affection such as helping him out on his studies. Although Ishigami was distraught over doing poorly on the second semester exams, she encourages him to do better on the next exams. She gives advice to Ishigami regarding spending Christmas at Tsubame's place. Contrary to their previous "coaching" sessions to where Ishigami avoided Kaguya, he asked for her to help train him for an upcoming volleyball game so he could ask Tsubame out. When a distraught Ishigami reveals to Kaguya that he hasn't been studying for the third semester exam, Kaguya praises his willingness to admit his mistake and devises a harsher studying regime for Ishigami. When he ultimately places 36th on the exam, Kaguya is incredibly happy, to the point where she cries in front of him.

### Miko Iino

**Miko Iino** is a friend of Kaguya. Their relationship started out badly, when she tried various means on Miko to drop out of the student council elections such as intimidation and promises of endorsement in the following year's election. After, Kaguya considers her as a "Good girl", when Miko tries to insult her by calling the President and Shinomiya "(so evil that they're) perfect for each other," "a great couple (for indecency)" and so on. She also called her a "Good girl" at a time when Miko eased Kaguya's insecurity by having the lowest amount of bellmarks gathered by the whole student council.

Kaguya walks in on Chika going off about how Miko was patting Miyuki's head, to which she responds with immense hostility. However, Miko reminds Kaguya that she is aware of the relationship between her and Miyuki and previously commented about how well the two matched with each other. This prompts Kaguya to see sense in her words, and she praises Miko.

## Friends

### Ai Hayasaka

**Ai Hayasaka** is Kaguya's personal valet. Her mother is Kaguya's wet nurse and they have been together since they were 7 years old, upon the formalization of their master-servant relationship. Only Kaguya fully understands Hayasaka's flaws and only Hayasaka fully understands Kaguya's. It was stated that their bond was similar to that of "inseparable sisters". Initially, Hayasaka hides her annoyance with some of Kaguya's treatment of her and her assigned workload, however after being encouraged by Miyuki, she confides her feelings in a rap. She also expressed her desire to have male friends. In response, Kaguya arranges to lighten Hayasaka's workload at home. Despite being wary of her friendship with Miyuki, Hayasaka assures her that she harbors no romantic feelings for him.

After Kaguya and Miyuki start dating, Kaguya's mindset turns increasingly cocky/all-knowing about relationships, much to the irritation of Hayasaka, who has never had a boyfriend before. Kaguya's gushing about her relationship reminds Hayasaka of her lack of a love life so much that she now actively runs away from Kaguya whenever the topic arises. Kaguya is still shown to be blissfully unaware of this and only seeks to talk to someone about how happy she is with her relationship.

Kaguya learns that ever since they met, Hayasaka had reported nearly everything about her to her father and older brother. Having changed from the cold girl she originally would have to need up as, Kaguya wanted to forgive her, much to the surprise to her brother and Hayasaka's mother.

With Hayasaka's role as her valet having come to an end in Chapter 187, the two now openly treat each other as friends. Kaguya is shown to be slightly jealous whenever Ai interacts with the President.

### Kei Shirogane

**Kei Shirogane** is a girl Kaguya wants to get on good terms with. Her longtime desire for a little sister gave birth to her desire to have Kei to call her "Sis", and Kaguya is very much willing to go to great lengths for it to happen. She also believes that by getting Kei to like her she will get closer to Miyuki. Due to Kei sharing similar traits that Kaguya admires in Miyuki, Kaguya also finds herself to be slightly attracted to Kei.

### Nagisa Kashiwagi

**Nagisa Kashiwagi** is a friend of Kaguya. They frequently ask advice from one another regarding their own romances (albeit Kaguya still hides under the guise of asking for a friend). After watching Kaguya interact with Miyuki in the Student Council room, Nagisa realized that Kaguya likes him and that her "friend" is actually Kaguya herself. During the Cultural Festival, she discreetly helps Kaguya spend time with Miyuki, and tries to get details of her and Miyuki's relationship after finding out they were dating. Nagisa also tries to help "educate" Kaguya on sex, so that she does not make mistakes in her relationship.

### Tsubame Koyasu

Kaguya first acquaints herself with **Tsubame Koyasu** when she came to Kaguya for love advice regarding rejecting a confession during the cultural festival. Not knowing that the confession was from Ishigami, she tells Tsubame to brutally reject the rejection, but quickly tells Tsubame to give it more time when she finds out that the confession was indeed from Ishigami. Kaguya's hasty acts to cover for Ishigami makes Tsubame realize that she didn't know a lot about Ishigami, and she decides to learn more about him before making a decision.

Kaguya is later recruited into Tsubame's plan to help Ishigami's reputation by spreading more rumors about him to counteract the previous negative rumors about Ishigami.

### Rei Onodera

**Rei Onodera** is one of Kaguya's underclassmen and is one of the few who knows of Kaguya's relationship with Miyuki. Kaguya first meets Rei in Chapter 172 when Rei asks Kaguya about her relationship with Shirogane. Kaguya immediately confronts Rei about the identity of the person who told Rei about their relationship, but quickly grows embarrassed when she finds that Rei found out from Kaguya herself when Kaguya was sleep talking in the school courtyard. Kaguya attempts to erase Rei's memories of the events, but decides against it when she finds out that Rei is a kind and trustworthy person trying to make up for her initial stigma against Ishigami. Seeing how Rei is willing to make up for her past mistakes, Kaguya wonders what her life would have been like if she had been able to forgive people who had betrayed her trust in the past.

The two find themselves at odds with each other when they find out that Rei is a supporter of a romance between Ishigami and Miko compared to Kaguya, who is a supporter of a romance between Ishigami and Tsubame.

### Kobachi Osaragi

**Kobachi Osaragi** begins as a rival to Kaguya during the student council president election between Miyuki and Iino, for they were the two spokespeople for the two candidates' campaign speech. Although Osaragi tries her best during her campaign speech for Miko, Kaguya's speech effortlessly overshadows Osaragi.

The two become more personally acquainted when Kaguya confronts Osaragi about her reason to stole the file regarding Ishigami's incident from the student council room. Osaragi reveals that her reasons for doing so were because she was a devout IshiTsuba shipper, to which Kaguya becomes incredibly confused due to her inexperience with the act of shipping. Still, Osaragi's willingness to help out Ishigami behind his back by giving the file to Tsubame reminds Kaguya of Ishigami's own personality, and the two quickly become allies in supporting Ishigami's crush on Tsubame. The two find themselves at odds with Chika and Rei Onodera, who are supporters of a romance between Ishigami and Miko.