Itsuki Nakano

**Itsuki Nakano** (中野 五月 *Nakano Itsuki)* is one of the *tsundere* characters in *Gotoubun no Hanayome*, along with her sister Nino Nakano. She is the fifth and youngest sister of the Nakano quintuplets and her love interest is Fuutarou Uesugi. She is serious and dilligent, yet also a glutton and crybaby.

## Appearance

Itsuki has long, wavy red hair let down, with a large ahoge, bangs, and 2 hair "streams" curling around her head. Her notable accessories are a pair of yellow star-shaped hairpins, one on each side of her bangs. The hairpins are five-point stars, which represent her birth order, as she is the 5th and youngest of the quintuplets.

Like her sisters, she is very beautiful, has a cute expressive face, dark blue eyes, an average height, a well-endowed figure, and large breasts. She is noted to be "cute" by her classmates and is noted to look like her mother.

When she studies or takes tests, she wears glasses, implying that she is farsighted. Her theme color is red, and in the anime she wears her uniform with a red pullover vest underneath. On occasion, she wears a handbag.

## Personality

Itsuki is a serious and earnest girl who usually wakes up early compared to her sisters. She is well-mannered; never being late or missed a class, and always speaks politely. Nino, her sister, comments that Itsuki is too straight-laced.

Itsuki is a girl who bears grudges, as shown when she rejects Fuutarou Uesugi's tutoring partly because of a previous quarrel they had, and took a long time to open up to him. Like Nino, she is considered a tsundere. Itsuki was harsh and rude to Fuutarou because of how he treated her during their first meeting, but she eventually dropped the tsundere act completely once she became more comfortable with him (starting around Chapter 33 of the manga).

She is also someone who can't be honest with herself and has difficulties being more straightforward. Both of these qualities often make her struggle on her own. She is often a wimp, be it about unfavorable situations, scary things, or her stubborn self. Itsuki was absolutely devastated by her mother's death as she idolized and loved her very much, and Itsuki began to act like her mother as a coping mechanism.

She has a huge appetite and is mostly seen eating something or being hungry throughout the series. It appears that she doesn't mind treating her sisters unfairly when it comes to food-related topics. This shows where during one scenario when she proposed to her sisters to share their cakes; suspected to sample all the flavours by Ichika.

According to Fuutarou, each Nakano Quintuplet has their own characteristics regarding their sheets. In Itsuki's case, she would rather use an eraser than scribble on them.

She is the most similar to her sister Nino out of all the quintuplets, as both share a fear of needles and are often seen hanging out.

## Trivia

* Itsuki is the only girl whose name is a portmanteau as the name **Itsuki**means "five" (五) (**itsu**) and "moon" (月) (**tsuki**).
* Itsuki is seen wearing glasses when she's about to do a test (Chapter 2), suggesting she has hyperopia (far-sightedness). Despite sharing eye problems with Nino Nakano, only Itsuki wears glasses.
* She and Nino are the most similar to each other among the quintuplets (both of them do sit-ups in the morning, have long hair, poor eyesight, a fear of needles, and a tsundere personality, being initially harsh to Fuutarou). Both of them are also close to each other and often seen hanging out, and Nino is very vocal and protective regarding Itsuki.
* Itsuki believes in fate and charms.
* Itsuki's notable accessories are two **five-point** stars on the front of her hair, representing number 5, which is a part of her name and the order of her birth.
* Itsuki won 3rd place on the Japanese popularity poll with 1235 votes.
* Itsuki's food critic pseudonym, *May* (M·A·Y) literally means May in English, as in the fifth month of the year. The Kanji of *Itsuki* (五月) is also used for "May" in Japanese.
* Itsuki is the second Nakano Quintuplet to get her picture taken alongside Fuutarou. However, she is the first Nakano Quintuplet to have a picture with Fuutarou taken properly.
* Itsuki weighs 55.6 kg.