List of Saki characters
The following is a list of characters that appear Ritz Kobayashi's manga and anime series, "Saki", which revolves around a girl named Saki Miyanaga who joins a mahjong club, as well as its spin-off manga and anime series, "Saki: Achiga-hen - Episode of Side A". Main characters. Kiyosumi High School. The main characters start out as students at Kiyosumi High School. Achiga Girls Academy. This is the featured school in the side story, "Saki Achiga-hen episode of side-A". Achiga is located in a rural part of Nara as evidenced by landmarks such  as Yoshino Station in the series. Nagano Prefectural Tournament. Kazekoshi Girls School. A school noted to have a membership of over 80 students. The school had a strong history of winning the Nagano prefectural tournaments, until Ryuumonbuchi defeated them. Tsuruga Academy. A well-funded academy, the Mahjong club mainly makes use of online mahjong as a training instrument via portable laptops. National Tournament. Shiraitodai High School. West Tokyo Prefecture. The first seeded school. This school is the top ranked team in the tournament and has won the last two national titles. Before Miyanaga Teru played for Shiraitodai, Shiraitodai and the  West prefecture was infamously known as giving 2nd-rated players. Rinkai All-Girls School. East Tokyo Prefecture. The fourth seeded school. Rinkai had been well known for recruiting mahjong players from across the world to play for their school. However, a rule which had been implemented forced Rinkai to field one Japanese player for their team. Eisui All-Girls School. Kagoshima Prefecture. Eisui, considered to be the strongest team from the Kyushu region. The third seeded school and its members wear miko (shrine maiden) outfits and stay in solemn rooms during competitions. For this years competition, all the branch families  have come together so that Komaki Jindai doesn't have to carry the team by herself. They were responsible for dropping Himematsu into 5th place. Senriyama Girl's High. North Osaka Prefecture. The second seeded school. Senriyama is considered the strongest school in the Kansai region and the second ranked school in the nation. Senriyama makes its 11th straight national appearance and is the fourth overall seed. Overall, it is also the school's 25th appearance in the national championships. Himematsu High. South Osaka Prefecture. One of the top ranking schools in the Nationals. One of the strongest school in  the Kansai region along with their cross-town rival, Senriyama. They were a seeded school until the emergence of Eisui last year, knocking them off to 5th place. Miyamori Girl's High. Iwate Prefecture. Originally having only three members. Miyamori is one of the few schools who proceed to the second round of the 71st Inter High, and is widely famous for knocking off the high ranking Makabi High. Shindouji Girl's High. Fukuoka Prefecture. This team has a history of reaching the national tournament, however with bad results. Usuzan High School. From South Hokkaido. Like Kiyosumi, this is Usuzan 's first time appearing at the Nationals. Mizuhara-pro had stated that Usuzan is one of the scarier schools to face. They did not catch up to Rinkai in the Quarterfinal match until the vice-captain match. They use the same tactic as Shindouji and Makabi with their line-up being weakest to strongest. However, unlike Shindouji, only their vice-captain and captain are National-class players. The captain is however, in a higher league from their already strong vice-captain. Kentani High School. Hyougo Prefecture. One of the contenders by bringing one of the team's score below zero  during its first match round. Koshigaya Girl's High School. Saitama Prefecture. Koshigaya had never advanced into the second round in its previous four appearances in the Inter High until this year.