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Characters in Aya Nakahara's ''Manga/LovelyComplex''!

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[[folder:Risa Koizumi]]

!!Risa Koizumi

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->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/RisaHayamizu (Drama CD), Creator/AkemiOkamura (anime, JP), Creator/AmberLeeConnors (anime, EN)

Risa is 172 cm tall and thin and has [[FieryRedhead light red hair]] and brown eyes.

Risa is seen as impulsive and strong-willed, rarely willing to display her softer side. She is a {{tsundere}}. She is also very [[CuteClumsyGirl clumsy]] and apparently talks a lot, usually in not such a good way.

It is strongly stated by the other characters that she is very funny for a girl and a fun person to hang out with. At the same time, she also implies [[{{Tomboy}} she is not cute and girly]], the type of girls that are very appreciated in Japan, possibly due to her tall stature. Her favorite artist is Umibozu, her admiration for him going to the point of obsession.

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* ACupAngst: After meeting Hitomi, a rather buxom woman who flirts with Atsushi, Risa comments that she has no breasts with a rather dejected look on her face.
%%* MegatonPunch: In her GetAHoldOfYourselfMan moments, usually after TheReasonYouSuckSpeech.
%%-->'''Risa''': [Risa [[MegatonPunch punched Otani] AHOU!]] It doesn't matter if you're tall or short! You're a man as long as you have a '''*beep*!!'''.
%%-->'''Otani''': Girls shouldn't use such indecent words!
%%-->'''Risa''': Just shut up, '''WILL YOU!? PEOPLE HAVE BEEN CALLING YOU SHORT FOR ETERNITY ALREADY! WHAT’S SO EMBARRASING ABOUT BEING CALLED SHORT BY A SINGLE GIRL!?''' If you're going to be bothered by such trivial matters... {{Beat}} ... Then you don't even have the right to like anyone! '''LOSER!'''
* {{Angrish}}: Slips into this occasionally, when she gets very irritated (frequently by Otani's remarks).
* AnimalMotifs: She is often associated with bunnies, and has a lot of [[BunniesForCuteness bunny-shaped stuff]] in her possession.
* AttentionDeficitOohShiny: Koizumi can instantly drop angst, romance, or anything she's doing at the moment when she sees swimming pools, rickshaws, or Umibouzu.
* AwLookTheyReallyDoLoveEachOther: Koizumi often has moments where she truly cares for Otani, despite their constant bickering.
* BadLiar: Anyone could see what she's thinking because it's written all over her face.
* BelligerentSexualTension: With Otani. Their relationship starts like this, although it's entirely seen from a {{tsundere}}[='=]s perspective, with Otani often acting as a JerkWithAHeartOfGold.
* BirdsOfAFeather: With Otani. [[ShipperOnDeck Nobu and Nakao]] are very aware that they have many things in common aside from their height. and in the manga, they obtained 100% compatibility at the ''Love Machine''.
-->'''Otani''': Maybe our compatibility...really is 100% after all!
-->'''Koizumi:''' ...('''Surprised''')
-->'''Otani''': [[JerkassHasAPoint Except for the height.]]
* BlondeBrunetteRedhead: The [[FieryRedhead Redheaded]] Girl to Nobu's Blonde and Chiharu's Brunette.
* BokeAndTsukkomiRoutine: Koizumi's relationship with Otani is mostly played as a Manzai comedy pair routine, which is why they are both seen as the {{Class Clown}}s by their peers (classmates and teachers included). She usually plays the part of the Tsukkomi to Otani's Boke, although they exchange roles once they [[RelationshipUpgrade start dating]].
* BookDumb: Risa is depicted as not being very smart, since she is doing poorly in school and she is also seen sleeping in class.
* BunniesForCuteness: She has an attachment for things that are shaped like bunnies. Many of her possessions features them -- a red purse, a necklace, a ring, her cellphone, bath items, among other stuff.
* CaughtTheHeartOnHisSleeve: To Otani, to physically stop him from walking over to talk to his ex-girlfriend.
* ChildhoodFriend: Risa has been friends with Haruka since they were in Elementary School.
* ClassClown: With Otani, even if it's entirely accidental. They are seen as their class' comedy pair known as the "Hanshin-Kyojin" and usually play the BokeAndTsukkomiRoutine around their peers.
* ClassRepresentative: With Otani. ''Averted'', because they are actually the "{{Class Clown}}s".
* CuteClumsyGirl: She is very clumsy (and she is often falling around, like that time at the Umibouzu's concert), even in moments when she doesn't ''have'' to be acting like that (such as the time she was standing in row with the rest of her class... when she was falling asleep and snoring ''loudly'').
%%* TheDeterminator: Of the DoggedNiceGirl type. Also subverted, because her “give up on and off” all the time.
* DoggedNiceGirl: She becomes this when she realizes her crush on Otani. It doesn't help that all of her friends, usually [[ShipperOnDeck Nobuko and Nakao]], are constantly encouraging her on in her pursuit of him.
* DudeMagnet: Even if people don't usually look up to her for her beauty and her tomboyishness, she has her fans as Otani, Haruka, and Kohori are all attracted to her. When SheCleansUpNicely for a modelling photoshoot with Mimi, two guys talk about how they find her cute and one of them implies that he wants to make a move on her after the photoshoot... before Otani [[CrazyJealousGuy scares them off]].
* EffortlessAmazonianLift: It's implied that Koizumi is stronger than Otani, as she can carry him in her arms after he fails to escape from a crossdressing cheering event in their class.
* EstablishingCharacterMoment: The scene that serves as her introduction has her standing with her classmates, while she is ''asleep'' and snoring ''loudly''. When she immediately wakes up, she yells "DAMN IT! My summon monsters have been annihilated!", while everybody laughs at her statement.
* EveryoneCanSeeIt: Everyone in their friends' circle and at school, know that she and Otani are perfect for each other.
* FieryRedhead: She has a really hot temper, making her really impulsive in some of her decisions.
* FinishingEachOthersSentences: With Otani. They are so good at this that they become a comedy sensation at their school, although it's very unintentional, and usually PlayedForLaughs.
* FoolishSiblingResponsibleSibling: Although Koizumi is supposed to be the older sibling, she is the BookDumb and HotBlooded sister to her younger brother, Takato, who is [[TheStoic very stoic]] and smarter than her.
%%* FourTemperamentEnsemble: [[FunPersonified Sanguine]] and a dash of [[FieryRedhead Choleric]].
* GamerChick: She is very fond of [=JRPGs=] and [[RomanceGame otome games]], and it's one of many reasons why people tend to qualify her as a {{tomboy}}. At one point she became too obsessed with them, that she fell for Maity, her class' teacher assistant, just because he looked like Cain, a character from her favorite VisualNovel.
* GetAHoldOfYourselfMan: Risa is fond of using this method to calm people down or get them to think more rationally. She [[MegatonPunch punches]] Otani twice, and Mimi once followed by TheReasonYouSuckSpeech.
* {{Gonk}}: Risa is normally pretty good-looking, but she can make some rather... strange faces if she's in a bad mood or is trying to be more [[YamatoNadeshiko "traditionally" cute]].
* HeIsNotMyBoyfriend: With Otani. Even after the former has kissed her of his own accord.
%%* HotBlooded
* HugeSchoolGirl: The premise of the series; Koizumi is 1.70 m (5'9"), quite a bit taller than average for a high school aged Japanese girl. She's terrified of growing any taller than she already is.
* InsecureLoveInterest: To Otani. She thinks very highly of Otani's ex-girlfriend, Kanzaki, wondering why would he pick her over his ex-girlfriend. This is partly because of his hard and cold behavior around her and his inability to tell her how he feels.
* InsultOfEndearment: She calls Otani as "midget" and "shrimp", even after their RelationshipUpgrade... although she does so in a considerably softer manner than before.
* IronicName: Her last name, "Koizumi", means "little spring (the water kind, not the season)" in Japanese, and she is taller than any other girl in her school. This is [[LampshadeHanging lampshaded]] in the first scene of the series.
-->"I've been tall ever since I was young. When we line up for morning assembly, I'm always at the end. But I happen to be named "Koizumi". Sorry, it's not "Oizumi" (big spring)."
* LadySwearsALot: Risa has a pretty foul mouth at times, at least to the extent the manga can get away with.
* LikeAnOldMarriedCouple: Her relationship with Otani is seen as such by the rest of their classmates, that they even lampshade it.
-->'''Girl''': Ahahaha, They're at it again~
-->'''Guy''' : It'd be better if you two did a "married couple" comedy duo for the school festival.
-->'''Otani''': ARE YOU STUPID! DON'T SAY SUCH STUPID THINGS!
-->'''Koizumi''': How embarrassing~ What "married couple"? It's still too early!
-->'''Otani''': [[DopeSlap *smack*]] DON'T GET INVOLVED TOO!
* TheMatchmaker: Since she had a crush on Suzuki when he was newly transferred to their class, she got involved in a deal with Otani to help him to hook up with Chiharu, while he helped her to hook up with Suzuki. However, they fail because Suzuki and Chiharu had a mutual interest in each other, while she ended up developing a MatchmakerCrush on Otani.
%%* MoodSwinger
* OneHeadTaller: She is taller than Otani by a head.
* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Risa likes to hand these out after punching people to get them to calm down and think more rationally. She has done this to Otani and Mimi.
-->'''Risa''': [Risa [[PunchedAcrossTheRoom punched Otani]].] AHOU! It doesn't matter if you're tall or short! You're a man as long as you have a '''*beep*!!'''.
-->'''Otani''': Girls shouldn't use such indecent words!
-->'''Risa''': Just shut up, WILL YOU!? PEOPLE HAVE BEEN CALLING YOU SHORT FOR ETERNITY ALREADY! WHAT’S SO EMBARRASING ABOUT BEING CALLED SHORT BY A SINGLE GIRL!? If you're going to be bothered by such trivial matters... {{Beat}} ... Then you don't even have the right to like anyone! '''LOSER!'''
%%* RedOniBlueOni: The Red to Chiharu's Blue.
* SacredFirstKiss: Her first kiss was an AccidentalKiss with Otani, from all people. She was confessing (again) her feelings towards him, and since he was sick, he falls asleep when he barely touches her lips with his. The worst part of this accident is that he later confesses that he was ''also'' distracted by a random rice grain that was stuck on her hair.
* SecondLove: Koizumi is actually Otani's second serious love interest, after things with Kanzaki (his ex-girlfriend from Middle School) didn't work out as he wanted.
* SheCleansUpNicely: When she has to model with Mimi in a photoshoot, because they were missing models, the stylists make her look [[http://images1.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20110427084327/lovelycomplex/images/1/11/Risa_Koizumi.jpg more beautiful and cuter than her usual self]].
* StatuesqueStunner: Half of the premise of the series is that she's a girl taller than average. Overlaps with HugeSchoolGirl. She's more on the gangly side of tall rather than voluptuous, though.
* StockShoujoHeroine: Downplayed; she fits the typical shoujo protagonist mold for the most part, as she's a [[CuteClumsyGirl clumsy]] and BookDumb girl who still has a good heart and cares about her friends. However, she's a good deal more aggressive and outspoken than most examples, though [[TomboyWithAGirlyStreak she does have some feminine interests]]. Unlike most examples, she's also a HugeSchoolgirl who's a good deal taller than her love interest Otani, who's [[TinySchoolboy short for a boy]].
* StrongFamilyResemblance: Initially, the only thing Risa visibly has in common with her family is her tremendous height. However, we find out from her grandfather that [[spoiler: her grandmother was ''[[StatuesqueStunner even taller]]'' than her, and in his flashback she's a dead ringer for her grandaughter]].
* TinyGuyHugeGirl: Koizumi is the Huge Girl to Otani's Tiny Guy. She is a [[HugeSchoolGirl girl who's taller than average]] and he is [[TheNapoleon a guy with a height below most average guys]].
* TomboyWithAGirlyStreak: While she definitely does not fit the [[YamatoNadeshiko Japanese feminine ideal]], being loud mouthed, aggressive, and outspoken; she does have a number of feminine hobbies, particularly fashion and hair. Her hairstyle changes often in the series, and she even helps Nobuko with her outfits. [[spoiler:Upon graduating, she decides to go to cosmetology school and become a stylist.]]
* {{Tsundere}}: Type Unsorted, but that is mostly due to the [[MasterOfTheMixedMessage indecisive and hard-to-read]] behavior of her love interest. Unlike Otani, Risa tries to be deredere with him. The problem is that when she tries, he ends saying things like "gross" or "weird" and that makes her mood changes of a "deredere" one to "tsuntsun" in seconds.
* UnrequitedLoveSwitcheroo : Played with. She falls in love with Otani, but Otani rejected her at first because he can't see her like "more than a friend" (because she's taller than him). Finally, she gives up with Otani and she has a fangirl crush on [[HotTeacher Maity-sensei]]. Otani gets unwillingly jealous of Maity, and finally realizes about his feelings for Risa in a GreenEyedEpiphany.
* VitriolicBestBuds: With Otani. After they make a "truce" and hook up each other with their love interests (and fail) and after their deal about who gets a boyfriend/girlfriend first, they spend more time together and become close friends [[BelligerentSexualTension (while still fighting.)]]
%%* WillTheyOrWontThey: Will the guy with a height below most average guys (Otani) and the girl who's taller than average (Risa) finally get together?
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[[folder:Atsushi Otani]]
!!Atsushi Otani
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->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/TakahiroSakurai (Drama CD), Akira Nagata (anime, JP), Creator/HowardWang (anime, EN)

Otani is a really short guy, standing only 157 cm by 12th grade. He has a small stature but he is a bit muscular due to his constant basketball training. He has orangey brown hair and brown eyes.

Otani can be tough and rude on the outside, trying to look more manly. [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold At heart, however is kind, silly, naive, oblivious, funny and a good friend.]] Like Risa, he likes Umibozu, water parks, games and the two tend to do things others wouldn't (like riding a rickshaw). [[{{Keet}} Also, he displays a happy and care-free attitude]], much like his girlfriend.

[[ChickMagnet He is quite popular with girls]] even though [[ObliviousToLove he is completely oblivious]] to Risa's, Seiko's and Mimi's feelings towards him.

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* AttentionDeficitOohShiny: Otani can instantly drop angst, romance, or anything he's doing at the moment he sees swimming pools, rickshaws, or Umibouzu.
* AwLookTheyReallyDoLoveEachOther: Otani often has moments where he truly worries and cares for Koizumi, despite their constant bickering.
%%* BadassAdorable
* BelligerentSexualTension: With Koizumi. Their relationship starts like this, although it's entirely seen from a {{tsundere}}[='=]s perspective (from Koizumi's side), with Otani often acting as a JerkWithAHeartOfGold.
* BerserkButton: He has a [[HairTriggerTemper short temper]], and can get easily irritated...
** If people (like Koizumi) make fun of his small height.
** If people call him an ''idiot''.
** If Risa starts showing feelings for another guy. This guy is [[CrazyJealousGuy really, really jealous...]] but given what happened with his ex–girlfriend, [[BrokenBird you can't blame him]].
* BirdsOfAFeather: With Koizumi. [[ShipperOnDeck Nobu and Nakao]] even realize that they have many things in common, although their height is not one of them.
* BokeAndTsukkomiRoutine: Otani's relationship with Koizumi is mostly played as a Manzai comedy pair, which is why they are both seen as the {{Class Clown}}s by their peers. He usually plays the part of the Boke to Koizumi's Tsukkomi, although they exchange roles once they [[RelationshipUpgrade start dating]], as he gives more {{Dope Slap}}s to Koizumi's statements and actions.
%%* BookDumb
* ChickMagnet: He is very popular with the girls, even though he has an [[TroubledButCute attitude problem]] and only if his height gets out of the question. Girls like Kanzaki, Mimi, Risa, and Seiko have fallen for him, although many of them have admitted that it's because they see him as "cute".
* ClassClown: With Koizumi. They are their class's "manzai duo" known as "Hanshin-Kyojin" and usually play the BokeAndTsukkomiRoutine around their teachers and classmaters.
* ClassRepresentative: With Koizumi. ''Averted'' because they are the [[ClassClown Class Clowns]].
* CrazyJealousGuy: He is very jealous when other guys woo Koizumi, although it's very subtle. Despite his height, he can even scare other guys out.
%%* DumbJock: At best. (See {{Book Dumb}} )
* EveryoneCanSeeIt: Despite he is ObliviousToLove, everyone and their dog knows that Risa and him are perfect for each other.
%%* FieryRedhead: Mixed with {{The Napoleon}}.
* FinishingEachOthersSentences: With Koizumi. They are so good at this that they become a comedy sensation at their school, although this is unintentional, and usually PlayedForLaughs.
%%* FourTemperamentEnsemble: [[TheNapoleon Choleric]] and a bit of [[{{Keet}} Sanguine]]
* FriendToAllChildren: Otani likes to interact with kids a lot, and he has 10-year olds as his basketball friends (as they are more or less his same height). One of his future career dreams is to become a teacher, and he [[spoiler:eventually decides to study to become an Elementary School teacher]].
%%* GoodIsNotNice
* GreenEyedEpiphany: While Otani is very subtle about his jealousy towards any kind of guy that may like Koizumi, even though he was never able to see her more than a friend, it's until the moment she's suddenly swooning over Maity (their class' teacher assistant) that he realizes that he likes her more than that. This epiphany was purposefully invoked by Maity, as he wanted to make Koizumi "happy" through his "magic".
* GreenEyedMonster: Part of his CrazyJealousGuy persona is that he easily gets very jealous towards anyone who is close to Koizumi implies to take her away from him, even though he knows that he doesn't have to worry about it, since she is always going to be in love with him. There has been a couple of incidents whe he has been assertive to scare those guys away (including one time where he implied to use violence towards Kohori, if he saw him with Koizumi again), too.
* HairTriggerTemper: Has a fuse [[IncrediblyLamePun as short as his height]].
* HasAType: Otani likes short, cute, and helpless girls, and he seems to think that they need to be feminine and a bit shy. Ironically, [[TrueLoveIsExceptional he ends up falling in love]] with a [[{{Tsundere}} temperamental]] HugeSchoolGirl, who isn't seen as ''very'' feminine by her peers.
* InsultOfEndearment: He usually calls Koizumi with names such as "amazon" and "totem pole", even after they [[RelationshipUpgrade start dating]]. However, he considerably uses them in a softer way than before.
* ItsAllAboutMe: Otani is often arrogant and holds a high opinion of himself.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: He acts as a jerk, but he definitely cares for his friends, especially Koizumi... even though most of the times, he has a lot of moments where he is more of a ''jerk'' with her, due to his {{tsundere}} nature.
* {{Keet}}: His usual state. Small? ''Check''. Cute? ''check''. Colorful? ''check''. Energetic? ''check, check and check''.
* LikeAnOldMarriedCouple: Even before they were officially dating, his relationship with Koizumi was seen in a similar way as that of a married couple, thanks to their constant bickering. Everyone in their school believed it was part of their "comedy pair routine", even if it was purely unintentional (for his disdain).
%%* LovableJock
* TheMatchmaker: When he had a crush on Chiharu, he got involved in a deal with Koizumi to help her out to hook up with Suzuki, while she helped him to hook up with Chiharu. However, they fail because Suzuki and Chiharu had a mutual interest in each other. He eventually developed a MatchmakerCrush on Koizumi, even though he was completely [[ObliviousToLove oblivious]] to it at first.
* TheNapoleon: Half of the series premise is based on the fact that Otani is a guy with a height below most average guys. He is very easy to [[HairTriggerTemper trigger]] as he doesn't like to be reminded that he is shorter than his friends, even though Otani does his best to excel in things like basketball.
%%* NobleMaleRoguishMale: The Roguish Male to Nakao's Noble Male.
%%* NoGuyWantsAnAmazon
* ObliviousToLove:
** Not only is he initially completely oblivious to Koizumi being head over heels in love with him, even writing off an outright declaration of love from her as a joke.
** He also doesn't realize that his childhood friend Mimi is also madly in love with him.
* ObliviousToHisOwnDescription: Koizumi describes Otani as her perfect guy and he does not get it despite it being a perfect description of him.
-->'''Otani''': What kind of guy is he?
-->'''Risa''': An idiot.
-->'''Otani''': Huh?
-->'''Risa''': He’s an idiot… but he’s a good guy. He’s shorter than me, but he’s so sweet that I don’t care.
-->'''Otani''': Is that so…Don’t tell me the reason you’ve been coming to watch basketball… is because this guy you like is on the team?
-->'''Risa''': [[BlueWithShock Shocked.]]
-->'''Otani''': It’s that freshman, Yamamoto, right?
-->'''Risa''': Huh!?
-->'''Otani''': If it’s someone shorter than you, and he’s on the basketball team, it has to be Yamamoto. No, wait… Ikeda is pretty short too…
-->'''Risa''': You’re an idiot.
* OlderThanTheyLook: Since he is shorter than the average Japanese man, he is mostly confused for a kid by many people.
%%* PunchedAcrossTheRoom: By Koizumi.
%%* RedOniBlueOni: The Red to Suzuki's Blue.
* SheIsNotMyGirlfriend: With Koizumi. Even after the former has kissed her of his own accord.
%%* SensitiveGuyAndManlyMan:The Manly Man to Nakao's (or Suzuki) Sensitive Guy.
%%** In higher grades the Manly Man to Haruka and [[spoiler: Seishirou]] Sensitive Guys .
* TinyGuyHugeGirl: Tiny Guy to Koizumi's Huge Girl. Tiny Guy to Koizumi's Huge Girl. He is [[TheNapoleon a guy with a height below most average guys]] and she is [[HugeSchoolGirl a girl who’s taller than average]]. Do the math!
* TinySchoolboy: In contrast to Koizumi who's [[HugeSchoolgirl taller than most girls]], he's a good deal shorter than other boys his age.
* {{Tsundere}}: A rare male example of Type A with heavy emphasis on the "tsun" part. Otani is often showing the "tough" kind of love, rarely expressing directly his feelings for Koizumi. His pet name for her could be considered [[InsultOfEndearment "idiot" or "stupid"]] since he always calls her that way, even when [[LuminescentBlush blushing]].
* UnrequitedLoveSwitcheroo: With Koizumi. Played with. Risa falls in love with Otani, but Otani rejected her because he can’t see her like “more than a friend” (maybe because she’s taller than him too). Finally Risa gives up with Otani and she have a fangirl crush on [[HotTeacher Maity-sensei]]… Otani gets unwittingly jealous of Maity and finally realizes about his feelings for Risa in a [[GreenEyedEpiphany Green-Eyed Epiphany]] (invoked for Maity-sama.)
* VitriolicBestBuds: With Koizumi. After they make a "truce" about hook up each other with their love interests (and fail) and after their deal about who gets a boyfriend/girlfriend first, they spend more time together and becomes close friends [[BelligerentSexualTension (they still fight, of course.)]]
** Nakao mock Otani quite often too,and Otani yells at him when he does or when he say something (he considers) stupid.
** With [[spoiler:Yoshi]] in the manga. Otani gets angry about him because he's a {{jerk|ass}}, but he is his friend anyways.
-->Otani punches [[spoiler:Yoshi]].
-->[[spoiler:Yoshi]]: That hurt!
-->'''Otani''': No matter what you say, you are annoying! You are just trying to act cool!
-->[[spoiler:Yoshi]] [punches Otani]: I'm not really freaking trying to act cool!
-->'''Otani''': If that's how it is, it's really not cool at all!
-->[[spoiler:Yoshi]] : Shut up,tiny! I can't be friends with someone so tiny!
-->[[spoiler:Yoshi]] : It's like you're the one who is tiny! What should I do since we don't have a relationship?
-->'''Otani''': We do have a friendship! '''YOU ARE MY FRIEND!'''
%%* WillTheyOrWontThey: Will the guy with a height below most average guys (Otani) and the girl who's taller than average (Risa) finally get together?
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[[folder:Nobuko Ishihara]]
!!Nobuko Ishihara
->'''Voiced by:''' Saori Higashi (anime, JP), Creator/HaydenDaviau (anime, EN)

* BetaCouple: With Nakao. They were the only couple inside Koizumi and Otani's circle of friends, before Chiharu and Suzuki hooked up. They tend to act very [[SickeninglySweethearts lovey-dovey]] as newlyweds around each other.
%%* BlondeBrunetteRedhead: The Blond Girl.
* CoolBigSis: Despite being a year older than Seiko, Nobu wants to act as a cool big sister to her... even if Seiko is more up to date to fashion and that she may come up as wiser than her in some love topics.
%%* EveryoneLovesBlondes
%%* TheFashionista
%%* FourTemperamentEnsemble: Choleric.
* HeterosexualLifePartners: Nobu is Koizumi's best friend since they both started high school. She is always there when she needs help.
%%* MamaBear: Towards Risa.
%%* TheMatchmaker
%%* RedOniBlueOni: The Red to Chiharu's Blue.
* ShipperOnDeck: She ships Koizumi[=/=]Otani so hard, that seeing Koizumi with another boy irritates her at no end.
* SickeninglySweethearts: With Nakao. They tend to act as newlyweds with their friends, sometimes even referring to each other with endearing names like a married couple would do.
* TeamMom: Despite being the same age as Koizumi and Chiharu, she acts similar to a mother to them, especially with Koizumi. This is evident when she gets worried that someone (especially Otani) would hurt her, to the point that she [[MamaBear wouldn't doubt to use violence]] to make across her argument. Nobu even self-declares herself as the "mom" of the bunch.
* TomboyAndGirlyGirl: Girly Girl to Risa's Tomboy.
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[[folder:Heikichi Nakao]]
!!Heikichi Nakao
->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/KenjiroTsuda (Drama CD), Yasuhiko Tokuyama (anime, JP), Creator/AlejandroSaab (anime, EN)

* BetaCouple: With Nobu. They were the only couple inside Koizumi and Otani's circle of friends, before Chiharu and Suzuki hooked up. They tend to act very [[SickeninglySweethearts lovey-dovey]] as newlyweds around each other.
* [[BreakHisHeartToSaveHim Break Her Heart To Save Her]]: He tries to act like a womanizing jerk so that Nobu wouldn't feel guilty about leaving him. It didn't work.
%%* CurtainsMatchTheWindow
%%* FourTemperamentEnsemble: Sanguine
%%* NiceGuy
%%* NobleMaleRoguishMale: The Noble Male to Otani's Roguish Male.
* OneHeadTaller: He's about the same height as Risa.
* PerpetualSmiler: He smiles even when he is being insulted!
%%* PornStash
* SensitiveGuyAndManlyMan: The Sensitive Guy to Otani's Manly Man
* ShipperOnDeck: Wanted Risa and Otani to get together.
* SickeninglySweethearts: With Nobu. They still have their issues, though.
* StepfordSmiler: In the episode "Premonition of Separation?! Risa and Ōtani Walk Separate Paths". He pretended to be happy for Nobu, but he was really sad to think of her going.
* SupremeChef: He reveals that will take care of the Japanese sweet shop of his father.
%%* RedOniBlueOni: The Red to Suzuki's Blue
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Chiharu Tanaka]]
!!Chiharu Tanaka
->'''Voiced by:''' Kazuko Kojima (anime, JP), Creator/SarahWiedenheft (anime, EN)

* BewareTheNiceOnes: Suzuki fails to get into the same college as (sweet, meek, quiet) Chiharu, and seriously considers breaking up with her because he feels insufficient as a boyfriend. When she finds out, ''she picks up a desk and throws it, just barely missing him''. She remains angry enough for a while to involuntarily tear magazines in half whenever she remembers it, too.
%%* BlondeBrunetteRedhead: The Brunette Girl
* BrainyBrunette: The smartest girl in the group.
* DoesNotLikeMen: More out of shyness than misandry.
%%* FourTemperamentEnsemble: Phlegmatic
* InnocentlyInsensitive: Says that she doesn't consider Otani a guy because of how short he is.
%%* PairTheSmartOnes: With Suzuki.
%%* TheQuietOne
%%* RedOniBlueOni: The Blue to Koizumi's and Nobu's Red.
%%* ShrinkingViolet
%%* SingleWomanSeeksGoodMan
%%* TheSmartGirl
%%* TwiceShy: With Suzuki.
* TechnicolorEyes: Violet Eyes in a ShrinkingViolet girl.
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[[folder:Ryoji Suzuki]]
!!Ryoji Suzuki
->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/MasayaOnosaka (Drama CD), Creator/KenjiroTsuda (anime, JP), Creator/AaronDismuke (anime, EN)

* CannotSpitItOut: In the manga, he didn't have the courage to tell Chiharu how he felt for her. That is until Risa intervened.
* DelicateAndSickly: Suzuki gets sick relatively often, to the point that he has to attend summer school with the rest of the gang because he missed a midterm. This comes up again when [[spoiler: he fails the entrance exam for the school he wants to attend with Chiharu]] because he had the flu. His [[MyBelovedSmother mother]] blames it on him and the fact that he hasn't "strengthened his body".
%%* FourTemperamentEnsemble: Melancholic and Phlegmatic
%%** ColdGreyEyes
* InnocentlyInsensitive: Says that he doesn't consider Risa a girl because of how tall she is.
%%* NonActionGuy: Compared with his [[spoiler: sister]]
* OnlySaneMan: He may not be as hyperactive as the others, but he's not oblivious to their erratic nature.
* PairTheSmartOnes: He and Chiharu get the highest scores in the group, provided that his weak immune system doesn't get in the way...
%%* RedOniBlueOni : The Blue to Otani's Red
%%** The Blue to Nakao's Red
* TheQuietOne: He is the most quiet compared to anyone else in the anime and manga.
%%* TheSmartGuy
* TwiceShy: Both he and chiharu are smart, yes, but they're also both very quiet and shy. Even when they do get together, their romantic expression is pretty subtle in comparison with Nakao and Nobuko's [[SickeninglySweethearts constant affirmation]] of their love for each other, or Atsushi and Risa's [[WhenAJerkLovesATsundere affectionate bickering]]
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Haruka Fukagawa]]
!!Haruka Fukagawa
->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/RyotaroOkiayu (Drama CD), Creator/MasayaOnosaka (anime, JP), Tom Laflin (anime, EN [teen]), Creator/ElsieLovelock (anime, EN [child])

%%* BettyAndVeronica: The Betty to Veronica's Otani.
* ButNotTooForeign: Although Haruka was born in Japan, his grandmother is actually from England.
* ChildhoodFriend: He has been friends with Risa since they were in Elementary School.
* CrazyJealousGuy: Since he admires and likes Risa as more than just a friend, he openly clings to her and often expresses an intense hatred towards Otani. When he hears that Otani rejected her feelings (the first time), he practically flips out about the news.
%%* TheDandy
* GenderBlenderName: Since "Haruka" is mostly a feminine name, many of his classmates bullied him when he was a kid.
* LadyKillerInLove: Sorta. He's a massive TheCasanova, but insists he's only "preparing" himself to date Koizumi via dating all of these girls. She obviously ain't pleased.
* MasculineGirlFeminineBoy: During their childhood, Haruka was the Feminine Boy to Risa's Masculine Girl. He used to be very sensitive and quiet (and he was mostly friends with girls, too), while Risa was tougher and louder.
* NoSenseOfPersonalSpace: Upon reuniting with Risa, he gives her one or two bear hugs.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Seiko Kotobuki]]
!!Seiko Kotobuki
->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/FujikoTakimoto (JP), Oz Ryan (anime, EN)

A girl who Otani briefly dated. He broke up with her after he found out she was transgender.
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* DumbBlonde: Seiko isn't very smart with certain situations, but she is wise in love topics, as she is the one who keeps encouraging Koizumi to not give up her love towards Otani.
* GenkiGirl: Seiko is very, very cheerful and upbeat towards everything, especially in front of her friends. In the manga, it's shown that she only gets depressed one time when she realized that her [[VocalDissonance voice was breaking]], although she later finds out that it was just a side-effect of the flu.
* MeaningfulRename: Seiko's original name as a male was "Seishirou", but she later changes it as Seiko, as soon as she was embracing her identity as a woman.
* TransTribulations: Seiko is a trans woman and while usually a light-hearted character, one manga chapter is about her voice breaking. She's so distraught over her [[VocalDissonance low, manly voice]] that she ended up outright de-transitioning. She's eventually able to get her old voice back after getting a needle for a cold.
* UnsettlingGenderReveal: Otani has the surprise of his life when he finds out that the cute girl who was going after him was actually transgender.
%%* VitriolicBestBuds: With Haruka.
* VocalDissonance: One manga chapter had her voice break, making the contrast jarring. She gets so depressed that she temporarily goes back to living as a boy. When her voice reverts, Seiko transitions again.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Minor Characters]]

!!Mayu Kanzaki
->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/YukiMatsuoka (anime, JP), Elizabeth Quedenfeld (anime, EN)

* CuteSportsClubManager: She seems to like basketball players, both short and tall.
* FirstLove: For Otani. This worries and surprises Risa upon discovery.
* HugeGuyTinyGirl: With her boyfriend. He's about 6'4'' of tall and is nicknamed "The Junior High Super Giant".
%%* LoveHurts: She was Otani's first love.
* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: She and Chiharu look very similar. This may have been the reason why Otani pursued Chiharu.

!!Umibouzu
->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/HisaoEgawa (anime, JP), Creator/BrentMukai (anime, EN)

A famous rapper whom Risa and Otani love.
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* FaceOfAThug: His wife even says that, despite his angry appearance, he's actually a very kind person.
* HighSchoolSweethearts: With his wife. They had a setback when he confessed in high school, but they eventually started dating a couple of years later.
* NoNameGiven: "Umibouzu" is only an artistic name that he uses. His real name is never mentioned in the series.
* TeenIdol: A famous rapper that both Koizumi and Otani like.

!!Kuniumi Maitake
->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/JunichiSuwabe (anime, JP), Creator/GianniMatragrano (anime, EN)

A student teacher who teaches Koizumi and Otani's senior class.
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* BishieSparkle: Maity carries these with ''constantly'' him wherever he goes, along with [[FlowerMotif rose petals]]. This is probably in part because he's somewhat of a parody of stereotypical romance leads of the era.
* ChickMagnet: A majority of his female students, including Koizumi, consider that he is one of the most handsome teachers at their school. They even [[InstantFanClub started a fanclub]], immediately after he is introduced to their class.
* CoolTeacher: He does his best to help his students, even with the silliest of the situations, with a little help of his "magic".
* {{Expy}}: To Koizumi, he looks and sounds like Cain, a character from her favorite [[RomanceGame otome game]].
* HotTeacher: He is one of the most handsome teachers at Maido Academy, and many female students fall easily for him [[spoiler:(too bad he is engaged!)]]. He is even the trope's page image!
* TallDarkAndHandsome: Maity is one of these to the absolute extreme, which is part of why there's a whole InstantFanClub devoted to him.
%%* LargeHam

!!Kiyoji Nakano
->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/MasashiHirose (anime, JP), Creator/MarcSwint (anime, EN)

Risa and Otani's homeroom teacher. He was the one initiated the "All Hanshin-Kyojin" name calling for Risa and Otani.
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* CoolTeacher: While he may not be as visible as Maity up there, Nakano is ultimately a good teacher who cares about his students' academic success.
* DodgyToupee: In the movie, he tries on several wigs. Some of them are fairly obvious.
* TheGadfly: He takes delight in messing with his students, primarily Risa and Otani.
* ShipperOnDeck: He paired Risa and Otani together quite frequently.

!!Mimi Yoshioka
->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/KaeAraki (anime, JP), Creator/MarissaLenti (anime, EN)

A girl in Otani's neighborhood who has a crush on him.
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* AnguishedDeclarationOfLove: Makes one when demanding to know why Otani is dating Risa.
* BitchInSheepsClothing: She seemed nice around Otani, but really lets her colors show when she's alone with Risa.
* BettyAndVeronicaSwitch: Koizumi is a FieryRedhead that has [[TomboyWithAGirlyStreak very few feminine traits]], although she's [[NiceGirl very kind-hearted]]. Mimi is a [[PatientChildhoodLoveInterest friend from Otani's childhood]], who is a "[[{{Kawaiiko}} very cute]]" girl who works as a model. However, Mimi is actually the opposite of what she claims to be, as she is very egotistical, very jealous, and is a little [[{{yandere}} possessive]]. At first glance, Mimi is the Betty, but when her true personality is revealed, she is the Veronica.
* ClingyJealousGirl: Towards Otani, but she gets better.
* DontYouDarePityMe: She can't stand it when Risa tries to comfort and/or relate to her.
* TheFakeCutie : Towards Otani.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Turns into this when she realizes that Risa does understand her.
* PatientChildhoodLoveInterest: She has had a crush on him for years and had been waiting for him to be taller than her.
%%* ProudBeauty
* RavenHairIvorySkin: She has black hair, pale skin (in anime), and happens to be a model
* TheRival: To Risa over Otani's affections.
%%* SmallNameBigEgo
* ThirdPersonPerson: More obvious in the Manga, but Mimi refers to herself in third person a part of her [[TheFakeCutie Fake Cutie]] act. She switches to normal speech when she's not trying to woo Otani.
* TinyGuyHugeGirl: She's about the same height as Risa. This is the reason why she gets upset with her relationship with Otani.
* TomboyAndGirlyGirl: When compared to Risa, she's almost as girly as Nobu.
* SchoolIdol: A famous model.
* UnluckyChildhoodFriend: To Otani. She lives right next to him and has loved him for years. Unfortunately, Otani never noticed until she told him.
* VitriolicBestBuds: Becomes this to Risa after finally giving up on Otani.
* {{Yandere}}: She is in love with Otani and has been patiently waiting for him to grow taller so that they could start dating. When she meets Risa, Mimi becomes so violently jealous of her new rival that she tries to stab Risa's hand and threatens to make her life miserable if she stayed with Otani.


!! Kazuki Kohori
->'''Voiced by:''' Hiroki Shimowada (anime, JP), Kdin Jenzen (anime, EN)

A young high school boy who works at Ikobe with Risa. He quickly develops feelings for her, which hurts Risa's relationship with Otani.
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* AlmostKiss: He was ''dangerously'' close to kissing Risa while she was asleep.
* DudeShesLikeInAComa: Tries to put the moves on Risa while she's napping.
* InnocentBlueEyes: Paired up with his gullibility.
* LikesOlderWomen: He's implied to be about 15 years old and he's pursuing Risa, who's a senior in high school.
* SuperGullible: Kohori was willing to believe that Maity and Haruka were Rosa's secret lovers, and that Nobuko and Nakao were her '' [[AbsurdlyYouthfulMother parents]]''. He also gets conned multiple times.
* TheRival: For Risa's affections.
* TinyGuyHugeGirl: Like Otani, he's shorter than Risa.
[[/folder]]