Akira Okudaira

Akira is optimistic and supportive, always comforting those who need her and searching for ways to solve other people's problems, despite knowing that it would be best not to get involved. She is easily embarrassed but is not shy or reserved, often taking a more aggressive stance against situations. She dislikes seeing people hurt and in her own little ways, tries to avert and avoid potential distress for others. She saves Fumi from a pervert on the train ride to school on their first day of high school. She walks a little way with the tall girl, and finds her to be elegant and gentle and wonders if she will ever see her again.

She later expresses shock when it turns out that the girl she saved was none other than her childhood friend. Her mother and Fumi's mother are good friends, and so their relationship is rekindled after Manjoume Yoshie visits Okudaira Shouko, bringing Fumi along with her. Growing up, Akira used to be taller than Fumi thus played the role of her protector and saviour as children (however, as Ah-chan notes, Fumi has got taller but still needs someone to look after her). She is seen neglecting others and herself whenever Fumi needed her. Akira attends Fujigaya Girls' Academy, which is an elite elevator school (meaning that she had taken an entrance exam to be accepted to the high school).

She finds herself, despite her upbeat and open personality, a little alienated amongst the long-time students who had also attended the Academy's elementary and middle schools. This feeling soon dissipates when she meets Ikumi Kyouko who becomes her first friend at Fujigaya. Kyouko eventually becomes her closest friend at school. Akira joins the prestigious and renowned Drama Club as a stagehand. In her second year of high school, she lands a role in the school's production of The Deer Cry Pavillion. Despite looking and acting childish, Akira has a deep understanding and acceptance of people. She is very astute to people's feelings, figuring out things about them without being told directly.