Tokimeki Memorial/Characters/1



This sub-division of the Tokimeki Memorial Character Sheet is dedicated to characters having appeared in the Classic Kirameki Saga of the franchise, i.e. Tokimeki Memorial 1 and its spin-off games and drama CDs.

Voiced by: Masaya Onosaka (Radio Drama & Drama CDs), Masaki Kawanabe (Nijiiro No Seishun Original Drama Soundtrack)


The Player Avatar of the Classic Kirameki Saga.

A teenager with average abilities, who managed somehow to enter the rather high-ranked Private High School Kirameki. He did this mainly because he’s in love with his enstranged childhood friend Shiori Fujisaki, and sets himself on a quest of improving himself so Shiori will think higher of him and thus win her heart and get her confession under the famed Legendary Tree, said to grant eternal love to couples bonding on Graduation Day through the love confession of the girl.

The main character’s canon regarding his quest for love varies depending of the various games of the Classic Kirameki Saga: while the original Tokimeki Memorial game and its porting adaptations set him with Shiori as main goal (but can change his mind and go for another of the girls he meets during the course of the game), the Drama Series see him give up on her and have his true love in Saki Nijino for the first one, Ayako Katagiri for the second one, and Miharu Tatebayashi (if you decide not to go the Shiori route) in the third one.

His activities also vary depending of the games' canon: while they’re not set in the original game, the Drama Series see him as a Forward Striker in the Soccer Club, or a guitarist in the “Irodori” Band Club.

The Main Protagonist has no set name in all the games of the saga, but most of the Drama CDs give him "Naoto Takami" (高見公人) as a Canon Name.

Tropes associated with 'the Main Protagonist / Naoto Takami':
 * AFGNCAAP
 * Blinding Bangs: Due to being a Player Avatar. However, the Drama CDs illustrations (which are quite rare) show him with eyes and a full face.
 * Boke and Tsukkomi Routine: With his best friend Yoshio. This is visible in Irodori no Love Song as, should Yuko be late for the contest, the player (Naoto) will then go on with Yoshio.
 * Corner of Woe: Does this in Tokimeki Memorial 1 's Bad Ending.
 * Deadpan Snarker: Especially in regards of his best bud Yoshio's antics. He also makes hilarious comments when correcting spelling mistakes in the articles written for the Graduation Album in Tabidachi no Uta.
 * Determinator: Is this in the Drama Series, and lampshaded by Shiori in Tabidachi no Uta: she mentions that he has a "hate losing" and "never give up" mentality ever since he was a little child. However, that doesn't make him immune from getting a...
 * Heroic BSOD: He gets a few of them in the Drama Series games, the most notables being found in Nijiiro no Seishun and Tabidachi no Uta:.
 * Heroic Mime: a variant actually - he does speaks a lot with others characters, but he’s the only one of the characters who’s not voiced, as part of the Player Avatar thing.
 * Girls Have Cooties: Part of the reason why he and Shiori got estranged, according to Tabidachi no Uta, is the following:
 * Oblivious to Love: Poor  in  .
 * Unlucky Childhood Friend: the fate the Main Protagonist is likely to meet, as Shiori is a Nintendo Hard character to get the ending of. But it can become a Victorious Childhood Friend case if you actively target her and play well.
 * In the Motto! Tokimeki Memorial Radio Drama series, ;
 * And as of Tokimeki Memorial 4, aka the Modern Kirameki Saga, which occurs 15 years later,
 * Given how just about everything seems to points towards Shiori, Victorious seems more likely than Unlucky. If she is Nintendo Hard then it simply means that he is just that good.

Voiced by: Mami Kingetsu


The main heroine of the Classic Kirameki saga.

A talented, beautiful and sociable young girl who excels at both studies and sports, so much that’s she dubbed "the Superstar of Kirameki High" (and is as such the closest thing the Tokimeki Memorial series has for a Canon Sue). There’s however a thing she’s clumsy at, and that’s love: she has very high standards and expects her ideal boy to be just as perfect as her, and her heart will always waver when the guy of her dreams (hopefully your Player Avatar) will slowly drill his way to her heart.

She’s the poster girl of the series, with at least a minimal presence even in the games she’s not the star, and is the co-heroine (with Miharu Tatebayashi) of the 3rd Drama Series, Tabidachi no Uta. An extremely popular character among the fans who churns out a lot of merchandise, and who even got her exclusive game, Tokimeki Memorial Selection: Fujisaki Shiori.

Tropes associated with Shiori Fujisaki:
 * Berserk Button: Do not compliment her by saying she’s “sexy”. Never. EVER.
 * Cannot Spit It Out: Especially egregious in the OVA.
 * Cute Sports Club Manager: Can become one if her starting parameters set her as a member of the Soccer or Base-Ball Clubs.
 * Every Girl Is Cuter With Hair Decs: Shiori sure loves her hairbands. Not only, it's one of the best gifts for her, and but it also goes as far as a plot point in Tabidachi no Uta,
 * Girl Next Door: She and the main protagonist live in the houses right next to each other.
 * Locked in a Room:
 * Nice Hat: She wears one in the “Kaze to isshoni yukou” Music Video, in Tokimeki Memorial Selection: Fujisaki Shiori.
 * Nintendo Hard: Renowned for being the hardest character in the entire series to get the ending of. Especially egregious in the Super Famicom version of the original game because love is not enough. You can get all love events with her and she still won't take you if your stats aren't good enough. In almost all other material and supplements for this game though, love apparently IS enough.
 * Snow Means Love: One of her Events in the original game, occuring.
 * Tears of Joy:.
 * Together Umbrella: One of her Events.
 * Trauma Swing: Does this during an event of Tokimeki No Houkago where she's troubled and confused regarding her growing feelings towards Naoto.
 * Well, Excuse Me, Princess!
 * With This Ring

Voiced by: Sachiko Sugawara


A kind, cheerful and very sociable girl, skilled at cooking, who holds family values in high regard, and loves to take care of her friends, be their energy, and cheer them up. She’s so well-loved for this, she’s known as the “Idol of the Sports Club of Kirameki High” among the boys. She’s always on the lookout for potential good sportsmen, and this is one of the ways the main protagonist can meet her. Believing that doing one’s best in everything is more important than winning, her ideal type are perseverant sportsmen, even though she’s not herself that athletic.

She’s the manager of either the Soccer Club or the Baseball Club, leading to a conflicting canon as to which of the two clubs she is in: the Drama Series games and the Radio and CD Dramas make her the manager of the Soccer Club, while Tokimeki no Houkago and   put her as the manager of the Baseball Club.

Due to her kind character and her very high versatility in tastes, she’s one of the most popular characters in the entire series among fans, to the point she has often beaten extremely well-loved Shiori in official and game magazines character polls. This popularity was recognized by the series’ creators, who made her the heroine of the first Drama Series game, Nijiiro no Seishun.

Tropes associated with Saki Nijino:
 * Apologetic Attacker: In both Tokimeki Memorial Taisen Puzzle and Tokkae Dama, she apologizes to the opponent in her winning speeches.
 * Biting the Handkerchief: Saki does this when she’s defeated in Tokimeki Memorial Taisen Puzzle Dama.
 * Catch Phrase: She loves to cheer up people by screaming “Gambatte!” (“Do you best!”)
 * Cute Sports Club Manager: The Dating Sim Ur Example.
 * Everything's Better with Rainbows: On the symbolical level: Rainbow is one of the two main elements (along with a soccer ball) in the cover, title screen,  of Nijiiro no Seishun. No wonder, as Saki’s family name, “Nijino”, means “Field of Rainbow” in Japanese.
 * Extreme Doormat: To a degree. One way to bring her to "enraptured" state is to play hard to get by not asking her out on dates and turning her down when she asks you out (but don't take it too far so as to make her "bomb" you). Because of this it's possible to accidentally win her while trying to go after another girl.
 * Ill Girl: Two instances in the Classic Kirameki saga. The first is in the original game, if you choose to go with her on the school trip. ; the second one occurs in Nijiiro no Seishun,
 * Kiss of Life: In her Summer Event at the Pool in the original game, Saki will nearly drown, needing a Kiss of Life..
 * Multitasked Conversation:
 * Nice Hat: Her Autumn Date clothes include a nice cap.
 * Pinky Swear: With the protagonist; it's a driving force of Nijiiro no Seishun 's plot.
 * Real Life Writes the Plot: In an interview inside one of Nijiiro no Seishun’s official guidebook, Saki’s Seiyuu, Sachiko Sugawara, revealed that she caught a cold coincidentally at the time of recording the scene where . Her voice was low and rough, and it was difficult for her to act, so the voicing session was hell for her. However, she was extremely happy to hear from lots of people who played the game that they found her performance in this scene extremely realistic and fantastic.
 * Supreme Chef: Her bento are so delicious, they are nicknamed “NijiBen” (Portmanteau of “Nijino” and “Bento) and are considered, according to Yoshio, one of the girls’ 3 most valuable items in Kirameki High, along with Shiori’s hairband and Mira’s earrings. She considers her cooking skills as her only talent, and thus
 * But despite this status, she’s one of the girls who can botch the dinner at the Club’s Summer Camp. Due to this, she’s one of the most apologetic characters for this incident.
 * Team Mom: She’s this for the Club she’s the manager of.
 * Tears of Joy: Does this in the original game's aptly named Special Event "Tears Of Joy", which occurs if both you and Saki are members of the Base-Ball Club, and you win the Koshien (the National Inter-high Baseball Championship). She also shed those in.
 * Through His Stomach: One of her dating tactics towards the main protagonist, when she’s in love with him. Both in the original game and Nijiiro no Seishun, she’ll treat him with her famous “NijiBen”.
 * Yamato Nadeshiko: Family tradition is a priority.

Voiced by: Masayo Kawaguchi


A fun-loving girl who loves speaking with English sentences mixed in her speech. She has two main passions: art, and singing. She loves to draw pictures, and is talented at it. She enjoys looking at paintings a lot, and is a big fan of Grotesque painter Gergi (a Shout-Out to H.R. Giger, who’s the designer of Alien).

And as far as singing goes, not only she’s so good at it, each karaoke session with her is a CMOA, but she’s also the singer of the band club “Irodori”, in the second Drama Series game, Irodori no Love Song, a game where she’s the heroine, thanks to being the fourth most popular character among fans in Tokimeki Memorial 1.

Tropes associated with Ayako Katagiri:
 * Anime Hair: Ayako has such a special haircut at least a fan nicknames her “Conchita”.
 * Beautiful Dreamer: Her Event in Tokimeki Status at the Planetarium. You get to choose to let her sleep or wake up ; if you don't wake her up, she'll tell in her sleep she loves you.
 * Bilingual Dialogue
 * Bunny Ears Lawyer
 * Executive Meddling: Back then, Konami organized a character poll on the famous magazine Famitsu, in which the readers would decide which character will become the heroine of the second Drama Series game, the would-be Irodori no Love Song. Despite the poll results giving a large victory to Miharu Tatebayashi, for various reasons the producers decided to go with the poll runner-up, Ayako. They still later recognized Miharu's popularity by making her the co-heroine of the 3rd Drama Series game, Tabidachi no Uta.
 * Gratuitous English / Surprisingly Good English: Ayako's seiyuu, Masayo Kawaguchi, lives for years with her family in USA, so she knows English fairly well. There are a few instances where Ayako’s English sentences sound strange, but overall she speaks a pretty good English.
 * Karaoke Box: One of her Events occur there, allowing her to display her awesome singing skills.
 * Why Did It Have to Be Snakes?: Her fear of water is extremely famous. She skips swimming lessons at school whenever possible, will panic if you force her to go swimming at the beach, and she has an hilarious Boke and Tsukkomi Routine with resident swimming lover, Nozomi. However, unlike her Expy Lesley of  Mitsumete  Knight, the reasons behind this fear were never explored.

Voiced by: Shiho Kikuchi


An extremely shy girl who fell in love at first sight for the main protagonist on School Entrance Day, but can’t muster the courage to tell her feelings to him. Instead, she tries to make him notice of her by doing such things as crashing “accidentally” onto him, appearing in date spot and claiming she mistook him for someone else, or calling him at his home and telling she made a wrong number.

She’s fond of koalas; she even puts her hair in koala ear-shape, and goes as far as wearing a koala costume to sometimes be able to follow the main protagonist when he has dates at the Amusement Park.

Miharu is, in the original game, a secret character the player couldn’t date, and was made by the creators as a consolation character for the players who haven’t managed to get the confession of any other character (even though there’s a chance you can miss her as well). Despite all this, she became very popular among fans of the series, to the point she was made the co-heroine with Shiori in the third Drama Series game, Tabidachi no Uta,.

Tropes associated with Miharu Tatebayashi:
 * Anime Hair
 * Cannot Spit It Out
 * Crash Into Hello
 * Graceful Loser:
 * Love At First Sight
 * Secret Character
 * Shrinking Violet
 * Stalker with a Crush: A sympathetic example in her case however.
 * Stalker with a Crush: A sympathetic example in her case however.

Voiced by: Yuji Ueda


A classmate of the main protagonist. He accosts him on the first day of school, and they become instant friends. Just like the main protagonist, he’s on a quest for love, and has the tools to reach this end, as he’s the “info man” of the school: he can get the data from all the girls: phone number, blood type, size, hobbies, and even 3-sizes, as well as giving good date spots hints. He thus will help his friend by giving him this data and moral support.

Yoshio is deep down a good guy who cares for his friend (and this is especially shown in the Drama Series), but he’s very noisy, over-the-top, and prone to jump to conclusions, leading to give some headaches to the protagonist. However, being well-meaning and enthusiast, he often gets away with this among the girls, who thinks he’s funny, and is Easily Forgiven by the protagonist.

Tropes associated with Yoshio Saotome:


 * Beware the Nice Ones: When this guy wants to be angry, he doesn't do things by half. In Tokimeki no Houkago, Yoshio's verbal Get a Hold of Yourself, Man! to Naoto, after the latter and Shiori quarreled and didn't dare to reconcile out of pride and shyness, is one of his most memorable Crowning Moment of Awesome.
 * Boke and Tsukkomi Routine: With the player (Naoto). This is visible in Irodori no Love Song should Yuko be late for the contest then the player (Naoto) will go on with Yoshio.
 * Brainwashed:.
 * Bromantic Foil: If he’s not the Trope Maker, he’s at the very least one of the oldest examples.
 * Catch Phrase: "Check da, check!!"
 * Heterosexual Life Partners: With the protagonist (Naoto). This is certainly the case for Yoshio's ending in the Tokimeki no Houkago game.
 * Laser-Guided Amnesia: See the spoilers in the Brainwashed entry for info on this.

Voiced by: Yoshiki Kurin


Yoshio’s little sister. She’s one year younger than the rest of the cast, and thus makes her entrance in the original game at the start of the main protagonist’s second year of High School.

She desperately wants to be seen as an adult, but her cute looks, childish attitudes and hobbies (she likes video games, anime and pro-wrestling), make it impossible for others to see her as so. If the player plans to win her heart, he must make sure to treat her as a woman and not as a cute girl.

In early promotional arts and merchandise, she was planned as one of the poster characters, along with Shiori, Yoshio and Rei; her character didn’t caught on to fans compared to Saki, Ayako or Miharu, however.

Tropes associated with Yumi Saotome:
 * Berserk Button: If you don’t wanna eat a painful Yumi Bomber, do not say she’s “cute”.
 * Calling Your Attacks: With her Yumi Bomber.
 * Clingy Jealous Girl: In the original game, not only she has one of the highest love progression and the highest Bombing rate among the girls, she also have a Event which only activates if a certain Saki Event occured, see Lethal Chef below!
 * Every Girl Is Cuter With Hair Decs: Just like Shiori, she loves wearing ribbons, and she alternates colors.
 * Gamer Chick: She’s the embodiment of this trope. For the note, her favourite type of video games are shooters.
 * Genki Girl: So much, she gets the Sunflower as her symbolic flower.
 * Kawaiiko
 * Lethal Chef: After being jealous of Saki sharing her lunch with you, she'll decide to cook for you. Be afraid... very afraid.
 * However, her scenario in Tabidachi no Uta revolves around helping her improving her cooking skills so she can give her brother Yoshio a delicious meal, and actually succeeds in doing so in the end.
 * One-Hit Wonder: Yumi is the only role her seiyuu Yoshiki Kurin ever voiced.
 * Third Person Person: She likes addressing herself by her name.
 * Wrestler in All of Us: Being a wrestling fan, Yumi has her own Finishing Move (which she refined by using it against her brother, the "Yumi Bomber", a lariat/grappling-like move.

Voiced by: Narumi Tsunoda


A classmate of the main protagonist. Just like Yoshio, appears on the first day of school. Grand-son of Kirameki High’s school headmaster, and heir of the ultra-rich Ijuin Family, which runs lots of wealthy local and international businesses. Flamboyant, arrogant and caustic, Rei never misses an opportunity to mock the protagonist and Yoshio. In contrast, he’s extremely popular with the girls and he’s fully aware of it.

Tropes associated with Rei Ijuin:
 * Aloof Big Brother: Rei is seen like this by the people in Kirameki High.
 * Attention Whore: Oh so much.
 * Big Fancy House: Two of them are shown in the series: the regular one in the original game, and the summer residence in Tokimeki Memorial: Private Collection
 * Custom Uniform
 * Evil Laugh:
 * Late Arrival Spoiler:, and late merchandise in the franchise don't make it much of a secret.
 * The Men in Black / Private Military Contractors: The Ijuin Family Army.
 * Rapunzel Hair: Normally kept in a ponytail.
 * Very bizarredly used. See the main page.
 * Screw the Rules, I Have Money: Subversion in that Rei likes to show off the Ijuin Family’s wealthiness and how the others are cockroaches compared to them, but never uses it for evil ends. In fact, he's the one who hosts the New Years Party.
 * Suck My Rose
 * Very bizarredly used. See the main page.
 * Screw the Rules, I Have Money: Subversion in that Rei likes to show off the Ijuin Family’s wealthiness and how the others are cockroaches compared to them, but never uses it for evil ends. In fact, he's the one who hosts the New Years Party.
 * Suck My Rose
 * Suck My Rose

Voiced by: Akiko Sekine


A shy and gentle Meganekko bookworm girl with a weak body, suffering from anemia, and thus often passing out. Because of this, she also can’t do sports (not like she likes sports to start with), or have violent emotions (and thus prefer going out to calm and peaceful places on dates).

She loves reading books so much, she’s able to read four of them per day, her favourite author being Goethe. Like Shiori, she also loves classical music and love romance movies. Her ideal type of boy would be kind, intelligent and studious ones.

In Drama Series games and Radio Drama canon, she’s portrayed as Saki’s best friend, and in Radio Drama canon

Tropes associated with Mio Kisaragi:
 * Cute Bookworm
 * Every Girl Is Cuter With Hair Decs: The mini-ribbons she wears with her pigtails are, along with her glasses, pretty iconic of Mio.
 * Ill Girl: Who's prone to Fainting.
 * Meganekko: In Nijiiro no Seishun, she explains she became one because she loves books and read them since she was little, to the point that back then, at night, she often put herself under her blankets and used a lamptorch so she could fool her parents in believing she was sleeping and thus be able to continue reading.
 * Shrinking Violet
 * The Glasses Gotta Go: In a date at the cinema, after she removed her glasses so she could wipe her teary eyes due to a romantic scene, you get the option to tell her she looks pretty without her glasses, which will prompt her to change to contacts at the end. This is optional though, as you can also tell her she's fine with them, and she'll wear them in the end.

Voiced by: Mikiko Kurihara


Shiori’s best friend. A very shy girl who has a deep love for animals. She eventually falls in love with the protagonist during the course of the game if he has good grades, but she’s so timid she asks Shiori to introduce her to him. She has a pet Yorkshire named Muku, who’s rather aggressive towards strangers (this includes the protagonist, of course).

Tropes associated with Megumi Mikihara:
 * Alliterative Name
 * Friend to All Living Things: Goes from dogs and cats to monkeys and koalas, and even crows. She’s such an animal nut, she mentions in her ending in Tokimeki Memorial Taisen Puzzle Dama that she goes on a trip to Australia just to be surrounded with the animals she loves.
 * Informed Ability: Her friendship with Shiori is well-established by canon, but it’s rare to see it in action. Especially true in the original game.
 * Nice Hat: She wears a beret-like hat with her Autumn Date clothes.
 * Ridiculously Cute Critter: Muku is this to Megumi. The protagonist and the fandom would rather think of it as a mix of Small Annoying Creature and Killer Rabbit.
 * Shrinking Violet

Voiced by: Yoko Teppouzuka


A fun-loving girl from a rich family who’s on the lookout for the latest trend, and hates studies with a passion. She’s not above cheating at exams, is regularly Late for School, and shrugs off any reprimands made by school principles. Likes games and lively places a lot, is a fan of karaoke, and a champ at dancing.

She knows and is a (resigned) friend of Yoshio since Middle School, and is best friends with Yukari Koshiki.

Tropes associated with Yuko Asahina:
 * Boke and Tsukkomi Routine: With her best friend Yukari. This is especially visible in Irodori no Love Song and Tabidachi no Uta.
 * Book Dumb: She hates studying after all.
 * Gamer Chick: Not as much as Yumi, but she’s a champion at Dance Dance Revolution,
 * Genki Girl
 * Hey, It's That Voice!: Yuko's seiyuu, Yoko Teppouzuka, also voiced Maria Renard in the original PC Engine version of Castlevania Rondo of Blood.
 * In-Series Nickname:
 * Late for School
 * Parental Abandonment: Her family is rich, but her parents are always working and don’t pay lots of attention to her.
 * Rose-Haired Girl
 * Straight Man: She’s this in the aformented Boke and Tsukkomi Routine with Yukari.
 * The Fashionista
 * Verbal Tic: She has an habit to punctuate her words and sentences with “chou”, which means “super” in Japanese.

Voiced by: Ayako Kurosaki


Daughter of a rich businessman owner of the wealthy “Koshiki Real Estate” company. She was brought up as a lady, and thus speaks with very polite Japanese and has attitudes of such. She’s notable for having a veeeeeeery slow speech pattern, and for being a massive Cloudcuckoolander. Member of the Tennis Club, her ideal boy would be a sportsman. Her hobby is knitting, and she’s particulary good at it.

She’s best friends with her polar opposite Yuko; and since both of them are from filthy rich families, she’s also childhood friends with Rei. .

Tropes associated with Yukari Koshiki:
 * Boke and Tsukkomi Routine: With her best friend Yuko.
 * Cloudcuckoolander: One of the oldest examples.
 * Daddy's Girl
 * Happily Married: Her parents were students at Kirameki High, and confessed their feelings under the Legendary Tree.
 * Nice Hat: Wears two of them, on Spring and Winter.
 * Ojou
 * Overprotective Dad: To the point that, in battle mode, her special attack, which invokes her father, who proceeds to slice the enemies with his katana, is arguably the most damaging in the game; also,.
 * Parental Abandonment: Utterly averted. She’s one of the rare characters in the Classic Kirameki saga to have both her parents well-established in canon, she has a close relationship with both of them (and she’s her father’s treasure), and she’s basically the fruit and living proof of the legend of the Legendary Tree, see Happily Married above.
 * Pimped-Out Dress: She wears one on the Christmas Party, and wears a Pimped Out Kimono on New Year’s Day.
 * Rose-Haired Girl
 * What Could Have Been: According to the Japanese version of The Other Wiki, this character is a shining example of this trope. Indeed, Yukari’s initial name was Shouko Hoshino (星野翔子), but because the PC-Engine’s Kanji system couldn’t display the kanji 翔 (shou), her name was changed to the current “Yukari Koshiki”. Even more memorable is that, in the game’s development’s initial stage, she was planned to be the game’s second heroine at Shiori’s side (and be hostile towards her), but the idea was ultimately scrapped. Her personnality was also radically different: she was planned as a Delinquent instead of the Cloudcuckoolander she is in the final version. Finally, there was a planned game sequence in which, when you phone her to set a date, sometimes the call would be redirected to her Overprotective Dad’s cellphone: a brilliant idea that was also scrapped in the end. Several of those ideas would be used 15 years later in Tokimeki Memorial 4, to create Yukari's Expy, Kai Ryukochi.
 * Yakuza: What her father looks like when summoned in the battlefield: he wears a kimono and wields a katana.
 * Yamato Nadeshiko: It was her upbringing; attitude, clothing, and cultural heritage. See the above entry.

Voiced by: Ayako Sasaki


Kirameki High’s ace swimmer. Highly athletic, she runs for 50 kilometers each morning as part of her training, and is of pro-level (to the point that the career she seeks to pursue is to enter the National Olympic Swimming Team); she however has poor abilities at studies.

Has a masculine speech pattern and some masculine attitudes, but has deep down the heart of a girl. Her big other passion besides swimming are flowers, her favourite ones being cyclamen.

Tropes associated with Nozomi Kiyokawa:
 * Bokukko
 * Expository Hairstyle Change:
 * The Klutz: Despite her athleticism, she's quite clumsy, and can be a walking disaster area on certain dates (watch out during dates at the Museum and the Bowling Alley).
 * Huge Schoolgirl
 * Innocent Flower Girl: What she'd like to be.
 * Indirect Kiss: If the protagonist meets her for the first time as she does her daily 50 kilometers run, she’ll offer him some of her juice. As she’ll leave her, the protagonist will realize and gleefully mention to himself he had an indirect kiss this way.
 * Odd Friendship: She’s good friends with Ayako, who’s renowned for her fear of water; this is often played with in the Classic Kirameki canon, and Nozomi often gives a reluctant Ayako swimming lessons, so she can overcome this fear.
 * Shrinking Violet: When she's in "enraptured" state, she becomes very shy when she bumps into you after school (she'll stutter, then run away; not to be mistaken for a "bomb" warning, where she's angry and scolding you before running away).
 * Tears of Joy:
 * Tomboy
 * Why Did It Have to Be Snakes?: She fears lightning.

Voiced by: Rei Igarashi


Kirameki High’s resident Rich Bitch Alpha Bitch, she’s known as “the Madone of Kirameki High”. Has a fanclub dedicated to her, who follows her everywhere she goes in the school. She judges by looks and will ignore boys who don’t meet her expectations: thus, the protagonist must have a very high Appearance stat to be able to court her. She’s very conscious of her beauty, and even plans to become a model once she graduates. .

By this description, looks like we have a winner for a haughty All Guys Want Cheerleaders Brainless Beauty….

On top of that,.

Tropes associated with Mira Kagami:
 * Attention Whore
 * Biting the Handkerchief: She does this when defeated in Tokimeki Memorial Taisen Puzzle Dama.
 * Buxom Is Better: She’s the bustiest character in the entire series, starting the game with 90 cm (at 15!) and ending it, three years later, with 93 cm. This, and her looks, help her gain her massive fanclub as well as her reputation in the school for being the most attractive girl along with Shiori,.
 * Crash Into Hello: On your first encounter with her.
 * Femme Fatale
 * Instant Fanclub: The three guys who constantly take orders from her and follow her around at school.
 * Lovable Alpha Bitch
 * Meaningful Name / Punny Name: Mira is Gratuitous English for “Mirror”, and Kagami means “mirror” in Japanese.
 * Noblewoman's Laugh: A classic example.
 * Parental Substitute:.
 * You Must Be Cold:.
 * Well, Excuse Me, Princess!
 * You Must Be Cold:.
 * Well, Excuse Me, Princess!
 * Well, Excuse Me, Princess!

Voiced by: Tomoko Naka


Kirameki High’s resident Mad Scientist. A girl whose ambition is to Take Over the World, and is conducing various electronics and computer experiments, including and especially the construction of an Humongous Mecha, to achieve this end.

Tropes associated with Yuina Himoo:
 * Ambition Is Evil
 * Improbably High IQ: She has an I.Q. of 300.
 * Kuudere: She eventually turns into this when she becomes fond enough of the protagonist.
 * Humongous Mecha: She names it “Robo”,.
 * Mad Scientist
 * My Name Is Not Durwood: Like Minori Akiho below, in the Nijiiro no Seishun: Forever Drama CDs, she refers to the Main protagonist as "Juu-roku ban-kun", aka "N°16-kun".
 * Peek-a-Bangs
 * Take Over the World
 * Why Did It Have to Be Snakes?: She hates koalas. And they hate her too.

Voiced by: Yuji Ueda


Rei Ijuin’s personal butler. Also serves as a bouncer to the family’s Big Fancy House, and, in Nijiiro no Seishun, to the family’s newly built sports center’s pool as well. Owns a private beach at the family’s summer residence. Has a thing for muscular men and invariably goes into lyrical flights of fancy when seeing one.

Tropes associated with Yukinojou Sotoi:
 * Hard Gay
 * Hey, It's That Voice!: Yukinojou is played by Yuji Ueda who also voices Yoshio, the main character's best friend, from the first game.
 * This is hilariously parodied in the live action drama recording at the Fantastic Christmas event in which Naoto asks if he can enter Rei's Christmas party to which Yukinojou replies that he can. Naoto then comments that he sounds remarkably like Yoshio.

Voiced by: Actor unknown (assumed to be one of the game's production staff members)
The leader of the local gang of Delinquents. The player will run against him in 3rd year of the original game, after defeating his Mooks.

Tropes associated with Banchou:
 * Delinquents
 * Graceful Loser: He’ll turn the “Banchou” title to you if you defeat him.
 * Jerk with a Heart of Gold
 * Turns Red

Voiced by: Sakura Tange


One of the Soccer Club managers along with Saki Nijino. Appearing for the first time in Tokimeki Memorial Drama Series 1: Nijiiro no Seishun, she’s the first main character of the Classic Kirameki saga girl characters who weren’t in the original game, to enter the series’ canon.

A 1st year-student Genki Girl, she’s totally head-over-heels for her senpai Saki. As such, she sees the main protagonist (who’s, in this game’s canon, a forward striker in the Soccer Club) as her rival for Saki’s heart, and will even give her the cold shoulder.

Tropes associated with Minori Akiho:
 * Character Development: Probably one of the characters benefitting of this the most in the Classic Kirameki Saga. She goes from a loud, possessive and somewhat agressive brat in Nijiiro no Seishun, to a friendly, posed and mature girl (but still a Motor Mouth) ready to listen and help the others, which both Saki and the protagonist feel the Soccer Club will be in good hands with her at its lead after they'll graduate, by the end of Tabidachi no Uta.
 * Clingy Jealous Girl: Full-stop.
 * Cute Sports Club Manager: Becomes one when Saki graduates. Until then, she's her trusted assistant.
 * Every Girl Is Cuter With Hair Decs: The cross-shaped decs in her hair are a gift from Saki, and thus Minori treasures them.
 * Graceful Loser:.
 * If You Ever Do Anything to Hurt Her...:.
 * Motor Mouth
 * My Name Is Not Durwood: In Nijiiro no Seishun canon, when talking about the Main Protagonist, she calls him "Juu-roku ban no Senpai" (= N°16-senpai), referring to his shirt's number in the Soccer Club. Serves as a clever way of going around the Hello, Insert Name Here problem, as well as an indicator of her relationship towards the protagonist: the nickname has a derogative connotation at first, then after she came to like him, it becomes an affectionate nickname.
 * Schoolgirl Lesbians: Unrequited. Saki thinks of Minori only as a nice kohai.
 * Schoolgirl Lesbians: Unrequited. Saki thinks of Minori only as a nice kohai.

Voiced by: Houko Kuwashima


A shy girl who’s the keyboard member of the School’s Band Group “Irodori”, introduced for the first time in Tokimeki Memorial Drama Series 2: Irodori no Love Song. A 1st year-student like Yumi and Minori, she’s in love with the main protagonist (who’s, in this game’s canon, the band’s guitarist), but has a hard time spitting it out..

Tropes associated with Suzune Misaki:
 * Armor-Piercing Slap:
 * Graceful Loser:
 * I Want My Beloved to Be Happy:
 * Unlucky Childhood Friend: She’s not a childhood friend of the protagonist, but she’s still on the lose side of the Love Triangle, and this from the start.

Voiced by: Ryotaro Okiayu


The electric guitar base member of the band club “Irodori”. Has Bishounen looks and is quite popular with the ladies.

Tropes associated with Takumi Oosawa:
 * All Love Is Unrequited: For all the girls who fawn over him, he has eyes only for a single one: Suzune. Who herself has an unrequited love for the protagonist, who himself loves Ayako...
 * Chick Magnet
 * What the Hell, Hero?:

Voiced by: Ryo Horikawa


The drummer member of the band club “Irodori”. Is more or less the leader of the band, and someone you can always rely on.

Tropes associated with Kouji Tamura:
 * Cool Shades: Occasionally wears some.
 * Eyes Always Shut

Voiced by: Masaya Onosaka


Kirameki’s Soccer Club coach. A Stern Teacher who was a former pro-soccer player, but had to put an end to his career due to an injury, and switched to coach for High School Soccer Clubs. It’s his decision to not make the protagonist a regular at the forward striker post and give it to 1st year Sawatari which sets in motion the events of Nijiiro no Seishun.Values hard work over everything else,.

Tropes associated with the Coach:
 * Get a Hold of Yourself, Man!: He gives such a speech (minus any physical violence) to the protagonist.
 * Stern Teacher

Voiced by: Shinichiro Miki


A 1st-year student at Kirameki High, member of the Soccer Club. Is a talented forward and considered a genius; his talent allows him to get a place among the regulars, to the detriment of the protagonist who’s rather pissed off (part because the protagonist worked hard to get his place and hasn’t seen his efforts recompensed, part because Sawatari got through the Senpai Kohai logic). Has a thing for Minori Akiho, but she considers him merely as a classmate.

Tropes associated with Tooru Sawatari:
 * All Love Is Unrequited: He has an unrequited love for Minori, who has an unrequited love for Saki.
 * Chick Magnet

Voiced by: Ryoka Yuzuki


A manager of the Soccer Club, along with Saki and Minori. One of the latest entries in the Classic Kirameki saga cast, she appears only in Tokimeki Memorial Drama Series 3: Tabidachi no Uta.

A Kohai of Minori by a year (meaning she's a Kohai by two years of Saki and the protagonist), she entered the club solely because she's in love with Kirameki Soccer Club Ace Sawatari, and thus doesn't enjoy at first the chores and responsabilities behind the job of club manager. However, thanks to Minori's patient guiding, she later develops a genuine interest in soccer and in her job as a manager.

Tropes associated with Tomomi:
 * Only One Name: She's the major exception regarding all characters getting full names, in the whole series (barring minor characters such as the Coach, and Tsukushi of Girl's Side who shares the Protagonist's surname).
 * We Hardly Knew Ye: Only appeared in Tabidachi no Uta (the very last Kirameki Saga game released, before the franchise went on the Hibikino Saga), and was never mentioned elsewhere in the whole franchise.

Voiced by: Mie Kuribayashi


The fictional representation in the Tokimemo verse of a real-life idol of the time, under the Konami-launched marketing program “Tokimeki Teens”. She’s a secret sub-character in all the Drama Series games, who’s an idol and seiyuu-in-training.

Tropes associated with Mie Kuribayashi:
 * As Herself
 * Contest Winner Cameo
 * Idol Singer

Voiced by: Masayo Kurata


One of the three Tokimeki Memorial Pocket (a One Game for the Price of Two adaptation of the original game on Game Boy Color) exclusive characters, one of the latest entries in the Classic Kirameki saga cast, and the first fully-fledged foreigner character to grace the entire series. She comes to Kirameki High as an International Student, and is at first, due to the language barrier, without friends. Thanks to her contacts with the protagonist (if he first has an high enough Literature stat, otherwise he can’t date her at all), her Japanese improves with time.

She has a cheerful personality, but gets lonely easily, and misses her home country. Being a very kind person by nature, it's hard to anger her, but when she does get angry, she's terrifying. She loves cycling and watching BMX related stuff.

Along with Yukari, she’s one of the rare characters in the Tokimemo series whose [[media:mcgrath family.jpg|whole family is established in canon]]: her father is a former martial artist turned foreign diplomat, her mother is an ex-model, and her big brother is a racing driver.

Tropes associated with Patricia McGrath:
 * Anime Accent Absence: Averted, as the language barrier is a plot point in Patricia's storyline. As such, her seiyuu plays her with a clipped voice and speaking pattern.
 * Big Screwed-Up Family: Inverted, Patricia’s family is one of the rare families fully displayed in the series, and an united and loving one at that.
 * Bishonen: Her big brother Jim is one. He could also qualify for a Dude Looks Like a Lady.
 * Beware the Nice Ones: Do not piss off this otherwise very sweet girl by standing her up regulary in dates. You wouldn't like her when she's angry.
 * But Not Too Foreign: Averted, she’s a fully-fledged foreigner.
 * Buxom Is Better: Reaching 91 cm in 3rd year, she has the 3rd biggest cup size in the entire series, ex aequo with Tokimeki Memorial 3's Mari Oda. For Japanese players, this makes part of her appeal, see below.
 * Eagle Land: Her nationality is never displayed, but she’s clearly American-based.
 * Foreign Fanservice: Moe Moe, Buxom Is Better, Eaglelander. Do the math.
 * In-Series Nickname: Her nickname is “Pat”.
 * Hot Shounen Mom: Her mother is one.
 * Huge Schoolgirl: 2nd tallest girl in the Classic Kirameki Saga with 168 cm. Justified by her Eaglelander status.
 * Kansai Regional Accent: Both her father and her brother speak Japanese with this accent. She herself suddenly speaks fluently and in this accent when she's in Unstoppable Rage mode.
 * Me Love You Long Time: Inverted.
 * New Transfer Student
 * Phenotype Stereotype
 * Shout-Out: Her father is huge and muscular, wears a green cloth, is a former fighter whose now in a high administrative position. Hmmm...Mike Haggar, much?
 * The Faceless: Unlike her mother and brother, her father's face is not seen in the CG displaying her family, being so tall and huge his face is out of the frame.

Voiced by: Saki Nakajima


One of the three Tokimeki Memorial Pocket exclusive characters, she’s a perseverant Genki Girl with a strong sense of justice, who wishes to fight in its name, and thus attempts to foil Yuina’s plans of Taking Over The World. However, much like Miyuki of Tokimeki Memorial 2, she seems to be born under an unlucky star, and is known to always pull out “Daikyou” (Worst Luck) mikuji.

Despite having the same family name, down to the same kanji combination, she’s not related to Hotaru Izumi of Tokimeki Memorial 3.

Tropes associated with Kyoko Izumi:
 * Arch Enemy: of Yuina, of course.
 * For Great Justice
 * Justice Will Prevail
 * Plucky Girl
 * The Chew Toy

Voiced by: Yui Horie


One of the three Tokimeki Memorial Pocket exclusive characters, she’s the first non-main High School (aka Kirameki, Hibikino, Moegino, Habataki, or Hanegasaki) character in the entire series. Indeed, she’s a student of Kirameki’s rival High School, Suega High (which Soccer Team’s is depicted in Nijiiro no Seishun as one of the strongest in the National Inter High Circuit). She comes to Kirameki High from to time to time as the two schools are preparing in cooperation a concert, and she’s in charge of the wind instruments section of the orchestra.

She’s an active and gutsy girl who loves challenges, but is so confident of her abilities at the horn she tends to take attitudes, driving people away from her, and thus she feels lonely.

Tropes associated with Naomi Munakata:
 * Animals Hate Her: And she hates them equally. Koalas especially are her worst enemies.
 * What Do You Mean It's Not Awesome?: When taking her to a date at the Stadium (for watching a base-ball match) twice, she cheers for the teams by playing the trumpet.

Voiced by: Masami Kikuchi


The protagonist of the CD Drama stories, not to be confused with the original game’s main protagonist / Naoto Takami, as they are two different characters (best proof is that Katsuma will, during the course of the Radio Dramas, help Naoto and Shiori in their relationship).

He has lost both his parents in a fire, and lives alone. He’s talented at both studies and sports, but doesn’t have the will to participate, and spends his days in idleness. In Junior High, he was his Basket-ball Club’s ace, and is a member of Kirameki’s Basket-ball club.

Tropes associated with Katsuma Serizawa:
 * The Cameo:
 * Canon Immigrant:
 * Memento MacGuffin: The crystal pendant he got from his parents and wears at his neck.
 * Not a Morning Person: Natsue has to regulary come to his house and take him out of bed so he doesn't arrive late at school. Subverted due to part of the reason being his Heroic BSOD,.
 * Orphan's Ordeal

Voiced by: Aya Hisakawa


Childhood friend of Katsuma. She's in love with him, and tries her best to help him in the difficult times he’s going through, but is at a loss of how to help him recover.

She’s a member of the Basket-ball club, and being popular with her classmates is her one greatest wish and worry. She joins Katsuma in supporting Naoto and Shiori’s relationship.

Tropes associated with Natsue Marikawa:
 * Huge Schoolgirl
 * The Cameo (see Katsuma’s entry. She also gets a Funny Background Event along with Megumi Juuichiya in Mio's ending of Tokimeki Memorial Taisen Tokkae Dama, where they're checking the test results board.)
 * Canon Immigrant (see Katsuma’s entry)
 * Childhood Friend:

Voiced by: Mariko Kouda


Natsue’s best friend. She looks cute, quiet and the type who doesn’t attract attention, but don’t let this fool you: she has quite the tempestuous personality. She’s very into fortune-telling and supernatural phenomenoms, and is the manager of the Basket-Ball Club.

Tropes associated with Megumi Juuichiya:
 * Cute and Psycho (not to the point of being insane and murderous of course, this is Tokimeki Memorial here.)
 * Cute Sports Club Manager
 * Every Girl Is Cuter With Hair Decs: Her sideways red hair ribbon.
 * Hair Antennae
 * One Steve Limit: One of the rare exceptions in the series, although her and Megumi Mikihara have their first name written with different kanji (愛 for Mikihara, 恵 for Juuichiya).

Voiced by: Megumi Ogata


Katsuma’s best friend. Is a playboy who’s very popular with the girls. Saying this, he wouldn’t look like this, but he’s actually a nice guy who’s very reliable. He's oblivious of Megumi Juuichiya's love for him and only considers her as a cute little sister. He becomes quite close of Shiori, and  starts dating Ayako in Radio Dramas.

Tropes associated with Jun Ebisutani:
 * Bishounen
 * Chick Magnet
 * Cross Dressing Voice
 * Hidden Depths
 * Oblivious to Love: