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== Recruit (Kou Ichinomiya) ==
== Recruit (Kou Ichinomiya) ==
==== Voice Actor: [[Hiroshi Kamiya]] ====
Voice Actor [[Hiroshi Kamiya]]

The main character. A straight-laced young man who is good at everything he tries, he follows his family's mantra, “Never put yourself in debt to anyone” to the letter. Unfortunately, this is what lands him in the strange community of Arakawa. He's a teacher in the river village.
The main character. A straight-laced young man who is good at everything he tries, he follows his family's mantra, “Never put yourself in debt to anyone” to the letter. Unfortunately, this is what lands him in the strange community of Arakawa. He's a teacher in the river village.


* [[The Ace]]
* [[The Ace]]
* [[Actor Allusion]]: In Episode 10 of Season 2, he mention how he's [[Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei|in despair]].
* [[Actor Allusion]]: In Episode 10 of Season 2, he mention how he's [[Sayonara, Zetsubou-sensei|in despair]].
* [[Berserk Button]]: When Hoshi's song came out, Kou had his name quickly switched to “Leech”. [[Rant Inducing Slight|He didn't take it well.]] They changed it back.
* [[Berserk Button]]: When Hoshi's song came out, Kou had his name quickly switched to “Leech”. [[Rant-Inducing Slight|He didn't take it well.]] They changed it back.
* [[Bishounen]]: Takes it [[Up to Eleven]] after completing Jacqueline's weight loss program.
* [[Bishounen]]: Takes it [[Up to Eleven]] after completing Jacqueline's weight loss program.
* [[Bishie Sparkle]]: In Episodes 8 and 10 of Season 2.
* [[Bishie Sparkle]]: In Episodes 8 and 10 of Season 2.
* [[Bookworm]]
* [[Bookworm]]
* [[Brainwashed and Crazy]]: In Episode 8 of Season 2, he was by [[Charm Person|charmed]] by Amazoness's tengu henchmen to [[Devoted to You|fall for her]].
* [[Brainwashed and Crazy]]: In Episode 8 of Season 2, he was by [[Charm Person|charmed]] by Amazoness's tengu henchmen to [[Devoted to You|fall for her]].
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* [[Kansai Regional Accent]]: Pops up when he's really angry.
* [[Kansai Regional Accent]]: Pops up when he's really angry.
* [[Limited Wardrobe]]
* [[Limited Wardrobe]]
* [[Masculine Girl Feminine Boy]]: Feminine Boy to Nino's Masculine Girl, to some extent.
* [[Masculine Girl, Feminine Boy]]: Feminine Boy to Nino's Masculine Girl, to some extent.
* [[Neat Freak]]
* [[Neat Freak]]
* [[No Guy Wants an Amazon]]: Literally, his reaction to Amazoness wanting to date him.
* [[No Guy Wants an Amazon]]: Literally, his reaction to Amazoness wanting to date him.
* [[Non Idle Rich]]
* [[Non-Idle Rich]]
* [[Not So Different]]: As the time goes, he starts teaming up with Hoshi sometimes and being just as petty.
* [[Not So Different]]: As the time goes, he starts teaming up with Hoshi sometimes and being just as petty.
* [[One Head Taller]]: To Nino.
* [[One Head Taller]]: To Nino.
* [[Only Sane Man]]
* [[Only Sane Man]]
* [[Teacher Student Romance]]: [[It Makes Sense in Context|He teaches Nino.]]
* [[Teacher-Student Romance]]: [[It Makes Sense in Context|He teaches Nino.]]
** Also has a [[Minami Ke|'Sensei and Ninomiya-kun']]-like episode with Amazoness. [[Squick|Yes, it's gross]].
** Also has a [[Minami-ke|'Sensei and Ninomiya-kun']]-like episode with Amazoness. [[Squick|Yes, it's gross]].
* [[Well Done Son Guy]]
* [["Well Done, Son" Guy]]


== Nino ==
== Nino ==
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* [[Heroic BSOD]]: After Hoshi {{spoiler|covers that "cosmic" tape with his song}}. With responsibility going to Ric, obviously.
* [[Heroic BSOD]]: After Hoshi {{spoiler|covers that "cosmic" tape with his song}}. With responsibility going to Ric, obviously.
* [[Hidden Buxom]]
* [[Hidden Buxom]]
* [[Human Aliens]]: If you buy that Venusian story.
* [[Human Aliens]]: If you buy that Venusian story.
* [[Innocent Fanservice Girl]]: She used to bath normally outdoors, but after a police visit she began to use a [[Modesty Towel]].
* [[Innocent Fanservice Girl]]: She used to bath normally outdoors, but after a police visit she began to use a [[Modesty Towel]].
* [[Masculine Girl Feminine Boy]]: Masculine Girl to Kou's Feminine Boy, to some extent.
* [[Masculine Girl, Feminine Boy]]: Masculine Girl to Kou's Feminine Boy, to some extent.
* [[Megaton Punch]]: Is quite capable of taking out her anger on someone.
* [[Megaton Punch]]: Is quite capable of taking out her anger on someone.
* [[No Sense of Personal Space]]
* [[No Sense of Personal Space]]
* [[Oblivious to Love]]: Subverted in that while she ignores everything Hoshi throws her way, but if [[Single Target Sexuality|Kou does something romantic]], she's touched. If she notices.
* [[Oblivious to Love]]: Subverted in that while she ignores everything Hoshi throws her way, but if [[Single-Target Sexuality|Kou does something romantic]], she's touched. If she notices.
** [[Selective Obliviousness]]
** [[Selective Obliviousness]]
* [[Parental Abandonment]]
* [[Parental Abandonment]]
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* [[The Stoic]]
* [[The Stoic]]
* [[Strange Girl]]
* [[Strange Girl]]
* [[Teacher Student Romance]]: [[It Makes Sense in Context|Well, she is a student in Kou's class]].
* [[Teacher-Student Romance]]: [[It Makes Sense in Context|Well, she is a student in Kou's class]].




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* {{spoiler|[[Chekhov's Gunman]]}}
* {{spoiler|[[Chekhov's Gunman]]}}
* [[Cloudcuckoolander]]
* [[Cloudcuckoolander]]
* [[Crouching Moron Hidden Badass]]
* [[Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass]]
* [[The Faceless]]
* [[The Faceless]]
* [[Full Body Disguise]]
* [[Full-Body Disguise]]
* [[Line of Sight Name]]: How The Mayor names people once they become citizens of the community.
* [[Line-of-Sight Name]]: How The Mayor names people once they become citizens of the community.
* [[Obfuscating Stupidity]]: The Mayor has had moments of deep insight at times, belying the aloof nature he normally sports.
* [[Obfuscating Stupidity]]: The Mayor has had moments of deep insight at times, belying the aloof nature he normally sports.
* [[Oblivious to Love]]: Seemingly everyone knows that P-ko loves him but him.
* [[Oblivious to Love]]: Seemingly everyone knows that P-ko loves him but him.
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* [[Dogged Nice Guy]]: Only to Nino. A Type 2, but has hints of Type 1 in his actions at times.
* [[Dogged Nice Guy]]: Only to Nino. A Type 2, but has hints of Type 1 in his actions at times.
* [[Expressive Mask]]
* [[Expressive Mask]]
* [[Fun T Shirt]]: ORE NO T-SHIRT.
* [[Fun T-Shirt]]: ORE NO T-SHIRT.
* [[Hopeless Suitor]]
* [[Hopeless Suitor]]
* [[Jerkass]]
* [[Jerkass]]
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* [[A Father to His Men]]
* [[A Father to His Men]]
* [[Hair of Gold]]
* [[Hair of Gold]]
* [[High Pressure Blood]]: Out of his scar
* [[High-Pressure Blood]]: Out of his scar
* [[Huge Guy Tiny Girl]]: To every woman in the village. Amazoness is a notable exception.
* [[Huge Guy, Tiny Girl]]: To every woman in the village. Amazoness is a notable exception.
* [[Living Lie Detector]]
* [[Living Lie Detector]]
* [[Love Martyr]]: To Maria
* [[Love Martyr]]: To Maria
* [[Mad Bomber]]
* [[Mad Bomber]]
* [[Nun Too Holy]]
* [[Nun-Too-Holy]]
* [[One Man Army]]
* [[One-Man Army]]
* [[Perpetual Frowner]]
* [[Perpetual Frowner]]
* [[Person of Mass Destruction]]
* [[Person of Mass Destruction]]
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* [[Scars Are Forever]]
* [[Scars Are Forever]]
* [[The Stoic]]
* [[The Stoic]]
** but [[Not So Stoic]] when his [[Jerkass]] crush's insults get to him, which results in [[High Pressure Blood]].
** but [[Not So Stoic]] when his [[Jerkass]] crush's insults get to him, which results in [[High-Pressure Blood]].
* [[Trigger Happy]]
* [[Trigger Happy]]
* [[Wholesome Crossdresser]]
* [[Wholesome Crossdresser]]
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== Maria ==
== Maria ==
==== Voice Actress: [[Miyuki Sawashiro]] ====
==== Voice Actress: [[Miyuki Sawashiro]] ====
A former spy who came to live under the bridge. A sadist at heart, she delights in emasculating every man in the community, especially Sister, with whom she has a history. She runs a sheep farm for the community.
A former spy who came to live under the bridge. A sadist at heart, she delights in emasculating every man in the community, especially Sister, with whom she has a history. She runs a sheep farm for the community.


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* [[Abuse Is Okay When Its Female On Male]]
* [[Bitch in Sheep's Clothing]]
* [[Bitch in Sheep's Clothing]]
* [[The Bully]]
* [[The Bully]]
* [[Cool Big Sis]] / [[Onee Sama]]: But to the ''girls'' exclusively.
* [[Cool Big Sis]] / [[Onee-Sama]]: But to the ''girls'' exclusively.
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* [[Double Standard Abuse (Female on Male)]]
* [[Faux Affably Evil]]
* [[Faux Affably Evil]]
* [[I Shall Taunt You]]: Her <s>hobby</s> addiction.
* [[I Shall Taunt You]]: Her <s>hobby</s> addiction.
* [[Not a Morning Person]]
* [[Not a Morning Person]]
* [[Pet the Dog]]: Her treatment of Stella after their "duel" (though possibly she just wanted to [[Troll]] Sister and team up with local [[Enfante Terrible]] to create more possibilities of bullying people).
* [[Pet the Dog]]: Her treatment of Stella after their "duel" (though possibly she just wanted to [[Troll]] Sister and team up with local [[Enfante Terrible]] to create more possibilities of bullying people).
* [[Rose Haired Girl]]: Of the [[Fiery Redhead|strong and passionate]] variety.
* [[Rose-Haired Girl]]: Of the [[Fiery Redhead|strong and passionate]] variety.
* [[The Sociopath]]: [[Comedic Sociopathy]] at most, but in the episode 7 of season 2 {{spoiler|she actually goes ''insane'' while locked for several days with the people she feels she shouldn't be bullying (ie. girls)}}.
* [[The Sociopath]]: [[Comedic Sociopathy]] at most, but in the episode 7 of season 2 {{spoiler|she actually goes ''insane'' while locked for several days with the people she feels she shouldn't be bullying (ie. girls)}}.
* [[Tall Dark and Bishoujo]]: Save the technically "dark".
* [[Tall, Dark and Bishoujo]]: Save the technically "dark".
* [[Tranquil Fury]]
* [[Tranquil Fury]]
* [[The Gadfly]]
* [[The Gadfly]]
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A former salaryman who now lives under the bridge. He can't go anywhere unless he's able to walk on a white line, so he always walks with a field striper.
A former salaryman who now lives under the bridge. He can't go anywhere unless he's able to walk on a white line, so he always walks with a field striper.


* [[Crouching Moron Hidden Badass]]
* [[Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass]]
* [[Disappeared Dad]]: Hasn't seen his wife or daughter for six years, though they don't seem to mind and fully encourage his dreams of becoming a champion liner.
* [[Disappeared Dad]]: Hasn't seen his wife or daughter for six years, though they don't seem to mind and fully encourage his dreams of becoming a champion liner.
* [[Nice Guy]]
* [[Nice Guy]]
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* [[Megane]]
* [[Megane]]
* [[Papa Wolf]]: ''Very'' protective of Kou.
* [[Papa Wolf]]: ''Very'' protective of Kou.
* [[Straight Gay]]
* [[Invisible to Gaydar]]
* [[Subordinate Excuse]]: At least he sometimes ''is'' useful.
* [[Subordinate Excuse]]: At least he sometimes ''is'' useful.


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* [[Enigmatic Minion]]
* [[Enigmatic Minion]]
* [[Single Woman Seeks Good Man]]: In the second season falls at first sight for {{spoiler|''Shiro''}} after he helps her to get out of Sister and Maria's trap. Admittedly there ''was'' a bit of [[Comically Missing the Point]] involved, too.
* [[Single Woman Seeks Good Man]]: In the second season falls at first sight for {{spoiler|''Shiro''}} after he helps her to get out of Sister and Maria's trap. Admittedly there ''was'' a bit of [[Comically Missing the Point]] involved, too.
* [[Tall Dark and Bishoujo]]
* [[Tall, Dark and Bishoujo]]




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* [[Disappeared Dad]]
* [[Disappeared Dad]]
* [[Four Eyes Zero Soul]]: Subverted. He's very harsh and curt with Kou, but he does have some love for his son.
* [[Four Eyes, Zero Soul]]: Subverted. He's very harsh and curt with Kou, but he does have some love for his son.
* [[Humiliation Conga]] / [[Break the Haughty]]: Subverted in second to last episode of the first season. He leaves {{spoiler|the same situation his son'd encountered in the beginning of the story}} all classy and looking so cool he annoys the policeman.
* [[Humiliation Conga]] / [[Break the Haughty]]: Subverted in second to last episode of the first season. He leaves {{spoiler|the same situation his son'd encountered in the beginning of the story}} all classy and looking so cool he annoys the policeman.
* [[Megane]]
* [[Megane]]
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* [[Even the Guys Want Him]]: Or at least cannot help swooning over his [[Badass|manliness]] in Ric and Hoshi's case.
* [[Even the Guys Want Him]]: Or at least cannot help swooning over his [[Badass|manliness]] in Ric and Hoshi's case.
* [[Interspecies Romance]]: Both him and his lover seem to be insane enough to consider their relationship as this.
* [[Interspecies Romance]]: Both him and his lover seem to be insane enough to consider their relationship as this.
* [[Rated Mfor Manly]]
* [[Rated "M" for Manly]]
* [[Satellite Character]]: To Jacqueline.
* [[Satellite Character]]: To Jacqueline.
* [[Sickeningly Sweethearts]]: With Jacqueline.
* [[Sickeningly Sweethearts]]: With Jacqueline.
* [[Single Target Sexuality]]: With Jacqueline.
* [[Single-Target Sexuality]]: With Jacqueline.
* {{spoiler|[[Yakuza]]}}: Apparently.
* {{spoiler|[[Yakuza]]}}: Apparently.




== Jacqueline ==
== Jacqueline ==
==== Voice Actress: [[Yuko Goto]] ====
==== Voice Actress: [[Yūko Gotō]] ====
A girl in a bee costume who fell madly in love with Billy and is practically inseparable from him. She runs a day spa called Queen Bee under the bridge.
A girl in a bee costume who fell madly in love with Billy and is practically inseparable from him. She runs a day spa called Queen Bee under the bridge.


* [[Blue Eyes]]
* [[Blue Eyes]]
* [[Distressed Damsel]]: Quite helpless, which allows Billy to always come to the rescue and show some manliness.
* [[Damsel in Distress]]: Quite helpless, which allows Billy to always come to the rescue and show some manliness.
* [[The Ditz]]
* [[The Ditz]]
* [[Dragon Lady]]: Prior to coming to Arakawa, if her story is to be believed.
* [[Dragon Lady]]: Prior to coming to Arakawa, if her story is to be believed.
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* [[Satellite Character]]: To Billy.
* [[Satellite Character]]: To Billy.
* [[Sickeningly Sweethearts]]: With Billy.
* [[Sickeningly Sweethearts]]: With Billy.
* [[Single Target Sexuality]]: With Billy.
* [[Single-Target Sexuality]]: With Billy.




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A [[Mangaka]] who publishes his works under the pen name "Potato-chip Kuwabara." A total sci-fi geek who likes to think of himself as a space captain defending the Earth from aliens. He becomes interested in the people living under the bridge when he sees Nino, who he thinks is a Venusian plotting to destroy the planet.
A [[Mangaka]] who publishes his works under the pen name "Potato-chip Kuwabara." A total sci-fi geek who likes to think of himself as a space captain defending the Earth from aliens. He becomes interested in the people living under the bridge when he sees Nino, who he thinks is a Venusian plotting to destroy the planet.


* [[Captain Space Defender of Earth]]
* [[Captain Space, Defender of Earth!]]
* [[Creator Breakdown]]: Ran away from his career as a mangaka when his [[Executive Meddling|editor kept forcing him]] to draw [[Moe]] manga instead of sci-fi.
* [[Creator Breakdown]]: Ran away from his career as a mangaka when his [[Executive Meddling|editor kept forcing him]] to draw [[Moe]] manga instead of sci-fi.


== Amazoness ==
== Amazoness ==
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* [[No Guy Wants an Amazon]]
* [[No Guy Wants an Amazon]]
* [[Stripperiffic]]: Her outfit goes along with the Amazon warrior theme, but it leaves very little to the imagination.
* [[Stripperiffic]]: Her outfit goes along with the Amazon warrior theme, but it leaves very little to the imagination.
* [[Tiny Guy Huge Girl]]: To Kou. {{spoiler|And Hoshi.}}
* [[Tiny Guy, Huge Girl]]: To Kou. {{spoiler|And Hoshi.}}
* [[Tsundere]]: [[Lampshade Hanging|Lampshaded]] by Kou and as creepy as it sounds.
* [[Tsundere]]: [[Lampshade Hanging|Lampshaded]] by Kou and as creepy as it sounds.
* [[Uncanny Valley Makeup]]
* [[Uncanny Valley Makeup]]
* [[Valley Girl]]: What her Saitama dialect is translated as.
* [[Valley Girl]]: What her Saitama dialect is translated as.



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Latest revision as of 10:45, 11 July 2022


A list of characters from the Shaft series Arakawa Under the Bridge, a Widget Series about an eccentric group of homeless people that have formed a community under a bridge on the Arakawa River.

Recruit (Kou Ichinomiya)

Voice Actor Hiroshi Kamiya

The main character. A straight-laced young man who is good at everything he tries, he follows his family's mantra, “Never put yourself in debt to anyone” to the letter. Unfortunately, this is what lands him in the strange community of Arakawa. He's a teacher in the river village.

Nino

Voice Actress: Maaya Sakamoto

Recruit's love interest and the reason he lives under the bridge. A strange girl who believes she's from Venus. She has a strange obsession with fishing and provides them for the community.


The Mayor/Village Chief

Voice Actor: Keiji Fujiwara

The head of the Arakawa community. An odd man that constantly wears a kappa suit, he manages to corral and lead the members of the village with a good amount of (misguided) skill.


Hoshi

Voice Actor: Tomokazu Sugita

A former musician who hit rock bottom and now lives under the bridge. He's always seen wearing his trademark star mask. He's also in love with Nino and always tries to make Kou look stupid in front of her. Under the bridge, he provides all the music for events.


Sister

Voice Actor: Takehito Koyasu

A former soldier that became a man of the (wrong) cloth once he came to Arakawa. He constantly carries all manner of guns with him and clearly still holds a military mindset. He provides church services under the bridge.


Stella

Voice Actress: Chiwa Saito

A young girl from England who was raised by Sister in an orphanage. She has a noticable crush on him and appears sweet in general, but she is actually highly skilled in martial arts and is rather accomplished in several underworld trades. She can also transform herself into a musclebound man three times her size thanks to Sister's training. She serves as a yakuza boss for the community.


Maria

Voice Actress: Miyuki Sawashiro

A former spy who came to live under the bridge. A sadist at heart, she delights in emasculating every man in the community, especially Sister, with whom she has a history. She runs a sheep farm for the community.


The Iron Brothers, Tetsuo and Tetsuro

Voice Actresses: Yuko Sanpei (Tetsuo), Ryoko Shintani (Tetsuro)

A pair of brothers always seen wearing iron helmets. They claim to have been experimented on and have psychic powers, which are only kept in check by the helmets. They are very lively and run an oil drum bathhouse under the bridge.


Toru "Shiro" Shirai

Voice Actor: Hochu Otsuka

A former salaryman who now lives under the bridge. He can't go anywhere unless he's able to walk on a white line, so he always walks with a field striper.


P-ko

Voice Actress: Chiaki Omigawa

A young woman who lives under the bridge during the growing season. While cute, she's horibly clumsy. She has an unrequited love in the Mayor. She runs a vegetable farm for the community.


Takai

Voice Actor: Cho

Kou's assistant from his company. He came searching for Kou when he never came back to the office. He is steadfastly loyal to his boss, but also has a very unhealthy obsession with him. He oversees the running of Kou's company in his absence and helps Kou with his projects under the bridge.


Shimazaki

Voice Actress: Rie Tanaka

Takai's assistant, a beautiful, but somewhat shady lady, who seems to play her own game under both Kou's and his father's heads.


Seki Ichinomiya

Voice Actor: Rikiya Koyama

Kou's father and CEO of one of the most powerful companies in the city, if not Japan. He firmly believes in never being indebted to anyone and has instilled that in Kou. A cutthroat businessman, he gets what he wants when he wants it and proudly stands tall over his accomplishments.


Last Samurai

Voice Actor: Yuuichi Nakamura

Once a master hairstylist and attractive man, he got sick and tired of his lifestyle and ran away with little more than a katana from his family's house. After an accidental meeting with the Mayor under the bridge, his "samurai spirit" was awakened, and now he speaks in an older Japanese dialect and wears a topknot as he lives with the community by the Arakawa river. He still uses that same katana to cut the hair of the Arakawa people.


Billy

Voice Actor: Fumihiko Tachiki

Rumored to have once been the boss of a Yakuza-like gang of bird-headed people, and supposedly betrayed their trust when he fell in love and eloped with the bee princess Jacqueline. It's debatable how much of that story is true, but what is known is that he is deeply in love with her.


Jacqueline

Voice Actress: Yūko Gotō

A girl in a bee costume who fell madly in love with Billy and is practically inseparable from him. She runs a day spa called Queen Bee under the bridge.


Captain

Voice Actor: Tomokazu Seki

A Mangaka who publishes his works under the pen name "Potato-chip Kuwabara." A total sci-fi geek who likes to think of himself as a space captain defending the Earth from aliens. He becomes interested in the people living under the bridge when he sees Nino, who he thinks is a Venusian plotting to destroy the planet.

Amazoness

Voice Actress: Yuu Kobayashi

A mysterious Amazon woman who lives down the river from the community. Her personality constantly shifts from that of an intimidating warrior to a high school girl. She's rarely seen without her cell phone and has a love of all things made in Saitama. She works for an unknown person and is often surrounded by a trio of "tengu" (guys with tengu masks and bikini tops worn over their t-shirts).


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