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* [[Girls Have Cooties]]: Part of [[Start of Darkness|the reason why he and Shiori got estranged]], according to ''Tabidachi no Uta'', is the following: {{spoiler|in their childhood, days after the main protagonist offered a ring to Shiori, she was so pleased with it and with his attention for her, she wanted to offer him a robot toy in return. Unfortunately, as she held out the present box to him, bad kids from the neighbourhood teased the main protagonist for playing with a girl, and embarrassed, he refused her present and hastily left, [[Tear Jerker|leaving her alone all sad with her present in her arms.]]}}.

* [[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'': {{spoiler|two ''massive'' ones at the beginning and near the end of both games. He gets better from each of them however, except in the end game ''Tabidachi no Uta'' one, where if he doesn't persevere, leads to the [[Bad End]]}}.

* [[Heroic Mime]]: aA 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.

* [[Oblivious to Love]]: Poor {{spoiler|Suzune}} in '' {{spoiler|Irodori no Love Song}}''.

* [[Unlucky Childhood Friend]]: theThe 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, {{spoiler|[[Victorious Childhood Friend]] is in effect}};.

** And as of ''Tokimeki Memorial 4'', aka the Modern Kirameki Saga, which occurs 15 years later, {{spoiler|[[Victorious Childhood Friend]] is the assumed trope, as Yuu Satsuki, Shiori's relative and [[Expy]], strongly implicitly tells that him and Shiori got together. It should be known that in ''Tokimemo'' verse, anything that's strongly hinted at, effectively counts as true and canon.}}.

** 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.

She’s the poster girl of the series, with at least a minimal presence even in the games she’s not the star ( {{spoiler|to the point of managing to make a few [[The Cameo|cameos outside the Classic Kirameki Saga!]]}}), and is the co-heroine (with [[Ensemble Darkhorse|Miharu Tatebayashi]]) of the 3rd ''Drama Series'', ''Tabidachi no Uta''. An ''extremely'' popular character among the fans [[Merchandise-Driven|who churns out a lot of merchandise]], and who even got her exclusive game, ''[[Exactly What It Says on the Tin|Tokimeki Memorial Selection: Fujisaki Shiori]]''.

* [[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'', {{spoiler|where, when they were little, Shiori gave the protagonist one of her hairband, as part of a promise between them where he would complete his school's marathon and give it to her at the finishing line. However, he hurts his knee during the race, making him unable to finish it and to keep the promise, [[Backstory|further enlarging the gap already started by a previous painful event between them.]] Years later, in High School, the protagonist would try to conquer Shiori's heart and participate to a marathon, but history repeats and he suffers a severe muscle tear the day before the marathon. He is forbidden by doctors to participate despite his vehement protests, [[Determinator|but decides to do symbolically the marathon course the day after anyway]], [[Number One Dime|holding the hairband Shiori gave her in their young days as a charm]]. [[Crowning Moment of Heartwarming|Despite suffering hell, he finishes the course, and Shiori, who has guessed what happened, is waiting for him at the finishing line. He then gives her the hairband, completing the promise they made back then. Cue the love confession between them afterwards.]]}}.

* [[Locked in a Room]]: {{spoiler|Or rather, trapped on a Ferris wheel. During a date to the amusement park in the winter season after Shiori is in "enraptured" state, choose to ride the ferris wheel (Shiori's favorite ride). During the ride the Ferris wheel stalls, leaving the pair trapped up high. Shiori becomes frightened, but the protagonist takes her mind off it by showing her what a great view it is from up there.}}.

* [[Snow Means Love]]: One of her Events in the original game, occuring {{spoiler|after the Christmas Party at Ijuin's [[Big Fancy House]]}}.

* [[Tears of Joy]]: {{spoiler|Save for ''Memories Ringing On'', she does this in all her Endings of both the various games of the franchise she's a winnable character, and the OAV}}.

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 '' {{spoiler|[[The Cameo|Tokimeki Memorial 2 Substories: Leaping School Festival]]}}'' put her as the manager of the Baseball Club.

* [[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, {{spoiler|and ending}} of ''Nijiiro no Seishun''. No wonder, as Saki’s family name, “Nijino”, means “Field of Rainbow” in Japanese.

* [[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. {{spoiler|She falls ill on the third day and you must take care of her, so you get to skip out on the battle minigame that normally happens here}}; the second one occurs in ''Nijiiro no Seishun'', {{spoiler|after she waited all the day under the rain for the protagonist, believing that he would definitely come to the shrine, despite him wanting to give up soccer after the misunderstanding between them. He indeed came, and she slumped against him, down with a fever. The protagonist takes her to her home, and stays at her bedside for a while, where, in her delirium, she eventually starts ([[Cannot Spit It Out|but doesn’t finish]]) confessing her feelings for him.}}.

* [[Kiss of Life]]: In her Summer Event at the Pool in the original game, Saki will nearly drown, needing a Kiss of Life. {{spoiler|Just as the protagonist is about to start it, she comes back to her senses. When he tells her later about it, she panics, asking if he performed it; and when she learns the truth, she's somewhere between relieved and disappointed, uttering "if only I stayed unconscious a little bit longer..." [[Cannot Spit It Out|And then she confusely tries to divert the topic]] [[Luminescent Blush|all while blushing furiously]], [[Crowning Moment of Heartwarming|when the protagonist ask her what she just said]]}}.

* [[Multitasked Conversation]]: {{spoiler|What caused the whole "Misunderstanding" Event in ''Nijiiro no Seishun''.}}.

* [[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 {{spoiler|Saki went down with a fever after waiting for the main protagonist under the rain the whole day, and talks with him while she’s bedridden}}. 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 [[Bromantic Foil|Yoshio]], one of the girls’ 3 most valuable items in Kirameki High, along with [[Every Girl Is Cuter With Hair Decs|Shiori’s hairband]] and Mira’s earrings. [[Heroic Self-Deprecation|She considers her cooking skills as her only talent]], and thus {{spoiler|she plans to go to a school specialzed in teaching cooking, instead of going to an university, in order to hone them.}}.

* [[Tears of Joy]]: Does this in the original game's [[Meaningful Name|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 {{spoiler|the ending of the ''Nijiiro no Sotsugyoushiki'' scenario of ''Tabidachi no Uta'', i.e. the True Epilogue of ''Nijiiro no Seishun''}}.

* {{spoiler|[[Easier Than Easy]]: She's actually quite easy to win if you want to win her on purpose, almost as much as Rei Ijuin below. Simply concentrate on building your stats to the maximum and don't go on dates with anyone, and you're good to go. She's not affected by "bombs"; she just likes high stats just like Shiori Fujisaki.}}.

* [[Graceful Loser]]: {{spoiler|[[The Anime of the Game|Near the end of the OVA]], she concedes defeat to Shiori all while crying in the last of their phones’ sessions.}}.

* [[Stalker with a Crush]]: A sympathetic example in her case, however.

* [[Wrestler in All of Us]]: Being a wrestling fan, Yumi has her own [[Finishing Move]] (which she refined by using it against her brother {{spoiler|and the protagonist as well in ''Nijiiro no Seishun''}}, the "Yumi Bomber", a lariat/grappling-like move.

{{spoiler|[[media:rei ijuin2.jpg|She’s actually]] [[Bifauxnen|a girl]]; the reason why she dresses as a boy is a family custom she has to following until her coming of age.}}.

* {{spoiler|[[Easier Than Easy]]: Rei is actually the easiest character to get the ending of in the original game. Just spam her with phone calls each week-end and you’re good to go; you don’t even have to work on your stats.}}.

* [[Evil Laugh]]: {{spoiler|is also a sort of [[Noblewoman's Laugh]], since she’s a girl, and the heiress of a financial empire to boot.}}.

* {{spoiler|[[Huge Schoolgirl]]: Forget Nozomi (163 cm) or even Mira (167 cm) and Patricia (168 cm), Rei is by far the tallest girl in the cast, with her 172 cm!}}!

* [[Late Arrival Spoiler]]: {{spoiler|She’s actually a girl}}, and late merchandise in the franchise don't make it much of a secret.

* [[Rapunzel Hair]]: Normally kept in a ponytail {{spoiler|to maintain the boyish look, until her day of confession when she [[Letting Her Hair Down|lets it down]]}}.

* {{spoiler|[[Tomato Surprise]]: Although a special event during the game lets you guess it, it’s during her ending that you discover Rei’s true gender.}}.

In ''Drama Series'' games and Radio Drama canon, she’s portrayed as Saki’s best friend, and in Radio Drama canon {{spoiler|becomes Yoshio’s girlfriend.}}.

She knows and is a (resigned) friend of Yoshio since Middle School, and is best friends with Yukari Koshiki {{spoiler|, and Maho Shirayuki of ''Tokimeki Memorial 2''}}.

* [[Gamer Chick]]: Not as much as Yumi, but she’s a champion at ''[[Dance Dance Revolution]]'', {{spoiler|and Maho’s greatest rival in the National DDR Tournament of ''Tokimeki Memorial Substories: Dancing Summer Vacation''}},

* [[In-Series Nickname]]: {{spoiler|Her friend Maho calls her “Hina” (ヒナ).}}.

She’s best friends with [[Odd Friendship|her polar opposite]] Yuko; and since both of them are from filthy rich families, she’s also childhood friends with Rei. {{spoiler|Thanks to this, she’s the sole character (aside from, briefly, Yoshio) in Kirameki High School to know that Rei is actually a girl}}.

* [[Overprotective Dad]]: To the point that, in battle mode, her special attack, which invokes her father, who proceeds to slice the enemies with [[Katanas Are Just Better|his katana]], is arguably the most damaging in the game; also, {{spoiler|Yukari's ending mention that the main character is a bit afraid and ill at ease with her father due to his overprotectiveness of her daughter}}.

* [[Expository Hairstyle Change]]: {{spoiler|During the winter season of the final year, if you are sure of winning her, skimping out on dates with her until confesssion day arrives will result in her growing her hair longer (maybe because she misses you).}}.

* [[Tears of Joy]]: {{spoiler|In her Ending.}}.

* [[Why Did It Have to Be Snakes?]]: She fears lightning {{spoiler|which gets revealed in her special event where she and the protagonist, on a date at the beach, swim to an island where they get [[Locked in a Room|stranded by a storm and take shelter in a cave]], and, as she screams in fear, the protagonist [[Crowning Moment of Heartwarming|holds her close]]}}.

Kirameki High’s resident [[Rich Bitch]] [[Alpha Bitch]], she’s known as “the Madone of Kirameki High”. Has a [[Fan Boy|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. {{spoiler|She succeeds in this route, as in ''[[The Cameo|Tokimeki Memorial Substories: Memories Ringing On]]'' she’s seen in a bikini photo session with Maho Shirakuyi of ''Tokimeki Memorial 2''}}.

By this description, looks like we have a winner for a haughty [[All Guys Want Cheerleaders]] [[Brainless Beauty]]… {{spoiler|Except that she actually has [[Hidden Depths]]. This personality is actually [[Jerkass Facade|a facade she carefully constructed]]: in Junior High, [[Break the Cutie|she was a sweet girl]] [[Broken Bird|who had her heart broken countless times by guys]], [[Woman Scorned|and she swore revenge in High School]] [[Batman Gambit|by working hard on her appearance]], [[Revenge of the Nerd|so she could get boys to fawn over her, play with their feelings for some time, and then cruelly dump them down]]. However, while this [[Evil Plan]] was exciting at the beginning, [[Sour Grapes Tropes|she grew sick of it]], and deep in her heart, [[Defrosting Ice Queen|wishes to find the one boy who would see the real her hidden deep under this hard carapace,]] [[Just the Way You Are|love her for what she really is,]] [[The Power of Love|and thus allow her to muster the courage to turn back to the old herself]]}}.

On top of that, {{spoiler|while she poses as a [[Rich Bitch]] in school, she actually lives in a very poor household, where [[Disappeared Dad|her father is implied to be dead]] and [[Parental Substitute|has 6 brothers she has to take care of]]. This explains why she hasn’t joined any clubs (must take care of the kids), cancels dates with the protagonist at times (when one of her brothers is ill), where comes her skills at sewing (helps her mom with housework), and why she’s so adamant at refusing anyone to go with her to home after school (so they won't know the truth about her)}}.

* [[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, {{spoiler|further her [[Revenge of the Nerd]] plan, and become a model after graduation}}.

* [[Parental Substitute]]: {{spoiler|This allows to show her gentler side, as she’s very caring of her brothers, and they love her back; [http://www.futaba.ne.jp/~kuramoto/4koma61-80/4koma79.html a Japanese Tokimemo fansite even made a Crowning Moment Of Heartwarming 4koma around this.]}}.

* {{spoiler|[[Revenge of the Nerd]]: A little subversion, otherwise she fits this trope to a T: she’s not implied of being a nerd in her Junior High days, but she apparently wasn’t attractive enough for the boys who dumped her.}}.

* [[You Must Be Cold]]: {{spoiler|On Christmas Party, she comes without a party coat because she doesn't have enough money for one; after the party, if she’s in Tokimeki State with the protagonist, they’ll go back to home together and she’ll sneeze, prompting the protagonist to give her his coat. She pushes the trope to [[Comforting Comforter]] zone by taking his arm put herself close to him, [[Crowning Moment of Heartwarming|so she can give him some warmness in return. And on top of that, she’ll give her his coat back a few days later... with all its little tears sewn off]]}}.

{{spoiler|In ''Tokimeki Memorial Substories: Dancing Summer Vacation'', she barges in the [[Dance Dance Revolution|DDR Tournament]] with her new [[Humongous Mecha]], the “Neo-World Conquerer Robo”, and her disciple Mei Ijuin of ''Tokimeki Memorial 2'' in tow.}}.

* [[Humongous Mecha]]: She names it “Robo”, {{spoiler|and you’ll have to fight and defeat it in order to get her ending}}.

A 1st year-student [[Genki Girl]], [[Schoolgirl Lesbians|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 {{spoiler|until he succeeds a hard soccer exercise which will show her his perseverance and love of soccer, and makes him redeem through her eyes (but she’ll still consider him a love rival)}}.

* [[Clingy Jealous Girl]]: Full-stop. {{spoiler|It's even worse before the aforemented exercice succeeded event.}}.

* [[Graceful Loser]]: {{spoiler|If you manage to succeed the exercise mentioned above, she’ll conceide her defeat for Saki’s heart to you in ''Nijiiro no Seishun'' ‘s Best Ending}}.

* {{spoiler|[[Hot for Student]]: Averted, see the [[Second Love]] entry above.}}.

* [[If You Ever Do Anything to Hurt Her...]]: {{spoiler|She pulls this line to the protagonist as part of her [[Graceful Loser]] tirade in ''Nijiiro no Seishun'' ‘s Best Ending}}.

* {{spoiler|[[Second Love]]: It doesn’t seem like it at first glance, but Saki really is her second love. She reveals during her discussions with the protagonist, that her first love was one of his teachers in Junior High, but he only thought of her as a cute student, and married one of her other teachers.}}.

[[Shrinking Violet|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 [[Cannot Spit It Out|has a hard time spitting it out.]] {{spoiler|and when she does, all hell breaks loose, as the protagonist has only eyes for Ayako, yet stalls in clearing the [[Love Triangle]] as he doesn’t want to hurt Suzune. They all get better though}}.

* [[Armor-Piercing Slap]]: {{spoiler|sheShe delivers one of these to the protagonist when she can't take any longer of being the [[Unlucky Childhood Friend]] of sorts due to him being [[Oblivious to Love|oblivious to how much she loves him.]]}}.

* [[Graceful Loser]]: {{spoiler|Becomes this in the end.}}.

* [[I Want My Beloved to Be Happy]]: {{spoiler|Chooses to go this way in the end, as she realizes how much the protagonist is in love with Ayako, and thus let her love for the protagonist go.}}.

* [[What the Hell, Hero?]]: {{spoiler|He gives such a speech to the protagonist when seeing how much the [[Love Triangle]] situation strains Suzune, and the protagonist’s unwillingness to put an end to the mess.}}.

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, {{spoiler|and this is why, if you level-up enough in the soccer mini-game, he’ll choose the protagonist as a regular when one of the regulars will be out due to an injury, at the end of the game}}.

* [[Get a Hold of Yourself, Man!]]: He gives such a speech (minus any physical violence) to the protagonist {{spoiler|[[Heroic BSOD|when said protagonist lost all his will at training during the club session just after the misunderstanding between him and Saki, and was idling]]. Subverted in that doesn't work, and the coach, who doesn't want to waste time on him, then tells the protagonist to quit the club if he really thinks he's no good at soccer. As mentioned above though, it gets better}}.

* [[Arch Enemy]]: ofOf Yuina, of course.

* [[The Cameo]]: {{spoiler|In ''Tokimeki Memorial 4'', along with his childhood friend Natsue, his name is written in a document record listing the participants to the 3-Legged Race which occurred 15 years before the events of this game, making them both officially…officially}}...

* [[Canon Immigrant]]: {{spoiler|…as...as this list also mentions Yoshio and Yumi Saotome participating in this race.}}.

* [[Memento MacGuffin]]: The crystal pendant he got from his parents and wears at his neck. {{spoiler|It plays a vital role during Natsue's [[Love Confession]] to him, see her [[Victorious Childhood Friend]] entry below.}}.

* [[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]], {{spoiler|but ultimately played straight, as shown in the Epilogue where he has recovered}}.

* [[The Cameo]]: (seeSee 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]]: (seeSee Katsuma’s entry).

* {{spoiler|[[Victorious Childhood Friend|Victorious]]}} [[Victorious Childhood Friend|Childhood Friend]]: {{spoiler|But ultimately, she can't wait until Graduation Day, and gives Katsuma an [[Anguished Declaration of Love]] under the Legendary Tree in the middle of their High School time. [[Crowning Moment of Heartwarming|He accepts it regardless, and it's implied the legend applies even if the confession wasn't done on Graduation Day]], as the thread of Katsuma's [[Memento MacGuffin|crystal pendant]] breaks during Natsue's confession, and he reveals to her he earlier heard (through Ayako) about the "Crystal Power", said to realize without fail one's wishes of happiness when the thread breaks.}}.

* [[Cute and Psycho]]: (notNot to the point of being insane and murderous of course, this is ''[[Tastes Like Diabetes|Tokimeki Memorial]]'' here.)

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 {{spoiler|briefly}} starts dating Ayako in Radio Dramas.

* [[Oblivious to Love]]: {{spoiler|Or is he? After all, near the end of the Radio Drama, when he gets news of Megumi admitted to the hospital for a fall as he was going to meet Ayako for their first date, he rushes to Megumi's side without warning Ayako first and stands her up. Ayako is ''pissed off'', and breaks ties with Ebisutani without letting him explain himself.}}.