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The characters of the manga Strobe Edge:

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Main Characters

Ninako Kinoshita

Voiced by: Ayako Kawasumi (vomic), Aki Toyosaki (drama CD)

I wonder what you should do to fall in love~

The main protagonist. Often naive or clueless, but only truly understands things if she tries it herself. Falls in love with Ren.

• Boy Meets Girl: Boy Meets Girl On Train (for Ninako/Ren). Boy Meets Girl But Girl Was Expecting Other Boy (for Ninako/Andou).
• The Chick
• Curtains Match the Window
• Love Hurts
• Moe
• Naive Everygirl
• Shallow Love Interest: Ninako fell in love with Ren because of how kind he is... That's pretty much it.
• Single Girl Seeks Most Popular Guy

Ren Ichinose

Voiced by: Mamoru Miyano (vomic), Yuuichi Nakamura (drama CD)

The most popular guy in school. Seemingly cold, but is actually a nice guy.

• Always Save the Girl
• Betty: To Andou's Veronica.
• Big Man on Campus
• Boy Meets Girl: Boy Meets Girl On Train (for Ninako/Ren).
• Brown Eyes
• Curtains Match the Window
• Defrosting Ice King
• Love Hurts
• Nice Guy
• School Idol
• Second Love: Ninako.
• Tall, Dark and Handsome
• The Rival: Andou.
• Unwanted Harem
• Veronica: To Daiki's Betty.

Takumi Andou

Voiced by: Tsubasa Yonaga (vomic), KENN (drama CD)

Ren's middle school friend. Andou develops unrequited feelings for Ninako.

• Boy Meets Girl: Boy Meets Girl But Girl Was Expecting Other Boy (for Ninako/Andou).
• Brutal Honesty
• The Casanova
• Curtains Match the Window: Hair of Gold + Eyes of Gold.
• Dogged Nice Guy
• Green-Eyed Monster: Andou is jealous of Ren, who was kissed by his first love during middle school and is now the object of his second love Ninako's affections.
• Handsome Lech
• Hopeless Suitor
• Jerk with a Heart of Gold
• Ladykiller in Love: Andou stops his Handsome Lech tendencies when he decides to pursue Ninako, but falls short into this after he gets beat up minutes before Ren's Love Confession to Ninako.
• Love Hurts
• Second Love: Ninako.
• The Rival: Ren.
• Troubled but Cute
• Veronica: To Ren's Betty.

Daiki Korenaga

Voiced by: Tomoaki Maeno (vomic), Tetsuya Kakihara (drama CD)

Ninako's childhood friend. Daiki has feelings for her.

• Anguished Declaration of Love
• Betty: To Ren's Veronica.
• Clingy Jealous Boy: A mild degree when Daiki realizes Ninako feels "something" towards Ren and sees Ren as his love rival for Ninako's affections.
• Curtains Match the Window
• Demoted to Extra: Once Daiki gets over Ninako, he only appears sporadically for the rest of the manga.
• Dogged Nice Guy
• Hopeless Suitor: Towards Ninako.
• Love Hurts
• Pair the Spares: Ends up dating Sayuri, Ninako's friend.
• The Rival: Ren, at first.
• Second Love: Sayuri.
• Slap Slap Kiss: With Sayuri.
• Unlucky Childhood Friend

Sayuri Uehara

Voiced by: Ayumi Fujimura (vomic), Miyuki Sawashiro (drama CD)

• Ascended Extra: Sayuri gains more plot significance once the manga begins to deal with her relationship with Daiki. Also, out of Ninako's friends, she is the only one featured on the cover of one of the manga volumes.
• Kuudere
• Second Love: For Daiki, she is his second love. In regards to herself, Yuutarou may have been her second love, but it's unclear to how many boys she dated before him.

Tsukasa, Tamaki, and Noriko

• The Ditz: Tsukasa.
• Genki Girl: Tsukasa.
• Hime Cut: Noriko dons this hairstyle.
• Only Known by Their Nickname: Noriko is always called "Non-chan."

Ren's Friends

Manabu Miyoshi

Voiced by: Hiro Shimono (drama CD)

• Keet
• Only Known by Their Nickname: He's known as "Gacchan" to the girls.
• Stepford Smiler: Manabu shows a minor case of type A at the end of his side story after Ritsuko, his First Love, goes to study abroad.

Yuutarou Terada

Voiced by: Yuuki Kaji (drama CD)

• Only Known by Their Nickname: Everyone either shortens his name to "Yuu" or Tera."
• Wise Beyond Their Years

Other Characters

Mayuka Korenaga

Voiced by: Yui Shou\x8Dji

Mayuka is a famous model, Daiki's older sister, and Ren's girlfriend.

• Cool Big Sis
• Hair of Gold
• I Want My Beloved to Be Happy: She breaks up with Ren because she knows she is holding him back from accepting his feelings for Ninako.
• Love Hurts
• Romantic False Lead: She's a more likable and sympathetic kind of False Lead than usual.

Mao Sugimoto

Mao is Andou's First Love and ex-girlfriend who cheated on him with Ren, permanently damaging their friendship.

• The Atoner
• Becoming the Mask: Mao originally dated Andou just to get over Ren, and ended up falling in love with him for real.
• Bitch in Sheep's Clothing: Mao acts as a Manipulative Bitch to separate Ninako from Ren, but turns out to be a Red Herring because she is doing it to get Andou and Ninako together.
• I Want My Beloved to Be Happy: Mao interferes with Ninako and Ren's relationship only because she knows Andou likes Ninako.
• Must Make Amends