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=== Main Protagonist / Naoto Takami ===

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

[[Ordinary High School Student|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 [[World Tree|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 [[Multiple Endings|go for another of the girls]] he meets during the course of the game), the ''Drama Series'' see him give up on her and [[Second Love|have his true love]] in Saki Nijino for the first one, Ayako Katagiri for the second one, and Miharu Tatebayashi ([[Multiple Endings|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.

* [[Corner of Woe]]: Does this in ''Tokimeki Memorial 1'' 's Bad Ending.

* [[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]]: 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.

* [[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.

** And as of ''Tokimeki Memorial 4'', a.k.a. 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}}.

The main heroine of the Classic Kirameki saga.

[[The Ace|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 ({{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]]''.

* [[Berserk Button]]: Do not compliment her by saying she’s "sexy". '''''Never'''''. '''EVER'''.

* [[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'', {{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}}.

* [[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 {{spoiler|after the Christmas Party at Ijuin's [[Big Fancy House]]}}.

A kind, cheerful and very sociable girl, [[Supreme Chef|skilled at cooking]], [[Yamato Nadeshiko|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 ''{{spoiler|[[The Cameo|Tokimeki Memorial 2 Substories: Leaping School Festival]]}}'' put her as the manager of the Baseball Club.

Due to her kind character and her very high versatility in tastes, [[Ensemble Darkhorse|she’s one of the most popular characters in the entire series among fans]], [[Up to Eleven|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''.

* [[Biting the Handkerchief]]: Saki does this when she’s defeated in ''Tokimeki Memorial Taisen Puzzle Dama''.

* [[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}}.

* [[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 {{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}}.

** 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 [[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'')}}.

* [[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".