List of Nana Characters - Hachi's Relatives and Acquaintances

Hachi's Relatives and Acquaintances

People who have interacted with Nana K. personally at given times of her life. They do not address her with her nickname, Hachi, and have deeply affected her perceptions on certain situations. As they are not deeply involved with the two bands, she will often reflect on her experiences with them for reassurance when she is in doubt of her simultaneous loyalties to Blast and Trapnest.

Nami Komatsu (小松奈美, Komatsu Nami?)

Hachi's younger sister, and the youngest in the Komatsu household, she has the appearance of a ganguro girl because of her suntan and bleached hair. Nami is very outgoing and loud, and is a Trapnest fan.

Nao Komatsu (小松奈緒, Komatsu Nao?)

Hachi's older sister, who looks quite a bit like Natsuko. She is married, but still lives near the Komatsu family home.

Natsuko Komatsu (小松奈津子, Komatsu Natsuko?)

Hachi's mother. Kind and understanding, she is a model mother to her daughters, and Nana Osaki considers Natsuko to be cool. Hachi, however finds it weird since she thought that her family is nothing but "normal".

Satsuki Ichinose (一ノ瀬皐, Ichinose Satsuki?)

Voiced by: Yuko Katou

The daughter of Nana Komatsu. Not much known about her, and she makes only a few appearances later in the series. When she appears, she is six years old (presumably showing the future outlook of the story) and well loved by her mother's friends. It is not known if she is truly Takumi's or Nobu's child, but bears a striking resemblance to Takumi, with black hair and hazel eyes. She is revealed to have a crush on Shin, though his reciprocation (or even his knowledge of her feelings) is unlikely. During her pregnancy, Hachi and Takumi unofficially called her "Sachiko". Her name, Satsuki, was chosen by Ren at the request of Hachi, who was unable to think up any name other than "Sachiko". She may be Takumi and Hachi's second child and that Ren may be her older brother as once her mother had asked whether she would give her Valentine chocolates to "older brother". She is unaware about her parents' relationship problems.

Ren (レン?)

A morose young boy initially seen in the company of Reira during the segments depicting the future. He is depicted as being close to Takumi, who is assumed to be his father. It is implied that he is either Takumi's or Nobu's son and Satsuki Ichinose's brother. He is living in London with Takumi and does not want to return to Japan. In the future, Reira apparently has given up singing, but will sing when Ren plays the guitar for her, something she used to say of her former band member and, possibly, his namesake, Ren Honjo. There is the possibility that he is Hachi's first child, and bears resemblance her, having light-amber hair. His ability to play the guitar is possibly the result of Nobu's promise to teach Hachi's child to play the guitar as Ren Honjo once had.

Junko Saotome (早乙女淳子, Saotome Junko?)

Voiced by: Takako Honda (Japanese), Saffron Henderson (English)

Hachi's sensible, no-nonsense best friend. Junko is much more emotionally mature than Hachi and often pushes her to be more independent and responsible. She is the host of the omake (bonus) section at the end of each manga volume, reading fan mail and displaying fan art. She is often called "Jun-chan" by Hachi.

Kyosuke Takakura (高倉京助, Takakura Kyosuke?)

Voiced by: Junichi Suwabe (Japanese), Michael Adamthwaite (English)

Junko's boyfriend who currently shares an apartment with her. He is also good friends with Hachi and Shoji. His laid-back attitude to life may deem him a slacker in the eyes of many, but he is actually quite perceptive and he coddles Hachi more than Junko would like. Both he and Junko are studying to become artists (his art being Romantic and hers being Post-Modernistic). Although Shoji has said several times that he used to be a player, Kyosuke says very seriously that he would never cheat on Junko because he is afraid of losing her. He also says that he liked Junko the moment he saw her.

Shoji Endo (遠藤章司, Endō Shōji?)

Voiced by: Hiroki Takahashi (Japanese), Jeremy From (English)

Hachi's ex-boyfriend. He is a struggling art student and works as a waiter. He met Hachi through his old friend, Junko, and Hachi originally moved to Tokyo to be closer to him. However, their relationship gradually cooled and he cheated on her with Sachiko, a co-worker and classmate. Though he still has feelings for her, he leaves Hachi for Sachiko. Junko later guesses that Shoji felt rejected by Hachi when she refused to fight for him, and that the real reason he chose Sachiko was because she openly showed her love for him. This is opposed to Hachi who was so "one-way" and made Shoji feel as though she only loved him because he loved her. They meet by chance some time later at Jackson Hole and talk for the first time since breaking up. They speak casually, and Hachi admits that she thought that after the drama of him cheating on her died down that they would be friends again. When they part, Shoji tells her that he now realizes that what she was asking for was not really too much, and that he had fun talking to her. Because of this, he says sadly that would not see her again. They part in tears, and Shoji meets up with Sachiko to look at fireworks. He tells her that he can only see things clearly from far away and that the closer things are, the more he loses sight of them. She assures him that that is the same for everyone and they hold hands while watching the fireworks.

Sachiko Kawamura (川村幸子, Kawamura Sachiko?)

Voiced by: Megumi Kojima

Shoji's sweet-natured girlfriend. She works at the same restaurant as Shoji. Early on in the manga, Hachi once dreamt of Shoji two-timing her with a buxom, Prada-loving city girl named Sachiko (she thought of the name randomly). Ominously, it later turned out to be true, though the real Sachiko is nothing like "virtual" Sachiko. Shoji eventually leaves Hachi for Sachiko, who openly admits her love for Shoji and fights for him unlike Hachi. Shoji later moves in with her. Interestingly, Hachi also plays with the idea of naming her unborn daughter Sachiko. When she tells Shoji this, along with the possibility that the baby might be born on May 5th, the same as Sachiko Kawamura, he declares that if that happens the baby really will be the demon lord's child. Sachiko is describes as being "really short" by Shoji. She stands at 147cm.

Takashi Asano (浅野崇, Asano Takashi?)

Voiced by: Hideyuki Tanaka

Hachi's first lover. A handsome, older, married man, Asano carried on a secret affair with Hachi that ended when he was abruptly transferred to Tokyo. Though Hachi believed that she was in love with him, she made the painful realization that he saw her as merely a "fling". Hachi encounters him again in Tokyo and, after resolving her own personal issues with him, tells him to stop cheating on his wife.