Futari Ecchi - Characters - Neighbors

Neighbors

Mika (矢吹 美香, Yabuki Mika?) and Takeshi Yabuki (矢吹 武, Yabuki Takeshi?)

A couple who met Makoto and Yura while they still lived in their old apartment. Mika has suffered from a sexless year, which caused her emotional frustration and insecurity, thinking that she was no longer attractive to her husband. In fact, Takeshi's refusal came from a medical problem, which was solved after Makoto was able to give a hint. Ever since the Yabukis have restrengthened their relationship, and Mika has even managed to get pregnant. Just before the Onodas move into their new apartment, the Yabukis moved out to a larger domicile to raise their growing family.

Narumi Ogata (緒方 也実, Ogata Narumi?)

This dreamy-looking young woman is the first of the neighbors Makoto and Yura meet in their new apartment. She is the lover of a business executive who visits her regularly. While she is rather absent-minded and behaves strangely (which includes openly talking about sexual matters or answering the door in her underwear), she is also very friendly.

Shoko Shiina (椎名 庄子, Shiina Shōko?)

An author of erotic novels under the pen name "Masuro Heaven", Shoko is the token lolita of the series; while she is in her early twenties, she looks like a 10 to 12-year-old, and even dresses and acts the part. She has come to be friends with Rika, who shares her sexual experiences with Shoko for new inspirations, but Shoko is quite knowledgeable about sexual matters herself.

Ken Shiina (椎名 健, Shiina Ken?)

Shoko's husband, Ken, is a stay-at-home since Shoko is rather busy writing one piece after another. Tall and hulking, he is often mistaken for a yakuza at first glance, but he is actually a kind gentleman.

Rui Tsutsumi (堤 るい, Tsutsumi Rui?)

A sixteen-year-old student at an all-girls school who lives with her divorced father and has yet to experience her "first time", she has taken the mother/wife figure role for her insecure father and therefore was annoyed that he was getting close to Mrs. Ichijo for a time, but she has come to accept her as a surrogate mother. Rui eventually falls in love with and marries her teacher Keisuke Watanabe.

Hisao Tsutsumi (堤 久夫, Tsutsumi Hisao?)

Rui's father is a very nervous and depressed person, especially since his divorce. With a lack of intimate company he has taken to peeking in on his daughter (mostly in improper situations) and had a very bad outlook on life. Recently, however, he has become close to Mrs. Ichijo and eventually marries her.

Kaho Ichijo (一条 果穂, Ichijo Kaho?)

A piano teacher in her late twenties, she represents the stereotype of a Japanese noblewoman: beautiful, dignified and quiet. Her most distinctive habit is obscuring her mouth with a handkerchief when she feels bashful. She is a divorced wife and suffers from a weak constitution, which also makes her highly susceptible to alcohol. She has (more or less accidentally) harassed Makoto on several occasions, but she eventually marries her neighbor Hisao Tsutsumi. To him, she later reveals that her divorce was caused by her own extreme lecherousness, which made her husband have an affair with a less "stormy" woman and which also made her bashful in her relations with other people from that point on.

Kiyomi Mizuhara (水原 清美, Mizuhara Kiyomi?)

For some time after her introduction, Mizuhara represents the frustrated housewife in the series, mostly because her husband Masatoshi, who works at a commercial agency, rarely helped with the house chores, and when they did have sex he did not care much for her satisfaction; Mizuhara therefore had taken to vent her displeasure by collecting and spreading bad gossip. Some time later, however, their marital life has improved considerably. She has two little daughters at ages four and five.

Keisuke Watanabe (渡辺 恵介, Watanabe Keisuke?)

A young teacher at a girls' school who moved in as a new tenant into the Onodas' apartment complex. He eventually falls in love with and marries his student Rui Tsutsumi.

Atsushi (久保田 厚志, Kubota Atsushi?, nicknamed "Akkun") and Momo Kubota (久保田 桃, Kubota Momo?)

They are a young married couple who have recently moved into the apartment complex. They are very devoted to each other and are not afraid to show affection in public (which was, until recently at least, considered a social taboo in Japan; this fact was hinted at in previous issues of the series).

Sachiko Minami (南 さち子, Minami Sachiko?)

A 26-year-old single mother who lives with her 11-year-old son Kazuhiko in the apartment complex. She is first featured in the first volume of the special Futari Ecchi for Ladies, but in the mainstream series she has only a small cameo in volume 34.