Kare First Love - Characters

Characters

Karin Karino (狩野 花梨, Karino Karin?)

Karin is considered a plain-looking girl by most people, due to her wearing glasses and her tendency to dress conservatively. She meets Kiriya on the bus, and he is able to see past that to realize she is an attractive girl. Karin has low self-esteem at first and is unable to say the things she really wants to when being used by her so-called friend Yuka and say the things she really wants to say. Due to her self-image, she initially doubt Kiriya's compliments and thinks he's just teasing her. Through her relationship with Kiriya, and her new friendship with Nanri she finds her self-confidence. At the end of the series Kiriya proposes to her and they get married.

Aoi Kiriya (桐矢 葵, Kiriya Aoi?)

Kiriya first encounters Karin on the bus to his school, when he accidentally pulls up her skirt while picking up a book she drops. He is eventually able to convince her that his attraction to her in genuine and to go out with him. As their relationship grows, Kiriya pressures Karin about sex ("h-things"), but after some arguments he allows her the time she needs to get comfortable with the idea. He has a fetish for groping Karin or observing her bust even during a serious moment, much to Karin's embarrassment of course. As he lives alone, due to a conflict with his father, Kiriya works several part-time jobs in order to support himself. He loves photography, a hobby he learned from his late brother, and wants to be a professional photographer.

Yuka Ishikawa (石川 ユカ, Ishikawa Yuka?)

One of Karin's classmates who pretends to be Karin's friend. She takes advantage of Karin's shyness and low self-esteem. When she finds out Karin and Aoi are together, she becomes enraged and does things to push Karin away from him. After Aoi rescues Karin when Yuka locks her on the school's roof in the rain, she stops bullying Karin. However, when Karin starts to work part time for a restaurant where Yuka also works, she beings to tease her but she does not outright bully her.

Nanri Ayase (綾瀬 南里, Ayase Nanri?)

Nanri is the confident girl who helps Karin in a nonchalant manner. When Yuka picks on Karin, she defends Karin or often seeks her out afterwards to see to her. She dislikes Yuka and her buddies, referring to them as "low class people." She's not afraid to speak up to Yuka or call her out when she is being spiteful. She becomes best friends with Karin. She always assists Karin when it comes to problems about her relationship with Kiriya.