Ichika Nagakura

Ichika Nagakura is the younger sister of Jiro Nagakura. She goes to Oto Elementary School, and is eight years old, being around eight to nine years younger than Jiro. She is very blunt and wears her heart on her sleeve.

Ichika has a crush on Heisuke Okami.

Appearance
Ichika has short, black hair, and a very expressive face. She is noted in her character page to be growing her hair longer to look more girly.

As a teenager, her hair has grown longer, and she is shown wearing it pigtails. She wears the Oto High School uniform with an oversized cardigan.

Personality
Ichika has been shown to be quite emotional and cheeky. She is very open about her crush on Heisuke, and remains this way until her teenage years.

Background
Ichika comes from a family consisting of at least five members: Herself, her big brother Jiro and their mother and father, as well as the family's pet cat Saburo.

While nothing has been revealed about Ichika's relationship with her parents, her relationship with Jiro has been covered a lot. The two share a very loving relationship, with Jiro being seen often carrying Ichika around or cuddling her. Jiro also took Ichika with him to the Oto High School cultural festival, where Ichika met Heisuke for the first time and developed her crush on him.

Relationships
An in-depth overview of all Ichika's relationships can be found here.

Quotes
(To Kako) "I feel so sorry for Hei-chan... I hate thinking that he's not happy..."

Trivia

 * According to her character page, Ichika has becme quite the smooth-talker by hanging out with Mikado and her friends.
 * According to the bonus page in volume 16, Ichika is still pursuing Heisuke as a teenager, but he cannot see her in a romantic light. If they ever were to date, it would probably happen when Ichika is in her thirties.