Mikado Yaguchi

Mikado Yaguchi (矢口三門, Yaguchi Mikado) is Kako Motoya's best friend and one of the main driving forces in the series- it is because of her that Kako and Kota Sagano met.

She's a beautiful girl who is not afraid to speak her mind or stand up for what she believes to be right. Mikado is also childhood friends with Jiro Nagakura, and treasures him dearly.

Appearance
Mikado is a girl of about average height, with brown eyes and medium-length brown (sometimes depicted almost red) hair, that she often wears up in a single ponytail.

Her school uniform consists of a brown skirt with a pink stripe in the hem, a white dress shirt paired with a loose hanging, checker patterned bow tie and a pair of knee-length, black socks paired with brown shoes. She usually wears a bow in her hair as well.

Personality
Mikado is a very expressive girl, who, on the outside, might seem like a complete ditz with the mouth of a sailor, but deep down hides a surprising amount of maturity. She seems to get embarrassed quite easily, as evidenced by her reaction to Kota questioning her about her relationship with Jiro as well as her thoughts on Ryu Katsunaga, and later on when Yui Sendo thinks she and Ryu are dating.

Background
Mikado's family consists of (at least) her, her two older sisters and her Father. Seeing as her Father works away from home, and her oldest sister has presumably moved away, she lives together with her second sister.

Whether or not Mikado has lived in Oto for all her life is not outwardly stated, however, judging by the fact that she is childhood friends with Jiro, whose family owns a bathouse in the city, it can be assumed that she has lived there at least for most of her life. The reason for why Mikado and Kako hadn't met as children was because they used to go to different schools.

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

Mikado is Kako's best friend. The two have been friends for a while, and are practically inseparable. The girls side with each other on most everything, and are very protective of one another. From Mikado's side this can be seen on multiple instances, like her initial disliking of Kota, Heisuke Okami and Yui, all of whom she blamed for having hurt Kako in one way or another. Once Kako's relationship is patched with each of the three, Mikado also warms up to and befriends them. She ends up becoming particularly close with Yui, and the two are shown to be still in contact with one another as adults. It is also through Kota, that Mikado meets Ryu, who is somewhat flirty with her and very open about fancying her. Whether or not they ended up dating one another is not revelaed, but Ryu is shown visiting Mikado at her workplace in the last chapter of the manga.

As mentioned before, Mikado is childhood friends with Jiro, and ended up developing a crush on him over time. The two are shown to share a deep understanding of one another, and to be very comfortable around each other. Despite this, Jiro ended up rejecting Mikado, as he was in love with someone else (Fuko Onozuka). Mikado takes the rejection well, as she already knew about Jiro's feelings, and even encourages Jiro to confess his feelings to Fuko.

Trivia

 * According to her character page, her birthday plants are Chinese ground orchids, cape yasmines, etcetera.
 * The meanings of these are "Unchanging love", "Bringing happiness", etcetera.
 * Her name Mikado stems from her being the third child, seeing as the kanji for three (三, san) can also be read as mi.