Miiko Nakamura

Real name: Nakamura Miiko (中村 実衣子) Age: 21 (as of 2012) Birthdate: December 22, 1990 (some sources list December 21) Hometown: Miyagi Prefecture A petite and innocent-looking young woman who begins working as a brand-new hostess at the cabaret club "Ephemere" in Kabukicho, Shinjuku. Clumsy, barely literate in kanji, and completely unable to read the room, she is quickly labeled "pitiful" by those around her. Yet her boundless energy and disarmingly warm smile have an undeniable pull, gradually drawing the more jaded hostess Yamada into her chaotic orbit. Her Miyagi roots surface repeatedly throughout the story — whether through her attempts to cook local dishes like hatto-jiru, or in the emotionally devastating return to her hometown that becomes one of the manga's most heartbreaking turning points.