Iori Nagase

Iori Nagase is one of the main characters of Kokoro Connect series. She is the president of the Student Cultural Society. She attends the same homeroom as Taichi and Inaba and is seen as a bright and popular individual amongst her peers. A bold and dynamic character, Iori endeavors to bring excitement and fun to the Cultural Club and later develops into the voice of reason amongst her friends, keeping peace during times of strife. Iori also lives alone with her single mother who is often out. Iori is considered to be very cute and big busted body. She wears her shoulder-length, dark-purple hair in a pigtail with a pink scrunchy on the left side. She has dark-blue eyes and a beauty mark on her face, just below her mouth. Iori is usually seen wearing her school's uniform and opts to wear shorts underneath her skirt. In later volumes of the novel, Iori is shown to abandon her pigtail, allowing her hair to flow freely. Iori is generally shown to be energetic, playful, and strongly opposed to negative feelings, working tirelessly to relieve tensions and keep things light-hearted. Also, due to previously having a violent stepfather, she has developed a habit of altering her personality to fit the expectations of others. As a result, Iori presents herself as especially courteous when around authority figures and especially cheerful when she's around her friends. Iori enjoys making perverted jokes and tongue twisters which Taichi often finds himself roped into. After Michi Random, Iori expresses herself much more freely, embracing the good and bad parts of herself, even being violent when necessary. She is also the one that keeps everyone together, giving wise advise to the rest of the club and looking after the 1st years. In Yume Random, Iori, because she likes working with kids, decides that she will be a teacher in the future. In Precious Time, Iori decides to go to a university and major in education. She received a recommendation from Yamaboshi High, and also began doing volunteer work as a teacher for an affiliated elementary school in her free time.