Noriko Kashiwagi

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Noriko Kashiwagi is a character from Persona 4. Part of the Yasogami High School faculty, she is one of the homeroom teachers. Kashiwagi has shoulder-length, light brown hair and brown eyes. She wears a slightly unbuttoned, pink collared shirt with a dark purple skirt. In the anime, she wears a lavender collared shirt. Kashiwagi is an irresponsible teacher, laidback that she actively makes advances towards younger men and likes to take full advantage of her charms. Despite her flirtatious attitude, she has an inferiority complex concerning her age and takes offense to whoever might suggest that she is old, like being called "Grandma." Her personality is similar to that of Hanako's; however, she is more prone to selfish fits of jealousy, especially towards Rise Kujikawa, due to her status as an idol and going as far as to call her "inexperienced jail-bait." She doesn't understand nor acknowledge the responsibility Rise takes in her role as an idol and is simply upset that Rise is more "attractive" than her because she's young or so she thinks. She has an aggressive and unnatural competitive side, as other students comment on whether she thinks she's "Rise's rival." Even during the beauty pageant, she's condescending and confident she'll win, sneering at other contestants and nip their self-esteem in the bud; Chie Satonaka compares her to "the rival woman on a soap opera." Although she's not fond of idols like Morooka, she instead really likes mascots, and has remarked that she liked Teddie as a stuffed animal, since she gets "tempted by animals with such unique designs."