Tamako Arai

Tamako Arai is a side character of Barakamon series. She is the older sister of Akihiko Arai and an aspiring mangaka who draws her own horror manga. Tamako has the appearance of a seemingly sweet girl with blackish-brown hair that is tied in thin pigtails with bangs covering her forehead, brown eyes and oval-framed glasses. While seen wearing casual clothes, she also wears the uniform of the school her and Miwa Yamamura attend, which consists of a sailor fuku-style top that has black on the collar with a red line going through it, a black pleated skirt, and brown loafers with mid calf socks. At first, Tamako is shy and doesn't talk much but she opens up when she talks about manga, becoming quite impassioned. She is also a closet fujoshi and obsessed with Seishuu Handa's male relationships. She can be mischievous as she often joins Miwa Yamamura in mischief making, but she is more mature as shown when Seishuu complained about how he shouldn't have come to the island because he was getting lazy and it started showing in his work. Miwa wanted to scold him, but Tama calmed her down and told her not to as she understands that Sensei had a lot of pride and needed time to cool his head.