Akira Ikushima

Akira Ikushima (Ikushima Akira) is a support character in the Dame na Watashi ni Koishite Kudasai series.

Appearance
Akira is a skinny but average height woman who has light red hair kept in a short bob with side bangs. She is typically seen wearing floral shorts, a jean jacket with a t-shirt underneath, and large hoop earrings in the summer.

Personality
Akira is a kind woman, yet carries an aggressive side when she or the people around her have been wronged. This is first seen when she disagrees about reopening the Himawari Cafe and smashes dishes when Kurosawa ignores her. She leaves to calm down, asking Shibata to go out with her and becomes a blabbering and emotional drunk that night. Her abrasive side is seen again when Shibata tells Akira that Junta tricked her out of 1,000,000¥. Akira helps Shibata get the money back, but not before calling Junta a "lying sack of shit."

Despite her strong personality, Akira often cries, usually in public, over her break up with Kurosawa.

Hobbies & Interests

 * drinking

Kurosawa Ayumu (previous)
Akira and Kurosawa dated for 8 years before breaking up due to an ultimatum set by Akira of either closing Himawari Cafe or breaking up, to which Kurosawa chose the latter. Akira fully admits that they were only together for so long because Kurosawa is kind, and that they only dated to begin with because Akira wouldn't stop pestering him - even after being rejected 3 times! She knows that Kurosawa is in love with someone else and is surprisingly okay with that.

Shibata Michiko
Akira and Shibata first met while Shibata was handing out flyers for Himawari Cafe. They hang out later on where Akira unloads her emotional baggage and tells Shibata her dreams for the future with Kurosawa. After helping Shibata get her money back from Junta, she tells Shibata that she has a terrible taste in men and hopes that she will pursue Kurosawa because he is a kind man that would treat her right. The duo continues to frequently go out for drinks and food, and to gossip about their lives.