Minori Kushieda

Minori Kushieda is one of the main characters from the Toradora anime and light novels.

Minori is a girl in Ryuuji's class, Class 2-C and is Taiga Aisaka's best friend. She is also known by the pet name "Minorin" (as a form of friendly affection).

Appearance
Minori has shoulder-length amaranth pink hair with purple eyes and her height is average for a Japanese girl, but still, she is very athletic. She usually wears the school's uniform inside the school, and outside of the school she either wears casual clothes, jeans and tops or uniform on wear her part-time job is.

Personality
She is very athletic and is the captain of the girl's softball club at school, and, in the later part of the series, the captain of the merged boys and girls softball team. Her energy is a never-ending flow, and this energy is extremely shown in her personality. She is usually cheerful, if not always and knows exactly how to turn a mistake into a thing to be happy about or laughed at.

At the same time, she holds many part time jobs, like a mobile phone stylist, a waitress at a family restaurant, a clerk at a convenience store, steam boat store and at a karaoke box. Later on in the series, she reveals that she is working hard because she does not want to hinder anyone and because she wants to save lots of money, then get into a sports university and aim for the national softball league.

She is a glutton when it comes to food, but is also constantly combating with dieting, calling herself a 'diet warrior'. This (again) reflects her energetic personality.

She gets a thrill out of being scared, unlike most people. She also seems to have a very high amount of skill in that regard. Whether it's acting scared or scaring others.

Despite her air-headed tendencies, she is very perceptive, and is one of the few people to see Ryuuji for the gentle person he is, and is also not fooled by Ami's acts of innocence. Her intuition is very noteworthy, and she can question a single act down to the point where it can be answered with simple responses. She also sees and knows that Ryuuji and Taiga love and care for each other deeply despite Taiga's acts of pushing Ryuuji and Minori to be together.

It is implied that her air-headed tendencies is a facade, to hide the deepest sadness in her heart that she doesn't want to show. This is shown when she gets nosebleeds sometimes.

Trivia

 * Minori is definitely in love with Ryuuji, but her affection for Taiga is so suspect that Minori herself isn't quite sure if it's platonic or not.
 * Looks and acts in a way that is reminiscent of Tsukihime's Kohaku, likewise, Minori also has some issues she covers up with her energetic attitude.
 * Minori is considered a false romantic lead as she was set up as Ryuuji's love interest and he spends most of the series trying to get together with her with Taiga's help. However, from the title alone you know the series is about Ryuuji and Taiga's relationship.