Saori Chiba

Saori, nicknamed Saorin, is a girl who is a fifth grader in Shūichi's class at the beginning of Hōrō Musuko. From early on, she takes an interest in encouraging Shūichi to cross-dress, even going so far as to buy him an expensive dress for his birthday which he later returns, much to her displeasure. Saori finds it difficult to associate well with most others, and as such has very few friends, though she becomes close friends with Shūichi. She tends to tell others what is on her mind, disregarding how others may take what she says.