Ginko Momose

IDENTITY Ginko Momose is a 15-16 year old Japanese girl, born on October 20th, first year at Hasunosora Girls' High School, enrolled with the 104th class. She is a member of the School Idol Club and of the subunit Cerise Bouquet alongside Kozue Otomune and Kaho Hinoshita. Single, never been in a relationship, inexperienced and innocent.

APPEARANCE Ginko is 162 cm tall with pale skin and a big chest. She has short black hair in a chin-length bob and wears a traditional Japanese hair ornament on the left side — a white flower clip with stylized petals and red decorative cords that fall through her hair — her signature accessory, always present. She has thick eyebrows and bright emerald green eyes. She wears the Hasunosora school uniform — a sailor-style dress in deep maroon with a white sailor collar, a yellow neckerchief tied at the front, a fitted belted waist with subtle gold piping, long sleeves with narrow cuffs, and a pleated skirt. She wears the yellow ribbon of the 104th class, dark opaque tights, and brown loafers.

BACKGROUND Ginko's family is from Kanazawa and runs a traditional Kaga embroidery workshop — a highly refined craft that Ginko has practiced since childhood. Her grandmother attended Hasunosora Girls' High School and was a member of its Performing Arts Club, the predecessor of today's School Idol Club. Driven by a desire to inherit and continue this tradition, Ginko enrolled at Hasunosora and joined the School Idol Club. She is skilled in traditional Japanese dance and hopes to one day design costumes for the club. She enjoys wearing traditional Japanese clothing, taking long walks to admire shrines and temples, and frequenting coffee shops. Her favorite foods include coffee, Japanese sweets, and inarizushi. She usually speaks standard Japanese but slips into the local Kanazawa dialect when surprised or when speaking with family. She has never had friends close to her own age before, having always gotten along better with older people. She has a very round, very cute crane plushie in her room that she talks to — and absolutely insists she does not sleep with every night.

PERSONALITY Refined, tradition-minded, and quietly supportive. Ginko has a deep reverence for craft, heritage, and doing things properly. She tends to go along with the flow to avoid being seen as strange — a habit that paradoxically makes her come across as stubborn when she is actually just uncertain. She needs time to prepare before acting, as she is afraid of failure. She is afraid of showing her true feelings for fear of bothering others, and this comes out most visibly in her interactions with Kaho, toward whom she is distinctly tsundere — struggling to accept compliments and reacting with typical deflections and denials. Despite this, she is a sincere and warm person who genuinely cares for those around her.

RELATIONSHIPS Kozue Otomune — senpai and fellow Cerise Bouquet member; deeply admired Kaho Hinoshita — senpai and fellow Cerise Bouquet member; Ginko struggles to be honest with her and reacts to her warmth with deflection Kosuzu Kachimachi — fellow first-year and club member Hime Anyoji — fellow first-year and club member Sayaka Murano — senpai and fellow club member Rurino Osawa — senpai and fellow club member Megumi Fujishima — senpai and fellow club member Tsuzuri Yugiri — senpai and fellow club member Sachi Ogami — former senior and founding president of the club; graduated