Erika Shinohara (2024)

Erika Shinohara(篠原 エリカShinohara Erika) is the main protagonist of the series. She is a highschool girl who lied to her friends about having a boyfriend and claiming that an individual from an image she took was her boyfriend where that individual turned out to be Kyouya Sata, who happens to go that school. Later in the series, she developed some feelings for him, and then they were returned. Erica met Ellie and Uka there Kyoya been series there even there

In Volume 16 Chapter 58andVolume 16 Chapter 58.5, she is now married to Kyouya (which now makes her Erika Sata) and becomes the mother of Yuina Sata.

Appearance[]

Erika is a charming girl with sleek dark brown layered shoulder-length hair that is occasionally styled with accessories, big and glossy doe-like brown eyes and a slender, petite figure.

Like other characters, she is usually seen wearing her school uniform, which is a white blouse, a yellow vest, a red and white striped bow in the collar, a teal pleated skirt, navy knee-socks and brown loafers. Erika likes cute things and her casual clothes are usually feminine.

Erika has changed her hair in the anime and the manga:

• In Episode 10, she cuts her hair into a bobcut.
• In Volume 16 Chapter 58 and Volume 16 Chapter 58.5, she cuts her hair into a neck-length bob that she ties up in a small half ponytail to look somewhat mature and motherly.

Personality[]

Erika is often seen as an easy-going girl, but she is quite gullible as noted by Kyouya Sata who also has a strong determination and a lot of confidence, but she is afraid to show it in front of her boyfriend. She was also noted to be a "masoch*st" by Ayumi Sanda (Erika's best friend), when she told her that she agreed to being Kyouya's pet dog in exchange for him to be her pretend boyfriend. Erika has a habit of telling boastful lies which often comes back to bite her in the end. Besides that, she's also a glutton, someone who is capable of eating a lot.

Etymology[]

• The name Erika is written in katakana (エリカ), which has no special meaning. However, when written in kanji (絵理佳, 英里佳, 絵里加, 英里香, 恵里加, 恵梨香 or 恵里香), it could possibly mean:
  • 絵理佳 - "picture, painting" (絵) (e), "reason, logic" (理) (ri) and "good, beautiful" (佳) (ka).
  • 英里佳 - "excellent, fine" (英) (e), "village" (里) (ri) and "good, beautiful" (佳) (ka).
  • 絵里加 - "picture, painting" (絵) (e), "village" (里) (ri) and "add, increase" (加) (ka).
  • 英里香 - "excellent, fine" (英) (e), "village" (里) (ri) and "fragrance, fragrant" (香) (ka).
  • 恵里加 - "favor, benefit" (恵) (e), "village" (里) (ri) and "add, increase" (加) (ka).
  • 恵梨香 - "favor, benefit" (恵) (e), "pear" (梨) (ri) and "fragrance, fragrant" (香) (ka).
  • 恵里香 - "favor, benefit" (恵) (e), "village" (里) (ri) and "fragrance, fragrant" (香) (ka).
• Erika's surname Shinohara means "bamboo grass" (篠) (shino) and "field, plain" (原) (hara).
  • Her married name Sata means "help, aid" (佐) (sa) and "field, rice paddy" (田) (ta).

Trivia[]

• Erika gets the name "Wolf Girl" from the popular story "The Boy Who Cried Wolf" as an attribute of his habit of lying.
• Erika is noted for being a masoch*st (a person who derives sexual gratification from their own pain or humiliation) by Ayumi Sanda.