__Height:__ 150 cm (4'11")

Kobato Hasegawa is the female secondary tritagonist from the Boku wa Tomodachi ga Sukunai series. She is Kodaka Hasegawa's younger sister and a student in the middle school division of St. Chronica's Academy who becomes the sixth member of the Neighbor's Club (with Yozora Mikazuki's approval) despite her juniority. She is very close to her brother and behaves in a jealous and clingy way whenever she feels that he is not giving her the attention she deserves, almost to the point where it is obvious that she has a brother complex. Shortly after birth Kobato and Kodaka's mother had passed away. Due to their father's low interaction with them, Kodaka had taken care of Kobato at a young age thus her becoming extremely clingy towards him. She sees Maria as a rival for Kodaka's brotherly affections and often gets into fights with the latter. The reason Kobato cannot make friends, (or rather, doesn't want to make any friends) is that she is under a constant self-delusion of being a Gothic vampire, and being naturally shy. In fact, she is wildly popular with the other students of her class, boys and girls alike. She has a penchant for darkness, vampires, and the macabre ever since she started watching an anime called Full Metal Necromancer. 

As a result, she often speaks in an affected fashion and claims to be known as "Reisys VI Felicity Sumeragi", an ancient vampire who has lived for ten thousand years, but this façade quickly breaks down when she gets emotionally worked up and she speaks in a strong Kyūshū accent. Indeed, her behavior does not for the most part differ from that of a regular girl (procrastinating with her homework, staying inside when it is hot, etc.) which Kodaka points out, causing her to be embarrassed and slightly lose character. Despite having the tendency to avoid strangers, Kobato seems to appreciate people who would act as a guardian to her, particularly her brother and Yozora. However, Kobato is not particularly fond of people who act aggressively in gaining her attention, particularly, people like Sena. 

Hasegawa Kodaka has transferred schools, and he's having a hard time making friends. It doesn't help that his blond hair tends to make people think he's a delinquent. One day, he runs into his bad-tempered solitary classmate Yozora while she's talking animatedly to her imaginary friend Tomo. Realizing that neither of them have any actual friends, they decide that the best way to alter this situation is to form a club and start recruiting. 
That is how "Rinjinbu", The Neighbours' Club, was formed, a club specifically designed for people who don't have very many friends. As other lonely classmates slowly join their little club, they'll try to learn how to build friendships through cooking together, playing games, and other group activities. But will this group of relationship-challenged misfits really be able to get along?

__Height:__ 156 cm (5'1")

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__Introduction__
Kana Hanazawa is a voice actress, actress, singer, former child actress, and talent represented by Office Osawa. In July 2020, she married fellow voice actor [Kensho Ono](https://anilist.co/staff/95819), whom she had been dating since 2017. 

__Early Career__
Hanazawa originally became a child actress at the age of 8. Amongst other roles, she starred in the well-known TV school show _Appare Sanma Daisensei_ and the TV series _Gakkou no Sensei_. At that time she was contracted to Big Apple, and later to Five Eight and Smile Monkey.

__Voice Acting Career__
At the age of 14, she made her voice acting debut in 2003 as Holly in _[Last Exile](https://anilist.co/anime/97/)_. Three years later in 2006, she was selected for a major role in TV Tokyo's anime mecha series _[Zegapain](https://anilist.co/anime/878/)_. She was playing the main character's childhood friend, [Kaminagi Ryouko](https://anilist.co/character/2578/), and her performance was one of the main reasons for the character's popularity amongst fans. It was afterwards that she came under contract at prestigious voice acting talent agency Office Osawa in 2007.

Hanazawa went to university in 2007, while at the same time, she began to make her mark as a voice actress. She was voted in 2010 as "Best Female Voice Actress" by listeners of the radio program Nonko and Nobita's Anime Scramble. She graduated from university in 2011, and in the same year became a full-time voice actress.

Hanazawa won Best Supporting Actress at the 9th Seiyuu Awards for her role as [Kosaki Onodera](https://anilist.co/character/52723/) in _[Nisekoi](https://anilist.co/anime/18897/)_. She also won Newtype's Best Voice Actress award in 2015 and later in 2018.

__Music Career__
On February 23, 2012, it was announced that Hanazawa would launch her official website. A few days later, during the Kana Hanazawa Solo Debut Presentation Party event, it was announced that she would release four singles within a year: "Hoshizora Destination" on April 25, "Hatsukoi no Oto" released on July 18, "Happy Endings" on October 24 (an ending theme for _[Zetsuen no Tempest](https://anilist.co/anime/14075/)_), and "Silent Snow" on January 16, 2013. Her first album Claire was released on February 20, 2013, and her second album 25 was released on February 26, 2014. She released an album title Blue Avenue in April 2015 and went on a concert tour starting at the Nippon Budokan on May 3. The Blu-ray release of the show, Live Avenue Kana Hanazawa in Budokan, ranked number six in sales.

__Trivia__
- She was invited to Anime Festival Asia 2010 on stage.
- She used to be a junior idol in Akihabara where hundreds of people came to watch her, which is how she got her breakthrough for her acting career in commercials before becoming a voice actress.

**Non-anime roles:**
- [Marie](https://anilist.co/character/89069/Marie) - Persona 4 Golden (VG)
- Hakari Atsuko - Blue Archive (VG)
- Illya - Memento Mori (VG)
- Marian - Goddess of Victory: Nikke (VG)
- Modernia - Goddess of Victory: Nikke (VG)
- Alice Kuonji (Caster) - Fate/Grand Order (VG)

Born in: Argyle, Texas, U.S.A.

She announced her retirement from voice acting due to difficulties recording at her home.

Non-anime roles:
~!Hermia in "Midsummer Night’s Dream" (play)  Juliet in "Romeo and Juliet Lead" (play)  Lisa in "Key Exchange" (play)  Magician's Assistant in "Norma's Place" (TV)  Principal/Dory in "Walker Texas Ranger" (TV)  Tiffany in "Invasion of the Baud iSnatchers" (play)!~

[Website ](http://www.syvoice.com/) | [Instagram ](https://www.instagram.com/coolvoice99/)

She uses the name So-Yeon as her stage name.

The Neighbor's Club&mdash;a club founded for the purpose of making friends, where misfortunate boys and girls with few friends live out their regrettable lives. 
Although Yozora Mikazuki faced a certain incident at the end of summer, the daily life of the Neighbor's Club goes on as usual. A strange nun, members of the student council and other new faces make an appearance, causing Kodaka Hasegawa's life to grow even busier. 
While they all enjoy going to the amusement park, playing games, celebrating birthdays, and challenging the "school festival"&mdash;a symbol of the school life normal people live&mdash;the relations amongst the members slowly begins to change... 
Let the next stage begin, on this unfortunate coming-of-age love comedy!! 
(Source: Anime News Network)

Recent high school transfer student Hasegawa Kodaka is pathetically inept at making friends. Kodaka is an outcast, with his natural blonde hair which he inherited from his deceased English mother, and his unpleasant, fierce gaze. When he comes across the brash loner Mikazuki Yozora, who typically chats with her imaginary friend, the two outsiders become the unlikeliest of allies.
 
Realizing that they have no hope of a normal social life, the two rejects decide to form a group called “The Neighbors Club” in order to make friends and maybe even learn a thing or two about social skills. As luck would have it, five new members join the club who are more socially awkward than they are. Will these quirky misfits ever make normal friends, or are they all doomed to social failure?
 (Source: Seven Seas Entertainment)
 
Note: Chapter count includes 11 extras.

Hasegawa Kodaka has transferred schools, and he's having a hard time making friends. It doesn't help that his blond hair tends to make people think he's a delinquent. One day, he runs into his bad-tempered solitary classmate Yozora while she's talking animatedly to her imaginary friend Tomo. Realizing that neither of them have any actual friends, they decide that the best way to alter this situation is to form a club and start recruiting. 
That is how "Rinjinbu", The Neighbours' Club, was formed, a club specifically designed for people who don't have very many friends. As other lonely classmates slowly join their little club, they'll try to learn how to build friendships through cooking together, playing games, and other group activities. But will this group of relationship-challenged misfits really be able to get along?

Unaired 13th episode of Boku wa Tomodachi ga Sukunai.

Recent high school transfer student Hasegawa Kodaka is pathetically inept at making friends. Kodaka is an outcast, with his natural blonde hair which he inherited from his deceased English mother, and his unpleasant, fierce gaze. When he comes across the brash loner Mikazuki Yozora, who typically chats with her imaginary friend, the two outsiders become the unlikeliest of allies.
 
Realizing that they have no hope of a normal social life, the two rejects decide to form a group called “The Neighbors Club” in order to make friends and maybe even learn a thing or two about social skills. As luck would have it, five new members join the club who are more socially awkward than they are. Will these quirky misfits ever make normal friends, or are they all doomed to social failure?
 (Source: Seven Seas Entertainment)

A "what if" alternative version of the original story, on which the cast gets acquainted in a different manner. 
The basic premise is that Kodaka, a rude looking and easily misunderstood transfer student catches a glimpse from a conversation between Sena (the most popular girl on school) and "her friend" Renka (a character from a visual novel); after a short discussion followed, Sena decides to give it a try and make some friends with Kodaka's help. 
This is a tweak from the original premise, on which Kodaka catches Yozora speaking to her "air friend", and is Yozora the one who decides to start practicing how to make friends with Kodaka's help.

Boku wa Tomodachi ga Sukunai Shobo-n! is a spin-off comic series written by Kazehana Chiruwo and illustrated by Shirabi. It's a collection of oneshots focusing on the members of the Neighbor's Club and their relationships with each other.
 
Welcome to the Neighbors Club! Pull up a chair! Have a soda… or is that a love potion? Just don’t get too comfortable, because the club is up to their usual shenanigans. You never know when you’ll find them engaged in questionable conversation about fetishes, or running a three-legged race to win the attention of the club’s unwilling “harem master,” or sharing a moment of bonding in the school bathroom. Whatever the event, you can count on the Neighbors Club to march to the beat of a different drummer. This spinoff collection of short stories continues their misadventures and misunderstandings like never before, in their ongoing mission to try — and fail! — to make friends.
 
(Source: Seven Seas Entertainment)

An anthology of Boku wa Tomodachi ga Sukunai by various mangaka.
 
Volume 1 (2011/10/22) 
#Cover illustration: Mizoguchi Keiji 
#Color illustration: Youta, okiura, karory, Higa Yukari 
1. Atashi to Dorei to Blue Day (あたしとドレイとブルーデイ) [Itachi] 
2. Koketsu ni Irazunba Tomo wo Ezu (虎穴に入らずんば友を得ず) [Ayakura Juu] 
3. Tomodachi Tsukamu nara, Mazu wa Ibukuro wo Tsukame Sakusen!? (友達掴むなら、まずは胃袋を掴め作戦!?) [nini] 
4. Toaru Hikoushi no Tsuioku (とある飛行士の追憶) [Haruno Tomoya] 
5. Joshiryoku Hensachi (女子力偏差値) [pun2] 
6. Yarakasune! Rinjin-bu! (やらかすね! 隣人部!) [Shirabi × Kazahana Chiruwo] 
7. Kobato Ganbaru. (こばとがんばる。) [Takei Ooki (TIES)] 
8. Karaoke de no Tomodachi no Tsukurikata (カラオケでの友達の作り方) [Atto] 
9. Rikashitsu e Kerasete Itadakimasu! (理科室へ帰らせていただきます!) [Hotaru Takana+Piroshiki] 
10. Ankoku Potato Chip no Higeki (暗黒ぽてちの悲劇) [Takamura Masaya] 
11. Barairo no Seishun? (薔薇色の青春?) [Toru Kei] 
12. Telephone Shocking (テレフォンショッキング) [Toru Kei] 
13. Sangokushi wa Bocchi no Tashinami (三国志はぼっちの嗜み) [紫嶺タカシ] 
14. Tenshi ga Egao ni Nareru nara (天使が笑顔になれるなら) [Rokushou Kokuu] 
15. Mizugi Hinpyou-kai (水着品評会) [Uonuma Yuu (うおぬまゆう)] 
16. Kashiwazaki Sena no Yuuutsu (柏崎星奈の憂鬱) [Shiranami Sui (白波翠)] 
17. Yukimura, Samurai ni Naru (幸村、侍になる) [meet neet.] 
18. Kobato 16-sai (小鳩16歳) [Sugano Manami] 
19. Biyouin e Ikou (美容院へ行こう) [山田孝太郎×三浦男雄]
 
Volume 2 (2012/3/23) 
#Cover illustration: CUTEG 
#Color illustration: Runa (屡那), Sayori (さより), Mankoku Ayuka (万国あゆか) 
1. Kobato-chan no "Konna no Kyuuketsuki Yanai mon!" (小鳩ちゃんの「こんなの吸血鬼やないもん!」) [Hasemi Ryo (長谷見亮)] 
2. Sena→Sena?! (星奈→星奈!?) [Sanshoku Amido.] 
3. Hima wo Mate Amashita Kamigami no Asobi (暇を待て余した髪々の遊び) [Ichiri] 
4. Nounai Universe (脳内ユニバース) [Kouji (コウジ)] 
5. Gothic Lolinjin-bu! (ゴスロリんじんぶ!) [kona] 
6. Otomegokoro (オトメゴコロ) [Shouno Kotaro] 
7. Zannen na Satsuei-kai (残念な撮影会) [100 Yen Locker] 
8. Sister vs. Sister (シスターvs.シスター) [Natsuki Yuu (なつきゆう)] 
9. Bath Time Trouble (バスタイムトラブル) [Komoda] 
10. Getabako no Tegami wa Bara no Kaori!? (下駄箱の手紙は薔薇の薫り!?) [Nuruken (ぬるけん)] 
11. Onegai My Sena-sama☆ (おねがい マイ星奈様☆) [クスィー大誠] 
12. Ha wo Nai (Boku wa Real Fight wo Tomenai) (はをない（僕はリアルファイトをとめない）) [Yukiwo] 
13. Hentai de Tensai demo Shoujo Desukara! (変態で天才でも少女ですから!) [Tsuzuri] 
14. Yaranai Zen yori Yaru Gizen! (やらない善よりやる偽善!) [Akidzuki Akina (秋月秋名)] 
15. Tatoeba, Sonna Nichijou. (例えば、そんな日常。) [Yuizaki Akina (ユイザキカズヤ)] 
16. Rinki Ouhen mo Tanin tomo Yoki Kankei wo (臨機応変も他人とも善き関係を) [Mitsu King] 
17. Yukimura, Kaizou Keikaku! (幸村、改造計画!) [Choborau Nyopomi (ちょぼらうにょぽみ)]
 
Volume 3 (2013/1/23) 
#Cover illustration: Yuugen 
#Color illustration: Shirabi, Kasuga Ayumu, Ningen (にんげん), Yoshida Morohe 
1. Tenshi to Akuma to Lunchtime (天使と悪魔とランチタイム) [Tiv] 
2. Batsu Game (罰ゲーム) [Hisasi] 
3. Sena x Yozora (星奈×夜空) [Hijiki] 
4. Taberarenai nara Tatakatte Shimaeba Ii Jyanai. (食べられないなら闘ってしまえばいいじゃない。) [Murasaki Hisato (村崎久都)] 
5. Tobikome! Rinjinmura (とびこめ! りんじん村) [Nariie Shinichirou] 
6. Haganai! (はがないっ!) [Kon Takuto] 
7. An-chan to Issho! (あんちゃんといっしょ!) [Kagisora Tomiyaki] 
8. Ganbare Sumeragi-san (がんばれすめらぎさん) [Yoshioka Kimitake] 
9. Kisekae Yukimura-kun (着せ替え幸村くん) [葵季みつみ] 
10. Hasegawa-ke no Kyuujitsu (羽瀬川家の休日) [rin] 
11. Irekawarinjin-bu (いれかわりんじんぶ) [Kino Konoki] 
12. Seikimatsu Nazo Inryousui Densetsu: Kodaka no Ken (世紀末謎飲料水伝説 小鷹の件) [Take Shinobu] 
13. Tanoshii Rinjin-bu (楽しい隣人部) [Gin (ぎん)] 
14. Nuigurumi wa Hisoka ni Warau (ぬいぐるみは密かに嗤う) [Mukunoki Nanatsu] 
15. Otoko to Otoko no Love Game!? (男と男のラブゲーム!?) [Nakamura Kira] 
16. Futari no ☆Omoiyari (ふたりの☆おもいやり) [しゅがすく] 
17. Rui wa Tomo wo Yoba... nai?(類は友を呼ば...ない?) [Kuro no Miki] 
18. Tsuru to Peta (つるとペタ) [Shouji Ayumu] 
19. Bokura wa Purikura mo Torenai (´ ・ω・｀) (僕らはプリクラも撮れない(´ ・ω・｀)) [Mori Misaki] 
20. Virtual Osaka Natsu no Jin! (ヴァーチャル大坂夏の陣!) [bomi/木瓜庵] 
21. Yume wo Mita Ano Hi Bokutachi wa (夢を見たあの日 僕たちは) [Sakayama Shinta]

The successor of Shobon, Boku wa Tomodachi ga Sukunai Hiyori is a collection of oneshots about the Neighbor's Club's activities.
 
Through their adventures and misadventures, the Neighbors Club has become a tight-knit group of… what’s that word? People who hang out together, laugh and cry together, bond over their own ridiculous in-jokes, squabble, and plan nonevents. Not “friends” if these misfits could make friends, why would they be in the club in the first place? Or so they think! It seems outsiders may see things very differently. With no normal friends in sight, the club members continue to band together for both special and mundane occasions, whether it’s choosing Halloween costumes, making the first shrine visit of the new year, helping each other find work, or simply trying to recruit new members. There could even be a duel or two in store with this bunch, anything can happen!
 
(Source: Seven Seas Entertainment)