A 3rd-year middle school student and a close friend of Miwa Yamamura. Her future ambition is to be a mangaka. Perpetually wary of seeming like an otaku, she attempts to hide her manga-related interests and fujoshi-like tendencies. 

Seishuu Handa is an up-and-coming calligrapher: young, handsome, talented, and unfortunately, a narcissist to boot. When a veteran labels his award-winning piece as "unoriginal," Seishuu quickly loses his cool with severe repercussions. 

As punishment, and also in order to aid him in self-reflection, Seishuu's father exiles him to the Goto Islands, far from the comfortable Tokyo lifestyle the temperamental artist is used to. Now thrown into a rural setting, Seishuu must attempt to find new inspiration and develop his own unique art style—that is, if boisterous children (headed by the frisky Naru Kotoishi), fujoshi middle schoolers, and energetic old men stop barging into his house! The newest addition to the intimate and quirky Goto community only wants to get some work done, but the islands are far from the peaceful countryside he signed up for. Thanks to his wacky neighbors who are entirely incapable of minding their own business, the arrogant calligrapher learns so much more than he ever hoped to. 
(Source: MAL Rewrite)

__Current Residence:__ Tokyo, Japan
__Height:__ 150.3 cm
__Hobbies and Abilities:__ fashion, shopping, memorization
__Agency:__ 81 Produce

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She was discovered in 81 Produce's 3rd Seiyuu Audition in August, 2009, becoming one of the seven finalists amongst 1,109 who took initially part and won the excellence prize in the end. She made her debut in a minor role for the anime [Sasameki Koto](https://anilist.co/anime/6203).

(Source: AniDB)

__Non-anime roles:__
- Ami Aiba in "Digimon Story: Cyber Sleuth" (VG)
- Arin in "Fairy Fencer F" (VG)
- Elizabeth Bathory in "Fate/Grand Order" (VG)
- Female Protagonist in "Digimonstory Cybersleuth" (VG)
- Isto in "ToHeart2 Dungeon Travelers 2" (VG)
- Lancer in "Fate/Extra CCC" (VG)
- Little Red Riding Hood in "Kongokutou Mary Skelter" (VG)
- Lunalu in "Granlue Fantasy" (VG)
- Mayuka Morimoto in "Chou Ginga Sendan -Infinity-" (VG)
- Misaki Shinoyama in "Star Horse Pocket" (VG)
- Rider (Astolfo) in "Fate/Grand Order" (VG)
- Tia in "Goddess of Victory: Nikke" (VG)

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Apphia Yu, also known as Ayu Sakata, is an American voice actress, director, and producer. She has worked on games such as Loren The Amazon Princess and Tales of Aravorn: Seasons of the Wolf, or for anime like Assassination Classroom. She is the founder of sakevisual, a company based in Dallas, Texas that makes original visual novel games. She is married to voice actor [Micah Solusod](https://anilist.co/staff/103686/).

(Source: Wikipedia)

For a certain reason, a handsome, young calligrapher by the name of Seishuu Handa uproots himself and moves to an island on the westernmost edge of Japan. "Sensei," as he comes to be known, is a city boy through and through, and has never experienced rural life until now. And by the looks of it, he has much to learn! Luckily(?), he has a willing teacher in Naru, the energetic expert islander, to help show him the ropes. But can Sensei keep up with the plucky first-grader, or will he get schooled?! Here unfolds a heartfelt island comedy about a gruff on the outside, soft on the inside urbanite teacher and his new, unfailingly kind island neighbors! 
(Source: Yen Press)
 
Notes: 
- One extra and four side stories are included in volume 18+1. 
- Original serialization was completed on 2018-12-12 with 18 volumes (139 chapters). 
- A new limited-run serialization was started on 2023-04-12 and ended on 2023-09-12 in Monthly Shounen Gangan, in conjunction with the TV-drama adaptation. This new run adds 7 chapters and 1 volume to the total count.

Short specials for Barakamon, including Episode 0, airing on the official YouTube channel before every regular episode.

A collection of short stories published between 2005 and 2009.
 
Features appearances by Miwa and Tama of <a href=''https://anilist.co/anime/20722/Barakamon">Barakamon</a>.

Tamako Arai