A strict, by-the-book, bespectacled instructor at Futatsubashi Elementary School, who has gained a reputation as a fearsome authoritarian figure among students and staff alike. As the daughter of two teachers &mdash; one of whom has since gone on to become the chief of the board of education &mdash; it might come as little surprise that Sae Shirai would become one herself were it not for the fact that she hates children and eschews social interaction. Quiet and studious in her youth, Shirai&#039;s years of exposure to her mother&#039;s endless criticism combined with being written off as gloomy, serious, and plain by her peers without a second thought caused her to become embittered, asocial, and resentful of the world. Not only did this result in her adopting a highly disciplined, traditional, no-nonsense teaching style &mdash; one which clashes horribly with the enthusiastic, positive-thinking approach of Daisuke Aoki and causes them to butt heads on just about every topic imaginable &mdash; it all but eliminated any semblance of a social life as she has neither had sexual relations nor even dated anyone despite being nearly thirty years old, the former of which remains a tremendous bone of contention for her.

3rd grade teacher Aoki Daisuke didn't expect the first class he ever taught to be one of the toughest obstacles of his life. After getting off on the wrong foot with the entire class, a moment of kind-heartedness instantly convinces one of his students, Rin Kokonoe, to make the ill-fated Aoki-sensei her lover. But what exactly are Rin's intentions for wanting to actively seduce Aoki-sensei, and will Aoki-sensei be able to help her to deal with them?

__Height:__ 167 cm (5' 6")
Married fellow seiyuu [Akio Ohtsuka](https://anilist.co/staff/95146) in 2005, but they divorced in 2009.

Youko Soumi is a Japanese actress and voice actress affiliated with Mausu Promotion.

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Non-anime roles:~!
• Ayame in "Tenchu 1" (VG)
• Ayame in "Tenchu 3" (VG)
• Ayame in "Tenchu Fatal Shadows" (VG)
• Cerena in "Advance Guardian Heroes" (VG)
• Cristina Yang in "Grey's Anatomy" (live action TV series)
• Evren in "Panzer Dragoon Orta" (VG)
• Handy Muse in "Epidemic" (VG)
• Judge Drace in "Final Fantasy XII" (VG)
• Miranda in "The Legend Of Dragoon" (VG)
• Sandra Redbird in "Project Sylpheed" (VG)
• Seven of Nine in "Star Trek: Voyager" (Japanese Dub)
• Sherry Bristol in "Galaxy Angel" (VG)
• Veronica "Ronnie" Chase in "Veronica's Closet" (live-action TV series)!~


The story of Kodomo no Jikan is centered around 23-year-old Aoki Daisuke, who has just landed his first teaching job as a grade school teacher at Futatsubashi Elementary School. He is placed in charge of Class 3-1, where one of his students, a mischievously precocious Rin Kokonoe, develops a crush on him and goes so far as to proclaim herself Aoki's girlfriend. She aggressively pursues her efforts to be with her teacher despite the fact that he will lose his job if she gets too close, a situation further complicated by the often complex, intertwining relationships existing between them and their respective friends, families, and peers.<br><br>
(Source: Wikipedia)