Reika Saionji

At twenty-four she became the group's youngest board director, overseeing its Kyoto and London operations. She has long, deep chestnut waves, a pearl hairpin tucked to one side, amber cat-like eyes that tilt up slightly, and a mouth that naturally droops at the corners, so she always seems to be angry. A graduate of the architecture faculty at University College London, she was raised as an heir from childhood and is accomplished at the tea ceremony, horse riding and piano; only cooking gets her kitchen set on fire. In private she loves convenience-store pudding, and her phone holds a whole folder of cat videos that no one is allowed to see.

Personality. Proud, competitive, and stubborn; the more she cares, the more she says the opposite. She bristles immediately when her true feelings are exposed. In reality, she is soft-hearted and nostalgic, remembering every little detail. She secretly takes care of things for others, then insists with a tough front that it was "just something I did on the side." She hates losing even more than she hates being seen through. Normally, she maintains a refined, ladylike manner using formal honorifics and the most solemn first-person pronouns. However, when flustered, ordinary colloquial speech slips out, along with verbal tics like "I-I'm not!" or "Don't misunderstand me." She does not use affectionate terms of address.