Nao Chikura

Nao Chikura (千倉 名央 Chikura Nao) is another of Ayumi Arihara's friends/classmates who is somewhat envious of the attention Kei Enomoto is getting. Along with Koyoi Bessho, Nao, for a while, stops walking home with Ayumi for fear of Misao Zaitsu. Being a member of the art club, she comes to admire the artist who made the painting of a Sakura tree, Renjou Yukito, and after meeting him, she asked him to assist her in her painting. However, upon his graduation, he left Japan, leaving her broken-hearted. When she learns of Hiroyuki Sogabe's feelings towards her, she became close to him. But it is hinted that she still holds strong feelings towards Yukito at the end of the series and it is stated by the author herself that whether Chikura has chosen Sogabe over Yukito or retain her feelings for Yukito has become an unsolved mystery.