Karen Kino

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“	The only one worthy of standing at Kaguya's side is none other than president Shirogane!	”
—Karen, Kaguya-sama o Kataritai Chapter 1 Page 5

Karen Kino
Japanese	紀 かれん
Rōmaji	Kino Karen
Nickname	Shiptrash (by Kozue Makihara)
Profile
Gender	Female
Hair Color	Brown
Eye Color	Brown/Lavender (Manga) Lavender (Anime)
Personal Status
Status	Alive
Occupation	Mass Media Club Kaguya-sama Fanclub (Co-founder)
Year Level	Junior (2-C) (formerly) Senior (3-A) (current)
Relationships	Unnamed Father
Portrayal
Japanese VA	Madoka Asahina
English VA	Lindsay Seidel
Media Debut
Manga	Chapter 01
Anime	Episode 01

Karen Kino (紀 かれんきの かれん, Kino Karen) is a supporting character in the main series and one of the main characters of Kaguya-sama wo Kataritai. She is a member of the Mass Media Club and the daughter of the CEO of Kino Publishing.

Origin

Karen is based on Ki no Tsurayuki (紀 貫之), a famous poet from the Heian period of Japan.

Appearance

Karen is a girl of average height with long light brown hair, that are separated in the middle. She wears the standard Shuchi'in Academy girls uniform but she and her best friend Erika are been shown with many different matching outfits in official art.

She was initially shown with brown eyes, but this was changed to lavender in later appearance.

Personality

She is a major fan of Miyuki Shirogane and Kaguya Shinomiya, and often fantasizes about the two of them as a couple. She also has a knack for picking up on people's romantic feelings, being the only one of her friends who was aware of Maki's crush on Tsubasa.

History

Not many are known about her past except that she friends with Erika Kose, Maki Shijo and Nagisa Kashiwagi from childhood.

Trivia

• She is being show to know about bugs like the lacquer tree cockroach (a trait that isn't unique to her but she shares with Kaguya Shinomiya and Chika Fujiwara) and not being scared them even saying that it is noble to show compassion to them because the president would do the same. but didn't hesitate to kill one German cockroach because according to her it is was a pest.