Akari Kurusu

Akari Kurusu is a rookie employee belonging to the First Development Division, working under Section Chief Takatsukasa Shinobu. She distinguished herself in the annual newcomer competition and is widely regarded as the most formidable rival to watch. Intensely competitive and driven by a strong sense of duty, she is acutely conscious of the expectations placed on her by superiors and colleagues alike. Though she privately struggles with self-doubt in certain areas such as drawing and works hard behind the scenes to improve, she consistently projects a capable and unyielding professional image to the outside world.