Saki-biyori

咲日和
Saki Biyori: BG-han

Manga7.1311 votes7 volumes · 106 chaptersFinished

ComedySlice of LifeSchoolSeinen

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Synopsis

Side stories of the Saki manga in 4-koma format.

Published

Jun 17, 2011 to Mar 24, 2018

Authors

Kiyoshi, Saya

External links

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MAL rank: #8448
Members (MAL): 1,142
Favorites (MAL): 4

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Adaptation

Saki Biyori Animation (anime)

Parent Story

Saki

Main characters

Koromo Amae92 fan favorites
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Koromo Amae is a premier member of the reigning champion Mahjong team, Ryuumonbuchi, and one of the most idolized yet feared players in the game. She is said to be possessed by a demon when playing; she even outranked a professional Mahjong player at a previous tournament. She is also the key player that brings an end to Kazekoshi's winning streak. She has a bad habit of wanting to crush her opponent's pride. She is Touka's cousin, their relationship akin to those of siblings due to the amount of time they have spent together. She prefers to not be seen as a child, despite their small stature and her childish personality. She acts in a very friendly manner, always wanting to make friends with everyone she meets and in hopes of being treated lovingly.
Nodoka Haramura82 fan favorites
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Nodoka Haramura is a first-year student at Kiyosumi High School in Nagano Prefecture and a protagonist in the Saki series. She is also a supporting character in the spin-off manga Saki: Achiga-hen - Episode of Side-A. She has played online mahjong since a young girl and develops a eventually passion for it. Her father, who works as an attorney, disapproves of Nodoka's interest but does not prohibit it. Because of her mother's work assignment, her family usually moves to a different city every two to three years. She moves to Nara Prefecture prior to her final year in elementary school and soon enters Achiga Girls' Academy for middle school. While in Nara, Nodoka befriends Shizuno Takakamo and briefly joins Achiga's mahjong club. Nodoka's family moves again after one year at Achiga to Nagano, where she enters Takatoobara Middle School and meets Yuuki Kataoka. The two join its mahjong club and meet younger teammates Hiroko Murohashi and Maho Yumeno. Takatoobara enters the prefectural middle school mahjong tournament the following year but does not qualify for the national tournament. However, Nodoka qualifies in the individual tournament and proceeds to win the national championship. She begins receiving much publicity after winning the national title, and the media often exaggerates her skills as a mahjong genius. Her family plans to move again after she completes middle school, but Nodoka wishes to remain in Nagano and enter Kiyosumi High School with Yuuki. Her father reluctantly agrees, and she aims to also win the national high school championship in return. Upon entering Kiyosumi, she meets fellow first-year student Saki Miyanaga is devastated by the fact that Saki possesses skill in mahjong that surpasses her own. Nodoka's initial contempt for Saki eventually disappears, and the two grow closer to each other with the promise of reaching the national high school mahjong team tournament with Yuuki and their senior teammates.
Mihoko Fukuji64 fan favorites
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Mihoko Fukuji is a third year student serving as the Captain of the Kazekoshi Mahjong Club as well as being the team's ace player. She has a very kind nature, being nice to everyone she meets regardless of who they may be; her kindness extends even to the point where she offers Yuuki, an opposing player from the contending school team, Kiyosumi, her bento so that she would calm down. She even becomes very teary when her teammates help her out, as she feels that it was her fault that her teammates had to work in her place because it was her responsibility. She has been revealed to be very ineffective when working with technology.
Toyone Anetai28 fan favorites
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Toyone Anetai is a third-year student at Miyamori Girls' High School in Iwate Prefecture and a supporting character in the manga "Saki." She is much taller than the average high school student, and her height also eclipses that of Ryuumonbuchi High School's Jun Inoue. Despite her appearance Toyone is a fairly lively girl, getting excited over her opponenets matches. She tried to give encouragement to a devastated Aislinn Wishart after he defeat, showing that she is pretty caring towards her teammates. Toyone is very confident in her mahjong abilities. She also is an admirer of Eisui Girls' High School's Komaki Jindai. Prior to joining the mahjong club, Miyamori's team consisted only of Shiromi Kosegawa, Kurumi Kakura, and Sae Usuzawa. Toyone often wears wide brim hats.
Ako Atarashi25 fan favorites
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Ako Atarashi is a first-year high school student at Achiga Girls' Academy in Nara Prefecture and a protagonist in the spin-off manga "Saki Achiga-hen episode of side-A". She is an elementary school friend of Shizuno Takakamo and Nodoka Haramura. She was the third best player in Achiga's mahjong club as an elementary school student. When the club disbanded, she attended a different middle school in order to continue playing and intended on entering mahjong powerhouse Bansei High School. When Shizuno re-established the club, she decided to return to the school.
Hiroe Atago7 fan favorites
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Hiroe Atago is a third-year student at Himematsu High School in South Osaka and a supporting character in the manga "Saki". She presents herself as a boastful character and can be seen by others as somewhat rude and tactless. She is the older sister of teammate Kinue Atago.
Sela Eguchi3 fan favorites
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Sela Eguchi is a third-year student at Senriyama Girls' High School in North Osaka and a supporting character in the spin-off manga "Saki: Achiga-hen episode of side-A". Sela is a real tomboy. Not only that her body and haircut are like a boy's, she also wears male uniform. Her behavior is very boyish as well. She is so boyish she refers to herself as "ore".
Sumiyo Fukabori1 fan favorites
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Kouko Fukuyo1 fan favorites
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Kouko Fukuyo is a broadcast announcer of mahjong tournaments and a supporting character of the manga "Saki". She provides commentary alongside Sukoya Kokaji during the East Tokyo prefectural qualifying tournament and the national tournament. Kouko possesses an eccentric personality and is very passionate in her work; however, she often overlooks details during her broadcasts, leaving Sukoya to correct her from time to time.
Hiroko Funakubo1 fan favorites
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Hiroko Funakubo is a second-year student at Senriyama Girls' High School in North Osaka and a supporting character in the spin-off manga "Saki: Achiga-hen episode of side-A". She is the strategist of the Senriyama team and carefully researches the performance and skills of opposing players prior to tournaments. She is a cousin of Hiroe and Kinue Atago of Himematsu High School in South Osaka. She is also a niece of Senriyama mahjong club supervisor which weighs a lot on her because people outside the team think that she got her position because of relations and not skill.
Sakurako Gibbard1 fan favorites
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Seika Bundou0 fan favorites
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Seika is a first year student at Kazekoshi Girl's High School who managed to move up into the Mahjong Club's regulars in a mere two months.
Yasuko Fujita0 fan favorites
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Yasuko Fujita is a pro mahjong player who seems to have friendly relations with Hisa Takei (the president of Kiyosumi's mahjong club). She has a fondness for rice bowls with pork and can be seen eating them during matches and while commentating. Fujita appears as a special guest commentator during the team prefecture tournament and the individual prefecture tournament.
Harue Akado0 fan favorites
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Harue Akado is the mahjong club coach at her alma mater Achiga Girls' Academy in Nara Prefecture and is a protagonist in the spin-off manga "Saki Achiga-hen episode of side-A". Harue was once known as the "Legend of Achiga" for taking the school to the national high school team mahjong tournament. After the team's defeat, she lost confidence and stopped playing mahjong for some time, leading to the team's eventual disbandment. She was later scouted by a professional team but returns home several years later when the company decides break the team up.
Sumire Hirose0 fan favorites
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Sumire Hirose is a third-year student at Shiraitodai High School in West Tokyo. She is a close friend of teammate Teru Miyanaga and the only person known to Teru who seems to have had prior knowledge of Saki's existence. Sumire is calm and polite to her friends and opponents. She never rushes to make her decision and always calmly thinks about it throughly.
Kinue Atago0 fan favorites
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Kinue Atago is a second-year student at Himematsu High School in South Osaka and a supporting character in the manga "Saki". She is the younger sister of teammate Hiroe Atago and is very fond of her. Kinue declined a middle school scholarship for playing football as goalkeeper in order to join her. Fellow teammate Kyouko Suehara encouraged Kinue to improve her skills during the first year in order to join her sister in the core Himematsu team.
Ikuno Akasaka0 fan favorites
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Ikuno Akasaka is a professional mahjong player and a supporting character in the manga "Saki." She is the acting coach at Himematsu High School in South Osaka while its primary coach is hospitalized. She is acquainted with fellow professional players Takako Kubo and Yasuko Fujita.
Eri Hariu0 fan favorites
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Eri Hariu is a broadcast announcer of mahjong tournaments and a supporting character of the spin-off manga "Saki: Achiga-hen episode of side-A." She provides commentary alongside Uta Mihirogi during the national tournament.