Wakaba Kohashi

Wakaba Kohashi (小橋 若葉, Kohashi Wakaba) is the titular character of Wakaba＊Girl.

Personality
Wakaba is a formal and rich girl who longs to become a gyaru that she is trying to learn more about them; but it's implied that she actually doesn't know the true meaning of the term and she is only following what she thinks it means. She is friendly and sweet who gets easily excited by every new "friend activity" she can try, no matter how mundane it is by normal girls' standards. She is innocently-ignorant of how things work outside of her wealthy home due to her sheltered upbringing, and she is shown to be very shy and hesitant when it comes to doing things for herself that she's never experienced. As a sign of opening up she tries to be less-formal. She naturally does things with poise and elegance, although she is also shown to often space out and fall asleep.

Appearance
Wakaba is a youthful fair-skinned girl with thigh-length dark purple hair in a hime-cut paired with pigtails held by pink flower clips. She has gentle dark purple eyes.

Unlike other girls of her school, she wears a longer skirt as a sign of her formal upbringing. She wears black pantyhose with them, and switches to knee-socks for her spring/summer uniform.

History
Due to Wakaba's family moving around a lot and her higher social status, she has been sheltered growing up and was unable to experience close friendships with girls her age. She longed to become more like the lively, friend surrounded girls she often saw when she was little, and it inspired her decision to become a gyaru.

Etymology

 * The name Wakaba means "young, immature" (若) (waka) and "leaf" (葉) (ha/ba).
 * Wakaba's surname Kohashi means "small" (小) (ko) and "bridge" (橋) (hashi).

Trivia

 * Wakaba's hair ornaments are family heirlooms that she one day wishes to pass down to her children.
 * Wakaba has been shown to befriend crows.
 * Wakaba has a pet dog.
 * Prior to the series, Wakaba has never worn a miniskirt.
 * She also didn't know how to swim or shop by herself at convenience stores.
 * Wakaba is similar to Shino Oomiya from Kin-iro Mosaic, another series by Yui Hara.
 * Both girls are interested in a subculture and attempt to be more like it. But they both fail to understand it.
 * They have similar friend groups.
 * Both have a few similar personality traits.
 * They both have an older sister.

Gallery

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