Wakaba Shinohara

Utena's best friend. Wakaba's cheerful personality hides an enormous inferiority complex, and she attaches herself to Utena and other people to feel important. In the first episode ("The Rose Bride") she refers to Utena as her "boyfriend." Utena first dueled Saionji after he posted a love letter that Wakaba gave to him in order to humiliate her.