Naho Takamiya (2024)


Naho Takamiya is the main female protagonist in Orange.

When she receives a mysterious letter from the future involving Kakeru Naruse, she and her friends try their hardest to fulfill the demands of the letters.

Contents

  • 1 Appearance
  • 2 Personality
  • 3 Plot
  • 4 Relationships
    • 4.1 Hiroto Suwa
    • 4.2 Kakeru Naruse
  • 5 Trivia

Appearance[]

Naho is a cute and beautiful teenage girl who stands at average height.

She has light brown hair that reaches to her upper back with bangs swept to the left and big hazel green eyes.

In the future time-skip, she's seen to have grown taller and her hair is also shown to be longer. The ends of her hair are noted to be wavy and curled.

Personality[]

Naho is introduced as a kind, loving, passive, but shy girl.

Although Naho isn't the type of person who expresses her thoughts often, even when in the face of her friends, the reason behind her passive nature is simply due to not wanting to hurt anyone, much less confuse them. Which explains why she can't bring herself to be upfront about her own thoughts and feelings, especially when it's towards Kakeru.

Despite having the inability to speak her mind, her feelings for those she cares about are strong and passionate, even if she doesn't show it.

A comical trait about Naho is when she has a tendency to scream when she's prone to nervousness or embarrassment.

Plot[]

At the start of the anime and manga's serialization, Naho receives a letter that was written from her future self.

At the point when she goes to school, in which she opens up the letter and reads it, she becomes skeptical about it.

However, as soon as when she starts to realize that the letters were coming true with each passing day, that's when she and her friends must prevent the untimely death of Kakeru Naruse.

Relationships[]

Hiroto Suwa[]

In the current timeline, Suwa and Naho are best friends. Suwa is shown to have feelings for Naho, but she doesn't feel the same way. She is not aware that Suwa has romantic feelings for her. He looks after her and stands up for her whenever she is bullied (such as being bullied by Rio Ueda and her friends).

After receiving the letter and realizing that the letter's contents are true, he puts Naho and Kakeru's feelings before his own and supports Naho and Kakeru in getting together. He, along with Azusa Murasaka, Takako Chino and Saku Hagita, help Naho and Kakeru get closer and help to prevent Kakeru from committing suicide.

In the alternate timeline, ten years into the future, Suwa is married to Naho and they have a child. He regrets not telling Naho that Kakeru had a crush on her ten years ago. He believes that if he had done so, Kakeru might not have committed suicide. Thus, he, like Naho in the alternate timeline as well as Azusa, Takako and Hagita of the alternate timeline, sends letters to their past self to help prevent Kakeru's death.

Kakeru Naruse[]

Kakeru is Naho's love interest as well as a close friend.

Kakeru is a transfer student from Tokyo. On his first day in his new school, Azusa Murasaka, Takako Chino, Saku Hagita, Naho and Suwa decides to invite him to walk home together after school. During the outing, Azusa brings buns from her family bakery to share with them. Naho, not wanting to upset anyone, says that she doesn't care which type of bun she gets, though she actually wants a curry bun. Kakeru notices this and trades his curry bun for her melon bun.

Kakeru started dating Rio Ueda after she confessed to him, which made Naho very upset and he initially asked Naho for her opinion on whether he should go out with Ueda by writing on a piece of paper and placing it in Naho's eraser that she lent him. In the alternate timeline, Naho did not notice it. However, after reading the letter, the current timeline Naho read the paper that asked her about whether he should go out with Ueda. However, she had no time to respond to him due to class cleaning. She rushed to scribble, "NO" on a scrap of paper and placed it into Kakeru's shoe in his shoe locker before walking back to class.

When she returned to class, Azusa, Takako and Hagita were standing by the window, watching Kakeru give Ueda-Senpai his answer. Naho sees Ueda-Senpai walk away with a smile on her face and when Azusa shouts to ask about his answer, Kakeru replied, "yes". This made Naho sad and she leaves the classroom.

Ten years later in the main timeline, Naho and Kakeru are now married (which now makes her Naho Naruse) and they have a son together.

So Suwa writes letter to correct what he did thus Naho and Kakeru end up together with a child in an alternate universe.

Trivia[]

  • The name Naho means "summer" (夏) (na) and "sailboat" (帆) or "grain" (穂) (ho).
  • Naho's surname Takamiya means "tall, high" (高) (taka) and "temple, shrine, palace" (宮) (miya).
Naho Takamiya (2024)

FAQs

Did Suwa and Naho get married? ›

Suwa hides the fact he and Naho are married and have a child in the future, as he realizes Naho and Kakeru are in love. Although he has feelings for Naho, his future self realizes by saving Kakeru, he is giving up a future with Naho.

How old is Naho Takamiya? ›

Orange tells the story of Naho Takamiya, a 16 year old girl who receives a letter from herself ten years in the future.

Why is the Orange anime called Orange? ›

We can think that the manga is called Orange because of the passage(Letter 3 page 44) when Kakeru bought an orange juice to Naho, and the taste perfectly describes Naho's feelings. The meaning of the orange color symbolize many emotions related to the story.

Who does Kakeru Naruse end up with? ›

Kakeru and Naho begin dating shortly after, promising to always be happy together with everyone else. Ten years later, he and Naho are now married (thus making her Naho Naruse) and has a son named Haru.

Who is Naho's love interest? ›

Kakeru Naruse

Kakeru is Naho's love interest as well as a close friend. Kakeru is a transfer student from Tokyo.

Does Suwa confess to Naho? ›

In the second (our main) timeline, Suwa chose to support the relationship between Naho and Kakeru rather than confessing his feelings to Naho.

Does Naho love Suwa in Orange? ›

Ten years later in the main timeline, Naho and Kakeru are now married (which now makes her Naho Naruse) and they have a son together. Who ends up with Suwa in Orange? In the main timeline, where Kakeru dies, Naho ends up with Suwa (she didn't want to but could not hurt Suwa's feeling for her).

What is the ending of Orange anime? ›

The final chapter sees Naho Takamiya and Kakeru Naruse happily married ten years later in the main timeline. As per the final chapter, they also have a son named Haru. It was further revealed that Naho was the one who named their son.

How did Naho get the letter? ›

In the present world, Naho is late to school. As she rushes out the door, she finds a letter written to her. The letter is written by Naho 10 years into the future. When Naho gets to school, she reads the letter.

Is Orange anime kid friendly? ›

The content rating is because the show deals with thematically heavy topics such as self harm, depression, and suicide. I don't recommend watching the show if you struggle with those things until you're older.

Is Orange anime dark? ›

This anime is surprisingly dark and can throw your suspense into overdrive when you don't know what may happen to certain characters in this anime, so don't expect anything too cutesy, not that there is no kawaii in this anime!

Is Orange anime tragic? ›

This anime focuses on “real” issues like depression, being suicidal, having suicidal thoughts, being regretful of your decisions, and the pain of losing your mother. It's these reasons why orange is one of the saddest, emotional romance anime.

Did Naho and Kakeru kiss? ›

After he successfully won the relay race with all of them, Naho decided to give him a bandage on his arm and Kakeru, obliging a promise he had made if he won the relay, kisses Naho on the cheek.

What does the letter say in orange? ›

"In the letter, it says Kakeru won't join the soccer club, but in reality, he does. This difference between the letter and reality fills Naho with hope, as she believes it may mean that the future is starting to change for the better."

Who is Kakeru Satsuki's love interest? ›

In the anime, Kakeru is showed having ended up with Yuka. In the manga, he ends up with Misuzu. In the original game he ends up with Kukuri.

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