lovecom characters
All the characters listed here are part of the main cast/subcast! If there's any person i've missed, I put them in regular thumbnails without descriptions. Hover over each character to see their anime counterpart!
Risa Koizumi
The main character of the series, a girl of abnormally large height! She stands at 170cm/5'7'' and almost no boy in her class is taller than her. She's always scouting for a boyfriend, but often finds herself alone in in the end. She's a huge fangirl of a band named Umebozu, and happens to share that fandom with only Otani! She has a hot-tempered personality and her impulsive side always gets the best of her. Risa often believes her love life is very hopeless, and on more than one occasion, we can see playing lots of videogames.
Atsushi Otani
The other main character of the series, he stands at five feet tall, the shortest boy of his class and basketball team. He's always looking for a girl either as tall as him or smaller than him in a girlfriend (his age, too). Many of the second graders and underclassmen all have crushes on him (however, he takes no interest in them)! He, too, is a fan of Umebozu, and often agrees to sing Umebozu karaoke with Risa. Though he's short, he's the star player of his basketball team, and shares that firey-hot-headed personality trait with Risa.
Nobuko Ishihara "Nobu-chan"
Risa's trendy and fashionable best friend, and girlfriend of Otani's best friend. She's always there to lend a hand to Risa whenever she needs it - and was one of the first to believe that Otani and Risa made a potentially cute couple! You can often find her trying to get Risa and Otani alone, or with her boyfriend, Nakao "Darling", planning their new scheme for Risa and Otani. Most of the time we see Nobu giving support or advice to Risa about boys, and tries to help Risa confess her feelings for Otani.
Heikichi Nakao
On the same basketball team as Otani, arguably his best friend, and the devoted boyfriend of Nobu. He's usually a pushover for his girlfriend, and aids her in her schemes to get Otani and Risa together. We don't see much of Nakao and Nobu doing anything important to the series, other than being aids to the two main characters. All we know is that their relationship is pretty stable, and that there's a small insert story about them around the middle of Lovely Complex.
Chiharu Tanaka
At the start of the series, Otani had a crush on her, but after learning that she and Suzuki (Risa had a crush on Suzuki) were getting along well and hearing that Chiharu didn't see him as a "boy" because he was so short, he eventually gave up. She's usually afraid of boys, and is very shy, but eventually she and Suzuki start going out. One of the reasons why Otani had a crush on her is because she resembled his ex girlfriend, Kanazaki, and because she is as short as he is. Like Nobu and Nakao, Suzuki and Chiharu have an insert story.
Ryoji Suzuki
As opposed to Chiharu and Otani, Risa had a crush on Suzuki at first sight (mainly because he was hot and he was much taller than Risa). However, after Risa began suspect his feelings for Chiharu (and he also kept asking Risa about her), she began to give up around the same time Otani gave up on Chiharu. He's the typical cool guy with nothing much to say, and we don't really know much about him, except for the fact he probably agrees with everyone else about Otani and Risa. He and Chiharu are a couple.
Haruka Fukagawa
Risa's handsome childhood friend, who used to be a crybaby when they were little. He looks a little bit like a western guy because his grandmother is english, and he's also taller than Risa. He has a huge crush on Risa, which seems to be unrequited, because she can't think of him any more than a friend. Haruka refers to Risa as his "hero" and "handsome." He really dislikes Otani because he's a "midget" and he's not worthy of Risa. He has a very sweet, caring, delicate, and semi-feminine personality.
Seishiro "Seiko" Hisashi
..Is actually a guy, despite that cute-looking femme look! He has a huge crush on Otani, and asked him out at first sight. Otani accepted, but after learning his secret, was deeply disturbed. Though he still dresses like a girl and has a big crush on Otani, he supports Risa and Otani together 100%. His real name is "Seishiro", but perfers to be called "Seiko" because ... well, he likes to be girly.
Kuniumi Maitake "MAITY-sensei"
Ah, we can't forget the teacher who made so much possible, Maity-sensei. He's Haruka's handsome cousin, who helps out around Risa and Otani's class as their English teacher. And he looks alot like the guy Risa "dates" in her "dating game". He's mysterious and described as cold, but he actually does care for Risa, however, not in a romantic sense, and he enjoys the attention that Risa happily gives him (ex: Maity fanclub). He, too, supports Risa and Otani together, and at one point, helps their relationship move one step forward.
