Miyoko Sahara

Miyoko Sahara (佐原 みよこ, Sahara Miyoko) is a supporting character in the Koe no Katachi series.

In elementary school, she was the only one willing to learn sign language for the sake of Shōko Nishimiya.

Biography
Miyoko Sahara was the first girl to approach Shōko Nishimiya when she transferred into class and offer to be her friend. She does this by communicating to Shoko that she wants to learn sign language in order to help Shoko, and become friends with her. However, this innocent action of Miyoko only brought bullying upon her, such that she not only broke off friendship with Shoko, but dropped out of that class and school. Later, Miyoko and Shoko meet again, but this time the friendship begins to develop further. Miyoko is now a tall, thin teen, with a body size and shape perfect for runway modeling. Although still in high school, she begins working part time as a fashion model of teen fashions, being part of photo shoots. When she graduates from high school, she wins a scholarship to a fashion design college in Tokyo.

Personality
Sahara is a kind person for the majority of the manga. She often has conversations with Shōko Nishimiya and she does multiple activities with her including going to a karaoke bar with her, despite Nishimiya's tone deaf singing.

However, during Shōya Ishida's rant, he criticized her of being 'quick to run' as she left elementary school immediately after she and Shoko were bullied.

Physical appearance
Standing at 5'11"undefined (180 cm), Sahara is a tall girl with black hair cut into a boycut, gentle eyes and it is assumed she has freckles in the manga.

For school, she wears a sailor uniform, and when going out her clothing is often dark or black. She is often seen wearing high heels.

Volume 01

 * Chapter 01 — "Shōya Ishida"
 * Chapter 02 — "Just One of Those Things"

Friends

 * Shōko Nishimiya:


 * Naoka Ueno:


 * Shōya Ishida:

Etymology

 * The name Miyoko is written in hiragana (みよこ), which has no special meaning. However, when written in kanji (美代子, 美世子, 実代子, 未代子, 三代子 or 美誉子), it could possibly mean:
 * 美代子 - "beautiful" (美) (mi), "generation" (代) (yo) and "child" (子) (ko).
 * 美世子 - "beautiful" (美) (mi), "world" (世) (yo) and "child" (子) (ko).
 * 実代子 - "fruit, good result, truth" (実) (mi), "generation" (代) (yo) and "child" (子) (ko).
 * 未代子 - "un-, not yet, hitherto, still, even now, sign of the ram, 1-3PM, eighth sign of Chinese zodiac" (未) (mi), "generation" (代) (yo) and "child" (子) (ko).
 * 三代子 - "three" (三) (mi), "generation" (代) (yo) and "child" (子) (ko).
 * 美誉子 - "beautiful" (美) (mi), "reputation, praise, honor, glory" (誉) (yo) and "child" (子) (ko).
 * Miyoko's surname Sahara means "help, aid" (佐) (sa) and "field, plain" (原) (hara).