Orihara

"It's not like I hate judo, but there are just people I can't beat."

- Nagatoro on Orihara

Orihara (折原) is a background character of the Don't Toy With Me, Miss Nagatoro manga series. She is a high school student and a schoolmate of Nagatoro and her friends as well as the main rival of the protagonist, whose skill have made her an Olympic team candidate.

Her first name is currently unknown.

Appearance
Orihara is an attractive, tall, high schooler with long, messy, greenish-black hair which she keeps in a ponytail, letting her fringe and bangs fall on her face. She has a fair complexion and very large, expressive, hazel eyes with lighter pupils, which signifies her energetic demeanor. Her eyebrows are as thick as Sakura's. She has an athletic, lean and stunning physique, standing only a few inches shorter than Senpai and always sports a wide, friendly and welcoming smile.

She typically wears her school uniform consisting of a white button up shirt (with tightly buttoned collar) and a navy blue skirt completed with a pair of sneakers and white soccer socks. However, in winter she is shown to wear a light brown sweater. She has also prominently been shown wearing her.

Personality
Orihara is very carefree, energetic, easy-going and kind, seeing Senpai lost in the first year floor, she didn't hesitate in offering to help him find the person she was looking for, was very welcoming to him, tried patiently to understand who "Nagatoro" was - since she usually called her "Hayacchi" - and, after explaining him where to find her, stood with the arms on her sides sporting a satisfied expression, happy to have been helpful. She's also described as a very honest girl and has an extremely sporty attitude, always wishing the best to the opponents, being kindly full of advices to fellow judokas, worrying deeply if someone got injuried, ligh-heartedly admitting when someone is stronger than her, nicely hoping to have "exciting matches" with the rivals and looking far to have matches with them. A positive and hard working person, Orihara has trained very hard to get better at judo, starting very incompetent and turning into an Olympic candidate.

Orihara is completely devoid of any kind of malice, exhilarated and easily excitable, to a point that Nagatoro describes her as "a pain" but, nevertheless of this, seemingly have some respect for her and, in stark contrast with it, Gamo-chan greatly enjoy her company. Also, even when scolding someone, she acted nicely and smile kindly. On the other hand, Orihara seems to consider Nagatoro a friend, a feeling that's clearly not reciprocated. Also, Orihara doesn't seem to be that bright, as she's always depicted completely unaware of how much Nagatoro is irritated by her.

She's easily excitable and seemingly loves gossips and romance. Her physical feats are almost superhuman, having been shown capable of overpowering a larger opponent with one hand and been capable of moving without been heard nor seen by anyone almost like if teleporting.

Early life
Orihara was born in, , no information about her family or her home life are given. She started practicing judo as a kid and met Nagatoro in the very first dojo they both went to; despite the latter never really get along with her Orihara started to consider her a friend and always referred her by the pet name "Hayacchi". Despite her passion for judo, Orihara was extremely talentless and was always defeated by Nagatoro, however she kept training harder and harder until one day she managed to overwhelm her in a single move, unintentionally causing Nagatoro to lose all her passion and ultimately quit. The event was very traumatic to Nagatoro and apparently shattered her self-esteem leading the girl to become convinced that Orihara is someone she "simply couldn't beat".

After beginning to attend Kazehaya High School, she was placed in section 1-A or 1-B, getting acquainted with Nagatoro's clique of friends too.

First name arc
One day, after Nagatoro forgot her smartphone in the art club room and Senpai reached the first year's floor to return it to her, he realized he didn't know what section she is in, right at that moment the girl saw him and tried to help him asking who he was looking for, however when Senpai answered her question, she asked if he knew her first name as the surname "Nagatoro" didn't sound too familiar to her. Embarrassed Senpai admitted to himself that he didn't know, then however he remembered that her friends called her "Hayacchi", causing the girl to realize who she is and subsequently telling him to look for her in section C.

Judo Tournament
At the school's judo tournament, Orihara easily defeated Gamo-chan, winning the match and thus having to face Nagatoro in the following one. Overjoyed for the opportunity to fight with Nagatoro once again, she happily told her she expected to have an exciting match with her, inadvertently leading the girl to get a little discouraged, despite Orihara's intentions being absolutely genuine and friendly. When her match with Nagatoro began, the two girls appeared to be equal in terms of skills, however due to being given as favorite, everyone in the hall except for Gamo-chan, Yoshi and Sakura started to cheer for Orihara, which leaded Senpai to cheer for Nagatoro as she previously did for him. Despite blushing for it, Nagatoro was quite pleased and gained enough confidence to slam Orihara on the floor getting a waza-ari, but eventually she lose by points. The match however does restored Nagatoro's passion for judo, leading her to shaking Orihara's hand after losing and promising her that she would have definitely "get her" next time. Albeit not directly stated, it's implied Orihara later won the girls' division of the school judo tournament.

Afterward, Nagatoro joined the judo club and she and Orihara started train together again.

Girl chat with Gamo-chan and Nagatoro
The first day of practice, Orihara joined Gamo-chan and Nagatoro after they performed badly due to not practicing it properly for years and told the former not to worry that much as she need time being still a white belt, however she also pointed out that Nagatoro seemed distracted and asked her if something was wrong; Gamo-chan immediately told Orihara that Nagatoro was "worried her boyfriend would be stolen by a rival" now that she was busy with club practice and can't hang out in his club room as much as before. Nagatoro was visibly embarrassed by the chat between her best friend and her rival; however, despite firmly denying the boy in question being her boyfriend, when Orihara suggested her to choose between love and judo, she indirectly state she would have both.

Trouble at the Judo club arc
Few weeks later, while practicing judo until late evening with Nagatoro and Gamo-chan, Orihara saw when Shikki, a girl who considered Nagatoro to be "a quitter who half-assed her life" and was always very harsh to her, challenged her to a match eventually hurting her right arm while Senpai was watching. Afterward, she got got worried due to Nagatoro's injuried wrist, offering to take her to the infirmary despite the latter insisting it was nothing serious; then, after Shikki further insulted Nagatoro and Senpai stood up to her hushing the girl, Orihara and Gamo-chan watched his deed, quite pleasured.

Shower arc
Later that day, while having judo practice, Orihara and Gamo-chan saw Nagatoro having a run with Senpai in order to have some basic training and greet them.

Field Trip arc
During the free activity day of the field trip in, Orihara walked around the city on her own and then decided to visit the Jishu Shrine where she saw Fujimin and another girl messing with Nagatoro and Senpai, then she intervened, overpowering them both, lightly scolding them and them leting them being abduced and punished by Shikki, Gamo-chan and Yoshi. Later, Nagatoro thanks both of her friends for having helped her, as well as her rival right before remembering her they will soon have a match, to which the latter smiled wholeheartedly.

The evening after they came back from the trip, Orihara and Gamo-chan oversaw a friendly sparring match between Shikki and Nagatoro, commenting on how fast the latter was growing.

Training camp arc
Few months later, Orihara had a training match with Nagatoro, defeating her once again with relative ease. The following day, after the responsible of the judo club told the members that the coach they had requested has had an emergency and thus couldn't be at their training camp, she and Shikki pointed out having a coach would be indispensable, which lead Nagatoro to propose her siblings as replacements. Later on, before departing for the training camp, Orihara was overjoyed to have Misaki and Taiga Nagatoro as coaches, Sakura and Yoshi as special managers and the art club doing their training camp with them; then she travelled with them to the, where they began the training camp and she enthusiastically follow Misaki's and Taiga's instructions, as well as having a sparring session with Nagatoro on the evening, quickly defeating her. At the end of the first day of training camp, Orihara and the rest of the girls at the and, after they talk about Nagatoro having to loosen up a bit, she proposed to have a chat with her, before Gamo-chan telling her she would have the opposite effect on the girl.

Trivia

 * Before her official name was revealed in Chapter 79, the character was referenced as "Friend D" (友達D).
 * This happened even with the supporting characters - Gamo-chan, Yoshi and Sakura - and to fellow background character Nekoba ("Friend E"), however, unlike them all, she seems to be a mere acquaintance of Nagatoro's rather than a friend.
 * She is the only background character appeared in Chapter 58 whose name wasn't revealed in the Official Fanbook, as in her profile she was listed as "???".
 * Her last name is composed by the kanji meaning "chance" (折) and "original" (原), literally meaning "opportunity field".
 * Her last name might be a reference to in Saitama prefecture.
 * Before being formally introduced, she was one of the few characters who were drawn with a face in contrast to Nanashi's usual method of drawing faceless extras. This, along with the author teasing the readers about her name in the Official Fanbook, hinted to many that she would be significant in some way, which was eventually confirmed.
 * Orihara bears a strong visual resemblance to Kazane (風音), a supporting character from the third chapter of the Naked Princess Honoka series.
 * On her first appearance, Senpai meets Orihara outside of 1-A's room, implying she's from that section, which is later confirmed in the Official Fanbook; however in Chapter 79 and 81, she's said to be from section B.
 * Her hair are shaded much darker in her first appearance compared to later.
 * The color with whom she’s associated in her profile page on the anime official website is aquamarine.