Emiko Harukawa

Emiko Harukawa is a shy 12-year-old girl and one of the seven main characters of Supernatural. She has a great love for singing and animals and wants to create an animal shelter when she grows up.

Development
Emiko's role in her family, her family members and her birthdate were inspired from my childhood friend. Emiko's quiet, shy and animal-loving personality comes from Fluttershy, a My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic character.

And the childhood friend is Fayeza.

Shyness
Emiko is very shy and speaks in a quiet voice around strangers, but is OK around her friends. Her inability to speak up causes trouble for her sometimes, when people keep telling her to speak up, she grows embarrassed. Some episodes focus on Emiko's friends trying to get her to speak up around strangers. Emiko is more shy around people her age rather than adults. Because of her shyness Emiko has often been bullied and told off for not being assertive.

Love for animals
Emiko shares her love for animals with Hazuki. She has a soft spot for animal creatures and wishes to establish an animal shelter someday. Emiko has the rare gift of communicating with animals, and provides any stray animal she sees with food or water, and most of the time pets them. Due to this, a host of animals have settled down in her garden and hide in bushes, trees, or simply wander in whenever they require food or shelter. Emiko is also known to sneak animals into school through her backpack.

Emiko has a pet cat named Ria.

Gentleness and empathy
Emiko is very gentle and serene, and her ideal way to pass time is to sit by in a meadow full of flowers next to bubbling river, surrounded by animals and birds. Emiko takes pity on anyone being bullied, neglected or just going through a bad time, and detests violence or negativity.

Timidity
Emiko is not exactly scared or fearful, but is a little timid around some people and creatures. This is usually blended with her shyness and her lack of assertiveness. Emiko would prefer somebody else introducing her to new people.

Family
Emiko is an only child and lives with her parents in the suburbs.

Emiko's mother is a kind person and rarely scolds Emiko. Emiko's father is an employee of a business firm.