Convenience Store Woman Characters

Keiko Furukura is a 36-year-old woman who has worked part-time at the same convenience store for 18 years. Though Keiko has two “normal,” loving parents and an affectionate younger sister named Mami, she has… read analysis of Keiko Furukura

Shihara is a tall, skeletally thin man in his mid-30s with bad teeth and an obsession with the idea that society hasn’t progressed since the Stone Age: in his view, men are (or should be)… read analysis of Shihara

Mami, younger sister to Keiko by two years, is “normal” but loves her strange older sister very much. When they are children, Keiko intervenes when their mother scolds Mami and gives Mami her candy and… read analysis of Mami

Shihara’s sister-in-law, who is married to Shihara’s younger brother, is a direct and determined young woman who wears a lot of makeup. Shihara hates her because she has convinced his brother and parents not… read analysis of Shihara’s Sister-in-Law

The 30-year-old, loud-voiced, somewhat caustic manager of the convenience store that employs Keiko is the eighth manager that she has worked under. Because the store is understaffed, the manager often works the night shift. He… read analysis of The Manager

Miho is a married former classmate of Keiko’s who befriended Keiko at an alumni event because she liked Keiko’s fashion sense (not knowing Keiko was copying the style of her coworker Mrs. Izumi)… read analysis of Miho

Sugawara is a cheerful, chubby 24-year-old part-time worker at the same convenience store that employs Keiko. When not working at the convenience store, she sings in a band. Though she has become a good… read analysis of Sugawara

Yukari, a married woman with a small child, is a friend of Miho’s who suspiciously questions Keiko about whether she’s married yet and whether she still works a low-paying, low-status part-time job at a… read analysis of Yukari