Uotani Arisa

Uotani Arisa is Tohru's, Saki's, Kyo's, and Yuki's classmate at Kaibara High. She is called a "Yankee" by the Prince Yuki's Fan Club, and "Ane-san" a girl in a trio of former delinquents. Her manga symbol is a fish, the meaning of the first kanji (魚) of her family name. She also has a more aggressive nature and is motherly towards Tohru.

Her parents
Arisa doesn't have much of a relationship with her parents. Her parents divorced when she was very young and her mother left her in her father's care while she went her separate way with her boyfriend. Her mother's absence and her father's alcoholic behavior were the primary reasons why Arisa joined a gang. However, it's possible that her father does care about her, but because she was rarely home and always stayed in her room, she never knew for sure. She mentioned to Tohru that he had made her dinner a couple of times and waited for her, but she had rejected them.

Sometime in the present, she had taken charge in her father's apartment and made sure that he was taken care of.

Honda Tohru
When Arisa went to middle school in hopes of meeting The Red Butterfly's, Kyoko's old gang name, daughter, she bumped into Tohru who was carrying a tall stack of papers. She helped her pick them up, despite being annoyed by the task, Tohru introduced herself and confirmed that her mother was the former Red Butterfly. Once she met Kyoko in person, she walked out of the house and angrily told Tohru to stay away from her. Despite that, Tohru helped her escape from a gang that was beating her up and offered her to stay for dinner. Eventually, Arisa and Tohru became friends and she started going to school again. However, because people were starting to spread rumors about Tohru possibly becoming a Yankee, Arisa started to reconsinder her friendship with her, but later abadoned it. Arisa eventually left her gang and decided she wanted to be Tohru's best friend instead of a Yankee.

During her time with Tohru, she became less aggressive and more friendly. She even became concerned about Tohru after her mother's death and what she thought was Tohru's time at her paternal grandfather's.

Honda Kyoko
Kyoko, also known by Arisa "The Red Butterfly", was Arisa's gang idol. From what she heard of Kyoko during her time as a gang member, she was tough and ruthless, but was disappointed when she officially met her. However, once she started spending more time at Kyoko's house, she thought of her as a second mother. What strengthened her relationship with her was Kyoko coming to save her from her former gang beating her up.

Hanajima Saki
Hana and Arisa are close friends since middle school.

Sohma Kyo
Arisa and Kyo are natually alike in personalities, but they often get into arguments. Arisa loves to tease Kyo about his hair color and his behavior. Every once in a while, Arisa picks up on Kyo's feelings for Tohru.

Sohma Kureno
Later in the series, Arisa falls in love with Kureno, the former rooster of the Zodiac, when she meets him at the convenience store she works at. Arisa visited him in the hospital after Akito stabbed him. Arisa then vowed to go anywhere with Kureno.

Tohru's Grandfather
Arisa seems to be worrry for Tohru's wellbeing at her grandfather's place. She even asked Tohru if he is given her enough food to eat. Later on, Arisa is told by Tohru that she was living with Yuki at his cousin's house.

The Prince Yuki Fan Club
Arisa hates the Prince Yuki Fan Club,and will shout out that she will hurt them if they keep picking on Tohru. She even try to help them with a pipe,when the fan club rejected one  of Tohru's ideas for which flavor to use for the Riceball Festival funraiser at their school.

Knownable Relatives

 * Unnamed father (father)
 * Unnamed mother (mother)
 * Sohma Kureno (boyfriend)

Voice Actresses
Japanese : Yuka Imai

English : Parisa Fakhri