NO.604ANIMEOOTDJunko Saotome
NO.604ANIMEANIME OOTD / CHARACTER ARCHIVE
Junko Saotome
Nana ↗ / 1999
Art student and Hachi’s friend
My figure room →AI-assisted illustrations · Not official anime stills








She debuts in the first Nana prologue about Nana Komatsu. The1999 prologues precede regular serialization in2000. Her age changes from the prologue to Tokyo life; artwork follows her adult college period.
Junko challenges Hachi’s avoidance of responsibility and also listens to her. Strictness does not make every judgment correct. The debate over her support style gives this supporting character substance.
The high-school art club connects her with Hachi before local art school. Junko takes study seriously, enters a Tokyo art college with Kyosuke and shares a home with him. Her move follows her education, not merely a friend’s romance.
Kyosuke is her boyfriend and housemate; being compared to an old married couple does not establish marriage. Hachi is a friend since high school and Shoji an earlier friend. Junko belongs to their Tokyo circle, not either band’s lineup.
Tan skin, black hair changing from straight to permed and later varied updos, brown eyes, dark lipstick and earrings define her. Clothing blends bohemian and funk influences. Adult curls and covered casualwear inspire these fan images; appearance does not establish mixed ancestry.
[Trivia] Junko’s Room bonus comics make her a host in a separate perspective, bringing together reader mail and characters. This humor crosses the main story’s boundaries and should not be treated as her canonical career history.