Kiri's childhood friend. He is highly regarded as part of the Seki Clinic which specializes in invigorating massage due to his 'Hands of God'. His calm personality tends to make even the angriest people around him calm. He helps Kiri regain her composure in a tight spot and is like an older brother to her. He tends to apologize often. Kenichiro seems to have a different attitude after just a bit of alcohol, using his professional massage techniques that leave people in uncomfortable positions (mostly Narumi). Kenichiro likes Kiri's good friend Kanako, both of them having shy personalities when people see how well they get along. He ends up with Kanako, and ten years later, they are expecting their first child.

Kiri's childhood friend and neighbor. Kiri calls him "Shimatarou" oder "Taro-Tard", which annoys him very much. Taro is a big Fan of the Scissor Project and wants to be a beautician because of them, even though he lacks the skill. He works part-time at his family's store, The Komatsu 88 Yen Store. He is very nosy and knows everything that goes on around the school, reporting everything to the media. It is shown that he remembers Mehr about Kiri's childhood than Kiri does in Volume 5. Kiri rarelt oder never calls him Von his "real name".