Saiko Tagaya

Saiko Tagaya (多賀谷 彩子 Tagaya Saiko) is the former girlfriend of Shinichi Chiaki who is a major in opera singing.

Appearance
Saiko has a long hair and big bright eyes.

She is usually seen wearing a pair of earrings and necklace.

Biography
Despite breaking up with Shinichi Chiaki, Saiko has been in love with him all along and the reason why she broke up with him is because she thought he would never pick himself up from his loser status and especially when it came down to music, he was equally critical of everyone including her, and yet even though he was far more talented than everyone (and herself), he was the most critical of himself, and that made it hard being with him. After breaking up with Chiaki she goes through a few relationships, but because of her lingering attachment to Chiaki, she was never able to fully put him behind her.

Later on, she comes to terms with the fact that Chiaki has moved on without her, and presumably moves on as well. Saiko sometimes exhibits a spiteful streak in her, especially to those whom she views as rivals, but is also capable of gentleness. Once, when a drunken Nodame bumped into Saiko at a karaoke restroom, Saiko first smacks her away, then after realizing Nodame was drunk, gave Nodame her shawl before leaving.

Etymology

 * The name Saiko means "color" (彩) (sai) and "child" (子) (ko).
 * Saiko's surname Tagaya means "many" (多) (ta), "congratulations, joy" (賀) (ga) and "valley" (谷) (ya).