Nao Houtani

Nao Houtani is a character appearing exclusively in Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Mei. A girl from Tokyo. It seems she visited Hinamizawa for a certain purpose, but her real intentions are unknown. Has absolute confidence in her good sense and intuition, and never breaks from her bullheaded attitude. Nao is self-confident, having a strong and optimistic personality. Nao's parents divorced while she was in elementary school. She had dreams of becoming a designer like her mother and went to a private school. At some point she learned that she had a half-sister named Rena, who died in the disaster. Her grandmother always mistakenly called Nao "Reina". in The Dino Subjects: the return of the subjects, Nao had a very tough relationship with Bunzo Fossiler because of his annoyance introduced after first met, she may act like Tsundere, annoyed, and girlish, however after many moments between Bunzo and Nao the relationship starts to grow closer and Nao had secretly strong feelings towards Bunzo, if she was then she'll decide to confess him.