Sachiko Hirokōji

Sachiko Hirokōji (広小路 幸子, Hirokōji Sachiko) is a character appears in Studio Ghibli's animated film From Up on Poppy Hill. She is a young art college student who lives in the Coquelicot Manor with Umi Matsuzaki and her family.

Appearance
Sachiko is depicted as an average-looking college student who is in her early thirties. During her appearance in the movie, she is always seen wearing a pair of dark brown rectangular glasses, an orange uniform, a pair of blue jeans, a pair of red shoes, and a messy apron that has paint stains on it with her hair stylized into a bob haircut.

Personality
Sachiko is a soft-spoken college student who hardly does anything other than making herself belong to the Coquelicot Manor while trying to work her way for college. Despite this, she is a nice girl who is willing to help Umi and her family during her stay as shown where she helps Umi in preparing dinner for her while she goes out to buy some groceries. Another part of Sachiko is that she is an artistic and creative student as evident where she has a large painting in her room; she also portrays many qualities of a stereotypical artist - such as being awkward and weird.

Etymology

 * The name Sachiko means "happiness, good luck" (幸) (sachi) and "child" (子) (ko).
 * Sachiko's surname Hirokōji means "wide, broad, spacious" (広) (hiro) and "alley" (小路) (kōji).

Sachiko Hirokōji