Sayaka

Sayaka Doi is a supporting protagonist who appears in Studio Ghibli's film after When Marnie Was There. She used to live in Tokyo until she moved to Kissakibetsu with her mother and older brother, Takeshi.

History
Sayaka is first seen when she moves along with her family to Marnie's childhood home. She takes Marnie's room and discovers Marnie's diary in the hidden drawer in her new room and Sayaka quickly becomes interested in Marnie's life. When Sayaka first sees Anna walking around the mansion she mistakes Anna for Marnie and invites her in, when Anna clarifies that she is not Marnie the two girls talk and eventually become friends as they both have developed an interest in getting to know more about Marnie's life.

One night, Sayaka is sitting in her room, reading pages of Marnie's diary where she talks about Katzuhiko until her brother walks in her bedroom to tell her that their mother was making popcorn, Sayaka asks him to help her look for Anna since she believes something happened to her and the two walk on the rain and find Anna with her fever, muttering Marnie's name and take her to the Oiwa's house.

The next day, Sayaka goes to visit Anna and the two go to see Hisako to ask her about Marnie and she tells them about Marnie, which is a story so sad that it drives both girls to tears.

Appearance
Sayaka is a slender young girl and a little younger than Anna. Sayaka has brown hair tied in pigtails and teal eyes. She also has big round glasses.

Personality
Sayaka is a very friendly and upbeat girl who considers the health and happiness of her friends (Anna) to be the most important part of her day.

Relatives

 * Unnamed mother
 * Takeshi Doi (older brother)

Etymology

 * The name Sayaka means "color" (彩) (saya) and "fragrance, fragrant" (香) (ka).

Trivia

 * Her Japanese voice is Hana Sugisaki and shared with Mary Smith from Studio Ponoc's Mary and the Witch's Flower.
 * Sayaka is similar and based on Yu Yan from The Swan Princess series also she met Odette from the first time and help to stop Fang and save Mei Li.

Sayaka Doi