Saya Irino



Saya Irino (納野サヤ Irino Saya) is a character in the 2012 Black★Rock Shooter anime. Her other self, if she has one, remains unknown.

She is voiced by Mamiko Noto (Japanese) and Maura Tierney (English).

Appearance
Saya is a black-haired individual with brown eyes. and has a mole on her face. Official art depicts her with casual clothing, wearning a pink and brown jacket with an armlet of sorts in her left arm. As well, she wears blue leggings.

Personality
She is calm and gentle, and is generally the go-to person to talk about problems. She is also fond of coffee.

History
She is the middle school counselor at Mato's school, running "Dawn Counseling" at the consultation room.

Mato runs into her on the first day of school, and she tells Mato to come over anytime she has problems. When Mato finally does show up to talk about her discomfort about her situation with Yomi, she advises Mato that she will inevitably make enemies as it's a part of life, and that there is someone out there who will take her heart's pain for her.

A few days later, Mato comes back to tell her about her strange dream that she had involving two mysterious girls and a call for help. Saya tells her that dreams are sometimes a way for friends to tell each other things that can't be said in words, and that Yomi might be telling her something.