Hatsuse Okahashi

Hatsuse Okahashi (岡橋 初瀬 Okahashi Hatsuse) is a first-year student at Bansei High School and a former member of Ada Middle School's mahjong club who was friends with Ako Atarashi.

Appearance
Hatsuse has shoulder-length light brown hair and brown eyes.

In most of her appearance, she is wearing the standard Bansei High School uniform.

Preparation Arc
Hatsuse first appears with her friend Hyakka Kurumai outside of a supermarket. There she meets Ako and questions why she didn't go to Bansei. After a brief conversation, they notice Ako getting picked up by Harue Akado. When their senior Yae Kobashiri comes out of the supermarket and tells them Achiga might be good opponents, she is taken aback. Later at the prefectural tournament she was seen rooting fiercely for Yae, but was horribly shocked when Achiga easily defeats her school. In the anime, she shows up at Achiga's departing to wish Ako good luck and tells her that she will beat them next year.

National Tournament Arc
In the anime, Hatsusu shows up to were some of the Achiga fans gather to watch Ako Atarashi's match. She then converses with Nozomi Atarashi about how Ako and how she has improved. Nozomi then tells her that she bets she thinks that she will be there next year and Hatsuse agrees with her. At the end of Ako's match, she was surprised by how she can talk to the famous Sera Eguchi so casually and tells Nozomi this.

Playing Style/Abilities
Not shown, but Hatsuse use to be on par with Ako Atarashi during middle school, though she cannot make the bench at Bansei.

Etymology

 * The name Hatsuse means "first" (初) (hatsu) and "swift current, rapids" (瀬) (se).
 * Hatsuse's surname Okahashi means "ridge, hill" (岡) (oka) and "bridge" (橋) (hashi).

Trivia

 * Hatsusue was on the same level as Ako Atarashi in middle school, but she cannot make the regulars for Bansei.