Ryoko Akiyama

Ryoko Akiyama was a Yomiyama North Middle School's student from the 3-3 Class of 1983 along with Reiko Mikami and Katsumi Matsunaga. She appears exclusively in the manga and never appears in the anime, and was never mentioned.

Appearance
Ryoko has short straight black hair and black eyes. She wears the Yomiyama's North Middle School female standard uniform.

Personality
Ryoko seems a superficial and ironic girl. She claimed that she likes "that kind of things", referring to the class curse. Also, Ryoko gathered informations about the curse and the calamity from ex-students from class 3-3 and researched about it and believes it, claiming that "a lot of students have died", even if she isn't affected by it. She is a joker person as she likes to scare Reiko with the curse. Ryoko was Reiko's best friend.

Story
Ryoko appears in Another 0 manga. In the first page, she woke Reiko up from her sleep at school. Also, Ryoko usually is seen with Reiko at school, talking with her about the curse. Ryoko dies at the end of Chapter 1 (Another 0) because of an accident in the way down the school, because of the 9th grade class 3 curse. She is the first one to die because of it and her death is the evidence that the calamity started. When Reiko found out about her death was devastated, and didn't believe it that her friend who said that "the calamity is for real", "be careful", and "see you tomorrow" died. At her funeral Reiko said that Ryoko was her best friend since 1st year.

Trivia

 * Reiko said that, at the time of her death, she was overcome with grief.
 * Her first name, Ryoko means "understanding child".
 * In her surname, Akiyama, "Aki"  means "autumn" and "Yama" is means "mountain".
 * Ryoko and Reiko were best friends since their first year of school.