In the anime, it is revealed that Maira, a former Pawn, became a Bishop by gaining the ÄRM Vaqua. He is not given a backround in the manga. Maira is a black-cloaked masked man who takes pleasure in engulfing and digesting people with Vaqua. Vaqua is a blue/green slime-like Guardian ÄRM with one eye. Maira is first seen watching the War Game battle between Ginta Toramizu and Garon. During the second round of the War Games, Maira reappears as a fighter for the Chess Pieces. He has the last of the battles in that round, and goes up against Dorothy. Maira is quick to falsely judge Dorothy's power, though he easily destroys one of her weaker Guardians and stalemates another. Dorothy, however, calls back this one to bring about her favorite, Toto, which eats Maira's Vaqua. Maira, now ÄRM-less, begs Dorothy for mercy. Dorothy, however, doesn't do as such and has Toto eat Maira as well, becoming the first casualty of the War Games.
A member of Arc Aile who, like Cisqua, chose to use weapons rather than Edel Raid, Maina is an old friend of Cisqua. She appears in an episode of the anime to bring Ren back to HQ as the main Arc Aile trio uses the disguise of a vacation to help find Edel Garden. It turns out she was controlling a Sting Raid that was attacking people on the ship through song, but in the end Cisqua uses the song against her and has to kill her to prove her dedication to Ren. Cisqua also claims that Maina is the better sniper, but worse at everything else.
Maina is the mother of Moena and part of Angel Blade.
Sanae is Nagisa's mother. Normally she's very childish and a cry-baby, but when needed she can be very strong-willed and dependable. She runs the Furukawa Bakery with her husband Akio. She often tries out strange concepts to make breads that are anything but edible and never get sold. Outside of the bakery, she tutors children. She's quite proud of the way people often mistake her for Nagisa's older sister because of her youthful appearance. Sanae plays a larger role in After Story, often comes to Tomoya's aid when Nagisa is sick and needs to be accompanied, especially during Nagisa's pregnancy. Before being a baker at the Furukawa Bakery, she was a junior-high teacher, and had to quit her job due to Nagisa's health. Sanae is the mastermind behind Tomoya and Ushio's trip to the flower cape, in hope for them to reconcile. She knows Shino, Tomoya's grandmother in his father's side, although it is never revealed how they met. After Nagisa's death, she takes care of Ushio together with Akio.
Birthday: May 13 Constellation: Taurus Blood type: A Height: 160cm ~ 5'3'' Bust: 88cm Waist: 58cm Hip: 85cm Weight: 48kg Favorite animal: African Elephant Favorite food: Pork cutlet Kotomi is another schoolmate of Tomoya's in the same year, but, like Kyou, is in a separate class from Tomoya. The "Koto" in Kotomi is derived from the Japanese musical stringed instrument of the same name. She is in the top ten for every subject throughout the whole country in standardized exam results—she always goes to library to read extra materials, especially books in foreign languages. Kotomi is a very quiet girl and it is quite difficult to communicate with her. In her spare time, she plays the violin, although she is very poor at it to the point of causing pain to those who hear her play. Tomoya meets her for the first time when he enters the library and found Kotomi sitting on the floor barefoot, reading books with scissors in her hand, and acts oddly with Tomoya. After several meetings with Kotomi, Tomoya starts skipping the fourth period and spend time with Kotomi in the library. Tomoya decides to force Kotomi to join the drama club to make her more sociable. Just when Kotomi starts to open up to everyone, a bus accident causes her to breakdown in front of everyone and returns home later. Tomoya visits her in her house and learns that he and Kotomi were childhood friends, but lost contact with each other after Kotomi's parents died in an plane-accident. Not wanting to feel the pain of losing someone important anymore, and asks Tomoya to leave her alone. Wanting to bring Kotomi away from her past, Tomoya decides to renovate her garden, while the drama club members decide to gift her a violin, but was unfortunately destroyed. After renovating Kotomi's garden, Kotomi appears to Tomoya, and after some poignant conversation, Tomoya brings Kotomi out of her house to see the outside world inside her heart. The next day, her guardian presents Kotomi her parent's briefcase that has traveled all the way to Japan, and inside is a teddy bear and a testimony, asking Kotomi to live the way she wants and grow up to be an adult. Kotomi realizes she is still being loved by her parents even after their death and cries. After this, Kotomi becomes more mature, and the drama club members finally give Kotomi a violin. In ~After Story~ In the anime adaptation Clannad After Story, Kotomi moves to America to further her studies. She, however, occasionally visits Tomoya and the others, and in the movie adaptation, Kotomi only made a cameo appearance, as she is only seen conducting a song for the members of the Choir Club.
Aiko, or Ai-chan, first appears as a transfer student from Osaka, which shows from her Osaka accent. Like a typical Osakan, Aiko is also very humorous and often cracks jokes. She's the smart aleck type of the group. One important fact about Aiko is that she has a passion for sports, and is very athletic. She seems to fare better than her classmates and thus makes her popular in the sports department. The only sport she is weak at is swimming. Aiko has no real love interest, but she shows affection for Leon of the FLAT4. Aiko's birthday is November 14, her favorite color is blue, and her instrument is the harmonica. Her family consists of her divorced parents, Koji and Atsuko, and Aiko wishes one day for them to be together again.
Kawaguchi published her first manga at 13. Now 6 years have passed and she has yet to produce anything else. Thinking she doesn't have enough experience to write about anything, she decides to change that. Noticing that boys' love and girls' love manga have been popular recently she decides to ask a former co-worker out to get some inspiration. Her penname is ��明日香 (same reading).