Ayumi

あゆみ

The trio consists of Kagome Higurashi's current school friends, who appear quite nosy regarding her personal life. They persistently urge Kagome to make a move on Hojo, a popular schoolboy who clearly admires her. Upon first hearing about InuYasha, they repeatedly encourage her to leave him because of her seemingly bizarre descriptions; however, in later episodes, Kagome's three classmates begin to like "Mr. Possessive." In episode 160, titled "The Lucky But Two-Timing Scoundrel!", the girls finally meet InuYasha and find his exotic appearance intriguing, officially approving of him, which makes Kagome considerably happy.
Ayumi is the most naive and gentle member of the friend group. Unlike Eri and Yuka, who believe Kagome's "delinquent boyfriend" is bad news and thus constantly encourage Hojo in his romantic, albeit platonic, pursuit of the time-traveling schoolgirl, Ayumi is almost always shown as supportive of the couple. Some of this stems, of course, from her innocent demeanor and optimism; however, she does believe that Kagome is truly in love, and that because of this, any problems the couple might encounter may be overcome. She is shown to have an interest in song, serving as the maestro for her school's choir performance during the cultural festival.