Tachibana, Izumi

立花いづみ

Tachibana Izumi (立花いづみ) serves as the Director of the MANKAI Company and is the daughter of its former director, Tachibana Yukio. While Izumi is the default name for the game's heroine, players have the option to change her first name. In the past, Izumi performed on stage herself but concluded that she lacked talent for it, leading her to abandon acting. Later, due to specific circumstances, she became involved with the MANKAI Company again in an effort to save it. She subsequently assumed the role of new director, taking up her father's legacy.
Izumi is a young woman in her early to mid-twenties, characterized by pale skin, bright hazel eyes, and long brown hair. She prefers casual yet fashionable attire, typically wearing a white-blue striped shirt paired with rolled-up dark blue jeans. Her outfit is completed with black sneakers and a small red purse.
Izumi is a bright and intelligent young woman who opens up to others easily and excels at evaluating the strengths and weaknesses of those around her. She is quick-witted and swift to seize opportunities when she spots them. Although she is kind and caring, she harbors personal insecurities and surprisingly low self-esteem, which she prefers to keep private. Throughout the story, it is evident that she often prioritizes others' interests over her own and attempts to mediate between the many clashing personalities she has gathered within the MANKAI Company. Izumi also has a distinct quirk: an extreme love for curry. She enjoys it so much that she will go on long rambles about its spices and their origins.
During her childhood, Izumi frequently visited the MANKAI Theatre to watch her father work as director. Over time, she developed an interest in acting herself and met the young Furuichi Sakyo, whom she introduced to the company. The two quickly became childhood friends. However, Izumi stopped visiting after being told she had no talent for acting whatsoever. In the present, six years after her father's disappearance, an invitation letter from the MANKAI Company addressed to her father was sent to her. Izumi decided to visit the theatre in hopes of discovering where her father had disappeared to, but she soon found herself involved in the company's troubles.