Gender: Female
Age: 17-18
Birthday: December 2 (Sagittarius)
Blood Type: AB
Height: 5'4" (165 cm)
Occupation: Student, Actress, Model
Affiliation: Minegahara High School, 3rd year
Mai Sakurajima (桜島 麻衣, Sakurajima Mai) is the main character of the Seishun Buta Yarou wa Bunny Girl Senpai no Yume wo Minai series. She is a notable actress/model and a third year at Minegahara High School, the same school as Sakuta Azusagawa.
Mai is a serious individual, especially around Sakuta Azusagawa. She is very sensitive, polite, levelheaded, helpful, and kind. She isn't harsh by default, but she can become easily annoyed and come across as somewhat snappy or violent especially to Sakuta. Mai tends to ignore and stuff down unpleasant feelings rather than deal with them. Sakuta often points out that she is "dishonest", often lying about her feelings. Despite her snarkiness, she's pure-hearted and even shy around Sakuta's jokes. Mai is also very intelligent; she's implied to have very good grades and even helps Sakuta study at one point.
Mai found early fame as a model for television, magazines, and books due to the fact that her mother ran a photographing agency. While she did enjoy her job as a model in the show business, the pressure of being in the public began to take its toll on her. After being tricked and forced to participate in a swimsuit photoshoot by her mother in her early school years, Mai realized she was simply being used as a tool to make her mother easy money and took a hiatus from acting as a way to get back at her, deciding to attend highschool.
However, because of work commitments made prior to her decision to go on hiatus she wasn't able to attend school until half-way through her first year. By then, social circles had formed, making her the "odd one out" and causing her to be isolated. As a result, the student body didn't know how to deal with her; While they had no reason to bully her, they also feared associating with her would cause themselves to be isolated as well.
Unbeknownst to Mai, these events caused a severe emotional disturbance in her, and the effects of Adolescence Syndrome caused her existence to become unnoticed by other people. While she first enjoyed a respite from the spot-light, she soon realized she was in peril of disappearing altogether.
Two years and several months since beginning her hiatus, Mai went to a library wearing a bunny costume to see if anyone would notice her. She then came across a boy named Sakuta Azusagawa, who was the only person in the building able to see her. After introducing themselves, however, Mai ordered Sakuta to forget about her.
Later on, they run into each other at the train station. After a brief conversation about Sakuta's involvement in the "hospitalization incident", Mai told him about her history as an actress. The two leave the train at the Fujisawa station, where she went on to add that at the beginning of a 4-day weekend, she noticed that no one was able to see or hear her. Sakuta suggested that her invisibility may have resulted from Adolescence Syndrome, which Mai dismissed as an urban legend. The two began to spend their time together and eventually gained a liking for each other.
During the exam week, Sakuta confessed his love to Mai in front of the school, causing everyone to recognize Mai's presence and thus ending end her Adolescence Syndrome.
Wanting to avoid the suspension bridge effect, she told Sakuta to repeat what he said a month from now. As she was now visible, Mai then loudly denounced the "hospitalization incident" as nothing but nonsense. Sakuta bemoaned the fact that they would be lectured, but Mai reassured him by stating that she would be lectured along with him.
On the morning of September 1, Mai was shocked to discover that she was living in the body of her half-sister Nodoka Toyohama. Mai speculated the cause to be Adolescence Syndrome and told Nodoka that they would have to live each other's lives for the time being before exchanging her agenda for the month for Nodoka's.
Upon discovering at her apartment that Nodoka (who had found her box of letters thanks to Sakuta) was upset over the praise she received, Mai explained that she collected her letters to get through the stress of work and encouraged her to make her mom proud on her own terms. After spending a brief moment hugging, the sisters reverted to their original appearances.
On December 1, Mai went to Sakuta's house to cheer him up through his situation with Kaede, but stormed off after finding a note left by Shoko and learning from Sakuta that he became depressed after Kaede's memories returned. The following day (which was her birthday), Sakuta met up with Mai at her film location, before the couple went to a nearby park. As they cuddled together, Mai apologized for not being there during his ordeal, to which Sakuta responded that he was already satisfied to have her at his side.
Mai asked Sakuta to close his eyes for what seemed to be a kiss, but pinched his cheek instead. In response to his confusion, Mai jokingly stated that was the best reward she could give him.
