Miyoko Sahara

Miyoko Sahara was the first girl to approach Shoko Nishimiya when she transferred into class and offer to be her friend. She does this by communicating to Shoko that she wants to learn sign language in order to help Shoko, and become friends with her. However, this innocent action of Miyoko only brought bullying upon her, such that she not only broke off friendship with Shoko, but dropped out of that class and school. Later, Miyoko and Shoko meet again, but this time the friendship begins to develop further. Although still in high school, she begins working part time as a fashion model of teen fashions, being part of photo shoots. When she graduates from high school, she wins a scholarship to a fashion design college in Tokyo. Surprisingly, Miyoko befriends Naoka Ueno.

Personality
Sahara is a kind person for the majority of the manga and movie. She often has conversations with Shoko Nishimiya and she does multiple activities with her including going to a karaoke bar with her, despite Nishimiya's singing.

However, during Shoya Ishida's rant, he criticized her of being 'quick to run' as she left elementary school immediately after she and Shoko were bullied.