__Height:__ 164 cm (5'5")

Sena Kashiwazaki is the female tritagonist of the Boku wa Tomodachi ga Sukunai series. She is the first recruited member of the Neighbor's Club and the daughter of Tenma Kashiwazaki, headmaster of St. Chronica's Academy. Her wealth, beauty, and outstanding academic and athletic performance have made her popular among male students, and likewise, have made her an outcast among girls. Starting from high school, Sena continuously took first place in all tests, exams, and competitions. A year prior to the start of the story, Sena in her freshman year of high school, won multiple athletic events in the school annual festival. She entered the 200-meter race, cavalry battle, the scavenger hunt race, the obstacle race, the bread-eating race, the marathon, winning all of them effortlessly. 

Before joining the Neighbor's Club, Sena didn't have any female friends, because she is envied by other girls, due to her good looks and popularity with the opposite sex. Despite being constantly surrounded by boys (who, according to her, are "doormats"), all she wants are true friends, which drove her to join the Neighbor's Club. Sena shows a dislike of all things "ordinary."  

On the outside, Sena appears to be an ordinary high school girl, but in truth, Sena is arrogant and prideful by nature and she is well aware of this. Sena considers herself to be the school queen or goddess and so often she treats her male classmates only as servants to be used, although many of them would like to be her boyfriend. Nonetheless, she holds Kodaka to a higher standard. Sena also believes that there are two types of girls; the ones who are willing to be her friends and the others who are not worthy of her. Sena also does not treat the boys in her class with much respect due to them constantly ogling her, and slavishly doing whatever she tells them to. However, whenever Sena's ego is shaken by someone (usually Yozora), she bursts into tears and flings childish insults before running away. Sena was surprised to see that Kodaka does not act like the boys in her class (wanting to be stepped on) and hence, views Kodaka in a different light. She first saw him in this different light when he rescued her from some guys who were harassing her at a public pool. Since then, her feelings have increased to the point where she nonchalantly admits that she wouldn't mind marrying him and that she is in love with him. Her father was the best friend of Hayato Hasegawa, and because of this, some time in her early childhood Sena met Kodaka Hasegawa (though both of them couldn't remember this). 

Sena enjoys playing video games—including dating sims and eroge—partially because they allow her to make female (if virtual) friends. She is a perfectionist by default. Sena always tries her best at everything and is willing to go to great lengths to do something perfectly (once playing a video game without sleeping until she had finished it). Sena gets so involved in her games that she becomes very angry if they are insulted in any way. She becomes extremely engrossed in things she is interested in, sometimes to beyond reasonable levels (as seen with her grudge against Yozora), while completely ignoring things she is not interested in. She possesses both the confidence and the means to pursue whatever she may desire. Sena is very gullible and often fails to see through the tricks Rika and Yozora play on her, even when the resulting humiliation is plain to see, (an example being the "heap" hairstyle). She only realizes her mistake when her father or some other person points it out to her. Yozora calls her "Meat" (Niku) an insulting nickname which she secretly likes because it is the first she has ever received. Her father is a friend of Kodaka's father, and pulled strings so that Kodaka could attend St. Chronica's. 

Despite her princess-like arrogance, it's been shown that Sena genuinely cares for the other members of the club. ~!For example, Sena offered to purchase a theme park ticket for Maria so that she would not be left out of the group, which showed a degree of care unexpected from an arrogant princess who thinks nothing of others. Later, while she exacted her revenge on Yozora for plagiarizing, Sena made a point not to go too far and offered Yozora a chance to redeem herself by giving her a part in the movie. Sena also has an overly creepy obsession regarding Kodaka's younger sister, Kobato, going so far as asking to take a bath with her. Sena will go to any lengths to make Kobato happy, much to Kobato's discomfort.!~

In Volume 7 of the Light Novel,  
~!it was revealed that Kodaka and Sena are fiancés betrothed by their father's which she fully accepts.!~  

In Volume 8,  
~!Sena proposes to Kodaka, asking him to marry her. Sena also confesses to Kodaka that she loves him.!~

In Volume 9,
~!Kodaka replies to Sena's confession. He loves her, but due to the circumstances within the club, he is begging her to be patient. As long the club exists, he doesn't want to go out on dates. Sena agrees and the club returns to the old status quo.!~

Hasegawa Kodaka has transferred schools, and he's having a hard time making friends. It doesn't help that his blond hair tends to make people think he's a delinquent. One day, he runs into his bad-tempered solitary classmate Yozora while she's talking animatedly to her imaginary friend Tomo. Realizing that neither of them have any actual friends, they decide that the best way to alter this situation is to form a club and start recruiting. 
That is how "Rinjinbu", The Neighbours' Club, was formed, a club specifically designed for people who don't have very many friends. As other lonely classmates slowly join their little club, they'll try to learn how to build friendships through cooking together, playing games, and other group activities. But will this group of relationship-challenged misfits really be able to get along?

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After graduating from high school, Kanae enrolled at the Amusement Media Academy, a vocational school for voice actors and artists, and graduated in 2007. Prior to graduating she was a member of two voice acting groups called Koetchi (こえっち) and Rirachitchi (りらちっち) before both groups disbanded in December 2005 and January 28, 2007 respectively.

Her first major role came in 2007 when she played the lead heroine, Amu Hinamori, from the anime Shugo Chara!. The show became a hit and Kanae was praised by critics. Since then, she has voiced Amu in other Shugo Chara! franchises including radio serials, drama CDs and video games.  

She and fellow voice actress Aki Toyosaki are good friends who worked together on several anime including Shugo Chara!, To Love-Ru, The World God Only Knows, Hanasaku Iroha and Toaru Kagaku no Railgun (both also hosted the Toaru Kagaku no Railgun web radio show, Radio no Railgun). 

She was also nominated for "Best Rookie Voice Actress," at the 4th Seiyuu Awards.  

In January 1st, 2024, she announced on both her blog and Twitter account that she got married to a man from outside the entertainment industry.

Non-Anime Roles:

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Jad is an American voice actress and ADR director who works for Funimation and Sentai Filmworks. Her name is an acronym of her parents' names, Jimmy and David, and is pronounced as Jade. Her singing led to her first voice role in Sasami: Magical Girls Club as Eimi Mori, and her first major voice role was Masako Hara in Ghost Hunt. She graduated summa cum laude from Texas Wesleyan University with a Bachelor of Arts in Music in 2005.

(Source: Wikipedia)

The Neighbor's Club&mdash;a club founded for the purpose of making friends, where misfortunate boys and girls with few friends live out their regrettable lives. 
Although Yozora Mikazuki faced a certain incident at the end of summer, the daily life of the Neighbor's Club goes on as usual. A strange nun, members of the student council and other new faces make an appearance, causing Kodaka Hasegawa's life to grow even busier. 
While they all enjoy going to the amusement park, playing games, celebrating birthdays, and challenging the "school festival"&mdash;a symbol of the school life normal people live&mdash;the relations amongst the members slowly begins to change... 
Let the next stage begin, on this unfortunate coming-of-age love comedy!! 
(Source: Anime News Network)

Unaired 13th episode of Boku wa Tomodachi ga Sukunai.

Recent high school transfer student Hasegawa Kodaka is pathetically inept at making friends. Kodaka is an outcast, with his natural blonde hair which he inherited from his deceased English mother, and his unpleasant, fierce gaze. When he comes across the brash loner Mikazuki Yozora, who typically chats with her imaginary friend, the two outsiders become the unlikeliest of allies.
 
Realizing that they have no hope of a normal social life, the two rejects decide to form a group called “The Neighbors Club” in order to make friends and maybe even learn a thing or two about social skills. As luck would have it, five new members join the club who are more socially awkward than they are. Will these quirky misfits ever make normal friends, or are they all doomed to social failure?
 (Source: Seven Seas Entertainment)
 
Note: Chapter count includes 11 extras.

Recent high school transfer student Hasegawa Kodaka is pathetically inept at making friends. Kodaka is an outcast, with his natural blonde hair which he inherited from his deceased English mother, and his unpleasant, fierce gaze. When he comes across the brash loner Mikazuki Yozora, who typically chats with her imaginary friend, the two outsiders become the unlikeliest of allies.
 
Realizing that they have no hope of a normal social life, the two rejects decide to form a group called “The Neighbors Club” in order to make friends and maybe even learn a thing or two about social skills. As luck would have it, five new members join the club who are more socially awkward than they are. Will these quirky misfits ever make normal friends, or are they all doomed to social failure?
 (Source: Seven Seas Entertainment)

A "what if" alternative version of the original story, on which the cast gets acquainted in a different manner. 
The basic premise is that Kodaka, a rude looking and easily misunderstood transfer student catches a glimpse from a conversation between Sena (the most popular girl on school) and "her friend" Renka (a character from a visual novel); after a short discussion followed, Sena decides to give it a try and make some friends with Kodaka's help. 
This is a tweak from the original premise, on which Kodaka catches Yozora speaking to her "air friend", and is Yozora the one who decides to start practicing how to make friends with Kodaka's help.

Boku wa Tomodachi ga Sukunai Shobo-n! is a spin-off comic series written by Kazehana Chiruwo and illustrated by Shirabi. It's a collection of oneshots focusing on the members of the Neighbor's Club and their relationships with each other.
 
Welcome to the Neighbors Club! Pull up a chair! Have a soda… or is that a love potion? Just don’t get too comfortable, because the club is up to their usual shenanigans. You never know when you’ll find them engaged in questionable conversation about fetishes, or running a three-legged race to win the attention of the club’s unwilling “harem master,” or sharing a moment of bonding in the school bathroom. Whatever the event, you can count on the Neighbors Club to march to the beat of a different drummer. This spinoff collection of short stories continues their misadventures and misunderstandings like never before, in their ongoing mission to try — and fail! — to make friends.
 
(Source: Seven Seas Entertainment)

The characters from both Haganai and Seitokai no Ichizon visit each others' clubroom in this two-part crossover. Strangely enough, the male protagonists from each manga do not make appearances. 
Chapter One: 
The Neighbor's Club gets a mysterious message from a certain student council! This chapter was drawn by Itachi, the artist of the Haganai manga. 
Chapter Two: 
The Hekiyou Gakuen student council receives an invitation from the Neighbor's Club to visit. This chapter was drawn by 10mo, the artist of the Seitokai no Ichizon manga.

An anthology of Boku wa Tomodachi ga Sukunai by various mangaka.
 
Volume 1 (2011/10/22) 
#Cover illustration: Mizoguchi Keiji 
#Color illustration: Youta, okiura, karory, Higa Yukari 
1. Atashi to Dorei to Blue Day (あたしとドレイとブルーデイ) [Itachi] 
2. Koketsu ni Irazunba Tomo wo Ezu (虎穴に入らずんば友を得ず) [Ayakura Juu] 
3. Tomodachi Tsukamu nara, Mazu wa Ibukuro wo Tsukame Sakusen!? (友達掴むなら、まずは胃袋を掴め作戦!?) [nini] 
4. Toaru Hikoushi no Tsuioku (とある飛行士の追憶) [Haruno Tomoya] 
5. Joshiryoku Hensachi (女子力偏差値) [pun2] 
6. Yarakasune! Rinjin-bu! (やらかすね! 隣人部!) [Shirabi × Kazahana Chiruwo] 
7. Kobato Ganbaru. (こばとがんばる。) [Takei Ooki (TIES)] 
8. Karaoke de no Tomodachi no Tsukurikata (カラオケでの友達の作り方) [Atto] 
9. Rikashitsu e Kerasete Itadakimasu! (理科室へ帰らせていただきます!) [Hotaru Takana+Piroshiki] 
10. Ankoku Potato Chip no Higeki (暗黒ぽてちの悲劇) [Takamura Masaya] 
11. Barairo no Seishun? (薔薇色の青春?) [Toru Kei] 
12. Telephone Shocking (テレフォンショッキング) [Toru Kei] 
13. Sangokushi wa Bocchi no Tashinami (三国志はぼっちの嗜み) [紫嶺タカシ] 
14. Tenshi ga Egao ni Nareru nara (天使が笑顔になれるなら) [Rokushou Kokuu] 
15. Mizugi Hinpyou-kai (水着品評会) [Uonuma Yuu (うおぬまゆう)] 
16. Kashiwazaki Sena no Yuuutsu (柏崎星奈の憂鬱) [Shiranami Sui (白波翠)] 
17. Yukimura, Samurai ni Naru (幸村、侍になる) [meet neet.] 
18. Kobato 16-sai (小鳩16歳) [Sugano Manami] 
19. Biyouin e Ikou (美容院へ行こう) [山田孝太郎×三浦男雄]
 
Volume 2 (2012/3/23) 
#Cover illustration: CUTEG 
#Color illustration: Runa (屡那), Sayori (さより), Mankoku Ayuka (万国あゆか) 
1. Kobato-chan no "Konna no Kyuuketsuki Yanai mon!" (小鳩ちゃんの「こんなの吸血鬼やないもん!」) [Hasemi Ryo (長谷見亮)] 
2. Sena→Sena?! (星奈→星奈!?) [Sanshoku Amido.] 
3. Hima wo Mate Amashita Kamigami no Asobi (暇を待て余した髪々の遊び) [Ichiri] 
4. Nounai Universe (脳内ユニバース) [Kouji (コウジ)] 
5. Gothic Lolinjin-bu! (ゴスロリんじんぶ!) [kona] 
6. Otomegokoro (オトメゴコロ) [Shouno Kotaro] 
7. Zannen na Satsuei-kai (残念な撮影会) [100 Yen Locker] 
8. Sister vs. Sister (シスターvs.シスター) [Natsuki Yuu (なつきゆう)] 
9. Bath Time Trouble (バスタイムトラブル) [Komoda] 
10. Getabako no Tegami wa Bara no Kaori!? (下駄箱の手紙は薔薇の薫り!?) [Nuruken (ぬるけん)] 
11. Onegai My Sena-sama☆ (おねがい マイ星奈様☆) [クスィー大誠] 
12. Ha wo Nai (Boku wa Real Fight wo Tomenai) (はをない（僕はリアルファイトをとめない）) [Yukiwo] 
13. Hentai de Tensai demo Shoujo Desukara! (変態で天才でも少女ですから!) [Tsuzuri] 
14. Yaranai Zen yori Yaru Gizen! (やらない善よりやる偽善!) [Akidzuki Akina (秋月秋名)] 
15. Tatoeba, Sonna Nichijou. (例えば、そんな日常。) [Yuizaki Akina (ユイザキカズヤ)] 
16. Rinki Ouhen mo Tanin tomo Yoki Kankei wo (臨機応変も他人とも善き関係を) [Mitsu King] 
17. Yukimura, Kaizou Keikaku! (幸村、改造計画!) [Choborau Nyopomi (ちょぼらうにょぽみ)]
 
Volume 3 (2013/1/23) 
#Cover illustration: Yuugen 
#Color illustration: Shirabi, Kasuga Ayumu, Ningen (にんげん), Yoshida Morohe 
1. Tenshi to Akuma to Lunchtime (天使と悪魔とランチタイム) [Tiv] 
2. Batsu Game (罰ゲーム) [Hisasi] 
3. Sena x Yozora (星奈×夜空) [Hijiki] 
4. Taberarenai nara Tatakatte Shimaeba Ii Jyanai. (食べられないなら闘ってしまえばいいじゃない。) [Murasaki Hisato (村崎久都)] 
5. Tobikome! Rinjinmura (とびこめ! りんじん村) [Nariie Shinichirou] 
6. Haganai! (はがないっ!) [Kon Takuto] 
7. An-chan to Issho! (あんちゃんといっしょ!) [Kagisora Tomiyaki] 
8. Ganbare Sumeragi-san (がんばれすめらぎさん) [Yoshioka Kimitake] 
9. Kisekae Yukimura-kun (着せ替え幸村くん) [葵季みつみ] 
10. Hasegawa-ke no Kyuujitsu (羽瀬川家の休日) [rin] 
11. Irekawarinjin-bu (いれかわりんじんぶ) [Kino Konoki] 
12. Seikimatsu Nazo Inryousui Densetsu: Kodaka no Ken (世紀末謎飲料水伝説 小鷹の件) [Take Shinobu] 
13. Tanoshii Rinjin-bu (楽しい隣人部) [Gin (ぎん)] 
14. Nuigurumi wa Hisoka ni Warau (ぬいぐるみは密かに嗤う) [Mukunoki Nanatsu] 
15. Otoko to Otoko no Love Game!? (男と男のラブゲーム!?) [Nakamura Kira] 
16. Futari no ☆Omoiyari (ふたりの☆おもいやり) [しゅがすく] 
17. Rui wa Tomo wo Yoba... nai?(類は友を呼ば...ない?) [Kuro no Miki] 
18. Tsuru to Peta (つるとペタ) [Shouji Ayumu] 
19. Bokura wa Purikura mo Torenai (´ ・ω・｀) (僕らはプリクラも撮れない(´ ・ω・｀)) [Mori Misaki] 
20. Virtual Osaka Natsu no Jin! (ヴァーチャル大坂夏の陣!) [bomi/木瓜庵] 
21. Yume wo Mita Ano Hi Bokutachi wa (夢を見たあの日 僕たちは) [Sakayama Shinta]

The successor of Shobon, Boku wa Tomodachi ga Sukunai Hiyori is a collection of oneshots about the Neighbor's Club's activities.
 
Through their adventures and misadventures, the Neighbors Club has become a tight-knit group of… what’s that word? People who hang out together, laugh and cry together, bond over their own ridiculous in-jokes, squabble, and plan nonevents. Not “friends” if these misfits could make friends, why would they be in the club in the first place? Or so they think! It seems outsiders may see things very differently. With no normal friends in sight, the club members continue to band together for both special and mundane occasions, whether it’s choosing Halloween costumes, making the first shrine visit of the new year, helping each other find work, or simply trying to recruit new members. There could even be a duel or two in store with this bunch, anything can happen!
 
(Source: Seven Seas Entertainment)

Hasegawa Kodaka has transferred schools, and he's having a hard time making friends. It doesn't help that his blond hair tends to make people think he's a delinquent. One day, he runs into his bad-tempered solitary classmate Yozora while she's talking animatedly to her imaginary friend Tomo. Realizing that neither of them have any actual friends, they decide that the best way to alter this situation is to form a club and start recruiting. 
That is how "Rinjinbu", The Neighbours' Club, was formed, a club specifically designed for people who don't have very many friends. As other lonely classmates slowly join their little club, they'll try to learn how to build friendships through cooking together, playing games, and other group activities. But will this group of relationship-challenged misfits really be able to get along?