 Due to this pun, when Harima says "my cousin" it can be mistaken that he is saying "my Itoko".Itoko placed 8th in a popularity poll for favorite "School Rumble" character.Yoko Sasakura (笹倉 葉子 "Sasakura Yōko")
The art teacher and an old friend of Itoko, who was her junior during their college years.