The eldest daughter of the Higure family, which is a central bloodline of Kagami Village, and works at Kagami Shrine. At the autumn festival held once a year, she performs rituals as the "Miko of Momiji-yaki" and is a symbolic existence of the village. She has an elusive personality and is optimistic, but she is a good older sister who has talent no matter what she does and is admired by many people. She has a chronic illness and had weakened to the point of living in a wheelchair, but after nearly one year of hospitalization, she went into remission and returned to Kagami Village where Akane lives.