Emiri Kanou

Emiri Kanou is a teacher at Gekkoukan High School. She teaches economics and ethics, and she is the club advisor of the tennis/volleyball sports club.

Appearances

 * Persona 3 / FES / Portable: Non-Playable Character

Design
Emiri has brown hair and brown eyes. She wears a beige blazer, a necklace and earrings. While interacting with Maya in the online game Social Link, the protagonist learns that Ms. Kanou pads her bra in order to increase her bust size. Maya thinks Emiri is a "skanky hoe."

Persona 3
She's the focus of Kenji Tomochika's Social Link. Kenji has a crush on her and before he asks her out first, she makes the first move and asks Kenji if he wants some "private lessons" and invites Kenji to her house. Later, Kenji notes that while Emiri is a strict teacher, she's a "real sweetheart" at home. Kenji spots a bridal magazine on her coffee table. Kenji decides he will propose to her as soon as he can. Later, the whole school finds out about Kenji and Emiri and as a result, Emiri is forced to transfer schools. Kenji told Emiri he wanted to transfer too, but Emiri decided it would be best to end contact. Later, it is revealed that she has a newly wedded husband. Emiri comments that Kenji must have misunderstood things.

If playing as the female protagonist in Persona 3 Portable, she seems largely inattentive towards her duties to Rio's sports club. She also doesn't transfer schools due to the lack of Kenji's Social Link.

Etymology

 * The name Emiri (1) is written in katakana (エミリ), which has no special meaning. However, when written in kanji (英美里 or 絵美里), it could possibly mean:
 * 英美里 - "excellent, fine" (英) (e), "beautiful" (美) (mi) and "village" (里) (ri).
 * 絵美里 - "picture, painting" (絵) (e), "beautiful" (美) (mi) and "village" (里) (ri).
 * Emiri's surname Kanou means "add, increase" (加) (ka) and "settlement, obtain, reap, pay/payment, supply, store" (納) (nou).