
Minami Kinoshita belongs to the Prince Yuki Fan Club, serving as its vice-president and heir apparent to the top post. Fiercely devoted to Yuki Sohma, she is the club's sharpest tongue, quick to confront any girl who dares grow close to him.
Her light brown hair is gathered into high pigtails fastened with a pair of pink elastics, framing a fair face with matching light brown eyes. Of ordinary height and build, she wears the Kaibara Municipal High School uniform, marked by a small gold pin.
Stubborn and combative, Minami will do anything to prove her devotion to Yuki, and she is usually the first to lash out at the girls orbiting him. Toward those rivals she turns openly rude, yet the moment Yuki appears she melts into a cheerful, gushing fangirl. She keeps close company with others who share her obsession, and in truth her entire world revolves around Yuki.

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Minami first appears cornering Tohru Honda to demand why she was seen walking with Yuki, backed by her fellow club members, though the group scatters once Arisa Uotani and Saki Hanajima turn up. During the second year she joins Motoko Minagawa and Mio Yamagishi in visiting Saki's home under the pretext of studying her powers, really hoping to expose a weakness. Saki warns them never to speak their real names indoors, and their snooping ends in panic when Megumi appears and reveals he can curse people through their names, scattering the intruders. Elsewhere she helps bully Machi Kuragi for refusing to treat Yuki as a prince, chases a staged photoshoot announcement from Kakeru, and takes the role of the wicked stepmother in the class play It's Cinderella-ish, a part she finds fits her well. Within the club she leads when Motoko is away, gets on well with Motoko, and bickers with Mio, while she and the others loathe Tohru, brand Saki a demon witch they genuinely fear, and resent Kimi Toudou and Machi alike.
Minami Kinoshita is the vice-president of the Prince Yuki Fan Club and heir apparent to its top post, fiercely devoted to Yuki Sohma.
Minami Kinoshita is stubborn and combative, usually the first to lash out at girls who get close to Yuki Sohma, though she melts into a gushing fangirl the moment he appears.
Minami Kinoshita plays the wicked stepmother in the class play It's Cinderella-ish, a part she admits fits her rather well.
Minami Kinoshita helps bully Machi Kuragi for refusing to treat Yuki Sohma as a prince, and she resents Machi alongside the rest of the fan club.
Minami Kinoshita gets on well with fellow member Motoko Minagawa, leading the club whenever Motoko is away, but she frequently bickers with clubmate Mio Yamagishi.
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