Minghua Song

Minghua Song (宋 明華, Son Minhoa) is Kei Narutani's forceful Chinese childhood friend who lost her parents during the chaotic evacuation of Shanghai.

Background
Minghua and Kei Narutani both grew up in China where they were refugees together and they both have lost their parents at this time.

They are living in Kei's grandfather's house near the Komatsu Airbase.

Kei Narutani
Minghua has a crush on Kei, but she has not told him of her feelings.

Etymology

 * The name Minghua means "next, clear/clear-sighted, bright, apparent, Ming Dynasty, understand, know" (明) (ming) and "China, flower/flowery/flora, splendid, flashy, magnificent, gray, prosperous" (華) (hua).
 * Minghua's surname Song means "Song Dynasty" (宋).