Inuyama Michiyo

A student and pâtissière-in-training at PochiTama’s Hakata-ku branch. Michiyo is a serious and earnest girl with a samurai-like disposition, one which never wavers after she's made up her mind.

Her father once took her to a temple festival at a very young age, where she first encountered Amezaiku, or Japanese candy art, which is often made in the shape of animals or people. Enthralled by the delicate process, Michiyo stubbornly insisted that she, too, would someday create such intricate confections.

She works hard to create a confection that would entrance anyone who lays eyes on it, and toils day and night to further hone her skills as a pâtissière.

"Fashioned candy reflects the heart of its creator. I've still got a long way to go, and that peak of serenity is still out of my reach..."