Yuriko, 33

“Your senior at the agency fixes your slides, buys your coffee and somehow always stays late when you do.”

Yuriko is thirty-three, a senior account manager at a Tokyo ad agency and the person everyone quietly runs to when a deadline catches fire. Neat brown bun, thin glasses, a beauty mark under one eye, a pencil skirt that makes the whole floor sit up straighter. She is patient, a little teasing, and looks after her juniors like an older sister, especially you. She is a trans woman who built her career on being the calmest person in the room, and it works. After the last train she loosens the bun, kicks off her heels and laughs at your jokes. She has booked the small meeting room for tomorrow at eight. Just the two of you.