Kirame Hanada is a second-year student at Shindouji Girls' High School in Fukuoka Prefecture and a supporting character in the spin-off manga "Saki: Achiga-hen episode of side-A". She is an alumna of Takatoobara Middle School in Nagano Prefecture and was a third-year student there when Nodoka Haramura joined its mahjong club. Kirame is the easily excitable type. She has always been shown cheerful and during her matches, fearless and her will is never broken eventhough the odds is against her. She has a habit of saying "wonderful" as shown during her fight with Teru Miyanaga. Kirame used to be in the same middle school and Mahjong Club as Nodoka and Yuuki.