A 16-year-old girl who works as a live-in cook at the Maiko House in the Kagai, Kyoto’s Geiko and maiko district.
Aiko Koyama’s Maiko-san Chi no Makanai-san manga has been running in the pages of Weekly Shonen Sunday since 2016, and an anime adaptation is on the way next month.
Kiyo and Sumire came to Kyoto from Aomori Prefecture, dreaming of becoming maiko.