Tatsuki Akashi

Tatsuki Akashi (明石たつき) is a character introduced in Case 2 of Volume 1 of The Case Files of Jeweler Richard series.

She is a 27 years old studio musician, who currently works as a bassist in Shibuya.

She has a business card with the bass clef symbol on it. It contains a mail address and a phone number. She also rides a motorbike.

Appearance
Tatsuki has blonde hair tied into a ponytail at the back of her neck. It has a purple gradation at the ends. She wears bright red lipstick, and has sharp eyes. She is much thinner than Richard. She wears a black leather jacket, skinny jeans and high laced up boots. According to Seigi, her outfit seems more suited for Harajuku than Gina.

Personality
Mami states that Akashi is the exact opposite of her. The latter hates stuff like "normal". She is someone who can make her own "clothes". Tatsuki herself claims to have a "dirty" mouth when she becomes pissed off.

Sexuality
Tatsuki is in a long-term relationship with Mami Sasu. The two briefly separated, but they eventually reconciled in the end.

Meeting Mami
At some point, she met Mami Sasu, and the two of them started dating and living together.

Akashi's family home is a kimono fabric shop. The two of them would visit the Asakura shrine in kimono every new year. Every time they heard people complimenting them and asking if they were sisters, Akashi would say "No, we're not!". They would then laugh together.

Mami's Disappearance
The two of them had been together for seven years. It was the winter of the year before last, Mami suddenly disappeared from their apartment. Her phone was disconnected and her email address was changed. All of her belongings were also disposed of. Even though Akashi desperately continued to search for her, she could not find her. She thought Mami had died back then. She even went to the police, and Mami's old friends were also searching. Just when she thought that Mami was no longer in Tokyo, she heard from a work friend that they happened to see a woman with long hair like hers in Ginza. She came here, unable to stay still.

Mami Sasu
It is revealed that the two of them had been together for 7 years. They have been living together until winter of the year before last.

There is a photo of her and Mami in her wallet. It is of them looking in high spirits, in somewhere that looks like an izakaya. They were wearing the Japan's national soccer team uniforms, grinning with their arms around one another's shoulders. The two of them went to the Asakusa Shrine every new year.