Ayumi

was one of Kagome's three best friends in modern-day Japan. She's the only one of her friends who has always supported Kagome and Inuyasha's relationship.

Physical description
Ayumi has wavy shoulder-length black hair and brown eyes. She wears the same uniform as Kagome.

Personality
Ayumi was the most naive and gentle of the group of Kagome's friends. Unlike Eri and Yuka, who felt that Kagome's 'delinquent boyfriend' was bad news and were thus constantly encouraging Hōjō on his romantic pursuits of said time-traveling schoolgirl, Ayumi was almost always shown as supportive of the couple. Some of this was, of course, due to her innocent demeanor and optimism. However, she does believe that Kagome truly was in love, and that because of this any problems the couple might stumble upon may be overcome.

However, there have been times where she does side with Yuka and Eri about Kagome's relationship with Inuyasha where on a few occasions she does believe him to be a delinquent. But, after finally meeting Inuyasha for the first time she went back to fully supporting their relationship and in the process Yuka and Eri had completely changed their opinion of him and now start to support Kagome's relationship with him.

She was shown to have an interest in song, acting as the maestro to her school's choir performance during the cultural festival. She is also the only one of her friends who seems to enjoy school. Yuka also says that she always has done well in school.

Trivia

 * Ayumi, Eri, and Yuka were all names given to the girls by Sunrise, the anime company who produced the series. Rumiko Takahashi never officially gave the 3 girls names in the manga. However, she did name Hōjō.
 * Despite her name not being mentioned in the manga, Eri's and Yuka's name are somehow shown in the InuYasha profile book.
 * After she graduated high school, Ayumi revealed that she would study to become an Interpreter.
 * In the English dub, Ayumi has the same voice actress as Mama Higurashi.