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Midori is Toru Watanabe's secondary love interest in Haruki Murakami's novel, Norwegian Wood. Outgoing, provocative and high-spirited, Midori does not shy away from speaking seemingly whatever is on her mind.

Plot
Midori is a drama student at University, where she meets Watanabe. Their friendship grows, and despite Midori having a boyfriend, she develops feelings for Watanabe. The pair share a special type of a relationship where they are able to understand each other. Midori and her sister, Momoko, take care of their father's small bookstore in his absence.

Mr. Kobayashi is Midori's widowed father, losing Midori's mother to brain cancer. Midori explains his absence to Watanabe, telling him that her father emigrated to Uruguay, which later turns out to be a joke. Mr. Kobayashi is actually in a hospital in Tokyo, suffering from brain cancer. Midori and Watanabe visit him, and later in Watanabe's brief care, Mr. Kobayashi passes away. Midori and Momoko sell his bookstore and move to an apartment elsewhere.

Despite their reciprocated feelings for each other, Midori feels alienated after Watanabe's visit to Naoko's sanitorium. She feels as if her needs and wants are not being met, and she expresses this in a letter that she writes to Watanabe, which she ends with 'PS. Please don't talk to me next time we meet'. The pair's communication breaks down due to this.

After Watanabe receives word of Naoko's death, he wanders aimlessly around Japan. Midori is left wondering about his absence, only receiving word a month after Watanabe's departure. She receives a call from Watanabe, where he professes his love for her, and the novel ends with Midori asking Watanabe, "where are you now?"

Film Adaptation
Midori is portrayed by Kiko Mizuhara in Norwegian Wood's film adaptation.