Akira Shinonome

Akira Shinonome (東雲 あきら Shinonome Akira) is the president of the Asaka Academy Rifle Shooting Club and a side character in Rifle is Beautiful.

Appearance
She has a large amount of volume to her relatively short black hair. Her similarly colored eyebrows are visible above her burgundy red eyes.

Akira is seen wearing a dark navy blue, jacket that she wears unzipped. The long sleeves have parallel white lines running from the shoulders to the wrist. Underneath this jacket Akira wears a buttoned, collared, white shirt that has a blue ribbon tied in a bow around the collar area. This shirt is tucked into a pleated gray shirt. She also wears dark blue, long socks reaching near to her knees and laceless black shoes.

Personality
Akirs is considered a good club president and demonstrates that by helping others with rifle shooting. Her helpful nature extends to agreeing to a practice match to assist in others training.

Story
Akira is at Asaka Academy in the evening and receives a phone call. She agrees to the practice match in rifle shooting.

Over-watching others practice, she explains to Misa Kuroi that she simply did not tell her about the upcoming match.

She introduces herself to Hikari, Isumi, Yukio who have arrived with Erika to her school.

Misa Kuroi
The vice president who she works with in the rifle shooting club.

Erika Meinohama
She is Erika's cousin and is contacted by her to arrange a practice match.