

Looking through the Wikipedia article of [Koufuku
Graffiti](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gourmet_Girl_Graffiti), I noticed that
Shiina's and Tsuyuko's last names are missing. It is also missing on the
[corresponding Japanese Wikipedia
article](http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%B9%B8%E8%85%B9%E3%82%B0%E3%83%A9%E3%83%95%E3%82%A3%E3%83%86%E3%82%A3).
Since Japanese Wikipedia is usually very detailed about terminology and
character names, the last name being missing suggest that it is not yet
revealed at the moment.

What are Shiina's and Tsuyuko's last names? Has it been revealed in the manga?
Is there any official reason why their last names are kept secret?


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What are Shiina's and Tsuyuko's last names?


Some characters in anime are **not ever given surnames** by the production
company. This is the case for Shiina and Tsuyuko, according to [Staff and Cast
page](http://www.tbs.co.jp/anime/koufuku_g/staffcast/) of the official
website:

> **キャスト**
>
>   * 町子リョウ：佐藤利奈
>   * 森野きりん：大亀あすか
>   * **椎名** [Shiina]：小松未可子
>   * 内木ユキ：井口裕香
>   * **露子** [Tsuyuko]：小林ゆう
>   * 町子明：野中 藍
>

You can see in this list how these two names do not have surnames, whereas the
rest of the characters' names in the list do.

It is **not standard** or commonplace in anime **to start a character without
a surname in the cast list and add a surname for the character at a later
point**. As such, we can have no reasonable expectation of this happening for
these characters, and thus, it is not the case that the surname is simply "not
yet revealed." In other words, the surnames are **not "missing" or "kept
secret."** They simply do not exist.

The only chance of the characters receiving a surname is **if the mangaka adds
mention of one** into a currently-running manga: for example, by creating a
character profile printed in the _tankoubon_ (graphic novel volume release) or
printed in a special feature page in the manga magazine it runs in, or if it
comes up incidentally within the manga itself, such as meeting/greeting a
character's parents, or showing the character's name on their shoe locker at
school (even if this happened, it would not retroactively give a surname to
the anime version of the characters). However, _Koufuku Graffiti_ is a
[**yonkoma**](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yonkoma) (four-panel comic strip
type of manga), in which it is **commonplace for supporting (and even some
protagonist) characters not to have any surnames**. Here are some examples of
such: [_Animal
Youkocho_](http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A2%E3%83%8B%E3%83%9E%E3%83%AB%E6%A8%AA%E7%94%BA#.E7.99.BB.E5.A0.B4.E4.BA.BA.E7.89.A9)'s
protagonist has a surname but none of the other characters do; [_Kiko-chan
Smile_](http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%81%8D%E3%81%93%E3%81%A1%E3%82%83%E3%82%93%E3%81%99%E3%81%BE%E3%81%84%E3%82%8B#.E7.8C.AB.E7.A4.BE.E4.BC.9A)'s
protagonist and her family share a surname, but other characters bear either a
given name (i.e. first name) or a surname but not both; [_Sazae-
san_](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sazae-san#Other_characters) has three main
families who have surnames but supporting characters are a mix of 1) those who
have only given names, 2) those who have only surnames, and 3) those who
lucked out with both.


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