Ai Suotome

Ai-chan is one of the show's newer characters. She appeared for the first time in episode 339-1. She is from a rich family and happened to be enrolled into the Futaba Kindergarten after she threw a dart at a map of Japan and hit Kasukabe to determine where she would go next. She is always seen riding in a black limousine and with a bodyguard. She is very manipulative and purposely bends people to her will just because she can. For example, she made many boys at Futaba Kindergarten fall in love with her. However, when she tried to do the same to Shin-chan, she failed. Because of that, she fell in love with Shin-chan and being the manipulator she is, uses his weaknesses (Action Mask, Chocobi, etc.) to get him to notice her. Masao likes her very much, but Ai almost never pays attention to him. When she does pay attention to him, she makes him act as her pet. She is also a fierce rival of Nene and they always seen fighting for Shin-chan for example who is going to play with him and who is going to sleep beside him. She is not a part of the Kasukabe Defence Force. After kindergarten she permanently moves to Hokkaido and is hence not shown in further episodes. She comes sometimes to meet them. In later episodes it is shown that she has a younger brother called Kawaguchi Suotome. She is known as Sally in the Phuuz dub.