Nodoka Manabe (真鍋(まなべ) 和(のどか) Manabe Nodoka) is Yui's childhood friend and is a member of the student council.
As a normal, well-mannered and intelligent girl, she is generally taken aback by the light music club's odd behavior, and easily gets annoyed with Ritsu whenever she forgets to fill in the club's application forms. She shares the same class as Mio in their second year, who appreciates her companionship tremendously, she being the only person Mio knows in her class. In her third year, she becomes the student council president and ends up in the same class as Yui and the others. She also becomes the president of Mio's fan club.
She has the same last name (spelled with the same characters) as Yoshiaki Manabe, lead guitarist for The Pillows.