Nodoka Ogura teaches at Chidori High School and is the mother of Hikari Kokura. Her surname Ogura blends the kanji for "small" (小) and "storehouse" (倉). Written in Hiragana as のどか, her given name Nodoka signifies "peaceful". Alternative kanji interpretations expand this meaning, incorporating elements like "harmony, peace" (和), "quiet/long quiet" (長閑), or combinations featuring "flower" (花), "fragrance" (香), "good, beautiful" (佳), "warm" (温), "permanence" (悠), and "wish, desire, hope" (望). She operates within the school faculty environment alongside the Rifle Shooting Club.