# List of Sound! Euphonium characters

Sound! Euphonium is a light novel series written by Ayano Takeda. The series follows Kumiko Oumae, a young Japanese student attending Kitauji High School who is enrolled in a Music Club playing an euphonium, which its concert band is steadily improving thanks to the newly appointed adviser's strict instruction.

## Main characters
### Kumiko Oumae (黄前 久美子, Ōmae Kumiko)

    Voiced by: Tomoyo Kurosawa (Japanese); Courtney Shaw (Liz and the Blue Bird); Erica Mendez (Our Promise: A Brand New Day) (English)
    Kumiko, a first-year high school student, is the main protagonist of Sound! Euphonium. She speaks standard Japanese, despite growing up in Kansai. She is easily swayed by the opinions of others and is an indecisive person. She dislikes her personality because she cannot make her wishes known to others nor have the courage to interfere with social affairs. She is a euphonium player in the concert band. She lives near Byodoin Temple with her elder sister and parents.

### Reina Kousaka (高坂 麗奈, Kōsaka Reina)

    Voiced by: Chika Anzai (Japanese); Cristina Vee (Liz and the Blue Bird); Laura Post (Our Promise: A Brand New Day) (English)
    Reina is a beautiful trumpet player with long black hair. She was a member of the concert band club at the same junior high school as Kumiko. She is a dedicated trumpet player and goes to the music classroom even outside of club activities. Though she has a polite disposition, she is not viewed so well by others because she usually has a surly expression. She cherishes her trumpet, which was given to her by her parents when she was a junior high school student. She has feelings for her teacher Taki.

### Asuka Tanaka (田中 あすか, Tanaka Asuka)

    Voiced by: Minako Kotobuki (Japanese); Reba Buhr (Our Promise: A Brand New Day) (English)
    Asuka is a third-year student and vice president of the concert band club. She plays the euphonium and leads the bass section. Whenever the club is marching, she leads the band as drum major. She is a natural beauty with glasses and has a playful personality. However in the second season, this is revealed to be mostly a facade to hide her true feelings from her classmates.

### Noboru Taki (滝 昇, Taki Noboru)

    Voiced by: Takahiro Sakurai (Japanese); Wayne Grayson (Liz and the Blue Bird); Robbie Daymond (Our Promise: A Brand New Day) (English)
    Taki is the new music teacher in Kitauji High School and serves as the adviser to the concert band club. He is also in charge of Class 5 of the second-year students. He is polite and has a methodical personality. He emphasizes independence in his students, and to this end he pushes them to reach their goal of going to the national competition.

### Mayu Kuroe (黒江 真由, Kuroe Mayu)

    Voiced by: Haruka Tomatsu
    Mayu is a euphonium player who transfers to Kitauji High School at the start of Kumiko's third year. Mayu previously attended Seira Girls High School in Fukuoka, a school that is well known for their strong band program.

## First-year students
### Hazuki Katou (加藤 葉月, Katō Hazuki)

    Voiced by: Ayaka Asai (Japanese); Alyson Leigh Rosenfeld (Liz and the Blue Bird); Jennifer Losi (Our Promise: A Brand New Day) (English)
    Hazuki is a friendly girl who talks innocently. She is Kumiko's classmate and is suntanned because she belonged to the tennis club when she was a junior high school student. She is a beginner at music. She admires the trumpet and joined the concert band club, but ended up playing the tuba, which she calls "Tubacabura" (チューバカブラ, Chūbakabura, a portmanteau of the Japanese transliterations of tuba as chūba (チューバ) and chupacabra as chupakabura (チュパカブラ)). She is a bright, perky mood-maker, and the type of person who prefers standing out over supporting others.

### Sapphire Kawashima (川島 緑輝, Kawashima Safaia) / Midori (緑)

    Voiced by: Moe Toyota (Japanese); Cassandra Lee Morris (Liz and the Blue Bird); Kayli Mills (Our Promise: A Brand New Day) (English)
    Sapphire is a girl with soft hair and a delicate constitution. She is often timid due to her lack of self-confidence. She is embarrassed by her own name "Sapphire" (緑輝, Safaia, lit."green brilliancy") , so she tells people to call her "Midori". She is from a junior high school named Seijo (聖女) which has a competitive concert band club. She plays the upright bass, which she endearingly calls "George", and electric bass.

### Shuuichi Tsukamoto (塚本 秀一, Tsukamoto Shūichi)

    Voiced by: Haruki Ishiya (Japanese); Christian La Monte (Our Promise: A Brand New Day) (English)
    Shuuichi is a first-year high school student. He is Kumiko's childhood friend, and the two went to the same junior high school. He and Kumiko are not classmates in high school because they are studying different courses. They previously had a falling out, due to Shuuichi having made a snide remark about Kumiko when they were in their third year of junior high school. He was originally a French horn player, but he gets to play the trombone after winning a game of rock-paper-scissors.

### Chikao Takigawa (瀧川 ちかお, Takigawa Chikao)

    A first-year student and Shuuichi's friend. He plays the tenor saxophone.

### Akiko Yoshizawa (吉沢 秋子, Yoshizawa Akiko)

    A first-year student who plays the trumpet.

### Lala Hitomi (瞳 ララ, Hitomi Rara)

    A first-year student who plays the French horn.

### Hiyoko Ueda (植田 日和子, Ueda Hiyoko)

    A first-year student who plays the clarinet.

## Second-year students
### Natsuki Nakagawa (中川 夏紀, Nakagawa Natsuki)

    Voiced by: Konomi Fujimura (Japanese); Sarah Anne Williams (English)
    Natsuki is a second-year student who plays the euphonium. She is lazy and often found sleeping, but she works hard when something motivates her. She becomes the band vice president in her third year.

### Yuuko Yoshikawa (吉川 優子, Yoshikawa Yūko)

    Voiced by: Yuri Yamaoka (Japanese); Megan Harvey (English)
    Yuuko is a second-year student who plays the trumpet. She adores Kaori and has a begrudging friendship with Natsuki. She becomes the band president in her third year.

### Mizore Yoroizuka (鎧塚 みぞれ, Yoroizuka Mizore)

    Voiced by: Atsumi Tanezaki (Japanese); Laurie Hymes (Liz and the Blue Bird) (English)
    Mizore is a quiet second-year student who plays the oboe. She was friends with Nozomi in middle school.

### Nozomi Kasaki (傘木 希美, Kasaki Nozomi)

    Voiced by: Nao Tōyama (Japanese); Stephanie Sheh (Liz and the Blue Bird) (English)
    Nozomi is a second-year student who plays the flute. She dropped out of band in her first year.

### Takuya Gotou (後藤 卓也, Gotō Takuya)

    Voiced by: Kenjiro Tsuda (Japanese); Patrick Seitz (Our Promise: A Brand New Day) (English)
    A second-year student who is a tall, calm, and taciturn youth. He plays the tuba and sousaphone.

### Riko Nagase (長瀬 梨子, Nagase Riko)

    Voiced by: Miyuki Kobori (Japanese); Lauren Landa (Our Promise: A Brand New Day) (English)
    A second-year student and Takuya's girlfriend. She also plays the tuba and sousaphone.

### Tomoe Kabe (加部友恵, Kabe Tomoe)

    Voiced by: Azusa Tadokoro (Japanese); Erika Harlacher (Our Promise: A Brand New Day) (English)
    A second-year student who plays the trumpet. In her third year, she was tasked alongside Kumiko to instruct and manage the new first-year members of the band.

### Keina Iwata (岩田慧菜, Iwata Keina)

    A second-year student who plays the trombone. In her third year, she plays the bass trombone and becomes the trombone section leader.

### Miyoko Ohno (大野 美代子, Ohno Miyoko)

    A second-year student who is a percussionist as the timpani player. She can also play the harp.

## Third-year students
### Haruka Ogasawara (小笠原 晴香, Ogasawara Haruka)

    Voiced by: Saori Hayami (Japanese); Allegra Clark (Our Promise: A Brand New Day) (English)
    Haruka is a third-year student and president of the concert band. She plays the baritone saxophone and leads the saxophone section. She is a strong-minded character, but has low self-esteem.

### Kaori Nakaseko (中世古 香織, Nakaseko Kaori)

    Voiced by: Minori Chihara (Japanese); Ryan Bartley (Our Promise: A Brand New Day) (English)
    Kaori is a third-year student. She has deep black hair and a gentle character, making her quite popular in the band. She plays the trumpet and is the section leader, in addition to being the band accountant.

### Aoi Saitou (斎藤 葵, Saitō Aoi)

    Voiced by: Yoko Hikasa
    Aoi is a childhood friend of Kumiko, and she is two years her senior. The two often played together, as they lived in the same neighborhood. She and Kumiko drifted apart in junior high school. They are reunited in the concert band, although they do not talk much. She plays the tenor saxophone. She quit the band to focus on her college entrance exams.

### Hirone Torizuka (鳥塚 ヒロネ, Torizuka Hirone)

    A third-year student who is the concertmaster and leader of the clarinet section.

### Kotoko Himegami (姫神 琴子, Himegami Kotoko)

    A third-year student who leads the flute and piccolo section.

### Juri Sawada (沢田 樹里, Sawada Juri)

    A third-year student who leads the horn section.

### Hideri Noguchi (野口 ヒデリ, Noguchi Hideri)

    A third-year student who leads the trombone section.

### Narai Tanabe (田邊 名来, Tanabe Narai)

    A third-year student who leads the percussion section. He plays the snare drum and the drum kit. His nickname is "Knuckle".

### Raina Kitamura (喜多村 来南, Kitamura Raina)

    A third-year student who leads the bassoon and oboe section. She plays the bassoon.

### Shouko Hagiwara (萩原 笙子, Hagiwara Shōko)

    A third-year student who is the band's photographer. She plays the clarinet.

### Yoriko Souga (雑賀 頼子, Sōga Yoriko)

    A third-year student who is the band's sheet music librarian. She plays the piccolo.

### Tsune Watanabe (渡辺 つね, Watanabe Tsune)

    A third-year student who is the band's alumni coordinator. She plays the flute. Her nickname is "Chabudai" (ちゃぶ台, lit. "Small table").

### Raimu Okamoto (岡本 来夢, Okamoto Raimu)

    A third-year student who plays the alto saxophone. Her lucky charm is written "L.O."

### Hitoshi Usui (臼井 ひとし, Usui Hitoshi)

    A third-year student who plays the bass clarinet.

### Mei Taura (田浦愛衣, Taura Mei)

    A third-year student who plays the trombone. She and Hideri are dating.

## New first-year students
### Kanade Hisaishi (久石 奏, Hisaishi Kanade)

    Voiced by: Sora Amamiya (Japanese); Christine Marie Cabanos (English)
    A new first-year student who plays the euphonium. She gives off a good impression to everyone who sees her, but there is a hidden side to her always-polite personality.

### Mirei Suzuki (鈴木 美玲, Suzuki Mirei)

    Voiced by: Ayaka Nanase (Japanese); Katelyn Gault (English)
    A new first-year student who plays the tuba and is quite tall. She takes everything very seriously and is a bit antisocial.

### Satsuki Suzuki (鈴木 さつき, Suzuki Satsuki)

    Voiced by: Misaki Kuno (Japanese); Xanthe Huynh (English)
    A new first-year student who plays the tuba and is quite short. Like Hazuki, she is very friendly.

### Motomu Tsukinaga (月永 求, Tsukinaga Motomu)

    Voiced by: Shimba Tsuchiya (Japanese); Lucien Dodge (English)
    A new first-year student who plays the double bass. He hates being called by his surname.

## Others
### Michie Matsumoto (松本 美知恵, Matsumoto Michie)

    Voiced by: Aya Hisakawa (Japanese); Cindy Robinson (Our Promise: A Brand New Day) (English)
    Michie is Kumiko's homeroom teacher and is the vice-advisor of the concert band. She is known as an intimidating teacher.

### Mamiko Oumae (黄前 麻美子, Ōmae Mamiko)

    Voiced by: Manami Numakura
    Mamiko is Kumiko's older sister. She is a college student and was a trombone player.

### Akiko Oumae (黄前 明子, Ōmae Akiko)

    Voiced by: Haruhi Nanao
    Akiko is Kumiko and Mamiko's mother. Her given name is not mentioned in the original novels.

### Akemi Tanaka (田中 明美, Tanaka Akemi)

    Voiced by: Kumiko Watanabe
    Akemi is Asuka's mother. She tried to make Asuka quit the band.

### Azusa Sasaki (佐々木 梓, Sasaki Azusa)

    Voiced by: Azusa Tadokoro
    Azusa is Kumiko's friend from junior high school. She admitted to Rikka High School (立華高校, Rikka Kōkō), known for its marching band. She plays the trombone. She is the protagonist of the Rikka-centric spinoff novels.

### Kohaku Kawashima (川島 琥珀, Kawashima Kohaku)

    Voiced by: Haruka Chisuga
    Kohaku is Sapphire's little sister. She is a character created for the anime television series and appears in the eighth episode. Her name means "amber" in Japanese.

### Masahiro Hashimoto (橋本 真博, Hashimoto Masahiro)

    Voiced by: Yuichi Nakamura (Japanese); Mike Pollock (Liz and the Blue Bird); Patrick Seitz (Our Promise: A Brand New Day) (English)
    A percussion specialist and longtime friend of Noboru Taki's.

### Satomi Niiyama (新山 聡美, Niiyama Satomi)

    Voiced by: Houko Kuwashima (Japanese); Ryan Bartley (English)
    A woodwind specialist and longtime friend of Noboru Taki's.

### Masakazu Shindo (進藤 正和, Shindō Masakazu)

    Shindo is Asuka's father. Asuka's parents divorced when Asuka was two years old. He is a prominent euphonist and author of book Fun Euphonium (たのしい ユーフォニアム, Tanoshī Yūfoniamu) for beginner euphonists. When Asuka was in first grade, he sent her the euphonium she now plays and a notebook full of euphonium pieces entitled Sound! Euphonium (響け! ユーフォニアム, Hibike! Yūfoniamu).