Umi Matsuzaki

is the main protagonist of the From Up on Poppy Hill film.
== Appearance ==
Umi has shoulder length dark brown hair with lightly swept bangs that are parted to the right and is seen styled in twin tail braids. Her eyes in the film are seen as dark brown.
When seen in her school uniform, it includes a dark blue skirt that reaches down her knees, a white sailor shirt with a single blue line and a red ribbon. But when at home, Umi's causal wear consists of a light pink top with a hot pink skirt and sweater.
==Story==
Umi is a 16-year-old girl living in Coquelicot Manor, in Yokohama, Japan. She also known as "the girl who raises flags," because she raises the same pair of signal flags every morning and takes them down every night. When Umi was just a child, her father, a captain, taught her how to raise signal flags and explained that the flags meant "safe voyages." 
After learning how to raise signal flags, she raised the flags every time her father had left the port and only took them down when her dad's ship moored at the harbor. However, tragedy struck when her dad was killed in the Korean War, due to his supply ship coming in contact with a mine. Although, she continued to raise the flags since his death, she hoped her message would reach him. Also, she pays her respects to her father with fresh flowers and a glass of water every morning upon getting up.
Apart from honoring her father, she cooks and cares for the family and boarders, doing most of the chores like washing, cleaning, cooking and shopping. Her mother is currently in America studying in the medical field. Eventually, Umi meets Shun, a boy who's a member of the school's journalism club remembering him from his daredevil stunt to save the Quartier Latin building. 
Their second meeting was when her younger sister, Sora, requests her to accompany her to the Quartier Latin building to ask for Shun's autograph. After Shun's stunt to save the Quartier Latin building, Umi has been rather aware of Shun's actions. The two become friends, after Umi helped him with the school's paper numerous times. After getting along with the members of the Quartier Latin building, Umi became known as the "goddess of goodluck" due to the fact that she was responsible for the idea of cleaning and repairing the building as an idea to save it from being demolished.  
When Umi invites Shun to Miki's going away celebration, Umi shows Shun a precious photo of her father and two other men he went to school with. Shun's eyes stared at the photo, unable to speak. Shun eventually tells her about the possibility of them being siblings which greatly affected their relationship. Shun began to avoid Umi, but Shun eventually tells her about the possibility of them being siblings which greatly affected their relationship. They agree to forget their romantic feelings towards each other. 
Because of this, Umi becomes depressed and cannot seem to do things right that evening and the next morning she tries to get back to her routine but is still a little saddened. Umi eventually gets help from several store owners to pitch in and many of kids believe Umi to be their goddess of good luck. The school newspaper talks about the progress of the remodeling, making it more popular than ever.
The next day, Umi, Shun and another member travel to Tokyo, where they are preparing for the 1964 Summer Olympic Games to meet with school's board chairman, and managed to persuade him to postpone Latin Quartier demolition until his inspection, he agrees. Before going back home, Umi confesses to Shun she loves him, and he returns his affections. After arriving home, Umi discovers that her mom has come home, which Umi is overjoyed by. 
Later that night, Umi tells her mom about Shun and asks her if he really is her brother, because he looks like her father and also was discovered that city hall confirmed he was her family. Her mother clears the air and says that Shun's father had been killed in an accident on a repatriation ship and his mother died from birth complications. Yūichirō then registered Shun as his son so he could avoid being placed in an orphanage. While Umi's mom did feel terrible for Shun, she couldn't keep him because she was already pregnant with Umi, but another family who had recently lost a child themselves took Shun on. Umi is happy and sad to have closure about the situation.
Tokumaru visits the Latin Quarter and impressed by the students' efforts, cancels the demolition. Umi and Shun are summoned to the harbor. They meet Yoshio Onodera, now a ship's captain and the third man in the photograph, as well as the sole survivor of the three -- Yoshio, who had been close friends with Umi and Shun's fathers, ultimately confirms that the two teenagers aren't biologically related to each other. Finally finding closure after everything's resolved, Umi and Shun look at each other romantically, hinting that they're love is stronger than ever and will eventually become a couple.
==Relationships==
*Hana Matsuzaki (grandmother)
*Ryoko Matsuzaki (mother)
*Yūichirō Sawamura (father)
*Sora Matsuzaki (younger sister)
*Riku Matsuzaki (younger brother)
*Shun Kazama (love interest)
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==Etymology==
*The name Umi means "sea, ocean" (海).
*Umi's surname Matsuzaki means "pine tree, fir tree" (松) (matsu) and "cape, peninsula" (崎) (saki/zaki).
==Trivia==
*In the original manga, her surname is Komatsuzaki (小松崎).
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