Kumiko Oumae

Kumiko Oumae is the main protagonist from the Sound! Euphonium series.
== Charactah Account ==
A first-year student and primary viewpoint character. An euphonium player since age 8 and previously hailing from Daikichiyama Middle School, she joins the music club at Kitauji High School alongside her classmates Hazuki and Sapphire, hoping to try out a new instrument instead of having to play the euphonium. Unfortunately, she gets roped into playing the euph by Asuka and winds up in the bass section.
Kumiko is an ordinary girl to which interesting things happen. She is surrounded by characters that drive or instigate dramatic situations. Although she occasionally has a hand in the events around her, Kumiko mostly plays the role of a bystander, witnessing enough situations and exchanges that she always receives both sides of a story. As a willing and nonjudgmental listener, she easily befriends everyone she meets and accepts both their flaws and strengths. However, Kumiko dislikes her own personality because she knows she is a poor communicator who has difficulty making her wishes known to others, and so often listens instead of speaking.
== Appearance ==
=== Anime ===
* Liz and the Blue Bird
* Sound! Euphonium
* Sound! Euphonium 2
* Sound! Euphonium 2 Specials
* Sound! Euphonium Episode 14 – Ready, Set, Monaka
* Sound! Euphonium Movie: Todoketai Melody Theater Manners
* Sound! Euphonium Movie 1: Welcome to the Kitauji High School Concert Band
* Sound! Euphonium Movie 2: May the Melody Reach You!
* Sound! Euphonium Movie 3: Our Promise - A Brand New Day
* Sound! Euphonium Specials
* Sound! Euphonium: Ensemble Contest Arc
=== Light Novels ===
* Sound! Euphonium
=== Manga ===
* Sound! Euphonium
* Sound! Euphonium 2: The Hottest Summer of Kitauji High School's Wind Ensemble Club
== Trivia ==
* According to the official Sound! Euphonium novel website:
** Kumiko likes egg dishes, pastry, rice omelet and shortcake, and dislikes insects, especially caddisflies
** Kumiko's favorite colors are white and yellow.
** Kumiko's hobbies are listening to music and lazing around at home.
** Kumiko's special skill is being able to drink a can of corn soup without leaving a grain.
* Kumiko speaks standard Japanese, despite being born in Kansai.
* Kumiko's school bag is plain and it seems that she is not interested in anything "over-the-top".
* Kumiko is an indoors type of person and she does not get along with sports-oriented people, except for Hazuki Katou.
* It was shown at least twice that Kumiko plays bass clef for her sheet music. It was also shown in the key of B♭ Major, indicating that Kumiko plays a non-transposing instrument.
* Kumiko likes novels which contain extreme matter that contrasts to her character.
* Kumiko lives on the south bank of Uji River, near Byoudouin Temple and Agata Shrine.
* Kumiko is very insecure about her below-average chest size where she tends to compare herself frequently during the series the books and the novels.
* In her second year, Kumiko is appointed, along with Tomoe Kabe, to be an instructor for the new band members and she also founds a counselling center.
* Kumiko's euphonium is based on a Yamaha YEP-621 model.
== Gallery ==
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== External Links ==
* Kumiko Oumae at Hibike! Euphonium Wiki
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