Satsuma Kadonooji

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**Satsuma Kadonooji** (葛野大路 颯馬 *Kadonooji Satsuma*) is the Singing Club's treasurer who is in charge of brain labor in the singing club. Surprisingly, most of the calories taken by the big eater seem to be consumed by the brain.

## Appearance

   Satsuma has short metallic blue hair and pale green eyes.

He wears circular rimmed glasses with a dark blue uniform with a green tie with a white undershirt, along with green pants and sturdy brown, laceless shoes.

## Personality

Satsuma is the brains of his club, cool, quiet and intelligent, but he is not afraid of getting his emotions across, especially if you are a certain sempai. He likes to think he is the only sane person in his club, but he is not that much better than his club member. He is pragmatic in his methods to encourage Saku Otonomiya to join the singing club.

## Story Introduction

### Episode 1 - Adagio

Satsuma is in the singing club room with Hinata Mitsutsuka and the president Ryo Saotome.

### Episode 3 - Dolente

Disagreeing with Ryo Saotome, Satsuma believes they need to be more aggressive in their endeavors to have more people join to music club. Along with Hinata Mitsutsuka, Uta Outa and Sosuke Kagura, he meets Saku Otonomiya having been the one to want to see him. Satsuma tries various methods of persuading Saku to join.

### Episode 4 - Abandone

Satsuma is not too keen of taking part in Ryo Saotome's plan of wearing cat ears.

## Relationships

### Ryo Saotome

Satsuma is a fellow member of the Singing Club. They are complete opposites of each other and clash with each other. As implied by Mitsuki, they frequently get into small fights that end with them being able to 'reaffirm their friendship.' Out of all the characters, Ryo spends the most time with Satsuma.

In Agitato, their relationship is expanded on. Despite of all of their differences, they do truly care about each other and each other's safety. They both reflect on each other's perspectives about the cat ordeal, and both admit they were wrong in lashing out. After sorting things out with Konishi, they return to their usual relationship with teasing and small fights with a new understanding for each other.

### Hinata Mitsutsuka

He listens to what Hinata said about Saku Otonomiya's voice when deciding whether he attempt to get Saku to join the singing club.

### Mitsuki Akika

Satsuma tells his fellow music club member that he can count on him as he attempts to encourage others to join the music club.

### Saku Otonomiya

Hearing about him on account of his voice, Satsuma heads to the restaurant where Saku works to introduce himself. He adjusts his forceful approach to simply listing the benefits of club points they can gain if they win the winging competition, otherwise he works well with Saku.

## Likes and Interests

* Mizutaki
* Things to learn

## Quotes

* "I like the lyrics and arrangement, and the melody is beautiful..." (To Hinata Mitsutsuka)
* "Jeez" is an interrogation often used to express a feeling of disgust or disappointment." (To Ryo Saotome)
* "Time is bright. Time is precious." (To Saku Otonomiya)
* "If you join the Singing Club, I can guarantee you an unforgettable, wonderful experience." (To Saku)
* "The Singing Club needs you." (To Saku)
* "I'm sure you have no bright ideas." (To Ryo)
* "Those two would make an excellent addition to the Singing Club since they can write and compose songs." (To Ryo)
* "Now that we have heard your wonderful voice in person, we're not going to be able to hold back anymore." (To Saku)
* "Trying to distance yourself from others doesn't benefit anyone." (To Ryo)
* "You already look mean enough as it is. Try-sounding nicer" (To Ryo)
* "The cat...just talked?" (To self)
* "I have heard some of your conversation!" (To Ryo and Konishi)
* "Are you legally allowed to do this?" (To the guards)

## Etymology

* The name **Satsuma** means "sudden, quick, sound of the wind" (颯) (**satsu**) and "horse" (馬) (**ma**).
* Satsuma's surname **Kadonooji** means "arrowroot" (葛) (**kado**), "field, wilderness" (野) (**no**), "big, great" (大) (**o**) and "road" (路) (**ji**).