Fūka Tamaki

**Fūka Tamaki** (環 楓花 *Tamaki Fūka*) is a character in Kandagawa Jet Girls. She is a close friend of Inori Misuda.

## Appearance

Fūka has back-length black hair that is tied up in a ponytail by a metallic silver colored hair ribbon with the front of her hair trimmed straight across in sections of hair on either side of her face hanging downwards and brown eyes.

### Casual

Her casual attire is a shrine maiden attire that covered most of her body apart from the lower arms down to the hands. The robes light lilac with dark purple, with sleeves running to the elbows and thick dark purple cuffs with fuchsia ribbon through them. She wears a large, fuchsia colored ribbon tied into a bow on the front. Her long Hakama skirt is dark purple and covers her lower body to the feet where she wears sandals with red binding and white socks.

### Racing

Her racing attire is a more skin-showing, tighter version of a shrine maiden uniform. Sleeveless white robes with red trim and a small golden rope below the neck and large baggy 'sleeves' tied to her arms by orange with brown bands with golden string. A matching band around her midsection with a clasp with purple angelfish facing one another. Matching the same clasp Inori Misuda wears. The robes spiked with tails sticking out either side. In further contrast to the shrine maiden attire, the racing one had no skirt. Brown thong-like bottoms that match the color of thigh-high stockings with white trim and red string tied through. Finished with white with brown shoes with gold straps and red binding.

## Personality

Fūka has a split personality:

* One side of her is kind, sweet and caring as expected of a stereotypical shrine maiden who ise attentive to her surroundings, Fūka is quick to pull Inori Misuda aside at the risk of her being walked into. At the same time she is understanding and gives advice to Rin Namiki on the dangers of distractions. Her kindness extends to asking if Inori is hurt after a harmless ordeal.
* She has an angry side to her which comes out when she races and sometimes in normal life. In this mindset she curses, hurls insults even at Misuda and becomes very intense. This mood usually settles down after a race but can linger for longer, particularly if she was in it before the race even began.

## Background

Fūka attends the Hijiribashi University Affiliated High School with Inori Misuda. As a shrine maiden, she and Misuda tend to a shrine where they worship the water god to keep the rivers and waters calm. They also use jet racing as a form of ritual.

## Kandagawa Jet Girls Plot

### Episode 1: The Kandagawa is Calling

Fūka is at an event and pulls Inori Misuda into her arms to prevent Rin Namiki from accidentally walking into her. Addressing Rin, she kindly points out that distractions are dangerous and that she should be more careful before checking if Inori is okay.

## Videogame

Tamaki and Inori Misuda team up as the Sea Serpents where their story focuses not on trying to win the Kandagawa Cup, but on the relationship between the two of them. Tamaki's angry side bubbles to the surface and Misuda tries repeatedly through solo rituals, prayers and getting other teams to race them to cure what Misuda thinks is some sort of curse. This only results in her pushing Misuda away, and the waters of the rivers dangerously rage. Eventually, Misuda sees a vision from the Water God in a dream, telling her that the rituals have not been performed properly. This makes Misuda accept that to properly love her Misuda needs to accept all of her, the good and bad and that this angry part of her isn't just a curse. The two reunite as more than friends and calm the waters with a proper, united as one ritual and now Misuda reacts with happiness to her raging.

In other stories, the Sea Serpents are a formidable team. Being the finalists for the Kandagawa Jet Girls to face in the finals. They take issue with MKHU when they come to the shrine and pray for good luck just to win the Cup and get fame and fortune. They end up forgiving MKHU when the team admits they admit they are racing for other people as well, and act with remorse for judging them on the first meeting. In Hell's Kitchen's story, they ask for advice from the Idols as to what act to perform if they win races.

## Team

* Team: Suiryukai (Sea Serpents)
* Jet: Messie The Hunter
* Teammate: Inori Misuda

## Relationships

### Inori Misuda

Tamaki and Misuda race together as the Sea Serpents alongside their duties as Shrine Maidens - jet racing can be performed as a ritual. She deeply cares for Misuda more than simply a friend, but sometimes insults her when in her rage mindset. She rejects Misuda's repeated attempts to 'cure' her through rituals, but when Misuda confesses her feelings and accepts her for who she is, she quickly accepts her back in kind.

## Etymology

* The name **Fūka** means "maple" (楓) (**fū**) and "flower, blossom" (花) (**ka**).
* Fūka's surname **Tamaki** means "ring, circle, link, wheel" (環).