Azusa Nakano

Appearance

Azusa has long, straight, and seemingly thin black hair, which she wears in pigtails. Compared to Mio's black hair color, Azusa's hair looks purple-tinted in the anime. She is the shortest member of the group. Azusa's skin is a similar shade to those of the other girls, but she's sensitive to sunlight and tans easily even with heaps of sunscreen on although sunscreen does not prevent tans, only sunburns. clothing: Like all Sakuragaoka High School students, Azusa wears a school uniform. The Sakuragaoka uniform consists of a navy blue blazer, a white buttoned shirt (under the blazer), a red ribbon (different colors for different student years), a light steel blue skirt, stockings or socks (Azusa's are black), and maroon shoes. The summer uniform replaces the blazer with a beige vest. Additionally, the subject physical education requires a tracksuit (sport jacket with long pants, colored again depending on the year group) with white striped brims, a white shirt with colored endings (again colored regarding the year group) for the summer semester and white sports shoes.

personality

Azusa is a self-proclaimed novice guitarist who has been playing the guitar since she was in fourth grade because her parents play in a jazz band. Despite her low self-esteem and modest attitude, she is extremely talented and superior to her senior, Yui Hirasawa, who also plays guitar. Since she expected the Light Music Club to be a serious club with ambitious members, she is often disappointed by the laziness around her. Shortly after joining, her disappointment made her go as far as having a rage attack during a club meeting and considering leaving the club to join other bands. Azusa is then comforted by Yui and gets encouragement from her senior, Mio Akiyama, removed her last doubts and she joined the club for real, although she still often nags about the club's lack of activities. When doing so, she can be quite serious and blunt. Over time, she slowly became used to the club's slow pace and often gets teased because of it. She has a certain weakness for sweets and can be calmed down rather easily, sometimes just from being petted. Every now and then, she is shocked about how quick she got used to the club's laziness and tries to change it. Azusa is easily overwhelmed by good musical performances, seen when she first watches the Light Music Club's concert or Sawako Yamanaka's performance speechlessly. She also gets a tan very easily, seen twice during a trip to the beach and also once during a music festival (even after applying sunscreen). The manga shows that she tans in mere seconds. She often suffers from this, examples being not being able to take a bath due to the sunburn, not being recognized by friends due to her drastic change in appearance or needing to hide the tan lines by wearing a longer skirt at school. Azusa is in some ways similar to Mio. Both can get embarrassed, are shy, and they're the only ones who are assiduous and anxious to move the band to practice. They also look and sort of act as if they were sisters. Furthermore, despite her reserved, and at times slightly standoffish attitude, Azusa is a genuinely kind person, and treasures and supports her friends. Azusa is also very smart and structured. She once created a strict daily plan for Yui to study for finals and also organized the band's graduation trip to London. She told Mio once that she loves planning things. , she also has an eruptive nature and snaps easily when someone makes fun of her. She can also be pretty stubborn to show no weaknesses. By the time she became the president of the Light Music Club, she also became rather bold, especially against the supervisor Sawako. Azusa is often hugged or otherwise physically contacted by Yui, who considers Azusa cute due to her small size. Yui gave Azusa the nickname "Azu-Nyan" after Sawako made Azusa put on cat ears. Azusa can't stand being lonely. At the graduation of the original club members, she begged them under tears to not graduate before her since she didn't want to be lonely, despite knowing her request was selfish and immature but very innocent. Azusa has a very thoughtful side and often worries with herself being capable of being good enough at the guitar or being a good president for the Light Music Club. However, she does not let her personal worries bother her in times where her leadership is needed and she does all in her might to help her friends out, so in the end, she quickly became just the kind of president her underclassmen needed. The anime shows that Azusa is very fond of animals, yet she is distanced or even nervous in front of them at first. Azusa can be considered to be a tsundere since she tries to hide her feelings for Yui with shyness and easily gets embarrassed when she is pet, hugged or otherwise teased by her. Also, while nowhere as strong as Tsumugi, Azusa still possesses remarkable physical strength for her size, being able to drag a crying and screaming Yui (6 centimeters taller and 4 kilograms heavier than she is)

Age

15

Gender

Female

Height

150 cm

Weight

46 kg

Role

Rhythm Guitarist Lead Guitarist

About Sakuragaoka High School

Like other high schools in Japan, the Sakuragaoka High School is divided into three year groups of students and represents the last stage of Japan's education via public schools. The students are taught in several complex subjects to be able to attend the country's universities afterwards. Structure and Organization The Sakura High is an all-girl school school led by its headmaster Yoji Okiyama. Classes are structured with numbers that are attached to the year group. There are five classes per year group with an average of 30-40 students.[1] The students are assigned to their courses with the principle of contingency. The results are published on boards in the hallway at the start of each school year.[2][3] According to the typical Japanese school year structure, students are 15 years old when entering as freshmen and 18 when graduating as seniors. Underclassmen are required to address upperclassmen as senpai. Sakuragaoka's winter school uniform consists of a navy blue blazer, a solid white buttoned shirt (under the blazer), a colored year-dependent ribbon, a light steel blue skirt, black or white stockings or socks, white with colored year-dependent tipped shoes inside the school and maroon outdoor (non athletic) shoes. The summer uniform replaces the blazer with a beige vest. Physical education requires a tracksuit (sport jacket with long pants) with white striped brims, a white shirt with colored endings for the summer semester, and white sports shoes. The color of the uniform's ribbon, the indoor shoes' tip, and the tracksuit depend on the year group the related student belongs to. Students are also issued blue school bags. The school uses three colors (blue, red, and green), to identify each student group. A student will retain the color they got as a freshman until they graduate (unless they are held back at which point they will change color). Upon graduation, the color will be recycled to the incoming freshman. The courses taught cover the main required subject matter with greater difficulty as the students progress. Sometimes, instead of lessons, the students are tasked to learn independently in the study halls.[4] Eventually, the students have to undergo several exam periods where the subjects are tested. During exam periods, club activities are prohibited.[5] Sakuragaoka uses a form of the no-pass no-play system, as such, students who fail either mid-term or final exams are prohibited from extracurricular school activities until the student is able to pass either a make-up exam or the next exam period. [6] Even though the school is only accessible for female students, male teachers are part of the school's teaching faculty. Besides teaching, the teachers are also tasked with other organizational duties like helping school clubs as an adviser or planning the school marathon.[7] The teacher faculty's obverse is the student council, which voluntarily helps the school organize certain subjects. The student council is led by its president which also acts as student representative. The school has certain traditions. At the start of each school year, the students assemble in the auditorium to sing the school anthem. Once a year, the school organizes a school marathon where every student has to participate. At the end of summer, the school also hosts a school festival, where each class and club can deliver a performance of any kind. The school is open for guests during the festival. At the end of each school year, the seniors graduate unless they repeat the last year. The graduation ceremony is held at the auditorium. Before the student representative presents the valedictory, each senior gets decorated with a cherry blossom, handed over by a second-year student.[8] Like other Japanese schools, Sakura High offers its students to gather together in clubs. A club's topic can be anything possible, be it about a certain kind of sports, about music or mysteries. The clubs have to be officially accepted by the faculty office to be listed by the student council. Each club needs a president and a teacher as an adviser.[9] The school offers each club a budget and the opportunity to hold activities after the lessons have ended. However, the school topics are still superior to club activities.[10] Some clubs differ from others in their primary purpose. An example would be the Mio Akiyama Fan Club, which is about a particular person's fandom. Building The Sakura High is a large building with two main floors and a third one that contains the music room and an entrance to the roof. Several cherry blossom trees can be seen throughout the school grounds, hence the school's name. In front of the main entrance, a fountain with a statue of a dolphin and two children is placed. Several other statues can be seen on the school grounds, the most prominent of them is the bust of a man, probably the school founder. The school's stairs are decorated with small statues of turtles. The school also has a library, a gymnasium and an auditorium.