Tsumugi Kotobuki

Appearance

Tsumugi has long, wavy blonde hair, sapphire-blue eyes, and a very fair complexion. She also has thick yellow-brown eyebrows Attires: Like all Sakuragaoka High School students, Tsumugi wears a school uniform. The Sakuragaoka uniform consists of a navy blue blazer, a solid white buttoned shirt (under the blazer), a colored ribbon (different colors for different student years, Tsumugi's year is light blue), a light steel blue skirt, stockings or socks (Tsumugi's are white), and maroon shoes. The summer uniform replaces the blazer with a beige waistcoat. 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

Tsumugi is the keyboardist of Ho-kago Tea Time. She is a wealthy girl who has a sweet and gentle personality. She has been considered a piano prodigy since she was four, and has won many piano recital contests. As the daughter of a company president, Tsumugi and her family own several villas in various places around Japan (and even one in Finland, much to Ritsu, Azusa and Ui's surprise when they tried to contact her at home). She often brings sweets and confectioneries to her friends, which usually ends up distracting them from practicing. The tea set and the tea which they drink often are unusually high in price. Although she is a sweet and gentle girl, she is often entranced by the sight of two girls interacting closely together, sometimes imagining something more risque. She originally intended to join the choir club, but after Ritsu's false flashback of promising to start a band and seeing Ritsu and Mio's silly interaction, she decided to join the Light Music Club instead. Tsumugi displays a rebellious streak occasionally, due to her wanting to deviate from her wealthy nature, and diverts from a well-behaved and mature demeanor to the surprise of others. She also has a habit of getting a little too enthusiastic about experiencing new things that the others take for granted (such as ordering fast food, eating yakisoba at a festival, and purposely provoking Mio to hit her) since she has little opportunity to experience them with her high status. Despite being wealthy, she tried her hand at a part-time job at a fast-food restaurant. While a lot of things do not bother her, she is fairly conscious about her weight (just like Mio), and she gets a bit anxious when her family's staff start spoiling her friends during villa visits. Another characteristic that distinguishes Tsumugi from most girls her age is her surprisingly prodigious physical strength. Her astounding feats of strength include rapidly carrying various pieces of Ritsu's drum set, one by one, with seemingly little effort and even humming a happy tune throughout; abruptly defeating the arm wrestling machine on maximum setting at the Game Centre, which Ritsu had painfully struggled against; and sending Akira flying into a wall with a "light" slap. Furthermore, she regularly runs a brisk jog with her instrument, the Korg Triton Synthesizer, slung across her shoulder. (The Korg Triton is a hefty piece of equipment: at seventeen kilograms, its weight is comparable to that of a FIM-92 Stinger Missile or FGM-148 Javelin Missile Launcher.) Additionally, she did not tire or slow down while dragging thirty kilograms of luggage and carrying her Triton Synthesiser over her shoulder as the band was running to catch a Taxi to London Heathrow Airport.

Role

Keyboardist Main Music Composer

Gender

Female

age

15

Height

157 cm

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.