Jun Suzuki

1. #1Yui Hirasawa

   Keys: Yui Hirasawa

   First Appearance Manga Debut Volume 1, Chapter 0 Anime Debut Season 1, Episode 1: Disband the Club! Other Appearances Videogames K-ON! Ho-kago Live!! Kirara Fantasia Stages K-ON!! Let's Go! Live Movies K-ON! Movie Voice Provider Japanese Aki Toyosaki English Stephanie Sheh (Bang Zoom!) Lily Troncale (Animax) Korean Ryu Jeom-hui German Julia Meynen Chinese Lin Meixiu Profile Also Known As Onee-chan Yui-chan Yui-senpai Age 15-18 Birthday November 27th, 1991 Horoscope Sagittarius ♐ Class Junior High School 1-3 Senior High School 1-3 2-2 3-2 Musical Profile Role Lead Guitarist Lead Vocalist Instrument Electric Guitar Gibson Les Paul Standard in Heritage Cherry Sunburst; named "Giita" Characteristics Gender Female Height 156 cm Weight 50 kg Hair Brown Eyes Brown Blood Type O Yui Hirasawa (平沢ひらさわ 唯ゆい, Yui Hirasawa) is the main protagonist in K-ON!. She is also the air-headed lead guitarist and vocalist of the Ho-kago Tea Time.

   Her voice providers are Aki Toyosaki (Japanese), Ryu Jeom-hui (Korean), Julia Meynen (German), Lin Meixiu (Chinese), Stephanie Sheh (English, Bang Zoom!) and Lily Troncale (English, Animax)

   Character

   Always looking for fun, Yui is fearless; anxiety and stage fright are unknown to her. She likes everything cute and makes a lot of physical contact with others, like holding hands or hugging. She also loves everything sweet, so she's energized by the sweets that Tsumugi brings and her physical constitution is such that she does not gain weight no matter how much she eats. She can't stand being hot or cold, so she spends the winter under the kotatsu [1] and rolls around on the floor in the summer in front of the fan to keep cool.[2] Yui is rather lazy, so her grades with the exception of fine arts are always on the verge of failing; sometimes she is the only person in her class who needs to retake a test[3], while other times she manages to avoid failing all of her subjects by a one point margin. She has an average figure. Yui lives in a family of four with her younger sister Ui and both parents. Her parents are a "lovey-dovey" couple[4] and often go on trips together, leaving both daughters behind.

   Having misunderstood that "light music" means "easy music" (like whistling), Yui joined the Light Music Club and picked up the guitar with absolutely no prior experience.[5] She cannot do more than one thing at a time, but to make up for that she can be highly focused on a particular subject and once started, can advance quite rapidly. However, whenever she learns something, she tends to forget everything else.[6] Yui is the type of person who doesn't read manuals and relies on her own intuition and self-taught approaches. She also does not remember any musical terminology. She possesses perfect pitch and is musically gifted, being able to tune her guitar without a tuner[7], but she does not appear to make the best of her ability. Yui is relatively determined and competitive, but at the same time, she feels comfortable depending on the help of a few good friends like Ui, Nodoka, Mio and Azusa. ADVERTISEMENT

   Appearance

   Yui is a teenager with a slightly below average height of 5'1", with brown eyes and thick medium brown hair at shoulder length, often accessorized with two yellow hairpins. Attires

   Yui is relatively fashion-conscious and prefers styles featured in teen magazines. She wears skirts over pants. She also wears casual clothes such as shorts, jeans, and T-shirts at home. Sakuragaoka High School uniform

   Yui profile picture Like all Sakuragaoka High School students, Yui 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, Yui's year is light blue), a light steel blue skirt, stockings or socks (Yui wears black tights), and maroon shoes. The summer uniform replaces the blazer with a beige waistcoat. Additionally, the subject of 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 with color identifying the year group) for the summer semester, and white sports shoes. "Don't say 'lazy'" Attire

   Yui Dont Say Lazy Yui's "Don't say 'lazy'" attire consists of a white knee-length dress with black frills. Large pearl necklaces (bluish grey in color) are used as shoulder straps. Her right arm is wearing a solid black arm glove. Her stockings are vertically striped in black and white. She also wears a pair of white high-heeled shoes with a black and burgundy bead. Yui's hair is done in a shaggier fashion than her traditional style and decorated with a white frilled flower that contains two purple beads. "Listen!!" Attire

   Yui listen attire In "Listen!!", Yui wears a black shirt under a white one with a washed-out "kiss mark" over a blue lightning bolt print. She also wears blue jeans and maroon boots with black laces. Her accessories include green hoop earrings and a bracelet. She also doesn't part her bangs to the left with her two yellow pins, leaving her bangs covering her left eye. "NO, Thank You!" Attire

   Yui NO, Thank You 1 In "NO, Thank You!", Yui's attire is similar to any school uniform dress code. Her attire is very similar to the Sakuragaoka High School uniform - a navy blue blazer and a white buttoned shirt (under the blazer). The only differences are an "HTT-logo" pinned to her blazer, a plaid grey skirt, a red tie, dark blue socks and her brown shoes. Yui NO, Thank You 2 Yui's second attire in "NO, Thank You!". She wears a plain solid white tank top with a blue pin near her right shoulder and a red knee-height skirt. "Singing" Attire

   Yui Singing attire 1 Yui's "Singing" attire. Like the rest of the band, she wears a light blue one-piece dress over a white shirt. The skirt goes down to her knees. The dress has four white dots over the chest, a white bow and a white collar. Additionally, Yui wears black shoes with white shoelaces over long white socks with red and blue stripes. She also wears a black pair of glasses. Her hair is tied up in two short braids. Yui Singing attire 2 Yui's second attire in "Singing". She wears a black hoodie (which is decorated with two "ears") over a pale orange shirt which is covered by a second, pale pink shirt that has three stars on it. She also wears black flap trousers with three holes that show the shirt she wears underneath. Additionally, she wears two green earrings, grey tights with black lines on them and black shoes with white laces.

2. #2Mio Akiyama

   Keys: Mio Akiyama

   First Appearance Manga Debut Volume 1, Chapter 0 Anime Debut Season 1, Episode 1: Disband the Club! Other Appearances Videogames K-ON!! Ho-Kago Live! Kirara Fantasia Stages K-ON!! Let's Go! Live Movies K-ON! Movie Voice Provider Japanese Yōko Hikasa English Cristina Valenzuela Korean So Ra Park German Anita Hopt Chinese Qian Xin You Profile Also Known As Mio-chan Mio-senpai Age 15-18 Birthday January 15th, 1992 Horoscope Capricorn ♑ Class Elementary School 4-1 Senior High School 1-2 2-1 3-2 Musical Profile Role Bassist Second Vocalist Main Lyricist Instrument Bass Guitar Fender Japan '62 Reissue Jazz Bass in 3-Tone Sunburst (Left-Handed); named "Elizabass"

   She DOES NOT WEAR GLASSES

   Manga only: Fender Precision Bass in 3-Tone Sunburst (Left-Handed) Characteristics Gender Female Height 160 cm Weight 54 kg Hair Black Eyes Grey Blood Type A Mio Akiyama (秋山あきーやま 澪みお, Mio Akiyama) is one of the five main characters in K-ON! She is a passionate and technical left-handed musician and writer who serves as the bassist, second vocalist and main lyricist of the band Ho-kago Tea Time. She is a kind and warm girl, albeit very shy and sensitive. Despite her timid streak she often finds herself as the voice of reason amongst her bandmates, who often rely on her sensibility when in trouble.

   Her voice providers are Yōko Hikasa (Japanese) and Cristina Valenzuela (English).

   Character

   Mio is very reserved and bashful by nature. She is private and soft-spoken, even amongst close friends, and seems to enjoy time alone, which she often dedicates to songwriting. She has been socially anxious and self-conscious since she was small, hence falling prey to a young Ritsu's teasing, and typically retreated into the sanctuary of her books. She struggles to interact with strangers, has few friends outside the Light Music Club (despite her popularity), and is strikingly sensitive to attention from others. She also embarrasses very easily and does not easily live down mortifying moments. Her bandmates' antics and jokes are hence often at her expense. Mio specifically chose the bass guitar as her instrument because it is not as conspicuous as the guitar.

   Mio is warm-hearted and in touch with her and others' emotions, possessing a very sensitive side that reveals itself more than she would like. Her kindness and empathy is possibly best demonstrated in her sister-like treatment of Azusa. She even has a heart to heart with the band's new recruit, who she hardly knew at the time, hoping to make her feel welcomed. Mio is very aware and expressive of her feelings, though not always intentionally, be it her appreciation of her friends or her passion for the bass guitar. She is also the first to shed tears following their final school festival concert. She also seems to have a knack for offering her friends comforting words when they are distressed, particularly when it comes to Ritsu. Mio's softer side comes out in her, at times peculiar, writing and lyrics, which often feature cutesy and overly girlish themes and lines. Her weakness is the macabre and horrific, and she can be incapacitated with fear by stories involving the supernatural, horror, and gore. She also has trypophobia, an irrational fear of collections of small holes.

   Mio is diligent, responsible, and sober, especially when contrasted with her happy-go-lucky bandmates. She is academically inclined, always ranking within the top 10 students of her grade, and a keen reader and writer. She is a very dedicated musician and is technically advanced at the bass guitar. She is very driven when it comes to the Light Music Club and, in her own words, is committed to the club as if it were her boyfriend. She even takes over lead vocals from Yui when she needs to, despite strongly preferring to solely play bass. Her bandmates often turn to her when faced with academic troubles or when curious about musical technique.

   Throughout high school, Mio gradually comes to grips with her anxieties and insecurities. She establishes herself as the voice of reason amongst her bandmates when their carefree ways get the better of them and becomes the most vocal about the band's direction and motivation. She comes into her own as a musician and composer, stepping up as the band's main songwriter and embracing the dual roles of bass and vocals despite her fear of standing in the spotlight. She also becomes more comfortable on stage and more open to the attention that may come with it. Understanding Azusa's reservations about the Light Music Club, Mio was the first to open up to her, convinces her to remain in the club, and stands up for Azusa's ambitions to her fellow bandmates. Mio even finds herself acting like an older sister figure to Azusa.

   During her final year of high school, Mio begins to loosen up more, concentrate on the present, and give in to the hijinks of her friends, which she previously viewed as immature. She comes to appreciate the affection of others, such as that of her fan club, although it still leaves her flustered. Mio starts to consider coming of age and the ephemerality of her high school years more than any of her bandmates. She embraces events such as the summer rock music festival to an extent that even surprises Ritsu and voices an almost childish wish to keep playing with the band forever. She even chooses to take a large step outside of her comfort zone in performing a lead role in the school play, albeit with initial difficulties. After contemplating hard about what she values and wants, with university entrance exams approaching fast, Mio resolves that her friendships with Ritsu, Yui, and Tsumugi are too dear to risk. She boldly turns down a distinguished recommendation for a university to apply to the same women's university as her bandmates, in hopes of spending her university years alongside those that matter most to her. Musicianship

   Bass Guitar

   Mio-Akiyama-wallpapers-HD-for-desktop-backgrounds Mio and "Elizabeth". Mio is a bassist above all, cherishing her instrument’s low-end tone, her role as the band’s harmonic and rhythmic support, and her smaller share of the spotlight. Mio is a very proficient musician and composer, evidently skilled at both fingerstyle and pick-use. She is no stranger to playing at high and variable speeds or active movement along the fretboard and is consistent at keeping time, even making up for the energetic Ritsu’s rhythmic inconsistencies. She sparingly incorporates slapping, popping, chords, pull-offs, tapping, and harmonics, but proves to be skilled at each of these techniques. Mio is also a left-handed player.

   Although Mio’s bass playing versatile and variable, even within a single song, certain stylistic choices are consistent across many of the songs she plays. Mio appears to favor active walking basslines, particularly during songs that require more of her vocals, creating a reliable rhythmic foundation for her bandmates and supporting Ritsu’s enthusiastic drumming, by giving her more freedom to focus on drum fills. The chemistry between Mio’s bass and Ritsu’s drums is prevalent and very strong. An example of their interdependence and synchronization can be seen in "Utauyo!! MIRACLE", where Mio plays muted notes on the same off-beats that Ritsu strikes a closed hi-hat.

   Mio quite notably utilizes the full length of her fretboard in each song. She very frequently uses slides and regularly switches between octaves, especially when playing 5th arpeggios. This constant movement between high and low notes gives songs dynamism, both rhythmically and harmonically, even when the keyboard and guitars are simply upholding a chord progression such as in "No Thank You!”. She adds further rhythmic flavor with her occasional quick bursts of 16th notes, as she does throughout "U&I".

   Mio has a habit of playing dom7 arpeggios during chord changes and chromatic scales at the end of chord progressions. She also tends to alternate between using add9, sus4, 5th and dom7 arpeggios across recurring chord progressions. This use of tonally ambiguous sounds can convey the bittersweetness and mixed emotions apparent in songs such as "Fude Pen Boru Pen".

   Mio appears to truly be in her element most when the vocal responsibilities lie with Yui and “Elizabeth” is given her undivided attention. Mio’s bass playing is more rhythmically and melodically progressive, and technically demanding during songs that demand less of her voice such as "Go! Go! Maniac!".

   Vocals

   Mio SInging Mio singing the songs she writes. Despite her initial reluctance to stand in the spotlight, Mio’s bright and earnest singing certainly does justice to her meticulous songwriting. Mio is a soprano and her vocal range and power are demonstrated in songs such as ‘Don’t Say “Lazy”’. Mio’s warmer and rounder vocals also nicely complement Yui’s voice, which is generally higher and lighter. The interplay and chemistry between the two singers are very prevalent in songs such as “Fuwa Fuwa Time”.

   Appearance

   Mio stands at 5'3" (160cm), being the tallest in the group and has straight, long, black hair and gray-blue eyes. As shown in episode 4 of season 1, she is also quite a bit more busty than the others (except Tsumugi Kotobuki), much to the dismay of Yui Hirasawa, Ritsu Tainaka, and later Azusa Nakano as well. Attires

   Pants over skirts. In the summertime, Mio even likes to wear sleeveless clothes, such as tank tops.

   Sakuragaoka High School uniform

   Mio akiyama Like all Sakuragaoka High School students, Mio 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, Mio's year is light blue), a light steel blue skirt, stockings or socks (Mio's are black), 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. "Don't say 'lazy'" Attire

   Mio Dont Say Lazy attire Mio's "Don't say 'lazy'" consists of a wide black dress with ruchings on the inside. She wears turquoise tights; her right arm is covered with an arm glove in the same color and black stripes on it. She also wears a pair of black high heeled shoes and a tiny black tophat with a red stripe. Additionally, she carries a short brown cane. "Listen!!" Attire

   Mio Listen In "Listen!!", Mio wears a long violet shirt with a yellow and a red triangle and the writing "rhythm" on it. The shirt does not cover her left shoulder and is covered by a black belt over her hip. She wears a black shirt under her violet one. She also wears red tights and brown boots. Her left hand is covered with a black glove. She is wearing a red ribbon on the right side on her head. "NO, Thank You!" Attire

   Mio NO, Thank You! 1 In "NO, Thank You!, Mio's attire is similar to any school uniform dress code, except that she is wearing a violet hoodie over it, alongside a large red disorderly tie. Her attire is similar to the Sakuragaoka High School uniform - navy blue blazer and a white buttoned shirt (under the blazer). The only parts different are the mentioned tie, dark blue socks, a plaid dark blue skirt and her pink shoes. Mio NO, Thank You! 2 Mio's second attire in "NO, Thank You!". She wears a plain white shirt that goes down over her hips and a violet hoodie over it. She also wears pink tights, rosy gloves and a dark grey belt. "Singing" Attire

   Mio Singing attire 1 Mio's "Singing" attire. Like the rest of the band, she wears a light blue one-piece dress over a white shirt. The skirt goes down to her knees. The dress has four white dots over the chest, a white bow and a white collar. Mio additionally wears black shoes with white shoelaces over long white socks, which have red and blue stripes on them. Her hair is tied to two braids that are decorated with white bows at the tips. Mio Singing attire 2 Mio's second attire in "Singing". She wears a pale pink one-piece dress with a bow attached to it under a green winter jacket with a fur collar. She also wears brown shoes with white straps. Etymology

   The name Mio means "water route, shipping channel" (澪). Mio's surname Akiyama means "autumn" (秋) (aki) and "mountain, hill" (山) (yama

3. #3Ritsu Tainaka

   Keys: Ritsu Tainaka

   First Appearance Manga Debut Volume 1, Chapter 0 Anime Debut Season 1, Episode 1: Disband the Club! Other Appearances Videogames K-ON!! Ho-Kago Live! Kirara Fantasia Stages K-ON!! Let's Go! Live Movies K-ON! Movie Voice Provider Japanese Satomi Satō English Cassandra Lee Korean Yeon So German Jennifer Weiss Chinese Xie Jiao Juan Profile Also Known As Ricchan Ritsu-senpai President Ritsu Prez Tainaka-san Ritsu-san Private Ricchan Age 15-19 Birthday August 21st, 1991 (Leo ♌) Class Elementary School 4-1 Senior High School 1-2 2-2 3-2 Musical Profile Role Drummer Instrument Drums Yamaha Rick Marotta Signature Hipgig in Mellow Yellow Characteristics Gender Female Height 154 cm Weight 48 kg Hair Light Brown Eyes Hazel Blood Type B Ritsu Tainaka (田井中たいなか 律りつ, Ritsu Tainaka), called Ricchan (りっちゃん, Ricchan) by Tsumugi Kotobuki and Yui Hirasawa, is one of the 5 main characters in K-ON!.

   She is the self-appointed president of the Light Music Club and the drummer of the band Ho-kago Tea Time. She was the one who rebooted the Light Music Club when it was on the verge of being disbanded and has become the natural leader of the club since then.

   Her voice actresses are Satomi Satō (Japanese) and Cassandra Lee Morris (English).

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   Ritsu is the source of fun and encouragement in her band, often making jokes, puns, or pranks and being sarcastic much of the time. She has an upbeat yet carefree personality and often has trouble remembering important club activities and announcements. Because of that, she constantly gets whacked by her childhood friend Mio Akiyama. Despite her forgetfulness, she usually brainstorms for ideas to earn more money or for the club's success in general (like blackmailing Sawako Yamanaka to become the club's supervisor).[1] Her attitude of collecting as much money as possible lets her sometimes appear greedy, something she greatly dislikes.[2][3] Ritsu is always on the go and will stop at nothing for the success of the Light Music Club, even when everyone else gives up.

   Ritsu is very barefaced, sometimes audacious, or even impudent, yet she rarely has ill intentions and usually apologizes the moment after she goes too far. On the other hand, her personality has led to her building up a large endurance to Mio smacking her, the bassist being the least tolerant of Ritsu's antics.

   From time to time, Ritsu has been shown to be rather lazy as well. When it comes to practicing, she only thinks of having fun with her bandmates (such as having so many tea breaks that they almost drove Azusa Nakano away). During training camps, Ritsu usually votes to play around first the moment they arrive and is often supported by Yui Hirasawa. She is usually too lazy to study and often needs Mio's help (though because of that, she actually scores good marks). On very few occasions, when the pressure is too high, she tends to give up on studying and needs the help of her friends to continue.[4] When she becomes determined, however, she can get her work done in no time. Such determination can be seen in her diligent studying to pass her entrance exam to enter her university of choice so she can study together with her friends. She also loves playing her drums despite being hardly ever willing to practice seriously.[5]

   Ritsu has a liking for the band The Who and admires their drummer, Keith Moon, although she dislikes his various past rampages.[6] When it comes to music, Ritsu prefers rock. She also likes metal or punk; as long as it has a good beat, it's alright.

   Ritsu is very athletic and is in by far the best physical condition of all members of the Light Music Club. Physical Education is the only subject she is naturally good at.

   Ritsu has a strong sense of confidence from an unknown source, although her confidence has led to plenty of the club's problems, such as losing their way in the middle of Kyōto.[7] One of her habits is putting both arms at the back of her head, usually to an annoying effect. She is also very curious and therefore knowledgeable of many places to have fun at, a fact her friend Tsumugi Kotobuki admires. Tsumugi has also described her as the type of person who walks the extra mile for her friends and who would be really popular among girls if she would be a boy (which led Ritsu to hit her out of embarrassment).[8]

   Ritsu prefers to put up a tough front and doesn't cry easily. Her weak spot is seeing her friends cry, though even then she'll deny that she's crying with them and try to cheer them up, despite her true feelings being obvious.[9]

   Ritsu is a surprisingly good cook and is also very easygoing, using a hexagonal pen in exams to determine the answer she should choose.[10][11] In stressful situations, however, she quickly loses her head and tries desperate attempts to save the situation that tend to make things worse.[12]

   Although she usually acts boyish and childish, she sometimes shows a girly and shy side. For example, when she mistook lyrics Mio had put in her mailbox to be a love letter for her or when she had to play the role of Juliet in her class' school play.[13][14]

   When Ritsu gets in a bad mood, she tends to drag the atmosphere of the club down with her. An example would be her jealous side, which she shows when she thinks Mio is ignoring her and spending more time with Nodoka Manabe.[15] Despite her mostly immature behavior, she has enough common sense to keep her bandmates focused when they need to be, especially when her unreliable teacher Sawako is around. ADVERTISEMENT

   Appearance

   Ritsu's hair color is between dirty blonde-light brown that slightly touches the edge of her shirt's collar, her bangs pulled back with a yellow hairband. Two longer locks of hair fall at the ends of her hairband and touch her shoulders. She has hazel eyes, similar to her hair.

   Without her hairband, Ritsu's bangs could reach her nose and can be indistinguishable from Yui. Other than yellow, Ritsu wears other colored hairbands once in a while, such as white, black or red (especially when she was a child). At certain points in the anime, Ritsu uses other objects to hold her hair up, like goggles when the girls visited the beach or when she put it up in a ponytail that stuck up when she was about to sleep during a field trip. Manga

   In the manga, Ritsu does button her blazer, yet, like in the anime, she does not tuck in her uniform when seen without it. Besides her school uniform, she is often seen in polo shirts.

   Anime

   Her school uniform is often untucked (only tucked in by force, such as when Sawako forced her to or for official purposes like the graduation ceremony or the graduation photo) and her blazer is unbuttoned. She is the only one from the Light Music Club that does not wear the beige waistcoat that is part of the summer school uniform and is instead only wearing her white blouse. Ritsu is seen wearing the school's blue tracksuits most often among her friends, mostly when she plays the drums. She had once exclaimed that she prefers wearing comfortable clothing than any other outfits as she had difficulty drumming in those clothes. Like in the manga, she is often seen in polo shirts outside of school.

   Attires

   Pants over skirts. She likes to wear polo shirts and denim shorts.

   Sakuragaoka High School uniform

   Ritsu tainaka Like all Sakuragaoka High School students, Ritsu wears a school uniform. The Sakuragaoka uniform consists of a navy blue blazer (she is always seen wearing it unbuttoned), a solid white buttoned shirt (under the blazer), a colored ribbon (different colors for different student years, Ritsu's year is light blue), a light steel blue skirt, stockings or socks (Ritsu'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. "Don't say 'lazy'" Attire

   Ritsu Dont Say Lazy Ritsu's "Don't say 'lazy'" attire is a black dress with wide pants and long leather shoes. On her upper arms are black laces. Her left hand is covered by a black glove and she wears a ring with a giant red ruby on her right. Her hair is hold back by a dark headband, which has a great black-and-white striped flower attached to it. In the middle of it is another yellow flower. "Listen!!" Attire

   Ritsu listen In "Listen!!", Ritsu's attire is a long, dark green shirt that also covers her hips. Under this shirt, she is wearing another black shirt. She also wears black leggings, yellow shoes, and a black belt. Ritsu's accessories consist of a black glove on her right hand, a black headband and a pair of black hoop earrings "NO, Thank You!" Attire

   Ritsu NO, Thank You! 1 In "NO, Thank You!, Ritsu's attire is similar to any school uniform dress code. Her attire is very similar to the Sakuragaoka High School uniform - navy blue blazer and a white buttoned shirt (under the blazer). The only parts different are a "HTT-logo" pinned to her blazer, a plaid grey skirt, a red tie, dark blue socks and her white shoes. She wears a white headband instead of her yellow one. Her attire appears a bit disheveled, with the tie being disorderly tied and the shirt being messily buttoned. Her jacket isn't buttoned either. Ritsu NO, Thank You! 2 Ritsu's second attire in "NO, Thank You!". She wears a plain white shirt under a black hoodie with an orange pin near her right shoulder. She also wears yellow shorts over blue tights. She does not wear a headband, so her hair falls down. "Singing" Attire

   Ritsu Singing attire 1 Ritsu's "Singing" attire. Like the rest of the band, she wears a light blue one-piece dress over a white shirt. The skirt goes down to her knees. The dress has four white dots over the chest, a white bow and a white collar. Additionally, Ritsu wears black shoes with white shoelaces over long white socks, which have red and blue stripes on them. She does not wear a headband but a white beret instead. Her hair is not tied and falls down naturally. Ritsu singing attire 2 Ritsu's second attire in "Singing". She wears a grey pull-over with a blue hood, black sleeves and the number "999" on it. Under that, she wears a black-white striped shirt. She also wears a short green skirt over yellow tights and light grey shoes. Her hair is pinned up with a hairclip that features a light blue star.

4. #4Tsumugi Kotobuki

   Keys: Tsumugi Kotobuki

   First Appearance Manga Debut Volume 1, Chapter 0 Anime Debut Season 1, Episode 1: Disband the Club! Other Appearances Videogames K-ON!! Ho-Kago Live! Kirara Fantasia Stages K-ON!! Let's Go! Live Movies K-ON! Movie Voice Provider Japanese Minako Kotobuki English Shelby Lindley Korean Hyeon Jin Lee German Marianne Graffam Chinese Bo Qi Hui Profile Also Known As Mugi Mugi-chan Mugi-senpai Tsumugi-ojousama Mistress Age 15-19 Birthday July 2nd, 1991 Horoscope Cancer ♋ Class 1-2 2-2 3-2 Musical Profile Role Keyboardist Main Music Composer Instrument Keyboard Korg Triton Extreme 76

   Keytar Korg RK-100 in White Characteristics Gender Female Height 157 cm Weight 53 kg Hair Blonde Eyes Sapphire Blue Blood Type O Tsumugi Kotobuki (琴吹ことぶき 紬つむぎ, Kotobuki Tsumugi), otherwise known as Mugi (むぎ) (pronounced "moogie") is one of the 5 main characters in K-ON! She is a wealthy, cheery, cute girl with a gentle personality who plays the keyboard and is the main musical composer in the band Ho-kago Tea Time.

   Her voice actresses are Minako Kotobuki (Japanese) and Shelby Lindley (English).

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   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.[1] 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.[2][3][4]) 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. ADVERTISEMENT

   Appearance

   Tsumugi has long, wavy blonde hair, sapphire-blue eyes, and a very fair complexion different from the other girls of HTT. She also has thick yellow-brown eyebrows that resemble her father’s. Attires

   Skirts over pants. High-class attire, such as elegant one-piece dresses.

   Sakuragaoka High Uniform

   Tsumugi 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. "Don't say 'lazy'" Attire

   Tsumugi Don't Say Lazy Attire Tsumugi's "Don't say 'lazy'" attire consists of a long dress. Its lower half is striped black and white while its upper half is plain black, accompanied by black frills at the top. On each arm, she wears a long, tight black glove. She also wears plain light green stockings and circle-shaped green earrings. Her hair is being tied into a round bun. "Listen!!" Attire

   Tsumugi Listen! attire Tsumugi's "Listen!!" attire consists of a black and white striped shirt with a symbol of a heart on it, accompanied by a long, baggy white skirt and a black jacket with a pair of white high-heeled shoes. She also wears a sailor's hat. One half of her hair is being tied to a curly ponytail while the other parts are left untied. "NO, Thank You!" Attire

   Mugi NO, Thank You! 1 In "NO, Thank You!, Tsumugi's attire is similar to any school uniform dress code. Her attire is very similar to the Sakuragaoka High School uniform - navy blue blazer and a white buttoned shirt (under the blazer). The only parts different are a "HTT-logo" pinned to her blazer, a plaid grey skirt, a red tie, a grey waistcoat, dark blue socks and her black shoes. Her attire appears a bit disheveled, with the tie being disorderly tied and the shirt being messily buttoned. Her jacket isn't buttoned either. Mugi NO, Thank You! 2 Tsumugi's second attire in "NO, Thank You!. She wears a red shirt underneath a pink one with a violet and a green button on it. She also wears flouncy, violet shorts over dark-violet tights. Her hair is tied with a violet ribbon to a ponytail which falls down over her right shoulder. "Singing" Attire

   Tsumugi Singing attire 1 Tsumugi's "Singing" attire. Like the rest of the band, she wears a light blue one-piece dress over a white shirt. The skirt goes down to her knees. The dress has four white dots over the chest, a white bow and a white collar. Additionally, Tsumugi wears black shoes with white shoelaces over long white socks, which have red and blue stripes on them. Her hair is tied into two neat ponytails that are decorated with white bows abreast her ears. Tsumugi Singing attire 2 Tsumugi's second attire in "Singing". She wears a black-white jacket that is mostly unzipped and has "Rock 'n Roll" written on its back, a multicolored bra, a white, baggy skirt and black and white shoes. Her hair is tied to a long ponytail, fixed with a pink hair tie. She also wears a large blue orb as an earring.

5. #5Azusa Nakano

   Keys: Azusa Nakano

   First Appearance Manga Debut Volume 2, Chapter 0 Anime Debut Season 1 Episode 8: Freshman Reception! Other Appearances Videogames K-ON!! Ho-Kago Live Kirara Fantasia Movies K-ON! Movie Voice Provider Japanese Ayana Taketatsu English Christine Marie Cabanos Korean Hyun Ji Kim German Kristina Tietz Chinese Lei Bi Wen Profile Also Known As Azusa-chan Azu-nyan Azu-nyan-san Azusa-senpai Azu-nyan-senpai Captain Azusa Age 15-17 Birthday November 11th, 1992 Horoscope Scorpio ♏ School Sakuragaoka High School Year First Year Second Year Class 1-2 2-1 Musical Profile Band Ho-kago Tea Time Wakaba Girls Role Rhythm Guitarist (HTT) Lead Guitarist (HTT/Wakaba Girls) Lead Vocalist (Wakaba Girls) Instrument Electric Guitar Fender Japan '69 Reissue Mustang in Candy Apple Red; named "Mu-tan". Gibson Les Paul Standard Goldtop (at home) Characteristics Gender Female Height 150 cm Weight 46 kg Hair Black/Bluish-Black Eyes Orange-tinted Brown (Anime/Manga Volume 2) Grey (Manga Volume 3-onwards) Blood Type AB Azusa Nakano (中野なかの 梓あずさ, Nakano Azusa), nicknamed "Azu-nyan" (あずにゃん, "Azu-nyan") by Yui Hirasawa, is a main character in the K-ON! series. She is a second year student at Sakuragaoka High School. She decided to join the Light Music Club after seeing the band's performance in the school festival and thus became Ho-kago Tea Time's second guitarist. After the senior members graduated, she continued the club and became its new president. She became the main guitarist and main vocalist of the new band, Wakaba Girls.

   Character

   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.[1] 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.[2] 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.[3]

   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.[4][5] 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.[6] 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.[7]

   Azusa is in some ways similar to Mio. Both can get embarrassed, are shy (like when Sawako brings in new costumes), 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.[8]

   Although she mostly appears to be calm-natured, 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.[9] 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 (and less often, Ritsu), 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.[10]

   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) behind her back to study for her remedial exams with one hand. Appearance

   Azusa has long, straight, and seemingly thin black hair, which she wears in pigtails. In the anime and the manga's second volume, she has brown eyes that have a red-orange tint. In the manga's third volume and onwards they were changed to grey, but remained the orange-tinted brown in the anime. 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. Attires

   Pants over skirts. She likes to wear short pants more than other clothing types.

   Sakuragaoka High School uniform

   Azusa 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. "Listen!!" Attire

   Azusa listen In "Listen!!", Azusa wears a white shirt with several red dots on it. She wears a two-colored skirt over bright blue tights, and beige shoes. Her hair is tied into a side ponytail using a hair tie with 2 red beads. "NO, Thank You!" Attire

   Azusa NO, Thank You! 1 In "NO, Thank You!", Azusa's attire is similar to any school uniform dress code. Her attire is close similar to the Sakuragaoka High uniform - navy blue blazer, a white buttoned shirt (under the blazer) and the maroon shoes. The only parts different are a "HTT-logo" pinned to her blazer, a plaid grey skirt, a red tie, dark blue socks and her brown shoes. Azusa NO, Thank You! 2 Azusa's second attire in "NO, Thank You!". She wears a light blue tank top which has yellow parts over her shoulders and a pink star in the middle. She also wears black tights. Over this she is seen wearing black overalls with a light green ball pinned on them. Her hair is once again, tied into a ponytail. Her hair is tied using a lime hair tie. "Singing" Attire

   Azusa Singing attire 1 Azusa's "Singing!" attire. Like the rest of the band, she wears a light blue one-piece dress over a white shirt. The skirt goes down to her knees. The dress has four white dots over the chest, a white bow and a white collar. Additionally, Azusa wears black shoes with white shoelaces over long white socks, which have red and blue stripes on them. Her hair is tied into two braids at the sides of her head. Azusa singing attire 2 Azusa's second attire in "Singing!". She wears a grey one-piece shirt that also covers her hips over a second dark blue one. On her shirt is a white lettering. Over her shirt, she wears a black jacket. She also wears loose dark grey leg warmers over white shoes with red shoelaces. Her hair is tied up to a ponytail with a pink hair tie.

6. #6Ui Hirasawa

   Keys: Ui Hirasawa

   First Appearance Manga Debut Volume 1, Chapter 2 Anime Debut Season 1, Episode 1: Disband the Club! Other Appearances Videogames K-ON! Ho-kago Live!! Kirara Fantasia Movies K-ON! Movie Voice Provider Japanese Madoka Yonezawa English Xanthe Huynh Korean Myeong Seon Lee German Tabea Börner Chinese Bo Qi Hui Profile Also Known As Ui-chan Ui-senpai Age 14-17 Birthday February 22nd, 1993 Horoscope Pisces ♓ Class 1-2 2-1 Musical Profile Role Rhythm Guitarist Instrument Electric Guitar Fender Japan '57 Reissue Stratocaster in Surf Green Characteristics Gender Female Height 154 cm Weight 50 kg Hair Light Brown Eyes Light Brown Blood Type O Ui Hirasawa (平沢ひらさわ 憂うい, Ui Hirasawa) is Yui Hirasawa's younger sister who becomes the rhythm guitarist of the Light Music Club's band Wakaba Girls during her senior year of high school.

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   Ui is basically a more skilled, knowledgeable, mature, dependable, and younger version of Yui Hirasawa. Ui's parents are a lovey-dovey couple and are rarely home, so she does the household tasks in their stead. Initially, Ui is a third-year middle school student, but later she enters the same school as her older sister in high school. Unlike her older sister, Ui is mature, smart, responsible and handles household chores well. She has a great deal of love and respect for her older sister, striving to look after her even at the risk of her own health.[1] She has natural talent for playing the guitar[2], and became capable of playing with the rest of the Light Music Club band only after a few days of practice. Ui easily picks up hobbies and is very skilled at most things she does. Ui is actually considered as the ultimate groupie for her sister's band and supports them with all her heart. She also occasionally provides a narrative to the story. She is in the same class as Azusa and Jun and hangs out with them sometimes.

   The differences between sisters is quickly seen in episode 3 when Tsumugi, Mio, and Ritsu meet Ui for the first time, and are quite surprised at how mature Ui is compared to Yui. This has been used on occasion to tease Yui, though it is obvious to the three that Ui and Yui love and care for each other. Ritsu at times envies that and more than once she and the others wished they had a sister like Ui. This is seen when Ritsu hears about how Ui took care of Yui at the end of the Christmas episode.

   Like Yui, Ui is a fast learner, able to learn how to hit a homerun at a baseball center just from overhearing how to do it from a stranger. Her talent tends to make her the envy of others, particularly Jun and Azusa.

   Sometimes, Ui teaches Yui how to play some parts of the guitar since Yui is terrible at reading sheet music. Despite being a year younger than Yui, she looks nearly identical to her when her hair is down. Once, she pretended to be Yui when her sister was sick but was found out because she did not know the nicknames Yui had given to the Light Music Club members. She also once pretended to be Yui in order to hug Azusa, but Azusa recognized her immediately.

   She joins the Light Music Club along with Jun at the end of the series, becoming a guitarist like her sister.[3] ADVERTISEMENT

   Appearance

   Ui Hirasawa junior high appearance Ui's Appearance in Junior High School Although Ui is nearly identical to Yui with her hair down, she wears her hair in a small ponytail. In the second season, there is a slight difference in the color of their hair (Ui's looks more copper-like).

7. #7Nodoka Manabe

   Keys: Nodoka Manabe

   First Appearance Manga Debut Volume 1, Chapter 1 Anime Debut Season 1, Episode 1: Disband the Club! Other Appearances Videogames K-ON! Ho-kago Live!! Movies K-ON! Movie Voices Japanese Chika Fujitō English Laura Bailey Korean Do Yeong Song German Shalin Rogall Profile Also Known As Nodoka-chan Nodoka-senpai Non-chan Age 15-18 Birthday December 26th, 1991 (Capricorn ♑) Class Junior High School 1-3 Senior High School 1-3 2-1 3-2 Characteristics Gender Female Height 158cm Weight 52kg Hair Brown Eyes Brown Blood Type A Nodoka Manabe (真鍋まなべ 和のどか, Nodoka Manabe) is Yui Hirasawa's childhood friend and initially a member of the Sakuragaoka High School's student council until she becomes its president later.

   Character

   Nodoka is a polite, smart and structured person, extraordinarily reliable and mature for her age. She is an assiduous and duteous girl, virtually the archetype of a successful student.

   Nodoka is Yui's childhood friend and takes the part of the reliable person in their relationship in many ways. Since she has known Yui for so long, she knows about her shortcomings more than anyone else, besides Ui Hirasawa. Nodoka can be pretty strict on Yui and does not go easy on her when she makes mistakes or thinks for too long about a problem instead of solving it. This dry and sometimes cold side is however pretty useful since it is mostly the only way for Yui to understand the importance behind Nodoka's words.[1][2] Nodoka sees Yui as a close friend despite all the trouble she gave her in the past, showing a forgiving and affectionate side. She values Yui's good sides highly and does all in her might to support them, always acting as a true friend.

   Although serious, Nodoka is very kind and open-hearted in general, quickly befriending Mio Akiyama in their second year of high school, which saved the latter from enduring a whole year without knowing anybody in her class.[3] Despite the fact that she is often troubled by the Light Music Club's president, Ritsu Tainaka, who constantly forgets to hand in important applications, Nodoka still forgives her every time and is also willing to deal with the mistake by herself, showing a remarkably selfless side.[4] Even though the mistakes are quickly forgotten, the short outbursts of anger show that Nodoka can be quite scary when being enraged.[5]

   Nodoka is pretty ambitious and therefore usually successful in what she's doing. Her conscientiousness and dependability quickly brought her an important place within the school's student council, later becoming its president during her third year of high school. The council often benefits from her logical calculations and down-to-earth solutions. Her reliability, however, also brought her the role of the president of the Mio Akiyama Fan Club after Megumi Sokabe graduated, a role she had not originally intended to take up.[6]

   As the eldest of three siblings, Nodoka is very independent and prepares her own lunch for school, a fact that amazed Mio.[7] On top of that, she is also a very skilled cook, having earned Yui's praise.[8] She does not have any musical experience and is unexclusive when it comes to favourite music, listening to whatever everybody else is listening to, too. She is also very interested in travelling and wishes to leave Japan to visit famous historical places like Machu Piccu or exciting cities like London.[9][10]

   Nodoka is a very successful student and is especially good in math and science. Her athletic abilities are above average as well. Her weakest subjects are humanities.

   Nodoka can be pretty unreasonable when she does not understand the issue.[11] She can also get anxious about her future, as seen when she was uncertain if her choice of a university to attend in the future was the right one for her or when she was uncertain if she should study abroad or not.[12][13] If she can't hold up the expectations placed on her, she is usually pretty conscience-stricken and needs the help of others to make up for it.[14] She also appears to have a low sense of orientation in unknown areas, even with a map.[15]

   In contrast to her usual strict self, she sometimes shows rare signs of a more easygoing side, like when she states that an overnight stay inside of the school would be "fun".[16] She also knows how to turn an awkward situation around so it's not as embarrassing for the other person anymore.[17] Very rarely, she loses control and lets her emotions burst out, like after hearing about Yui's future plan to become a musician or after the Light Music Club learned about the student council's tradition to have a photo album for the line-up each year, which appears to be a bit embarrassing for Nodoka.[18][19] ADVERTISEMENT

   Appearance

   Nodoka has medium length brown hair and brown eyes. She wears squarish, red, half-frame spectacles. As a Sakuragaoka High School student, she wears the uniform with white socks when being at school. Outside school, she is seen wearing plain casual look. She likes wearing jeans.

   As a young child, she did not wear glasses.

8. #8Jun Suzuki

   Keys: Jun Suzuki

   First Appearance Manga Debut Volume 1, Chapter 13 Anime Debut Season 1 Episode 8: Freshman Reception! Other Appearances Movies K-ON! Movie Voice Provider Japanese Yoriko Nagata English Michelle Ann Dunphy Korean Seon Yeong Park German Nicole Hise Profile Also Known As Jun-chan Jun-senpai Age 14-17 Birthday March 22nd, 1993 Horoscope Aries ♈ Class 1-2 2-1 Musical Profile Role Bassist Instrument Bass Guitar Yamaha SBV500 in Pearl White Characteristics Gender Female Hair Dark Brown Eyes Dark Brown Jun Suzuki (鈴木すずき 純じゅん, Jun Suzuki) is Azusa Nakano and Ui Hirasawa's classmate and later the bassist of the Light Music Club's band Wakaba Girls.

   Personality

   Jun is generally a playful and easygoing girl, but she is sometimes rude without realizing it, compelling Azusa to reprimand her. Ui tried to get Jun to join the Light Music Club but ultimately failed due to the strange impression she got from her visit to the club room. Instead, Jun joined the jazz club because of a cool upperclassman. However, she started to regret it when she heard about all the activities the Light Music Club did. Jun plays bass in the jazz club and admits to admiring Mio Akiyama. She joined the Light Music Club at the end of Volume 4, and after the Anime ends.

   Jun has an older brother, Atsushi Suzuki, nicknamed Acchan by Jun. He plays the bass at a university and helps Jun on "secret training sessions" because she apparently "still sucks at bass". She enjoys clinging onto him, since they are very close, which she denies; with the nickname and their close relationship, they appear somewhat like a couple. Jun has a cat, which Azusa nicknamed Azu-nyan 2. Jun once asked Azusa to look after it, though Azusa only agreed because no one else could. Appearance

   Jun has dark brown hair tied back in two small quilts that look more like updos. Her eyes are also brown but this time, clearer. She wears the standard high school uniform.

9. #9Sawako Yamanaka

   Keys: Sawako Yamanaka

   First Appearance Manga Debut Volume 1, Chapter 0 Anime Debut Season 1, Episode 1: Disband the Club! Other Appearances Videogames K-ON! Ho-kago Live!! Kirara Fantasia Movies K-ON! Movie Voice Provider Japanese Asami Sanada English Karen Strassman Korean Yeo Jin Yun German Antje von der Ahe Profile Also Known As Sawako-sensei Sawa-chan Sawa-chan-sensei Catherine Age 22-25 Birthday January 31st, 1985 Horoscope Aquarius ♒ Musical Profile Role Music Teacher Instrument Electric Guitar Epiphone "1958" Korina Flying V, Gibson SG Standard (sold by Yui, Ritsu, Tsumugi, Mio and Azusa) Characteristics Gender Female Height 165 cm Weight 56 kg Hair Brown Eyes Brown Blood Type B Sawako Yamanaka (山中やまなか さわ子さわこ, Sawako Yamanaka) is the music teacher of the Sakuragaoka High School and one of its alumni. During her high school career, she was a member of the Light Music Club and founded the rockband Death Devil with her friends Norimi Kawaguchi, Della and Jane, where she was a guitarist also the main vocalist of the band.

   She eventually becomes the adviser of the two new generations of the Light Music Club under the leaderships of Ritsu Tainaka and Azusa Nakano, respectively. Additionally, she worked as the homeroom teacher of Class 3-2 during the senior year of the original four members of HTT.

   Her voice actors are Asami Sanada (Japanese) and Karen Strassman (English).

   Character An alumna of the school and a former member of the Light Music Club, she does not want people to find out that she was formerly a member of the speed metal band Death Devil since she fears it would destroy her gentle image. She tries to cover her past by being mild and gentle towards her coworkers and especially to students.

   Personal Daikawa Sawako Sawako's Wild/Death Devil side. Though she has a mature and gentle demeanor for the generality, Sawako (affectionately addressed as "Sawa-chan" or "Sawa-chan- the sensei" by both Ritsu Tainaka and Yui Hirasawa) displays a totally different, completely authentic character when she is alone with the light music club or really angered. In reality, she is wild, lazy and quite an irresponsible teacher who enjoys dressing up the light music club in (sometimes embarrassing) cosplay costumes like French maid uniforms, much to the dislike of Mio Akiyama and Azusa Nakano.

   She names the club band "Ho-kago Tea Time" after the members take too long deciding on a name themselves. She once momentarily pitches in for Yui with her Epiphone "1958" Korina Flying V electric guitar (Never appears in the manga, but did appear in the anime and mobile game Kirara Fantasia).

   She becomes the girls' homeroom teacher in their third year, and puts Nodoka Manabe and all the band members (except Azusa as she is a grade lower) in the same class so she does not have to remember too many new names.

   After all the senior members of "Ho-kago Tea Time" graduate, she becomes the adviser of the newly formed Light Music Club under Azusa's leadership, and renames the band "Wakaba Girls", being that all the members are beginners (with the exception of Azusa). ADVERTISEMENT

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   With her eccentricity comes an uncanny sense for fashion, and an absurdly large wardrobe to accompany it; she frequently dresses up the band members, sometimes against their will, so she can see just how adorable (and sometimes... "atractive") they are in the costumes she makes for them.

   Its fairly likely that Sawako designed or provided the costumes the band members wore for the recordings. Appearance

   Sawako Sawako's Appearance Sawako has long, straight brown hair with two long bangs reaching down to her chest. Her attire consists of a light yellow dress, complete with a black belt, a light green shirt underneath and a pair of white heels. She also wears a red pendant and rounded glasses. Etymology

   The name Sawako means "child" (子) (ko). The "sawa" part of her name is written by hiragana (さわ), thus having no meaning. Sawako's surname Yamanaka means "mountain" (山) (yama) and "central" (中) (naka).

10. #10Tomi Ichimonji

    Keys: Tomi Ichimonji

    First Appearance Anime Debut Season 2 Episode 9: Finals! Other Appearances Movies K-ON! Movie Voices Japanese Sachiko Chijimatsu English C.A. Grimes German Margot Rothweiler Profile Also Known As Baa-chan Characteristics Gender Female Hair Grey Eyes Brown Tomi Ichimonji (一文字いちもんじ とみ, Tomi Ichimonji) often nicknamed "Baa-chan" ("Granny") is an old woman neighboring the Hirasawa household. She first appeared in the episode Finals!. She is very kind and has been caring for Yui Hirasawa, Ui Hirasawa and Nodoka Manabe since kindergarten, often giving them any extra food that she has. Yui is especially fond of her, and enters a local talent show alongside Azusa Nakano in order to win a spa trip for her.[1]

    In Marathon Tournament!, she helped Yui, who tripped and got hurt during her school's

    Tomi is an old, short woman with grey hair which is knot to a bun at the back of her head. In Finals!, she is seen wearing a white sun hat.

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