Sound! Euphonium

What is Sound! Euphonium about?

Sound! Euphonium is a TV anime series of 13 episodes animated by Kyoto Animation, adapted from a novel. It aired from April 8, 2015 to July 1, 2015. AniList classifies it as drama, music and slice of life.

Synopsis from AniList, which credits Pony Canyon USA. The summary above it is written by FreeAnime.xyz from AniList's data.

Themes AniList users associate with it: Band, School Club, Female Protagonist, Coming of Age, School, Classical Music, Primarily Teen Cast, Primarily Female Cast, Ensemble Cast.

Main characters

Characters AniList lists in a main role, with spoiler-free notes.

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  Kumiko Oumae 黄前久美子

  Main character

  Kumiko enrolled in Kitauji High School after long hoping to wear the uniform. She wasn't particularly dead set on it but decided to join the wind ensemble and continue playing the euphonium. She has a habit of immediately saying what she's thinking and changes her mind easily.

  Japanese voice: Tomoyo Kurosawa

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  Reina Kousaka 高坂麗奈

  Main character

  A girl who graduated from the same junior high school as Kumiko. Influenced by her dad, who is a pro, she has been playing the trumpet since she was little, so she continues at the wind ensemble in high school. She is stoic and cool, and tends to keep herself distanced from other people.

  Japanese voice: Chika Anzai

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  Hazuki Katou 加藤葉月

  Main character

  Kumiko's classmate. She was in the tennis club in junior high school, and is a beginner in music. She admired the trumpet and joined the wind ensemble, but ends up playing the tuba. She's a bright and perky mood-maker.

  Japanese voice: Ayaka Asai

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  Sapphire Kawashima 川島緑輝

  Main character

  Kumiko's classmate. At an elite junior high school for young ladies, she learned to play the contrabass. She joined the wind ensemble to continue to happily play music. She has a positive personality, but worries about her name. (Source: Anime News Network)

  Japanese voice: Moe Toyota

Supporting characters

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  Asuka Tanaka 田中あすか

  Supporting character

  A third-year high school student. She is the vice president of the brass band club, and also leads the bass section. Like Kumiko, she plays the euphonium. Her standoffish nature has brushed people off time and again. Her red-rimmed glasses are her trademark.

  Japanese voice: Minako Kotobuki

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  Yuuko Yoshikawa 吉川優子

  Supporting character

  Yuuko is a nice, friendly and cheerful person who is also shown to have confidence, determination and a strong personality. She can openly and confidently show others what she is thinking through her actions, her facial expression, and her words.

  Japanese voice: Yuri Yamaoka

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  Shuuichi Tsukamoto 塚本秀一

  Supporting character

  Shuuichi is a first-year high school student. He is Kumiko's childhood friend, and the two went to the same junior high school. He and Kumiko are not classmates in high school because they are studying different courses.

  Japanese voice: Haruki Ishiya

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  Noboru Taki 滝昇

  Supporting character

  Taki is the new music teacher in Kitauji High School and serves as the adviser to the concert band club. He is also in charge of Class 5 of the second-year students. He is polite and has a methodical personality.

  Japanese voice: Takahiro Sakurai

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  Aoi Saitou 斎藤葵

  Supporting character

  She is a third-year student who quit the Kitauji brass band, having played the tenor saxophone since junior high school. Aoi was Kumiko Oumae and Shuuichi Tsukamoto's childhood friend, two years older than them. They lived in the same neighborhood, and often played together, but grew apart as they got older.

  Japanese voice: Youko Hikasa

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  Mamiko Oumae 黄前麻美子

  Supporting character

  Kumiko's older sister. She is a college student and was a trombone player in a brass band. She taught Kumiko to use a mouthpiece when she was a child.

  Japanese voice: Manami Numakura

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  Haruka Ogasawara 小笠原晴香

  Supporting character

  A third-year high school student. She is the president of the brass band club, and also leads the saxophone section. She plays a baritone saxophone. She has a kind heart as she leads the Brass Band Club.

  Japanese voice: Saori Hayami

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  Kaori Nakaseko 中世古香織

  Supporting character

  A third-year high school student. She leads the trumpet section and is the madonna of the Brass Band Club who everyone yearns for.

  Japanese voice: Minori Chihara

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  Natsuki Nakagawa 中川夏紀

  Supporting character

  Natsuki is a reserved girl who is seen rarely talking, and she has an aloof and calm attitude. It is later revealed that the second-years are like this because of an event which occurred the year before Kumiko Oumae's first year at Kitauji.

  Japanese voice: Konomi Fujimura

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  Takuya Gotou 後藤卓也

  Supporting character

  A second-year student who is a tall, calm, and taciturn youth. He is the assistant leader of the bass section of the band.

  Japanese voice: Kenjirou Tsuda

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  Kohaku Kawashima 川島琥珀

  Supporting character

  The younger sister of Midori. Kohaku is often noted how closely she resembles her older sister. Kohaku is a shy and timid girl.

  Japanese voice: Haruka Chisuga

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  Lala Hitomi 瞳ララ

  Supporting character

  Lala Hitomi is a minor character in the Hibike! Euphonium series. In the main series, she is a first-year student at Kitauji High School who plays the Horn in F. She is also the member of Monaka team. (Source - Hibike! Euphonium WIki)

  Japanese voice: Haruka Chisuga