Hitoshi Usui

Hitoshi Usui (臼井 ひとし) is a minor character in the Hibike! Euphonium series. He is a third-year student in the Kitauji High School Concert Band who plays the bass clarinet.

Appearance
Hitoshi is a young man with short spiked maroon hair, light brown eyes and he wears round silver-framed glasses.

Personality
Not much is known about Hitoshi, being a minor character, other than being portrayed to be really friendly and happy. Although he gets ignored most of the time, when he is invited out with the female clarinetists, he really enjoys himself.

Etymology

 * Hitoshi's surname Usui means "mortar" (臼) (usu) and "well, mine shaft, pit" (井) (i).
 * Mortar is a short smoothbore gun for firing shells (technically called bombs) at high angles.