Suruga Koteyama

Suruga Koteyama (籠手山 駿河) is a side character of Sound! Euphonium. She is a new first-year at Kitauji High School who joins the band as a bassoonist in Kumiko Oumae's second year. Additionally, she played contrabassoon in Liz and the Blue Bird.

Personality
Suruga is the clumsiest girl in the band who is always flustered that she often forgets this.

Etymology

 * The name Suruga means "fast" (駿) (suru) and "river" (河) (ka/ga).
 * Suruga's surname Koteyama means "basket" (籠) (ko), "hand" (手) (te) and "mountain, hill" (山) (yama).