Hazuki Katou (加藤 葉月 Katō Hazuki) is one of the main characters of Sound! Euphonium series and a supporting character of Liz and the Blue Bird movie. She is a student at Kitauji High School, a classmate of Kumiko Oumae and Sapphire Kawashima who plays tuba in the school's concert band.
Appearance[]
Hazuki has the appearance of a young girl with short straight brown hair that curls at the bottom, and is decorated with a red-pinkish hair clip. She has gold-hazel eyes.
She wears the normal Kitauji High School female student uniform for first-year students, however she really likes sneakers and end up wearing an orange pair instead of the required brown leather ones.
In the novels, Hazuki is portrayed slightly differently. She dyed her hair, has a trumpet charm on her bookbag and is said to be athletic because she has a tan. Her hair still stays similar through the novels, mangas and anime.
Personality[]
Hazuki is always cheerful and friendly, and her bright personality helps uplift the spirits of those around her, making her a beloved member of the group.
She is also portrayed as caring and supportive towards her friends. Hazuki often shows empathy and consideration for others, offering encouragement and assistance when needed.
Background[]
In middle school Hazuki attended Higashi Middle School. There, she was on the tennis team where she developed a tan and good cardio.
Chronology[]
- Kumiko's first year
Hazuki makes her first appearance in Welcome, High School, where she becomes one of Kumiko Oumae's first friends upon entering Kitauji High School. Just after meeting Kumiko, she starts calling her by her first name and telling her to do the same thing with her too, which quite shocks Kumiko. Bonding over with Sapphire Kawashima and Kumiko, she decides to join the concert band despite being a total beginner. At first she admires the trumpet, but ends up playing the tuba thanks to Asuka Tanaka's trickery. Over the next few weeks, Hazuki has a lot of troubles progressing and being satisfied with her playing. Feeling down about her abilities, her friends decide to help find joy in music and encourage her to practice. They succeed in Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Tuba where playing a piece together brings her glee. She then gets to progress quickly, however not to the point where she can play in group A nor play in the marching band at SunFes. Not feeling down, Hazuki continues training so she can join the next years.
Right around the Agata Festival in Festival Triangle, Hazuki realizes she fell in love with Shuuichi Tsukamoto. Confiding to Midori, they set up a plan so she can ask Shuuichi out during the festival. They spend the night together but sadly when Hazuki confesses on Kumiko's bench, she is rejected in a friendly manner. She cries it through in Midori's arm but get quickly over it. However Midori does not, making Hazuki go an extra length to tell her that she really is okay.
- Kumiko's second year
In her second year in Chikai, Hazuki gets to play the senior with the two new tubists, Satsuki Suzuki and Mirei Suzuki. She helps alleviate the tensions between them all while she keeps practicing hard. Her practice pays off as she gets to play with the marching band at SunFes that year, but still fails the audition to get into group A.
- Kumiko's third year
In her third year, she finally passes the auditions and gets to play with group A at the competitions, marking an immense improvement over her past two years.
Relationships[]
Kumiko Oumae[]
Kumiko and Hazuki get along very well, even though Kumiko normally does not mix with sport-orientated people. Hazuki treasures Kumiko as a very good and close friend, and they support each other and they are almost always seen together (with Sapphire). They can freely talk about various topics with each other and they trust each other. They are good terms. When Hazuki gets rejected by Shuuichi, she decides to do her best to support Kumiko, making the two even more accomplices.
Sapphire Kawashima[]
Even though Sapphire was very shy from the beginning, she became more social and cheerful from being with Hazuki and Kumiko. Sapphire and Hazuki are also great friends and Sapphire is one of Hazuki's first friends in Kitauji High. Hazuki trust Sapphire very much and can tell her about all kind of things, and they support and care for each other. They have a very good and friendly bond.
Shuuichi Tsukamoto[]
At first, Hazuki didn't really have any interest in Shuuichi, and only saw him as Kumiko's friend. However, after learning a little more about him, Hazuki gradually becomes more interested in him. And, towards the end of the seventh episode where Shuuichi helped Hazuki, she fell in love with him. Kumiko and Sapphire find out about this and becomes shocked, especially Kumiko. Also, Kumiko makes Hazuki go the Agata Festival with Shuuichi, which they do, even though Shuuichi wanted to ask Kumiko.
While the two were talking, Hazuki confessed that she liked him. Shuuichi, however, didn't feel the same and told her that he only saw her as a friend and that he already has another person he likes. Hazuki realizes it's Kumiko, and says that she is going to support him to be with Kumiko instead. They became a little bit distant after this event, but they are still on good terms.
Natsuki Nakagawa[]
Natsuki and Hazuki were both part of Team Monaka. They especially bond in the OVA of the first season.
Riko Nagase[]
Riko being her senior tuba player, the two have developed a good relationship. Riko often encourages Hazuki to do her best and look after her. She teaches her along with Gotou.
Takuya Gotou[]
Gotou is a good senior to Hazuki, helping her practice and giving her tips. He really helps her when, feeling desperate over her lack of progress and looking for meaning in playing the tuba, he tells her that he likes the tuba just for itself, and that it is a good supporting instrument.
Etymology[]
- The name Hazuki means "leaf, plane, lobe, needle, blade, spear, counter for flat things, fragment, piece" (葉) (ha) and "moon" (月) (tsuki/zuki).
- Hadzuki/Hazuki (葉月) is the traditional name for August, meaning "month of leaves", with the older form of it being 葉落ち月 (haochidzuki/haochizuki, はおちづき) which means "month of falling leaves". Hazuki is the old Japanese word for the month of August.
- It is also used as a Japanese surname.
- Hadzuki/Hazuki (葉月) is the traditional name for August, meaning "month of leaves", with the older form of it being 葉落ち月 (haochidzuki/haochizuki, はおちづき) which means "month of falling leaves". Hazuki is the old Japanese word for the month of August.
- Hazuki's surname Katou means "add, increase" (加) (ka) and "wisteria" (藤) (tou).
Voice Actresses[]
| Language | TV anime | Chikai | Liz | |
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| Japanese | Ayaka Asai [name 1] | |||
| English | Jennifer Losi | Alyson Leigh Rosenfeld | ||
| Italian | Benedetta Gravina | |||
| Korean | Jang Mi [name 2] | |||
| Cantonese | Chloe Chan Ho Yee [name 3] | Rainbow Cheung Choi Hung [name 4] | ||
Trivia[]
- Even though Hazuki has the same surname as Miki Katou, they both have no familial relation with each other.
- According to the official Sound! Euphonium novel website:
- Hazuki's favorite colors are yellow and orange.
- Hazuki's hobby is playing tennis.
- Hazuki's special skill is having done karate when she was small.
- Hazuki, Kumiko and Midori are all in Year 1, Class 3.
- Hazuki's homeroom teacher is Michie Matsumoto.
- Hazuki's tuba is based on the Yamaha YBB-641 model.
- Hazuki's sousaphone is based on the Yamaha YSH-301 model.
Gallery[]
Notes[]
- Native names
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