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Kanade Hisaishi (久石 奏 Hisaishi Kanade), also known by the nickname Kanapii, is a supporting character in the Sound! Euphonium series. She is a student at Kitauji High School one year below Kumiko Oumae who is a euphonist in the school's concert band.
Appearance[]
Kanade is a short, fair-skinned teenage girl with black hair that she wears in a bobbed haircut with straight bangs covering her forehead, while she decorates her hair with a small red ribbon on the left side. She has cherry-red eyes.
Personality[]
Kanade has a courteous personality and great communication skills, and gives off a good impression to everyone who sees her. However, she has a secret side to her always-polite demeanor. Kumiko Oumae describes her as a "hypocritical courtesy" or a girl who is "superficially polite but rude in intent". Kanade is confident in her cuteness, and makes use of it to influence people. She takes good care of her cutesy side to maintain that courteous impression.
However she still cares about the people around her even if she does not want to show it and prefer to keep teasing them, always in this disguised politeness that characterizes her.
Chronology[]
Kanade first appears in the series as a curious new first year student peeking into the instruments storage room. This is where she first meets Kumiko Oumae. Kanade then joins the bass section to play euphonium and immediately starts teasing the other first years of the section. She particularly develop a strong link with Ririka Kenzaki.
Within the concert band she quickly befriends everyone and especially the first years. In the bass section, she is seemingly disturbed by her senior Natsuki Nakagawa who does not hesitate to ask her for help about the euphonium. This makes her discuss it with Kumiko. Though Kumiko tries to tell her how this is normal, Kanade goes as far as flunking the audition for what she thinks will make Natsuki happier. This is however interrupted by Natsuki and Kumiko, making her burst in tears. Kumiko jumps in to comfort and reassure her after this.
Relationships[]
Kumiko Oumae[]
Kumiko is a senpai of Kanade. The two quickly form a close relationship through their time in sectionals. Kumiko sees a lot of herself in Kanade, and is able to understand her emotions and struggles. At the same time, Kanade is aware of Kumiko's and Shuuichi Tsukamoto's relationship, and fills her in on information regarding Michiru Hakase potentially taking a liking to him. When Kanade purposely plays poorly in the audition, Kumiko chases after her after Natsuki Nakagawa confronts her. Kumiko convinces Kanade to reveal why she acted the way she did and helps calm her down.
Motomu Tsukinaga[]
Kanade is revealed as a mischievous troublemaker under her polite facade. She regularly teases him by calling him "Tsukinaga", a name which he despises. This causes a great deal of tension, not only between them but the rest of the bass section members too.
Mirei Suzuki[]
Kanade befriends Mirei after Kumiko expresses concern for her behaviour. Kanade's attempts at acclimating Mirei to the bass section are fruitless, and thus at the Sunrise Festival Mirei breaks down, quits the band, and runs off. Kanade and Kumiko chase after her. Kanade whispers hurtful truths to Mirei, which helps snap her back to a reasonable mindset, eventually agreeing to rejoin the band.
Ririka Kenzaki[]
Ririka and Kanade are close friends who frequently visit each other outside of school. The two often prepare sweets together. Both have mutual respect for each other's skills, and are very comfortable talking together.
Etymology[]
- The name Kanade means "play music, complete" (奏).
- Kanade's surname Hisaishi means "long time" (久) (hisa) and "stone, volume measure" (石) (ishi).
Trivia[]
- Kanade's favorite colors are pink and red.[1]
- Kanade's hobbies are watching dramatic pieces, gathering information, and taking selfies.[1]
- She also likes going to the theater to see plays on days off.
- Kanade likes apple shapes, strawberries flavors and clumsy people, while she dislikes squid and people who unconsciously pamper others.[1]
- Kanade's special trait is her soft skin.[1]
- Kanade shares the same family name, Hisaishi, as the world renowned Japanese composer, conductor and musician, Mamoru Fujisawa, who's more commonly and professionally known as Joe Hisaishi (久石 譲 Hisaishi Jō).
- Kanade plays on a Yamaha YEP-621 euphonium.
Notes[]
- Native names
References[]
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