Kaori Nakaseko (中世古 香織 Nakaseko Kaori) is the recurring secondary character of Sound! Euphonium series. She was a student at Kitauji High School two years above Kumiko Oumae who played trumpet in the school's concert band. Also she was the band's accountant and trumpet section leader.
Appearance[]
Kaori is a young girl with short, bobbed, dark-brown hair, matching brown-reddish eyes and a mole on her left cheek.
She wears the standard Kitauji High School uniform for third-year students.
Personality[]
Kaori is considered to well-liked among the members of the band, and has a soft tone in her voice and a gentle demeanor. She is very popular among the Kituaji Concert Band, attracting people like Yuuko Yoshikawa to her.
Despite the fact that she is a very good trumpet player, Reina Kousaka is noted to be a much better player than her. Kaori observes this during their re-auditions for a trumpet solo of Crescent Moon Dance and declines her chance to play the solo, passing it to Reina.
She is shown to be close with the president Haruka Ogasawara and Vice President Asuka Tanaka.
Roles[]
Anime[]
| Title | Role |
|---|---|
| Sound! Euphonium | Secondary |
| Sound! Euphonium 2 | Minor |
| Sound! Euphonium The Movie: Welcome To The Kitauji High School Concert Band | Secondary |
| Sound! Euphonium The Movie: May The Melody Reach You! | Minor |
| Liz and the Blue Bird | Minor |
Etymology[]
- The name Kaori means "fragrance, fragrant" (香) (ka) and "weave, weaving" (織) (ori).
- Kaori's surname Nakaseko means "middle" (中) (naka), "world" (世) (se) and "old, antiquity, ancient time, used, secondhand" (古) (ko).
Trivia[]
- According to the official Sound! Euphonium novel website:
- Her favorite color is white.
- Her hobbies are making sweets and going to the cafe with Asuka.
- She has been doing tea ceremonies and flower arrangement since she was a child.
- In the light novel, Kaori is noted to look very alike to Reina Kousaka.
- Kaori goes to nursing school after graduating.[1]
- Kaori likes sweets, while she dislikes insects and crowds.
- Kaori shares a flat with Asuka during university
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| Note: Section leaders are shown in bold text
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