Kiri Matsumoto

Kiri Matsumoto
Kanji	松本 きり
Romaji	Matsumoto Kiri
Gender	Female
Musical profile
Role	Saxophonist
Instrument	Alto Saxophone
Affiliation
School	Kitauji High School
Occupation	High School Student (1st year) (Our Promise)
First appearance
Anime	Sound! Euphonium: The Movie - Our Promise: A Brand New Day

Kiri Matsumoto (松本 きり, Matsumoto Kiri) is a supporting character in the Sound! Euphonium series. She is a student at Kitauji High School one year below Kumiko Oumae who is an alto saxophonist in the school's concert band.

Appearance

Kiri has dirty brown hair that is tied into two buns and violet eyes.

Relationships

Kiri gets along well with her fellow alto sax player Chikai Maki as she collects the Instrument-kun series.

Etymology

• The name Kiri (2) is written in hiragana (きり), which has no special meaning. However, when written in kanji (桐), it could possibly mean "paulownia".
• Kiri's surname Matsumoto means "pine tree, fir tree" (松) (matsu) and "base, root, origin" (本) (moto).

Trivia

• Kiri is extremely fond of small cute things.
• Kiri shares the writing and pronunciation of her last name, Matsumoto, with teacher Michie Matsumoto. However, there is no confirmation if the two are related.

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