Tsubame Kamaya

S3
Ancon
Chikai
S2
S1

Kanji

釜屋つばめ

Romaji

Kamaya Tsubame

Age

15-16

Gender

Female

Height

150 cm

Blood type

O

Birthday

September 28 (Libra)

Musical profile

Role

Percussion player

Instrument

Percussion

Personal Status

Relative(s)

Suzume Kamaya (younger sister)

Affiliation

School

Kitauji High School

Occupation

High School Student
(1st year) ^{(Original Anime)}
(2nd year) ^{(Oath's Finale)}

(3rd year) ^{(Season 3)}

Portrayal

Voiced by

Ayaka Ohashi

Tsubame Kamaya (釜屋つばめ, Kamaya Tsubame) is a supporting character in the Sound! Euphonium series. She is a student at Kitauji High School in the same year as Kumiko Oumae who is a Percussionist in the school's concert band.

Appearance[]

Tsubame is a teenage girl with short, green hair that has spiky ends, indigo-blue eyes and she wears round-framed glasses similar to Asuka Tanaka's glasses but without the red frame.

In the light novel, she is described as having short, spiky black hair and black eyes, with rimless glasses.

Personality[]

Tsubame is a fairly reserved and somewhat socially awkward girl, which is demonstrated when Hazuki Katou introduces her to Kumiko Oumae and Sapphire Kawashima on their first day of class, and she struggles to figure out what name to call them by. She is worried that her younger sister Suzume Kamaya will cause any trouble.

Relationships[]

Tsubame seems to be good friends with most of Team Monaka and other members of the percussion section, especially Junna Inoue who holds her in a great esteem for her marimba abilities.

Tsubame is friends with Kumiko Oumae, but not close friends. They happen to be in the same class in their third year, and being together in their ensemble in Ancon they get to know each other better. Kumiko will have a very good analysis of her problems and be a great help to Tsubame. Thanks to her she is able to overcome her shortcomings.

Tsubame has a rather close relationship with her sister Suzume^{[note 1]}. However they have opposite personalities, which can lead to misunderstandings such as when Suzume gets mistaken on Tsubame's intentions in Hibike! Euphonium 3 Episode 2. They love each other but Suzume is much more demonstrative about it. Suzume admires her sister and partly joined the band thanks to her.

When Mayu Kuroe arrives in Kumiko's third year, she quickly develops ties with Tsubame. Both in the same class, they become friends and practice together sometimes, Tsubame also giving out advice to Mayu on her solo. She really loves her sound and thinks that Mayu is only really herself and honest when she plays.

Chronology[]

To be extended

Etymology[]

The name Tsubame is written in hiragana (つばめ), which has no special meaning. However, when written in kanji (燕), it could possibly mean "swallow (bird)".
Tsubame's surname Kamaya means "kettle, iron pot" (釜) (kama) and "roof, house, shop, dealer, seller" (屋) (ya).

Trivia[]

According to the official Sound! Euphonium novel website:
- Her favorite colors are orange and blue.
- Her special skill is radio calisthenics.
- Her hobby is scoring the material of young performers.
Although Tsubame has no rhythm and is poor at dancing, she is very talented at playing the marimba.^[1]
- Kumiko determines the reason behind her poor rhythm is that she holds her breath while playing. By learning to breathe with the others, she corrects this problem.
In Season 3, Tsubame's younger sister Suzume Kamaya joins the band as a tuba player.
Tsubame failed the audition and thus was a member of Team Monaka.
In Tsubame's second year, she is in class 2-3 alongside Kumiko Oumae, Hazuki Katou and Sapphire Kawashima.
Tsubame is very knowledgeable about manzai performances and she has gone to see shows with Hazuki.^[2]