Ho-Kago 차 Time

Yui Hirasawa (平沢 唯 Hirasawa Yui)

Voiced by: Aki Toyosaki (Japanese), Stephanie Sheh (English)

Yui is the main character of K-On! She is one of the members of the light 음악 club and plays a Heritage 체리 Sunburst Gibson Les Paul Standard electric 기타 (before she knew how to play the electric guitar, the only instrument she knew how to play were the castanets) that she nicknames "Gīta" (ギー太) She does not get good grades in school (though when properly coached, she can achieve astounding results) and is easily distracted 의해 trivialities (mainly those deemed cute and adorable). Yui is clumsy and easily spaces out most of the time. Yui has shoulder-length, brown hair (a little longer than Ritsu's) which she accessorizes with two yellow hair clips, and brown eyes. She takes a huge liking for any kind of 음식 (though she never gains weight, which is greatly envied 의해 Mugi, Mio, and Sawako). She has a younger sister named Ui, who is very mature and acts as the "older sister" of Yui, taking care of her and keeping her in line. Yui works extremely hard to get better at playing guitar, which is shown in later chapters. During performances, Yui plays with amazing energy and joy, which usually results in great response from the audience.
Yui is the band's main vocalist and lead guitarist and has absolute pitch—she can tune her 기타 perfectly without a tuner, which greatly impresses Azusa, who has played the 기타 much longer than Yui. She has a very easy-going nature, but has incredible focus and retention when she has a clear goal in sight; unfortunately this is limited to only one subject at a time, and her other skills deteriorate quickly (for example, Yui is at one point pressed to make up failing test scores, and she quickly brings her math skills up to par while allowing her 기타 skills to deteriorate.) Despite all of this, Yui is still devoted to her band and will always practice hard enough for the club. At school, she has become quite admired for her great voice. However, she is known to forget her lyrics in mid-performance as well as overdoing things, making her unable to perform sometimes. Mio was the lead vocalist at first, since Yui could not play the 기타 and sing at the same time. Yui is also known to write childish lyrics as Ui has assisted her in creating them.


Mio Akiyama (秋山 澪 Akiyama Mio)

Voiced by: Yōko Hikasa (Japanese), Cristina Vee (English)

Mio is a shy girl who is in the light 음악 club. She plays a left-handed, 3-Color Sunburst Fender Jazz 베이스 with a tortoiseshell pickguard, though is shown playing a Fender Precision 베이스 in the first 망가 volume. She uses D'Addario EXL160M medium 베이스 strings. Her 베이스 is given the name Elizabeth later in the anime. While she originally intended to 가입하기 the literary club, she was forced into the light 음악 club 의해 her childhood friend and the club's president/drummer, Ritsu. She gets excellent grades in school and is often mature and strict especially where Ritsu is involved; her weakness is the macabre and horrific, and she is often incapacitated with fear when stories involving ghosts, blood, injuries, haunted houses, barnacles 또는 other disturbing topics come up. She also has a fear of being in the spotlight and gets embarrassed easily, and is often subject to teasing from Ritsu and Sawako, their club adviser and eventual third-year homeroom teacher. Mio has long, straight black hair and gray eyes (that are angled slightly 더 많이 than the other characters). She cites that she chose 베이스 since it is not the center of attention in the band, unlike the guitarist. Mio is 더 많이 technical when it comes to music, and Yui often comes to her when she is in need of 더 많이 기타 tutorials.
Mio is the 초 vocalist of the band, though given her dislike of being center stage, she tries to avoid taking the lead vocal if possible, generally 노래 if Yui is unable to. She writes most of the songs, although they usually feature some odd and overly girlish lyrics like "Light and Fluffy Time". As she is left-handed, she becomes entranced whenever she sees left-handed instruments, because of their rarity. After their first live performance, the attractive Mio gained a huge 팬 following (in no small part due to an unfortunate accident that occurred at the end of the show), led 의해 an infatuated former student council president. Also resulting from her sudden popularity, most of her classmates voted that she portray Romeo in their class play. Mio comes to greatly enjoy her time at 대학 as she encounters many new experiences. She is also able to overcome some of her shyness and make new 프렌즈 such as Sachi and Ayame.


Tsumugi Kotobuki (琴吹 紬 Kotobuki Tsumugi)

Voiced by: Minako Kotobuki (Japanese), Shelby Lindley (English)

Tsumugi, often referred to as 'Mugi' 의해 her friends, is a wealthy girl with a gentle and sweet personality who plays a Korg Triton Extreme 76-key keyboard, though she is also seen playing a Korg RK-100 keytar in the closing credits of the first season, and a Hammond organ in the closing credits of the 초 season. She originally intended to 가입하기 the choir club, but joins the light 음악 club instead after receiving an invitation and encouragement from both Mio and Ritsu. Tsumugi is considered a 피아노 prodigy since she has been playing the 피아노 since she was four and has experience in winning various 피아노 contests. Tsumugi has written several songs for the light 음악 club, as well as 노래 the back vocals in several other songs. She is a good student and has long, pale blonde hair, blue eyes, unusually large eyebrows, which apparently run in her family and a fair complexion that the other characters do not have, but she does not get sunburned.
She is the daughter of a company president, and her family has several villas in various places around 일본 (and even one in Finland). Since her father also owns a maid café, she often brings 과자, 제과 and an assortment of sweets and pastries to the club room, and she diligently makes 차 with a 차 set which is kept in their club room. Despite her wealth, she is fascinated 의해 and finds joy in "normal" activities, such as ordering fast food, sharing french fries with her club mates, holding down part-time jobs and haggling over prices. Tsumugi displays a rebellious streak occasionally, diverting from her normally well-behaved and mature demeanor to the surprise of the others. She also displays a childlike eagerness from time to time, and possesses unusually high strength, being able to effortlessly carry around her own keyboard, Ritsu's drums, amplifiers, and at one point beating an arm-wrestling game in an arcade.
Tsumugi is often entranced 의해 the sight of two girls interacting closely together, sometimes imagining something 더 많이 risqué in her head. The series sometimes indicates that Mugi has a crush on their teacher, Sawako Yamanaka. While a lot of things do not bother her, she is fairly conscious about her weight (just like Mio), and she gets a bit anxious when her family's staff start spoiling her 프렌즈 during 별장, 빌라 visits. She later begins learning how to play the 기타 from Azusa. Tsumugi has a childhood friend several years younger than her named Sumire Saitō, who is a daughter of the family that serves the Kotobuki household. Tsumugi grew up 집 schooled, and therefore spent very little time in the outside world. Because of their close friendship, Sumire would purchase everyday items for Tsumugi, like 망가 that she was not normally allowed to see. Tsumugi was rather taken 의해 some of the yuri 망가 she received, which may have influenced her later perceptions about relationships. When Sumire started high school, Tsumugi wanted her to experience the light 음악 club on her own, but due to Sumire's shyness Tsumugi came up with the excuse of sending her to the club room to pick up the 차 sets that had been left there and told Sawako when Sumire did 가입하기 that it was okay to leave the 차 sets there.



Ritsu Tainaka (田井中 律 Tainaka Ritsu)

Voiced by: Satomi Satō (Japanese), Cassandra Lee (English)

Ritsu (or Ritchan, as nicknamed 의해 Yui) is the self-proclaimed president of the light 음악 club and plays a yellow Rick Marotta Signature Yamaha Hipgig drum kit (with an add-on floor tom in the opening credits only) combined with a 심벌즈, 심벌 즈 set from Avedis Zildjian, though is shown playing a white Yamaha Absolute Series drumkit in the anime's closing credits. She has an ambiguous yet upbeat personality, much like Yui, but often has trouble remembering important club activities and announcements and gets constantly rebuked 의해 Mio and Nodoka for forgetting to send in important forms concerning the club. Ritsu is cheerful, often likes making jokes and is sarcastic most of the time. She is skilled at brainstorming ideas that earn money for the club. Ritsu has shoulder-length, brown hair, with her bangs pulled back with a yellow hairband, and gold-colored eyes. She wears her school 재킷, 자 켓 open. She says she chose to play the drums because they are "cool", but later admits that she has trouble playing instruments which involve intricate finger movements, such as the bass, 기타 and keyboard.
She is Mio's childhood friend and will often take the opportunity to tease her whenever Mio is cowering from something. She is also known to become easily jealous of Mio's other high school friends, even going as far as spying on Mio when on outings with them. Ritsu is always on the go and will stop at nothing for the success of the light 음악 club. Despite her rough mannerisms and speech, she gets cast as Juliet 의해 the majority of her classmates in their class play rendition of Romeo and Juliet and, in the end, manages to act like a proper girl. In the anime, she states her 가장 좋아하는 고수, 드러 머 is Keith Moon of The Who. She is skilled at cooking. She has a younger brother named Satoshi (聡, Voiced by: Mika Itō (Japanese), Amanda C. Miller (English)).


Wakaba Girls

Azusa Nakano (中野 梓 Nakano Azusa)

Voiced by: Ayana Taketatsu (Japanese), Christine Marie Cabanos (English)

Azusa is a student in the same 년 and class as Yui's sister Ui, who joins the light 음악 club and becomes the rhythm guitarist, playing a Fender 반 야생마, 무스탕, 무스 탕 electric guitar. She eventually names her 기타 Muttan, as it is a Mustang. She is a self-proclaimed novice guitarist who has been playing the 기타 since she was in the fourth grade, and her parents are working in a jazz band. She is 더 많이 serious than the other girls, and does not like to admit how she really feels. She often finds herself bewildered 의해 the 차 parties and cosplaying aspects of the club, when she would rather just practice, and is curious about how the club is able to play so well despite their problems and lack of practice. However, she has a certain weakness for cakes and can be calmed down rather easily, sometimes 의해 just being petted. She is constantly a victim of Yui's skinship and is nicknamed Azu-nyan after trying on a pair of cat ears and meowing ("nyan" being the equivalent of "meow" in the Japanese vocabulary). Despite this, Azusa is not too good with cats. Azusa has long black hair, which she wears in pigtails, and brown eyes. While Azusa is talented in guitar, she has trouble 노래 while playing unlike Yui and Mio.
In the band, she looks up to Mio the most due to her maturity and the fact that she is an experienced bassist, even trying to give Mio 초콜릿 on Valentine's Day. However, she sometimes unintentionally makes remarks concerning Mio's weaknesses, such as her weight. She also finds Mugi very beautiful, and envies her hair and large eyes, and later starts teaching her how to play 기타 when the two are alone in the club room. Since joining, Yui comes to her for 조언 on playing guitar, as well as maintenance. She gets a tan extremely easily, once during their time at the 바닷가, 비치 and another during a 음악 festival (even after applying sunscreen). As a result, she frequently gets sunburned as well. She gets lonely very easily, and often worries that everyone in the club will leave her, as they are one 년 older and eventually will graduate. Due to this, the rest of the girls buy her a 터틀, 거북 to look after, naming it Ton.
Outside of the band, she often hangs out with Ui and Jun whenever the other girls are busy. When the others graduate, she becomes the new light 음악 club president alongside Ui and Jun, who decide to 가입하기 her. Together with two new members, Sumire and Nao, they form a new band called "Wakaba Girls" (若葉ガールズ Wakaba Gāruzu, lit. Fresh Leaf Girls). During the Wakaba Girls' first summer training camp Azusa reveals to Sawako her belief that she is unable to act like a proper president for the light 음악 club; however, Sawako suggests that there is no proper way to define what it means to be a president and that Azusa will do just fine. While on that same training camp Azusa is convinced 의해 the others to become the band's vocalist despite her prior reservations on the issue.



Ui Hirasawa (平沢 憂 Hirasawa Ui)

Voiced by: Madoka Yonezawa (Japanese), Xanthe Huynh (English)

Ui is Yui's younger sister, who begins the story as a third-year junior high school student, but later enters Yui's high school the following 년 in the same class as Azusa. Unlike her older sister, Ui is mature, responsible, and handles household chores well. Despite these differences Ui shares a very strong relationship with Yui and has a great deal of 사랑 and admiration for her older sister that sometimes borders on a sister complex. She takes particularly good care of Yui and strives to look after her even at risk to her own health. Ui is considered to be the ultimate groupie for her sister's band and supports them with all her heart. She occasionally provides a narrative to the story. Despite being a 년 younger than Yui, she is nearly identical to her older sister with her hair down and is even able to fool members of the light 음악 club on 더 많이 than one occasion. Ui is a fast learner, able to learn how to play the 기타 after only a few days' practice. She is also able to play the organ if needed. She eventually joins the light 음악 club along with Jun at the end of the series, becoming a guitarist like her sister, playing a Surf Green Fender Stratocaster electric guitar. Ui becomes fascinated with Sumire's sister-like relationship with Tsumugi upon learning of it, as Ui sees it as very similar to her feelings toward Yui.



Jun Suzuki (鈴木 純 Suzuki Jun)

Voiced by: Yoriko Nagata (Japanese), Michelle Ann Dunphy (English)

Jun is an outgoing girl and a friend and classmate of both Azusa and Ui from before they joined the light 음악 club. Ui at first tried to get Jun to 가입하기 the light 음악 club but ultimately failed due to a strange visit to the club room. Thanks to this experience, Jun stayed in the Jazz club instead. While there she played a Yamaha Sbv500 bass. Jun became one of Mio's admirers because they both play bass. Jun begins to regret not joining the light 음악 club when she hears about all the activities they do and eventually joins the light 음악 club at the end of the series. She attempted to play the 기타 but she did not feel that it suited her. She has an older brother named Atsushi who also plays 베이스 and regularly gives Jun lessons. Jun was embarrassed when the light 음악 club found out that she was receiving these lessons because she felt it damaged her image as a person who could learn an instrument on their own. Jun owns a pet cat in the 아니메 series.


Sumire Saitō (斉藤 菫 Saitō Sumire)

Sumire is a shy blonde girl who meets Azusa, Ui and Jun after Yui and the others graduate. She is a freshman, two years below the other light 음악 club members. She is currently working in the Kotobuki household as a maid and originally came to the light 음악 room to try to retrieve Tsumugi's teaset that was left behind after she graduated. After being scared off a few times 의해 Sawako, she eventually agrees to 가입하기 the light 음악 club and eventually becomes its drummer. Similar to Tsumugi, she is quite talented at preparing tea, but feels inclined to keep her role as a maid a secret from the others due to the fear of being punished 의해 Tsumugi. As her family, who came from Austria, were taken in 의해 the Kotobuki household before she was born, Sumire grew up as Tsumugi's playmate, often regarding her as her older sister and inadvertently sparking Tsumugi's interest in yuri 의해 introducing her to 망가 of that genre. As she grew up and learned the truth about the relation between the two families, Sumire felt she needed to regard Tsumugi with 더 많이 respect while in public. Sawako reveals that Tsumugi asked that the 차 sets be left in the club room. However, before the beginning of the new term Tsumugi had asked Sumire to remove the 차 sets thereby ensuring that Sumire would encounter the other members of the light 음악 club and would be invited to join. Sumire's situation is revealed to the surprise of the other members of the club 의해 Sawako. Sumire uses her close ties with the Kotobuki family to reserve the use of their largest seaside 별장, 빌라 for her first summer training camp with the light 음악 club.


Nao Okuda (奥田 直 Okuda Nao)

Another freshman in the same class as Sumire. Generally poor at physical activities, Nao goes through several trial runs through various clubs before deciding to 가입하기 the light 음악 club, as she feels it is where she can try her best. Like the kanji in her name, she is overly honest about her shortcomings. After 읽기 up on 음악 theory, she ends up having an advanced knowledge of 음악 but lacks the ability to physically play it. However, when she is introduced to 음악 creation software, she decides to become the band's producer. She is the oldest among the five siblings in her family. When on her first training camp with the Wakaba Girls, Nao writes the lyrics for the band's first song, titled "Answer". She wrote the song to reflect Azusa's misgivings about her role as president of the light 음악 club. Okuda remarks that she keeps track of all her band mate's conversations and behaviors 의해 entering her observations into her computer, therefore she was able to describe Azusa's exact feelings in her lyrics.


Sakuragaoka High School

Sawako Yamanaka (山中 さわ子 Yamanaka Sawako)

Voiced by: Asami Sanada (Japanese), Karen Strassman (English)

Sawako is a 음악 teacher who is the adviser for the wind instrument club at the girls' school. An alumna of the school and a member of the light 음악 club in her student days, she does not want people to find out that she was formerly a member of a speed metal band called Death Devil (of which she was both lead 기타 and vocalist and went 의해 the stage name of "Catherine"), thus she covers up 의해 being mild and gentle to her coworkers and especially to students. She is forced to be the adviser of the light 음악 club, as Ritsu blackmails her after the girls learn of her past. However, she is able to juggle being the adviser for the wind instrument club as well, even as the story progresses. Though she has a mature and gentle demeanor in the school, Sawako (affectionately addressed as "Sawa-chan" 의해 both Ritsu and Yui) displays a totally different, completely authentic character when she is alone with the light 음악 club. In reality, she is rather wild, lazy, and is quite an irresponsible teacher who enjoys dressing up the light 음악 club in (sometimes embarrassing) cosplay costumes (like French maid uniforms), much to the dismay of Mio. She gets a thrill out of the rare moments where she is praised for her work.
She names the club band "Ho-kago 차 Time" after the members take too long deciding on a name themselves. In the anime, she once pitches in for Yui with her white Epiphone "1958" Korina Flying V electric guitar. She becomes the girls' homeroom teacher in their third year, and puts Nodoka and all the band members (except Azusa, since she is a grade lower) in the same class, so she does not have to remember as many names. An episode in the 초 아니메 season reveals that she owned one of the first Gibson SG 모델 (from around 1960 with a custom stoptail bridge) which is later sold. Due to her relation to the club members, the other students in her class start to call her Sawa-chan as well, ruining her image as a mild-mannered teacher. Her image is further ruined after Death Devil is temporarily reunited at a wedding reception for a high school alumnus. Regardless, her popularity with the students remains unchanged. In spite of her laziness, she still proves herself to be an able mentor, as shown 의해 her willingness to coach Yui as the lead singer and attending their performances. Her 음악 abilities apparently have not dulled over the years, as she is able to substitute for Yui at the school festival at almost no notice without the assistance of a 음악 score, even without any prior practicing of the band's song. Sawako is also very perceptive: she immediately sees through Ui's disguise when she impersonates her sister and on several occasions boasts to the club that there is nothing she cannot see.


Nodoka Manabe (真鍋 和 Manabe Nodoka)

Voiced by: Chika Fujitō (Japanese), Laura Bailey (English)

Nodoka is Yui's childhood friend and confidant who is a member of the school's student council. As a normal, well-mannered and intelligent girl, she is generally taken aback 의해 the light 음악 club's odd behavior, and easily gets annoyed with Ritsu whenever she forgets to fill in the club's application forms. She shares the same class as Mio in their 초 year, who appreciates her companionship tremendously, she being the only person Mio knows in her class. In her third year, she becomes the student council president and is also in the same class as the other third 년 club members. She gradually becomes the president of Mio's 팬 club through unknown circumstances (possibly out of her control), even when she originally turned down the position. Nodoka chooses to go to a national 대학 as opposed to the same college as Yui and the others.


J. Women's University

Akira Wada (和田 晶 Wada Akira)

A new character introduced in the restarted 망가 who is in a band called OnNaGumi (女組, "Gang of Girls") with her 프렌즈 Ayame and Sachi. Akira joins the university's light 음악 club alongside Yui and her friends. She has short black hair and often looks intimidating whenever her hair is messy. She studies in the Education department along with Yui. She is easily irritated to a degree but finds herself in a similar position to Azusa from high school as Yui seems to enjoy hugging her. She originally had longer hair in high school, but when a boy she admired accused her band of only being 인기 because of their cuteness, she decided to cut off her hair and vowed to become 인기 through talent. She plays an ebony Gibson Les Paul Custom electric 기타 which she nicknames "Rosalie".



Sachi Hayashi (林 幸 Hayashi Sachi)

One of Akira's friends, who has long hair. She is OnNaGumi's bassist and is in the same department as Mio. She is taller than Mio, and easily becomes embarrassed about her height if anyone mentions it.


Ayame Yoshida (吉田 菖 Yoshida Ayame)

Another one of Akira's friends, who has short blonde hair. She is OnNaGumi's 고수, 드러 머 and is in the same department as Ritsu. Due to their similarities, Ayame and Ritsu become 프렌즈 very quickly. Ayame tends to follow the latest fashion trends, and has done so since high school.



Kana Yoshii

The president of J. Women's University's light 음악 club who has a sweet appearance, but is generally obsessed over things such as money and looking youthful and can put out a threatening aura when she gets passionate about either one. She was once in a 인기 band with Hirose though retired upon entering 대학 since wearing school uniforms would be considered silly at their age. However, Kana is still obsessed with school uniforms.


Chiyo Hirose

An upperclassman in the light 음악 club who was once in a band with Kana.


Megumi Sokabe (曽我部 恵 Sokabe Megumi)

Voiced by: Asumi Kodama (Japanese), Amanda C. Miller (English)

Megumi is the former student council president and founder of the Mio 팬 Club (with Nodoka becoming her successor in both positions). She stalks Mio during her last few days in high school because she wanted to see Mio one 더 많이 time. The band offers her a song as a graduation gift. Megumi becomes a good friend of Ritsu through unspecified circumstances much to Mio’s surprise. She also helps Ritsu and Yui with the 대학 entrance exams 의해 giving them her old exam workbooks. She goes to the same woman's 대학 in which Yui and her 프렌즈 later enroll and lives in the same dorm as them.