__Instrument:__ Tenor Saxophone

She is a third-year student who quit the Kitauji brass band, having played the tenor saxophone since junior high school.

Aoi was Kumiko Oumae and Shuuichi Tsukamoto's childhood friend, two years older than them. They lived in the same neighborhood, and often played together, but grew apart as they got older.

Spring in the first year of high school. Kumiko, a member of the brass band in junior high school, visits the high school brass band club with classmates Hazuki and Sapphire. There, she comes across Reina, her former classmate from junior high. Hazuki and Sapphire decide to join the club, but Kumiko can’t make up her mind. She recollects her experience with Reina at a competition in junior high school. 
 
(Source: Pony Canyon USA)

__Height:__ 157 cm 

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Co-hosted the popular weekly radio show Odoroki Sentai Momonoki Five (おどろき戦隊モモノキファイブ) with fellow seiyuu [Eriko Nakamura](https://anilist.co/staff/103983) from 2009 to 2017.
She got married to a person from outside the industry in 2015.
On September 5, 2024, she announced that she was starting her own voice talent agency, [i.nari](https://inari-inc.com/), which would also be representing her going forward.

__Non-anime roles:__
- Neve - Goddess of Victory: Nikke (VG)
- Red Hood - Goddess of Victory: Nikke (VG)
- Celia - Tevi (VG)
- Emilie - Genshin Impact (VG)
- Judith Lanster - The Legend of Heroes Series (VG)
- Brigitta Lycaon - Metaphor: ReFantazio (VG)
- Vita - Honkai Impact 3rd (VG)
- Saeki Kazuko - YanOta: The Delinquent and the Otaku (Drama CD)
- Evelyn Chevalier - Zenless Zone Zero (VG)

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With another tournament fast approaching, Kumiko's band is doubling down on practice and discipline, leaving little time for sleep or other recreational activities. The redoubled practice schedule brings Kumiko and Reina closer together, but elsewhere in the band, it seems like drama threatens to tear the group's unity apart. The ghost of the prior year's mass band exodus still haunts many of Kumiko's classmates, and with former band member Nozomi Kasaki now asking to return, it seems like the grudges of the past will soon be impossible to ignore. 

(Source: Anime News Network, edited)

 
Note: The first episode aired with a runtime of ~48 minutes as opposed to the standard 24 minute long episode.

The Kitauji high school wind instrument club had at one time participated in national tournaments and was a champion school, but after the club's adviser changed, they have not been able to even participate in the qualifying tournament. Under the strict leadership of Taki, a substitute for Ms. Rikako, they steadily build up their strength. As they fight over who plays solos, some students give priority to studying and quit club activities. Finally, the long wished-for day of the contest arrives.

Short specials included in the Blu-ray/DVD releases.

Aoi Saitou