Kanade Yuzuriha (杠 花奏 Yuzuriha Kanade), or Yuzu (ユズ), is a young composer who goes to the same high school as Momo Sakaki and Nino Arisugawa.
Personality[]
When Yuzu is shy, he normally denies things that are being said about him even though it is clearly obvious to everyone else that he is just lying. When others are worried, he becomes straightforward and sometimes gives advice. Yuzu is sensitive when it comes to his height.
Appearance[]
Yuzu has black unkempt hair that's tied loosely into a ponytail, piercing blue eyes and visibly long eyelashes, occasionally he is called eyelashes by Momo and Nino and makes comments about them. He has a rather short stature as noted by many characters.
Character Outline[]
During his youth, he and Nino Arisugawa became friends. They met at the beach where he was writing music in the sand. He suffered from an illness in his throat that prevented him from singing. Every Wednesday Yuzu would sneak out of the hospital and go to the beach to write music to let out his passion. One day he met Nino who started singing the song he wrote amazed Yuzu he decided to call it "his voice". Yuzu was inspired by Nino's voice and told her to come back every Wednesday to sing his song. When Nino found out that Momo was never coming back she began screaming. Yuzu came rushing towards her and began singing to calm her down even though singing would cause permanent damage to the point of him never being able to sing. After singing to Nino that day Yuzu was transferred to another hospital but managed to write down a melody and his farewell for Nino.
Quotes[]
- "I found it, my voice..." - after hearing Nino sing his song
- "That's too long! What a pain!! You can be Alice!!" - Yuzu giving Nino her nickname
- "Alice, your voice will forever belong to me and me only"
- "Sing, Alice, SING!!!!!!" - Yuzu trying to calm Nino down because she was crying
Relationships[]
- Nino Arisugawa - He does in fact love Nino and has romantic feelings for her.
- Momo Sakaki - They are friends but are also rivals in love.
Etymology[]
- The name Kanade means "flower, blossom" (花) (ka) and "play music, complete" (奏) (nade).
- Kanade's surname Yuzuriha means "bar, thick stick, thick line, delete, cross out" (杠).
Trivia[]
- Yuzu is in a band called In NO Hurry To Shout.
- he plays Cheshire in the band[1]
- Yuzu drinks a big carton of milk every day
- Yuzu's height is 5'1 or '156' cm
- As said by Nino Arisugawa herself, her first kiss was Yuzu. He kissed her to stop her crying. He later disagrees that he loves Nino so a to prevent her from leaving the band.
- Yuzu licked (playfully) on me throat which Nino sang in her song, Noise in Rock Horizon.