Imari Hagakure

Imari Hagakure (葉隠いまり Hagakure Imari) is a minor character in Advance! Kitakou Broadcasting Club. She attends the prestigious St.Andreas Azumi Academy (formerly Asaka High School).

Appearance

She has short hair in a bob cut, with some of it pinned to the back of her head in a knot. Originally her hair varied between being pink and red in colored images (along with her eyes), though Himaruya settled on staying with a violet shade.

In her early appearances, she wore a uniform similar to the first Kitakou uniform; a white uniform shirt with a dark vest and pleated skirt. But after she became featured in Pure and the later strips, her Azumi uniform was shown to be a white sailor-style blouse and skirt. The blouse is trimmed with navy blue on its cuffs and collar, and her sailor necktie sports a pink flower at the top.

Trivia

• Imari's surname derives from the Hagakure practice introduced by the samurai Yamamoto Tsunetomo, who lived in what is now the Saga Prefecture. Her given name itself is a reference to the town of Imari that existed in the Edo period of Japan, as well as the current city of Imari in the Saga Prefecture.