Grade: First Year
Age: 15-16 (Born: December 1th)
Personality Traits: Tomboyish. Looks and sounds like a delinquent, but is in fact a total klutz. Lacks any sense of direction.
Position: Judo Club Member
Kaoru has long side swiped bangs that generally cover her right eye, and her dark shoulder length hair is usually pulled into a ponytail. She has sharp, light brown eyes and is usually seen with a hand in her skirt pocket. She was also the tallest girl in the series before the introduction of Eiryou's Hirose Yuu, being only a bit shorter than Takatoshi Tsuda (who is already noted as being quite tall). Her physique has been described as "boy-like", although this doesn't set off Igarashi's fear of males.
When seen in school, her uniform is always sloppy, with her shirt tucked out, her jacket unbuttoned and her tie loose. During summer months, she usually wears a dark coloured t-shirt under her uniform shirt, which she leaves unbuttoned. When out of school, she generally prefers dark coloured t-shirts, along with jeans or baggy shorts.
Kaoru has a surly attitude and doesn't speak much. Combined with her deep voice, harsh/ boyish talking style and somewhat intimidating demeanor due to her sharp eyes and height, she has all the signs of being a delinquent, even without her sloppy appearance.
Despite her delinquent appearance and surly attitude, Kaoru demonstrates kindness and consideration on several occasions. In one case, when she casually threw an empty drink bottle at a rubbish bin and missed, she took the time to walk over at dispose of it properly. In another case, during a train ride to the Tsuda residence, she comments on how cute the dog across from her is and upon noticing an elderly man having trouble standing offers him her seat.
Kaoru has taken karate and is supremely confident in her ability, claiming she could easily face five opponents at once (which Kotomi naturally assumes means she could easily bed five boys at once, to Kaoru's horror). This skill leads her to being recruited by Mutsumi Mitsuba, Head of the Judo Club.
Kaoru herself generally seems apathetic, but after a match with Mutsumi and being forcibly recruited into the Judo Club, she notes she hadn't felt so fired up in a long time and decides being part of the club may not be so bad. In addition, she is a determined and hard working girl, even putting in extra effort with her studies when she needs to.
Her main personality trait besides being surly, however, is her clumsiness and terrible sense of direction. Among other misadventures, she has gotten lost while looking for the school canteen, lost while on a jog with the Judo Club and gotten off at the wrong train station while on the way to the Tsuda home. She is also prone to wearing clothes inside out, especially her school jacket. In fact, following her match with Mutsumi Kaoru is embarrassed when Mutsumi asks her not to wear her judo gi inside out next time. Her tendency to wear loose clothing and leave her uniform sloppy also stems from this, as a young girl she once tucked her shirt into her underwear, something she refers to as her trauma.
(Source: Wikia)
