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Sumire no Hana no You na a page dedicated to all the Sumires of anime and manga

last updated 6/10/99

The title of this page is taken from an old song which goes:

Haru o ai suru hito wa Kokoro kiyoki hito Sumire no hana no you na Boku no tomodachi

Those who love the springtime Are pure of heart Like the violet They are my friends

In Japanese, sumire is the word for "violet" (the flower, not the color), and it is a not-unusual (if not terribly common) name for girls, usually written in hiragana rather than kanji. A Japanese friend of mine claimed that Sumire could also be a boy's name (this has since been proven by the presence of a boy named Sumire in You Higuri's manga, "Ramen Ikaga!?"), but I pity any boy stuck with the name Sumire. Some other Japanese friends of mine felt that the name Sumire has the connotations of a beautiful, glamorous woman.

Sumire Kanzaki (Sakura Taisen) The spoiled, selfish ojou-sama of the Hana-Gumi theater troupe.		Sumire Hasukawa (nee Kitani) (Koko wa Greenwood) Kazuhiro's wife, Suka-chan's first love. She appears in OAVs 1 and 3.
Sumire (Miyuki-chan in Wonderland) A sexy little flower fairy whom Miyuki meets in Wonderland.		Sumire (Baoh the Visitor) A spunky 13-year-old psychic orphan on the run from a sinister corporation.
Sumire Yumeno (Yume Kamoshinnai) The ghost of an idol singer in a seinen manga.		Sumire Hoshino (Sumire Gahou) A bold, unorthodox high-school girl in what looks like an interesting manga.
Sumire Yoshikawa (I'll) The girl next door in a basketball manga?		Sumire (Ramen Ikaga!?) A noodle-loving high school boy pursued by Kanmen, prince of ramen.
Sumire Hanakawado (Z-Mind: The Battling Days of the Shitamachi Virgins) The third of the four giant-robot-piloting Hanakawado sisters.		Sumire (Mahoutsukai Sally)

Sumire Links:
Baoh: Review at Akemi's Anime World
I'll:
Koko wa Greenwood: Rob's Koko wa Greenwood SuperPage
Mahoutsukai Sally: KASHA's Mahoutsukai Sally Page
Miyuki-chan in Wonderland:
Ramen Ikaga!? A You Higuri Collection
Sakura Taisen: Ming's Sakura Wars Page
Sumire Gahou: Sumire Gahou in EX 4.1, creator Shinji Wohara's personal homepage
Yume Kamoshinnai: Hoshisato Mochiru's "Maybe It's a Dream"
Z-Mind: Sunrise's Official Z-Mind Page

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By the way, if you're wondering which of these characters I'm named after, the answer is none of them. I was named after my grandmother. ^_^

Do you have any Sumire pictures or information? E-mail me at [email protected]