Ritsu_Tainaka

田井中 律
Tainaka Ritsu
First appearance Episode 1: Dissolution!

Profile
Instrument: Drums
Yamaha Hipgig
Born August 21
Gender: Female
Nickname: Ricchan
Class 1-2
2-2
3-2
Height: 154 cm
Weight: 48 kg
Blood type: B

She has an ambiguous yet upbeat personality, but often has trouble remembering important club activities and announcements, and gets constantly yelled at by Mio after being reminded by Nodoka after forgetting to send in important forms concerning the club. Ritsu is cheerful, often likes making jokes and is sarcastic most of the time. She usually brainstorms for ideas to earn more money and for the club’s success. She first claimed she chose to play the drums because they are “cool”, but in reality, she has trouble playing instruments which involve intricate finger movements, such as the bass, guitar and keyboard, which she later admitted. She has known Mio since elementary school and often teases her whenever she is cowering from something and has the opportunity to do so. Ritsu is always on the go and will stop at nothing for the success of the light music club. Ritsu has shoulder-length brown hair, with her bangs pulled back with a yellow hairband, and gold-colored eyes. Ritsu" means “Commandments”
Her surname is taken from former P-Model drummer Sadatoshi Tainaka.
Ritsu sometimes punishes Yui and Azusa with choke holds when they offend her, but she has never done so with Mio or Mugi. She did, however, hit Mugi at one point after an unintentional comment she made (and after the both of them failed at getting someone to hit her at her request). She also once kicked Mio in the shins after Mio tried to stop Mugi and her from taking advantage of Yui and forcing her to join their club.¹
She is surprisingly good at cooking and hand-knitting (but not with machine sewing).
Ritsu’s father owns a pair of pink striped boxer shorts, which he left in stack of shirts on the dining room floor. Oddly enough, this makes him the second character in the series that owns striped underwear.
Ritsu has an admiration for Keith Moon who is the drummer of the English band The Who.
Mio once called Ritsu as Cozy Powell who is a famous English rock drummer.
Ritsu has a little brother, Satoshi, and seems pretty close to him. Apparently, Satoshi enters Ritsu’s room frequently that Ritsu had to warn him not to enter her room when she was about to practice for Romeo and Juliet drama with Mio. That time, Satoshi laughed out loud when he heard Ritsu’s odd voice when acting as Juliet from outside. ²
Her drumset is a yellow Yamaha Hipgig,Cocktail and Jr. drumset. It looks quite cool because it is very seldom that you see the cymbals above the bass drum and the floor tom at the left side.
Ritsu received a mining hat once from idling. FAKE FRIENDS: Never ask for food.
REAL FRIENDS: Are the reasons you have no food.
FAKE FRIENDS: Call your parents Mr/Mrs REAL FRIENDS: Call your parents DAD/MOM
FAKE FRIENDS: Bail you out of jail and tell you what you did was wrong.
REAL FRIENDS: Would sit next to you saying “DAMN… THAT WAS FUN”
FAKE FRIENDS: never seen you cry.
REAL FRIENDS: cry with you
FAKE FRIENDS: Borrow your stuff for a few days then give it back.
REAL FRIENDS: keep your shit so long they forget its yours.
FAKE FRIENDS: know a few things about you.
REAL FRIENDS: Could write a book about you with direct quotes from you.
FAKE FRIENDS: Will leave you behind if that is what the crowd is doing.
REAL FRIENDS: Will kick the whole crowds ass that left you.
FAKE FRIENDS: Would knock on your front door.
REAL FRIENDS: Walk right in and say “I’M HOME!”
FAKE FRIENDS: Are for a while.
REAL FRIENDS: Are for life.
FAKE FRIENDS: Will take your drink away when they think you’ve had enough.
REAL FRIENDS: Will look at you stumbling all over the place and say “Drink the rest of that you know we don’t waste that stuff.” FAKE FRIENDS: Will talk shit to the person who talks shit about you.
REAL FRIENDS: Will knock them out
FAKE FRIENDS: Will read this.
REAL FRIENDS: Will steal this, just like I did