Kanan Matsuyama (松山 果南 Matsuyama Kanan) is a 3rd-year student at Ouran Academy and the secretary of the Student Council whose family owns the second biggest share of imported produce in Japan and she is engaged to Takeshi Kuze (Kanan's childhood friend), whose family owns the largest share of imported produce and she later attends Ouran University.
Appearance
Kanan is never seen without her hair in two long braids, even in preschool flashbacks. She is usually seen in her school uniform. In one flashback, she is seen in a dress watching Takeshi Kuze and Kyoya Ootori play cards. After she graduates high school, she is seen twice in a skirt.
Personality
Kanan can be very harsh with her words, but she has a great sense of humor.
Relationships
Takeshi Kuze
Kanan can be rather mean to Takeshi and likes to prank him, as seen in the Volume 12 omake, although Kyoya Ootori says she's "surprisingly romantic and feminine." Kanan thinks Takeshi is simple-minded and foolish, but also says that's what makes him cute. The two are described as "lovey-dovey," and although they have been engaged since childhood, Kanan wants Takeshi to propose to her formally on his 18th birthday.
Kyoya Ootori
Although Kyoya is a year younger than she, their parents are good friends, thus the two adolescents have been friends since childhood despite Kyoya's rivalry with Takeshi Kuze. They seem to understand each other fairly well and both enjoy getting a rise out of Takeshi. Kanan tries to dissuade her fiance from challenging Kyoya, because she knows Kyoya will always win.
Haruhi Fujioka
Kanan and Haruhi have limited interactions. In the sports festival arc, Haruhi is forced to help Kyoya Ootori solve the "mystery" of threats being made to the Host Club that might force them to drop out of the race. Not realizing that the two are engaged, she assumes that Takeshi is blackmailing Kanan for help. In an omake, Kanan asks Haruhi to deliver a birthday present to Takeshi that turns out to be a prank gift.
Quotes
- (to Takeshi Kuze) So far you've challenged Kyoya and completely lost 26 times over. It's about time you gave up.
- (to Takeshi) Instead of fighting Kyoya, just pay more attention to me.
Etymology
- The name Kanan means "fruit" (果) (ka) and "south" (南) (nan).
- Kanan's surname Matsuyama means "pine tree, fir tree" (松) (matsu) and "mountain, hill" (山) (yama).
Trivia
- Kanan's parents are good friends with the Ootori Family.
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