Kimiko Sakurazuka (桜塚 希美子 Sakurazuka Kimiko) is one of Haruhi Fujioka's fangirls who is always shown in Haruhi's group and she is in Class 1-A, along with Haruhi, Hikaru Hitachiin, Kaoru Hitachiin and Renge Houshakuji.
Appearance
Kimiko is a pale-skinned girl with neck-length brown hair that has bangs hanging over her eyebrows and grey eyes.
She is usually seen wearing the Ouran Academy high school girls' uniform, but also wearing a black two-piece bikini when the Ouran Host Club takes their guests to the beach.
Story
Kimiko and Momoka Kurakano are best friends and, along with Renge Houshakuji, make up Haruhi Fujioka's most devoted customers. Momoka and she have been in the same class since grade school and her family owns a botanical park, as seen in Chapter 70 of the manga.
She is said to get along with everyone, as she has no prejudices. This is demonstrated when she tells Haruhi she looks beautiful cross-dressing in girl's clothes, and later when she easily accepts that Haruhi is, in fact, a girl.
Kimiko actually appeared in Ep 01 - Starting Today, You Are a Host! and appears almost every single time a Host Club meeting is shown in progress in Music Room 3.
Relationships
Momoka Kurakano
Momoka and Kimiko are best friends who are also Haruhi Fujioka's best customers. Kimiko is almost always shown with Momoka. The two win a special date with one Host Club member and, naturally, they choose Haruhi. By the conclusion of the manga, they are shown to be very accepting of Haruhi's cross-dressing, not knowing that she is really actually a girl as shown in the final chapter. Still, Haruhi is touched by their final messages to her.
Etymology
- The name Kimiko means "hope" (希) (ki), "beautiful" (美) (mi) and "child" (子) (ko).
- Kimiko's surname Sakurazuka means "cherry blossom" (桜) (sakura) and "mound, hill/hillock, heap, pile, drift, stack, bank" (塚) (tsuka/zuka).
- Part of the surname Sakura can also mean "blossom" (咲) (saku) and "good, virtuous, respectable" (良) (ra).
Trivia
- Kimiko has O-type blood, which is thought to make people more agreeable.
- Bisco Hatori said that she always wanted to write a chapter starring Kimiko and Momoka Kurakano, but she never got around to it.
Gallery
- Main article: Kimiko Sakurazuka/Image Gallery