Himawari Furutani (古谷向日葵 Furutani Himawari ) is a character in the YuruYuri series who appears as a supporting character in YuruYuri, MiniYuri, Ōmuro-ke, and Tensei Shitara Akari dake Slime datta ken.
Description[]
Himawari is a member of the student council and the older sister of Kaede Furutani.
Appearance[]
- "Sakurako, the chest is the wrong size."
"Are you trying to start a fight?"
"Are you?"
"You know I have a complex about my large chest!" - ―Himawari Furutani and Sakurako Ōmuro[src]
Himawari is a young girl of an average height with collarbone-length azure blue hair that she ties down into two tiny pigtails on the front with a dark brown headband inside of her hair, gold eyes, large breasts and a shapely body for her age.
Personality[]
- "I’d like to join the student council to make this school an even better place for everyone"
- ―Himawari Furutani to The Class[src]
Himawari is a mature and delicate girl who is often having lady-like behavior and mannerisms. She has a rather formal speech and is willing to help people in need.
Around Sakurako Ōmuro, her personality changes drastically into a bitter, mistrusting one. She is used to the latter's antics, and usually ends up berating her with varying degrees of violence and bitterness. She does tend to show a lot of care and concern about her, often assisting her to do homework or generally hanging out with her, proving they do get along despite the constant bickering. Their relationship used to be much closer during their childhood, enough so Nadeshiko Ōmuro decides to set up a make-believe wedding for the two.
While she is mostly a good student, Himawari is far from being sporty. Her poor performances cause her to worry about any upcoming PE tests, which causes Sakurako to tease her, since unlike Himawari, she excels in that domain. Her strength increases dramatically, however, when triggered by Sakurako, with Himawari delivering hard kicks and even throwing her in one occasion in episode 5 of season 3.
She's very concerned about her weight and body shape in general, so much that when she finds out she put on some weight, she decides to go on a diet, hardly eating anything for 3 days straight. But she's stopped by Sakurako who states she's making Kaede Furutani worry a lot, and that they both think her appearance didn't budge a single bit. Further research reveals the added weight comes from her breasts having grown in size, which as a running gag, she's very complex about.
Relationships[]
Family[]
Kaede Furutani[]
Himawari and Kaede have a loving sisterhood. Himawari often cooks for her and makes her favorite meals. Himawari also tries to be strong for her little sister like eating bell peppers in front of her even though she doesn't like them herself. She sends Kaede on her first errand and watches her from afar with Sakurako to make sure she doesn't get approached by "suspicious people".
Friends[]
Akari Akaza[]
- "Himawari-chan, they’re huge!"
"They’re not…" - ―Akari Akaza and Himawari Furutani[src]
They aren't shown to be alone together at all, but it can be assumed that they're good friends because they're in the same class. Akari also told her that she is very impressed by the size of Himawari's chest.[22]
Kyōko Toshinō[]
Yui Funami[]
Not much is known about their relationship, but they seem to get along. Yui, along with the other second year students, helped Himawari train to do back hip circles. The two also made lunch together for the flower-viewing trip, with Yui stating that she learned a lot, since Himawari's so good at cooking.[23]
Chinatsu Yoshikawa[]
It can be assumed that they're good friends because they're in the same class. When Chinatsu asked Himawari to help her with a gift for Yui on Valentine’s Day, Himawari agreed, even though she had neglected her responsibility to help Sakurako with her homework.[24] In YuruYuri Ten, they were shown baking cookies together for the party.
Student Council[]
Sakurako Ōmuro[]

- "I wish this had happened to Sakurako instead of Toshino-senpai."
"If you have something to say, say it, you busty beast!" - ―Himawari Furutani and Sakurako Ōmuro[src]
Himawari and Sakurako share a long-lasting rivalry, however, this wasn't always the case. During their early childhood, they were best friends who loved being around each other.[25] They got along so well that Nadeshiko decided to set up a make-believe wedding for the two.[26] Sakurako is showed to still have kept some feelings for Himawari,[27] even though they bicker. Sakurako also often teases Himawari about her chest size. [28]
Rise Matsumoto[]
Ayano Sugiura[]
Chitose Ikeda[]
Others[]
Nadeshiko Ōmuro[]
Nana Nishigaki[]
Appearances[]
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Character songs[]
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Etymology[]
- The name Himawari means "sunflower" (向日葵), which explains why she wore a sunflower in her hair during her younger days. She was also seen wearing a sunflower hairclip in her Season 2 eyecatch.
- Himawari's surname Furutani means "old" (古) (furu) and "valley" (谷) (tani).
Trivia[]
- She and Sakurako often end up walking home together, as they live right across from each other.
- Nadeshiko's pet name for Himawari is "Himako".
- Himawari knows how to knit. She was seen in s2, ep3, where she decides to teach Chinatsu how to knit a scarf.
- Additonally, Himawari knows how to cook. She was shown making dinner for Kaede (s2, ep7), prepared lunch with Yui Funami for a flower-viewing trip (s3, ep11), and made cookies with Chinatsu in YuruYuri、.
- Like Ayano (but unlike Sakurako), Himawari is terrified of snakes.
- As seen in the manga, Himawari has low blood pressure.
Gallery[]
References[]
- ↑ Used by Kyōko Toshinō in YuruYuri♪♪ Episode 09
- ↑ Used by Nadeshiko Ōmuro in YuruYuri♪♪ Episode 10 (flashbacks)
- ↑ Used by Nadeshiko Ōmuro in YuruYuri♪♪ Episode 10
- ↑ Used by Kaede Furutani in YuruYuri Episode 05
- ↑ Used by Akari Akaza in YuruYuri Episode 04, YuruYuri Episode 11, YuruYuri♪♪ Episode 03, and YuruYuri♪♪ Episode 10
- ↑ Used by Kyōko Toshinō in YuruYuri Episode 12
- ↑ Used by Chinatsu Yoshikawa in YuruYuri♪♪ Episode 03, and YuruYuri♪♪ Episode 08
- ↑ Used by Akari Akaza (fictive story of Sakurako Ōmuro) in YuruYuri♪♪ Episode 11
- ↑ Used by Sakurako Ōmuro in YuruYuri Episode 11
- ↑ Used by Sakurako Ōmuro in YuruYuri Episode 12
- ↑ YuruYuri Episode 12
- ↑ Used by Sakurako Ōmuro in YuruYuri♪♪ Episode 03, YuruYuri♪♪ Episode 04, and YuruYuri♪♪ Episode 05
- ↑ Used by Sakurako Ōmuro in YuruYuri♪♪ Episode 03
- ↑ Used by Sakurako Ōmuro in YuruYuri♪♪ Episode 07
- ↑ Used by Sakurako Ōmuro in YuruYuri♪♪ Episode 07
- ↑ Used by Kyōko Toshinō in YuruYuri♪♪ Episode 09
- ↑ Used by Sakurako Ōmuro in YuruYuri♪♪ Episode 10
- ↑ Used by Nana Nishigaki in YuruYuri♪♪ Episode 12
- ↑ Used by Hanako Ōmuro in YuruYuri♪♪ Episode 12
- ↑ YuruYuri Chapter 112
- ↑ 21.0 21.1 Volume 6, Chapter 51.03
- ↑ YuruYuri Episode 04
- ↑ YuruYuri San☆Hai! Episode 05
- ↑ YuruYuri♪♪ Episode 02
- ↑ YuruYuri♪♪ Episode 10
- ↑ YuruYuri♪♪ Episode 10
- ↑ YuruYuri Episode 02 and YuruYuri♪♪ Episode 03
- ↑ Sakurako can be seen mocking, jealous and gives Himawari's nicknames related to the enlargement of her breasts size in the episodes: YuruYuri Episode 02, YuruYuri Episode 04, YuruYuri Episode 07, YuruYuri Episode 09, YuruYuri Episode 11, YuruYuri♪♪ Episode 02, YuruYuri♪♪ Episode 03, YuruYuri♪♪ Episode 04, YuruYuri♪♪ Episode 05, YuruYuri♪♪ Episode 07, and YuruYuri♪♪ Episode 08
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YuruYuri characters | |
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Amusement Club | Akari Akaza • Kyōko Toshinō • Yui Funami • Chinatsu Yoshikawa |
Student Council | Ayano Sugiura • Chitose Ikeda • Sakurako Ōmuro • Himawari Furutani • Rise Matsumoto |
Teachers | Nana Nishigaki • Hatsumi Kitamiya • Shihoko Azuma • Tsubasa Minamino |
Relatives | Akane Akaza • Tomoko Yoshikawa • Chizuru Ikeda • Mari Funami • Kaede Furutani • Nadeshiko Ōmuro • Hanako Ōmuro |
Majokko Mirakurun | Mirakurun/Kurumi • Rivarun/Raika • Ganbō |
Minor characters | Haruka Koyama • Takane Dezaki • Hiro Takaoka |
Cameo appearances | Aoi Isurugi • Mirai Sōma • Kokoro Ogawa • Misaki Takasaki • Ai Miwa • Megumi Sonokawa • Miho Yaeno |
Ōmuro-ke characters | |
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Ōmuro family | Sakurako Ōmuro • Hanako Ōmuro • Nadeshiko Ōmuro |
Supporting characters | Himawari Furutani • Kaede Furutani • Mirai Sōma • Kokoro Ogawa • Misaki Takasaki • Ai Miwa • Megumi Sonokawa • Miho Yaeno |
Minor characters | Chinatsu Yoshikawa • Yui Funami • Akari Akaza |
MiniYuri characters | |
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Amusement Club | Akari Akaza • Kyōko Toshinō • Yui Funami • Chinatsu Yoshikawa |
Student Council | Ayano Sugiura • Chitose Ikeda • Sakurako Ōmuro • Himawari Furutani • Rise Matsumoto |
Teachers | Nana Nishigaki • Shihoko Azuma |
Other characters | Chizuru Ikeda • Mirakurun/Kurumi |
Tensei Shitara Akari dake Slime datta ken characters | |
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Main characters | Akari Akaza • Kyōko Toshinō • Yui Funami • Chinatsu Yoshikawa |
Supporting characters | Anna • Ciel • Ayano Sugiura • Chitose Ikeda • Himawari Furutani • Nadeshiko Ōmuro • Hanako Ōmuro • Nana Nishigaki • Rise Matsumoto • Mari Funami • Tomoko Yoshikawa • Akane Akaza |