Minamo Kurosawa

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Name translations
Chinese	Hēizé Měinàimào / Mīaomīao （黒澤美奈茂/喵喵）
Korean	Ju Se-mi （주세미/朱世美）
Korean-to-English translation	World-Beautifulness of Red

Minamo Kurosawa (黒沢 みなも, Kurosawa Minamo^?), a.k.a. "Nyamo" (にゃも, "Nyamo"^?), normally called Nyamo-sensei (にゃも先生) by several of her students, is a fictional character from the anime and manga series Azumanga Daioh.

Contents 1 Biography 2 Trivia 3 Voice actors 4 Character songs

[edit] Biography

A gym teacher at the girls' school. In the girls' first year of high school, she is the homeroom teacher of class 5. During their last two years, she is the homeroom teacher of class 2. An old high school friend and rival of Yukari, they have a juvenile, exasperating, but funny relationship with each other; Yukari relentlessly insults and freeloads from Nyamo, but Nyamo gets her digs in, too. "Nyamo" is a nickname from her student days, but Yukari calls her that, and so does Tomo. Other students call her Kurosawa-sensei. Whereas Yukari appears to be an older version of Tomo, Nyamo resembles Yomi (more in personality than looks) and the two teachers' odd relationship is similar to the one that Tomo and Yomi share.

Popular with the students, Nyamo is nicer, less obnoxious, and far more in control than Yukari. Yukari often teases her about her past romantic relationships and that she is a "stupid P.E. teacher." During one of the summer trips the girls take together, Nyamo gets very drunk (usually, Yukari is prone to this behaviour; as a matter of fact, Nyamo drank specifically to keep the alcohol away from Yukari) and tells the girls all about the birds and the bees, which embarrasses Sakaki and confuses Chiyo, but impresses the other girls.

In addition to teaching her homeroom class and P.E., Nyamo is the coach/advisor of the women's swim team. Kagura calls her "Coach" and holds her in very high regard. The fact that students tend to come to her with their problems is yet another source of Yukari's jealousy, as well as the fact that she is generally more "together" and better-disciplined.

Unlike Yukari, Nyamo is able to maintain an apartment of her own. She also owns a car that resembles a Toyota Echo. She is very sensitive to comments about her love life, which has evidently provided Yukari with an endless supply of blackmail material and points at which to rib her. Still, she is quite devoted to teaching and at one point turns down a job offer that would have given her far greater income and prestige.

[edit] Trivia

Interestingly, before Aya Hisakawa took the role in the short movie and television series, Akiko Hiramatsu voiced Nyamo in the internet short "Azumanga Web Daioh". This is noteworthy because Akiko was the only seiyū to return in the proper series, only this time as Yukari herself.

One of Nyamo's secrets from high school evidently involves a "love letter," which Yukari loves to dangle over her head.

[edit] Voice actors

Japanese (television series and movie)

Aya Hisakawa

Japanese ("Azumanga Web Daioh" short)

Akiko Hiramatsu

English

Monica Rial

[edit] Character songs

• "I Shall Take A Break From Being An Adult, And Go Out" Words by Aki Hata, music by Kosuke Kanai
• "Law of "True Vocation is Equal to a Pleasant Feeling"" Words by Aki Hata, music by Kosuke Kanai