Ikuyo Kita
From Bocchi the Rock!
Ikuyo Kita is a main character in Bocchi the Rock!, Kessoku Band's vocalist and rhythm guitarist. Ikumi Hasegawa voices her in Japanese and also sings as Kita on the band's songs, including the opening theme Seishun Complex.
About Ikuyo Kita
Ikuyo Kita is Kessoku Band's singer and rhythm guitarist, a bright, popular first-year whose radiance is so intense her bandmates treat it as a physical force. She joined the band for love, quit out of shame, and came back to earn her place for real.
Appearance
Kita has vivid red hair, green eyes and the polished look of a girl with a thriving social media presence. Everything about her presentation is bright, including the glow the anime literally draws around her when she is at maximum cheerfulness.
Personality
Kita is outgoing, kind and exhaustingly positive, the extrovert pole of the band opposite Hitori's introvert pole. She is also more insecure than her sparkle suggests: she cares deeply about being liked, works hard at her guitar to stop being the band's weakest player, and her respect for Hitori's talent is genuine and a little envious.
Background & Story
Kita joined Kessoku Band because of her crush on Ryo, claiming guitar skills she did not have. When the lie became impossible, she ran away from the band, and Hitori was recruited to replace her. Drawn back, Kita returned as the singer, the role she was actually right for, and applied herself to rhythm guitar with a diligence that slowly turns the band's most social member into a real musician. Her voice, in-character and in the theme songs, becomes the sound of Kessoku Band.
Powers & Abilities
- The voice of Kessoku Band: Kita's singing carries the band's songs, including the opening theme Seishun Complex, performed in character by her voice actress Ikumi Hasegawa. Her voice is the first thing most listeners ever hear from the band.
- Social gravity: Kita can talk to anyone, promote anything and fill a room. In a band of introverts and eccentrics, her ability to face the public is a genuine production skill.
Key Relationships
- Ryo Yamada: The senior she joined the band for. Kita's admiration for Ryo survives every puncturing of Ryo's cool image, which says a lot about both of them.
- Hitori Gotoh: Her bandmate and opposite. Kita envies Hitori's guitar genius; Hitori envies Kita's ease with people. Their mutual envy becomes one of the series' warmest friendships.
- Nijika Ijichi: The leader who took her back after she ran away. Kita's loyalty to Nijika and the band is total, because she knows what it cost to return.
Quick Answers
Who voices Ikuyo Kita?
Ikumi Hasegawa voices Kita in Japanese and sings as her, including the opening theme Seishun Complex and the Kessoku Band songs. No English dub has been released.
Why did Kita quit Kessoku Band?
Kita joined the band claiming she could play guitar, which was a lie told to get close to Ryo. When she could not keep it up, she ran away. She later returned honestly, as the band's singer, and worked to become a real guitarist.
What does Kita play in Kessoku Band?
Kita is the lead vocalist and plays rhythm guitar.