Kurumi Fukuga
Kurumi Fukuga is the main character of FX Fighter Kurumi-chan, a 20-year-old student trading FX to recover the 20 million yen her mother lost. Aina Suzuki voices her in Japanese and also performs the anime's opening and ending themes as Kurumi. Kimoy Lee voices her in the English dub.
About Kurumi Fukuga
Kurumi Fukuga is a 20-year-old university student who starts trading foreign exchange to win back the 20 million yen her late mother lost in the market. She studies hard and analyses calmly, right up until the chart moves against her and the panic takes over.
Appearance
Kurumi has short pink hair, big magenta eyes and an earnest, readable face: every gain and loss shows on it instantly. She usually wears a simple white dress with a red ribbon. Around her trading desk she is surrounded by charts, phones and the small bunny mascots that have become her trademark.
Personality
Kurumi is diligent and surprisingly analytical for a beginner. She reads the FX Bible, studies charts and can explain positions clearly. She is also her mother's daughter: when a trade turns against her, the calm analysis collapses into hope, stubbornness and the urge to win it back right now. The comedy and the danger of the series both live in that gap.
Background & Story
When Kurumi was in middle school, her mother traded FX on margin in secret and lost 20 million yen of the family's savings in the Lehman Brothers crash. The loss destroyed her, and she did not survive it. Kurumi grew up, reached university, and made a decision nobody sensible would make: she would enter the same market and take the 20 million yen back. With her friend Mochiko's world beside her and new trading friends gathering, her long-awaited FX debut begins.
Powers & Abilities
- Serious study habits: Kurumi actually does the homework. She reads, studies chart patterns and learns the vocabulary of margin trading fast, which puts her ahead of most beginners within weeks.
- A gambler's heart: Kurumi's weakness is also her engine. She feels every tick of the chart, rides winning streaks into overconfidence, and has to learn, expensively, where her own stop-loss has to be.
Key Relationships
- Mochiko Kogane: Her university friend and trading mentor figure, a wealthy and disciplined investor whose calm is everything Kurumi's trading is not.
- Mebuki Yamashi: A cheerful fellow beginner who looks up to Kurumi as her trading senpai, a title Kurumi is in no position to deserve and loves anyway.
- Kozue Fukuga: Her late mother, whose 20 million yen loss in the Lehman crash is the reason Kurumi trades at all. Everything Kurumi does at the screen is a conversation with her.
Quick Answers
Who voices Kurumi Fukuga?
Aina Suzuki voices Kurumi in Japanese and performs the opening and ending themes as her. Kimoy Lee voices Kurumi in the English dub.
Why does Kurumi trade FX?
Kurumi's mother secretly lost 20 million yen of family savings trading FX during the Lehman Brothers crash and did not survive the loss. Kurumi starts trading to win that money back.
How old is Kurumi Fukuga?
Kurumi is 20 years old and a university student, according to her official character profile.
