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Bocchi the Rock! follows Hitori Gotoh, a high school girl with crippling social anxiety who has spent years practising guitar alone in her room and posting cover videos online. Her life changes when Nijika Ijichi, a drummer looking for a last-minute guitarist, pulls her into a new group called Kessoku Band. The cast is small and close-knit. At its centre are the four members of Kessoku Band; around them are the adults at STARRY, the small live house in Shimokitazawa where the band rehearses and plays, a veteran musician from another band, and Hitori's family at home. This page covers 8 characters, the core cast fans look up most. Each profile describes the character as they appear early in the story, without spoilers for later episodes or the manga.
Hitori Gotoh, nicknamed Bocchi, is the lead guitarist and lyricist of Kessoku Band and a first-year student at Shuka High School. She picked up the guitar in middle school hoping it would help her make friends, and she became very skilled, uploading covers under the name guitarhero. In person she is painfully shy, panics in conversations and often retreats into wild daydreams. Japanese voice: Yoshino Aoyama.
Nijika Ijichi is Kessoku Band's drummer and leader, and the one who recruits Hitori after spotting her with a guitar in a park. She attends Shimokitazawa High School with Ryo. Kind, upbeat and organised, she keeps the band moving and does more than anyone to help Hitori cope with her anxiety. Her older sister Seika runs STARRY, the live house where the band plays. Japanese voice: Sayumi Suzushiro.
Ryo Yamada plays bass in Kessoku Band, writes its music and sings backing vocals. A classmate and close friend of Nijika, she is quiet, aloof and a little odd, happy to be seen as eccentric. She is a gifted bassist who spends most of her money on music gear, which often leaves her short of cash. She is one of the few people Hitori relaxes around early on. Japanese voice: Saku Mizuno.
Ikuyo Kita is Kessoku Band's lead vocalist and rhythm guitarist. She goes to Shuka High School, the same school as Hitori, and could hardly be more different: cheerful, outgoing and popular, she makes friends without trying. She joined the band partly because she admires Ryo. Her energy brings Hitori out of her shell, and Hitori in turn helps Kita work on her guitar playing. Japanese voice: Ikumi Hasegawa.
Seika Ijichi is Nijika's older sister and the manager of STARRY, the Shimokitazawa live house where Kessoku Band rehearses, works part-time and performs. She used to play guitar in a band before turning to running a venue. She comes across as blunt and strict with the girls, but she quietly looks out for them and for her younger sister. Japanese voice: Maaya Uchida.
Kikuri Hiroi is the bassist and vocalist of SICK HACK, a band based at a live house in Shinjuku. Hitori meets her by chance, and Kikuri ends up helping her through her first street performance. She is a seasoned, talented musician but famously scruffy, always broke and fond of drinking. She sees something of herself in Hitori's reclusive nature and becomes an unlikely older friend. Japanese voice: Sayaka Senbongi.
PA-san is the sound engineer at STARRY, known only by her job title. Her goth style, piercings and quiet manner make her look intimidating at first, but she is gentle and friendly with Kessoku Band. She runs the sound at their shows, works alongside Seika and the girls behind the scenes, and adds a calm presence to the live house scenes. Japanese voice: Kotori Koiwai.
Futari Gotoh is Hitori's little sister, five years old when the story begins. Unlike her sister she is sociable and confident, and she makes friends with Hitori's bandmates the moment they visit the Gotoh home. She can be blunt and sometimes says things that hurt without meaning to, but she cares about her big sister a lot. Japanese voice: Misaki Watada.
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