Setsu Sawamura

Setsu Sawamura (澤村 雪, Sawamura Setsu) is the main character in Mashiro no Oto. He is a 16 year high school student and a Tsugaru Shamisen player who dropped out of high school and left his small village in Aomori and moved to Tokyo after the death of his grandfather and teacher Matsugorou Sawamura. As a high school drop out, he drifted aimlessly and was filled with grief as his world came crashing down from the loss of his grandfather. He is later on found by his rich and successful mother Umeko Sawamura who suddenly waltzes back into his and wanted to set him back on the right track by forcing him to get re-enrolled into high school, also known as Tokyo's Umezono Academy.

Appearance
Setsu is a fair-skinned high school student with has messy black hair that has bangs hanging over his face and eyes.

He wears a sweater with thick vertical navy blue and black lines plus denim pants. For his school attire he wears a white dress shirt and blue tie with slanted sky blue lines.

Plot
Following his grandfather's death, Setsu drops out of high school and moves to Tokyo not knowing what to do besides play his shamisen. His mother, Umeko Sawamura, then tries to shape up Setsu, re-enrolling him into high school. Setsu is unaware he is about to reignite his passion for the shamisen.

Etymology

 * The name Setsu means "snow" (雪).
 * The meaning of Setsu come from Japanese word 節 (setsu) meaning "section, period, verse, melody", although it is often written せつ using the hiragana writing system. It can also come from せ (se) meaning "world" combined with 津 (tsu), a place name, such as Tsu city in Mie prefecture. Other kanji combinations are possible.
 * Setsu's surname Sawamura means "marsh" (澤) (sawa) and "town, village" (村) (mura).