Shiragiku Oomura

Shiragiku Oomura (大村 白菊 Ōmura Shiragiku) is a character in Tamayomi.

Appearance
Shiragiku is a young girl with long black hair and brown eyes.

Plot
Shiragiku sees Nozomi Takamura observing the baseball team and wants they to go see them. Nozomi tries to decline, but Yomi Takeda sees them and takes them to the team. Shiragiku introduces herself and explains she doesn't have experience as she was into kendo, but now wants to try a team sport.

They decide to practice and Ryou sets the machine. Shiragiku gets in front of the machine and hits a home run, surprising everyone, but is unable to hit any following balls. Yoshino remembers that she is a kendo national champion from a kendo family. Shiragiku explains that she loves baseball, but was told she can play it only when she is the best in kendo and she gave it all to become one in order to play baseball. After seeing Yomi's pitch, the two girls decide to join the club and decide to aim for the nationals.

Etymology

 * The name Shiragiku means "white" (白) (shira) and "chrysanthemum" (菊) (kiku/giku).
 * Part of the name Shira can also mean "singing"/"my song"/"song", "melody"/"tune", "poem"/"poetry" in Hebrew.
 * Chrysanthemum symbolizes generally symbolize longevity, fidelity, joy and optimism. Various colors symbolize other important meanings as well like:
 * Red chrysanthemums symbolize love and deep passion.
 * Yellow chrysanthemums symbolize neglected love or sorrow.
 * Shiragiku's surname Oomura means "big, great" (大) (o) and "town, village" (村) (mura).