Kumiko Yamamura

Josee, real name Kumiko Yamamura, is the titular protagonist in Josee, the Tiger and the Fish. Josee is a fair-skinned girl with wavy shoulder-length light-brown hair that is usually seen loose, but she sometimes has a different style such as half of it pulled up with short, squarish bangs hanging above her eyebrows, her eyes are large and their irises a pink-purple, which rather thick upper eyelashes; three more prominent ones protruding slightly to either side, some blush on her cheeks and she has a slender figure. Josee is seen wearing a variety of outfits throughout the movie. These mostly include a variety of long dresses. In a dream her legs turn what look like a mermaid tail which is the same color as her long teal skirt. Josee appears to have a very stuck-up, mean and defensive demeanor, even towards people she loves, as seen through her treatment of Tsuneo Suzukawa, as a means to not show any signs of further vulnerability, more than she already has as a disabled person, implying that she had to adapt to the harsh treatment of the society towards her disposition as a paraplegic, growing up. Despite the cold, ruthless front she puts up, she is actually a young woman exploding with dreams and strong emotions of love and empathy inside, which she decides to hold back from acting on, as she used to think her condition would not allow her to be able to fulfill any of her desires, such as experiencing the outside world.