Izumi Miyamura (宮村 伊澄 Miyamura Isumi ) is the male protagonist of

the Horimiya series. He is a student in Class 3-1 of Katagiri Senior High School.

Initially deemed as a gloomy "otaku" by his classmates and characterized by his heavy
clothing, outside of school Miyamura is, outwardly, a completely different person than
what he is seen as.

At the start of the series, Miyamura encountered the younger brother of his
classmate, Kyouko Hori, who got in a little accident outside, and took him to the Hori
household. It was then that he met Hori, who did not wish for her classmates,
specifically friends, to see her "other" side.

As Miyamura kept visiting the Hori household, the two got to know each other more
and developed a friendship. Such friendship eventually blossomed into a romantic
relationship.

Later in the webcomic ending, Hori is married to Miyamura (which officially makes
her Kyouko Miyamura) and they have a son together.

Appearance
Izumi is of average height and has a slim figure with pale skin. He is noted to be quite
handsome with long lashes and a slightly feminine-looking face, a feature that others
[8]

often point out.[9][10][11]

He also has deep blue eyes, messy black hair that goes down to his
nape with parted bangs, and thin eyebrows. Izumi has a total of nine piercings: four
down each ear and one on his lip, all of which were done by himself. He also has dark-
[12]

colored tattoos on his left shoulder, upper left arm, and side.

In his first appearance, Izumi is seen dressing heavily to hide his tattoos, wearing his
winter school uniform and blazer. He keeps his hair shoulder-length and straight to
avoid drawing attention to his piercings and wears thick-rimmed glasses.

Out of school, he dons a more casual appearance and is seemingly indifferent about the
fact that others can see his piercings and tattoos. He removes his glasses and keeps his
hair tied into a small ponytail, with a few bangs framing his face. Occasionally, he
wears a lip ring, chain, casual outfits, and various accessories.
When he first starts dating Kyouko Hori, Izumi decides to cut his hair short and
withdraws from wearing glasses . With his side bangs reaching just past his ears,
[13]

Izumi's piercing holes become visible, but a few piercings—precisely the one on his lip
—close up due to him not using them. His new appearance sparks the attention of many,
and he is considered quite attractive by the girls in his class, much to Kyouko's
annoyance.

He is seen wearing his blazer fully buttoned up less often, opting to wear the buttoned
school sweater over his uniform.

Personality
At school, Izumi initially gives off the impression of a quiet, gloomy, and anti-social
person. His classmates' perception of him is that he is an otaku with good studying
capabilities, but a hard person to approach and maintain a conversation with. [14]

Izumi was noticeably shy and struggled to interact with others when he was a child up
to his time in junior high, resulting in him being frequently ostracized and bullied—
especially by Makio Tanihara and his friend group—as his peers considered him a
dreary and distant individual. This treatment caused Izumi to adopt a pessimistic nature,
and he would give himself piercings with a safety pin whenever he felt school was
giving him a difficult time. During this time, it was implied that he also contemplated
suicide.
However, one day, Izumi met Kouichi Shindou, who was, at the time, friends with
Makio. Kouichi treated Izumi much better than their other classmates. The two became
good friends, even with Makio's attempt at interference, and they kept in touch despite
going to separate high schools. The two are close enough that Izumi changes his
personality into a violent and foul-mouthed temper towards Kouichi, a complete 180
compared to his usual demeanor. Izumi credits Kouichi for his positive change in
personality between junior high and high school.
Between the beginning of high school and his third year, Izumi retains a dark aura that
his classmates consistently point out. However, he himself is less pessimistic (likely due
to Kouichi's influence), and a younger Kyouko Hori points out that Izumi isn't as
gloomy as others make him out to be after the two pair up for a project.
When Izumi and Kyouko meet each others' hidden sides for the first time, Izumi has a
friendly and laid-back attitude, a trait Kyouko hadn't anticipated. When Kyouko doesn't
try to avoid him the next day at school and explains her reasoning, Izumi is noticeably
happy about her actions. Izumi is also quite laid-back towards his studies and believes
that everything is fine as long as he can graduate, resulting in him doing poorly on tests
and assignments. Although he tends to mispronounce certain Japanese words, Izumi is
quite good at tongue twisters.

Upon interacting with more of his classmates, Izumi is shown to be a good friend and a
caring person that often goes out of his way to help others (especially towards Kyouko
and Souta, after realizing the hard work Kyouko put into maintaining her home and
taking care of her brother). He has violent tendencies when his friends are involved in
argumentative affairs and may resort to physical attacks if he deems it necessary.

At times, Izumi can be relatively dense and impulsive, which is likely why he got the
tattoos that forced him to dress in layers and take extreme measures not to reveal them
to others at school. Although he is careful to hide his secret, close calls result from
Izumi’s dense nature. Outside of school, he can show off his piercings and tattoos and
has no trouble displaying them.

He appears to have very low self-esteem and is awkward when talking to people he's not
close with, often saying he can't connect well with others. He worries that it would be
embarrassing for Kyouko to be seen with him. Miyamura hates drawing unnecessary
attention to himself, preferring to be treated as "invisible" in class. However, he feels
that Hori is being made fun of for dating him because of his appearance, which leads
him to cut his hair and stops him from wearing glasses to school. This causes a lot of
girls to start approaching him and commenting on how good-looking he is, even flirting
with him and snapping pictures of him with their phones, much to Kyouko's annoyance.

He fears anything related to horror or gore but usually watches horror movies because
Hori enjoys them. It is unknown if he is a sadist or a masochist; however, he often hits
Shindou and aims sharp remarks toward him, especially regarding the fact that Shindou
had to repeat a grade due to poor attendance. He does not seem to hold any sadistic
feelings towards his girlfriend aside from putting his foot on her head because he
wanted to bully her back for once, as he was always getting pushed around. He has
problems treating anyone impolitely or violently except Shindou and occasionally
Sawada.

Etymology
 The name Izumi means "that one" (伊 i ) and "clear, pure" (澄 sumi/zumi ).
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 His name is a combination of his parents; Iori and Naozumi.

 Izumi's surname Miyamura means "temple, shrine, palace" (宮) (miya)
and "town, village" (村) (mura).

Trivia
 Izumi works after school in his family's bakery, Iori (伊織).
 He wishes to continue the family business, especially since he
enjoys the work. [15]

 Before he cut his hair, Izumi used his outside appearance

when working. [16]

 Izumi is afraid of horror movies, unlike Kyouko Hori. However he [17]

continues to watch them with her, as she forces him.

 Izumi is very good at tongue twisters; however, he can't pronounce the
words like "暖かい atatakai" (meaning warm), "肩たたき katatataki"
(meaning shoulder massage), "山吹色 yamabuki-iro" (meaning bright
yellow), and "座敷童子 zashiki warashi" (a childlike guardian spirit),
instead says "akkatai", "kakatataki", "mamabuki-iro", and "dashiki
zarashi". [18]

 Izumi's zodiac sign is Aries, the same as Hori.

 Izumi's Japanese score is a two out of five (2/5). [19]

 Izumi had ten piercings, two closed, one on the lip and one on the tongue.
He still has four piercings on each ear.
 Izumi has a full mark in Health, which he usually uses against Tooru
Ishikawa.
 Izumi won first place in the Horimiya character popularity contest on
November 17th.
 Izumi dislikes tomato peel.
 Izumi likes women who wear blazers. [20]
 Izumi is an only child.
 Izumi's family lives in apartment 704.[21]

 Izumi's V.A (Thiago Córdova) is married to Kyouko's V.A (Mari Haruno)