Gou Matsuoka

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- Don't call me Gou!

Gou Matsuoka (松岡 江 Matsuoka Gō) is Rin's younger sister. She is a 1st year student and the manager on Iwatobi High School swimming club.

Appearance
Gou is a petite girl with long burgundy hair, tied back in a ponytail. She has olive-toned skin and amber eyes, and is usually seen wearing the standard Iwatobi school uniform.

Her usual school uniform consists of light brown skirt, white shirt with red bow tie, light gray long sleeved jumper, dark gray unbuttoned blazer, blue socks and black shoes. During the spring and summer, she also wears her summer uniform that consists of gray skirt, white shirt with dark gray collar, red dotted bow tie, light gray slevelesss jumper, white socks and pink shoes.

Personality
Gou has an easygoing and refreshing personality, as shown by the way she talks. However, despite her friendly persona, she can get very angry if someone were to call her "Gou" because it is a rather boyish name for a girl. She prefers being called "Kou" and will always try to correct anyone who chooses to call her otherwise. Nagisa calls her "Gou," despite her constantly trying to correct him.

Gou also seems to be worried about her brother a lot, as she constantly checks up on him and sees to it that he is alright. She even opted to be the Iwatobi Swim Team's manager, so that they could help in changing Rin back to his old self.

As a manager, Gou can be strict when needed, but at the same time, supportive of the swim team's decisions and feats. She is actually quite efficient in her role as manager and often makes the effort to improve on their training by setting up the team's regimen and organizing joint swimming practices.

Gou has an odd tendency to blush and get overly enthusiastic whenever she admires the muscles of men.

Relationships
Iwatobi High School=

Though Nagisa is constantly upsetting Gou by calling her Gou instead of Kou, the two seem to be on good terms and rarely fight (aside from him refusing to call her Kou).

In the first episode, Gou visited Haruka's house to ask him for information about her brother. She is also constantly swooning over Haruka and his figure.

Makoto and Gou have a good, friendly relationship. Makoto was the first one to notice Gou and the first one to actually realize that Gou is Rin's younger sister. Since the day Makoto and Nagisa ran into Gou in front of Haruka's house, all three of them started hanging out a lot and spending time together at school. After having a talk with Makoto at the school pool, Gou decided to join Iwatobi High School's Swim Club.

Unlike in Gou and Nagisa's relationship, Gou never gets angry with Makoto, despite him calling her "Gou-chan".

Chigusa is a friend of Gou and they at times hang out together.

It is unknown weather or not she's Gou's Classic Literature teacher as well as Makoto and Haruka's, but the two seem to have a great relationship. They act towards each other quite friendly and often do things together.

Samezuka Academy=

Gou is often worried about her brother. One of her main goals in becoming Iwatobi's swim manager is that the guys will help bring her brother back to normal. Rin in response appears a bit protective of her as well especially in response to Seijuro's use of Gou's first name.

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Trivia

 * Gou was named after the Sengoku warlord, Nagamasa Azai's third daughter.
 * In contrast to the male characters' feminine names, Gou has a masculine name.
 * Both Gou and Nagisa's rooms were exactly copied from North American furniture catalogs and blogs.

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