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Umi Matsuzaki a character from the 2011 Studio Ghibli film From Up on Poppy Hill. She is a 16 year old girl who falls in love with the school newspaper editor Shun Kazama.

Biography
Early in her life her late father delivered supplies in the Korean war. Her father taught her how to raise flags on the balcony and to raise them every time he went out to see she would bring them down every time he came home.

When his ship hit of mine the Korean war, she did not stop raising his flags. When her family moved, she wept as there was nowhere to raise the flags, leading to her grandfather building a flag pole. Her grandfather died soon after. Many years later, Umi would enlist in Konan Academy and take care of her family while her mother was away.

One day at school, Shiro Mizunuma, president of Umi'c class and his friends, would campaign for their clubhouse, the Latin Quarter, not to be destroyed. As part of the campaign, Shun Kazama jumped into a large pool of water with many people taking pictures of him. The next day, Umi and her sister Sora go to the clubhouse for the latter to get her picture of Shun signed by Shun himself. Umi and Shun meet, leading to many events such as them falling in love.

Eventually, Shun Kazama visits Coquelicot Manor, the home of Umi and her family. Inspired with the clean state of the house, Shun tells Shiro to clean up the clubhouse. Umi, Shun, Shiro and the other members of the clubhouse clean it up. In that time, Shun discovers Umi and him are apparently siblings from Shun's adopted father. Shun and Umi decide to not engage in a romantic relationship and continue cleaning up the clubhouse.

After the clubhouse is cleaned, the school board decides to destroy the clubhouse. Umi, Shiro and Shun go to see Chairman Tokumaru and he visits the clubhouse and its members the next day. Impressed by the clubhouse and it's state, Tokumaru decides not to demolish it and have the school board find another place to build their building for the Olympic Games of 1964. After this, Shun gets a call from his adopted father that a man named Yoshio Onodera who knew Umi's father, is leaving Japan. Shun and Umi rush to the harbor to meet him and Yoshio reveals Shun is actually the son of Hiroshi Tachibana. Yoshio embraces Umi and Shun before they leave his boat. Umi and Shun look at each other affectionately while going back to land. Umi continues her daily life, raising her flags and caring for her family.