Miyuki Irie

Miyuki Irie (入江 みゆき Irie Miyuki) is the drummer of Girls Dead Monster and one of the prominent characters to appear in the Angel Beats manga, Heaven's Door. Originally a person who didn't know a thing or two about instruments, she was forced to partake in strict training in order for her to achieve a level of proficiency in order to participate in the band.

Appearance
Irie is a girl of average height with a slim figure with long, lavender hair and purple eyes.

She dons the standard SSS uniform and a black band on her right thigh with the words “GDM”.

Personality
Irie is a shy, young girl who, despite being dead herself, is bad with hearing stories about ghosts or spirits. She has a very gentle, kind, innocent personality but her softness can allow someone to pressure her or take advantage of her. Her best friend Sekine is often a more mischievious and bold person, which contrasts well with her personality.

Because she is soft spoken, she often just goes along with anything that occurs, sometimes protesting sheepishly or even outright participating in activities that she disagrees with.

Only seen exclusively in Heaven's Door, Irie has a tendency to severely berate herself for not being able to do any task she was given correctly or amounting to anything, especially when given tasks to practice by Hisako. This stems from her time of being alive where she was made fun of constantly.

Background
While the exact details behind her death are not clearly stated, her life was by no means an easy one. Prior to her death, she was forced to become a student council president at the last second. Her inability to perform caused her to be a target of bullying and basically be a laughing stock for the school she attended.

Her arrival in the Afterlife, she was in a corner crying where she was caught by Matsushita and Fujimaki. They asked her if she was alright and they escorted her to the Battlefront's headquarters where she introduced herself to Yuri. Utilizing her cute looks, Yuri sought to place her in Beautiful The Blood (Girls Dead Monster's prior name) and called on Iwasawa and Hisako to bring her into the fold.

However, Irie had no prior experience with any sort of musical instruments. Hisako began to place her under a very strict training regiment, which pushed her to a breaking point as she began to reveal the details about being bullied and not being 'enough' for anyone. Hisako comforts her and encourages her to keep practicing as well as maintaining her hygiene.

Through Hisako's comfort but also very strict training was when she found resolve to keep practicing the drums.

Afterlife

 * Shiori Sekine
 * Hisako
 * Masami Iwasawa
 * Yui

Etymology

 * Miyuki's surname Irie means "entering" (入) (iri) and "bay, inlet" (江) (e).

Trivia

 * Irie was a contestant of the voting contest Anime Saimoe Tournament 2010 but lost to Yuno in the first round of the main tournament.
 * Irie plays a Pearl FZ725/C-CX drum set.
 * Irie always seems to be with Sekine.
 * Irie and Shiori Sekine look very much alike together as they both seem to have strands at both sides, but the only difference is that:
 * Irie has lavender hair
 * Sekine has blond hair