Sumire Kakei

- Sumire's appearance. - Sumire's appearance as Sumire Shigaraki. - Sumire as a genin. - Sumire in Boruto Two Blue Vortex. 1/4 Sumire is a young girl with purple-coloured eyes and knee-length hair, the back of which is tied into two long braided ponytails. Her side bangs are cropped above the jaw to frames her face and her top bangs hang just above her eyes. She wore a black polo neck shirt, with a violet dress over it that has a white collar on it, knotted by a purple ribbon, almost resembling a seifuku overall with long black shinobi sandals. She also changes her flower hair ties to viola ones during her return to the Academy. After graduation, Sumire wore a more sleek version with black wristbands and black shorts. She also wore a purple forehead protector and her hair was styled into a single braid with a flower hair tie. At some point, her father placed the formula for the Gozu Tennō on her back. While undercover, Sumire wore a cracked pale-white mask with two horn-like disfigurements and a white cloak. Underneath her cloak, she wore a purple sleeveless halterneck shirt with a light pink sash around her waist and dark pants with a shuriken holster around her right thigh, and long fingerless black gloves. She also had bandages wrapped around her wrists and footwear and she let her hair down. After letting go of her hatred, the Gozu Tennō was removed from her back. Soon after, it was replaced with a small red dot on her left palm, serving as an eye for Nue. Sumire later wears a purple seifuku dress and black high-heeled mary-jane shoes with white ankle socks (in the anime, she wears regular shinobi heeled sandals). She also cuts her long hair to a bob-style reaching her shoulders with twin long braids. Three years after Boruto left Konoha, Sumire grew her hair out again into twin braids reaching her mid-back. She also wears a purple dress with a mid-skirt, a white button-down shirt and collar under it with a striped-pattern necktie, two grey bracelets on both of her wrists, and thigh-high, black high-heel sandals.

After Danzō Shimura died and the existence of Root and its actions were made public knowledge, all its members became ostracised by the village, including Sumire's family. This contributed to Sumire's mother growing ill and later dying. The loss affected Sumire deeply, as one of the few joys she experienced was spending time with her mother brushing her hair and over time Sumire couldn't even remember her mother's voice. Sumire's father, Tanuki Shigaraki, a devout follower of Danzo, trained her from a young age in order to avenge Root. Eventually, he bestowed her with Gozu Tennō. After the death of her parents, Sumire became an orphan and created the identity of "Sumire Kakei", deciding that it was best to wait and create a cover story before exacting her father's plan. Sumire eventually became the representative of her Academy class, during which, she began nurturing the Nue's development.