Chiyo Kogawa

Chiyo Kogawa
Biographical information
Born	Before 1872
Nationality	Japanese
Title(s)	Madam
Physical information
Species	Human
Gender	Female
Hair colour	Black
Eye colour	Brown
Skin colour	Light
Relationship information
Family members	Brother
Magical characteristics
Wand	Unknown length, wood and core
Affiliation
Occupation	Japanese Ministry of Magic employee (formerly) Flying Instructor at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry
Loyalty	Mahoutokoro Japanese Ministry of Magic (formerly) Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry

"The goal of today is to remind all of you how to manoeuvre on a broomstick safely."

— Chiyo Kogawa

Madam Chiyo Kogawa (fl. 1890) taught Flying at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry in the late 19th century.

Biography

During her youth, Chiyo attended school at Mahoutokoro. She and her best friend Asuka trained together to try-out for the Toyohashi Tengu. However, she did not realise her friend was very nervous that they'd both fail which caused a bad experience in her try-outs for the Tengu, an event that taught her a lesson about honour and trust, traits she valued immensely. Her try-outs went amazingly after she unknowingly drank Felix Felicis in her tea, made by her friend Asuka, who was anxious about not making the team. After finding this out, she decided to withdraw from the try-outs without revealing Asuka had cheated as well. She was training to be a Keeper.

Chiyo eventually worked for the Japanese Ministry of Magic. At one point before her tenure at Hogwarts, she worked with Matilda Weasley in Yokohama, a time described as "eventful". Matilda recruited her to work at Hogwarts where she taught Flying class.

During the 1890–1891 school year, she gave a refresher class to fifth-years which included a new student. She implied that Everett Clopton in particular needed to relearn how to fly on a broomstick safely. She later gave the new student two tasks to improve their flying skills and help them learn new spells. The first was to pop balloons she had placed around Hogsmeade station and the Hogwarts Quidditch pitch, after which she taught them the Freezing Spell. The second was to try flying near Keenbridge Tower along the water south of Hogwarts, and then around the spires in the southwest, after which she taught them the Slowing Charm.

When she encountered who she believed to be Headmaster Phineas Nigellus Black (actually the new student in disguise using Polyjuice Potion), she asked them to reconsider the decision of banning Quidditch throughout the school year, citing that many students had been injured during previous games. When Headmaster Black refused, Kogawa threatened to write to the Department of Magical Games and Sports and complain. The student, due to who they really were, offered to help her with it.

Personality and traits

Kogawa was a strict teacher who adhered to the rules. She used a tone of voice that could be construed as yelling as she had to use the voice to shout across the Quidditch pitch. Despite having a strict and harsh exterior, she did show a softer side when students showed an aptitude towards flying or dedication to Quidditch. After berating and disciplining Everett Clopton and the new fifth-year for their unsanctioned flight around school, she complimented the fifth-year for their good flying skills afterwards. Similarly, she complimented several students on their "awesome dedication" to Quidditch after one of them accidentally Transfigured a flowerpot into a Bludger instead of a Snitch and let them off with only an admonition to tidy up the resulting mess, though also making it clear that a repeat of the incident would result in "a most gruesome detention".

Her defining trait was her complete dedication to Quidditch and broom flying in general. When Phineas Nigellus Black cancelled Quidditch during the 1890–1891 school year, Kogawa was implied to constantly pester him and his house-elf Scrope on reinstating it and even threatened to submit a formal complaint to the Ministry when Black continued to refuse.

Kogawa also valued hard work, honour, honesty and fairness. When she found out she was fed Felix Felicis during the tryouts for the Toyohashi Tengu, she voluntarily stepped down from the team, feeling it wasn't her own skill that won the tryouts. She did, however, not force her values on others, as she did not tell the team about Asuka's part in the debacle. According to her, Asuka's fate was her own to decide.

Magical abilities and skills

• Flight: As a Flying Instructor at Hogwarts, she was accomplished with flying a broomstick and teaching others how to do so safely.
• Charms: Kogawa showed aptitude in this field of magic, capable of casting the Freezing Spell, Summoning Charm and Slowing Charm successfully.

Possessions

Her wand

• Wand: Kogawa owned a wand of unknown length, wood and core materials, presumably acquired from a Japanese wandmaker.

Etymology

"Kogawa" is "old river" in Japanese. It is written in kanji as 古川.

Behind the scenes

• Kogawa is voiced by American actress Karen Maruyama in Hogwarts Legacy.
• The Art and Making of Hogwarts Legacy notes Kogawa to be a Slytherin, but at the same time states that she attended Mahoutokoro, rather than Hogwarts. Therefore, it's possible that the Slytherin information is only a characterisation of her personality, or else she may've been a transfer student who briefly attended Hogwarts at some point.
• Despite being a Japanese name, the Japanese translation of Hogwarts Legacy writes the name in katakana, the writing system used for terms of non-Japanese origin.

Appearances

• Hogwarts Legacy (First appearance)
• The Art and Making of Hogwarts Legacy

External links

• Chiyo Kogawa at the Hogwarts Legacy Wiki