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   Profile One of the heirs to the Nishizumi school of armored warfare, Miho was once a student at Kuromorimine Girls' High School, and served as their Sensha-do team's executive officer under her older sister Maho, and her mother Shiho. Following an accident during a match in which Miho acted to save her personnel, which cost her school the victory, Miho transferred to Ooarai Girls' Academy in her second year.

   When Ooarai revived its Sensha-do team, Miho was chosen as the team's commanding officer, due to her tactical expertise and experience in armored warfare. As one of the original team members of Ooarai's Sensha-do team, she is a tank commander of a Panzer IV medium tank.

   Appearance Miho is a medium-sized girl with short, light brown hair and light brown eyes. She bears a striking physical resemblance to her older sister.

   Miho typically wears Ooarai Girls Academy uniform. During battle, she wears the school's Sensha-dō uniform. When she been student of Kuromorimine girls Academy she wear Kuromorimine uniforms instead. In less formal situations and at home, she has worn assorted casual wear; notably, she wore a yellow dress with white sleeves when she visited her home. Miho is 158 cm tall.

   Miho typically wears Ooarai Girls Academy uniform. During battle, she wears the school's Sensha-dō uniform. In less formal situations and at home, she has worn assorted casual wear; notably, she wore a yellow dress with white sleeves when she visited her home.

   As with most of the members of Ooarai's Sensha-dō team, she has performed the Anko Dance while wearing the costume to go with it.

   Personality Miho is known for her cheerful and polite demeanor, occasional shyness, and also as a highly talented Sensha-dō commander. During every Sensha-dō match she becomes serious, calm, and decisive. Her hobby is collecting bandaged teddy bears called Boko, of which she already has a lot in her apartment and her room back in the Nishizumi Family house.

   At the start of the series, Miho was trying to distance herself from Sensha-dō due to her recent negative experience in it, but chose —after some coercion by the Student Council— to take it up with her friends. She gradually starts to enjoy it again, but holds tight to her belief that one's comrades are more important than victory, and is willing to accept defeat if it means protecting them from harm.

   One of her most important traits is without doubt her loyalty to her friends, being ready to do everything for their sake (such as when she saved her teammate's life, or agreeing to join Ooarai's Sensha-dō team when her friends were being threatened for supporting her). This loyalty can also be directed to her new school, as when she learned that defeat in the tournament would mean that Ooarai would close, she became determined to do her best to achieve victory. Also, although they have taken different paths, she still loves her sister and holds her in high regard.

   Miho is also shown to occasionally be clumsy and forgetful. She has forgotten to lock her apartment door on a few occasions, and even walked into a lamppost when she was absorbed in a conversation with her friends.

   Trivia Miho's favorite tank is the German Panzer II light tank - specifically, the Ausf. E and F versions. Miho's birthday is October 23rd. Miho's three sizes are 82-56-84 (cm), or 32-22-33 (in) - a near-perfect hourglass figure. Miho keeps a Panzerfaust in her bedroom at the Nishizumi manor in Kumamoto. The Panzerfaust ("tank fist" in German) was a single-shot, man-portable anti-tank weapon system created by Nazi Germany.

   Profile Saori is a second year student at Ooarai Girls' Academy. In Sensha-Do, she serves as the dedicated radio operator of Anglerfish Team's Panzer IV, and is also the overall signals officer for the entire team.

   As of Das Finale, Saori also serves as the PR representative of Ooarai's student council.

   Appearance Saori is a medium-sized girl with long ginger colored slightely curly hair with a fringe and light brown eyes. In one episode it is revealed she wears contact lenses, and that she uses eyeglasses at home or doing chores. Together with Aya Oono, she is the only Ooarai character to wear black thigh highs, giving her a somewhat more stylish appearance. She have medium sized breasts, and is seen to wear Oarai uniform. Saori is 157 cm tall.

   Personality Saori is known for her cheerful and bubbly personality and also as a good chatter. She is interested in seeking out good-looking men to be her boyfriend therefore she hardly push herself to made impression on mens, and claims to be an expert in the art of love and romance, but it is later revealed that she has never actually dated anyone, despite her enthusiasm and charm, and fact cooking and housekeeping are among her talents as well. She coined Miho's nickname "Miporin" and is popular among the first year students of the Rabbit Team, toward whom she acts like a big sister. While she is usually the first to end up complaining about a given situation and undergo a change of mood among her team, she's also notably good at diverting negative thinking. Especially in the first episodes, she notices quickly when Miho is feeling uneasy and accordingly changes the subject to prevent her from being confronted with bad memories (e.g. when Miho states she isn't very talented in Sensha-Dō compared to her sister and mother, when Ami Chōno asks Miho about her sister, or when Maho Nishizumi is interviewed in a TV show presented in the tank store). Generally, Saori seems to have a very good understanding of her comrades' emotions and is a trustful friend, often being the first to offer advice or support.

   Trivia Saori's favorite flowers are pink roses, and her favorite tank is the US M26 Pershing heavy tank. Saori's birthday ia June 22nd. Outside of sensha-do, Saori also practices yoga, cooking and types emails.

   Profile Hana is a second year student from Ooarai Girls Academy, who comes from a family well known for ikebana, the traditional Japanese art of flower arrangement. In sensha-do, she serves as the gunner of Anglerfish Team's Panzer IV.

   As of Das Finale, Hana is also the student council president at Ooarai.

   Appearance Hana is a tall, beautiful, smiling and elegant girl with hip-length black hair that has a longer strand of hair where it gives her a slightly cuter side then what was previously designed of her on the front left side of her head with bangs swept to the right side and dark-grey eyes. Hana is 163 cm tall.

   Personality Hana is a gentle, soft, relatively quiet girl; only on rare occasions do her emotions get the better of her (for example, when regaining consciousness after being knocked unconscious during the practice match). Her bold yet quiet and steady temperment is shown on several occasions, and is often remarked upon admiringly by Yukari Akiyama. She is shown as highly loyal to her friends, having no fears, together with Saori standing up for Miho when she was being pressured to join the fledging Sensha-Dō team. In spite of her polite manners, Hana is capable of putting her foot down when she feels she is doing the right thing, as shown when she refused to heed her mother's orders to forsake Sensha-Dō, despite her love and respect for her. Despite being all but disowned by her mother, she nevertheless maintained her happy, positive outlook, not showing any particular sign of distress or grief.

   Her hobby is Ikebana; while she is highly skilled in that activity, she felt there was something missing, and that her style lacked strength. She took up Sensha-Dō because she felt it might give her what she lacked, and in the end she is proven right, coming up with a style that couples the previous cleanliness and order with her Sensha-Dō derived strength and boldness (as her own mother admitted).

   Trivia Hana's favorite flower is the wisteria, and her favorite tank is the Italian Carro Veloce L3/33 tankette. Hana likes the CV33, as she feels it resembles an ideal vase for creating flower arrangements. Hana's birthday ia December 16th. Hana is one of two people to be receptive to Assam's jokes (with the other being Kay from Saunders). Hana has a large appetite, and is noted to consume larger portions at mealtimes compared to her teammates. Hana has a high spice tolerance, able to consume many shots of the non-alcoholic Spicy Habanero Club Rum at Donzoko Bar.

   Profile If it's wearing Dunkelgrau or olive drab, Yukari Akiyama's likely to go nuts over it. She's a grade A-1, card-carrying, certified military geek - collecting, researching, and appreciating anything from the world's armed forces. From the world's most powerful weapons, to the most meagre of MREs, Yukari either knows a thing or two about it - or has it sitting on a shelf on her bedroom wall.

   Being passionate about the armed forces doesn't come with a lot of perks, though. When you're the only person in the room who looks, sounds, and has the same interests as most boys - except, you aren't one - growing up can be lonely. More often than not, Yukari was alone in her love for military memorabilia.

   Then, everything changed when the school's sensha-do team was revived. Yukari met Miho Nishizumi and her friends - and the rest is history.

   Yukari usually serves as her team's ammunition loader, though she shines in virtually any role on a tank's crew. However, where she really stands out is in espionage - she regularly executes covert missions to gain intelligence on rival schools' tanks, tactics, and team dynamics. More often than not, Yukari's spying efforts have been invaluable in Ooarai's success on the high school sensha-do circuit - bar that one time in which she was fooled by BC Freedom.

   These days, Yukari also has an additional billet as Ooarai's student council vice president. She's come a long way from that girl who didn't really belong. Safe to say, she's finally found the place where she can be herself, surrounded by those who care about her.

   Appearance Yukari has a medium build, with messy, fluffy dark brown hair, and dark brown eyes. She is usually seen wearing the Ooarai school uniform, and tends to dress in more boyish clothes on days off. Yukari is 157 cm tall.

   During Sensha-do practice and in matches, Yukari wears the blue Ooarai sensha-do jacket, and also wears black gloves when handling ammunition.

   As a child, Yukari had extremely short hair (similar to a boy's), styled in a punch perm. She grew her hair out in middle school as perms were not allowed.

   Personality Yukari has a cheerful personality and is a dedicated tank enthusiast. Her hobby is collecting scale models of tanks, as well as relics from tanks and wars like wheels, tracks, jerrycans, shells, and uniforms. She has a great respect for Miho, and habitually refers to her as "Nishizumi-dono". She even remembered Miho's vital statistics, such as her three sizes from Water War! OVA.

   Trivia Yukari's favorite flower are dandelions, and her favorite tank is the Polish 7TP light tank - specifically, the "dw", or twin-turret version. She also thinks highly of the Soviet T-34 series, calling it "the best medium tank of World War II" in her miniseries. Yukari's birthday is June 6th. When Yukari gets busted by Naomi while infiltrating Saunders University High School, she calls herself "Sergeant Oddball", a reference to the Sherman tank commander played by Donald Sutherland in Kelly's Heroes (1970). Yukari has an especially deep respect for Miho, almost to the point of a crush. She addresses her as "Nishizumi-dono", and even memorized the latter's three-sizes when they went swimsuit shopping. Despite Yukari's parents running a barbershop, her hair will always return to its messy form regardless of whichever hairstyle she adopts.

   Profile Mako is a second year student from Ooarai Girls Academy who is also the driver of the Anglerfish Team and drives a Panzer IV. Saori said she has hypotension [low blood pressure levels], which Mako often uses as an excuse for being late to school or falling asleep during class. According to Midoriko Sono's record, Mako was late for class 251 times, absent for 12 times and authorized absent for 5 times.

   Appearance Mako is a short girl with waist-length thick black hair that has bangs covering her forehead, a white headband and dark hazel eyes. Usually she just wears her school uniform. Mako is 145 cm tall.

   Personality Mako is well known for her being moody, sometimes seem expressionless. She's also scared of heights, Hisako Reizei's (Mako's grandmother) nagging (but she loves her grandmother very much and she wishes to graduate as soon as possible so she can look after her) and ghosts. She has a habit of cutting classes (so much that her original intention of joining Senshadou was just so she can get enough permissions for coming late to school) and calling Midoriko Sono "Sodoko". She's also very sleepy due to a medical problem - low blood pressure, and she really hates early mornings, believing it is impossible to wake up at 6 a.m. despite many other people being able to do so. However she has been known to not sleep at night, when she is very active. Despite her laziness and moodiness, she's also a genius, as she was able to become the top student of her class even when she's always late, and she was able to become an exceptional tank driver just by glimpsing at the tank manual for a few seconds.

   Trivia Mako's favorite flowers are olive blossoms, and her favorite tank is the German Panzer V "Panther" medium tank. Mako's birthday is September 1st. Prior to joining Sensha-do, Mako had chosen calligraphy as her extra-curricular activity. She only switched to Sensha-do after being reminded that she didn't have enough credits to promote to the next grade, due to being late to school too many times. Mako's biggest fears are heights, ghosts, and her grandmother. Mako is the only other person besides Katyusha to have rode on Nonna's shoulders. Mako is skilled at horseback riding.

   Profile Anzu is a third-year student from Ooarai Girls Academy. Since she see it as possible way how to set back closure of Oarai Girls Academy to win 63rd National High School Senshado Tournament, she initiated reintroduction of Ooarai's Sensha-dō Club and became the commander, radio operator and later gunner of Turtle Team. Her team operates a Czech Panzer 38(t), later modified into a Hetzer during the battle against Kuromorimine Girls Academy.

   Appearance Anzu is a short girl with a long twin ponytail tied by black little ribbons , light brown hair and a pair of brown eyes. She is seen to wear Oarai school uniform or Oarai Sensha-do uniform. Anzu is 142 cm tall.

   Personality Anzu is well known for her manipulative personality, and is quite talented at getting others to do what she wants. Sometimes she seems to be quite cold and aloof, but most of time she is remarkably hyperactive, for example when forcing Miho Nishizumi to join the Sensha-dō team, much to the latter's reluctance. However, she was later revealed to actually be kindhearted and friendly, with her apparent imperiousness being motivated by her strong interest in the school's survival. She is mostly shown to be cheerful, talkative, smiling and cheeky regardless of the situation, often upon the point of seeming carelessness. She is also famous for being quite lazy and indolent, always relaxing and fooling around while making others (especially Yuzu) take care of administrative work and other tasks.

   However, she always lends support when people get in trouble, and she has shown herself to be quite determined and a quick learner, when the situation calls for it. She is also a surprisingly good leader, and behind her laziness is also a sort of management style, as she can micromanage everything effectively in her laid-back style.

   She is also notorious for loving sweet dried potatoes, which she is frequently seen eating, especially during Sensha-dō matches.

   Trivia It is stated that Anzu, along with Yuzu Koyama and Momo Kawashima, already joined the student council in their first year. Anzu's favorite flower is sunflowers, and her favorite tank is the T28 Super Heavy Tank. In nearly all episodes, including the OVAs', Anzu is seen enjoying dried potatoes, which proves her love for the food. In the first episode, when Anzu pressured Miho Nishizumi to join the revived Sensha-dō team, she remarked, "If you don't join, you won't be here for long." Miho, Hana Isuzu and Saori Takebe assumed that this was a transparent threat of expulsion if they didn't give in to her request, but it later turned out that she was ominously referring to the danger of the school being closed at the end of the year if they didn't win the Tournament, or even join the Sensha-dō club. Anzu's remark is often mistranslated in English as a variant of "Keep saying that and you'll get expelled", which isn't what she really meant. When Anzu served as the gunner during the second half of Pravda match, she showed a marksman's ability, almost rivaling Hana's own talent. She is shown to have only missed one shot whilst attacking Pravda's vanguard tank. Even though she only managed to immobilize two tanks, the other tanks did suffer damage, which delayed their objective of joining Pravda's main force. Anzu is often called “Prez” by her fellow students which is short for “President“. Anzu is good at cooking, as shown in the second OVA. Anzu's birthday is January.

   Profile Momo is a third year student from Ooarai Girls High School. She's also long-term Vice Commander, the temporarily official Overall commander and the former PR manager of her school's student council. She started as the gunner and loader of Turtle Team, and when its Panzer 38(t) was converted into a Hetzer she took her definitive position of loader.

   Appearance Momo is a girl with middle-length black hair and dark eyes. She wears a right eye round square monacle glasses with grey frames but without top frames. She is seen to wear Oarai uniform, the personal addornment of a black "choker" necklace ribbon and personalizes her uniform with a neckerchief that has pointed tips rather than the typical squared-off tips. Momo is 164 cm tall.

   Personality At the beginning, Momo appears to have a very cool and strict personality, barely showing any emotions. However, she soon reveals a more passionate side, with heated outbursts of indignation, aggression, anxiety, and at times even hysterical despair. These outbursts appear especially during their Sensha-dō matches, but also during training and when drafting tactics for their matches (such as when Miho questioned her strategy's effectiveness). Beneath all else she shows a constant determination to avoid defeat at any cost. These outbursts perhaps contribute to a notoriously poor aiming record of precisely no confirmed hits during her time as gunner.

   The reason for her aggressiveness and quick temper is revealed during Ooarai's match against Pravda, when she snaps at Miho (who had just suggested that surrender might be acceptable), explaining that the school will be closed if the Ooarai Sensha-dō team does not win the national championships. Her devotion to the school, and her desire to save it by winning no matter what, had likely brought her to be so vehement. This is also apparent when, after their victory in the Finals, she tries to thank Miho but instead breaks down in tears from relief.

   She also possesses a softer and kinder side (although it's very difficult to get a glimpse of it), as is shown in a picture of her smiling (implied to be a rare event); she also smiles during a camping trip, although she quickly and vehemently denies it when Yuzu points it out. This kinder side is also shown in her interactions with her family in Das Finale.

   In her role as a member of the student council, she also has a tendency to give longer and more elaborate or formal speeches than is strictly neccessary. It is perhaps as an extension of this tendency that she often nudges Miho forward into a more vocal role as commander of the team, urging her to encourage the team and to keep the team's spirits up.

   In Das Finale it is revealed that Momo was responsible for saving several delinquent students from the Naval Studies Department of Ooarai Girls Academy (who eventually become Shark Team) from expulsion, implying that despite her authoritarian side, she is not without considerable compassion.

   Trivia Momo's favorite flower is the African daisy, and her favorite tank is the German Tiger II heavy tank. Momo's birthday is May 5th. Momo has five younger siblings - four sisters, and a brother. Momo is a skilled ballet dancer. During Ooarai's celebration party, Turtle Team put on a performance of Tchaikovsky's Swan Lake. Momo (as the Black Swan) executed a 32-revolution pirouette. Momo's response to Katyusha's demand for Ooarai's surrender in the championship semi-finals is a reference to US General Anthony McAuliffe's response to a German surrender ultimatum. During the Battle of the Bulge, General McAuliffe's forces were encircled in Bastogne, Belgium. German commander Heinrich von Lüttwitz dispatched a party to demand the American forces' surrender. McAuliffe's official reply was a single word - "NUTS!"

   Profile Yuzu is a third year student from Ooarai Girls Academy. She serves as the vice president of the school's Student Council. She's also the driver of Turtle Team's Panzer 38(t) which is later converted into a Jagdpanzer 38 (t) or Hetzer.

   Appearance Yuzu is a well-endowed girl with dark brown hair, which she usually wears tied with a black ribbon in a medium ponytail, and dark brown eyes. She standartly wear Oarai school uniform. Yuzu is 157 cm.

   Personality Yuzu is well known for her kind and gentle personality, and is usually the one who ends up doing all the work while Anzu slacks off and Momo gives orders; she seems to tolerate it, although she has shown some desire for help (as when the newfound tanks were cleaned). She has a close relationship with the rest of the Student Council, having served together for some time and had many profound moments. Her relationship with Momo is particularly close, and she often refers to her as 'Momo-chan', a nickname Momo seems to dislike. She also on occasion teases Momo about her poor accuracy during matches.

   Despite her kind and patient demeanor, Yuzu can be pushed to the point of genuine anger; an occurrence which occurs about once a year, according to Anzu. During this time, she basically sulks and ignores the person vexing her, not unlike a child expressing displeasure at someone. However, her kind personality invariably wins out, and she can be placated by the offender being deliberately kind to her. In Momo's case, during Chapter 28 of Motto Love Love Sakusen Desu!, this was by buying Chaux Ice Cream Puffs for Yuzu to eat.

   Trivia Yuzu's favorite flower is Daffodil and her favorite tank is the Japanese Type 97 Chi-Ha. Yuzu has a younger sister and four younger brothers. Yuzu's birthday is November 3.

   Profile Prim. Poised. Perfectly calm under fire. Such are words used to describe Darjeeling, and yet they only scrape the surface of one of the most skilled commanding officers in the high school division. The current head of St. Gloriana's Tea Garden, Darjeeling embodies the ideal that all St. Gloriana students strive to attain. Teacup in hand, Churchill at the ready, she's the reason why St. Gloriana is a well-respected and esteemed institution in the world of sensha-do.

   Beneath the surface, however, lies a battle-hardened, wily combat leader. Forged through tough training by her predecessor, Darjeeling brings great wisdom to any battle. Well-read and intelligent, her vast knowledge allows her to devise plans and overcome any who might stand in her way.

   If there's one thing in which Darjeeling falters in - it's curbing her enthusiasm. That facade, known for rarely ever breaking even under armor-piercing fire, caves when it comes to all things British, or the latest pop culture. I once had the fortune to be invited to one of her afternoon teas - and everything she served started with the letter 'S'. Scones, salmon finger sandwiches, strawberry Victoria sponge. It wasn't until much later that I found out from her trusted lieutenant, that she had just discovered the meme known as 'Cool S'. Hence, the 'S'-themed tea. I was wondering where she had gotten the idea of pairing all those things with sencha. And why she was so obsessed with talking about the latest Super Mario movie.

   If you meet her, tarry a while, for she makes for some great conversation. Don't stay too long, though. You might find yourself succumbing to her charms before you know it.

   Appearance Darjeeling is an attractive girl of average height and build, with long flaxen blonde hair and light blue eyes. She braids her hair and ties them into double low buns. Darjeeling is 158 cm tall.

   Darjeeling is usually seen wearing the St. Gloriana uniform. While practicing sensha-do, Darjeeling dons the school's red uniform.

   Personality Darjeeling is well known for her calm and chivalrous personality. She has a great many personal mottos, most of which are lifted from famous poets, playwrights and authors. Two examples of these are: "No matter how fast we go, or no matter how many hits we take, I will never spill my tea." and "An Englishwoman abandons her morals in love and war" (a variation of the popular proverb "All's fair in love and war.") She's also shown to really like drinking tea, and is nicknamed after the Darjeeling tea (like all other "foreign-themed" characters in the show, she's actually Japanese) like most people in her school whose nicknames are based on different kinds of tea. She tends to use puzzling idioms a lot, some of which even Orange Pekoe, her trusted lieutenant and loader, and apparent best friend, can't understand.

   In the spin-off manga Girls und Panzer - Motto Love Love Sakusen desu!, she's shown to be very easily influenced by novels and media, going as far as to trying to recreate a scene in a love novel with Orange Pekoe and posing as a maid while offering a (horrendous) maid service to her teammates Orange Pekoe and Assam, as well as the Anglerfish Team, after being influenced by the popular anime line "Do you want a bath? Do you want dinner? Or... Darjeeling?". She's also shown to have a strong obsession of weird things as long as they're symbolically English, like eel jelly or "driving" a coach. She is also shown to be quite vague at times, such as asking questions like "what is lottery?" and referring an amusement corner as paradise. However, of course, these character traits may or may not be canon.

   Trivia Darjeeling's favorite flowers are blue roses, and her favorite tanks are the British A41 Centurion and Challenger 1 main battle tanks. Darjeeling's birthday is September 17th. Darjeeling has a younger sister. As of recent, Darjeeling is the only commander from a major sensha-do school whom Ooarai has yet to defeat in an official battle.

   Profile Orange Pekoe is a first year student from St. Gloriana Girls College. She is the loader of her school's Sensha-Dō team's Churchill Mk.VII.

   Appearance Orange Pekoe is a pretty, clear faced girl with long ginger hair and light blue eyes. She wears her hair in two braids tied in twist buns with two little inconspicuous black bows on sides. She is ordinary seen to wear St. Gloriana school or Sensha-do uniform, with or without nylons. Orange Pekoe is 144 cm tall.

   Personality Orange Pekoe is always seen as a fairly quiet, closed, considerate character, both inside and outside of battle. She seems to be younger than her superior, Darjeeling, and doesn't seem to share her commander's utter sense of calm and control. She is very close to Darjeeling, but she loads the shells with precision. She is usually the victim to Darjeeling's words of wisdom, many of which she doesn't seem to understand.

   She is also said to be very skilled at making tea.

   Trivia Orange Pekoe's favorite flowers are orange roses, and her favorite tank is the British Cruiser Mk. VI, also known as the Crusader. Orange Pekoe's birthday is July 10th. Orange Pekoe's soul name comes from a system used to grade dried black tea leaves, in particular teas from Sri Lanka, India, and countries other than China. Orange Pekoe knows Morse code. In the Omake episode 'Mini Pekoe' of Motto Love Love Sakusen Desu!, Orange Pekoe turned out to have a younger cousin who bears a striking resemblance to her. Assam decided to name the cousin 'Mini Pekoe' from the fact that she looks like a mini version of the Original Orange Pekoe, and Darjeeling tries to give Mini-Pekoe a piggyback ride. Not so soon however, it turned out that everything happened before in the episode were Orange Pekoe's dream when she briefly became unconscious, due to Darjeeling's terrible attempts at trying to give Orange Pekoe a piggyback ride. Although Mini Pekoe turned out to be a fictional being in the world of Motto Love Love Sakusen Desu!, she later appears in more Omake episodes as the protagonist, which all have a twist in the end, revealing that the episode was just someone's dream.

   Profile Assam believes that wars are won through knowing thy enemy. Infiltration, eavesdropping, and data collection - she does it all, as St. Gloriana Girls' College's intelligence specialist. All that knowledge goes towards one objective - ensuring that the guns of St. Gloriana's tanks strike true on their targets. When called to battle, Assam tips the scales in St. Gloriana's favor from the turret of their Churchill infantry tank. A keen gunner, she knows where to strike to bring her team closer to victory.

   Outside the tank, Assam carries herself with the grace and poise of a St. Gloriana lady - albeit, with a penchant for bad jokes. That being said, Assam is also one of the more level-headed members of St. Gloriana's inner circle, which only begs the question: just how eccentric are the rest of the members of their "Tea Garden"?

   Appearance Assam has a slim build, with long pale blonde hair, and light purple eyes. She ties her hair back with a large black ribbon, revealing a widow's peak hairline. Assam is 150 cm tall.

   She usually dresses in the regular St. Gloriana's uniform, and accessorizes it with black nylon tights. In combat, Assam wears St. Gloriana's red uniform.

   Trivia Assam's favorite flowers are miniature roses, and her favorite tank is the British Cruiser Mk. VIII, also known as the Challenger. Assam's birthday is December 10th. Assam's soul name comes from Assam tea, which is named after the Indian region it comes from. Assam has an older brother.

   Rosehip is a first year student at St. Gloriana Girls College and the Commander of their Crusader Tank Platoon.

   Appearance She is a girl of average height, with medium length wavy pinkish red hair and amber eyes. She is seen to wear St. Gloriana Sensha-do uniform, and high boots. Rosehip is 154 cm tall.

   Personality She is very energetic, spontanious, extrovert, noisy and is a speedy runner, doing everything fast to complete tasks as soon as possible and, in some situations, like eating, to finish first. She never restrains herself when going after something, not caring about failure or what others may say if she doesn't behave in a way that is socially approved by them. According to Darjeeling this trait is something that St. Gloriana's Sensha-dō and its members naturally lack, and hence she is sometimes jealous of Rosehip. However, Rosehip naturally lacks the gracefulness, elegance and manners of a typical St. Gloriana Student; because of this, Darjeeling gave her a special table-manners class.

   Trivia Like other students from St. Gloriana, she is named after a drinking extract. Her name came from "rose hip tea", which is an extract from rose hip. While "rose hip tea" does not actually have the vivid color of the tea she drinks while in battle, the color does reference it. Implied to come from a "lower-class" family in many of the derivative works. This could explain her much less tactful personality in comparison to the majority of the St. Gloriana members, and why she frequently spills her tea. She is said to have seven brothers. This could also attribute to her personality. Rosehip frequently displays aggression on an insanely reckless scale. She is not afraid to charge down any enemy, with or without support. Darjeeling's most common battlefield instruction to Rosehip is "Come back!". Rosehip's Crusader Mk.III has a speed governor on it, a mechanical feature that was installed on the Crusader (as well as many other tanks) to increase the life of the tank's drivetrain. However, in this case the governor may also serve to restrain Rosehip's excitement and lessen the chances of her losing control of her tank. Removing said governor during the match against the All-Stars University Team allowed her to take down the enemy Chaffee. Historically, tank crews did occasionally remove their tank's governor, and the increase in speed was often quite significant. She usually ends her sentences with ですわ (desu wa), a typical idiosyncratic speech pattern of girls from high society. She is also a mechanic of the Crusaders.

   Profile Kay is a student from Saunders University High School. She is the overall commander of her school's Sensha-dō team and she operates a U.S. M4 Sherman.

   Appearance Kay is a girl with long blonde hair and a pair of light blue eyes. Like all Saunders' students she wears the school's uniform, save for the jacket, with a loosened tie and with the sleeves rolled up, with a pair of long, white stockings in place of the usual short grey ones worn by the other schoolgirls and with full black lace-up shoes. She also can be seen to wear black shirt with denim shorts and with khaki army jacket in U.S.A. style. Kay is 158 cm tall.

   Personality Kay is well known for her extroverted, playful and slightly abrasive personality, often appearing boastful and rude, though it is obvious that she is really friendly and well-intentioned, and it's easy to make her laugh. Unlike her teammates, especially Alisa, she has a strong sense of fair play and sportsmanship, and refused to field all of her tanks in a counterattack during the match with Ooarai after she discovered Alisa's treachery which consisted of hacking Ooarai radio communications. This decision ultimately lost Saunders the match, but Kay didn't seem disappointed or upset in the slightest when defeated, showing that while she obviously loves Panzerfahren, she doesn't take it or herself quite as seriously as some of the other commanders. She plays for fun, not necessarily to win at all costs. In another hand she show disappointment about Alisa, when she need to talk with her about her actions later.

   Trivia Kay's favorite flowers are lupins, and her favorite tank is the US M4 Sherman medium tank. Kay's birthday is January 17th. Kay often uses English phrases in her regular speech. Outside of sensha-do, Kay enjoys throwing parties. Kay is a big eater, and can swallow half a hamburger in a single bite. Kay's hometown, Sasebo, is known for American-style hamburgers, a tradition dating to the local presence of American sailors in the 1950s. Kay has two younger siblings - a brother and a sister. According to Alisa, Kay's bust size is 85D (Japan/EU), or 38C (US).

   Profile Alisa is a student at Saunders University High School. She is the vice-commander and radio operator of her school's Sensha-dō team and she operates the US M4A1(76)W Sherman. She is also Saunders strategist.

   Appearance Alisa is a short girl with brown hair tied up into short pigtails by hairclips shaped as a yellow five-pointed stars, with dark brown eyes, and with slight freckles. Most of time she is seen to wear Saunders school or Sensha-do uniform. Alisa is 148 cm tall.

   Personality Alisa is well known for her short temper and manipulative personality, and has no qualms about stretching the sensha-dō rules to achieve victory. She has trouble maintaining her composure under fire and can easily get rattled, unnerving her tank crew. She has been referred to by several rivals as having an attitude akin to the one of a spoiled princess.

   She appears to be very sensitive, as when people mention or try to comfort her about a relationship with a boy called Takashi, she even has a mental breakdown in the anime, she expresses how upset she is that he doesn't reciprocate her feelings and likes another girl. Her emotional state is also mentioned during the movie. However, in the spin-off manga, Ribbon Warrior, Alisa mentions having a boyfriend to Shizuka in their first meeting. It is possible however that she may be lying in order to impress people.

   She had a tantrum during the match against Ooarai Girls Academy, seemingly brought upon by a group of inexperienced underdogs with outdated tanks getting the better of her. This tantrum had a deleterious effect on all her crewmen, with her driver and bow-gunner visibly shaken, a worried and annoyed loader, and the gunner essentially telling her to shut up, albeit in a deferential manner. Miho Nishizumi later noted that these factors directly contributed to the Sherman being unable to defend itself properly.

   Trivia Her favorite flower is the anemone and her favorite tank is the U.S. M1 Abrams. Curiously, it seems that Kay was unaware of Alisa's use of radio tapping with disagree with, until she was told about it, which seems strange given that Alisa's tank was outfitted for that purpose. In all likelihood, the cheerful and somewhat-naïve Kay most likely believed that Alisa had an excellent sense of intuition, where Alisa acted independently in installing radio-intercepting equipment in her tank. It is rumoured that she was going to ask a guy out. We see this in Girls und Panzer der Film when Rabbit team talk to Alisa about her love. Also she does mention a name unheard of in the original Girls und Panzer (Takashi, a masculine name), during the Saunders vs Ooarai match in the first round. Also in Ep 1 of Das Finale she says “maybe he’ll notice me”.

   Profile Naomi is a student and Vice Captain from Saunders University High School. She's the gunner of her school's Sensha-dō team and she operates a British Sherman Firefly.

   Appearance Naomi is a girl with a short grey brown hair and a pair of light brown eyes. She appears to be the tallest member of the Saunders Sensha-dō team. Naomi is 165 cm tall.

   Personality Naomi is well known for her calm and introverted personality. She's usually seen chewing some bubble gum. Anyways she is well skilled in Sensha-do.

   In the official spin-off manga Motto Love Love Sakusen Desu!, she's shown to be very romantic and attractive... towards the girls (However, this may not be canon).

   Like Kay, she seems to like pranking Alisa, like eating her hamburger while she's still holding it, during Valentine Day she ask a chocolate from Alisa and receive only a cheap chocolate and in exchange she gave her an expensive chocolate box just to make feel guilty or scaring the hell out of her during Christmas.

   Trivia Her favourite flower is the Forget-me-not and her favourite tank is the U.S. M36 Tank Destroyer. Despite being the gunner, she appears to be a platoon commander within the Saunders team, though Episode 6 shows a separate commander for the Firefly. In the match, she seems to have quite high shot accuracy. Naomi has an older sister.

   Profile Anchovy is a student from Anzio Girls High School, and is the overall commander of her school's Sensha-Dō team; she operates an Italian Carro Armato P40 and the Carro Veloce CV.33. Her real name is Chiyomi Anzai.

   In the anime she made only two brief non-speaking appearances in Episode 7, the first time as a mental image when brought up by Yuzu Koyama and the second time after the match against Ooarai Girls Academy is over, showing her collapsing in defeat on her tank to represent Ooarai's victory as the match is not depicted in any episode.

   She had a more prominent role in the manga, appearing in Chapters 7 to 9. While initially she gave quite a negative impression, after the match, she was shown in a somewhat better light, desiring victory for her team rather than for herself.

   Anchovy appeared prominently in the OVA, depicted in a somewhat different way; while she is still hot-blooded, determined and a little bit too self-confident, she is not rude towards her opponents and especially towards Miho Nishizumi, on the contrary, she proved polite and courteous, to the point of throwing parties before and after matches declaring it to be Anzio's way of living sensha-Dō.

   Appearance Anchovy is a girl with long pale green hair tied into twin ponytails and red-brown eyes. She uses contact lens. During matches she wears a uniform combining elements of the one of the Italian Fascist militia (Mvs.N, Milizia Volontaria per la Sicurezza Nazionale), of the one usually worn by Benito Mussolini and the one of the Arditi WWI corps. She notably carries a crop, expressing anger when Pepperoni used it to kill a fly, as seen on the spin-off manga Motto Love Love Sakusen Desu!. During regular school time and sensha-Dō club meetings, she dresses in the Anzio student uniform, a white long sleeve T-shirt, a black pleated skirt, black tie and additionally a black mantle, which is her unique characteristic. During class, wears glasses and goes without ponytails to disguise herself among other Anzio students to the point of passing unrecognizable, even by her Vice-Commanders. Anchovy revealed how she disguises herself to pepperoni, so it's not an effective disguise anymore. Anchovy is 156 cm tall.

   Personality In the manga, Anchovy is known for being hot-blooded (proven by her angry and loud reaction to defeat), arrogant, self-assured and very demanding; she strongly believes that the only thing that matters in Sensha-Dō is victory, and thus is very scornful to anyone who allegedly 'ran away' from battle. However, despite this, she does care about her subordinates and comrades; in fact, when Miho Nishizumi told her that her comrades are more important than victory, she countered that, if she cares that much, she should understand that the leader's duty is to bring her team victory, in her opinion. Also, as proved by her apology to Carpaccio, she views the loss as her own personal failure as the commander, instead of blaming her team.

   In the OVA, her personality is rather different; while keeping her determination and a bit of her arrogance (bluntly stating to Miho that no matter if she was a Nishizumi, Anzio would win), she is not at all rude, wishing for a fair fight and gracefully admitting to her defeat in the end. In battle, she has proven to be a capable tactician, although when her plan failed (due to her subordinates' mistakes) she reacted rather impulsively and in the end, in the attempt of knocking out the opponent's flag tank, she walked blindly into a trap. Anchovy is also quite exasperated by her team's lack of focus and love of food, remarking to herself that she might have to work on that, despite her sharing this view to a point (remarking that it was their way of living Sensha-Dō).

   Trivia Anchovy's favorite flower is the daisy, and her favorite tank is the Italian Carro Armato P26/40 heavy tank—this was the "secret weapon" which Anzio had to save up for prior to the quarter-finals against Ooarai, by cutting down on their snack times. Anchovy's birthday is September 23rd. Anchovies are a prized food item in Italy, and have been in use since Roman times. Ironically, despite being named after a fish, Anchovy is a poor swimmer. Anchovy received her nickname from her executive officer Pepperoni. Anchovy often goes by the title Duce ("leader" in Italian), which was the title held by Benito Mussolini during his term in office as Italy's dictator. Anchovy dislikes carrots. Anchovy has a younger brother.

   Profile Carpaccio is a student from Anzio Girls High School; she serves, together with Pepperoni, as the Sensha-dō school team's vice-commander, and she operates a Semovente da 75/18 as its loader. Her real name is Hina.

   She wasn't shown in the anime, but she appeared in Anzio OVA and in the manga in the battle against Ooarai, albeit in a minor part.

   In the Anzio OVA, she was revealed right before the match as Caesar's childhood friend, whom she hadn't met in years, which is significant, because while Carpaccio ended up on school Italian culture, on the other hand, Caesar used name of a famous person as a soulname. Their relationship later plays an important role in behavior of both characters. During the battle, she remained with her Semovente alongside Anchovy's tank until their encounter with Ooarai's main force; as she recognized (due to the team's insignia, that Caesar used as her profile picture) the StuG III as Caesar's tank, she stayed behind with her Semovente and engaged in a heated one-on-one duel. Using the Semovente's smaller silhouette and better agility to counter the StuG's better firepower and protection, Carpaccio proved a match for her rival; the duel ended when both opponents went for a killing shot at point-blank range, taking each other down.

   After the match, Carpaccio and Caesar reaffirmed their friendship, although acknowledging the changes and leaving a little friendly rivalry streak between them.

   Appearance Carpaccio is a smiling tall girl (seemingly taller than Anchovy) with long blonde hair and green eyes. She is often seen wearing either the School or Sensha-do uniform. Similar to the other girls from Anzio, she wears a black beret (not during battle). Carpaccio is 162 cm tall.

   Personality In the manga, Carpaccio is a sweet, polite and quiet girl, contrasting nicely (and perhaps counterbalancing) her commander's hot-blooded character (as shown when she wished a good match after Anchovy's arrogant remarks to Miho); still, she seems to be very loyal towards her "Duce".

   In the OVA, Carpaccio mostly retains her personality, being happy to see her friend again, and expressing the wish (reciprocated by Caesar) to keep the fight fair and their friendship strong. She was also revealed as somewhat competitive and determined, deciding to engage the StuG III after recognizing it as Caesar's tank and fighting to the end of the duel.

   In MLLSD Carpaccio is shown to be quite brave as she was the only one who didn't run when Ooarai girls broke into Anzio to take back Momo Kawashima. Her friendship with Caesar is also portrayed as a romantic one. (It's unclear whether the events in MLLSD are considered canon).

   Trivia Her knife is actually a hair brush. Carpaccio's birthday is December 19th. She has a younger brother. Carpaccio is surprisingly strong as she can defeat two other girls at the same time in arm wrestling. Carpaccio enjoys free climbing as part of her daily routine and her favorite food is lasagna.

   Profile Pepperoni is a student from Anzio Girls High School and, together with Carpaccio, she serves as the Sensha-dō team's vice-commander. She operates a Carro Veloce CV.33.

   She serves as one of Anchovy's vice-commanders and as the commander of Anzio's tankettes. She was first seen at the presentation of Anzio's secret weapon, then during Yukari's infiltration, in which Pepperoni, other than showing her excellent cooking skills, also carelessly blurted out the secret about the 'secret weapon'.

   During the match, she was entrusted with the execution of "Plan Maccaroni", i.e. leaving decoys to lure Ooarai into a trap; however, her carelesness in this task led Miho Nishizumi to guess the trick. Her tankettes were then spotted and engaged by the Duck Team's Type 89B; after a prolonged fight, in which in the end their opponents managed to take down all the tankettes but her own, she was instructed to rejoin with Anchovy with all the remaining forces. However, just as Pepperoni was reaching her, her Carro Veloce was taken out.

   Appearance Pepperoni is a girl of medium height with short, spiky hair (with a braid on the left side) and light brown eyes. During matches, she wears an Italian tanker's helmet (though in Dream Tank Match, she is seen without the helmet.) Pepperoni is 160 cm tall.

   Personality Pepperoni is an extrovert and easy-going girl, who has a tendency of being rash and not thinking things through. While her cheerful personality makes her an excellent companion, her carelessness about her school's secret weapon allowed Yukari to directly guess what it was; also, during the battle she placed all the decoys (even though two were supposed to be spares, and their presence led to Ooarai sniffing the trap), while ironically remarking that battles aren't won by strength alone but also by intelligence.

   She is also rather passionate and aggressive in battle, deciding to attack Duck Team after being pursued by a short while, and relentlessly persevering in the attack until ordered otherwise. However, it could be said that this trait makes her the ideal leader for a unit made up of fast and nimble tankettes.

   Trivia In the OVA and Little Army 2 manga, she has her own food stall and is serving Neapolitan Pasta. In the movie, she turns out to be a super driver as she was able to drive the CV33 on a roller coaster track at top speed while purely relying on steering control, as well as the fact that she was able to skip the tank over a swimming pool to the other end without sinking. Pepperoni's birthday is September 12th. In MLLSD Pepperoni seems to have an obsession about kissing Anchovy. In MLLSD C27 she always wanted to make a mouth-to-mouth to Anchovy each time she nearly drowned. She has an older brother, an older sister, and two younger brothers. Unlike Carpaccio whose "knife" is actually a hair brush, Pepperoni carries an actual knife which she uses to cut meat. Pepperoni used to be the fastest downhill racer with her bike during her first year before joining the Sensha-do team. She recalls this memory as a dark past

   Profile Let's get something clear. First and foremost, Katyusha is a young adult. No ifs, ands, or buts about it. Anyone who says otherwise will be sentenced to hard labour in the coldest, harshest gulag imaginable with no hope of release.

   Even before she enrolled in Pravda High School - at the top of her class, no less - Katyusha has been tough as they come. Who else can take on and beat three other students in a fistfight on their first day? Who else could unite the first-year members of Pravda's sensha-do team into one of the most powerful armored corps in existence? Who else would be acknowledged by the Tea Circle of St. Gloriana in her first year of high school?

   Who else could give the order with a straight face to fire on a defenseless tank - all in the pursuit of victory?

   But, even the great Katyusha is only human. That same mind which understands the nuances of military history still struggles to get up at nine in the morning. Those same legs which sent her fellow classmates to the infirmary still walk slower than the rest of her peers. And that same spirit which chased victory at all costs against their rivals at Kuromorimine still functions best after some hot soup and a siesta.

   So, Katyusha is a young adult. Emphasis on "young". But beyond that, Katyusha truly is a great combat leader. She is a commander who got to where she is by standing on the shoulders of giants - or in her case, sitting. Woe to all who underestimate her.

   Appearance Katyusha has short, platinum blonde hair, styled in a bob-cut, and a small, petite figure. She has sharp blue-green eyes, and a yaeba, or protruding tooth on the left side of her mouth.

   Katyusha is usually seen in the standard Pravda High School uniform, with calf-length socks and dark loafers. In sensha-do, Katyusha wears a dark green coverall with long sleeves and short pant legs, with the Pravda four-pointed red star. She also wears a Soviet-style tanker helmet with padded ridges across the top, with its chinstrap kept loose, and tanker boots.

   Trivia Katyusha's favorite flower is the chamomile, and her favorite tank is the Soviet KV-2 heavy tank. Katyusha's birthday is January 31st. Katyusha is named after a Soviet-era song about a girl bidding farewell to a soldier. The song also inspired the name for the "Katyusha" series of rocket artillery platforms, used by the Soviet Union during WWII. Katyusha and Nonna rode in one such vehicle to greet team Ooarai before their match. At 4' 2" (128 cm), Katyusha is the shortest major character to appear in the show. Katyusha stopped growing around the third grade, and as such was never really taken seriously. This inspired her to better herself in order to avoid being looked down upon due to her size. Despite wanting to be looked up to, Katyusha still has some childish habits - such as referring to herself in the third person, eating snacks whenever she can, and taking naps as part of her daily routine. While referring to herself in the third person is her dominant vocal tic—serving as both a cute, childish habit and a reference to Joseph Stalin’s historical tendency to refer to himself in the third person—she will use standard first-person pronouns like "I" or "me" when she drops her egotistical persona or becomes genuinely flustered. Despite knowing the lyrics to her namesake song, Katyusha is not fluent in Russian. Nonna and Klara often speak in Russian around her, much to her annoyance.

   Profile Nonna is a student at Pravda Girls' High School, and serves as Katyusha's executive officer. On many occasions, she also takes care of Katyusha, and lets her ride on her shoulders so the former can make up for her diminutive stature.

   In Sensha-do, Nonna serves as a tank commander and gunner of one of the most powerful Soviet WWII tanks, the IS-2.

   Appearance Nonna is a tall, beautiful, firm and elegant girl with straight upper-back length dark-brown hair that has a small strand in the middle, light blue eyes and notably large breasts for her age. She usually wears the Pravda Sensha-do uniform, along with black knee socks. Nonna is 176 cm tall.

   Personality Nonna is well known for her calm and gentle but cold personality and for her loyalty and specific relationship to Katyusha; Nonna is Katyusha's closest co-worker, and she does everything Katyusha asks of her, because she recognise Katyusha as a special person, usually without hesitation or protest, most notoriously giving her a piggyback ride to compensate for Katyusha's small height. Despite this, she is not above making fun of her on occasions, same as Katyusha often make fun of Nonna, it is fairly clear that only Nonna could get away with such behavior without inviting Katyusha's wrath, as their relationship is very close, very similar to that of a mother and daughter, despite the fact that Katyusha is except for certain specific situations ultimately in charge. Aside from Katyusha, Nonna's only known friendship is with Klara, a transfer student from a Russian school to whom she generally speaks in her mother-language — which makes Katyusha annoyed, as she cannot understand anything they say.

   In the official spin-off manga Motto Love Love Sakusen Desu!, she's also shown to be very protective of Katyusha and literally acts like Katyusha's mother, confirming herself to be Katyusha's parent when others mistook her so, much to Katyusha's frustration (Darjeeling later imitated this behaviour towards Orange Pekoe). Together with Nishizumi Maho she's also the only one in the series who Katyusha actually fears and have respect to. When she thinks Nonna is angry, as Katyusha literally begged for forgiveness when she accidentally poked Nonna's eyes while having a piggyback ride, after finding out Nonna was keeping some sort of "Katyusha Diary" (though based on the series itself, it's most likely just a log of Katyusha's cute, baby-like moments).

   "Katyusha Diary" is good example of practical manifestations of Nonna's emotions to Katyusha. Writing of "Katyusha Diary" is Nonna's favourite activity. She spends much time and effort to find sources for it. It was revealed that she is willing to get Katyusha into unpleasant situations to secretly take some photos of her when she looks "cute". Nonna does that quite often. Since Klara's father has a big position in Russian state bureaucracy, Nonna got access to photos of Katyusha being held as a baby by Klara's father from the information office.

   The reason why Nonna carries Katyusha piggyback is shown in the Saga of Pravda manga: when Katyusha (not yet a commander) failed to get her strategy proposal brought to the teammates, because the staff thought of her as a little girl, Nonna lifted Katyusha onto her shoulders, saying, "This way no one will ever think of you as a little girl."

   Her composure is absolute that she is never seen to raise her voice or lose her temper; everything she does is with the same measured grace and calculated resolve.

   Trivia Nonna's favorite flower is the sunflower, and her favorite tank is the Soviet SU-100 tank destroyer.

   Profile Klara is a transfer student from Novosibirsk, a city in the Siberian part of Russia. She transferred into Pravda Girls' High School at some point between the events of the 63rd National High School Sensha-do Tournament and the exhibition match against Ooarai and Chi-Ha-Tan. Klara serves as one of Katyusha's executive officers alongside Nonna, and commands a T-34/85.

   Appearance Klara is an attractive girl with platinum blonde hair reaching past her shoulders, and a widow's peak. Her eyes are pale blue. She is relatively tall (174 cm), being only slightly shorter than Nonna.

   Klara wears the Pravda uniform in most of her appearances, with black calf-length socks.

   Personality Like Nonna, Klara is a very calm girl as she never raises her voice or loses her temper, even during difficult Sensha-dō matches. Everything she does is with the same measured grace and calculated resolve. She is more social compared to Nonna, even interacting with students of other schools. She appears to enjoy non-alcoholic vodka, as she holds a bottle in the end of the movie after Ooarai Girls Academy's victory against the All-Stars University Team and according to Nonna, she was drinking it when she mistakenly signed the transfer papers to Pravda. Klara speaks Russian and has a habit of conversing with Nonna in this language, which annoys Katyusha. However it is later revealed that she also speaks fluent Japanese, which surprises Katyusha.

   In Saga Of Pravda, however, she has a completely different personality from what we see in the movies. She is a very arrogant, aggressive and disturbed girl, which has gone completely insane because of her solipsistic view of the world and others around her. Klara is also depicted with little fangs; this is probably because, in certain panels, she is compared to a wolf. Because of this, she constantly views other people as nothing but despicable and useless creatures. Except for Nonna, who was the only one who, in her own words, "awakened" something in her cold heart, and also Katyusha, who completely broke this illusion she was living in. She also raises her voice a lot, as in Chapter 20 she's constantly screaming at Nonna while they fight, talking about how she feels numb and has a "hole in the middle of her chest", which causes all of this constant pain and suffering. Notably, she views Nonna as unaffected by such an existential malady, in that Klara sees Nonna as "whole", unlike herself. After her encounter with Nonna and Katyusha, Klara decides to move to Pravda because of Nonna. She promised to stay in Japan with her, helping her take care of Katyusha.

   Trivia Klara seems to care for Katyusha in a motherly way, similarly to Nonna. Klara appears to be a talented singer.

   Profile The daughter of Shiho Nishizumi and older sister of Miho Nishizumi, Maho is a third year student at Kuromorimine Girls' Academy, the overall commander of her school's Sensha-dō team, and the heiress to the Nishizumi family. She is the commander of a German Tiger I.

   Appearance Maho is a girl with middle length dark brown hair, dark brown eyes, and slightly above average stature. She has a similar haircut to her sister Miho, but her hair is a darker color and two locks stick out on each side of her head. Other than that, she bears a striking resemblance to Miho. Maho is 163 cm tall.

   Outside of Sensha-dō she is usually seen wearing the Kuromorimine Girls' Academy everyday uniform, while during battle she wears their Sensha-dō uniform. On two occasions she has worn the Ooarai Girls Academy uniform. In more casual situations she has been shown wearing a white button-up shirt with grey horizontal stripes, grey button-up area and grey area around head hole together with light blue above knee dress, grey socks and sneakers. She also wore a Christmas outfit for her Christmas party with several of Kuromorimine's tank commanders.

   Personality Maho is well known for her passion for Sensha-dō, and is nationally regarded as a celebrity and talented leader, as well as being much respected by her mother, sister, and teammates. She seems cold and distant at times, but this is actually a facade necessary to meet her mother's strict expectations. Behind that facade she's a very kind person, even to her opponents, and loves her younger sister, Miho, dearly. One significant reason she strives to be a good Nishizumi heiress is so that her sister will be free to live her life as she wishes.

   In the official spin-off manga Motto Love Love Sakusen Desu!, she's revealed to be quite easygoing and caring when she doesn't have any important missions to take care of, as shown when she tried to hold a Christmas party for the Kuromorimine students who couldn't celebrate with their own families. However, her school's overall strictness and her own tendency to communicate in terse messages always make those around her feel uneasy. The fact that she doesn't know much about parties and celebrations didn't help much either.

   Trivia Maho's favorite flowers are cherry blossoms, or sakura, and her favorite tank is the German Panzer V "Panther" medium tank. Maho's birthday is July 1. Maho owns an Akita, which she keeps at the Nishizumi family home. Outside of Sensha-do, Maho has a stoic and serious personality - which has led to misunderstandings among her subordinates. Maho has knowledge of opera music - specifically Richard Wagner, who had been Adolf Hitler's favorite composer. She suggested "Operation Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg" (The Master-Singers of Nuremberg) as the name of their operation against the All-Stars University Team. Maho seems to be the only tank commander who can intimidate Katyusha.

   Profile Erika is a second year student from Kuromorimine Girls' Academy, the current vice-commander and has been appointed next in line for the position of overall commander after Maho Nishizumi graduates. She operates a German Tiger II in combat, she can also fly the team's Focke-Achgelis Fa 223 and their LZ 127 Graf Zeppelin. As a first year, she commanded a Pz. 38(t) during practice sessions. Erika is presumably from Kumamoto City, Kumamoto. She is the overall commander of Tankathlon team Schwarzwald Kampfgruppe operating a Panzer II.

   Appearance Erika is a medium-sized girl with platinum blonde hair up to her shoulders, and a pair of light blue eyes. Erika is 159 cm tall.

   Usually seen wearing Kuromorimine's uniform, wearing the jacket and hat during matches. Was briefly seen wearing the Ooarai uniform along with the rest of the reinforcement crews during the match against the All-Stars University Team.

   Once dressed up in a reindeer costume for Maho's Christmas party, and subsequently the infamous Anglerfish Dance costume, a Christmas gift from Ooarai's Anzu Kadotani, as well during the course of the festivities.

   Personality Erika is initially shown as quite an arrogant character, constantly insulting the Oarai team for their lack of experience and constantly wishing to crush them herself. She has an extremely short temper, and has a tendency to become enraged whenever things don't go her way, similar to Katyusha. She bore a serious grudge against Miho ever since her first year at Kuromorimine, up to and including Miho "abandoning" Kuromorimine and then betraying them by becoming the commander for a different school, despite her previous claim to abandon Sensha-Dō entirely. By the end of the anime however, she does show some decency when she (and Maho) admit defeat to the Ooarai team, happily saying that "We won't lose next time".

   She is shown to have mellowed significantly by the events of Girls und Panzer: Little Army Two, berating Sheska for running off and boasting about Kuromorimine's prowess to Emi Nakasuga. She also showed humility after their victory against Bellwall, acknowledging that the enemy team had outsmarted and cornered them at one point in the match, despite having fewer tanks.

   Trivia Erika's favorite flowers are moth orchids, and her favorite tank is the German Sturmtiger assault gun, armed with a 380mm rocket-propelled mortar. Erika's birthday is March 6th. Erika has an older sister. Der Film seems to imply that Erika's favorite dish is Glühwein und Eisbein (corned ham hock, paired with mulled wine). Erika gets to be one of the few characters not from Pravda High School to carry Katyusha on her shoulders.

   Profile She's not the most skilled, or savvy commanding officers to take up the mantle - but what Kinuyo Nishi lacks in experience, she makes up for in eagerness. As one of the younger COs in charge of an entire battalion, Kinuyo has much to learn about the art of armored warfare, and what it means to be a combat leader.

   Kinuyo has a lot of things going for her. She's confident, well-liked by her subordinates, and she has the charisma to inspire troops to give their best for her and the team. But one thing shackles her the most - her school's deference to tradition. Chi-Ha-Tan Academy is known for its long history of head-on charges at enemy forces. An effective strategy... if you're fighting an army of toddlers. IJA tanks aren't the toughest when it comes to head-to-head clashes, so most charges often end with a pile of white flags, and smoking Chi-Ha-Tan wrecks.

   Beyond that, though Kinuyo gets along well with her executive officers, they're prone to acting on their emotions. This means that even the slightest hint of success - or failure - will incite them to abandon all sense of reason and charge right into their enemies' line of fire, often with disastrous results, and even without orders from Kinuyo herself.

   The saving grace? Kinuyo learns from these failures. She's been adding to her playbook, with every knocked out tank, every defeat, every time a charge went pear-shaped. And that only means one thing - if defeat is the rock, Kinuyo is the river. She will overcome not through power, but sheer persistence.

   Appearance Kinuyo has a medium build, with long black hair reaching to her mid-section, and brown eyes. She parts her hair towards the middle of her hair, with a fringe on the right side of her face. Kinuyo is 158 cm tall.

   In combat, Kinuyo wears a brown combat jacket with two breast pockets, two hip pockets, and white lapels. She also wears a white undershirt, and a yellow skirt. Kinuyo completes her look with black riding boots.

   Profile Haru is a first year student and one of the Chi-Ha-Tan Academy students seen in the movie. She's the commander of a Type 95 Ha-Gō.

   In Girls und Panzer: Ribbon Warrior, she serves as the overall commander in Chi-Ha-Tan's Tankathlon team.

   Appearance Haru is a short bespectacled girl with chest-length dark-black hair that is tied in low french braids with square bangs exposing her forehead, brown eyes and big oval-shaped glasses. She is seen to wear Chi-Ha-Tan uniform. However, her small bust size causes her uniform top to be looser and cover more of her skirt than her teammates. During battle she is most of time seen with a helmet. That helmet is brown, and oval. She is 135 cm tall.

   Personality Haru is a sensitive, fearful and somewhat shy girl who seems to lack self-confidence. As a first year, she wants to imitate her older teammates, althought since she tends to be more pragmatic then her teammates she sometimes express low evidence of disagreement. But she is somewhat awkward and tends to stick herself in bad situations. She tries to charge more than once during the friendly match after watching all her comrades being shot down before being blocked by Mallard Team and Duck Team.

   However, she also proved that she can be pretty smart: she deciphered what Duck Team had told her after the exhibition match during a meal with them and suggested another set of strategy to Kinuyo Nishi and the rest of the Sensha-do team (not without angering Tamaki Tamada and Shizuko Hosomi) that doesn't include suicide-charging which was proven useful during the Winter Continuous Track Cup and somehow became the secondary commander during the said competition behind Kinuyo.

   Profile Tamaki is one of the Chi-Ha-Tan Academy students seen in the movie. She's the commander of a Type 97 Chi-Ha Shinhoto. She is also possibly the Vice Commander of the Sensha-do Team as a whole, together with Shizuko Hosomi.

   Appearance Tamaki is an average-sized girl with long black hair that is tied in a french braid by a little white bow, a pair of reddish-brown eyes with thick eyebrows and she seems to have a significantly paler complexion compared to that of her teammates. Tamaki is 154 cm tall.

   She is usually seen wearing the Chi-Ha-Tan Senshado uniform and skirt. She also wears a samurai's kimono when practicing swordsmanship and meditation.

   Personality The most easily noticeable traits of Tamaki's personality are her impulsiveness and her tendency to lose her temper, combined with her stubbornness, especially when Chi-Ha-Tan's traditional values are questioned. In particular, she is strongly averse to the very idea of retreating, even when tactically advisable. However, she also possesses an enthusiastic and kind side.

   Tamada Angry Tamaki getting mad at Haru Fukuda for questioning the principles of the charge.

   Despite a tendency to initiate charges at every opportunity, she is actually fairly competent at commanding her tank, surviving the ambush from All-Stars University and knocking out at least one Pershing tank.

   Tends to be a strong conservative and traditionalist, believing in upholding Chi-Ha-Tan's ancient values and traditions, no matter how absurd they are in the modern day, or generally impractical. Tamada outright flipped out at Fukuda when she questioned the idea of charging at the enemy, fully believing that Fukuda was looking down on the traditions of Chi-Ha-Tan. However, she was placated by Kinuyo Nishi's willingness to listen to Fukuda's plan.

   She seems to have a tendency to take the lead, regardless of what her commander says: when she tells everyone to charge, they do it, and even Nishi won't be able to stop them, causing them to become easy target to enemy fire.

   Profile Mika is the overall commander of the Continuation High School senshado team. She operates a Finnish BT-42. She was the school's top ace before taking command of the senshado team.

   Appearance Mika is a elegant girl of average height with long brown-grey hair and light brown eyes. She wears a Finnish saunalakki hat and carries a kantele with her at all times. Most of the time, she is seen wearing the Continuation school uniform. Mika is 161 cm tall.

   Personality She is a calm and refined lady who often recites cryptic proverbs, similar to Darjeeling, but unlike her St. Gloriana counterpart, she does not explain them. Also her quotes do not came from famous people, and seems to often refer on nature. Mika has a carefree spirit and seems very independent.

   In addition to her cryptic mannerisms, Mika is noted to have a habit of stealing things, or “borrowing” as she prefers to describe it. Examples of this include failing to return a KV-1 lent to Continuation by Pravda, taking rations from the All-Stars University Team stores after her tank was disabled during the match, and secretly eating the bulk of the food in the middle of the night while they were stuck on a deserted island. She also does not appear to have much of a work ethic, leaving Mikko and Aki to handle most of the gathering and cooking of food rather than helping them.

   Trivia She can't seem to stand being without her hat for a long time, something that Aki and Mikko are more than happy to use to antagonize her. She is almost always seen carrying or playing a kantele (a Finnish string instrument) and often plays the Säkkijärven Polkka on it. Mika's birthday is November 30. Mika's sayings almost always refer to the wind, unlike Darjeeling's, which come from a variety of sources.

   Profile Aki is a student at Continuation High School and is the gunner/loader of a Finnish BT-42.

   Appearance Aki is a small girl with light green eyes, and light blond hair tided up by white ribbon, into two little bunches, pointing downwards. She standartdly wear Jatkosota school uniform or Senshado uniform. Aki is 142 cm tall.

   Personality Just as Mika can be seen as the counterpart of St. Gloriana Girls College's Darjeeling, Aki can be thought of as the counterpart of Orange Pekoe. Both are small girls who have to deal with peculiar commanders, with Aki often frustrated or confused by Mika's cryptic statements. She also seems to be annoyed by Mika's constant thefts when it concern her or Mikko but doesn't seems to be annoyed (and even participate) when it concerns others.

   Like Orange Pekoe, she also seems to be the most grounded and level-headed girl on her team.

   Profile Mikko is a member of the Jatkosota's Sensha-Do Team, and is the driver of a Finnish BT-42.

   Appearance Mikko is an short height girl with middle long reddish brown hair tided up in to two little braids on sides of head, and with pronounced bangs. She have a pair of brown eyes. She is seen to wear Jatkosota Sensha-do uniform. Not like another of her teammates, she wear under her skirt rolled up light blue trousers with two grey verical stripes on sides. She also have big winter boots and thick socks. She is usually seen with mischievous grin. Mikko is 143 cm tall.

   Personality Little is shown about Mikko's personality except that she seems to be hot-blooded, energetic and a very skillful driver as she manages to drive the BT-42 in high speed without its tracks by switching the levers with a driving wheel. She is also seen to have pretty good appetite for food.

   Profile Nicknamed "The White Witch" (白い魔女, Shiroi majo). She is one of the gunners of Jatkosota High School's Sensha-dō team.

   Appearance In addition to her school uniform, she wears a baseball cap with capital letter „K“ and light blue pants, but during combat she also dons a hood similar to the ones worn by Finnish snipers during the Winter War. Her current tank is a Sturmi, a modified version of the German StuG III. Jouko is

   Personality She normally has a quiet, focused, and serious personality befitting that of a sniper, but she can also be fun and friendly, being seen having some fun playing with some toddlers as she and her teammates visited a daycare during Christmastime.

   Profile Alice is a member of the All-Stars University Team and its Overall Sensha-dō Commander. She commands a Centurion Mk.I. She skipped grades to reach university for this purpose, which has had the side effect of leaving her relatively lonely in the university environment.

   She is the heir to the Shimada Style. Known as a "ninja" style due to its penchant for unanticipated moves and tactical unpredictability, the Shimada Style is the polar opposite of the Nishizumi Style. Like Miho Nishizumi, Alice feels pressure to uphold her family honor, part of which involves refusing to ally with Miho, despite her high admiration for Miho.

   Appearance Alice is a pale-skinned girl with light brown eyes and blonde, shoulder-length twin ponytails tied with black ribbons. When competing in sensha-dō she wears her university's uniform. At the Boko Museum, she is seen wearing frilly, feminine attire and carrying a pink handbag. Alice is 139 cm tall.

   Personality Alice is a very shy girl. When Miho encounters her at the Boko Museum and gives her the last rare Boko toy, she can't speak and runs away in shyness, unable even to thank Miho. She seems to be be quite intelligent, and to take her responsibilities extremely seriously for a child of her age. She is shown to have a keen tactical mind and is a very skilled fighter. Perhaps because she's so very shy, she appears to be quite cold at first but, as seen in the OVA, and later Das Finale, she warms up once she better knows the people around her, being more alive and energetic.

   In the Drama CD Alice feels that she does not know much about friendship. She herself does not appear to have many friends, even from her tank crew. She may also lack social skills, both as a result of her being held in high regard and set apart as a child prodigy, as well as from being ostracised by the rest of the university students due to her age. This awkwardness is evident when she attempts to congratulate Miho on her victory after the match but, being unsure how to speak directly, instead uses the giving of a Boko toy to get her message across. She is in many ways a parallel character to Miho, but in a societal position more equivalent to Maho Nishizumi. In the OVA she becomes friends with Miho, which makes her less lonely.

   Trivia Like Miho, Alice is a fan of Boko, and she accepts the challenge of fighting Oarai if Chiyo, in the case of a win, becomes the sponsor of the Boko Museum, which is about to close because of lack of funding. Alice uses a hand-held radio (as opposed to the in-built radio in her tank) when communicating exclusively with the members of the Bermuda Trio. Alice fights her battles "heads up": viewing the battle while standing in the hatch of the tank, rather than through the vision slits. She is the one of only eight tank commanders shown to adopt this posture. Through use of hand signals and, evidently, her feet, Alice commands her entire tank crew without speaking. She is only rarely seen to use her tank's radio handset during the heat of battle. Alice's university residence dorm is devoid of Boko paraphernalia save for a small set of pocket-sized bears. From the telephone set, her dorm room is number 204. While Alice is 13-years-old, she skipped grades and is in university instead of middle school. In the drama CD, it is revealed that Alice likes frilly clothes. Alice considers Boko to be her one true love. As shown in the "Alice War!" OVA , Alice suffers from motion sickness. Alice's birthday is October 24.

   Profile Azumi is one of Alice Shimada's three vice-commanders in the All-Stars University Team. She operates an American M26 Pershing with a yellow diamond marking on the front side. Her former High School is BC Freedom Academy.

   Appearance Azumi is a tall girl with medium length, light brown hair and turquoise eyes. She wears the All-Stars University Team Sensha-dō jacket and pencil skirt, but unlike another All-Stars University Team's Vice Commanders doesn't wear the hat, nor the shirt and tie that comes with it. Azumi is 165 cm tall.

   Personality Little is known about her in the movie except that she is part of the "Bermuda Trio" with Megumi and Rumi, with is specialised on coordinated "Bermuda attack".

   It is implied in Drama CD that she is the leader of "Bermuda Trio." She formerly attended BC Freedom Academy before going to University. Like her two teammates, she is a terrible cook (even more so than the other two), a "Hard-Drinking Party Girl", and crazy about the cuteness of her commander, so she is dissapointed about intention of her commander to change school.

   She seems to be a very caring person in the way she cuddles Hibiki.

   Profile Megumi is one of Alice Shimada's three vice-commanders in the All-Stars University team. She operates an American M26 Pershing with a red square marking on the front side.

   Appearance Megumi is a tall girl with arms long straight dark brown hair and greyish blue eyes. She is usually seen wearing the All-Stars University Team Sensha-dō jacket and hat. Megumi is 163 cm tall.

   Personality Little is known about her in the movie except that she seems to be very calm and that she is part of "Bermuda Trio" with Azumi and Rumi.

   It is implied in the Drama CD that she was a student at Saunders University High School before going to University. Like her two teammates, she does not know how to cook, a "Hard-Drinking Party Girl", and crazy about the cuteness of her commander.

   Profile Rumi is one of the three Alice Shimada's vice-commanders in the All-Stars University Team. She operates an American M26 Pershing with a blue triangle on the front side.

   Appearance Rumi is a short girl with short greyish-purple hair and blue eyes. She wears glasses, as is usually seen wearing the All-Stars University Team Sensha-dō uniform and hat. Rumi is 157 cm tall.

   Personality Little is known about her in the movie except that she is part of "Bermuda Trio" with Azumi and Megumi.

   It is implied in the Drama CD that she was a student at Jatkosota High School before going to University. Like her two teammates, she is terrible at cooking, in fact she does not really know how to cook like the other two, a "Hard-Drinking Party Girl", and crazy about the cuteness of her commander.

   Profile Marie is a student from Escalator faction of BC Freedom Academy, she is the overall commander and commanded a FT-17 with the emblem "Red Heart".

   Appearance Marie is a short girl with long blond hairs with an Ojou ringlet and dark green eyes. She is seen wearing BC Freedom's Sensha-dō uniform inside matches and the schoolgirl one outside. She is also often seen with a fluffy fan with the school emblem on it. Marie is 150 cm tall.

   Personality Marie is more graceful and posed than her vice-commanders who are more hot-blooded. She does seem to be gluttonous as she is always seen eating cakes. Due to her having another crew in the FT (which is a 2-man tank), she is unable to enter the tank. Instead due to her sitting on a cushion on the tank, another trait of hers is that of carelessness with it being impossible for her to enter the tank even while under heavy fire from enemy tanks. She also seems haughty and initially condescending refusing to bow during the greetings before the match against Ooarai and mocking her opponent during the match. Despite her spoiled attitude and the fact she seems ignorant about general Escalator and Examination faction student's constant quarreling, she representing political centrism often doing her best to make them cooperate such a force them to team up against her in a training match or messing with her hair and uniform to focus the attention on her preventing them for arguing. Marie also seems to be a graceful loser, praising Ooarai’s tactics and inviting their team to a shared meal. Being the overall commander, she’s a good strategist, being able to stage a violent altercation between the two faction that’s so convincing that it’s enough to fool Ooarai that BC Freedom is beyond any cooperation between its factions.

   Profile Andou is a student of BC Freedom Academy. She is the vice-commander from Examination faction, and she commands an SOMUA S35 with the emblem "Green Spade."

   Appearance Andou is an average-sized, tanned-skin girl with shoulder length spiked-messy black hairs and gray eyes. She is seen wearing BC Freedom's sensha-do uniform inside matches and the schoolgirl one outside. Being part of the “lower class” of BC Freedom, she seems quite negleclent on her appearance with her always having messy hair. Andou also wears a uniform in a causal manner with her vest being instead used as a cardigan. Andou is 161 cm tall.

   Personality While hot-blooded she seems to not have assumption to diplomacy and have tendency to solve disputies in a forceful manner. Since she representing ”revolutionary class” of BC Freedom hold a grudge against Escalator faction students mocking them as "warm-house-raised" and says that those who have not survived the entrance exam war cannot fight. She is often criticising her commander often attracting Oshida's wrath, however she is capable of putting her animosity aside to achieve victory. While capable of working as a team with the Escalator faction, their truce is still patchy. Although their teamwork did improve as a result of the match against Ooarai, it also appears that it doesn't take much for them to continue fighting, throwing aside their truce.

   Oshida is a student of BC Freedom Academy. She is an "escalator student", meaning that she was able to enter the high school without having to sit for entrance exams.

   In Sensha-Do, Oshida is one of BC Freedom's executive officers, and also commands BC Freedom's ARL 44 company. Her personal command tank has the emblem of a blue club.

   Appearance Oshida is an average-sized girl with shoulder-length, slightly fluffy, messy blond hair and blue eyes. She is seen wearing BC Freedom's sensha-dō uniform during matches and the schoolgirl uniform outside. Oshida is 161 cm tall.

   Personality She is seen to be quite hot-blooded and somewhat condescending and arrogant toward Examination faction students, especially her "frenemy" Andou. However, she is capable of putting her animosity aside to achieve victory. She is also very loyal to her commander Marie being from the same faction and often has to look after her.

   While supposedly representing BC Freedom's higher class, she seems to be quite negligent about her appearance, often fiddling with her hair, making it messy, and sometimes having wardrobe malfunctions. (e.g., in Dream Tank Match, Andou points out that Oshida’s button was misaligned).

   Profile Shiho Nishizumi is the master of the Nishizumi style of Sensha-dō, being somewhat of a legend in the sport. She is the current head of the Nishizumi Family, and resides at the Nishizumi Residence in Kumamoto City, Kumamoto.

   Appearance Shiho is a severe-looking woman with long dark brown hair and dark brown eyes. She is always seen wearing low black pumps, black jodhpurs, white shirt, an black buttoned jacket with silver buttons and two large closable pockets on bottom cront part. Shiho is 168 cm tall.

   Personality Shiho's best known character trait is her iron will and her high regard for Sensha-dō, which she views as something almost sacred. She firmly believes that victory and strength are the only important things, together with gaining victory without the hindrance of emotions; she stated as much when questioned by Miho about Katyusha's victory against Kuromorimine (achieved by their shooting the enemy's flag tank despite that crew clearly being engaged in an attempt to rescue teammates with fall into river since their tank slide down from dangerous mountain-side, where they went recklessly). After Miho's enrollment at Ooarai and her team's advancement in the National Sensha-dō Tournament, Shiho appeared to view Miho's behavior and, especially, her Sensha-dō style to be a stain on the Nishizumi-style honor, going so far as talking about disowning her (to Maho's silent, yet obvious, worry).

   Her views didn't change much after Miho's match against Pravda Girls High School, claiming that Ooarai's victory was due to Pravda's carelessness and declaring that her style was heresy. After Maho corrected her, she did seem to acknowledge Miho's skills enough that she instructed Maho to 'give her a battle worthy of a king,' which Maho agreed with.

   Finally, after Ooarai's victory against Kuromorimine, she was seen to smile slightly and relent enough in her opinion to applaud Miho's success, suggesting that she at least recognizes that school's potential and her youngest daughter's worth. That she later, in Der Film, advocates on their behalf against Renta Tsuji, further supports her acceptance of Ooarai as a worthy opponent, and perhaps serves as a tacit acknowledgement of Miho's worth as a commander.

   In Girls und Panzer Motto Love Love Sakusen Desu!, Chapter 32, Shiho shows signs of slight regret of having Maho face Miho in the finals of the Sensha-dō Tournament, indicating that Shiho may have difficulty at trying to establish a bond with her daughters.

   Trivia Nicknamed "Shiporin" by Chiyo Shimada. Despite being a cold parent, she bathed with both of her daughters until they were 13. In Motto Love-Love Sakusen Desu!, despite being a woman she can drink like a man at The Oden Shop, beating Renta Tsuji in the contest. In her office at Kumamoto there are tank models of a Type 10 and SiG 33 Grille Ausf H/K. Her birthday is July 29th. In Motto Love Love Sakusen Desu! chapter 32, it is shown that she rarely interacts with her daughters and needs a parenting guide to help her. The guide does not always ensure success, however: After reading the first instruction, "Moderate Skinship," she then proceeds to enter Maho's room and awkwardly hugs and strokes her — and then departs, leaving Maho confused. She then proceeds to read the second suggestion, which is "Moderate allowance", following which she gave Maho an Ultra credit card. This action leads to Maho thinking that she has just been told to leave. Maho calls Erika to tell her of her situation — only to be cut off by Shiho forcing her to join her in a team battle of 30 tanks and 100 pupils for "Moderate playtime," with Shiho as Maho's only ally. The battle causes Maho to pass out from fatigue due to fighting multiple Maus and Tiger formations all alone with Shiho. After the battle Shiho and Maho had participated in, A reasonably concerned Erika came to check on Maho after "Moderate Playtime" was over. As the next chapter was "Show your Daughter's Friends Moderate Hospitality," it seemed natural for Shiho that a feast was prepared for Erika. This left Erika in a state nearly immobile from all of the food she had eaten. Shiho then proceeds to welcome home Miho, who is returning home in hopes of finally being forgiven for her mistake at last year's Sensha-dō tournament. Shiho throws a full-blown party at the docks with fireworks and holograms of Miho. Overwhelmed, Miho flees and cancels her plans to return.

   Profile Chiyo Shimada is a member of the Japan Sensha-dō Federation, Head of All-Stars University Team in which her daughter participated before she transferred into St. Gloriana. She is also master of the Shimada style of Sensha-dō, with is long-term rival of Nishizumi style. She is the current head of the Shimada Family.

   Appearance Chiyo is a beautiful pale-skinned woman with long, light brown-grey hair tied with a black ribbon but with wide strands of hair left on the sides, and hazel eyes. She wears white shirt with high collar and black ribbon on it, red-purple undercoat with two pockets on a bottom front side and black detail on a collar edge. She also has long skirt of same colour with two long vertical black stripes on a top front. This skirt is tied on a upper half and loosely on a lower half. She wears long brown lace-up heeled boots and brown gloves. Sometimes she also can be seen wearing a black beret. Her appearance is a lot less cold and her manner more friendly than Shiho Nishizumi. Physically she bears a striking resemblance to her daughter, Alice.

   Personality Chiyo is a very calm and refined woman who seems very intelligent. She is dedicated to being the best, and to her family's sensha-dō style being recognized as superior to all others, as proven in public demonstrations: when she calls Alice just before the match against the University All-Stars Team, she tells her to destroy the name of Nishizumi style. This is despite Ooarai not necessarily practicing the Nishizumi Style of sensha-dō, but perhaps because Shiho Nishizumi, her longtime rival, has become Ooarai's advocate, and because the team is led by Shiho's second daughter, Miho Nishizumi. However, this is distinctly a matter of professional rivalry, and despite this behavior it is clear she's not a bad person —as, at the conclusion of the Ooarai vs. University All-Stars match, she and Shiho tacitly acknowledge that the competition may have become too personal. She tends, however, to have trouble accepting Alice is growing up.

   Trivia Nicknamed Chiyokichi by Shiho in MLLSD. It's implied that they've been friends for a long time. They also seem to want their daughters to fight each other in a match. Her birthday is April 4th.

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