Momo Kawashima

[PROFILE] - Momo Kawashima (河嶋 桃, Kawashima Momo) is the loader (originally both loader and gunner) of the Turtle Team and one of the three secondary protagonists of Girls und Panzer.

[APPEARANCE] - Momo is a third year student from Ooarai Girls High School. She's also the 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. Momo is a girl with short black hair and black eyes. She wears a monacle, 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.

[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.

[ADDITIONALS]: Romaji Name - Kawashima Momo Height - 164 cm (5'5") Hometown - Mito, Ibaraki Prefecture Birth Date - May 5th Blood Type-A Affiliation(s)-GUP OoaraiSmall 9335 Ooarai Girls Academy Team-GUP TurtleSmall 8241 Turtle Team Role(s) -Student Council (PR Manager) (formerly) -Overall Commander (temporarily) -Vice Commander -Gunner -Loader Tank(s) -Panzer 38(t) -Hetzer