List of Girls und Panzer characters

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The following is a list of characters from Girls und Panzer. It is a 2012 Japanese anime television series created by Actas, directed by Tsutomu Mizushima and produced by Kiyoshi Sugiyama. It depicts a competition between girls' high schools practicing tank warfare as a sport called "sensha-dō" (戦車道?, lit. "the way of the tank"), the art of operating tanks.

Ōarai Girls High School

Ōarai Prefectural Girls High School (県立大洗女子学園 Kenritsu Ōarai Joshi Gakuen?) is the school ship stationed in Ōarai, Ibaraki that previously had a Sensha-dō program abolished years ago, and has just been recently instituted. They are thus forced to make do with whatever leftover tanks they have been able to find, and, unlike the other teams, field a hodgepodge of tanks from various countries. The school insignia is the two kanji for Ōarai (大洗?) superimposed atop one another in stylized form. The school ship of Ōarai Girls High School is based on the IJN Shokaku-class aircraft carrier.

Anglerfish Team

The main characters make up the Anglerfish Team (あんこうチーム Ankō Chīmu?) of Ōarai Girls High School's Sensha-dō team, with Miho serving as overall commander. They were assigned the German Panzer IV Ausf. D, armed with the short-barreled 75mm KwK 37 L/24 gun that is mostly used for infantry support. The tank was later upgraded to a Panzer IV Ausf. F2 when they found a long-barreled 75mm KwK 40 L/43 anti-tank cannon which was being used to hang clothes out to dry. It was upgraded again to Ausf. H for the Sensha-dō tournament finals match by adding "Schürzen" spaced armour.

Miho Nishizumi (西住 みほ Nishizumi Miho?)
Voiced by: Mai Fuchigami (Japanese), Meg McDonald (English)
Miho is a girl who comes from a long line of tank operators. Previously she attended Kuromorimine and commanded the flag tank in the national championships a year ago against Pravda. However, after she abandoned it to rescue the crew of another tank that had fallen into a river, her tank was knocked out. This ended a nine year winning streak by Kuromorimine and Miho subsequently avoided Sensha-dō and transferred to Ōarai Girls Academy specifically because it didn't have Sensha-dō. However, after Sensha-dō is revived by the school, Miho is forced by the student council to take it up again due to her being the only girl in school with actual Sensha-dō experience. She starts to enjoy Sensha-dō after spending time with her new friends. Although shy and reluctant, once she focuses on the battle she shows remarkable talent for keeping her cool, analyzing a battle, and coming up with new strategies on the fly. Originally started as the loader in the anime and later became the commander as well as Ōarai's overall commander. She serves as the anime's main protagonist.
Saori Takebe (武部 沙織 Takebe Saori?)
Voiced by: Ai Kayano (Japanese), Jessica Calvello (English)
A red-haired girl who is interested in seeking out good-looking men, but is often left disappointed. She serves as Anko Team's radio operator, mostly because she is good at small talk. She is also one of the two girls who befriended Miho during her first day. She is the main protagonist of the novel adaptation.
Hana Isuzu (五十鈴 華 Isuzu Hana?)
Voiced by: Mami Ozaki (Japanese), Caitlynn French (English)
A beautiful girl who has a gentle and composed demeanor. In the anime was originally the driver but after experiencing the thrilling ring of shots being fired, she becomes Anko Team's gunner. She is also one of the two girls who befriended Miho during her first day. Hana comes from a family which traditionally practices the art of flower arrangement.
Yukari Akiyama (秋山 優花里 Akiyama Yukari?)
Voiced by: Ikumi Nakagami (Japanese), Rebekah Stevens (English)
An excitable girl who is obsessed with tanks, militaria and military field survival techniques, though this often led her to be very lonely during her childhood. Having been inspired by Miho, Yukari joined the Panzer class and became friends with her. Was originally Anko Team's gunner, but later volunteered for the loader position. She admires Miho, and even calls her "Nishizumi-dono". She is the main protagonist of the manga adaptation, where she is the temporary commander of the Char B1.
Mako Reizei (冷泉 麻子 Reizei Mako?)
Voiced by: Yuka Iguchi (Japanese), Molly Searcy (English)
A gloomy girl and Saori's childhood friend. Despite having extremely good grades, she is always tardy to school as she has low blood pressure and a habit of falling asleep anywhere; for this reason, she hates getting up early. Mako's participation in Sensha-dō is necessary to offset the demerits from her lateness that would otherwise result in her being held back. She serves as Anko Team's driver after joining the team during their first practice battle. Being the smartest student in the class, she is shown to be able to read the manual of any tank on the fly and drive it perfectly.

Turtle Team

The Turtle Team (カメさんチーム Kame-san Chīmu?) is made up of the school's student council and uses the Czech Panzer 38(t), until episode 10 of the anime when it is converted into a Hetzer tank destroyer atop the chassis of the 38(t). The three girls' given names are the names of fruits in Japanese.

Anzu Kadotani (角谷 杏 Kadotani Anzu?)
Voiced by: Misato Fukuen (Japanese), Rozie Curtis (English)
Student Council President and Turtle Team's commander/radio operator, who is manipulative, childish, carefree and a glutton all at once. She forced Miho to participate in Sensha-dō, saying that if Miho did not, she would see to it that she would not be attending the school next year. Later, it is revealed that she did this because the school is at risk of being closed should they not win the tournament. She is often seen eating dried sweet potatoes. On occasion, she will take over the gunner's spot in the tank and ends up being a much better shot than Momo.
Momo Kawashima (河嶋 桃 Kawashima Momo?)
Voiced by: Kana Ueda (Japanese), Kendall McClellan (English)
Student Council PR Manager and the team's gunner/loader. Although she largely appears composed and calm, she loses her temper easily, and when she is angry and shooting at the same time, she completely disregards aiming. Despite being calm and short tempered, she is sensitive and easily breaks down. She is only seen smiling once in a picture and briefly during the second OVA.
Yuzu Koyama (小山 柚子 Koyama Yuzu?)
Voiced by: Mikako Takahashi (Japanese), Maeghan Avocado (English)
Student Council Vice-President and the team's driver. She is a brown-haired, well endowed girl who works mostly in the Student Council, doing all the work Anzu allocates her.

Duck Team

The Duck Team (アヒルさんチーム Ahiru-san Chīmu?) is composed of former volleyball club members and uses the Japanese Type 89B.

Hippo Team

The Hippo Team (カバさんチーム Kaba-san Chīmu?) is composed of reki-jo (history buffs) and operates a German Sturmgeschütz III Ausf. F.

Rabbit Team

The Rabbit Team (ウサギさんチーム Usagi-san Chīmu?) is composed of six first-year students and uses an American M3 Lee.

Mallard Team

The Mallard Team (カモさんチーム Kamo-san Chīmu?) is composed of the three members of Ōarai's Public Morals Committee and uses the French Renault Char B1 Bis. In the anime series, they make their debut in the semi-finals against Pravda, while in the manga they join the competition one round earlier, against Anzio.

Anteater Team

The Anteater Team (アリクイさんチーム Arikui-san Chīmu?) is formed of a group of nerdy girls who often play online games, actually meeting each other in real life for the first time when they form a team for the Sensha-dō finals. They drive a Japanese Type 3 Chi-Nu medium tank.

Nekonyā (ねこにゃー?) / Nekota (猫田?)
Voiced by: Ikumi Hayama (Japanese), Natalie Rial (English)
The team's commander and radio operator, who often sports huge swirly glasses and cat ears. She is the one who approaches Miho about joining the Sensha-dō team and inviting her online friends to join them.
Momogā (ももがー?)
Voiced by: Masayo Kurata (Japanese), Olivia Swasey (English)
The team's driver, who wears a peach shaped eyepatch.
Piyotan (ぴよたん?)
Voiced by: Sumire Uesaka (Japanese), Maggie Flecknoe (English)
The team's gunner and loader.

Leopon Team

The Leopon Team (レオポンさんチーム Reopon-san Chīmu?) consists of Ōarai's automotive club, who often do repairs on the tanks in between matches. They join the finals match, driving a prototype tank that the Rabbit team found in episode 7. The tank is a Tiger (P), also known as Porsche Tiger, which sports a 88mm KwK L/56 gun.

Kuromorimine Girls High School

Kuromorimine Girls High School (黒森峰女学園 Kuromorimine Jogakuen?) is a German style academy from Kumamoto Prefecture. It was the national champion nine times running until their defeat the previous year by Pravda. Their tanks include the Tiger I, Tiger II, Panzer III, Jagdpanzer IVs, Panther tanks, Jagdpanther, Elefant, Jagdtiger and Panzer VIII Maus. The school insignia is an Iron Cross with the kanji for Kuromorimine (黒森峰?, lit. "black forest peak") superimposed on top. The school themes include Auf der Heide blüht ein kleines Blümelein and the Panzerlied. The school ship of Kuromorimine Girls High School is based on the Kriegsmarine German aircraft carrier Graf Zeppelin.

Maho Nishizumi (西住 まほ Nishizumi Maho?)
Voiced by: Rie Tanaka (Japanese), Kim Prause (English)
Kuromorimine's overall commander and Miho's older sister who commands a Tiger I tank. Though often cold and expressionless, she does seem to acknowledge Miho's strength. Since the Nishizumi school is passed from mother to daughter she is expected to inherit the school and carry out the Nishizumi style of Sensha-dō when their mother steps down. It is revealed in "Little Army" that she acts aloof because it is expected of her as the Nishizumi heir, and she plays that role so that Miho can find her own way of Sensha-dō as the Nishizumi style is too cold, strict and unfeeling for her. Despite her facade, Maho apologizes to Miho when she upsets her by acting coldly, and is disturbed by their mother's planning to disown Miho. After her defeat against Miho, Maho accepts her loss and is pleased that Miho has found her own way of Sensha-dō.
Erika Itsumi (逸見 エリカ Itsumi Erika?)
Voiced by: Hitomi Nabatame (Japanese), Elizabeth Bannor (English)
Kuromorimine's second-in-command, who criticizes Miho and the Ōarai team more openly and vocally than Maho. She takes Sensha-dō very seriously, viewing it as almost sacred, and looks down on Miho and her friends, believing they might bring shame to the name of Sensha-dō. Is able to pilot a Fa 223 and commands a Tiger II tank.

St. Gloriana Girls Academy

St. Gloriana Girls Academy (聖グロリアーナ女学院 Sei Guroriāna Jogakuin?) is a British style academy from Kanagawa Prefecture, where the girls are often seen drinking tea even in combat. They make use of four Matilda II Mk. III/IV tanks and one Churchill Mk. VII tank as their command tank. Images of the school utilizing a Cromwell tank also appear in supplementary materials for the anime, and the school is also mentioned to own a Crusader Mk VI. Their insignia is a shield containing an image of a tea set with Hibiscus syriacus flowers. St. Gloriana faced Ōarai in a practice match prior to the national tournament but was not matched up against them in the latter. They give a tea set as a gift for opponents they deemed worthy. Their battle theme is The British Grenadiers. The three members introduced are named after different types of tea. The school ship of St. Gloriana Girls Academy is based on the Royal Navy aircraft carrier HMS Ark Royal (91).

Darjeeling (ダージリン Dājirin?)
Voiced by: Eri Kitamura (Japanese), Kara Greenberg (English)
A senior at St. Gloriana and the commanding officer of St. Gloriana's Sensha-dō teams. She commands a Churchill tank, and does not believe in using dirty tactics in a match. She has a distinctively refined manner of speech, is fond of telling jokes and quoting sayings, and is often seen with a cup of tea in her hand. Following St. Gloriana's match against Ōarai, she comes to respect Miho's tactical skills and becomes a frequent spectator at Ōarai's Sensha-dō matches afterwards. Her name refers to Darjeeling tea.
Assam (アッサム Assamu?)
Voiced by: Satomi Akesaka
A senior at St. Gloriana and the gunner of Darjeeling's tank. Distinctive for her rolling, long locks of blonde hair, she is quiet and is usually seen smiling. Her name refers to Assam tea.
Orange Pekoe (オレンジペコ Orenjipeko?)
Voiced by: Mai Ishihara (Japanese), Ally Piotrowski (English)
A freshman at St. Gloriana and the loader of Darjeeling's tank. She is often seen in the company of Darjeeling as a spectator at Ōarai's Sensha-dō matches. Her name refers to Orange pekoe.
Rukuriri (ルクリリ?)
Voiced by: Masayo Kurata
She commands a Matilda II tank.
Rosehip (ローズヒップ?)
Voiced by: Natsumi Takamori
A character introduced in the film. She commands a Crusader Mk.III tank.

Saunders University High School

Saunders University High School (サンダース大学付属高校 Sandāsu Daigaku Fuzoku Kōkō?) is an American style academy from Nagasaki Prefecture. Out of all the Sensha-dō schools they have the most resources and a huge supply of tanks. They own numerous M4 Sherman tanks, including variants such as the Sherman Firefly and the M4A6 Sherman. Their battle themes are The Battle Hymn of the Republic and the US Field Artillery. Their insignia is a lightning bolt and five-pointed star atop a shield. The school ship of Saunders University High School is based on the US Navy Nimitz-class aircraft carrier.

Kay (ケイ Kei?)
Voiced by: Ayako Kawasumi (Japanese), Emily Neves (English)
The energetic leader of the Saunders Sensha-dō team, portrayed as a stereotypical American, who is loud, boisterous, charismatic, and laid back. She believes that Sensha-dō is not war and believes in fair play.
Naomi (ナオミ Naomi?)
Voiced by: Mariya Ise
One of the Saunders Sensha-dō sub-commanders and a Sherman Firefly gunner, specialized in distance shooting. She is calm and cool, often seen chewing gum while sniping her targets.
Alisa (アリサ Arisa?)
Voiced by: Aya Hirano (Japanese), Brittney Karbowski (English)
A manipulative sub-commander of the Saunders Sensha-dō team, who uses every advantage she can get to win, including wire-tapping radio communications by her adversaries, which backfires during the match against Ōarai in the first round of the national championship when they realize her trick. In the occasion, she commanded the flag tank.

Pravda High School

Pravda High School (プラウダ高校 Purauda Kōkō?) is a Russian style academy from Aomori Prefecture and the current Sensha-dō champions. The name Pravda literally translates as "truth" in Russian, and refers to the Soviet newspaper Pravda. Their insignia consists of two overlapping steel squares crossed with a T-square and small scissors on top, imitating the hammer and sickle design of the flag of the Soviet Union. A red four-pointed star on their uniform is an imitation of the Red Army five-pointed star. Their battle songs are Polyushko-polye and Katyusha. They make use of several T-34/76 and T-34/85 medium tanks, but also use heavy tanks like the IS-2 and KV-2. They have a Katyusha rocket launcher, although it is not used during battle. The school ship of Pravda High School is based on the Kiev-class aircraft carrier.

Katyusha (カチューシャ Kachūsha?)
Voiced by: Hisako Kanemoto (Japanese), Hilary Haag (English)
Pravda's overall commander. Katyusha is a spoiled and arrogant girl who suffers from Napoleon complex due to her diminutive size and thus tends to look down on her opponents, often having the very tall Nonna give her a ride on her shoulders so she can be above others. However, she is also a capable strategist and charismatic leader, proven by her school's successes during Sensha-dō and the absolute loyalty of her comrades. Despite appearing as mean and aggressive, she still shows good sportsmanship, as seen when she shakes hands with and compliments Miho.
Nonna (ノンナ Nonna?)
Voiced by: Sumire Uesaka (Japanese), Shannon Emerick (English)
Pravda's second-in-command who has a calm and cool demeanor, hardly showcasing any emotions and follows every order of Katyusha. She and her commander also share a deep bond, as Nonna acts very motherly toward Katyusha and can even correct her without being yelled at much.
Nina (ニーナ Nina?)
Voiced by: Saki Ogasawara
A character introduced in the OVA"Snow War!".
She is the loader of KV-2
Alina (アリーナ Alina?)
Voiced by: Kanami Satō
She is the loader of KV-2
A character introduced in the OVA"Snow War!".
Clara (Клара) (クラーラ Clara?)
Voiced by: Jenya
A character introduced in the film. She speaks fluent Russian, much to the chargrin of Katyusha.

Anzio High School

Anzio High School (アンツィオ高校 Antsio Kōkō?) is an Italian style private academy (founded to promote Italian culture in Japan) from Aichi Prefecture which uses the Carro Armato P40, L3/33, Semovente 75/18, and Fiat M13/40. The school insignia is a pizza. Anzio High is a rather poor school, as all they could send Ōarai as present for their win in Sensha-dō tournament were canned anchovies. It is named after the Battle of Anzio. Their battle songs are Funiculì, Funiculà, a popular Neapolitan song, and Fiamme Nere (Black Flames), Arditi's battle march. The school ship of Anzio High School is based on the Italian aircraft carrier Aquila.

Anchovy (アンチョビ Anchobi?)
Voiced by: Maya Yoshioka
"Duce" Anchovy is Anzio's overall commander, who uses a Carro Armato P 40 heavy tank. She wears an hybrid uniform combining Black Shirts' (high boots, black shirt), similar to that of Benito Mussolini, the grigio-verde (grey and green), used by Italian troops during the Great War, and Arditi's (knife and necktie).
Anchovy's personality differs widely between the manga and anime (OVA).
In the manga, she is a self-confident, hot-blooded, sometimes even cruel leader, seeing every Sensha-dō battle as personal duel between the leaders. Due to this attitude she even tends to insult enemies before the match, calling them weak and cowardly, and outright accusing Miho of throwing away victory during the last tournament.
In the OVA she instead resembles all the classical stereotypes about the Italians: she is joyful, cheerful, a bit too self-confident, and out of the battle she acts friendly and respectfully with the opponents. She takes Sensha-dō as an opportunity to show that her team's abilities extend beyond their fighting spirit and determination; for this, she is greatly respected and admired by her subordinates, with whom she has an equal relationship, even to the point of their calling her Onēsan (お姉さん?). She is shown to be quite caring towards her teammates as well as a capable tactician, and believes leaders have a responsibility to win the match for their team. Her real name is Chiyomi Anzai (安斎 千代美 Anzai Chiyomi?).
Carpaccio (カルパッチョ Karupatcho?)
Voiced by: Saori Hayami
One of Anzio's vice-commanders, whose real name is Hina. She is a calm and collected individual and an honorable opponent, always wishing for a good and fair match. She is the loader-radio operator of a Semovente 75/18 in the OVA, and commander of the M13 Flag Tank in manga. She is childhood friends with Caesar.
Pepperoni (ペパロニ Peparoni?)
Voiced by: Yō Taichi
The second of Anzio's vice-commanders. She only appears in the OVA, and drives an L3/33; while smart and extroverted, she can be a bit impulsive and often acts without thinking things through. She is also a great cook, as shown when she is running a booth serving Anzio's famous Napolitan dish.

Chihatan Academy

Chihatan Academy (知波単学園 Chihatan Gakuen?) is a school that appears in the film. They are based off the Imperial Japanese Army. Their battle theme is Yuki no Shingun.

Kinuyo Nishi (西 絹代 Nishi Kinuyo?)
Voiced by: Asami Seto
Tamada (玉田 Tamada?)
Voiced by: Madoka Yonezawa
Fukuda (福田 Fukuda?)
Voiced by: Naomi Oozora
Hosomi (細見 Hosomi?)
Voiced by: Ami Nanase

Keizoku Highschool

Keizoku Highschool (継続高校 Keizoku Koukou?) is a school that appears in the film. They are based off Finland. Their names are all distinctly male Finnish common first names. Their battle theme is Säkkijärven polkka.

Mika (ミカ Mika?)
Voiced by: Mamiko Noto
Aki (アキ Aki?)
Voiced by: Shino Shimoji
Mikko (ミッコ Mikko?)
Voiced by: Miho Ishigami

Others

Ami Chōno (蝶野 亜美 Chōno Ami?)
Voiced by: Hekiru Shiina (Japanese), Shelley Calene-Black (English)
Ōarai's new Sensha-dō instructor who studied under Miho's mother. Holds the rank of captain within the JGSDF.[1] On her first day as instructor, she arrived at Ōarai by airdropping in her tank via Low Altitude Parachute Extraction System from a Kawasaki C-2 and sending the inexperienced teams in a practice battle immediately. She is often either on her Type 10 Main Battle Tank or on a watch tower observing the Ōarai team's battles.
Yuri Isuzu (五十鈴 百合 Isuzu Yuri?)
Voiced by: Masayo Kurata (Japanese), Emily Neves (English)
Hana's mother who comes from a family that traditionally practices flower arrangement. Akin to a traditional Japanese woman, she has a strong dislike for tanks and disapproves of Hana doing Sensha-dō, telling her daughter to never see her again after Hana refused to quit. However, they reconcile when she recognizes her daughter's passion for Sensha-dō and its positive effect on her flower arranging.
Shinzaburou (新三郎?)
Voiced by: Atsushi Imaruoka (Japanese), David Matranga (English)
Rickshaw puller for the Isuzu family, who encourages Hana.
Jungorou Akiyama (秋山 淳五郎 Akiyama Jungorou?)
Voiced by: Yoshihisa Kawahara (Japanese), Christopher Ayres (English)
Yukari's father. He is a local barber and offers to cut the girls' hair for free.
Yoshiko Akiyama (秋山 好子 Akiyama Yoshiko?)
Voiced by: Eri Sendai (Japanese), Maggie Flecknoe (English)
Yukari's mother. She helps her husband at the barber shop.
Shiho Nishizumi (西住 しほ Nishizumi Shiho?)
Voiced by: Yumi Tōma (Japanese), Genevieve Simmons (English)
Miho and Maho's mother. Comes from a family with a long history in Sensha-dō and firmly believes in upholding the strict family tradition of Sensha-dō. She was Ami Chōno's instructor.
Hisako Reizei (冷泉 久子 Reizei Hisako?)
Voiced by: Rikako Aikawa (Japanese), Luci Christian (English)
Mako's grandmother who was hospitalized during the battle between Ōarai and Saunders in the national Sensha-dō championship. She is Mako's only remaining family after her parents died, and although the two often bicker, they are very close.
Emi Nakasuga (中須賀 エミ Nakasuga Emi?)
Miho's classmate during elementary school in the prequel manga, Girls und Panzer: Little Army. A half-German, half-Japanese girl in twin-tails who has a cold demeanour and hates dishonesty. She strongly dislikes Maho because of her order to fire at her sister's tank during a tournament when she was attempting to rescue one of Maho's teammates. She is the driver of the group's tank.
Hitomi Yuzumoto (柚本 瞳 Yuzumoto Hitomi?)
Miho's classmate in elementary school, who's a bit clumsy and tends to transition from one hobby to another very quickly, causing her friends to wonder if Sensha-dō is merely a phase. She is the loader of the group's tank.
Chihiro Yusa (遊佐 千紘 Yusa Chihiro?)
Miho's classmate in elementary school and Hitomi's childhood friend, who is talented at sports. She indicates that her mother, like Miho's, is very strict and impossible to oppose. She is the gunner of the group's tank.

References

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