History Characters / GirlsUndPanzerRivalSchools

!!Rosehip
->''"You can't run away from the top speedster of St. Gloriana!"''

->'''Position:''' Tank Commander, Crusader

Introduced in the movie. Commander of St. Gloriana's Crusader tank battalion.

* AttackAttackAttack: In contrast to the [[MightyGlacier slow and steady advance]] of her peers, Rosehip prefers to just dive into the fray, using the Crusader's speed to quickly take out opponents. This borders on LeeroyJenkins as sometimes, she doesn't really think ahead of what the opponent might do or who her opponent is and has to be reigned in by Darjeeling. [[spoiler: For example, she expected to face Chaffees when the University team broke through the gate they were protecting and was the first to dive to the fray, only to come face-to-face with a T28 Super Heavy Tank.]]
* FragileSpeedster: Commands the crusaders, very fast tanks but also highly vulnerable.
* FieryRedhead: So much, being the more spirited member of the St. Gloriana team, and for having her namesake hair color.
* HotBlooded: She's loud, full of energy, and always ready to dive into action.
* LowerClassLout: A very much [[DownplayedTrope downplayed]] example. She comes from a poor, low class family and has trouble keeping up with the elegance shown by her upperclassmen such as preventing her tea from spilling. She also favors the speedy but weak armored cruiser vehicles over the elite's preference for the slow and heavily armored infantry tanks.
* MassiveNumberedSiblings: According to a drama CD, she comes from a poor, low class family where she lives with 18 family members, 7 of which are her siblings.
* TooFastToStop: She crashes her Crusader on Klara's T-34/85 during the practice match in the movie, causing both to be buried in the wreckage of a store they destroy. [[spoiler:Ends up embedded in a wall while taking out one of the university Chaffees.]]
* TakingTheBullet: [[spoiler:Does the tank version of this to protect St. Gloriana's flag tank]] in the movie.
* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: Pinkish red, much like the color of her namesake tea.

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[[folder:Saunders University - High School]]
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A very [[{{Eagleland}} American-themed]] school, representing Nagasaki Prefecture. They use a wide variety of [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sherman_tank Shermans]]. [=M4A4, M4A1(76)W, M4A6=], and Firefly models were all seen.

* {{Eagleland}}: Saunders has distinctive American traits, such as being rich, using GratuitousEnglish, and mostly relying on numbers as their Sensha-do style.
* {{Leitmotif}}: [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=10vnuku2VrI The Battle Hymn of the Republic]]
* ThemeNaming: the names of the important Saunder's characters have similar pronunciations in both English and Japanese; Kei/Kay, Arisa/Alyssa and Naomi[[note]]which is pronounced as Na-o-mi in Japanese and Nigh-o-mee in English[[/note]]
* ZergRush: Their specialty is to deploy a lot of Shermans and simply overwhelm the opponent with superior numbers. They have enough tanks to have three full Sensha-do teams.[[note]] official Sensha-do rules allow a maximum of 10 tanks per school in the tournament with the exception of the final round, which allow up to 20 tanks per school[[/note]]

* LetalChef: The audio drama shows, neither of them knows a thing about cooking.

* HardDrinkingPartyGirl: The addio drama shows them being so when outside their tanks.

One of the University tank commanders.

One of the University tank commanders. Hails from [=BC-Freedom=] school.

One of the University tank commanders.

* CoDragons: with Azumi and Megumi.

!!Rumi

One of the University tank commanders.

* AttackPatternAlpha: The "Bermuda Attack" she executes with Azumi and Megumi.
* BoyishShortHair

* {{Meganekko}}: Wears a pair of round frameless glasses.

!!Azumi

One of the University tank commanders.

* AttackPatternAlpha: The "Bermuda Attack" she executes with Rumi and Megumi.
* CoDragons: with Rumi and Megumi.
* CustomUniformOfSexy: Wears her jacket with no shirt underneath.
* {{Expy}}: The trio as a whole are a female sensha-do version of [[Anime/MobileSuitGundam The Black Tri-Stars]], complete with dark colored units, a [[SignatureMove signature]] [[AttackPatternAlpha attack formation]], and serving under a young and talented commander.

!!Megumi

One of the University tank commanders.

* AttackPatternAlpha: The "Bermuda Attack" she executes with Rumi and Azumi.
* CoDragons: with Rumi and Azumi.
* {{Expy}}: The trio as a whole are a female sensha-do version of [[Anime/MobileSuitGundam The Black Tri-Stars]], complete with dark colored units, a [[SignatureMove signature]] [[AttackPatternAlpha attack formation]], and serving under a young and talented commander.

* TemptingFate: In the movie She names the hill they were to capture "203 hill".[[note]] in reference to an important site during [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege_of_Port_Arthur the Siege of Port Arthur]][[/note]] The Hippo team, being history buffs, [[LampshadeHanging comments if she intends to lose]]. [[spoiler: Sure enough, her company almost gets annihilated by the UST, and [[YouShallNotPass it takes Clara, Nina, and Nonna's units delaying the pursuing forces]] in order for Katyusha to escape.]]

* GirlishPigtails / BraidsOfAction
* {{Meganekko}}

* HotBlooded: She seems to not go a sensha-do match without charging blindly towards the opponent. She wises up later on.
* LeeroyJenkins: The best example of this in the movie. She's always the first to charge towards opponents. At one point she gets angry at Fukuda for suggesting that charging head first towards their opponents is less honorable.

[[ChildProdigy A 12 year old girl who is a university student]] and heiress of the Shimada school of Sensha-do. She's billed as Japan's answer to the incoming world Sensha-do tournament and is tasked by MEXT to lead the collective team of Japan's best university-level Sensha-do teams against Ōarai's Sensha-do team. She's also a lover of Boko, the constantly injured bear that never stops trying and her reason for participating is to save the Boko Museum from closing. She commands the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Centurion_(tank) British Centurion]] Mark I.

* AttackPatternAlpha: The "Bermuda Attack" she executes with Asami and Megumi.

* {{Expy}}: The trio as a whole are a female sensha-do version of [[Anime/MobileSuitGundam The Black Tri-Stars]], complete with dark colored unit, a [[SignatureMove signature]] [[AttackPatternAlpha attack formation]], and serves under a young and talented commander.

* {{Expy}}: The trio as a whole are a female sensha-do version of [[Anime/MobileSuitGundam The Black Tri-Stars]], complete with dark colored unit, a [[SignatureMove signature]] [[AttackPatternAlpha attack formation]], and serves under a young and talented commander.

* {{Expy}}: The trio as a whole are a female sensha-do version of [[Anime/MobileSuitGundam The Black Tri-Stars]], complete with dark colored unit, a [[SignatureMove signature]] [[AttackPatternAlpha attack formation]], and serves under a young and talented commander.

* MeaningfulName: Shares a name with the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katyusha_rocket_launcher ''Katyusha'' Rocket launcher platform]]. [[spoiler: Can also be seen riding in one prior to their match with Ōarai Academy.]]

* AChildShallLeadThem: Just like Katyusha, she leads the University Teams during the match.

* {{Leitmotif}}: "The British Grenadiers"

* DefeatingTheUndefeatable: The school that broke Kuromorimine's 9-year winning streak. [[spoiler: This is largely because of the then commander of Kuromorimine's flag tank abandoned her position in order to save the members of their team whose tank fell in a river during their match.]]

* TheNapoleon: She's very short and is not proud of it. Sometimes she has Nonna give her a piggyback so as to appear taller. On the other hand, she shows a lot of the tactical brilliance of Napoleon, too

* TheNapoleon: She's very short and is not proud of it. Sometimes she has Nonna give her a piggyback so as to appear taller.

* NiceHat

--> ''We must always show elegance, even during battles. This is St. Gloriana's sensha-do.''

Composed of the best teams from Japan's Universities. While most school teams are an {{Expy}} of some nation that took part in [=WW2=], the [=UST=] (no, [[IThoughtItMeant not]] ''[[UnresolvedSexualTension that]]'' one) is an {{Expy}} of the UsefulNotes/UnitedNations' [[note]]which [[FridgeBrilliance came after the World War like the University comes after school]][[/note]] [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Nations_peacekeeping Peacekeeping Forces]]; it's a single team whose members hail from schoolships with different themed countries, has a round blue logo, and is first seen fielding white tanks [[spoiler: until they switch to darker ones]]. Appears in the movie as Ōarai's opponent in a 30-on-30 Annihilation match, fielding [=M4=] Medium Tanks (before the battle), and [=M24 Chaffee=] Light tanks, [=M26 Pershing=] Heavies, a Centurion Medium, [[spoiler:a T28 Super Heavy / T95 Gun Motor Carriage, and a Karl-Morser Siege Mortar]] during the battle itself.

[[folder:The University Teams]]

Composed of the best teams from Japan's Universities. Appears in the movie as Ōarai's opponent in a 30-on-30 Annihilation match, fielding [=M24 Chaffee=] Light tanks, [=M26 Pershing=] Heavies, a Centurion Medium, [[spoiler:a T28 Super Heavy / T95 Gun Motor Carriage, and a Karl-Morser Siege Mortar.]]

* CustomUniformOfSexi: Wears her jacket with no shirt underneath.

* TrueCompanions: To a degree second only, ''maybe'', to Oarai Team. When [[spoiler:Oarai was forced into a 8 vs 30 battle]], the other schools [[spoiler:sent [[BigDamnHeroes some tanks]]]], crewed by their commanders or by those who were friends with [[spoiler: the Oarai girls]], [[TheCavalry in their help]]; the process involved [[spoiler:a "[[LoopholeAbuse short termn transfer]] of schools]]. Chi-Ha-Tan sent '''twenty-two''' tanks (and a sensha-do team usually involves a maximum of ''20'' tanks), meaning that their "[[spoiler:rescue team]] made up of those who considered themselves friends of the rescued ones" enough to get involved in all that trouble was ''the entire team''.

* MightyGlacier: Their main tank lineup, composed primarily of Matildas and a [=Mk7=] Churchill.

* HotBlooded

* TooFastToStop: [[spoiler:Ends up embedded in a wall while taking out one of the university Chaffees.]]

* CoDragons: with Asami and Megumi.

* AttackPatternAlpha: The "Bermuda Attack" she executes with Rumi and Asami.

* TrueCompanions: To a deegre second only, ''maybe'', to Oarai Team. When [[spoiler:Oarai was forced into a 8 vs 30 battle]], most schools [[spoiler:sent [[BigDamnHeroes some tanks]]]], crewed by their commanders or by those who were friends with [[spoiler: the Oarai girls]], [[TheCavalry in their help]]; the process involved [[spoiler:a "[[LoopholeAbuse short termn transfer]] of schools]]. Chi-Ha-Tan sent '''twenty-two''' tanks (and a sensha-do team usually involves a maximum of ''20'' tanks), meaning that their "[[spoiler:rescue team]] made up of those who considered themselves friends of the rescued ones" enough to get involved in all that trouble was ''the entire team''.

* TheDriver: In addition to piloting Kuoromorinmine's helicopter, she is also briefly seen driving their truck in the finale.