History Characters / MarineCorpsYumi

* AsianSpeekeeEngrish: Defied in that nobody has any trouble understanding her, though, and her English gets much better over time.
* ChildOfTwoWorlds: Turns out Yumi is a dual citizen for being born in Hawaii. She had to give up her Japanese citizenship to join the Marines, though and afterwards throughout the series it's clear that her friends and other Marines are treating her as an American rather than Japanese.

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A cheerful 18 year-old girl from Nippon who dreams to become the President of Amerigo! Just graduated from high school, she decides to go on a graduation trip to Amerigo. During her trip, she gets some advice from war veterans on achieving her dream: Join the Marine Corps. Her journey from that point is written into this series. Following graduation she gets assigned to CBRN Defense.

* CunningLinguist: Thanks to her heritage, she becomes Japanese translator and interpreter for Marine General while stationed in Okinawa.

* SecretLegacy: Her great-grandmother was a [[{{NaginatasAreFeminine}} naginata]] master, and Yumi [[spoiler:won a pugil stick match by channeling her spirit]].

* SoreLoser: Visibly frustrated that the clumsy Yumi is made Corporal ahead of her. After she herself receives a promotion, she's slightly upset when Donna reveals that she has also recently become a Corporal due to her administrative skills.

* BadassBureaucrat: Earns a promotion after she overhauled her unit's administrative system, which reportedly reduces costs by millions of dollars, and is the highest educated out of the main four with an MBA.

A cheerful 18 year-old girl from Nippon who dreams to become the President of Amerigo! Just graduated from high school, she decides to go on a graduation trip to Amerigo. During her trip, she gets some advice from war veterans on achieving her dream: Join the Marine Corps. Her journey from that point is written into this series. Following graduation she gets assigned to bioweapons and chemical warfare protection.

* RankUp: Manages to get promoted to Corporal first out of her group due to her translation duties, to Rita's minor jealousy. It also causes some slight tension with her friends in general prior to their own promotions due to the Marine Corps rules on fraternization between enlisted men and officers.

* RankUp: Is the last of the group to get a promotion, and it's to Lance Corporal, the lowest NCO rank in the Marine Corps.

* RankUp: Manages to get promoted to Corporal first out of her group due to her translation duties, to Rita's minor jealousy.

* SoreLoser: Visibly frustrated that the clumsy Yumi is made Corporal ahead of her. After she herself received a promotion, she's slightly upset when Donna reveals that she has also recently become a Corporal due to her administrative skills.

* ChildOfTwoWorlds: Turns out Yumi is a dual citizen for being born in Hawaii. She had to give up her Japanese citizenship to join the Marines, though.

* CunningLinguist: Becomes a Japanese translator and interpreter while stationed in Okinawa.

* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: Despite her ditziness, Yumi's high school buddies admitted that she has always achieved her goals. And just the fact that she's able to going through TheSpartanWay that is the US Marine Corps boot camp with minimal trouble on her parts already qualifies her as such. Her [=DIs=] and some fellow recruits including Rita even thought she would be the first to wash out of boot camp, but they were proven wrong all the way.

* NotSoAboveItAll: After being introduced as a more serious foil to Yumi, she's revealed to be a military uniform otaku who joined the JSDF mainly because she thought the uniforms were cool.

A cheerful 18 year-old girl from Nippon who dreams to become the President of Amerigo! Just graduated from high school, she decides to go on a graduation trip to Amerigo. During her trip, she gets some advice from war veterans on achieving her dream: Join the Marine Corps. Her journey from that point is written into this series.

An Amerigon 18 year-old girl, she works at a diner where she meets Yumi. Overhearing some veteran patrons convincing Yumi to join the Marine Corps, she butts in to make sure Yumi understands what she is doing, and then later tags along with her into the Marine Corps! She remains as one of Yumi's closest friends in the series.

An Amerigon girl, she joins the Marine Corps to continue her family lineage of Marine Corps service (which is up to fourth-generation now). Her father is a Sergeant Major and she strives to make him proud.

* SoreLoser: Visibly frustrated that the clumsy Yumi is made Corporal ahead of her. After she herself received a promotion, she's slightly upset when Donna reveals that she has also recently become a Corporal.

An Amerigon girl, despite her elite family status and education, she enlists into the Marine Corps to pave her own future.

* BadassBureaucrat: Earns a promotion after she overhauled her unit's administrative system, which reportedly reduces costs by millions of dollars.

* TheCynic: Often points out the pessimistic side of Marine Corps ideals.
* NonIdleRich: Came from a very privileged family, but chooses to live her own way. Her {{Doting Parent}}s and Rita even comment that she could've joined the Marines as an officer instead of enlisting from the bottom rank.

* NonIdleRich: Came from a very privileged family, but chooses to live her own way. Her {{Doting Parent}}s even comment that she could've joined the Marines as an officer instead of enlisting from the bottom rank.

* NonIdleRich: Came from a very privileged family, but chooses to live her own way. Her DotingParents even comment that she could've joined the Marines as an officer instead of enlisting from the bottom rank.

* VerbalTic: Often adds "Okay?" at the end of her sentences.

* WellDoneSonGuy: Daughter in her case, but her main motivation is making her father proud through service in the Marine Corps.

* {{Otaku}}: Of all kinds of military uniforms. So very much that the reason she joins the [[UsefulNotes/KaijuDefenseForce JSDF]] in the first place was just because of their uniforms.

* {{Otaku}}: Of all kinds of uniforms.

* ChildOfTwoWorlds: Turns out Yumi is a dual citizen for being born in Hawaii.
* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: Thinks the Marine Corps play with dolphins!

* {{Ojou}}: Implied by the JSDF officer mentioning that she graduated from an elite high school, as well as her proficiency in formal Japanese.

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* HimeCut: Her forehead hair is cut in this style, albeit due to military regulations her hair is far shorter than most examples.

* WriteWhoYouKnow: Like Moreno, she is an American[[note]]by birthplace instead of by parentage; conversely, Moreno was born in Japan to an American father[[/note]] with Japanese blood[[note]]full instead of half; only Moreno's mother is Japanese[[/note]], raised in Japan[[note]]Tokyo instead of Okinawa[[/note]], elected Molly Marine in her platoon, assigned to CBRN defense and interpreter duties, and stationed in Okinawa. Intentionally or not, Nagumo also sounds a bit like Nogami.

* WriteWhoYouKnow: Like Moreno, she was born and raised in Okinawa, has a Hispanic surname[[note]]although Moreno was of Filipino descent instead of Latino[[/note]], and joined the Marines (at least in part in Rita's case) to return to her birthplace.

* AuthorAvatar: Like Moreno, she is an American[[note]]by birthplace instead of by parentage; conversely, Moreno was born in Japan to an American father[[/note]] with Japanese blood[[note]]full instead of half; only Moreno's mother is Japanese[[/note]], raised in Japan[[note]]Tokyo instead of Okinawa[[/note]], elected Molly Marine in her platoon, assigned to CBRN defense and interpreter duties, and stationed in Okinawa. Intentionally or not, Nagumo also sounds a bit like Nogami.

* AuthorAvatar: Like Moreno, she is an American with Japanese blood (full instead of half), raised in Japan (Tokyo instead of Okinawa), elected Molly Marine in her platoon, assigned to CBRN defense and interpreter duties, and stationed in Okinawa. Intentionally or not, Nagumo also sounds a bit like Nogami.

* AsianSpeekeeEngrish: Nobody has any trouble understanding her, though, and her English gets much better over time.

* WrongSideOfTheTracks: Where her family lives.

* BlackAndNerdy: As mentioned, she's a huge nerd.

* AsianSpeakeeEngrish: Nobody has any trouble understanding her, though, and her English gets much better over time.

* AsianSpeakeeEnglish: Nobody has any trouble understanding her, though, and her English gets better with time.
* AuthorAvatar: Like Moreno, she is an American with Japanese blood (full instead of half), raised in Japan (Tokyo instead of Okinawa), elected Molly Marine in her platoon, assigned to CBRN defense and interpreter, and stationed in Okinawa. Intentionally or not, Nagumo also sounds a bit like Nogami.

An Amerigon 18 year-old girl, she works at a Veteran Home where she meets Yumi. Overhearing the veterans convincing Yumi to join the Marine Corps, she butts in to make sure Yumi understands what she is doing, and then later tags along with her into the Marine Corps! She remains as one of Yumi's closest friends in the series.

An Amerigon girl, she joins the Marine Corps to continue her family lineage of Marine Corps service (which is up to fourth-generation now). Her father is a Sergeant Major and strives to make him proud.