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7These are the characters for the series ''Manga/{{Teppu}}''.
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11[[folder:Main Characters]]
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15!!Natsuo Ishido
16[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/natsuo_ishido.jpg]]
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18-->''People who are good at everything have it the hardest.''
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20The VillainProtagonist of the story. A tall, monstrously skilled young woman who dominates any sport or fight she finds herself in, until she meets her match in Yuzuko.
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22* TheAce: Very few characters can measure up to her level.
23* AmbiguouslyGay: Says very early on in the series that she doubts she'll ever have a boyfriend, but comments on the sexiness of ring girls and admires Honma's beauty. That's not even getting into the whole ''thing'' with Yuzuko.
24* ChildhoodFriends: [[spoiler: With Sanae.]]
25* CombatPragmatist: When Sanae's strength takes her off guard in Chapter 4, she uses her school loafer to get her distracted for a moment.
26* HugeSchoolgirl: Probably her most noticeable trait, Natsuo is 182 cm (or 5' 11'') tall, unusual for a Japanese woman, especially one her age.
27* FreudianExcuse: [[spoiler: Her brother started to resent her for being stronger than him, as he [[HeManWomanHater believed men should naturally be stronger]] but was unable to protect himself from bullies. This turned him into [[BigBrotherBully a cruel and abusive shut-in]], and in turn led Natsuo to drive away her friends and develop into the {{Jerkass}} she is today.]]
28* {{Jerkass}}: Rude, arrogant, and dismissive toward nearly everyone around her.
29* LonelyAtTheTop: She's so tired of being preternaturally skilled at everything that she's often disappointed when she wins a fight.
30* ReluctantFanserviceGirl: She is very tall, so she had to wear cropped top sports bra revealing her abs at the MMA tournament much to her embarrassment in front of the crowd.
31* StatuesqueStunner: Good-looking in an intimidating sort of way, unfortunately her personality overshadows that most of the time.
32* UnskilledButStrong: But picks up skills shockingly fast.
33* UsedToBeASweetKid: [[spoiler: She was a normal, kind girl until her [[BigBrotherBully brother's abuse]] gave her a complex, causing her to beat up Sanae and destroy their friendship.]]
34* VillainProtagonist: In your average fighting {{Shonen}}, she'd be TheHero's arrogant [[TheRival Rival]].
35* YoungerThanTheyLook: Natsuo's height and build make her look a lot older than a freshman. Meika and Yuzuko are surprised to learn in Chapter that she's the same age as them.
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39!!Yuzuko Mawatari
40--> ''This is fun! Don't you think so too?''
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42A schoolgirl Natsuo meets and immediately hates. Her perpetual positivity belies her freakish power, and Natsuo's driving goal is to best her and wipe the smile off her face.
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44* TheAce: Nobody can defeat her, even professionally trained athletes. She's superhumanly fast and strong, her punches hit like cars, and she barely reacts to being injured. [[spoiler: Even Natsuo doesn't break her winning streak.]]
45* AmbiguousDisorder: ''Something'' is definitely up with her. She never drops her positive demeanor, even when a normal person would feel disappointment or anger, but also doesn't take much pleasure in her victories. She also doesn't show much reaction to pain, even in instances that would debilitate people twice her size. Youths and adults alike find her unbearably creepy when they're around her long enough. [[spoiler: In her childhood, she kept sneaking back to the Cordeiro gym to train with Ringi, even though Ringi was so repulsed by her that she beat her bloody every time.]]
46* BigOlEyebrows: Her most prominent feature, [[{{RunningGag}} to the point nearly a third of all chapter titles are simply different ways of commenting on her eyebrows.]]
47* BloodKnight: A strange version, as she lives to fight, but doesn't seem to care much when she wins.
48* CharlesAtlasSuperpower: All of her tremendous skill comes from years of tireless training.
49* ChildhoodFriends: With Ringi. [[spoiler: The feeling wasn't always mutual, though; Ringi used to violently beat her for being creepy, though she always came back with a smile.]]
50* {{Deconstruction}}: Of the StockShonenHero. She's a HotBlooded NiceGirl with a CharlesAtlasSuperpower, a perky best friend who cheers her on, and a desire to befriend Natsuo; she's even got the SpikyHair! However, her unflinching perkiness and dominant skill makes her seem creepy and unfriendly to those around her, and it's implied that [[AmbiguousDisorder she might not be quite right in the head]] to maintain such an attitude.
51* {{Determinator}}: Unlike Natsuo or Ringi, she actually has zero aptitude or natural talent for martial arts, to the point it takes her weeks to learn techniques that others can pick up in a day. However, she enjoys martial arts so much that she devotes far more time to constant, rigorous training than anyone else, which ultimately makes her the strongest fighter in the story.
52* GenkiGirl: To a degree that pisses Natsuo off and weirds out everyone else.
53* InnocentlyInsensitive: She doesn't seem to understand why her opponents would be upset when they lose, so her habit of offering a hand to help them up comes off as arrogant gloating rather than good sportsmanship.
54* PintSizedPowerhouse: Noticeably shorter than a lot of other characters; the already tall Natsuo especially towers over her. This doesn't stop her from laying everyone she faces flat.
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60[[folder:Takenaka Gym]]
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62!!Karin Kotani
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64"The Strongest Woman in Japan," Karin is an older woman with a distinctive face who ends up as Natsuo's mentor. She's frequently seen fretting over the present and future of Women's MMA and the difficulty most have breaking into it.
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66* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: She can be rather mean and petty when pushed, especially when Natsuo gets on her bad side, but she just wants the women she trains to succeed.
67* RedBaron: Known as "The Empress of the East."
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71!!Haruka Kirido
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73A high school student with a background in Judo. She is a frequent at Takenaka Gym and becomes something of a rival to Natsuo.
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75* HugeSchoolgirl: One of the only characters in the series to rival Natsuo's height and ''definitely'' the only other high schooler.
76* IJustWantToHaveFriends: Heavily hinted to be her motivation for beating Natsuo. [[spoiler: A single flashback shows her sitting alone at school, eyeing a group of girls having fun together silently. It then cuts to her interacting with other members of the Takenaka Gym, with her only thoughts being "my place of-". From this, it can be gathered that she fears Natsuo will take her place in the community she has found with the other members of Takenaka Gym.]]
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80!!Manami Hiki
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82"An average office lady" who's trying to go pro.
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84* CatGirl
85* CharacterTics: She clicks her tongue when she's pleased or interested.
86* HiddenDepths: Plays guitar and is apparently a fan of Music/TheRamones.
87* OfficeLady
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90!!Miyako Togami
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92A young woman who's been attending Takenaka Gym for 6 years.
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94* HiddenDepths: Likes baking cakes.
95* YouthfulFreckles: Emphasize how youthful and fragile she appears.
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99!!Takenaka Risuke
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108[[folder: Team Cordeiro]]
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110!!Ringi Cordeiro
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112Daughter of world-renowned MMA champion Mario Cordeiro, Ringi is a Brazilian fighter who has recently moved to Japan. Her cheerful and playful attitude masks the fact that she has a terrifying amount of strength and talent, and may be the best teen-aged fighter in the series.
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114* BunnyEarsLawyer: A perky FunnyForeigner with very little care for Japanese social norms who's also devastatingly strong. She doesn't compete in the G-Girl Qualifiers because she's already a part of the competition (which is mostly made up of adult fighters).
115* ChildhoodFriends: With Yuzuko, to the point of almost seeming like family. [[spoiler: Ringi took a while to warm up to her, however.]]
116* FunnyForeigner: Though it's hinted she plays this up a lot.
117* GenkiGirl: Like Natsuo [[spoiler: though she was a lot more sullen as a child.]]
118* ObfuscatingStupidity: It's heavily hinted that she plays up her ditiziness a lot. [[{{BriarPatching}} One noticeable example is casually mentioning one of her supposed weaknesses during her fight with Takenaka.]]
119* TheUnfought: [[spoiler: Despite her physical strength setting her up as a dangerous opponent, Natsuo never fights her, as she loses to Yuzuko in the end and is unable to move on to the tournament.]]
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123!!Mario Cordeiro
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125Ringi's father, a famous MMA champion hailing from Brazil. He trained Ringi and Yuzuko as children, turning them into the superhuman fighters they are today.
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127* GreaterScopeVillain: From Natsuo's perspective, at least, though he's a bit of a {{Jerkass}} in his own right. His TrainingFromHell is what turned Yuzuko from an average weakling to an unstoppable [[TheAce Ace]].
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130[[folder: Classmates]]
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132!!Kei Ninomiya
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134-->''Na-chan, you have a terrible personality!''
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136A member of the Volleyball Club. She's doesn't ignore Natsuo's haughtiness and bad behavior, and doesn't hesitate to tell Natsuo this to her face with a smile. Despite this, or perhaps because of this, Kei has somehow ended up as Natsuo's OnlyFriend.
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138* BrutalHonesty: Natsuo is shocked by how easily Kei finds it to tell her she has a "terrible personality." Kei is well aware of Natsuo's rudeness but accepts it because Natsuo herself is upfront about it.
139* GirlishPigtails
140* MoralityPet: While Kei accepts Natsuo's {{Jerkass}} tendencies she's not above calling them out. Notably, she points out Natsuo's dismissive attitude towards Haruka's loss, and Natsuo actually seems ashamed by this. [[spoiler: When Haruka continues coming to the gym, Natsuo is surprised to find herself relieved, realizing Kei's words actually struck her deep.]]
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144!!Sanae Sawamura
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146--> ''I'm gonna make you eat your words.''
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148Single-handedly putting the Karate Club on the map, Sanae is a fighter with an incredible amount of strength and a history with Natsuo. [[spoiler: She joins to G-Girl Qualifiers to try and get revenge on Natsuo.]]
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150* TheCaptain: Of the Karate club.
151* ChildhoodFriends: [[spoiler: With Natsuo, until Natsuo screwed it up.]]
152* ClimaxBoss: [[spoiler: Natsuo's second-to-last opponent in the story, and gives her her longest and most brutal fight yet. It's also the last fight Natsuo wins.]]
153* PerpetualFrowner: Pretty much always has a serious expression on her face (when not boiling over with anger towards Natsuo). Kanno notes that she didn't even smile when winning Nationals. The one exception is the scene [[spoiler: in which she apologizes to Mai]], and it's no wonder [[{{WhenSheSmiles}} the other girl reacts the way she does.]]
154* TheRival: Serves as one to Natsuo, though for very different reasons than Yuzuko.
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158!!Mai Ganeko
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160A black belt in the Karate Club, she hates Natsuo almost as much as she loves Sanae.
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162* BerserkButton: Sanae getting disrespected.
163* BigOlEyebrows: Not to Yuzuko's degree, but still pretty prominent.
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167!!Kanno Shigeru
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169Coach of the Karate Club. Enabler.
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173!!Meika [[spoiler: Takenaka]]
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175The unnamed third member of the MMA club, she seems to be a little over her head in this series. [[spoiler: After spending the entire series unnamed, she is eventually revealed to be Takenaka's daughter.]] She makes friends with Kei after they sit together at the G-Girl Qualifiers.
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177* HeyYou: Yuzuko (and as it turns out, everyone) never refers to her by name [[spoiler: until the end of the series.]]
178* NoNameGiven: She goes unnamed through the ENTIRE series until the very, very last chapter where the reader is almost sure to have stopped wondering about her. [[spoiler: This to hide the fact that she's Takenaka's daughter.]]
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180[[/folder]]
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182[[folder: Other]]
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184!!Miki Youko
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186Karin's friend and promoter. Has been called the pioneer of Women's Judo.
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190!!Shinobu Kannagi
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194!!Mitsuko Honma
195
196The "1" of Karin's "22-1" record. Known as "The Witch of the West."
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198* RedBaron: "The Witch of the West" to Karin's "Empress of the East." Also known as "The Quick-Kill Witch."
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202!!Park Du-Na
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204A competitor in the G-Girl Qualifiers from Korea.
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206* [[spoiler: AbnormalLimbRotationRange:]] [[spoiler: Turns out to be double-jointed, a handy skill to have against armbars.]]
207* BadassAdorable: Cute, fretful, one of the shortest fighters in the G-Girl Qualifiers, [[spoiler: and the first one in the series apart from Natsuo or Ringi to really give Yuzuko a run for her money, even managing to draw blood.]] She also [[spoiler: wipes the floor with her first opponent despite being half a foot shorter.]]
208* GirlishPigtails
209* RedBaron: "The Korean Supernova."
210* YouthfulFreckles
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214!!Sogabe Hisako
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218!!Watahiki Saki
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222!!Asano Ai
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224Honma's pupil and a competitor in the G-Girl Qualifiers.
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226* {{Foil}}: To Yuzuko. Natsuo notices the way they both have thrown themselves into fighting and are having fun in their match is similar. Karin states that they're both favorites to win. They even have similar {{IdiotHair}}s.
227* IdiotHair
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231!!Abe Yuuko
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233A competitor in the G-Girl Qualifiers from Gym Shooting Boss.
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235* [[spoiler: CurbstompBattle:]] [[spoiler: Goes down to Park Du Na in the first round under two minutes, despite having half a foot on her. The reader doesn't even see the fight.]]
236* [[spoiler: WeHardlyKnewYe]] [[spoiler: Probably the G-Girl hopeful the reader knows least about, as her one fight was so quick it happened off-screen.]]
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