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This is a list of minor characters in Tokyo Mew Mew.

Friends and families

Shintaro and Sakura Momomiya

  • Kanji: 桃宮 慎太郎 Momomiya Shintarō; 桃宮 さくら Momomiya Sakura
  • Name Translations: "慎 shin" = humility, be careful, discrete, "太 ta" = thick, plump, "郎 rou" = son, "さくら sakura" (kanji: 桜) = cherry blossom
  • Seiyū: Katsuyuki Konishi (father) and Takako Honda (mother)
  • Voice Actors: Jim Malone and Amanda Brown, who also voices Zoey Hanson (Ichigo).

Sakura and Shintaro Momomiya are Ichigo Momomiya's parents. They are not named in Mew Mew Power. [citation needed]

Sakura tries to understand Ichigo. Ichigo looks a lot like her mother. Shintaro always overreacts whenever Ichigo is late or mentions Masaya Aoyama. In one occasion in the anime, Shintaro challenges Masaya to a kendo match and Ichigo has to stop it.

Mint's grandmother

Mint's grandmother (name is never mentioned) looks after Mint Aizawa because Mint's parents are never home. Her role is more like that of a parent than that of a grandmother. She is known as Nana Bucksworth in Mew Mew Power.

Seiji Aizawa

Seiji Aizawa is Mint's older brother. He is known as Sergio Bucksworth in Mew Mew Power.

When he was young, Seiji used to watch Mint when she did ballet recitals. Seiji does not pay attention to Mint, as he is too busy attending private schools and getting more involved in the corporate world. In Episode 9, Ichigo devises a plan to have Seiji attend one of Mint's ballet recitals. Although reluctant at first, he decides to attend the recital. When the ballet-themed black swan Chimera Anima attacks, he tries to protect Mint and is injured. Before the ballet recital – after Mint defeats the Chimera Anima – Seiji tells Mint that she is still important to him and gives her flowers.

Eizaburou and Yomogi Midorikawa

  • Kanji: 碧川 英三郎　Midorikawa Eizaburō;　碧川 よもぎ　Midorikawa Yomogi
  • Name Translations: "英 ei" = England, English, "三 zabu" = three, "郎 rou" = son, よもぎ Yomogi
  • Seiyū: Nobuo Tobita and Michiko Neya

Eizaburou and Yomogi Midorikawa only appear in Episode 34 of the anime. Lettuce has a lot in common with her family: she looks a lot like her mother, everyone in the family wears glasses and everyone – except Lettuce's father – has green hair. Her father is a teacher of some sort.

Pudding's parents

Mother's seiyu: Rika Komatsu, she also sings the opening song.

Pudding Fong's mother died of an unknown illness and her father Master Wong Taren left to train in the martial arts. Pudding's mother's death saddened her and resulted in her solely taking care of her siblings and the house (as her father isn't around). Pudding loved her mother very much and she is very protective of her mother's belongings.[1] Pudding's mother had purple hair.

Pudding's siblings: Hanacha, Chincha, Lucha, Honcha and Heicha

Hanacha, Chincha, Lucha, and Honcha are Pudding Fong's younger brothers and Heicha is her younger sister. Pudding takes care of them because their mom passed away, and their father is on a pilgrimage. Pudding still retains her child-like personality disregarding the fact that taking care of her five siblings is a staggering job. In Mew Mew Power, Heicha is known as Heidi and the four boys are unnamed.

Miwa Honjo and Moe Yanagida

  • Kanji: 本条 みわ Honjō Miwa; 柳田 もえ Yanagida Moe
  • Name Translations: "本 hon" = book, origin, "条 jou" = article, "柳 yanagi" = willow, "田 da" = rice field
  • Seiyū: Tomoko Kaneda and Akiko Nakagawa
  • Voice Actors: Sharon Feingold and Caroline Lawson

Moe and Miwa are Ichigo's friends at school, and they appear in both the manga and the anime, though they show up more often in the anime — they are seen in almost every episode. They are important to Ichigo and cheer her on with Masaya. In Mew Mew Power they are known as Megan and Mimi, respectively.

In Episode 23, Moe fell in love with Ryou Shirogane (when Ryou saved Moe from thugs) and Miwa fell in love with Keiichiro Akasaka (when Keiichiro helped Miwa pay for a box of tea). Ichigo suggested that they prepare gifts for Ryou and Keiichiro to win their hearts. They put a lot of effort in preparing gifts, but the two boys turns them down when they try to present the gifts, saddening the girls. Their spirits are stolen by Kish —– and used to form two humanoid Chimera Lovebirds. After Ichigo defeats Chimera Anima, Keiichiro and Ryou tell the Moe and Miwa that they enjoyed their gifts. Over their crush, Moe and Miwa make a vow to open a fanclub for Ryou and Keiichiro.

Episodic characters

Unlike those in the list above, these characters only make a few appearances in the series.

"The Three Beckys"

"The Three Beckys" are three girls who used to bully Lettuce around and ordered her to investigate a ghost haunting their school at night. They are known as "The Three Beckys" in Mew Mew Power and they are unnamed in Tokyo Mew Mew, although one is referred to as "Aya" in Volume 1 of the manga.

Mary McGuire

  • Episode: 6
  • Katakana: マリー・マクガイア Marī Makugaia
  • Seiyū: Rie Etou
  • Voice Actor: Rita Rivera

Mary McGuire is a talented English pianist. In Mew Mew Power she is known as Maria Rivera — a talented Spanish pianist.

Ichigo and Lettuce meet Mary outside of Cafe Mew Mew, but they cannot understand her, as they don't know the English language. Ichigo is able to say "I am a Ichigo" and the English equivalent of her name (Strawberry, ストロベリー sutoroberii), but then says – referring to the broom – "This is a pen". Lettuce runs to the Cafe for help, leaving Ichigo to speak to Mary. Fortunately, Masaya appears, and he translates to Ichigo that Mary is looking for Ryou. Ryou and Keiichiro come to greet Mary and invite her to the Cafe, where they tell the girls that they hired Mary to perform at an environmental ball and that they hope that the other two undiscovered Mews will appear. Mary's spirit is stolen by Kish – he creates a musical-talented cheetah Chimera Anima with it – and returned her spirit to her after the Chimera Anima was defeated.

Masazou Aoyamada

  • Episode: 8
  • Kanji: 青山田 マサゾウ Aoyamada Masazō
  • Name Translation: "青 ao" = blue, "山 yama" = mountain, "田 da" = rice field
  • Seiyū: Kousuke Okano
  • Voice Actor: Marc Thompson

Masazou Aoyamada is a young boy who is so similar to Masaya Aoyama that Ichigo mistakes him for Masaya when she first sees him: He looks like Masaya, has a similar name, and also cares for the environment. He is known as Marco in Mew Mew Power.

Masazou is desperate to prevent people from building a spa in the mountains where he grew up and tries many ways to stop them. He meets Ichigo, Mint, Lettuce, and Pudding and explains to them that the animals in the area will lose their home if the resort were built. Masazou befriended an otter – which he named Kawataro – during his youth, but the construction scared the otters, including Kawataro away. His spirit is stolen by Kish to form a Chimera Anima Kappa and his body is placed on a rock in the middle of the river. After the Chimera Kappa is defeated, he wakes up. With his help, the local town prevents the construction of the spa. Kawataro, Masazou's otter, comes back at the end of the episode and this makes him very happy.

Rei Nishina

  • Episode: 14
  • Kanji: 仁科 麗 Nishina Rei
  • Name Translation: "仁 ni" = humanity, charity, "科 shina" (usually pronounced "ka") = course, subject of study, "麗 rei" = lovely, companion
  • Seiyū: Maria Kawamura
  • Voice Actor: Carol Jacobanis

Rei studies butterflies. She is known as Chrys in Mew Mew Power.

Rei was an old girlfriend of Keiichiro until they split up due to their busy lives. Since they split, Keiichiro has been baking birthday cakes for Rei on Rei's birthday. Ichigo encounters her in the park many times while Rei is catching butterflies. Later on, Ichigo and the other Mew Mews persuade Keiichiro to visit Rei and give her one of his cakes. When the Mew Mews approach Rei's house, Pie and Tart attacks her lab and Pie steals her spirit – merging it with one of her butterfly specimens – to form a butterfly Chimera Anima. Keiichiro discovers her body in a cocoon during the resulting battle, and dodges Pie's attacks to get to her. Keiichiro and Rei go their separate ways after the Chimera Anima is destroyed and Rei's spirit is returned to her body.

Norihiro Edomurasaki

  • Episode: 16
  • Kanji: 江戸紫 典弘 Edomurasaki Norihiro
  • Name Translation: By themselves the kanji mean: "江 e" = inlet, bay, "戸 do" = door. But together, 江戸 Edo is former name of Tokyo. "紫 murasaki" = violet; "典 nori" = code, ceremony, law, rule, "弘 hiro" = broad, wide
  • Seiyū: Kentarou Itou
  • Voice Actor: Frank Frankson

In the anime, Norihiro Edomurasaki is Lettuce's first love interest. He is known as Ian in Mew Mew Power.

Lettuce first develops a crush on him when she meets him at the library. When the other Mew Mews found out, they persuades her to declare her love.[2] Before Lettuce can declare her love, Pie attacks the library with Chimera Anima made from dust mites. Edomurasaki rescues the librarian, Satsuki, and he realizes that he is in love with her. Over her crush, Lettuce moves on with her life.

Satsuki Tadano

  • Episode: 16
  • Kanji: 只野 さつき Tadano Satsuki
  • Name Translation: "只 tada" = only, free, in addition, "野 no" = field, plains, satsuki = May (the month).
  • Seiyū: Tomoe Hanba
  • Voice Actor:

Satsuki Tadano is the librarian at Lettuce's and Edomurasaki's library. When she was in danger from the Chimera Anima (made from dust mites), she was rescued by Edomurasaki. Satsuki and Edomurasaki are in a relationship and he proposes to her at the end of the episode. Satsuki is known as Sabrina in Mew Mew Power.

Iruka

  • Episode: 19
  • Hiragana: いるか Iruka
  • Name Translation: "Iruka" has a kanji, 海豚, which means "dolphin".
  • Seiyū: Fumiko Orikasa
  • Voice Actor: Amy Palant

Iruka is a girl who lives on the island the Mew Mews, Keiichiro, and Ryou visited during a vacation. She is known as Cassandra in Mew Mew Power.

Iruka is teased by three boys because her name means "dolphin" and that she is not able to swim (she can swim, but is afraid to). She meets Ichigo, Mint, Lettuce, Pudding and Zakuro who send the boys on their way after one of them calls Ichigo a hag. Lettuce decides to teach Iruka how to swim, and the training ends up going horribly awry. Iruka blames herself for Lettuce almost drowning. Pie and Tart attacks the beach with a storm and four sea Chimera Animas and Iruka discovers that Lettuce and the others are Mew Mews. One of the boys that teased Iruka falls off the dock and Iruka dives in to save him. Lettuce dives in after them; she becomes a mermaid through the as-yet-unrevealed Mew Aqua, and saves both of them. After the ordeal, Iruka isn't afraid of the water anymore.

"Ms. Rosbee"

"Ms. Rosbee" is the teacher at Heicha's (Pudding's sister) daycare center. She is unnamed in the original anime (both Pudding and Heicha refer to her as 'Sensei') and is known as Ms. Rosbee in Mew Mew Power.

Pudding falls ill and Ichigo, Mint, and Lettuce go to the daycare center to pick Heicha up and it is revealed what Pudding went through since her mother died. Pudding shows up to take Heicha home when she refuses to go home with Ichigo and the others. Pudding takes Heicha to the daycare while she is sick and "Ms. Rosbee" has to drive her home. Tart appears in the car and steals her spirit to create a chicken Chimera Anima. The Chimera Anima is defeated when Mew Ichigo, Mew Mint, and Mew Lettuce show up and "Ms. Rosbee's" spirit is returned to her body. She helps Pudding's siblings to take care of her and makes an agreement with Pudding that she will take Heicha to school — allowing Pudding to rest a little longer.

Tsukiko Yamada

  • Episode: 24
  • Kanji: 山田 月子 Yamada Tsukiko
  • Name Translation: "山 yama" = mountain, "田 da" = rice field, "月 tsuki" = moon, "子 ko" = child
  • Seiyū: Sachiko Kojima

Ichigo first meets Tsukiko at Zakuro Fujiwara's fashion show. She is a clumsy crew member who wants Zakuro to wear the Rainbow Stone necklace: the stage manager disallows the necklace from being used in the show and Zakuro refuses to wear it. The aliens try to steal the necklace, thinking that it contains Mew Aqua, but it is revealed to not contain Mew Aqua. In the end Tsukiko ends up wearing the Rainbow Stone necklace on the walkway of the fashion show. She is known as Gretchen in Mew Mew Power.[3]

Asano the Cat

  • Episode: 29
  • Katakana: アサノくん Asano-kun
  • Seiyū: Masaya Onosaka

Asano is a stray cat whom Ichigo first meets at the train station. She actually hears him talk and is scared by this; Ryou and Keiichiro later explain that it is due to her cat genes that she has the ability to understand cats. The cat realizes that Ichigo can understand him, and comes to Cafe Mew Mew asking for help. He explains that he happened to fall in love with a Lilac point Siamese cat named Jaqueline, whose owner – Mr. Ijuuin – does not want a stray cat to be her fiancé. Asano further explains that he used to bring Jaqueline sardines, which she likes, but that she moved to another place with her owner and that he wants the girls to find her. They discover that Mr. Ijuuin is trying to find a fiancé for Jaqueline. The girls paint the cat to make him look like a Lilac Point, and take him to the Cat Fair where Jaqueline is. Asano's true appearance is eventually revealed, and the poor cat almost gives up. However, he ends up saving Jaqueline, when one of the other cats is turned into a Chimera Anima. After that Mr. Ijuuin allows Asano and Jaqueline to be together.

Francois

Francois is an obese cat that shows up several times throughout the course of the manga. He falls in love with Ichigo's cat form and tries to kiss her in volume 3 before Alto shows up. Francois is a "mama's boy" and cries when Alto scratches him. Tokyopop translated his name as "Francis", leaving it as "Francois" only in one of Ikumi's notes ("There's one more Francois, the Fat Cat, is a guy, too! But I don't think he's anybody's type!!!").

Alto

Alto is a cat who is mentioned several times in the manga series. Alto is cat who saves Ichigo's life several times and kisses Ichigo the cat to turn her back into human form. He later is revealed to be Ryou in feline form.

Jaqueline the Cat

  • Episode: 29
  • Katakana: ジャクリーヌ Jakurīnu
  • Seiyū: Ayako Kawasumi

Jaqueline is a very beautiful Lilac Point Siamese cat. Asano sees her through the window of Mr. Ijuuin's house, and falls in love with her. Jaqueline likes Asano, too, but her owner does not allow them to be together. Despite her feelings for the stray cat, Jaqueline does not want to leave Mr. Ijuuin, because she knows that Mr. Ijuuin feels lonely after his wife's death, and that she reminds him of his wife. After Asano saves Jaqueline from a Chimera Anima, Mr. Ijuuin finally realizes how much the two cats love each other and allows them to be together.

Mr. Ijuuin

  • Episode: 29
  • Kanji: 伊集院さん Ijūin-san
  • Name Translation: "伊 i" = Italy, that one, "集 jū" = collect, gather, "院 in" = institution
  • Seiyū: Yasuo Iwata

Mr. Ijuuin is Jaqueline's owner. His wife died, and only Jaqueline is saving him from being lonely. Mr. Ijuuin wants to find a fiancé for the cat - another Lilac Point. He does not like Asano, as Asano is a stray cat. He takes Jaqueline to the Cat Fair, hoping to find a cat there to marry her. After Asano saves Jaqueline from a Chimera Anima, Mr. Ijuuin realizes that no other cat will make Jaqueline happy, and allows Asano and Jaqueline to be together.

Mrs. Ijuuin

  • Episode: 29
  • Kanji: 伊集院夫人 Ijūin-hujin
  • Name Translation: "伊 i" = Italy, that one, "集 jū" = collection, "院 in" = institution. "夫人 hujin" is the Japanese equivalent of "Mrs."
  • Seiyū: Kumiko Takizawa

Mrs. Ijuuin is Mr. Ijuuin's late wife. She loved Jaqueline very much and once said that she wanted to be reincarnated into Jaqueline. Jaqueline is very precious for Mr. Ijuuin, because the cat reminds him of this precious memory of his wife.

Mariko

  • Episode: 30
  • Kanji: 万里子 Mariko
  • Name Translation: "万 ma" = ten thousand, "里 ri" = village, parents' home, "子 ko" = child
  • Seiyū: Akemi Okamura

Mariko is an upperclassman at Ichigo's school. She is a fortune teller — which Ichigo thinks is real. She is secretly in love with Shunsuke — soccer team member. Tart suspects that her crystal ball has Mew Aqua in it and has Kish investigate it. When he tries to steal Mariko's spirit, Shunsuke throws himself in front of her and his spirit is stolen. When her crystal ball breaks, it turns out that there is no Mew Aqua in it.

Shunsuke

  • Episode: 30
  • Kanji: 俊介 Shunsuke
  • Name Translation: "俊 shun" = excellence, genius, "介 suke" = mediate, come between
  • Seiyū: Akira Ishida

Shunsuke is the star of the soccer team at Ichigo's school. Mariko is secretly in love with him. He throws himself in front of Mariko when Kish is trying to steal her spirit. His spirit is stolen and used to form an elephant Chimera Anima. After it is defeated, his spirit is returned and both Shunsuke and Mariko admit their love to each other.

Kanna Saionji

  • Episode: 32
  • Kanji: 西園寺 カンナ Saionji Kanna
  • Name Translation: "西 sai" = west, "園 on" = park, garden, "寺 ji" = Buddhist temple
  • Seiyū: Tomoe Hanba

Kanna Saionji is a spoiled rich girl who claims to be Mint's "eternal rival". Kanna and Mint first met at a tea party when they were children. Kanna is envious of Mint because she is different from her in some way. She appears at the latest tea party at Mint's mansion, and Mint does not seem to be concerned about her behavior much. Mint also says that she herself probably was like that some time ago. When Kish appears during the party, Kanna hoards a box – presumed to have Mew Aqua in it – from the alien, prompting him to steal the spirit of one of the men at the tea party — creating a flying dragon Chimera Anima. Mint transforms and tells Kanna to get away. Saionji replies by saying that she would never run away before Mint – causing Mint to slap her – as if she does not even understand she is in danger. After the Chimera Anima is defeated it is revealed that there is no Mew Aqua in the box — only tea Mint ordered. After the fight, the girls are drinking tea, and Ichigo tries to invite Kanna to join. Kanna refuses, but promises to invite them to a party at her house, where they can taste better tea: She intends on showing that some of the things she has are better than Mint's.

Yuebin Ron

  • Episode: 33
  • Chinese Characters: 龍 月餠 (Japanese: Ron Yuebin; Chinese Pinyin: Lóng Yuèbǐng)
  • Name Translation: "龍 lóng" = dragon, "月 yuè" = moon, month, "餠 bǐng" = rice cake
  • Seiyū: Toshiyuki Morikawa

Yuebin Ron is a martial artist who is fated to be "married" to Pudding.

He first appears to save Mew Pudding from a Chimera Anima (created from a cactus — which he defeats with Tart vowing revenge on him). He starts to drive Pudding crazy by serving customers at Cafe Mew Mew, taking care of the Pudding's house, and her siblings. When he unwittingly uses Pudding's precious photo album as a knee-rest, Pudding becomes very angry and deeply upset, and demands Ron to leave. Pudding locks herself up at the top of Cafe Mew Mew, and decides to stay there until Ron left. While the other Mew Mews are looking for the latest sighting of Mew Aqua, Tart appears and captures Pudding, before throws a net at Ron. Tart orders the kangaroo Chimera Anima (called Chimera Punch) to attack Pudding and Ron uses a martial arts move to switch places with Pudding; resulting Chimera Punch to attack him. Pudding uses her martial arts on the Chimera Anima and Ichigo defeats it. Pudding forgives Ron and he leaves.

Ayano Uemura

  • Episode: 34
  • Kanji: 上村 綾乃 Uemura Ayano
  • Name Translation: "上 ue" = above, top, up, "村 mura" = village, "綾 aya" = twill, design, "乃 no" = from, possessive particle
  • Seiyū: Tomoko Kawakami

Ayano Uemura is a famous doll maker. She appears when Lettuce is selling dolls during Cafe Mew Mew's fund raiser and purchases one of Lettuce's dolls. She offers Lettuce doll making lessons, during which they make dolls. When a convention was held, Ayano uses one of the dolls Lettuce made, and claims that it is one of her own creations. This infuriates Lettuce, causing Ayano to storm off. She ends up running into Kish, who steals her spirit to create a spider Chimera Anima. Once the Chimera Anima is defeated, Ayano's spirit is returned to her body. Ayano then admits that she ran out of ideas and that she claimed one of Lettuce's dolls as her own. Ayano and Lettuce then makes amends.

Momoka

Momoka is a lonely little girl who idolizes Zakuro Fujiwara.

Ichigo first meets her at Momoka's daycare centre when she brings a birthday cake (made by Keiichiro) for Momoka. Momoka does not want any cake since she was trying to be like Zakuro who is a thin model.

She says that if she isn't careful, she could end up like Ichigo and then she calls Ichigo an Obaasan[4] which infuriates Ichigo.

Ichigo and Masaya discover upon leaving that Momoka mimics Zakuro's poses and Ichigo tells Zakuro about this.

Later, when they are passing the day in Mint's car, Ichigo, Mint and Zakuro discover that no one has picked Momoka up yet. That night, while she is there with her agents, Zakuro sees Momoka again at the restaurant. After hearing that her parents are not coming, Momoka runs out of the restaurant and Zakuro follows her outside and confronts her. Momoka explains that her parents do not love her as they are always too busy to be with her. Zakuro tells Momoka that her parents love her more than she thinks. Zakuro then gives her a handkerchief to wipe her tears - and as a birthday present - asks if she may eat with Momoka. Momoka agrees and Zakuro leaves her agents to eat with Momoka.

The next day, Momoka's parents give her a pendant as a birthday gift.

Later that day, Momoka encounters Kish after running from her daycare group when her parents are running late. He promises Momoka that he can return her to her parents in exchange for the pendant (which Kish suspects has Mew Aqua in it). Zakuro finds the handkerchief in the river [vague] and later finds Kish with Momoka. Momoka tries to claim the pendant back and Kish pushes her onto the ground, knocking her out and making Zakuro angry. Zakuro transforms, but due to Kish holding Momoka, Mew Zakuro cannot attack fast enough, and Tart traps her in some vines. The aliens discover that there is no Mew Aqua in the pendant, and they leave - except for Kish. After Mint frees Zakuro, Zakuro sends Kish running, and vows that Kish will pay for hurting Momoka. Kish says he does not care and leaves, however not before Zakuro stops him and slaps him across the face. Momoka recovers and Zakuro returns the handkerchief and pendant, and Momoka's parents arrive. Zakuro then says she believes that Momoka's parents will never leave Momoka alone again.

Sources

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References

  1. ^ Episode 33
  2. ^ In Mew Mew Power the wording "confess your love" is used.
  3. ^ Mew Mew Power, Episode 24, is as of yet unaired in the United States.
  4. ^ Obaasan means "grandmother" and/or "old lady" in Japanese.

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