List of Strike Witches Characters - Other Characters

Other Characters

Michiko Yamakawa (山川美千子, Yamakawa Michiko?)

Voiced by: Arise Satō (Japanese), Katie Caruso (English)

Michiko is Yoshika Miyafuji's childhood friend who resides in Fusō. She cares for Yoshika deeply and worries whenever she goes off into action.

Christiane Barkhorn (クリスティアーネ・バルクホルン, Kurisutiāne Barukuhorun?)

Voiced by: Asami Sanada (Japanese), Monica Rial (English)

Christiane, or Chris (クリス, Kurisu?), is Gertrud Barkhorn's younger sister who is in a coma for most of the anime's first season. Gertrud usually dotes on her a lot, and she has a similar appearance to Yoshika. She is named after Gerhard Barkhorn's wife, Christl.

Ichirō Miyafuji (宮藤一郎, Miyafuji Ichirō?)

Voiced by: Hozumi Gōda (Japanese), John Burgmeier (English)

Ichirō is the father of Yoshika Miyafuji and a researcher who helps design the striker unit. He works alongside Mio before the beginning of the series. He is reportedly deceased, which surprises Yoshika when she starts receiving letters apparently from him.

Trevor Maloney (トレヴァー・マロニー, Torevā Maronī?)

Voiced by: Yōsuke Akimoto (Japanese), Cole Brown (English)

Maloney is a general with authority over the Strike Witches. His true purpose is to find a way to order the dissolution of the witches and to implement his new weapon, the Warlock, which has been made using Neuroi technology, in an attempt to please his superiors. However, Maloney's plan fails when the Neuroi assimilates the Warlock, and he is captured by Minna-Dietlinde Wilcke and the other witches. He is based on Royal Air Force Air Chief Marshal Trafford Leigh-Mallory.

Maria (マリア, Maria?)

Voiced by: Madoka Yonezawa (Japanese), Brittney Karbowski (English)

Maria is a mysterious, cheerful young girl who Francesca Lucchini saves from two sinister-looking men who appear to attack her in the streets of Rome. She states that she does not know the city very well, even though she says to have been born and raised there. Lucchini takes an immediate liking to her and decides to show her around, spending the squadron's shopping budget entrusted to her in the process. Maria is later revealed to be the Duchess Maria of Romagna.

Shizuka Hattori (服部静夏, Hattori Shizuka?)

Voiced by: Aya Uchida

Shizuka is a 14-year-old witch from Fuso with the rank of Sergeant. In Strike Witches: The Movie, she is tasked with escorting Yoshika Miyafuji to a medical school in Helvetia. Having grown up in a military-oriented family, she admires other witches yet becomes bewildered by Yoshika, who does not act like her ideal soldier and generally ignores direct orders to help people. Shizuka eventually comes to realize a bit more about Yoshika's mentality, and when Yoshika is critically wounded during a Neuroi attack, she is able to reach the rest of the 501st, who help her regain her magic abilities.