Master of Martial Hearts - Characters

Characters

• Aya Iseshima in a high school junior, a generally cheerful and pleasant girl who has a crush on her best friend's brother, but has angsty moods where she mopes and whines. She is pulled into the tournament when Miko drops out and mysteriously disappears. She is a capable fighter, leaving learned some techniques from her mother, but when she fights she can turn into a maddening rage. She is voiced by Kaori Nazuka in the Japanese version, and by Anita Neukar in the English dub.

• Natsume Honma is Aya's best friend. She gives Aya advice throughout the series. Although she acts supportive, in the final episode, she betrays her; she reveals that she, her brother, and Miko have all conspired to get revenge on Aya and her family. She is voiced by Satomi Akesaka in the Japanese version, and by Cherami Leigh in the English dub.

• Miko Kazuki is a teenage girl who initially appears in the series as a shrine maiden who is fighting against a young woman dressed as a flight attendant. After Aya helps her out in the match, Miko explains that she is participating in a tournament where the prize is a wish, but seeing that her wish of making friends was fulfilled by Aya and Natsume, she tries to withdraw from the tournament. However, that night she mysteriously disappears. She later appears at the end of the series as a vengeance-filled enemy of Aya as her mother was involved in a previous tournament with Aya's mother that ruined their lives. Miko is voiced by Ai Nonaka in the Japanese version, and by Alexis Tipton in the English dub.