Sayaka Yumi

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Mazinger character
Sayaka Yumi
Romaji
Other Name(s)	Jessica Davis
First Appearance	Chapter 01 (anime version)
Appearances	Manga, TV Anime series, Mazinger Vs. Devilman OVA, Mazinkaiser OVAs, Super Robot Wars Mazinger Angels manga
Relationships	Kouji Kabuto Dr. Yumi Boss
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Sayaka Yumi was the heroine of the fictional manga and anime Mazinger Z. She was a bit hot-tempered and tomboyish, and had a habit of clashing with the story's hero, Kouji Kabuto even though she had a romantic interest in him.

[edit] History

Collage of Sayaka in different outfits and riding her Scarlet Mobile. Aphrodite and Diana can be seen in the background.

Sayaka appears at the beginning of the series, actually saving Shiro with her robot Aphrodite from being unintentionally killed by Mazinger, piloted by Kouji, who didn't know how to control it at the time. She provides him with the first hints on how to use the robot.

Sayaka would get the chance to help fight the story's monsters with her robot Aphrodite A, although more often than not she was unable to make much of a difference. Midway through the story Aphrodite A was destroyed and Sayaka received a somewhat stronger robot, Diana A, to pilot instead. She has skills with motorcycles, and hence she is given a special one called the Scarlet Mobile to control Diana; Sayaka rides her bike over a beam shot from the robot's head to place it there, turning it into the mecha's cockpit.

When Mazinger Z is defeated, Sayaka flies with Kouji to the United States. She would return with him in Great Mazinger, to help destroy the Mikene Empire.

[edit] Other Versions

• In the American version of Mazinger Z, Sayaka's name was changed to Jessica Davis, which was strange as she was unrelated to Kouji's counterpart, Tommy Davis.

[edit] Trivia

• One of the villain's captives in the second episode of Shin Cutie Honey is nearly identical in appearance to Sayaka.
• In the Mazinkaiser OVAs Sayaka is the pilot of first Aphrodite and afterwards a modified version of Venus A, the classic companion of Great Mazinger, whose traditional pilot was Jun Hono.
• Sayaka and Kouji are the only characters who have appeared in every incarnation of the Super Robot Wars series of games (with the exception of the first, which had no human characters).