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[edit] List of minor and supporting characters in Tokyo Mew Mew

The following is a list of minor and supporting characters in the Tokyo Mew Mew anime and manga series.

Contents 1 List of minor and supporting characters in Tokyo Mew Mew 1.1 Cafe Mew Mew 1.1.1 Ryou Shirogane 1.1.1.1 Alto 1.1.2 Keiichiro Akasaka 1.1.3 R-2000 (Masha) 1.1.3.1 R-2003 (Ucha) 1.2 Families and friends 1.2.1 The Momomiya family 1.2.2 The Aizawa family 1.2.3 The Midorikawa family 1.2.4 The Fong family 1.2.5 Miwa Honjou and Moe Yanagida 1.2.6 Tasuku Meguro 1.3 Source notes 1.3.1 General references 1.3.2 Specific references

[edit] Cafe Mew Mew

[edit] Ryou Shirogane

Ryou Shirogane (白金 稜, Shirogane Ryō^?) is the creator of the "Mew Project" and the owner of the Cafe Mew Mew. His parents were killed by an ancient "chimera" discovered by his father, Professor Shirogane, when Ryou was ten years old. Together with his father's assistant and his friend, Keiichiro Akasaka, Ryou managed to complete Professor Shirogane's project based on the notes he had memorized.

Ryou is portrayed as a 15-year-old genius (his IQ is mentioned to be over 180 in the anime),^[1] an attractive, although somewhat unsociable, young man. Despite his tough personality, he cares a lot for the Mew Mews, promising to protect them no matter what. He appears to have a crush on Ichigo Momomiya, but his feelings for Ichigo remain unrequited, as Ichigo's love for Masaya Aoyama is greater. Lettuce Midorikawa develops a crush on Ryou in the anime series, but it is unknown if these feelings are returned or not.

In the original anime, Ryou is voiced by Kouichi Toochika. In the English adaptation, his name is Elliot Grant, and he is voiced by Sean Schemmel, who also provides the voice for the Blue Knight.

[edit] Alto

Alto (アルト, Aruto^?) is the name Ryou have chosen for his cat form - a small gray kitten. Unlike Ichigo, who transforms into a cat involuntary when she is nervous or excited, Ryou can change into a cat and back at will. He gained this ability during the early stages of the Mew Project by injecting himself with cat genes in order to make sure that the technology was safe. Ryou can remain in the cat form for no longer than ten minutes, or else he will be stuck that way permanently. As Alto, he saves Ichigo many times during the series by helping her transform back into a human; the kitten's true identity is eventually revealed to her by accident.^[1]

[edit] Keiichiro Akasaka

Keiichiro Akasaka (赤坂 圭一郎, Akasaka Keiichirō^?) is Ryou Shirogane's partner, as well as the manager, waiter, and chef of the Café Mew Mew. In the past he worked as an assistant of Ryou's father, and later became the second leader of the Mew Project.

Keiichiro doesn't play a big role in the story, mostly acting as a technician and researcher. He is charming, tactful, kind, and sensitive, the foil to the blunt and brusque Ryou. Like Ryou, Keiichiro is attractive and popular with young women. In the anime he has an ex-girlfriend named Rei Nishina, whom he had to break up so that they could go their separate ways.^[2]

In the original anime, Keiichiro is voiced by Hikaru Midorikawa. In the English adaptation, his name is Wesley J. Coolridge III, and he is voiced by Andrew Rannells, who also provides the voice for Kish/Dren.

[edit] R-2000 (Masha)

Masha (マシャ, Masha^?), also known as R2000 (アール2000, Āru nisen^?), is a small robot created by Ryou Shirogane. Its abilities vary in different versions of the story. In the manga, it can only speak in "pi"s and "tweet"s; its main purpose seems to be detecting the Chimera Animas, as well as the Mew Aquas. When merged with the Mew Aqua, it becomes the Mew Aqua Rod, a powerful weapon used by the Mew Mews.^[3] In the anime, the robot has nothing to do with the Mew Aquas, but unlike its manga counterpart, it is capable of speaking in short sentences, and is treated by the Mew Mews as a part of their team. The name "Masha" is given to the robot by Ichigo Momomiya, and is derived from the name of her crush Masaya Aoyama.^[4][5]

A similar character is present in Mia Ikumi's earlier story called Tokyo Black Cat Girl. In this continuity, Masha is an intergalactic police officer who gives the main character, Hime Azumi, her special powers, and acts as her advisor. He can talk in complete sentences, and it is not known whether "Masha" is his initial name or not. His appearance is similar to that of R-2000 in Tokyo Mew Mew, but the lighter and the darker color are reverted.^[6]

In the original anime, Masha is voiced by Junko Noda, the same actress who voices Zakuro Fujiwara. In the English adaptation, it is renamed Mini-Mew, and its voice is provided by Tom Wayland.

[edit] R-2003 (Ucha)

Ucha (ウチャ, Ucha^?), also known as R2003 (アール2003, Āru nisensan^?), is another robot created by Ryou Shirogane. It appears only in the sequel story called Tokyo Mew Mew à la Mode, and accompanies the story's primary character Berry Shirayuki. Unlike the manga version of Masha, Ucha can talk in complete sentences and change into Mew Berry's weapon at will; overall, its role in the story is even smaller than Masha's.

[edit] Families and friends

Some of these characters are unique to the anime version or are given more development there. Zakuro Fujiwara is the only member of the "Tokyo Mew Mew" team whose family is not shown in the anime; however, one episode shows her reading a letter supposedly from her home,^[7] and her doll box mentions that she is accustomed to being alone because her parents are always busy.^[8]

[edit] The Momomiya family

Shintaro Momomiya (桃宮 慎太郎, Momomiya Shintarō^?) and Sakura Momomiya (桃宮 さくら, Momomiya Sakura^?) are Ichigo Momomiya's parents. Aside from Pudding Fong's siblings, they are the only case of a "Tokyo Mew Mew" member's family being shown in the manga. Shintaro often overreacts when Ichigo is late or when she talks about her boyfriend Masaya Aoyama. In the anime, he challenges Masaya to a kendo duel in one episode.^[9] Sakura, whom Ichigo looks very much alike, is more understanding.

In the Japanese version of the anime, Sakura and Shintaro are voiced by Katsuyuki Konishi and Takako Honda respectively. In Mew Mew Power, their voice actors are Jim Malone and Amanda Brown (who also voices Zoey Hanson/Ichigo). Their names are not given in the English dub.

[edit] The Aizawa family

Mint Aizawa's parents are never shown in the manga or anime. The anime version reveals that both of them are almost never at home, and for this reason Mint is looked after by her grandmother, who is not given a name in the original version, and is called Nana Bucksworth in the English dub. One episode features Mint's older brother Seiji Aizawa (藍沢 誓司, Aizawa Seiji^?, Sergio in the English dub), who doesn't seem to pay much attention to his sister due to him being busy, but eventually admits that Mint is still important to him.^[10]

Mint's grandmother is voiced by Junko Hori in the original anime, and by Veronica Taylor in Mew Mew Power. The voice of Mint's brother is provided by Souichirou Hoshi in the Japanese version, and by Jason Anthony Griffith in the English version.

[edit] The Midorikawa family

Lettuce Midorikawa's family is never shown in the manga, but appears briefly in the anime.^[11] Her parents' names are Eizaburo Midorikawa (碧川 英三郎, Midorikawa Eizaburō^?) and Yomogi Midorikawa (碧川 よもぎ, Midorikawa Yomogi^?).^[12] Lettuce also has a younger brother. The members of the family have much in common: they all wear glasses, and everyone except Eizaburo has green hair.

Eizaburo's and Yomogi's voices are provided by Nobuo Tobita and Michiko Neya respectively.

[edit] The Fong family

Pudding Fong's family is quite unusual: she lives with her four younger brothers Hanacha (ハナチャ, Hanacha^?), Chincha (チンチャ, Chincha^?), Lucha (ルーチャ, Rūcha^?) and Honcha (ホンチャ, Honcha^?), and her younger sister Heicha (ヘイチャ, Heicha^?). The reason for this is not explained in the manga, but one episode of the anime mentions that Pudding's mother died of an unknown illness and her father Master Wong Taren left to train in the martial arts.^[13] The mother is not named, but is shown in a flashback^[13] (her voice is provided by Rika Komatsu). Pudding's siblings are shown in a couple of episodes, and are voiced by Asuka Tanii, Akiko Nakagawa, Rika Komatsu, Kiyomi Asai and Tomoko Kaneda. In the English anime adaptation, Heicha is renamed Heidi, and the four boys, as well as the mother, remain unnamed.

[edit] Miwa Honjou and Moe Yanagida

Miwa Honjo (本条 みわ, Honjō Miwa^?) and Moe Yanagida (柳田 もえ, Yanagida Moe^?) are Ichigo's friends at school. They are present in both the manga and the anime versions of the Tokyo Mew Mew story, although in the anime they are shown considerably more often. In one episode they fall in love with Keiichiro Akasaka and Ryou Shirogane respectively.^[14]

In the Japanese version of the anime, their voices are provided by Tomoko Kaneda and Akiko Nakagawa, in the English version - by Sharon Feingold and Caroline Lawson. The English dub changes the girls' names to Mimi and Megan.

[edit] Tasuku Meguro

Tasuku Meguro (目黒 侑, Meguro Tasuku^?) is the childhood friend of Berry Shirayuki, the main hero of Tokyo Mew Mew à la Mode. He is raised by a single mother,^[15] and it is not known what happened to his father. After Berry's mother's death Tasuku promised to give Berry a hug every day; he never breaks his promise, even if Berry dislikes this.

[edit] Source notes

[edit] General references

• Tokyo Mew Mew (TV), Anime News Network, accessed on 2007-10-12.
• Mew Mew Power Uncensored, accessed on 2007-10-12.

[edit] Specific references