A student at Asaoka High School and pitching ace for the softball club. She is the object of affection of both her classmate Shū Akiba and Coach Yamazakura. As her disguised alter ego Maria Sudō, she evades some local gangsters and is pursued by Naoto Kadomatsu, who lives in the same apartment building. Her father is a lesser-known pro wrestler. She tends to be curt and somewhat rough in her manners. In the anime, she falls for and marries Yamazakura sensei. Her favorite phrases include "Hey now" (おいおい Oi oi?) and "How annoying" (あー、めんどくせ Aa, mendokuse?).  (Source: Wikipedia)

Based on the Adachi manga of the same name. The story revolves around a romantic triangle formed by the girl Minatsu Nakazato, a young student and softball player; Shu Akiba, a schoolmate; and Naoto Kadomatsu, an up-and-coming boxer. In reality the three-way relationship is more like three-and-a-half, considering that Naoto is in love with Maria... actually Minatsu herself, who'd once disguised herself to escape some evildoers.

__Birth Name:__ Izumi Arai (新井泉)

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The female half of the musical duo [TWO-MIX](https://anilist.co/staff/102352/).

Married mangaka [Gosho Aoyama](https://anilist.co/staff/97804/) (creator of _Detective Conan_) on her birthday, May 5, in 2005. Later divorced on December 10, 2007.

**Non-Anime Roles:**
• Fu Hua (Honkai Impact 3rd)

High school romance, softball and boxing story. This manga focuses on the love triangle between Nakasato Minatsu, Akiba Shuu and Kadomatsu Naoto. Due to a strange set of circumstances, Minatsu (a softball player) is disguised as   another girl  when she bumps into  Naoto (a boxer), who falls in love with this "version" of Minatsu.  <br><br>(Source: Prisms)