__Zodiac Sign:__ Pisces 
Height: 154 cm 
~!Sword: Saionji&#039;s Katana
Drive to Duel: To become special and destroy those who already are special.!~ Utena's best friend. Wakaba's cheerful personality hides an enormous inferiority complex, and she attaches herself to Utena and other people to feel important. In the first episode (&quot;The Rose Bride&quot;) she refers to Utena as her &quot;boyfriend.&quot; Utena first dueled Saionji after he posted a love letter that Wakaba gave to him in order to humiliate her. ~!During the Black Rose Saga, it is revealed that she was harboring Saionji after his expulsion from school. When he returns due to his obsession with Anthy, she feels betrayed and seeks Mikage. Taking revenge, she pulls Saionji&#039;s katana out of his body to duel Utena. In the movie, Wakaba appears only briefly. In her first scene, she gives Utena a tour of Ohtori Academy. Towards the end of the movie, she is shown as being transformed into a Jeep-like automobile and transporting the Student council members to rescue Anthy. (The movie makes a further pun on Wakaba&#039;s name by displaying a &#039;wakaba mark&#039; &mdash; the green and yellow chevron that is used in Japan to signify a car being operated by a novice driver &mdash; on the back of the car.) Despite her initial interest in Utena she is later seen with another boy, who looks similar to her friend Tatsuya from the anime. Ikuhara suggested that this boy was supposed to represent that Wakaba was living a &quot;normal&quot; life in Ohtori as opposed to the world of the Duelists and revolution.!~ Source: Wikipedia

Just after Utena's parents died she was consoled by a prince who gave her a ring with a rose crest on it. Utena was so impressed by the Prince that she vowed to become one herself one day. A few years later Utena is attending Ohtori Academy where she gives all the teachers headaches because she dresses in a boys uniform so she can be like the prince she met long ago. 
After Utena's friend is insulted by a member of the Student Council, Utena fights in a duel for her friends honor. Utena's rose crest allows her to enter the dueling arena where Utena wins the duel and becomes engaged to the Rose Bride. Unknowingly, Utena is pulled into a series of duels with other members of the Student Council for the possession of the Rose Bride. As she becomes fond of Anthy, the Rose Bride, she must fight to keep her friend safe and to discover the horrifying secret behind Ohtori Academy. 
(Source: Anime News Network)


Yuka Imai  is a Japanese former voice actress who was previously represented by Gekidan Moonlight and by Atomic Monkey at the time of her retirement. On August 30, 2018, she announced her retirement from voice acting, due to various difficulties in her life such as her divorce and her son having pervasive developmental disabilities. 

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FAVORITES:
Anime Character (Played): Neese, Giselle and Wakaba  
Authors: C.S. Lewis, J.D. Salinger, John Irving  
Food: Anything Italian  
Music Artists: Aretha Franklin, Stevie Wonder, Annie Lennox, The Beatles, U2, Dave Matthews Band, Emmylou Harris, Sarah Vaughan

In a loose retelling of the Revolutionary Girl Utena TV series, Utena Tenjou arrives at Ohtori Academy, only to be immediately swept up in a series of duels for the hand of her classmate Anthy Himemiya and the power she supposedly holds. At the same time, Utena reunites with Touga Kiryuu, a friend from her childhood who seems to know the secrets behind the duels. Utena must discover those secrets for herself, before the power that rules Ohtori claims her and her friends, new and old. 
(Source: Anime News Network)

Tatiane "Tati" Keplmair Dias is a Brazilian actress, voice actor and dubbing director, best known for voicing Sakura Haruno in Naruto, Rukia Kuchiki in Bleach and Nami in One Piece. She is the older sister of [Thiago Keplmair](https://anilist.co/staff/100133/)

Utena Tenjou had a tragic childhood - her parents died when she was young, and she almost drowned, had it not been for her prince who came and rescued her. Because of the impact this prince had on her life, Utena strives to be just like him - to grow up to be a prince, not a princess, and to spread nobility, ultimately finding her prince and bringing revolution.
 
(Source: Anime News Network)

Elegance is a way of life at Ohtori Academy. For close to one hundred years, the elite boarding school has valued tradition and ceremony above almost everything else.
 
Into this academic milieu walks Utena Tenjou, a short-stressed teenage girl who favors trim-cut boys' clothing. Almost immediately, she finds herself embroiled in sword duels, knotty romantic entanglements and a string of shady alliances. A cloud of mystery hangs over the campus of Ohtori, and everyone Utena meets harbors a dark and twisted secret.
 
(Source: Viz Media)

Two light novels written by Ichiro Okouchi with illustrations by Chiho Saito, "Shoujo Kakumei Utena: Ao no Soujyu" and "Shoujo Kakumei Utena: Midori no Omoi" expand on material from the television series, with Ao no Soujyu focusing on the first five episodes of the series and Midori no Omoi focusing on Wakaba's Black Rose character arc.

Wakaba Shinohara