Utena is a tomboyish, courageous and naïve character who lives to emulate the idealized prince figure from her childhood. She is forthright, honest, and friendly, and nearly all the girls in school adore her.

__Anime TV Series:__

~!Utena’s parents died when she was six years old. On that day she was wandering around, lost, and she fell through a hole in a fence that enclosed a river area. Utena nearly drowned but was saved by a mysterious Prince who kissed away her tears and told her that if she did not lose her noble heart, they would meet again. He left with her a rose signet ring (the Rose Seal as it is called by the duelists). She encounters the Prince, and -for reasons which eventually become key to the show's resolution- this encounter created in her the drive to become a Prince herself. Utena does not remember much of this encounter, and for the most part Utena herself does not clearly remember the full details of her history, until the very end. Later on, Utena receives picture cards that give her clues as to where her prince is. By following these clues, she finds herself at Ohtori Academy. Utena accidentally becomes a Duelist and wins Anthy as the Rose Bride. Though critical of the Duels for objectifying Anthy, her honest desire to protect Anthy as well as a drive to act like a prince lead her to become an active participant. As the series passes, her nobility is continuously tested, until she is finally forced to confront her own hypocrisy.!~ 

__The Adolescence of Utena:__

~!Utena travels to Ohtori Academy after supposedly breaking up with her past boyfriend Touga. It is also assumed that after her separation with Touga she was in an emotional turmoil that led her to the academy. However, she sees him on her first day on campus. Her hair is cut short, giving her more of a male's appearance, causing Saionji to initially mistake her for a boy. Additionally, Utena is a bisexual character, being coquettish with Wakaba and does not seem to mind her more boyish appearance. She is extremely troubled by Touga's apparent abandonment of her, and her interactions with Anthy express a level of introversion not present in the anime series, though she also shows an unpredictable streak and is once physically violent towards Anthy in anger. This is said by fans to be Utena's adoption of a more masculine personality. Initially Utena's aim to be a prince is more subtle than prominent compared to the anime series. It is Touga's supposed abandonment of her that caused her to feel that she must be more independent and a "prince" by nature. Though she states that Touga was always the prince she wanted. The movie deals with her own metamorphosis in becoming a prince. Utena and Anthy seemingly swap personalities in the movie, and that Utena is the one who must be saved by Anthy. Their physical appearances also seem to mirror their respective series incarnations, seeing that Utena has wavy hair and Anthy has straight hair which was the opposite in the series.!~


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 boy's 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 friend's 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)

Tomoko Kawakami was a Japanese voice actress. Having graduated from the Toho Gakuen College of Drama and Music, she was affiliated with Production Baobab at the time of her death.

In August 2008, Kawakami was diagnosed with ovarian cancer, which required surgery. During a three-year battle with cancer, most of her ongoing roles were replaced by other voice actresses, although the latter was able to do some voice work until her retirement in the start of the 2010s decade. She died on June 9, 2011 at the age of 41.

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An Italian actress, voice actress and singer, mostly known for her roles as [Bulma](https://anilist.co/character/678/), [Nami](https://anilist.co/character/723/), [Sakura Haruno](https://anilist.co/character/145/), [Lina Inverse](https://anilist.co/character/1169/) and [Musashi](https://anilist.co/character/3935/) (Jessie).

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She is the Castillian Spanish voice of Natalie Portman, Anne Hathaway, Scarlett Johansson and Keira Knightley.

Mi Sook Jeong, joined KBS Voice Acting Division in 1984. One of her well known voice acting is Kagome Higurashi.  Although unrelated to anime, she played the voice of Reith in the PS2 game, Magna Carta the Tears of Blood.

She is a Mexican voice actress, best known for being "Official Jenny" in the Latin American Spanish dub of *Pokémon* and Mia Toretto in the *Fast and Furious* franchise. 

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)

Her sister, [Federica de Bortoli](https://anilist.co/staff/95767/), is a popular Italian voice actress too. She dubbed [Kikyo](https://anilist.co/character/1359/) (from "Inuyasha") for the first 26 episodes, then contractual questions forced dubbing staff of Dynamic Italia to change casting roles and give her one to [Francesca Guadagno](https://anilist.co/staff/96231/).

__Birth Name:__ Ranja-Mona Helmy

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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)

Utena has saved Anthy by defeating Akio in the final duel, but in doing so she has vanished from the world. Now the student council members at Ohtori Academy find themselves in their own revolutions. (Source: Viz Media)
 
Contains three separate stories about the former members of the student council, 20 years in the future: After the Revolution, Beautiful Thorns, and The Eve of the Revolution.

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.