__Height:__ 163 cm
__Grade:__ 2nd Year of Middle School

A second-year middle school student and one of the Heroes of the first Hero Team and the ancestor of [Sonoko](https://anilist.co/character/88641/Sonoko-Nogi). Wakaba is a serious, strong-willed girl that believes in rewarding favors. She seeks revenge on the Vertexes and is willing to take risks to get it. She is a natural, charismatic leader who is wildly popular with the general public. However, she is also a kindhearted girl who is dismayed that her serious exterior sometimes scares people off, and she has a hidden soft side which enjoys being spoiled by Hinata.

As a Hero, Wakaba fights using a sword named Ikutachi. It can cut through Vertexes with ease, even if the user is not transformed. Ikutachi is one-handed, meaning she has no need to hold onto it with both hands.

The story of Nogi Wakaba wa Yuusha de Aru takes place 300 years in the past, in 2018, the first days of the Divine Era. The six main characters form the first ever Hero Team: Nogi Wakaba, Nogi Sonoko's ancestor; Uesato Hinata, Takashima Yuuna, Koori Chikage, Doi Tamako and Iyojima Anzu. 

Includes: 
Chapter 0: Ni-satsu-me no Yuusha Gyoki (The Second Hero Diary) 
Volume 1 extra chapter: Shiratori Utano wa Yuusha de Aru (Shiratori Utano is a Hero) 
Volume 2 extra chapter: Takusareta Baton (The Passed Baton)

The third season of Yuuki Yuuna wa Yuusha de Aru. 
 
The magical girls of the Sanshu Middle School Hero Club have one goal: to make people smile whenever they can and to always help those in need. Through teamwork and the help of their magical powers, Yuna, Mimori, Fuu, Itsuki, Karin and Sonoko have vanquished deadly Vertexes, recovered a missing friend and balanced their lives as magical girls and regular middle school students. Now a new adventure begins, one that will test their skills and their bond as friends alike. 
 
(Source: Sentai Filmworks)

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A voice actor, singer, and the drummer of [Poppin'Party](https://anilist.co/staff/153185/PoppinParty). Ayaka was born in Saitama Prefecture but moved to Tokyo after kindergarten. She became part of a theater company in elementary school and appeared in commercials, stage productions, and TV dramas. After receiving some voice acting lessons in the company, she realized that she wanted to become a voice actress. She got scouted in 2011 by Horipro and began her career. In August 2014, she debuted as a singer with her single "YES!!", which was used as the opening theme for the anime _Sabagebu!_.

Her hobbies includes karaoke as well as watching anime, drumming, browsing the internet, gaming, watching sports, and reading light novels. She had drumming skills prior to joining the _Bang Dream_ franchise. Ayaka loves heavy metal and shares her love together with her mother, who used to sing Marilyn Manson's songs for her as lullabies. Her favorite bands are Evanescence, Papa Roach, and Slipknot. She also admires [Nana Mizuki](https://anilist.co/staff/95081/). 

Ayaka is also the voice provider of the VOCALOID4 voicebank, MATCHA.

__Non-Anime Roles:__
- Iansan - Genshin Impact (VG)
- Angelina - Arknights (VG)

The story of Nogi Wakaba wa Yuusha de Aru takes place 300 years in the past, in 2018, the first days of the Divine Era. The six main characters form the first ever Hero Team: Nogi Wakaba, Nogi Sonoko's ancestor; Uesato Hinata, Takashima Yuna, Koori Chikage, Doi Tamako and Iyojima Anzu.


A compilation of Uesato Hinata wa Miko de Aru (上里ひなたは巫女である), Fuyou Yuuna wa Yuusha de Nai (芙蓉友奈は勇者でない), and Karasuma Kumiko wa Miko de Nai (烏丸久美子は巫女でない).
 
Note: Includes one extra chapter.

Hero History Apocrypha (勇者史外典) part 2 of 3.
 
In year 29 of the Divine Era, more than thirty years have passed since a mysterious monster from the heavens destroyed all of Japan except Shikoku. Young boys and girls, already unaware of the tragedy of that time, live in peace behind the wall that protect Shikoku. In such a time, there was a girl who was given the name "Yuuna" because of a special gesture she made at birth. Yuuna is an honorary name taken from Takashima Yuuna who perished in a fierce battle with the monsters about 30 years ago. Yuzuki Yuuna was one of those Yuunas, but contrary to her heroic name, she was a girl with no special powers. She learns that there is a girl in the same school with the same Yuuna name. Fuyou Lilienthal Yuuna — She says, "My dream is to go outside the wall and see the world for what it really is."

A short side-story during the events of Nogi Wakaba wa Yuusha de Aru, centered on Uesato Hinata.
 
300 years ago, in the background of the first Heroes who fought against the Vertexes when the world was still in the Christian Era, there was another battle for the Mikos led by Uesato Hinata.

The story takes place in the era of the gods, year 300. Yuuna Yuuki lives an ordinary life as a second year middle school student, but she's also a member of the "Hero Club," where club activities involve dealing with a mysterious being called "Vertex."
 
(Source: Anime News Network)

It is the year 300 of the Divine Era. The world inside the Shinju where all Heroes and Mikos were summoned from all ages during the crisis of the Shinju. They gathered in Sanshuu Middle School Hero Club and have transformed it into a large family with a total of 27 members. The club president, Inubouzaki Fuu who gathered these powerful friends together, announces the development of the long-awaited Hero Club Udon.

Chapters 1-6: Washio Sumi wa Yuusha de Aru Gaiden: Yuusha Koushinkyoku 
In this humorous, slice-of-life spin-off of Washio Sumi is a Hero, Sumi, Sonoko, and Gin set out on an adventure to return a lost puppy to its owner. 

Chapters 7-9: Kaettekita Washio Sumi wa Yuusha Radio 

Chapters 10-11: Yuusha GP 
"Hero Grand Prix" is a cross-over that includes the characters from Yuki Yuna is a Hero, Washio Sumi is a Hero, Nogi Wakaba is a Hero, and Shiratori Utano is a Hero.

The spin-off 4-koma manga of Nogi Wakaba is a Hero depicts the activities of the first generation of Heroes, 300 years before Yuuki Yuuna is a Hero. We'll be showing you the "no fighting, lots of food" and relaxed daily life of the brave Nogi Wakaba and her friends.
 
Note: Includes three extra chapters

Heroes' Room is the spin-off Web 4koma to promote Nogi Wakaba is a Hero. It features Togo Mimori and Nogi Sonoko as hosts interviewing the characters of Nogi Wakaba is a Hero.

4-koma manga based on the mobile game "Yuuki Yuuna wa Yuusha de Aru Hanayui no Kirameki”.
 
Note: Chapters count includes the chapter “Let's learn about the world of YuYuYui“.

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