Miyafuji, Yoshika

宮藤芳佳

The series' main protagonist is a fifteen-year-old girl from the Fuso Empire. She is a typical young woman hailing from a family of clinicians who utilize their magic to heal people. When using this power, Yoshika takes on the features of a mame-shiba. Her father designed the Striker Units used by the Strike Witches in combat. However, because her father died in the war, she is vehemently opposed to fighting when Mio Sakamoto appears to recruit her. It is only after entering combat for the first time, helping to defend the Fuso fleet heading to Britannia from a Neuroi attack, that she decides to join the 501st. She now holds the rank of Sergeant. Yoshika has a talent for cooking, but tends to care more about her food's health benefits than its taste, such as when she introduced the other Witches to natto. In battle, she carries a 13mm Type99 Machine gun along with a M712. In the OVA, she had a small gray dog as a familiar which has not yet appeared. Her Striker Unit is modeled after the A6M Zero, and she is based on the ace Kaneyoshi Mutoh. Due to events in the second season, she gains a new Striker, the J7W1 Shinden, based on the Kyuushuu J7W plane. She seems to love the other girls' breasts.