| Azusa Sawa |
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- "Azusa, you sound just like Commander Nishizumi right now!"
- ―Yuuki Utsugi during the match against Anzio
Azusa Sawa (澤 梓, Sawa Azusa) is one of the supporting protagonists of Girls und Panzer. She is the tank commander of the Rabbit Team.
Profile[]
Azusa is a first year student from Ooarai Girls High School. She's also the commander of the Rabbit Team and she operates a U.S. M3 Lee. Since she is most mentally dveloped, and have authority skills, she often acts as the team's tsukkomi.
Appearance[]
Azusa is a girl with a short dark brown hair and a pair of dark brown eyes. She is seen to wear black knee socks.
Personality[]
Azusa is well known for her caring personality that she always shows to her fellow first years. She's also very determined, especially when it involves the victory, and therefore salvation, of her school, so she doesn't want to fail any of Miho Nishizumi's orders. Her level-headedness and seriousness (in comparison to her teammates) make her the natural choice as a tank commander, making her effectively Miho's counterpart on this team.
Background[]
Being the commander of the Rabbit Team, Azusa takes some credits in both of their most memorable feats, the takedown of the Elefant and the Jagdtiger, in the match against Kuromorimine. In the Elefant's fight, Azusa orchestrated "Operation Kelly Heroes", a plan to drive around in small alleyways in order to get behind the tank destroyer while leaving its stuck since it can't rotate in such narrow roads, which allowed Rabbit Team's M3 Lee to freely shoot at it, before Saki Maruyama pointed out its weakpoint, allowing them to deal the finishing move. In the fight against the Jagdtiger, Azusa was partly responsible in keeping the M3 Lee alive, by giving Karina Sakaguchi commands on how to maneuver correctly so the Jagdtiger's attacks can't directly deal so much damage. Finally, her determination to end the Jagdtiger right away inspired Yuuki Utsugi to come up with a plan to finish it, when her team was in dire trouble and largely panicking.
In the Anzio OVA, Azusa has Rabbit Team make use of the dual gun setup on the M3 Lee to operate a makeshift auxiliary predictor. Rabbit Team are the only instance of this strategy being demonstrated in the anime.
In the match against All-Stars University, after discovering that their tank fares poorly when toe-to-toe with enemy heavy tanks, Azusa instead keys on their tanks effectiveness at hunting down light tanks. In their newfound role as "light tank killer", Rabbit Team makes short of two Chaffee tanks, saving the surrounded CV.33.
Etymology[]
- The name Azusa means "catalpa tree" (梓).
- Catalpa is a tree with large heart-shaped leaves, clusters of trumpet-shaped flowers, and long, slender seed pods, native to North America and eastern Asia and cultivated as an ornamental.
- Azusa's surname Sawa means "marsh" (澤).
Trivia[]
- Azusa's favorite flower is Baby's Breath and her favorite tank is the British Comet tank.
- In the Drama CD:"Everyone! What Are You Choosing?", Azusa has chosen to take Kado (Flower Arrangement) first before she chose to take Sensha-do.
- In the Anzio OVA, Azusa was indirectly called a second Miho Nishizumi by her teammates.
- Azusa is seen alongside Miho during the battle against Bellwall Academy, thus implying that she is the new vice-commander for Ooarai.
- Azusa has a younger brother.
- In the manga, Azusa seems to be a huge fan of St. Gloriana Girls' College together with Yuuki Utsugi.
- It is specified, Azusa comes from Katsuta, Hitachinaki Ibaraki.
Gallery[]
- Main article: Azusa Sawa/Gallery
| Characters | ||
|---|---|---|
| Ooarai Girls High School | Anglerfish Team | Miho Nishizumi ♦ Saori Takebe ♦ Hana Isuzu ♦ Yukari Akiyama ♦ Mako Reizei |
| Duck Team | Noriko Isobe ♦ Taeko Kondou ♦ Shinobu Kawanishi ♦ Akebi Sasaki | |
| Hippo Team | Erwin ♦ Caesar ♦ Saemonza ♦ Oryou | |
| Rabbit Team | Azusa Sawa ♦ Aya Oono ♦ Ayumi Yamagou ♦ Yuuki Utsugi ♦ Karina Sakaguchi ♦ Saki Maruyama | |
| Turtle Team | Anzu Kadotani ♦ Momo Kawashima ♦ Yuzu Koyama | |
| Mallard Team | Midoriko Sono ♦ Moyoko Gotou ♦ Nozomi Konparu | |
| Leopon Team | Reira Nakajima ♦ Keiko Hoshino ♦ Maria Suzuki ♦ Tsuchiya | |
| Anteater Team | Nekota ♦ Momoga ♦ Piyotan | |
| Shark Team | Ogin ♦ Murakami ♦ Cutlass ♦ Flint ♦ Rum | |
| Miscellanous | Taiga Ou ♦ Sadoka ♦ Mazoe | |
| St. Gloriana Girls High School | Darjeeling ♦ Orange Pekoe ♦ Assam ♦ Rosehip ♦ Rukuriri ♦ Nilgiri ♦ Vanilla ♦ Cranberry ♦ Earl Grey | |
| Saunders Girls High School | Kay ♦ Alisa ♦ Naomi ♦ Helmet-Chan | |
| Anzio Girls High School | Anchovy ♦ Carpaccio ♦ Pepperoni ♦ Amaretto ♦ Gelato ♦ Panettone | |
| Pravda Girls High School | Katyusha ♦ Nonna ♦ Klara ♦ Nina ♦ Alina ♦ Ekaterina ♦ Olga ♦ Polina ♦ Natalia ♦ Lisa ♦ Mo ♦ Zemlya ♦ Neba | |
| Kuromorimine Girls High School | Maho Nishizumi ♦ Erika Itsumi ♦ Koume Akaboshi ♦ Leila Rou ♦ Emi Kojima ♦ Geshiko ♦ Sangou ♦ Mauko ♦ Sheska ♦ Manami Himuro ♦ Runa Onizuka ♦ Kirishima | |
| Chi-Ha-Tan Academy | Kinuyo Nishi ♦ Haru Fukuda ♦ Tamaki Tamada ♦ Shizuko Hosomi ♦ Setsuko Nagura ♦ Noriyo Hamada ♦ Tomiko Teramoto ♦ Emi Ikeda ♦ Rin Kubota ♦ Yasuko Nishihara ♦ Chiyoko Uenishi ♦ Tatsu Hasegawa ♦ Hanako Hirai | |
| Jatkosota High School | Mika ♦ Aki ♦ Mikko ♦ Touko ♦ Lili | |
| BC Freedom High School | Ribbon Warrior | Asparagus ♦ Moule ♦ Bordeaux |
| Das Finale | Marie ♦ Andou ♦ Oshida ♦ Sofue ♦ Isabe | |
| Blue Division High School | El ♦ Tristana ♦ Viridiana ♦ Andalusia | |
| Koala Forest High School | Wallaby ♦ Platypus | |
| Bonple High School | Ribbon Warrior | Jajka ♦ Uszka ♦ Pierogi |
| Das Finale | Maiko | |
| Maginot Girls College | Éclair ♦ Fondue ♦ Galette ♦ Madeleine ♦ Colombier | |
| Count High School | Noemi Kohiyama ♦ Anna Masukura ♦ Nachigami Sisters ♦ Marina Constantinescu ♦ Mizuki Ikarashi | |
| Tatenashi Girls High School | Shizuka Tsuruki ♦ Rin Matsukaze ♦ Haruka Endou | |
| Tategoto High School | Aung | |
| Maple High School | Trout ♦ Amber ♦ Oleo | |
| Kebab High School | Bosphorus | |
| Bellwall Academy | Tiger I Crew | Emi Nakasuga ♦ Hitomi Yuzumoto ♦ Kita ♦ Takami ♦ Nagisa Shiratori |
| Jagdpanther Crew | Neko Yamamori ♦ Yano ♦ Koharu Sakai ♦ Kanbara ♦ Hirono | |
| Elefant Crew | Chifuyu Doi ♦ Terauchi ♦ Wakasugi ♦ Kunihiro ♦ Nogata ♦ Enami | |
| T-44 Crew | Youko Minami ♦ Saionji ♦ Azuma ♦ Hokuto | |
| Panzer II Crew | Kashiwaba Sisters | |
| West Kureouji Grona Academy | Kiri Shiratori | |
| All-Stars University Team | Alice Shimada ♦ Azumi ♦ Megumi ♦ Rumi | |
| Japan Sensha-dō Federation | Ami Chōno ♦ Shiho Nishizumi ♦ Renta Tsuji ♦ Chiyo Shimada ♦ Shichiro Kodama ♦ Kikuyo Idegami ♦ Kanon Sasagawa ♦ Hibiki Inatomi ♦ Remi Takashima | |
| Non-Affiliated | Yoshiko Akiyama ♦ Jungorou Akiyama ♦ Hisako Reizei ♦ Shinzaburo ♦ Yuri Isuzu ♦ Chihiro Yusa ♦ Boko | |