Ayu Tateishi

Ayu Tateishi (立石 亜由 Tateishi Ayu) is a calm and level-headed girl who befriends Nina Sakura.

Biography
Ayu Tateishi is a 7th grader that happens to be one of the most popular girls in school. Not only is she the best at tennis in the girls' club, but she's also seen as a calm and collected upperclassman who always knows what she's doing and is always classy and perfect. However, this is not the case. She can be seen breaking out of her shell as the series progresses, specifically when she befriends Nina Sakura, a young witch exiled from the Magical Kingdom in search of the 5 Holy Stones.

Physical appearance
Ayu Tateishi is brunette with brown eyes. She is usually seen in her school uniform which consists of a pleated skirt, bow, undershirt, and blazer/sweater vest.

Personality and traits
Ayu is very calm and level headed but can be seen breaking character around Nina because of her antics. Around her crush, Kaji, she is seen putting up a front around him and everyone at school that she is this cool collected girl. This is all because when they met, he mentioned she liked how calm and collected she always was, which made her try to change herself for him.

Nina Sakura
Nina Sakura is Ayu's best friend. They can often be seen walking home from school together, and Nina waits for Ayu to finish tennis practice at the end of the day. Not only do they do that, but they also spend quite a bit of time on the antics caused by Nina's out of control magic. This can cause small arguments between the two, but it's usually fixed at the end of the day. However, there was one time where Nina saw Ayu's crush, Kaji, throwing out some cookies a girl had baked for him. Nina then told Ayu that he was two faced, causing them to fight and stop talking for a little bit.

Tetsushi Kaji
Kaji is Ayu's crush. They've known each other for a long time, but their feelings for each other are only revealed towards the end when Nina forces them to confess to one another. When Ayu is around Kaji, she tries to keep a calm and composed exterior because of something he said to her when they were younger. They had both told each other they liked how composed and kind the other is, causing both of them to put on an act in front of everyone in order to impress their crush.

Voice actors

 * Ayu is voiced by Satsuki Yukino in the OVA, Yui Horie is the TV series, and Stephanie Sheh in English.

Appearances

 * Ultra Maniac
 * Manga
 * Anime