Tokyo Mew Mew/Characters

Mew Mews

Ichigo Momomiya (Mew Ichigo) | Voiced by: Saki Nakajima (Japanese), Amanda Brown (English)

Mew Ichigo

The main character of the series, who has the DNA of the Iriomote Wild Cat. She has a crush on Masaya Aoyama and hopes to get together with him.

• Brown Eyes: In civilian form in the anime.
• Catgirl
• Cute Little Fangs: Sometimes shows these as Mew Ichigo.
• The Ditz
• Dub Name Change: "Zoey Hanson" in the 4Kids dub.
• Expressive Hair
• Fan Girl: For Masaya. Also for Zakuro, but slightly less so than Minto.
• First-Name Basis: Has this with most of her friends, but not with Shirogane or Akasaka. Aoyama eventually starts calling her by her first name, but while she hopes to eventually do the same with him, she doesn't get around to doing so (In the dub, they're always on a first name basis).
• First Kiss: In the manga, an Accidental Kiss with Aoyama. In the anime, it's stolen by Quiche.
• Generation Xerox: In one of the fillers, her father, Shintaro disapproves of Aoyama, and challenges him to a kendo match until she intervenes. He had to go through the same thing with his wife Sakura's father, and Sakura responded similarly.
• Girlish Pigtails
• Heart Beat-Down
• Heroic BSOD: After Masaya is revealed to be Deep Blue. She is shocked into a loss of common sense, attacking her teammates and then refusing to fight, until Minto slaps her back to sanity.
• The Heroine
• I Just Want to Be Normal: Although she changes her mind later on, much of her early motivation is saving the world so her normal life can resume, and she initially fears what Aoyama will think if he finds out about her secret.
• Improbable Weapon User: Strawbell Bell
• Involuntary Shapeshifting: Her cat ears and tail sometimes pop out under duress; later on, she starts turning into a cat and is stuck that way unless she's kissed.
• Meaningful Name: "Momoiya"/"Peach shrine"; "Ichigo"/"Strawberry"
• Redheaded Heroine: In civilian form.
• Rose-Haired Girl: When transformed (in the anime) or all the time (in the manga, at least before some aspects of the art were retconned to fit with the anime).
• Sacred First Kiss: She was not happy with Quiche...
• Say My Name: "AOYAMA-KUUUN!!"
• Single Woman Seeks Good Man
• Strawberry Shorthand
• Strong Family Resemblance: Looks like her mother, Sakura.
• Verbal Tic: "~nya", occasionally.

Minto Aizawa (Mew Mint) | Voiced by: Yumi Kakazu (Japanese), Andi Whaley (English)

Mew Mint

The second person to join the Mew Mews, she has the genes of an Ultramarine Lorikeet.

• Acrophobic Bird: Averted.
• Aloof Big Brother: Has one, whom she tries to impress with her ballet.
• Anguished Declaration of Love: For Zakuro in the anime.
• The Archer: Her weapon is the Mintone Arrow, a bow.
• Bi the Way: And the dub made "Corina" hotter for "Renee" than Minto was for Zakuro (or at least more blatant about it) by writing out her attraction to men (in one scene in which the Mew Mews imagine their ideal man, Corina's is replaced with Renee).
• Brown Eyes: In civilian form in the anime.
• Cherry Blossoms: Feature in her transformation sequence.
• Dance Battler
• Dub Name Change: "Corina Bucksworth" in the 4Kids dub.
  • Spell My Name with an "S": "Mint" in the Tokyo Pop translation.
• Fan Girl: For Zakuro.
• Get a Hold of Yourself, Girl!: To Mew Ichigo, complete with "Get a hold of yourself!", to cancel the latter's Heroic BSOD caused by her boyfriend's transformation into the Big Bad.
• Heroic BSOD: After Zakuro "betrays" the team.
• Jumped At the Call
• The Lancer
• Lonely Rich Kid
• Meaningful Name: "Aizawa"/"Dark blue swamp"
• Mini-Dress of Power
• Odango Hair
• Ten-Minute Retirement: In one episode, believing that the struggle the Mews are faced with is hopeless.
• The Ojou: With shades of Rich Bitch at the beginning.
• Rich Bitch: The dub turns her into this and makes her rather rude.
• Screw the Rules, I Have Money
• Vitriolic Best Buds: Occasionally critical of Ichigo, but nevertheless quite close to her.
• You Gotta Have Blue Hair

Retasu Midorikawa (Mew Lettuce) | Voiced by: Kumi Sakuma (Japanese), Bella Hudson (English)

Mew Lettuce

The third Mew Mew to join, she has the DNA of a Finless Porpoise. She is a shy girl who is initially scared of her powers, but gradually becomes more confident over time.

• Blind Without'Em: Only made clear in the anime, and only when untransformed. Mew Lettuce goes around without glasses all the time.
• Blue Eyes: In civilian form.
• Cute Clumsy Girl: She has never met a plate she hasn't dropped.
  • Dojikko
• Dark Magical Girl: Acted as one at first due to her fear of her powers. This didn't last long.
• Dub Name Change: "Bridget Verdant" in the 4Kids dub.
  • Spell My Name with an "S": "Lettuce" in the Tokyo Pop translation.
• Expressive Hair
• Extreme Doormat: Has three so-called "friends" before meeting the Mew Mews who treat her terribly, yet she puts up with it.
• Forgot About Her Powers: In her case, forgot she could breathe underwater and control water.
• Improbable Weapon User: Her Lettastanets are... castanets.
• Japanese Honorifics: Uses "-san" with virtually everyone.
• Making a Splash: Occasionally, such as in her first appearance.
• Meaningful Name: "Midorikawa"/"Green river"
• Meganekko
• Shrinking Violet
• Showgirl Skirt
• The Smart Girl
• This Looks Like a Job For Aquaman: Her abilities often are useful when no one else’s are. In one episode, only she can listen to the chimera anima’s reading out loud without falling asleep, due to her interest in books, and in another, she can use her castanets even while tied up in a web, since she only needs to move her fingers. Lastly, she was the only one who could swim in water for long due to having the DNA of a Finless Porpoise.
• You Gotta Have Green Hair

Bu-ling Huang (Mew Pudding) | Voiced by: Hisayo Mochizuki (Japanese), Kether Donahue (English)

Mew Pudding

The fourth member of the Mew Mews, who has the DNA of the Golden Ring Tamarin. She is highly energetic, but later developments indicate that she is responsible for her younger siblings in the absence of her parents.

• All Girls Want Bad Boys: She eventually develops a crush on Tart.
• Anime Chinese Girl
• Arranged Marriage: With one of her father's students in a filler.
• Big Eater
• Brown Eyes: In the anime.
• The Chick
• Chinese Girl
• Cloudcuckoolander: Often makes some fairly bizarre inferences, like suggesting that Zakuro is going to America to play baseball, and thinks spinning plates on a ball is a form of ballet.
• Cute Bruiser
• Darkskinned Blonde
• Dating Batman: With Tart.
• Dub Name Change: "Kikki Benjamin" in the 4Kids dub.
  • Spell My Name with an "S": "Pudding Fong" in the Tokyo Pop translation.
• Facial Markings: Her mark is on her forehead.
• Genki Girl
• Gratuitous Foreign Language: Uses Chinese on occasion.
• Hair of Gold
• Jumped At the Call
• Kid Appeal Character
• Meaningful Name: "Huang"/"Yellow"; "Bu-ling"/"Walking bell"
• Motor Mouth: Bu-ling wants to perform, na no da!
• Parental Abandonment: Her mother is dead and her father is often away training, leading to her...
• Promotion to Parent
• Rings of Death: Puringrings
• Stepford Smiler: Her A Day in the Limelight episode indicates she may be keeping some of her sadness to herself.
• Third Person Person
• Verbal Tic: "~na no da".

Zakuro Fujiwara (Mew Zakuro) | Voiced by: Junko Noda (Japanese), Mollie Weaver (English)

Mew Zakuro

The last member of the team to be introduced and a famous model whom Minto greatly admires. She has powers prior to meeting the others, and is reluctant to join them at first, but joins them and opens up to them.

• Aloof Ally: At first.
• Bare Your Midriff
• Big Badass Wolf
• The Big Girl
• Blue Eyes: In civilian form in the anime.
• Broken Bird: Scenes imply that she underwent a deeply upsetting experience involving the death of someone she cared for, and that she is estranged from her parents.
• Closet Key: Acts as one for Minto.
• Creepy Cool Crosses: Her whip has a cross-shaped handle in the Japanese version.
• Dance Battler: Not on Minto's level, but she's strongly hinted to have studied ballet in preparation for her modeling vocation, and it shows in her fighting style.
• Dangerously-Short Skirt: She wears these a lot (and booty shorts as Mew Zakuro).
• Dark Magical Girl: The dub made her out to be a former one for some reason or another.
• Dub Name Change: "Renée Roberts" in the 4Kids dub.
  • Spell My Name with an "S": Zacro Fujiwara in the Kodansha translation. Why?
• Even the Girls Want Her
• Fake Defector: In Episodes 42 and 43.
• Full-Name Basis: Her admirers always refer to her as Fujiwara Zakuro.
• Japanese Christian
• Jerkass Facade: Acts coldly toward customers so that they won't recognize her.
• Meaningful Name: "Fujiwara"/"Wisteria field"; "Zakuro"/"Pomegranate"
• Onee-Sama: Minto refers to her this way.
• Shipper on Deck: Ships Ichigo and Aoyama.
• Stripperiffic: Coupled with Bare Your Midriff and Asymmetrical Zettai Ryouiki.
• Sugar and Ice Girl: Appears highly aloof at first glance, and acts as such so that customers won’t recognize her, but shows a sweeter side around Minto and Ichigo.
• Sympathy for the Devil: After hearing the aliens' motivations, she says it's natural that they'd be upset with humans, but notes that it doesn't justify their crimes.
• Tall, Dark and Bishoujo
• Thigh-High Boots: In her Mew form.
• Whip It Good: Zakuross Whip
• Who Wears Short Shorts?
• You Gotta Have Purple Hair
• Younger Than They Look: She is supposed to be fifteen.

Berii Shirayuki (Mew Berry)

• But Not Too Foreign
• Executive Meddling: The reason she had so much focus in Tokyo Mew Mew a la mode - Ikumi Mia was told not to focus on the previous series' characters.
• Hair of Gold
• Last-Episode New Character: In the manga.
• Magic Wand: Loveberry Rod
• Meaningful Name: "Shirayuki"/"White snow"
• Mix-and-Match Critters: Has the DNA of the Andes Mountain Cat and the Amami Black Rabbit.
• Sixth Ranger: And the (temporary) new leader in Tokyo Mew Mew a la Mode, since Ichigo was overseas.

Ringo Akaii (Mew Ringo) | Voiced by: Taeko Kawata (Japanese)

• Curtains Match the Window: Because the anime never adapted the game, she has this in all her appearances.
• Everything Is Better With Penguins
• God-Created Canon Foreigner: Designed by Ikumi Mia for the PSX game, which she is exclusive to.
• Improbable Weapon User: Appletick, her... maracas.
• Kid Appeal Character
• Meaningful Name: "Akaii"/"Red"; "Ringo"/"Apple"
• The Medic
• Third Person Person

Aliens

The main antagonists of Tokyo Mew Mew are a group of aliens who once called the Earth home before being forced to flee due to environmental changes. They waited on a distant planet on which it was difficult to survive until the time came when they could return. Angered with what the humans have done to the environment, they plan to destroy humanity and reclaim their former home.

Quiche | Voiced by: Daisuke Sakaguchi (Japanese), Andrew Rannells (English)

One of Deep Blue's main operatives. The most persistent threat to the heroes among the aliens, he often sends minions out to fight the Mew Mews, but as time goes on, he often intervenes himself. He has a crush on Ichigo that, as time goes on and she repeatedly rejects him, escalates into an obsession.

• Bare Your Midriff
• Bishonen
• Crazy Jealous Guy
• Died in Your Arms Tonight: He gets better.
• Dub Name Change: "Dren" in the 4Kids dub.
• Spell My Name with an "S": "Kish" in the Tokyo Pop translation, and "Kisshu" in some fansubs.
• The Dragon: For Deep Blue.
• Eyes of Gold
• Fangs Are Evil
• Hey, It's That Voice!: His voice in the 4Kids dub is the same as Harley's from Pokémon.
• I Have Your Wife: He sometimes resorts to taking hostages, especiallyIchigo, in an attempt to prevent the Blue Knight from fighting back.
• Pointy Ears
• Redemption Equals Death: He gets better though.
• Sai Guy: Wields two of them.
• Single-Target Sexuality: Ichigo-sexual.
• Slasher Smile
• Stalker with a Crush
• Villainous Breakdown
• Yandere : In the anime only. He eventually decides that he wants Ichigo to be happy with Masaya.
• You Gotta Have Green Hair
• You Have Failed Me: He never gets killed for his failures, but Deep Blue often assigns other punishments, such as taking him off duty.

Tart | Voiced by: Kiyomi Asai (Japanese), Jimmy Zoppi (English)

The youngest of the three aliens who fight the heroes, who enjoys insulting both allies and enemies.

• Adorably Precocious Child
• Bare Your Midriff
• Bratty Half-Pint
• The Brute
• Creepy Child: Subverted. He usually ends up resorting to childish insults.
• Dating Catwoman: With Bu-ling.
• Does Not Like Shoes
• Dub Name Change: "Tarb" ("Brat" backwards) in the 4Kids dub.
• Embarrassing Nickname: Hates it whenever Bu-ling calls him Taru-Taru.
• Eyes of Gold
• Fangs Are Evil
• Green Thumb: Primarily uses plants as chimera anima and can create mutated vines.
• Killer Click Clack Toy: His weapons in the anime.
  • Shock and Awe
• Love Redeems
• Pointy Ears
• Tsundere: Toward Bu-ling.
• Twin Tails
• Villainous Rescue: Saving Mew Pudding when both are trapped underground.

Pie | Voiced by: Nobutoshi Canna (Japanese), Pete Zarustica (English)

A cool-headed, analytical alien who also works for Deep Blue. He is especially loyal to him, and is unwilling to tolerate allies who question him.

• Curtains Match the Window
• Dub Name Change: "Sardon" in the 4Kids dub.
• The Evil Genius
• Fangs Are Evil
• Paper Fan of Doom: His personal weapon.
  • Shock and Awe
  • Blow You Away
• Pointy Ears
• The Stoic: He only gets irritated whenever someone disrespects Deep Blue.
• You Gotta Have Grayish Purple Hair

Deep Blue

A computer for the aliens that guides their efforts to exterminate the humans. It is revealed that, rather than helping the aliens reclaim their home, he wants Earth for himself — and he may not just be a computer.

• Big Bad
• Blue Eyes
  • Icy Blue Eyes
• Evil Laugh
• Fangs Are Evil
• Pointy Ears
• Rapunzel Hair
• The Reveal: The fourth-to-last episode reveals him to be another alter-ego of Masaya, who appears similar to the Blue Knight... except Deep Blue is, in fact, utterly cruel in terms of depravity, so much so that the other aliens eventually turn against him.
• Slasher Smile
• Villainous Breakdown: He gets this near the end of the series as Masaya starts fighting back against him from within him.

Saint Rose Crusaders

The main antagonists of Tokyo Mew Mew a la mode.

Supporting Characters

Masaya Aoyama

Voiced by: Megumi Ogata (Japanese), Scottie Ray (English)

The captain of the Kendo team at Ichigo's school and the boy Ichigo has a crush on. It turns out that his true identity is the Blue Knight, and that he is also Deep Blue.

• Big Bad: He's Deep Blue in the guise of a human, see Meaningful Name for more details.
• Bishonen
• Broken Ace: See Stepford Smiler.
• Dub Name Change: "Mark" in the 4Kids dub.
• Heroes Want Redheads
• Heroic Sacrifice: To enable Ichigo to destroy Deep Blue (he gets better).
• Hidden Depths: Unfortunately missed by some of his detractors.
• Kendo Team Captain: The star of his school's kendo team.
• Love Interest: For Ichigo.
• Meaningful Name: "Ao" means blue, and he's the Blue Knight and Deep Blue.
• Neutral Male: Eventually subverted, as he turns out to be the Mysterious Protector.
• Restored My Faith in Humanity: Ichigo does this for him.
• Right Behind Me: Often happens to walk up behind Ichigo when she or others are talking about him, especially when she doesn’t want him to show up at the moment.
• Stepford Smiler: Keeps his hatred for much of humanity behind the facade of a nice, intelligent, athletic boy so that he can fit in with humanity, particularly when he was looking for a family to adopt him. Only after he meets Ichigo does he start being truly happy.
• Yandere: Downplayed, but has an element of this with the gift that he gave to Ichigo being "a bell", as well as calling Ichigo "his" when confronting with Quiche later on in the series. Surprisingly, this actually portrayed in a positive light, with his love for Ichigo being the key that allows him to take back his identity as "Masaya" from Deep Blue.
• You Are a Credit to Your Race: Even before he realizes he's not human, he thinks of Ichigo as the only good human, or "different" from the rest. This way of thinking doesn't last, though: she eventually restores his faith in all humans.

Blue Knight | Voiced by: Megumi Ogata (Japanese), Sean Schemmel (English)

A mysterious warrior who appears in various circumstances when the heroes need him most. He's actually Masaya Aoyama.

• Big Damn Heroes: His introduction, saving an ill Ichigo from being killed by Quiche.
• Bishonen
• Blue Eyes
• Hair of Gold
• Long-Haired Pretty Boy
• Mysterious Protector
• The One Guy: The only male ally of the Mew Mews who participates in combat.
• Pointy Ears
• Sixth Ranger

Ryou Shirogane | Voiced by: Kouichi Toochika (Japanese), Sean Schemmel (English)

The head of the Mu Project, who sought out the girls and infused them with DNA in order to deal with the threat of the aliens.

• Big Good: Effectively the leader of the good guys.
• Bishonen
• Blond Guys Are Evil: Aversion, also used straight in the "jerk who loses in the Love Triangle" sense.
• Blue Eyes
• Dark-Skinned Blond
• Dub Name Change: "Elliot Grant" in the 4Kids dub.
• Eccentric Millionaire: Well, sometimes.
• Heterosexual Life Partners: With Akasaka.
• Intelligence Equals Isolation: Akasaka was his first real friend, and largely because his father suggested that Akasaka should become friends with him, at that.
• Jerk with a Heart of Gold
• Mission Control
• Non-Action Guy
• Professor Guinea Pig: Tested the Mew Mew genes on himself. He can turn into a cat, but must turn back after 10 minutes or stay that way forever.
• Screw the Rules, I Have Money
• Sensitive Guy and Manly Man: Manly Man to Akasaka's Sensitive Guy.
• Teen Genius
• You Killed My Parents: A Chimera Anima was responsible for destroying the lab where his parents worked.

Keiichiro Akasaka | Voiced by: Hikaru Midorikawa (Japanese), Andrew Rannells (English)

Shirogane's long-time friend and assistant. He helps run Cafe Mew Mew and oversee the Mew Mews' missions.

• Bishonen
• Dub Name Change: "Wesley J. Coolridge III" in the 4Kids dub.
• Heterosexual Life Partners: With Shirogane.
• Last-Name Basis: Everyone except Shirogane and an ex-girlfriend refers to him by his last name.
• Long-Haired Pretty Boy
• Mission Control
• Non-Action Guy
• Parental Abandonment: According to an info page that came with an issue of Nakayoshi, his parents died before he became Professor Shirogane's student.
• Sensitive Guy and Manly Man: The Sensitive Guy to Shirogane's Manly Man.
• Tall, Dark and Handsome
• Unflappable Guardian

Tasuku Meguro

Berii's childhood friend, and later boyfriend. He works as a waiter at Cafe Mew Mew

• Genki Boy
• Childhood Friend Romance: With Berii.

Masha | Voiced by: Junko Noda (Japanese), Tom Wayland (English)

A robot who assists the Mew Mews with their missions, often by detecting aliens, chimera anima and Mew Aqua.

• Detect Evil
• Dub Name Change: "Minimew" in the 4Kids dub.
• Projected Man: Has the ability to project images of Mission Control to whoever he's with.
• Robot Buddy
• We Named the Monkey "Jack": His name was derived from "Masaya". Ichigo's idea.