The Golden Pair of Martial Arts Figure Skating from Kolhotz High School, as they have been dubbed, Mikado Sanzenin and Azusa Shiratori were unequaled when it came to combat on the ice, that is until Ranma, Akane, and Ryoga decided to give it try.
Azusa is the female half of the skating pair and has an odd personality quirk of stealing things that don't belong to her and giving them a cute French name. She is extremely childish and behaves like a girl helf her age. Upon first seeing P-chan she decided that it was now her pet pig Charlotte. Of course Akane didn't like that one bit, which lead to the Charlotte Cup, a battle for ownership of P-chan.
Azusa actually suspected Ryoga of being her little pig when she noticed him wearing the collar she gave to Charlotte. Ryoga denied this of course, and went on to help Ranma and Akane demolish the Golden Pair in competition. Once Mikado is side-lined with an injury, Azusa rushes to his side only to steal his blanket and pummel him when he tries to take it back.
The Meaning Behind the Name - 白鳥あずさ
Azusa (あずさ) means "catalpa tree" while Shiratori (白鳥) is "white bird".
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 Voices:
Naoko Matsui
Naoko Matsui is the high-pitched voice of Azusa in Japan. Her other roles include Sakura Kokusho in Please Save My Earth, Dorothy Catalonia in Gundam Wing, Rally Vincent in Riding Bean, Sonoko Suzuki in Detective Conan, Toshie Hijikata in Moeyo Ken and Katsumi Liqueur in Silent Möbius. She also does double duty on Ranma 1/2 in the role of Yotaro.
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Aoi Yuki
Aoi Yuki takes on the role of Azusa in the 2024 adaptation of Ranma 1/2. Her other roles include Tanya Degurechaff in The Saga of Tanya the Evil, Cure Grace in Healin' Good PreCure, Iris in Pokemon and Tatsumaki in One Punch Man, Tsuyu Asui in My Hero Academia, Modoka Kaname in Puella Magi Madoka Magica and Diane in The Seven Deadly Sins. She also played Ten in the 2022 adaptation of Urusei Yatsura.
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Cathy Weseluck
Cathy Weseluck is the equally high-pitched English voice of Azusa. Cathy is best known as Shampoo in Ranma 1/2, but her other works include C-ko Kotobuki in Project A-ko, Urasue and Kagome's Mother in Inuyasha, Mirai in Mobile Suit Gundam, Near in Death Note and coincidentally enough- Dorothy Catalonia in Gundam Wing.
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Kayli Mills
Kayli Mills plays Azusa in the 2024 adaptation of Ranma 1/2. Her other roles include Takagi in Teasing Master Takagi-kun, Kaede Azusagawa in Rascal Does Not Dream... series, Hinata Miyake in A Place Further Than the Universe, Cissnei in the Final Fantasy VII series, Kaname Arisugawa in TONIKAWA: Over the Moon For You OVA, Deldry in The Seven Deadly Sins, and Kazuha Toyama in Detective Conan: The Crimson Love Letter.
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