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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. She often acts as the team's tsukkomi. Azusa comes from Katsuta, Ibaraki.

Appearance[]

Azusa is a girl with a short dark brown hair and a pair of dark brown eyes.

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[]

  • In the Drama CD:"Everyone! What Are You Choosing?", Azusa has chosen to take Kado (Flower Arrangement) first before she chose to take Senshado.
  • In the Anzio OVA, Azusa was indirectly called a second Miho Nishizumi by her teammates.
  • In Der Film, Azusa is seen taken notes on tactics whilst watching film reel of an attacking M3 Lee.
  • 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.

Gallery[]

Main article: Azusa Sawa/Gallery
Characters
Ooarai Girls High School Anglerfish Team Miho NishizumiSaori TakebeHana IsuzuYukari AkiyamaMako Reizei
Duck Team Noriko IsobeTaeko KondouShinobu KawanishiAkebi Sasaki
Hippo Team ErwinCaesarSaemonzaOryou
Rabbit Team Azusa SawaAya OonoAyumi YamagouYuuki UtsugiKarina SakaguchiSaki Maruyama
Turtle Team Anzu KadotaniMomo KawashimaYuzu Koyama
Mallard Team Midoriko SonoMoyoko GotouNozomi Konparu
Leopon Team Reira NakajimaKeiko HoshinoMaria SuzukiTsuchiya
Anteater Team NekotaMomogaPiyotan
Shark Team OginMurakamiCutlassFlintRum
Miscellanous Taiga OuSadokaMazoe
St. Gloriana Girls High School DarjeelingOrange PekoeAssamRosehipRukuririNilgiri ♦ Vanilla ♦ Cranberry ♦ Earl Grey
Saunders Girls High School KayAlisaNaomiHelmet-Chan
Anzio Girls High School AnchovyCarpaccioPepperoniAmaretto ♦ Gelato ♦ Panettone
Pravda Girls High School KatyushaNonnaKlaraNinaAlinaEkaterinaOlgaPolina ♦ Natalia ♦ Lisa ♦ Mo ♦ Zemlya ♦ Neba
Kuromorimine Girls High School Maho NishizumiErika ItsumiKoume Akaboshi ♦ Leila Rou ♦ Emi KojimaGeshikoSangouMaukoSheskaManami HimuroRuna Onizuka ♦ Kirishima
Chi-Ha-Tan Academy Kinuyo NishiHaru FukudaTamaki TamadaShizuko HosomiSetsuko NaguraNoriyo HamadaTomiko TeramotoEmi IkedaRin KubotaYasuko NishiharaChiyoko UenishiTatsu HasegawaHanako Hirai
Jatkosota High School MikaAkiMikko ♦ Touko ♦ Lili
BC Freedom High School Ribbon Warrior AsparagusMouleBordeaux
Das Finale MarieAndouOshida ♦ Sofue ♦ Isabe
Blue Division High School ElTristanaViridiana ♦ Andalusia
Koala Forest High School WallabyPlatypus
Bonple High School Ribbon Warrior JajkaUszka ♦ Pierogi
Das Finale Maiko
Maginot Girls College Éclair ♦ Fondue ♦ Galette ♦ Madeleine ♦ Colombier
Count High School Noemi KohiyamaAnna MasukuraNachigami SistersMarina ConstantinescuMizuki Ikarashi
Tatenashi Girls High School Shizuka TsurukiRin Matsukaze ♦ Haruka Endou
Tategoto High School Aung
Maple High School Trout ♦ Amber ♦ Oleo
Kebab High School Bosphorus
Bellwall Academy Tiger I Crew Emi NakasugaHitomi YuzumotoKitaTakamiNagisa 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 ShimadaAzumiMegumiRumi
Japan Sensha-dō Federation Ami ChōnoShiho NishizumiRenta TsujiChiyo ShimadaShichiro KodamaKikuyo IdegamiKanon SasagawaHibiki InatomiRemi Takashima
Non-Affiliated Yoshiko AkiyamaJungorou AkiyamaHisako ReizeiShinzaburoYuri IsuzuChihiro YusaBoko
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