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Shizuka Tsuruki
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Shizuka Tsuruki is a main protagonist of the spin-off manga Girls und Panzer: Ribbon Warrior.

Profile[]

Shizuka is a student attending Tatenashi High School. She operates a Type 97 Te-Ke tankette as its commander, gunner and loader.

Appearance[]

Shizuka is a girl with brown eyes and short black hair, bound by her signature massive red ribbon tied into a bow.

Personality[]

A girl who comes from an affluent family with ties to the Takeda clan, Shizuka is often described as an elegant and refined beauty, known and referred to as Tatanashi High School's "princess". However, she has an archaic way of speaking, and carries herself with the mannerisms and beliefs of warriors of old. Shizuka revels in the feeling of battle, and of engaging in heated combat against worthy enemies as she is obsessed with fighting Maho Nishizumi and Jajka. She also tends to collect and use various paraphernalia related to ancient Japanese warrior culture, such as pencil boxes in the shape of namakubi (shrunken severed heads) and swords.

Normally seen as a taciturn girl, Shizuka hardly speaks while in battle, preferring to issue commands to her driver Rin Matsukaze using feet commands. She is a skilled yet ruthless tank commander, and has no issue with using the most pragmatic methods of fighting, including using spectators to throw off her enemies and setting houses on fire.

Background[]

As a reflection of her samurai heritage, Shizuka is a skilled practitioner of the Japanese martial arts of kyudo and yabusame. She was the top member of Tatenashi's kyudo club but quit to focus on Tankathlon. She has adapted her abilities to Tankathlon, using a bow during matches and her feet to direct Rin in the same manner as a horse.

Etymology[]

  • Shizuka's surname Tsuruki means "crane, stork" (鶴) (tsuru) and "princess" (姫) (ki).

Trivia[]

  • The personal markings on the Type 97 Te-Ke - the four-part diamond and the centipede - are crests associated with the Takeda Clan, from whom Shizuka mentions her family is descended.
  • Suzuki's original plan for Shizuka was very different. She lacked her red bow, wore glasses, and was very serious and laconic. She was supposed to appear in full armor in several scenes.
  • Shizuka is the fourth character to be a Boko fan. While much less enthusiastic at first compared to the others, her visit to the Boko Museum makes her become decidedly more hardcore.
  • Shizuka's birthday is December 1, the same date in 1941 as Emperor Hirohito of Japan gave final approval to initiate war against the United States.

Gallery[]

Main article: Shizuka Tsuruki/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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