Kaori Yanase

Kaori Yanase (梁瀬 かおり, Yanase Kaori) is a 19-year old computer technician schooled in the art of taekwondo.

Biography
Kaori Yanase initially entered the V.G. tournament to test her own abilities, but found herself humiliated in the final round by Reimi Jahana. Ever since, she has devoted her training to defeating the multi-time V.G. champion. Despite this, Kaori apparently bears no ill will towards her would-be rival and simply sees defeating her as part of the path she must travel to become stronger.

Etymology

 * The name Kaori is written in hiragana (かおり), which has no special meaning. However, when written in kanji (香 or 香織), it could possibly mean:
 * 香 - "fragrance, fragrant".
 * 香織 - "fragrance, fragrant" (香) (ka) and "weave, weaving" (織) (ori).
 * Kaori's surname Yanase means "beam" (梁) (yana) and "swift current, rapids" (瀬) (se).