Tamao Mitsurugi

Tamao Mitsurugi (御剣 珠緒, Mitsurugi Tamao) is a young girl who dreams of one day being like her idol, Yuka Takeuchi. To that end, she has tirelessly spent her spare time practicing amateur Karate and attempting to copy Yuka's various techniques. She somehow gained the ability to control her energy before her fourteenth birthday.

Personality
Much like Yuka Takeuchi, Tamao is a hard working, honest and generally outgoing girl, which allows her to make friends easily. However, she is clumsy, forgetful and tends to act before thinking things through.

Biography
Tamao Mitsurugi is an obsessed fan girl who entered the tournament to meet and fight Yuka Takeuchi. She is also an admirer of her fighting style (so that both are almost alike). The fact that Tamao has developed the power of aura and is only 14 years old is pretty unusual for a girl her age (what a difference 2 years make between her and Manami Kusunoki!).

As mentioned before, Yuka and Tamao seem very much alike (which confused Satomi Yajima once). Yuka is kinda of like a big sister to her. She refers to Yuka as her "Senpai" [Something a younger person would say to someone who is older and more educated.]

Etymology

 * The name Tamao means "bead, pearl, gem, jewel" (珠) (tama) and "thread" (緒) (o).
 * Tamao's surname Mitsurugi means "honorable" (御) (mi) and "sword, blade, saber, bayonet, sting, clock hand" (剣) (tsurugi).