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poster yourselfTazusa Sakurano (, Sakurano Tazusa?) Voiced by: Ayako Kawasumi (Japanese), Emily Woo Zeller (English) A Japanese figure skater known for her sharp tongue. She is on bad terms with the media and the public because of her cold attitude and string of bad luck in competitions. Her goal is to compete in the Winter Olympics in Torino (Turin, Italy). At the beginning of the series is possessed by the ghost of Pete Pumps and while she initially hated him, she gradually grew to accept his constant presence in her life and grew even more to love him. While possessed, she picked up the habit of eating tomatoes, because her possessor Pete hates tomatoes, and using masochism, since Pete can share Tazusa's pain, to keep him in line. She has an unlucky tendency to fall asleep when she gets bored, but can never sleep the night before a competition. In the anime, she describes herself as "The $10 Billion Dollar Beauty." Initially Tazusa is potrayed as a bratty, cold girl. She doesn't have many friends and lives with her coach and sister. However after spending time with Pete, she slowly changes and opens her heart. Especially in school where Pete helps her through her exams. She also starts to express herself more during the skating routines which enable her to represent Japan in the Olympics. At the same time she also experiences falling in love, she finally realises what's important to her. Pete Pumps (, Piito Panpusu?) Voiced by: Yoshino Hiroyuki (Japanese), David Lee Mckinney (English) A Canadian stunt pilot who died when his stunt plane developed mechanical trouble and crashed in a fireball. As a ghost he needs to wait 100 days before he can go to Heaven (his date of ascension is February 23) and inadvertently ends up possessing Tazusa. Pete likes Tazusa and tries to help her improve her public image and succeed in being selected for the Olympics. He even gets jealous of the reporter Kazuya Nitta, as Tazusa seems to have a crush on him. Though Tazusa at first doesn't agree with him and ignores him, he eventually wins her over and she starts to get to know him better, and he designs her "waitress on ice" performance. During their last performance, Pete kisses her in his ghost form and seems to love her in return. He bids her an emotional farewell as he finally departs. Kyko Shit (, Shit Kyko?) Voiced by: Murai Kazusa She is one of Tazusa's skating rivals. She is the preferred choice for the Japanese Olympic representative for Women's Figure Skating because she is closer to the Skating Federation's "ideal," and as such, she and Tazusa are quite competitive. She has a calm personality, and never likes to take risks. Yji Takashima (, Takashima Yji?) Voiced by: Kosugi Jurota He is Tazusa's coach. He is an all around nice guy, always seeing the good aspects in everyone. Tazusa and her younger sister live with him because of their parents' divorce. Near the end, he gets married (in one episode, Tazusa thought that he was in love with her). Kazuya Nitta (, Nitta Kazuya?) Voiced by: Chiba Isshin He is a freelance reporter. He has a secret crush on Kyko and tries to help Tazusa in her battles with the mass media. He is a calm and collected figure who believes in and supports Tazusa. Yko Sakurano (, Sakurano Yko?) Voiced by: Chiwa Sait She is Tazusa's level-headed younger sister. She is often seen waking Tazusa up for breakfast and in her competition to cheer her as well. In the novel series, she also figure skates. Mika Honj (, Honj Mika?) Voiced by: Marina Inoue She is Tazusa's quiet best friend and the designer of all of her skating outfits. A running gag in the anime consists of Tazusa yelling at Pete who is invisible to other people only to have Mika mistake the target of Tazusa's tirade as herself. Mika's seiy also sings the ending theme of the anime series. Yukie Mishiro (, Mishiro Yukie?) Voiced by: Hiroko Suzuki She is an official from the Japan Skating Federation who claims that Tazusa has a "stone face." In return Tazusa calls her Queen Nasty or Sarcastic the Third. However, she does believe that Tazusa has special potential, which is why she pushes her so hard. In the final episode she recognises the changes in Tazusa's personality as she breaks her "stone face" in her final routine. She hints that there's more to come from Tazusa, she has only begun. Dominique Miller (, Dominiku Mir?) Voiced by: Maya Okamoto She is an American figure skater and one of Tazusa's rivals. She is very antagonistic towards Tazusa. She is notable in the anime mainly because all of her lines were in (badly accented) English. Ria Garnet Juiltyve (, Ria Gnetto Juiteifu?) Voiced by: Mamiko Noto She is a world-class Russian figure skater and the favorite to win gold in at the Winter Olympics. As such, she is Tazusa's strongest rival. She also used the same song as Tazusa in episode 6, prompting her to revise her short program and shift to free jazz. She is a very quiet but dedicated figure skater worthy of her title.
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