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Makie Sasaki

Student Number 16: Makie Sasaki (佐々木 まき絵 Sasaki Makie) Birthday: 7 March 1989. The energetic (and sort of childlike) rhythmic gymnast. She strongly likes Negi (She thinks that he's very cute, but at the same time, can recognize his maturity), and is friends with Yūna, Ako, and Akira, who are also in sports clubs. She is "Baka Pink" of the "Baka Rangers" study group, standing out as the second lowest scorer (with Asuna performing more poorly than she does). She uses a long ribbon to grab things out of her reach, such as fruit, books, and adorable preteen teachers. During the Kyoto trip, she participated in the 'Kiss Negi' game, and managed to kiss one of the copies of Negi, which resulted in a Botched Pactio Card of her. She's absolutely enthusiastic when it comes to rhythmic gymnastics and achieving her dream of competing in the Olympics. (Seiyū: Yui Horie)

Sakurako Shiina

Student Number 17: Sakurako Shiina (椎名 桜子 Shiina Sakurako) Birthday: 9 June 1988. The most cheerful of the three cheerleaders in the class. She also strongly likes Negi, but only because she thinks he is cute. She loves karaoke and her pet cats, Cookie and Biscuit (translated as Kukki and Bikke in Japanese). She is also in the Lacrosse club. As a hobby, Sakurako gambles a lot (it was probably a habit instilled in her younger days). However, she wins her bets most of the time, with great profit. She's also very good at card games. She has been classmates with Asuna and Ayaka for a very long time, so she knows a lot about them (and bets when they fight from the very beginning, that is when Asuna is transferred to first grade here). (Seiyū: Akane Omae VA: Colleen Clinkenbeard)

Mana Tatsumiya

Student Number 18: Mana Tatsumiya (龍宮 真名 Tatsumiya Mana) Birthday: 17 November 1988. The mercenary miko. She is the daughter of the keepers of the Tatsumiya shrine (which is on campus), and works part-time there as a priestess, employing guns with spellbreaker bullets as her tool of exorcism. She is not what one describes as sociable, since she keeps to herself most of the time and does not engage in conversation. She is also a kind of mercenary for hire, and mostly takes on contracts which pertain to hunting/destroying/exorcising demons and ghosts. She will take on any job as long as she is paid well. Her latest assignment is to prevent confessions of love from occurring at the Mahora Festival, though she is also employed by Chao during the Mahora Fighting Tournament. When on the job, she's extremely serious and straight-forward, which at times can make her seem cold-hearted. She discovered Negi's secret when she helped rescue Konoka at Kyoto. She is also in the Biathlon club, as her apparent crush is the captain of the club. Mana has the second largest breasts in class, and also the second tallest girl. She carries a pactio card which is the remnant of a contract she had with another mage who is now deceased (and who is the one she really likes, and who the biathlon captain resembles, though she shot him when he tried to confess to her). She possesses certain abilities, one of which is her Demon-Eye, which allow her to see demons and spirits, (though she did not notice Sayo until much later). Whether this is an ability which was granted to her due to her former contract, or some natural power is unclear, (though since her magic partner is deceased, the Demon-Eye is likely a natural ability). She also took part in the Fighting Tournament, but lost to Ku Fei. However, it is later shown that she may have thrown that fight, as Chao offered her some kind of payoff, but Mana turned it down. (Seiyū: Miho Sakuma)

According to her character design notes, Mana is half-Puerto Rican, half-Japanese.

Guns she has used until now are listed in Mana's guns in the List of Items and Artifacts in Negima.

Chao Lingshen

Student Number 19: Chao Lingshen (超 鈴音, Japanese: チャオリンシェン Chao Rinshen, Chinese: Chao Lingshen) Birthday(listed): 1 December 1988. The top student of the entire year group (also referred to as the "smartest kid in the school"). A rich Chinese girl, she is in many clubs and is particularly into cooking. Before the Mahora Festival, she runs the "Chao Bao Zi" restaurant out of a specially modified streetcar along with Satomi, Satsuki, Ku Fei, and Chachamaru. She is best friends with Satomi, and both enjoy using Satomi's inventions on Ku Fei. Her origins are mysterious (No records of her have been found dating any further than 2001) as she claims she is related to Negi by blood. She becomes the primary sponsor of the Mahora Fighting Tournament and offered a cash prize of 10,000,000 Yen to the winner. She has come into conflict with the school administration for spying and trying to reveal the existence of magic several times in the past. She even went as far as imprisoning Takamichi T. Takahata and "Mini" Setsuna when they started to investigate the truth of the tournament. She also leaked details of Negi's search for his father, which, combined with his performance in the festival tournament, turned him into an instant celebrity. Her intentions are mostly secret (although world domination is listed as her primary interest, she dislikes war, hatred, and the unilateral control of major powers), but even Evangeline warns Asuna that Chao's kind of evil is far worse than her own. Chao later wants to quit school and return home on the last day of the Festival, and says that if she missed that chance she would not be able to return home for another 22 years. Chao has often claimed that she's a Martian to those who have asked, but also says that she's from a hundred years in the future (where humans have colonized Mars), and that she is a descendant of Negi.

In Chinese, 音　is never pronunce as shen or sheng in any district of China. The precise pronunciation of 音 in Chinese is yīn. (Seiyū: Chiaki Osawa)

Trivia In The Chuang Yi version, her name is rendered as "Chao Rinshen".

Kaede Nagase

Student Number 20: Kaede Nagase (長瀬 楓 Nagase Kaede) Birthday: 11 November 1988. The gentle and calm yet strong and tall girl. In her free time, she goes ninja-training in the mountains, using real ninja weaponry and even having true ninja powers (such as the famous kage bunshin no jutsu, the art of shadow body-split as popularized by the Naruto series), which she uses to great effect (she can divide into up to 16 Kaedes, but only four if she wants them to be able to fight alongside her). She actually comes from a family line of ninjas, but was said to have been born a generation too late, since her parents do not carry on the family ninja traditions. Most of her abilities are self-taught. She is "Baka Blue" of the "Baka Rangers" study group. Kaede was the second girl (Asuna being the first) to learn about Negi's magic, but kept this a secret even from him until she helped Negi rescue Konoka at Kyoto where she fought and defeated Kotaro Inugami. During her fight with Kotaro, Kaede introduced herself as a Chūnin (中忍) of the Koga ninja clan (甲賀流). Kaede is the tallest girl in the class, and has the third largest breasts. She did quite well during the Mahora Fighting Tournament, but she knew that she was no match against Colonel Sanders. Though she lost to him, she was happy to know that she did her best. She later suggested that she and Kotaro train together to become stronger. (Seiyū: Ryoko Shiraishi VA: Clarine Harp)

Chizuru Naba

Student Number 21: Chizuru Naba (那波 千鶴 Naba Chizuru) Birthday: 29 January 1989. A gentle, motherly, and loving, yet strange girl. She is a kind person to everyone, volunteers at the daycare in Mahora City and is in the Astronomy club. She's a good cook, and has exceptional domestic skills. Even though she is nice, she can be sometimes be scary. A fine example would be her attempts to stick spring onions, or negi, into Kotaro's behind to relieve his fever (this is an actual folk cure), and her intimidation of Kotaro and Natumi to go along with her idea of Kotaro being Natsumi's brother. Shortly after Golden Week, she found an injured dog on the side of the road. She took the dog in, who turned out to be Kotaru Inugami. Chizuru is extremely courageous, as shown in her encounter with Wilhelm, where she calmly confronted him for his intrusion and even slapped him when he was about to petrify Kotaro (It should be noted that previously, only Asuna has shown to be able to strike mages, demons, and other magic-users like that). Her roommates are Ayaka, Natsumi and Kotaro. Chizuru has the largest breasts in the class. In the volume 8 character notes and also Negima Workshop, Akamatsu mentions that Chizuru and Mutsumi Otohime from Akamatsu's earlier work, Love Hina, are very similar. (Seiyū: Misa Kobayashi)

Fuka Narutaki

Student Number 22: Fuka Narutaki (鳴滝 風香 Narutaki Fūka) Birthday: 6 December 1988. The elder of the Narutaki twins. She is the class prankster, and always seems to be looking for some way to get into trouble. More often than not, she winds up getting Fumika to help her out as well. Both she and her sister claimed to be taking ninjitsu lessons from Kaede, but whether they have any appreciable skills is questionable. Both twins took part in the 'Kiss Negi' game, where the both kissed a clone of Negi at the same time, resulting in a single Botched Pactio Card featuring both of them. The twins are members of the Academy Walking Club, and Fuuka does enjoy exaggerating things to harmlessly tease Negi. (Seiyū: Kimiko Koyama, VA: Alison Retzloff)

Fumika Narutaki

Student Number 23: Fumika Narutaki (鳴滝 史伽 Narutaki Fumika) Birthday: 6 December 1988. The younger of the Narutaki twins. Truth be told, she is almost the complete opposite of Fuka. Her hobby is cleaning, and while she goes along with Fūka's pranks, constantly tries to tell her sister that they are bad ideas the entire way. The twins claim to be undergoing ninja training from their roommate Kaede, and are seen wearing ninja outfits during the "Kiss Negi" contest in Kyoto, and afterwards, when they wanted to play with Negi. She and her sister are the only girls in the class that haven't yet gone through puberty. One thing to note is that she dislikes the Seiza position. (Seiyū: Mari Kanou, VA: Alison Retzloff)

Satomi Hakase

Student Number 24: Satomi Hakase (葉加瀬 聡美 Hakase Satomi) Birthday: 14 July 1988. The robotics expert. She is best friends with Chao, and created Chachamaru with her help. Her nickname is "Professor" (博士, meaning "expert, learned person", a play on her last name as it is also pronounced "Hakase"). She and Chao enjoy using her inventions on Ku Fei. She is also a member of the Robotics and Jet Propulsion Society of Mahora University. Because of her great intelligence, obssession in her work, and somewhat lacking common sense, she and Chao are sometimes referred to as mad scientists by their classmates. In her biography, she dislikes things that can not be explained or scientifically proven, despite the fact that she is well aware of magic and uses it frequently in her work, especially in the creation of her greatest achievement, Chachamaru. During the Mahora Festival, she is working with Chao for some unknown purpose, which apparently includes the plan to reveal the existence of mages to the world. (Seiyū: Mai Kadowaki)

Chisame Hasegawa

Student Number 25: Chisame Hasegawa (長谷川 千雨 Hasegawa Chisame) Birthday: 2 February 1989. The grumpy computer geek with a double life. She is serious in public, however in private she becomes Chiu, a famous Net Idol who cosplays and takes glamorous and sexy pictures of herself which she posts to her website after editing them in "Photoshock"(Photoshop). In the manga, she is the most popular of the internet idols "Chiu". She particularly dislikes Chachamaru, Mana, the Narutaki twins, Ku Fei, Chao, Evangeline, Kaede, Zazie, Negi, and (in the anime) Akira, considering them to be crazy (as they are quite eccentric-looking). Actually, she is afraid of being crazy because of her own hobby, but denies it herself. The only people who know about her double life are Negi, Kazumi, Ayaka, and Makie. It seems that the whole class knows her secret but do not actally understand the whole "Net Idol" concept. Unfortunately, not only does Negi find out about her secret, he even accidentally embarrasses her in front of the entire class by blowing her clothes off. Kazumi is shown holding a cosplay picture of Chisame's in episode 16 as blackmail. Chisame is slowly learning about magic over the course of the school festival, after talking with Chachamaru during the tournament, then being turned into a ten-year-old and brought back several hours in time. She also learns, to her dismay, that Negi has become a big fan of her alter-ego Chiu and goes to her webpage every day. During her conversation with Chachamaru, she once suggested to form a probationary contract with Negi. Though she immediately said that she was just joking, many fans wonder whether she was actually serious. However, she's seen and recognized Negi inherent gift for accidentially charming girls, and has made sure to keep him at arms length. This has proven to be more difficult as she was later shown Evangeline's resort and is being encouraged by Chamo and the other girls to form a Pactio with Negi. In Negima Workshop it is noted that Chisame and Narusegawa Naru (of Love Hina), are similar in appearance. (Seiyū: Yumi Shimura, VA: Caitlin Glass)

Evangeline A.K. McDowell

Student Number 26: Evangeline Athanasia Katherine McDowell (Listed as Evangeline A.K. McDowell エヴァンジェリン・マクダウェル Evanjerin Makudaueru). The only Caucasian girl in the class, her birthday is not known; she looks about 10 but she's really over 500 years old. A cold and devilish little girl, she is actually a criminal witch and vampire nicknamed the "Dark Evangel" among other names. She rarely says much in class, and what she does say tends to lean towards an attempt to seem as evil as possible, however, she does have a soft side, which she rarely shows. She enjoys playing Go and is in the Go and Tea Ceremony clubs. She has two Ministra Magi, Chachazero and Chachamaru.

She was born in a castle in Europe during the middle ages, possibly in Ireland or Scotland (McDowell's Mc means son of~ in Celt), although it is not known if she was royalty or not. When she awoke on her tenth birthday, she found she had been turned into a vampire while she slept. Initially she had the customary weakness of a vampire towards sunlight and so on which she learned to overcome, becoming a "Shinso" (真祖) vampire or "high day walker". She developed her magical powers in order to get revenge on the man who turned her, who she killed. She was initially forced to lead an itinerant life since she could not hide the fact that her body no longer aged.

Little more is known about her history until more recent times when she was saved by the Thousand Master and pursued him mercilessly thereafter until he managed to shake her off. Feeling rejected, she finally tracked him down in Japan, but was tricked into walking into an "anti-vampire soup" composed of garlic and leek. Employing the Infernus Scholasticus curse, the Thousand Master confined her to the grounds of Mahora Academy and put in place a barrier to restrict her abilities. He claimed that Eva should try to "live in the light for a change" and promised her that he would free her from the curse when she graduated. Unfortunately, 5 years later, he "died", thus her chance of being free from the curse was gone until his son Negi came. Konoemon Konoe, the School Dean, employed her as a security guard, personally keeping him informed about events occurring in the school. With this in mind, it is no surprise that Mr. Takahata wrote "Ask her advice if you're in trouble" in Negi's class roster.

Evangeline eventually turned on Negi, claiming that, as son of the Thousand Master, draining his blood would enable her to break the curse, although on close examination of what she actually said, it is questionable about whether she really intended to go through with it or not. Furthermore, now that she is draining some of Negi's blood as payment for instructing him in combat spells, she is still unable to break the curse. This may imply that it would take more than draining the blood of Nagi or his descendant to undo the spell.

Evangeline specializes in ice-based spells and dark magic, and is shown to be incredibly powerful once in her full capacities. This is shown in her easy win over both Fate Averruncus and the demon-god Sukuna. Even without her magical powers, she is still a very good fighter and can easily throw a man twice her size. Her title of Doll (or Puppet) Master stems from the fact that, not only can is she able to animate dolls, but can also control people against their will as if they were puppets. She becomes Negi's master in magical combat after he sees her true power in Kyoto, and demands high performance (as well as a daily payment of blood for the lessons) from her student. (Seiyū: Yuki Matsuoka, VA: Laura Bailey)

Trivia Evangeline's titles include:

• Dark Evangel (闇の福音 ダーク・エヴァンジェル)
• Doll Master (人形使い ドール・マスター)
• Maga Nosferatu (不死の魔法使い マガ・ノスフェラトゥ) meaning the Undead Mage/Wizard.
• The Queen of The Night (夜の女王)

Nodoka Miyazaki

Student Number 27: Nodoka Miyazaki (宮崎 のどか Miyazaki Nodoka) Birthday: 10 May 1988. The shy bookworm. A member of the Library Exploration Group, who also helps in the book store, she spends so much time in the library that people outside the Library Exploration Group refer to her as "librarian girl" or "bookshop" (Hon'ya-chan 本屋ちゃん in the original Japanese: Del Rey translates it as "librarian girl" or "Librarian-chan", and also by the literal meaning "Bookstore", while Chuang Yi translates it as "Bookshop"). When Negi first arrived, she always had hair falling in front of her eyes, though her current hairstyle usually leaves enough of an opening in her hair that one (and only one) eye and later both eyes can be seen, created by wearing a short ponytail. After Negi saves her from falling down some steps she develops feelings for him, despite having no interest in the opposite sex up to that point. Nodoka is the second student Negi makes a probationary contract with, if inadvertently (She won the "Kiss Negi" contest by accident when Yue tripped her, causing her to fall and "kiss" Negi). Her magical artifact is the "Diarium Ejus", a diary that shows the thoughts of any person she speaks the name of. Nodoka and Yue are learning magic from Negi. (Seiyū: Mamiko Noto, VA: Leah Clark)

Nodoka is slightly different in the anime series of Negima, she has a mild case of Androphobia (fear of men) initially.

Trivia "Nodoka" means "quiet, calm" (source: Ken Akamatsu, "Negima! Esquisses Préliminaires, Tome 2")

Natsumi Murakami

Student Number 28: Natsumi Murakami (村上 夏美 Murakami Natsumi) Birthday: 21 October 1988. A sweet yet shy girl who is an actress in the theatrical club. She loves acting but dislikes her ad libs as well as her own appearance (underdeveloped figure, unmanagable hair, and in the manga, freckles) because her body is not very 'mature'-looking. In the manga, she also has freckles, and a complex about them as well. This is made worse by being roommates with Ayaka and Chizuru, who both have mature bodies and bigger breasts. Kotarō, who is also staying with them, assumes the identity as her younger brother. (Seiyū: Mai Aizawa)

Ayaka Yukihiro

Student Number 29: Ayaka Yukihiro (雪広 あやか Yukihiro Ayaka) Birthday: 5 July 1988. The rich Iinchō (いいんちょ, class representative) as she is mostly called. She is the second daughter of the Yukihiro family. More often than not, she winds up being the only thing keeping the class in order, due to Negi's inexperience with handling large groups. She and Asuna seem to hate each other, with the two often getting into fights, but it eventually becomes clear that they merely have an odd, but surprisingly close friendship that neither is willing to admit to. She is the girl most overtly fond of Negi, though she stands by the position that she's only interested in Negi because he "needs a mother figure". A Botched Pactio Card is made, when she kissed a paper double of Negi during the trip to Kyoto. An interesting thing is that while she likes Negi, she frequently gets into arguments with Kotaro, who is also of Negi's age (This is because in the manga he headbutts her trying to escape from Chizuru, then calls her old) . The reason being Negi in her mind is the perfect boy (smart, polite & nice), while Kotaro is just the opposite (rude, mean, and more street smarts than intelligence). She tends to be aggressive in pretty much everything she does, which tends to wind up with her being misunderstood. However, she is very good at hiding her own past (such as the story about her younger brother who died at childbirth, which may explain her fixation on Negi). She is roommates with Chizuru, Natsumi, and later Kotarō (whom Chizuru introduced to her as Natsumi's little brother), and is in the equestrian and flower arranging clubs. Even though Ayaka is a rich man's daughter and heiress, that did not stop her from being well-versed in several unnamed martial arts, culminating in having a "ryuha" of her own (Yukihiro Ayaka-ryū, Aiki-jujitsu). Her affection toward Negi increases substantially after witnessing his performance during the Mahora Fighting Tournament and learning about his missing father. She, along with several other of the girls in the class, vows to aid Negi in his quest, though Ayaka may be the most sincere in this case.

A fun tidbit about Ayaka is that nearly every time she appears in a scene, flowers appear from behind her. (Seiyū: Junko Minagawa, VA: Laura Bailey)

Trivia Ayaka means "fleur-de-lis", the emblem of Mahora Gakuen.

Satsuki Yotsuba

Student Number 30: Satsuki Yotsuba (四葉 五月 Yotsuba Satsuki) Birthday: 12 May 1988. The gentle cook. Plump, yet still cute. She enjoys cooking and is in the cooking club. She also runs Chao BaoZi, a business that sells meat buns together with Chao, and is the school dining officer. A very nice and hard-working person, Satsuki is liked by everyone in Mahora, even Evangeline (who sees the rest of 3-A as a pack of air-headed brats). Her very presence creates an atmosphere of serenity, and she can quickly put a stop to fights even between High School or University students. Satsuki's dream is to have her own restaurant, as she likes making people happy through her food. Satsuki has a unique way of speaking that is shown in the manga by depicting her words without a speech bubble. (Seiyū: Naomi Inoue VA: Monica Rial)

Zazie Rainyday

Student Number 31: Zazie Rainyday (ザジ・レイニーディ Zazi Reinīdi) The silent acrobat, and one of the most mysterious girls of 3-A. Nothing much is known about her, as she rarely associates with anybody, and even when she does, she rarely talks (she has spoken only five times in 139 chapters). What is known is that she is a member of the Nightmare Circus, the school's Acrobatic Club, and is seen directing a group of "monsters" or "spirits" when she offered to cover for her classmates during the school festival, and gave Chao a tiny dragon as a farewell gift. She has dark skin, and has two particular face paint marks: a large teardrop under her left eye, and a vertical line resembling a scar crossing the right side of her face. A splash picture of the cast shows her with claws growing from her fingers. She is always seen with her pet bird. (Seiyū: Yuka Inokuchi)

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