Sayaka Miki (美樹 さやか Miki Sayaka) is a principal character from Puella Magi Madoka Magica.
Left: Her normal form
Right: Her magical girl form
Sayaka Miki (美樹 さやか Miki Sayaka)
Character History
SPOILERS below : Contains spoilers for the whole series
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Trivia
- The first character in her last name (美) means "beauty". The last character (樹) means "tree". Her name could also be written 幹 (tree trunk) or 神酒 (sake offered to the gods).
- Saya（莢）means husk in which seed of leguminous plant is wrapped.
- Her last name can also be used as a first name.
- Her first name is written in hiragana, which has no special meaning. However, "sayaka" could also be written 明か (obvious) or 清か (clear).
- She describes herself as having been born "petit bourgeois," which is French for "petty bourgeois." This would mean that her family is at least from the middle class, but is by no means from the upper class (despite the fact that, if Japan has even less living space in the future than it does now, her family's apartment is far larger than a normal middle-class family could afford).
- Although her character design depicts her with a two-edged sword she is seen using a katana with a saber-like guard in the anime. The manga uses the sword from her original design.
- According to recent interview, "Sayaka had her personality based on a 'Gen Urobuchi character'"
- When Sayaka transformed in the train in Episode 8, the fate of the two hosts was open to interpretation in the original scenario by Gen Urobuchi. While Shinbo has recently confirmed that Sayaka did not kill the two men in the anime, they were in fact killed in the manga version.
Appeared Works
Puella Magi Madoka Magica - Supporting Character
Other information
Voice Actress
Eri Kitamura (喜多村 英梨 Kitamura Eri)
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