Chiharu Mihara

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Chiharu Mihara (三原 千春, Mihara Chiharu^?) is a fictional character in CLAMP's anime and manga series Cardcaptor Sakura. She is known as Chelsea in the English adaptation Cardcaptors.

[edit] Character and role

Chiharu is one of Sakura Kinomoto's (Sakura Avalon in Cardcaptors) classmates in school. She, along with Rika Sasaki (Rita) and Naoko Yanagisawa (Nikki), often appear alongside Sakura at school and during school events. She is also on the school's cheerleading squad with Sakura.

Chiharu's character is unique in her relationship with classmate Takashi Yamazaki (Zachary), whom she has known since kindergarten^[1] and whose rampant storytelling never fools her (unlike Sakura and Syaoran) and drives her to the point of near-violence. Chiharu's most often used method of silencing Yamazaki is strangling his neck, which oddly does not always keep him from finishing his story, even while his head bobbles back and forth.

Despite the rough-handling, Chiharu and Yamazaki are very fond of each other; Chiharu will often comment (usually in an aside) in a way that implies she cares for him. When Chiharu makes a teddy bear in the second arc of the series, she gives it to Yamazaki, expecting that he will name it after her (following a fictional tradition where, if the recipient of a teddy bear names it after the donor, the couple will be together forever). He playfully gives it a different name instead ("Suama", after his favorite snack), which prompts another strangling, but it is understood that he is only kidding.

In episode 46, "Sakura and the Last Judgement," Sakura is taken into a world where everyone forgets their feelings of love to the person they love most. Sakura thus witnesses a polite and distant conversation between Chiharu and Yamazaki, during which he addresses Chiharu as "Mihara-san" and leaves. When Sakura asks Chiharu if Yamazaki had always addressed her as such, Chiharu answers yes, adding, "After all, it's not as if we know each other very well." This complete change in relationship confirms that Yamazaki and Chiharu do love each other very much.

In the last volume of the manga, Chiharu gives Sakura advice about love and true feelings when Sakura is confused over her feelings about Syaoran.

In Cardcaptors, to justify the random acts of strangling as mere sibling rivalry, Zachary is written to be Chelsea's cousin.

[edit] Statistics and trivia

• Birthday: May 28th
• Blood Type: O
• Favorite Subjects: Grammar and Art
• Least Favorite Subject: Math
• Extracurricular Activity: Cheerleading
• Favorite Color: Yellow
• Favorite Flower: Freesia
• Favorite Food: Omelets and ice cream
• Least Favorite Food: Green peppers
• Favorite Recipe: Curry and rice
• Wish List: Ribbon
• The thing that Yamazaki teases her the most of is her cooking/baking abilities
• Besides strangling Yamazaki she is often seen dragging him away from the group when he does his story telling
• Chiharu's last name Mihara are used (or possibly is related to) in the anime Angelic Layer by Icchan Mihara also suspected to be the late husband of Chitose Hibiya of Chobits. Chitose used the Mihara last name in another Clamp work Kobato

[edit] References

1. ^ "Sakura's Scary Test of Courage" (Episode 17). Cardcaptor Sakura. 1998. CLAMP, NHK.

Cardcaptor Sakura (CLAMP)  v • d • e
Information Cardcaptors dub Media information List of episodes Voice actors		Characters Kinomoto Family: Sakura | Toya | Fujitaka | Nadeshiko Li Clan: Syaoran | Meiling Daidouji Family: Tomoyo | Sonomi Magical Beings: Cerberus | Yue | Spinel Sun | Ruby Moon Clow-Related: Clow Reed | Eriol Hiiragizawa | Kaho Mizuki | Yukito Tsukishiro Classmates: Chiharu Mihara | Rika Sasaki | Takashi Yamazaki | Naoko Yanagisawa Other adults: Yoshiyuki Terada | Maki Matsumoto
Clow Cards A-F -- G-R -- S-Z
Episode Guide: Clow Card Arc: 1-18, 19-35, 36-46 | Sakura Card Arc: 47-59, 60-70