Sadako Shimohara

Sadako Shimohara is one of the main characters from the Brave Witches anime and light novels.

Sadako is a Fusoan Witch originating from Onomichi, Hiroshima and was born into a family of scholars. Warm and nurturing, she is almost like a mother figure to the team, especially with her cooking. She has had extensive training from multiple places, including from Mio Sakamoto and from Karslandian night witches. She has all-around excellent skills in spotting targets and wilderness survival, though she has doubts about her abilities.

In the AWA fanfics, Sadako is a student at the AWA Academy.

Appearance
Sadako has a short black hair and red eyes. She wears a black high-collar jacket over a dark-blue swimsuit, black socks and brown shoes.

Personality
Warm, nurturing, and tirelessly helpful around the barracks, Shimohara acts as something of a mother figure in the 502nd, although her fondness for cute things (which includes some of her squadmates) and propensity for hugging has led to a "creepy old man" aspect of some portrayals.

She is both a talented and passionate cook, especially with regards to Fuso cuisine, for which Flying Officer Kanno is especially grateful, although its led to a fondness for Fuso cuisine amongst the entire squad. Her specialties are nikujaga and miso soup and she tries to get supplies from Fuso to prepare them whenever there is an opportunity. Also due having once set her sights on literature, she cherishes the Fuso culture and attempts to propagate it in the 502nd Joint Fighter Wing whenever she can. Her private belongings mostly comprise of Fuso novels and clothes. She was the one who brought in the culture of "seiza" into the 502nd JFW, but the fact it would be employed for disciplinary measures and not for mental training and etiquette as she expected was a miscalculation from her part.

Abilities
Shimohara's inherent magic is an yet unnamed composite magic eyesight that provides both long-range vision and night vision. Adept at patrolling and being vigilant to the surroundings, her ability to sense danger is high. Teaching others is the only thing she is really poor at.

Trivia

 * Her familiar is the Japanese hare.
 * Shimohara is based on Japanese flying ace Uehara Sadao.