Maria Tanaka

= Personality =
Disorders: Aspergers, general and social anxiety
Strengths: Generous, passionate, protective, fun, trustworthy, selfless, gentle, loyal, muscular, quiet, determined, creative
Weaknesses: sensitive, easily offended, daydreamer, angsty, shy
Likes: Being with Kenny and Karen, sexual topics, rock and roll, cats, the color orange, being with Mysterion, cherry-pie, milkshakes, milk, mice, her friends, awaiting the future 
Dislikes: when Kenny dies, over the top girly stuff, the color pink, violence when not necessary, Bianca Carrington (rival), when people abuse Kenny and his siblings 
= Appearance =
Maria is depicted as a fourth-grade student and is about the height of 3'11" inches, meaning she is a bit smaller than the other girls her age. In the first sketch that was drawn of her, the only difference was that she had black glasses, a short blond shoulder length type of hair, and had black pants. She is a Japanese American girl with an extremely fair complexion with an amber/ginger color of long scruffy/wavy hair, with a pastel orange coat, similar to the other kids her age with a white color. She wears a pastel orange skirt that is a little darker than her coat, and she has a pair of standard black shoes. It is most likely that she wears shorts instead of standard pants because they aren't normally visible. She likes to wear mascara----When she is shown sleeping through the night or just waking up the mascara is temporarily removed until she is completely ready for the day. As for accessories, she wears a pastel orange head band with a white bow attached to it, heart shaped dangly earrings, darker pastel orange gloves about the same color as her skirt, and a silver heart shaped necklace. 
= Early life =
Maria was raised by two of her biological parents in Japan. Her father got in trouble one day because he did not understand the rules of living there and he didn't like it and got into trouble because of that. He was sent to prison and never saw Maria, her older sister, or her mom again. Her mother didn't care about him at all, hence calling him a "Jackass." Her mother then got remarried to another man, native to Japan. By the age of nine, she moved to South Park and was about half a block away from Kenny's house. Her house wasn't as nice as the others in the neighborhood because her mother was too sick to work by that point and she looked to her husband to pay for everything. But her house was still nicer than Kenny's. She eventually made friends with him by the first day of school. They slowly started a relationship with each other after a few weeks of enjoying each other's company.
= Relationships =
=== Kenny McCormick ===
Kenny is her favorite person to be with. He is very protective of her and will do anything to make her happy. They like to visit and see each other at school every day. In a Q&A on someone else's DeviantArt account, Saturn asked "Why does Kenny love Maria?" Kenny replied, "She's nice, hot and strong!" His DeviantArt account is currently almost completely anonymous with only an account name with a mix of letters and numbers and used to go by the name of Alex.
=== Karen McCormick ===
Maria is Karen's babysitter. While doing it, she enjoys pushing her on the swing, shop for candy and cute dresses for her, and playing dolls with her. If her parents, try to strike her or just be blatantly rude to her she will sometimes pull both her and Kenny out of the situation and tell them to run to her house as quick as possible. There was an existing fanfiction, about the same length of an actual episode where Maria had taken her under her wing and raised her a bit like a mother-figure. This idea however was scrapped because Saturn thought it would upset the balance of Karen not being in her house as much, hence having her half that time at Maria’s place.