Tatenashi Sarashiki

Tatenashi Sarashiki, also known as Katana Sarashiki, Big Sister, Tacchan-san and Tatena-san, is one of the main characters from the IS: Infinite Stratos series.
== Charactah Account ==
Tatenashi is the Student Council President of the IS Academy and the older sister of Kanzashi.
Tatenashi is said to have very high standards due to her prestigious family, where everything must be done perfectly. Despite that, she has, as Ichika puts it, "a wild or rather whimsical personality with slight cat-like mischief." She enjoys teasing people (her unfortunate victims are mostly Ichika and Laura). Despite her tendency to tease others, Tatenashi has also shown moments of being flustered, mostly as a result of her feelings for Ichika. She is very charismatic and a natural leader, easily earning the respect from most of the students at the academy. 
Tatenashi's teasing includes appearing before Ichika half naked or even asking him to undress her. She often does both when she has him give her a massage, after which she teases him about him enjoying it. Tatenashi also teases Houki about how Houki's breasts are as big as her own. She seem to have stopped teasing Ichika on the subject, ever since she realized her feelings for him. She even gets clearly angry with him whenever she sees him looking at other girls' bodies. She still enjoys teasing girls on the subject and putting them in embarrassing situations, such as the Live Cosplay Changing Race. 
== Appearance ==
=== Anime ===
* IS: Infinite Stratos 2
* IS: Infinite Stratos 2 - Infinite Wedding
* IS: Infinite Stratos 2 - World Purge Arc
* IS: Infinite Stratos 2 Long Vacation Edition - The Memories of One Summer
=== Light Novels ===
* IS: Infinite Stratos
=== Manga ===
* IS: Infinite Stratos - Sugar & Honey
=== Video Games ===
* Infinite Stratos 2: Ignition Hearts
* Infinite Stratos: Archetype Breaker
== Trivia ==
* Tatenashi holds the unofficial record of making Ichika get a nosebleed when she makes him massage her. Ironically, after falling for him herself, Tatenashi end up having nosebleeds when she imagined being in a relationship with Ichika.
* Tatenashi is Ichika's third female roommate in Room 1025.
* In the Light Novel and World Purge OVA, Tatenashi revealed her real name to be "Katana" to Ichika. Stating that the eldest child and head of the Sarashiki family must take the name 'Tatenashi'. Her real name is not supposed to be known to anyone but her family and that telling it to someone of the opposite sex is consider a sign of affection in her family. Because of this, she began thinking of making Ichika marry her someday after remember this.
* Tatenashi has many similarities to Tabane: Both are respected geniuses, both are very cheerful and playful and somewhat lecherous. Both of them have younger sisters whom they love and care about but who feel inferior to their elders and started to avoid them as a result (this problem has been solved in Tatenashi's case).  The main difference between the two is that Tatenashi has no problem talking to and being with to other people while Tabane doesn't really care about most people.
* Outside the IS universe, Tatenashi is extremely similar to Chou'un Shiryuu from Koihime Musou in both physical appearance and personality (both have short light-blue hair, red-shade eyes; both are top-tier fighters with intellect to match; and both are always calm, playful, and often quite perverted). It is possible that Tatenashi is based on Chō'un, as IS came out 2 years after the release of Koihime .
* Tatenashi has a similar appearance to Sen Yarizui from "Ben-To"; but appeared on April 21, 2011.
* Tatenashi also has a similar appearance to Ruka Suirenji from Hayate no Gotoku; but made its first appearance in Volume 25 August 18, 2010.
* Tatenashi has the same birthday with Chifuyu Orimura.
* Tatenashi means "Shieldless". This refers to the unyielding will to defend, even without a shield to rely on. This is described as the duty of the head of the Sarashiki family.
* Despite her usual fearlessness, Tatenashi can't handle haunted house and other horror related subjects.
* Tatenashi's measurements are B86, W57, H92.
== Gallery ==
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== External Links ==
* Tatenashi Sarashiki at Infinite Stratos Wiki
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