Maria Takayama

Maria Takayama is a character from the Haganai anime and light novels series.
Maria is the supervising teacher of the Neighbors Club; she is a ten-year old nun. While not unintelligent, she is often rude and immature and refers to others as "Rotten mandarin." She develops a sibling-like relationship with Kodaka who regularly makes her packed lunches, and is affectionate with him. She is also gullible, which Yozora uses to her advantage.
It was later on revealed that she was never a teacher nor a nun at the school, which almost causes the club's disbandment if it weren't for Sena's intervention, who called up her father to appoint her as a special part-time teacher.
She is voiced by Yuka Iguchi in the Japanese version of the anime and Kristi Kang in the English version, the latter of whom also voices Irina Shidou and Levy McGarden.
== Appearance ==
Maria had a short stature, she had a petite frame and a fair complexion, she had long lavender-silver hair that reaches mid-back and she had blue-colored eyes, and sports a fang. She wears a black nun habit on top of her head with an orange heart-shaped pin, she wears a black long-sleeved one-piece with white frills and linings, she wears a pair of black boots and a necklace with a key.
== Personality ==
Maria is the youngest member of the Neighbors Club. While she's nominally the supervising teacher, her real role is being the bratty kid of the group and acts as a second younger sister to Kodaka.
Before she joined the Neighbors Club, she was an arrogant brat who thought she was better than everyone because she's academically gifted enough to skip grades. She got a bit better thanks to being around people who can outsmart her like Yozora, but can still act like a brat often.
Maria calls Kobato a "poopy vampire" and has a rivalry with her because Maria wants Kodaka to be her older brother too. As time goes on, it becomes clear both are having fun with their squabbles because neither of them has had a friend close in age before.
== Trivia ==
* Her hair is described as silver in the novels, but looks a light shade of lavender in the anime, despite Kate's hair actually remaining silver.
*Almost no episode ends without her getting on the short end of Yozora's cruel pranks or another squabble with Kobato.
*Her Japanese Voice Actress, Yuka Iguchi is best known for voicing as Miku Kohinata from Senki Zesshou Symphogear, Hibari from Senran Kagura: Portrait of Girls, Cow Girl from Goblin Slayer, Crusch Karsten from Re:Zero - Starting Life in Another World and Mine Kuramae from Fruits Basket (2019 Series).
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