Misaki Tokura

Misaki Tokura is a main character in the Cardfight!! Vanguard anime and manga. She is a skillful cardfighter capable of using her memory and various strategies to defeat her opponents
==Personality==
She is typically calm and collected at all times, especially during cardfights. Reserved and often never talking to anyone other than Shin or the manager though she is opening herself to talking to others. She is quite sullen when it comes to maintaining peace in Card Capital. She sometimes would correct Kamui when it comes to him being confused with various things. During a portion of season 1, she was often distraught by cardfighting due to it bringing back memories of her parents. She was able to enjoy playing Vanguard again after being helped by Emi and as a result, she got to became an important member of team Q4
In the manga, she is shown to be quite protective of Aichi and Emi. She often acts as their older sister.
==Biography==
=== Past ===
As a child, Misaki was a cheerful girl who became extremely overjoyed upon receiving her first deck from her father. He was supposed to teach her how to play it but unfortunately, both her parents died in a car crash and she was adopted by her uncle. She eventually grew up and worked as a clerk at the card shop her uncle worked at. 
=== Season 1 ===
During the first 3 episodes, she repeatedly implies that she is unable to play Vanguard due to a lack of knowledge of the basic rules. One day however, while she was working, Aichi came in. Shin decided it to pit Misaki against the cardfighter. She rejected at first before finally yielding. She was nervous at first but quickly picked on the rules and was able to defeat her opponent using a grade 3. 
In the following episodes, she stayed around to observe various cardfighters having matches against each other, with her often commenting on their skills. During a small tournament, she was able to climb the leaderboard before being defeated by Kai. Some time later, she was asked to join a team to represent the shop she worked at. Unfortunately, she was late and was unable to join any of the matches. While the team was analyzing a deck from a particularly skillful opponent, Misaki stepped in and fixed the deck before testing it out. She then quit after winning as memories of her past tragedy returned to her. After explaining her tragic backstory, Achi's sister, Emi decided to help her demonstrate to a number of children how to play the game which allowed Misaki to enjoy playing Vanguard again. 
=== Season 2 ===
Misaki will be taking part in Asia Circuit and will travel around Asia to fight different fighters, along with the rest of Team Q4. She had a tough time adjusting to a newer archetype, being defeated repeatedly because of it but she was soon able to adapt. She eventually had to change her deck drastically to beat a particularly tough opponent, eventually winning thanks to one of her cards abilities. She eventually followed up with the new archetype and finally was able to defeat an opponent all on her own. She regains her lost memories at the end of the season and returned to her work
=== Season 3 ===
Misaki is now a second year at Miyaji Academy in which Aichi also attends. She had changed her deck recently, hoping to experiment on new things. She originally hesitated join the Cardfight Club, which Aichi was attempting to start up. He began to grow desperate due to a lack of members which leads to him challenging Misaki for the chance to become part of the Cardfight Club. She joined the club soon after, being nicknamed "Boss Lady" due to her stern demeanor which scared even the school council vice president. She joins the club during their visit to a training camp. 
During the camp, she observed Aichi face off against a reversed opponent who forfeited the match in order to escape. After the club returned, they found that most of the school's students have been reversed, forcing the club to retreat. She later defeats and cures a reversed opponent and got a chance to witness Aichi's defeat to Kai. She stayed behind to watch over Aichi while her allies attempt to figure out how to escape their dilemma. Soon their place was surrounded by reversed fighters which she planned on fighting before another group comes in and defeats them all. She leads the group outside and got a chance to witness the final match
=== Season 4 ===
After realizing that Aichi had been wiped out of everyone's memories, Kai decides to talk to Misaki, hoping that her memory would come in handy. Unfortunately, even Misaki couldn't remember Aichi's existence, forcing Kai to challenge Naoki who had been standing nearby. Many attempts to return her memory failed until Kai finally challenged her to a match. She regained her memory after witnessing Kai play 2 particularly important cards and she was subsequently defeated. She and Naoki later learn of a butler who seemed to possess information about Aichi's disappearance. 
Some time later, she was challenged by an opponent who proved too strong for her, even with her improved deck. She met up with Kamui who had also lost and the two returned to the shop to improve on their decks. The two joined Kai's group and found Aichi who did not want to see them. Time passed as the group trained and Naoki later discovers a brand new entrance. Misaki was defeated again and wound up losing her memories of Aichi despite her moving speech. It was revealed in the ending that she graduated from her school and was accepted to a university.
== Trivia ==
* She is one of the few former Q4 characters who did not get reversed in season 3
* Misaki lost in almost every single match in season 4
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