Marika Katou

Marika Katou is the main protagonist from the Bodacious Space Pirates series.
== Charactah Account ==
The daughter of Gonzaemon Katou and Ririka Katou, Marika is an ordinary high-school student who participates in her school's space yacht club and works part-time at a local Maid Cafe. It soon turns out that she is the only person who can take Gonzaemon's place (legally). While she's reluctant to take on the role, she does display natural talent for the job and accepts becoming Captain of the Bentenmaru. She also captains Odette II as Yacht Club's President after Jenny and Linn graduate.
Marika is cheerful, optimistic and charismatic. She can be naïve and a little clumsy at times, and can come across as a bit of an airhead, however behind this lies a cunning, intelligent and slightly devious persona. She is quite capable of taking into account every option open to her and whatever tools she has available, and utilizing them to great effect, in order to achieve her goals.
As a captain, Marika values the safety of her crew and ship above all else, however she is willing to take considerable risks if doing so would be beneficial to them in the long run. She is a hard worker and frequently pushes herself to exhaustion , but she does ask for help when it is necessary. Partly as a result of this, she often oversleeps and is quite difficult to wake up.
== Appearance ==
=== Anime ===
* Bodacious Space Pirates
* Bodacious Space Pirates Movie: Abyss of Hyperspace
=== Light Novels ===
* Miniskirt Pirates
=== Manga ===
* Bodacious Space Pirates: Abyss of Hyperspace
* Miniskirt Pirates
== Trivia ==
* Given that Marika's great-grandfather Bunzaemon Kato was the first to captain the Bentenmaru under the Letter of Marque and that the letter can only be inherited by direct descendants, it can be assumed, providing that there wasn't an interruption along the line, that Marika is the fourth captain to inherit the Bentenmaru's Letter of Marque.
== Gallery ==
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== External Links ==
* Marika Kato at Mouretsu Pirates Wiki
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