Catherine Kyoubashi

**Catherine Kyoubashi** is a playable character in the *Arcana Heart* series. She is a third generation Japanese-American who is a young genius, just like her friend and rival, Kira Daidouji. She pilots her mechanical robot, Terry Yodogawa, to battle.

Her Arcana is **Medein**, the Arcana of Magnetism.

## Appearance

Catherine is a young tan-skinned girl with blue-ish purple eyes and blonde hair. She wears a red visor with a pair of white bunny ears, a red one-piece backless swimsuit with a white star on the chest area and white wristbands.

## Story

A third generation Japanese-American, Catherine's grandmother was from Osaka, which explains why someone with platinum-blond hair and blue eyes speaks exclusively in the Kansai dialect when speaking Japanese, and why someone as young as her sounds like she's eighty years old. A curious combination of Kansai impatience and American laxity, her boisterous and carefree personality makes her an enigma to both sides of her family. Catherine tends to wear her heart on her sleeve, and her emotions are there for all to see.

Like her friend and rival, Kira Daidouji, she is a genius who obtained her doctorate in celestial mechanical engineering from the Celestial University of Massachusetts at the age of ten. Terry Yodogawa, the robot she created and built herself, rivals that of anything thought up by Kira. Catherine also shows a somewhat masochistic streak, as she loves nothing more than to be challenged and insulted by Kira.

Petra offered Catherine support for the research and development for Terry Yodogawa, prompting Catherine to join the Rosenberg branch of the European Celestial Union. Feeling a sense of obligation, she now takes on missions to eradicate the Drexler Institute and eliminate the planar rifts appearing around Japan.

## Quotes

* *「いてもーたる！」 (It's a mortal!)* (*Arcana Extend*)
* *Medein!* (*Preforming Arcana Eclipse*)

#### Continue Screen

* *I'm starving! Boy, I could really use some okonomiyaki right now... Then maybe I could work a little harder! ♪*
* *Now, shall we continue? So long as takoyaki and okonomiyaki wait for me at the end of the road. I'll keep on fighting!*
* *Oh boy... This won't do... I need to eat some takoyaki and get my head on straight!*
* *What?! Yodogawa's broken!? I've gotta fix him up quick! I'll fix him up good too, so he'll be able to keep up with Formula 1 race cars!*
* *Yodogawa! Calm down. You got it all wrong! We didn't screw up! It's just...bad...luck?*
* *I give up, I give up! Yodogawa and I have our ups and downs, too... Next time, I'll do better. ♪*
* *NEXT! Bring on the next one! We'll show you just how powerful we are! Huh? Wait, we're losing? No way!*
* *It was just a series of unlikely coincidences that caused me to lose! ♪ Wah ha ha ha! A real man would turn the tide of battle right here! ♪*

#### Story Mode

* Before Battle
* After Battle
* Revenge
* After Revenge

* *Hey, you're that Heart girl, right? You haven't seen any celestial stones, have you? I've been told I need to collect them.* (*Heart Aino*)
* *I wonder where I can find these "celestial stones"... Hey, you! Over there! Do you know where I can find these stones? I'll give you some takoyaki if you can tell me.* (*Saki Tsuzura*)
* *I just figured it out, but you're a really important person, aren't you?! Can I get your autograph or something? Please? Like maybe on Yodogawa's stomach!* (*Kamui Tokinomiya*)
* *So this puppy can do more than just run around? It looks like it's taking care of a really important lady. I guess you shouldn't judge a dog by its...cover.* (*Konoha*)
* *Celestial stones! Where are you?! Please respond! ...Shoot. Do these things even exist?* (*Maori Kasuga*)
* *I've got a question for you... How does a girl who's a mage turn into one of these, uh... "magical girls" I keep hearing about?* (*Lilica Felchenerow*)
* *Was that Dorothy's? She's trying too hard to find the family heirloom that was taken from her... She's still just a kid. Can't you give it back to her?* (*Lieselotte Achenbach*)
* *The self-proclaimed demon lord and his errand girl... Are you on your way to get some French crullers?* (*Yoriko Yasuzumi*)
* *Ether, huh... What's this tingling I feel? I think it's...the urge to research it...in every possible way... Help this poor scientist's wish come true!* (*Fiona Mayfield*)
* *Whoa! Hey, principal! Boss! ♪ Could you increase the funding for the Yodogawa department? Puhleeeeease? ♪* (*Petra Johanna Lagerkvist*)
* *Hey Zenia! Gimme five! ... C'mon, don't leave me hangin' here!* (*Zenia Valov*)
* *Isn't this kind of exciting? We used to be enemies, but now we're fighting together, shoulder to shoulder! I love it when it turns like this! ♪* (*Elsa la Conti*)
* *Every time I see you, I think that humans are at their best when they take life seriously. I mean really... Being so half-assed about everything isn't good.* (*Clarice de Lanza*)
* *Dorothy! How're you doing? You're away from your family, stuck in Japan at a new school, and every day you've got these tough missions... You can cry if you want to.* (*Dorothy Albright*)
* *Dorothykins beat me?! That's no good! Now she'll never respect her elders! I want a celestial stone too...* (*Dorothy Albright with Celestial Stone*)
* *Hey, it's the lady with the feet. You got any celestial stones? Maybe you used your feet to steal some from somebody?* (*Akane Inuwaka*)
* *Hey, it's that dog that's always tripping over stuff... Will it trip over something today? I hope it drops a celestial stone.* (*Nazuna Inuwaka*)
* *Yodogawa! What's the new database say about this one?! Oh-ho! She was behind the Kanto incident! Wait, I know that already! I was there!* (*Angelia Avallone*)
* *If you're feeling lonely, you can always have a good cry. I'm here for you. I'll just need some celestial stones as payment.* (*Weiss*)
* *If you're going to do this, Eko, you've got to do it right. You have to walk this path on your own feet-- Hey! You're not walking at all!* (*Eko*)
* *Eko! Wow, that's a celestial stone! Niiiiiice! Uh, anyway, playtime's over now. Gimmie that thing and let's go back to the Academy, okay?* (*Eko with Celestial Stone*)
* *Hey Scharlachrot! You just disappeared! You busy or something? If someone's bothering you, you can always talk to me! I'm a great listener!* (*Scharlachrot*)
* *Came rushing here because Yodogawa detected some strange celestial power patterns... You over there, could you let me do a check up on you?* (*Minori Amanohara*)
* *I am Catherine Kyoubashi from the Rosenberg branch of the European Celestial Union! ♪ That celestial stone is mine! Hah!* (*With Celestial Stone*)
* *Whoa. Isn't that a celestial stone? Lucky you. I still haven't found one yet. ...Yeah, well, if it comes down to luck, mine's not so great.* (*Rosenberg member with Celestial Stone*)

- *Please don't tell me you're trying to give me a nickname. Well, if you have to, how about "Captain Cathy"!? Oh wait... That's super lame, isn't it...* (*Heart Aino*)

- *Someday, Yodogawa will be the foundation for everything in our world! This is only the first step! You're going to be a living part of history!* (*Saki Tsuzura*)

- *Good or evil, being a scientist is about self-discovery and pitting yourself against your peers.* (*Kamui Tokinomiya*)

- *Whoa, that's not good! A dog as big Yodogawa wouldn't be cute at all! Wouldn't that make your master sad?!* (*Konoha*)

- *Well, my mission is to collect the celestial stones, so... Are you ready for some takoyaki?! It's the best you've ever had!* (*Konoha with Celestial Stone*)

- *Thanks! I'm sure someone will pick it up. Petra's funding the development right now! I'm going to get some results!* (*Maori Kasuga*)

- *Hey, that's not fair! Yodogawa's designed to be for general purpose use! There's no other robot out there that can beat this all-purpose-ness!* (*Lilica Felchenerow*)

- *Yodogawa's engine is a hybrid that uses celestial energy to combine hydrogen from the air with ether and oxygen to create an EXPLOSION! It's intense!* (*Lieselotte Achenbach*)

- *That's a great idea! I'd love to see my Yodogawa fight your golem!* (*Yoriko Yasuzumi*)

- *Well, it uses ether to power its engine, so... I guess maybe it would convert it into exhaust...?* (*Fiona Mayfield*)

- *Just leave Yodogawa's development, the planar rifts, and the search for the celestial stones to me! Your sponsorship makes all of this possible!* (*Petra Johanna Lagerkvist*)

- *That's right, Yodogawa's big enough to protect everyone. \*Sniff\* Isn't it touching?* (*Zenia Valov*)

- *Well, thanks for thinking of me! Besides, I'm happy to get training from somebody as powerful as you!* (*Elsa la Conti*)

- *Oh...uh, yeah... My mission's fine. I can do research while I work. I think maybe "tee-hee" was going a bit far, though.* (*Clarice de Lanza*)

- *Awwwwwww! You can always come to your big sister Cathy when you're feeling down! I'm always on your side!* (*Dorothy Albright*)

- *Thank you! Thank you so much, Dorothykins! With your kindness... I can eat three takoyaki!* (*Dorothy Albright with Celestial Stone*)

- *Whoa! There's a dent in Yodogawa's stomach! How do you dent ethereal carbon steel!? Is your foot made out of some special alloy?!* (*Akane Inuwaka*)

- *Well, if it makes you happy, then it makes me happy! I'm gonna do my best! Let's go, Yodogawa! Blast off at the speed of light!* (*Nazuna Inuwaka*)

- *A lot of celestial stones?! Are you serious!? Well, as tempting as that is, I can't mass-produce Yodogawa yet. Sorry...* (*Angelia Avallone*)

- *I'm sorry, but I'm on a mission to secure more celestial stones right now. Besides, I need it for research, so I wouldn't give it to you anyway.* (*With Celestial Stone*)

- *Thank you! I'm the sort of girl who does her best work when she gets compliments! Don't worry, I'll keep on it!* (*Rosenberg member with Celestial Stone*)

- *I'm all fired up! You hurt Mei-Fang, and now I'm gonna beat the crap outta you! You're gonna beg for forgiveness! Catherine Kyoubashi is a woman who values tradition! Mei-Fang, you will be avenged! Watch over me from heaven, my friend!* (Mei-Fang Defeated)

- *Ahh. Thank you so much! ♪ You beat Kira up just for me, didn't you? Oh, I think I might be falling for yooooouuuu! As if! You really think I'd say that?! Kira is my rival, but she was also my friend! I'm gonna pound that through your thick skull!* (Kira Defeated)

- *Awww... Poor Dorothykins... She'd only just moved to Japan, and she was trying so hard... Who would do such a horrible thing... It's no use playing dumb! I know it was you! Dorothykins is a star now, but I can still hear her voice! It says to take revenge! Here I come!* (Dorothy Defeated)

- *I have days where I want to get revenge too. But don't you think that knowing when to hold back is the sign of a true woman?*

- *I'm gonna win, for the sake of the legend of Yodogawa! It's our fate to just keep on winning! I'm sorry... Really, for real.*

- *Okay! I see your point! How about some takoyaki... Not good enough? Okay, I'll throw in some okonomiyaki...Still not good enough?*

#### Victory Screen (Versus Mode)

* *Yodogawa's shell is made from ether carbon steel, but your copy is just tin! That's just sad. He's not Yodogawa... More like Yodo... suck... wa...* (*vs. herself*)
* *Thanks a ton, Medein. You really saved my life there. I love you!* (*Arcana Blaze Finish*)
* *Well? Well?! What do you think?! Isn't our combo amazing?! Yodogawa's the greatest! Ahahahahahahahaha!* (*Critical Heart Finish*)
* *Love is... You know, it's really deep. I'm tellin' you. REALLY deep. If you really wanna get into it, you're probably just gonna put me to sleep.* (*vs. Heart Aino*)
* *If there's something on your mind, you can always talk to me, no matter what it is! Whatever's bothering you, we'll take care of it!* (*vs. Saki Tsuzura*)
* *Size is power! Power is resilience! Resilience is... Hmm, I wonder... Anyway! I beat the sailor girl! Go me!* (*vs. Kamui Tokinomiya*)
* *Hmm... All you need to get a dog to do what you want is food, right? Hey, puppy... Come over here. I'll make you some okonomiyaki! Here... here!* (*vs. Konoha*)
* *This is my partner, Terry Yodogawa! ...Hey, hey, you think the Japanese branch of the Celestial Union could use a Yodogawa?* (*vs. Maori Kasuga*)
* *Man, Yodogawa must be pretty powerful if he can beat the stuffing out of Mei-Fang. Maaaan, I'm getting all pumped up!* (*vs. Mei-Fang*)
* *Yeah, I respect you too. maybe I should put some wings and a tail on Yodogawa out of respect for-- No! No, that makes no sense! Stop me!* (*vs. Lilica Felchenerow*)
* *Advanced technology! Yodogawa's advanced technology! I doubt a little kid like you could understand. I will never give up on advanced technology, even if I die.* (*vs. Lieselotte Achenbach*)
* *How do I say this? Usually, if I beat something like a "demon lord," people would be going nuts and telling me how great I am, so... What's this weird feeling?* (*vs. Yoriko Yasuzumi*)
* *I know why your blob can't defeat me! It's the drill! You don't have enough drill!* (*vs. Kira Daidouji*)
* *A person ascending to a higher level of being... So the moment you turn ethereal, you gain all sorts of knowledge! Maybe I should become a spirit too...* (*vs. Fiona Mayfield*)
* *How's that? This Yodogawa! It's all thanks to Petra that he's this big!* (*vs. Petra Johanna Lagerkvist*)
* *Since I'm such a romantic, I always thought that a pilebunker should come after the drill... Maybe I should make a Yodogawa-bunker!* (*vs. Zenia Valov*)
* *You're as strong as ever, but I got some valuable battle data today! As a little thank-you, I'll leave you some of my special takoyaki!* (*vs. Elsa la Conti*)
* *I still think it's pretty odd for there to be demons in the Celestial Union... It's about as weird as ketchup on takoyaki.* (*vs. Clarice de Lanza*)
* *Oh yeah... All thaat stuff about getting back your family heirloom... Don't worry, I remember. Just hold your horses. We can talk when Kira's here, okay?!* (*vs. Dorothy Albright*)
* *Look, just because I have a giant robot doesn't mean I'm a bad guy... See, MY giant robot fights for world peace!* (*vs. Akane Inuwaka*)
* *This world has lost its way! It's up to me to finish Yodogawa, and teach humanity to dream again! Failure is not an option! Victory or death!* (*vs. Nazuna Inuwaka*)
* *I'm the woman who studies ether! Let's see here...Do you think you could hop into Yodogawa's engine and give him a little fuel?* (*vs. Angelia Avallone*)
* *Oh, little Weiss... Being big isn't necessarily bad! The bigger Yodogawa gets, the bigger the dreams he ignites are!* (*vs. Weiss*)
* *Remember this, Eko! If Kazu is a gentleman who will always protect Eko... Then Yodogawa is a hero who will always protect everyone!* (*vs. Eko*)
* *Of Scharl... you reaaly are... um... You don't have that many friends, do you? All right, I'll be your friend! Yeah?* (*vs. Scharlachrot*)
* *What's a hero!? What's justice!? The answer is...... Yodogawa and me!!!* (*vs. Minori Amanohara*)
* *Whoa, you're one lively shark. Hm... not a tako-yaki, but a shark-yaki. I guess that does fit the bill as well. ♪* (*vs. Pistrix*)
* *No no no, young lady that's not good, you need to put on more smiles! Oh right! Okay let's go to Yoshimoto together now. I'm gonna make you laugh like there's no tomorrow!* (*vs. Dark Heart*)

## Etymology

* Catherine's surname **Kyoubashi** means "capital city" (京) (**kyou**) and "bridge" (橋) (**hashi**/**bashi**).

## Trivia

* Catherine's play style, and her default Arcana, is similar to Iron Tager from *BlazBlue*.
	+ Both Catherine and Tager are considered heavy hitters and exceed in command grabs.
	+ Both Median and Tager uses an ability to pull their opponents close to them for the attack.
* She likes Takoyaki, Okonomiyaki and Akashiyaki.
* Whenever she summons Tempestas (Aboleo) or Kayatsuhime (Sakura Mori), she uses Yodogawa to fire the arcana attack.