Momo Kawashima

Momo In Her Oarai Attire.

### Relatives

Erwin Zenzefer III - HusbandHaruna Kawashima - Adopted DaughterTakao Kawashima - Adopted DaughterMaho Nishizumi - Adopted Sister - heirMiho Nishizumi - Adopted sister-in-lawMembers of House of Kawashima - various adopted daughters and sisters

## Physical description

### Intro

Momo Kawashima is a Japanese royal, avid musician, Sensha-do champion, and the current Empress of Japan. She is the youngest Japanese head of state, and the first one to be married to a non-Japanese spouse. Momo's family is also the first to not be from a noble background. Known early on for her stoic demeanor and short temper, she has become one of Japan's most effective and endeared monarchs.

### Appearance

Momo is an incredibly gorgeous girl of average height with a near-perfect hourglass figure and a large bust. She has shoulder length silky black hair and a pair of sharp black eyes. Her most recognizable features are her black bow choker around her neck and her iconic eyeglass worn over her right eye. She wears a modified version of her Oarai school uniform, consisting of a white blouse with green highlights and chest tie, complimented with a green pleated skirt. On her otherwise bare feet she wears a pair of black flats.

### Personality

Momo is an expressive girl with a notoriously short temper. This rather fiery personality has been dampened significantly in her later years, especially with her husband. She has developed a somewhat quiet personality and a much calmer demeanor. Momo exudes a stoic appearance whenever possible. She is a habitual studier, always eager to increase her knowledge of various subjects, including subjects regarding the fields of her fellow royal family members. Momo speaks in an eloquent manner and is fiercely protective of those she considers family. Particularly her husband, who she is frequently with and seldom without.

### Life

Momo was born on May 5th 2127 in Mito, Ibaraki Prefecture to parents Haruni and Eiji. Eiji at the time of Momo's birth was the Emperor of Japan, coming to earn the title from a change in Japanese politics from a democracy to a return to the monarchy. Momo's family had been incredibly poor prior to Eiji's ascension to the throne and due to this ensured that Momo would grow up knowing the importance of good banking, responsible spending, love of country, love of family, and respect for elders and herself. Momo was taught a great deal of knowledge during her early adolescence and demonstrated the knowledge to skip 3 grades of school, at age 5, Momo had started 3rd grade. At about this time it was discovered that Momo's eyesight in her right eye was fairly poor, and Momo received a pair of glasses, which she would eventually modify in later life to a half pair, giving her the iconic look she is known by today.

Momo showed interest in many of the subjects she was taught in school. Particularly, mathematics and sciences, with some interest in history as well. Momo demonstrated her academic and intellectual gifts, earning high marks in every single subject and being at the top of her class every single year and in every single subject. Outside of her academic life, she spent her time playing various instruments and reading various books on subjects that interested her. Momo graduated middle school aged just 10 years old, and as a reward, the family chose to take a vacation to reward Momo's hard efforts.

During their vacation, Momo began to realize her loneliness. While she enjoyed her hobbies of reading, playing instruments, and occasionally writing, she had few friends to speak of and felt quite lonely. Eiji who's own wife he had met through an arranged marriage proposed the same for young Momo. Instead of a traditional Japanese spouse however, Eiji sought a young man from the German Empire by the name of Erwin Zenzefer III, a young man from a fairly middle class background but nonetheless who's family had come from political power and aristocracy. When the two met, it was love at first sight and after but a few months of dating, the two were committed to each other and would eventually marry when the two were just 15.

Upon returning from vacation, Momo began to take up various other hobbies and activities, taking a special interest in martial arts, playing the violin and accordion, and the occasional dabbling in the arts, such as painting. When Momo turned 14, she was admitted to Oarai Girls Academy, where she would eventually meet friends Anzu Kadotani and Yuzu Koyama. The trio would eventually become members of the school's student council, the governing body for Oarai directly below the principal. During Momo's 3rd year of school, it was discovered that the school was being considered for closure, due to the lack of interest and enrollment, as well as what the Education Minister would only refer to as "exceeding costs". The student council, mainly through Anzu's brilliant verbal maneuvering, secured a deal with the Education Minister and various school boards. If Oarai could win that year's annual Sensha-Do tournament, the school would not be closed down. Momo, who had considered Oarai her other home, assisted with dedicated efficiency in reviving the school's Sensha-Do program (a program which had lay dormant in the school for some time).

Now facing a shutdown, dealing with a near impossible ultimatum and dealing with immense pressure, Momo and the student council discovered that a former Sensha-Do school commander from Kuromorimine High School by the name of Miho Nishizumi had recently enrolled at Oarai. Miho Nishizumi, the daughter of the Legendary Shiho Nishizumi and sister of the equally renowned Maho Nishizumi, had moved to Oarai after a traumatic experience during Sensha-Do, as well as being disowned by her mother at the time. Through much convincing, as well as some questionable pressure laid on by Anzu, they were able to persuade Miho to join the recently revitalized program. The student council would wisely hold back the secret of school closure from the students who joined, especially Miho, who they feared would be shaken by such information.

As part of 'Turtle Team' with friends Anzu and Yuzu, Momo started the 63rd Sensha-Do Tournament as a gunner for her team's tank. She unfortunately proved to be a poor gunner, missing every target she had aimed at, including a point blank shot against St. Gloriana's Churchill VII during an friendly exhibition match. Momo would hold on to the gunner role during their tournament matches vs Saunders and Anzio, still failing to hit anything she shot at. Despite Momo's poor marksmanship, the school continued to win under Miho's leadership and training. Winning both matches against Saunders and Anzio. It was during their match against Pravda High School that things for both Momo and Oarai as a whole had changed. Prior to the match, Miho had been invited by the student council for a small dinner, where they continued to stress to Miho that the school must win, but still holding back the information about the school closure. During the match, Pravda would completely outmatch Oarai, dominating them to the point where the remaining tanks had been surrounded and with very little hope of winning. Pravda's commander, Katyusha, would give the girls of Oarai 3 hours to consider surrendering (which Katyusha used to take a nap) and ending the match. When Miho and the rest of the team had decided on surrendering (believing that getting as far as the semi-finals was already impressive enough) Momo would reveal to Miho and company that losing the tournament would result in the closure of Oarai, which was confirmed by Anzu moments later. With surrender no longer an option, Miho devised a plan, sending future ambassadors Yukari Akiyama and Riko Matsumoto on a scouting mission, (as well as Mako Reizei and Sono Midoriko, who were also dispatched to scout) disguising themselves as Pravda tankers to great success, learning the positions of Pravda's tanks and the formations.

After completing this mission, Oarai planned and executed their breakout move. It was here that Momo relinquished her gunners position to Anzu, who immediately proved to be better at the role. Momo would take up the Loader role for the remainder of the year, only changing positions to Overall Commander the year later. After winning the Pravda match in an incredible comeback, Momo ordered that Miho's Panzer IV have side skirts added to it (known as Schurzens) making it into a Panzer IV H, prior to their final showdown with Kuromorimine, lead by Miho's legendary sister, Maho. In addition, Momo's own tank was converted into a Jagdpanzer 38(t), also known as the Hetzer. Momo's tank would play a pivotal role in the battle against Kuromormine, acting as a scout early in the match, disrupting Kurmorimine's battle lines, immobilizing tanks, and most importantly, acting as a wedge in a masterful plan to take down Kuromorimines Maus tank, at the cost of their own tank as well. Despite this, and perhaps in part thanks to Momo's decisions before the match, Miho won the match for Oarai, saving the school, and causing Momo to break down crying attempting to thank Miho.

However, much to Momo's dismay, the following summer, MEXT (the body in charge of the schools at large) attempted again to go through with the closure of Oarai, in addition to this, the school grounds were actually closed down, and the school ship was confiscated, forcing Oarai to travel via cruise ship, and their tanks being transported by Kei from Saunders (a gesture of friendship and respect that the school had earned from their match in the previous tournament). Thanks to backroom dealings, involving Shiho Nishizumi, Ami Chono, as well as Anzu Kadotani, Oarai was granted a chance to once again save their school, against All Stars University, a school whos team was led by Alice Shimada, who was regarded as Maho's equal, and who's team was full of brilliant and skilled tankers, with superior numbers and firepower, including a barely legal Karl Gerat railway mortar. Oarai only had 7 tanks to use in the 30 vs 30 match, however thanks to the respect that Miho had earned the previous year, every major school in Sensha-Do had come to Oarai's aid, aquiring last minute transfers to Oarai, making their tanks legal in the match, including those of Miho's big sister, Maho. With both Nishizumi sisters, as well as the combined arms of every school and their respective commanders, through a pitched battle that came down to the wire, Oarai had won once again, this time saving their school permanently.

After this win, Momo took the remainder of the summer to be with her husband Erwin, who took Momo on a much deserved vacation, one that helped Momo both physically and mentally. When Momo returned to Oarai, she immersed herself in finding more tanks for Oarai as well as ramping up recruitment efforts to ensure for good that Oarai would never again face a shutdown. This caused her grades to faulter slightly, with rumors that she would have to repeat a year if she could not get accepted to a university. This would end up forcing Momo to take the position of Overall Commander of Oarai from Miho, who would act as Vice-Commander, in an attempt to ensure Momo would get into a good university. Momo had little experience actually commanding the team outside of training, but thanks to Miho, she would learn and her skills would help win Oarai the Winter Continuous cup. She would graduate Oarai and attend Oarai university where she would pursue a degree in law, which she believed would be of great benefit to her if she were to become Empress.

At age 18, Momo studied law and showed an exceptional mastery at it, passing every exam with flying colors. During her time in university, tragedy would strike the young girl, as both of her parents would be killed in an automobile accident. Momo, who was in the car with them, suffered only minor injuries, but would be forever scarred mentally, particularly when her parents died in the hospital, each one holding her hands. Momo would suffer a complete mental and emotional breakdown, considering dropping out of university and even considering joining her parents in death. It was thanks only to her husband Erwin, and years of therapy, that Momo would remain in University, complete her law degree, and recover enough to ascend the throne. Erwin would take much time out of his own job to find Momo's old friends, and even some new ones. Most of which were adopted into the Kawashima Royal Family, including Riko Matsumoto, Yukari Akiyama, Miho and Maho Nishizumi, amongst many others.

### Trivia

* Momo's favorite color is Black
* Momo is extremely protective of her royal family, especially her husband Erwin
* Momo is equally extremely protective of her black bow around her neck, as it was a gift from her late parents
* Momo is the first Japanese monarch who's spouse is not Japanese
* Momo holds the record worldwide for the most adopted members of any royal family