Emiya

*“...I want to give you a chance, but I need to ask you a question first."*

Orange Pekoe, interviewing Emiya.

*“You really know your stuff Yoshimura!”*

Emiya’s classmate, after Emiya settles an argument.

Emiya Yoshimura is the younger sister of Iona “Shannon” Yoshimura, and a supporting character in Tales from the Tea Garden: Stories from the Campus of St. Gloriana. She appears in the story a year after the Shamrock School for Girls Sensha-do Team was founded by her sister. The below is canonical to that story.

**Profile**

Emiya Yoshimura is a first-year student at St. Gloriana Girls College, and a member of their Sensha-Do team. She is the gunner of the Victory, Lady Orange Pekoe’s command tank, and the commander’s personal aide

**Appearance**

Emiya is a short girl with her red hair in a french braid. She follows the example set by her senpai in St. Gloriana’s Sensha-Do team, and is almost always wearing her school uniform, even on weekends. Her only modification to the white shirt, black tie, blue sweater and skirt is a small green shamrock pin added to the collar of her shirt, in recognition of her sister and hometown.

**Personality**

Emiya is a timid and nervous girl, and does not deal well with pressure or people. She often stammers, especially when put on the spot or otherwise feels pressured. There is however not an evil bone in her body, and she always tries her best to help others.

Emiya’s nervousness and lack of interpersonal skill makes her quite the opposite of her sister's friendly and bubbly personality, something that is further emphasised by her staggering intellect. Her grades are among the best St. Gloriana has ever seen, and the only one to achieve a better score on the school's entrance exam is Assam.

**Background**

Emiya is two years younger than her sister Iona. Growing up in Yokosuka, the two were always close despite their differences, even if Emiya often preferred being by herself instead of spending time with friends. They both grew up watching and loving Sensha-Do, but never thought they would be doing it themselves one day.

When the time came for Emiya to enrol in high school, she was originally planning to join Shamrock School for Girls, partially to follow her sister, and partially to avoid the outrageous tuition fees of the larger schools. Iona, recognising her sister’s intelligence and different personality, managed to convince her to apply for other, more prestigious schools instead. Emiya therefore applied to St. Gloriana’s Girls College, the carrier-born high school of the neighbouring Yokohama, and was offered a scholarship.

After joining St. Gloriana, Emiya immediately joined the Sensha-Do team under the newly promoted Lady Orange Pekoe. Her first few weeks were spent as a cadet of the team, during which she was offered a chance to witness one of the team’s strategy meetings. Fulfilling her responsibility as a cadet to serve tea to the assembled members, she accidentally spilled tea on the distracted Commander, burning her quite severely and causing the meeting to be ended prematurely.

The following week Orange Pekoe visited Emiya’s classroom, and asked to speak with her. Certain that she was to be kicked out of the team for her mistakes, Emiya was led to *The Laughing Cavalier*, a pub aboard the Ark Royal, where the commander instead apologised for her own behaviour, and asked Emiya to be the gunner of the *Victory*, her command tank, and her personal aide.

**Trivia**

* Emiya’s birthday is the 1st of January, the same date as the ratification of the union between Ireland and Great Britain, formally creating the “United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland”.

* Emiya’s idol and favourite tanker is Naomi from Saunders.

* Emiya’s favorite tank is the Swedish Strv 103.

* She secretly has a small crush on Charles, Orange Pekoe’s boyfriend.

* She is 140cm (4ft 7in) tall.