Machi Tokiwa

Machi Tokiwa
常盤 真智
Tokiwa Machi
Statistics
Age	14
Birthdate	August 5th
Sign	Leo
Gender	Female
Height	163cm
Weight	50kg
Blood Type	B
Voice Actors
Japanese Voice	Manami Numakura
English Voice	Carli Mosier
Debut
Manga	Hanayamata Chapter 1
Anime	Hanayamata Episode 1 (minor)

Machi Tokiwa (常盤 真智 Tokiwa Machi) is the student council president, the younger sister of Sari Tokiwa and a close friend of Tami Nishimikado.

Appearance

Machi has neck-length caramel-brown hair, caramel-brown eyes and wears red framed glasses.

Personality

Whilst generally strict, Machi is particularly weak to sweet things, as well as Tami Nishimikado's general requests. She is initially hostile towards Sally for leaving home, but she soon comes to understand her true feelings and joins the yosakoi club.

Etymology

• The name Machi means "real, genuine" (真) (ma) and "wisdom, intellect" (智) (chi).
• Machi's surname Tokiwa means "always, ever" (常) (toki) and "board, record, tray, shallow bowl" (盤) (wa).

Trivia

• Machi's favorite flower is sunflower.
• Machi became the fifth and final member to join the Yosakoi Club.
• Machi appears in every episode except "Jealousy Rose", "First Step" and "Try, Try, Try".

Gallery

Machi's anime header stance

Machi's anime header stance

Machi's anime character setting

Machi's character stance in Hanayamata: Yosakoi LIVE!

Machi's character profile in Yosakoi LIVE!