Mahiru Hayami

Mahiru Hayami is a minor character in Mai Ball. She is a second year student and plays as a striker for Kuryuin High School. Mahiru starts in the semi-final against Kijikita. She admires Amane Tatamaru and Mirai Takenou, as their arrivals have turned Kuryuin into a much better team. Mahiru is very excitable, however she speaks formally even while playing. She calls her teammates “Miss” before saying their surname. Mahiru runs around a lot while playing, however her teammates rarely pass to her as she is not very good. Mirai purposefully deflects hard passes off her to find Amane, which Mahiru interprets as her being a useful player. On top of this, Mirai also dismisses Mahiru's attempts to talk to her. Even with all of the above going on, Mahiru still remains almost blindly optimistic and doesn't think poorly of Mirai.