Anya Nibenvic

Anya Nibenvic is a side character in Mai Ball. She is a first year student at Franklin International High School and plays as an attacking midfielder.

Background
Anya was born in Serbia, however has since moved to Japan, enrolling at Franklin International High School. She and Dute Serbanov are the two foreign players on Franklin's team, and are the main attacking threats. They both initially struggled to adapt to Japanese culture. She is known for her incredible dribbling ability.

Appearance
Anya has ginger hair, which she styles in twintails with red scrunchies. She has freckled cheeks.

Personality
She is a very bubbly and confident person, always being the life of the party, being the complete opposite of Dute. Anya has a verbal tick where she says “yeah” at the end of sentences, especially when she gets fired up. However, like her attacking partner, she can also become very focused while playing football.

Chronology
Main Article: Kijikita vs. Franklin

 Anya's persistent harrying and dribbling frustrates Kijikita, who struggle to break down Franklin due to their stern defence and swift counterattacks. Later in the first half, she plays a high pass to Dute, who controls and fires to give Franklin the lead. Unfortunately for her, despite Franklin's best efforts, they are unable to contain Kijikita in the second half and end up losing 2-1. Anya does not take this badly, instead introducing herself to Mitsu Kurodate and Yoko Esui to show appreciation for their play, wishing them luck for the next round.

Anya is later shown in the crowd with Dute and Tsubame as Kijikita take on Kijinan in the final.

Trivia
She likes to measure Tsubame Makishi's height by resting her breasts on her head to see if she has gotten any taller.

 Her favourite player was Dragan Stojkovic, who not only shares a similarity with Anya due to their Serbian nationality, but he also used to play for Red Star Belgrade. “Piksi” is a very popular in Japan given his previous roles as player and coach of Nagoya Grampus.

Relationships
Dute Serbanov: Dute and Anya are the only two foreign players in Franklin's roster and form their “gold and silver combo,” which is based on their hair colours.