Mao Yoshino

Mao Yoshino is a character from the "Arifureta: From Commonplace to World's Strongest" series.

She is one of the students from Japan who got involved in the Summoning Incident, and ended up in Tortus along with her other classmates. She is a member of Jugo Nagayama's party during the training in Great Orcus Labyrinth.

After the Demons invaded the Heiligh Kingdom, Mao and the rest of the students stayed behind to protect it while Hajime and his companions traveled with the so-called "hero" Kouki Amanogawa and his friends.

Appearance
Mao is a young girl with medium-length brown hair and green eyes.

Personality
Mao tends to not take matters as serious as they really are.

Biography
One day during her second year of high school, Mao and her entire class was summoned to Tortus by its god Ehit in order to help humanity's war against the Demons. She and her classmates trained in the Heiligh Kingdom for two weeks, under the supervision of Knight Commander Meld Loggins, before they traveled to the Great Orcus Labyrinth, in order to fight the Monsters that dwelled inside it until they were strong enough to fight the demons. During their first trip the the Labyrinth, they were all transported to the 65th floor due to a trap that was accidentally set off by Daisuke Hiyama. It was there that they were all surrounded by an army of skeletal Traum Soldiers on one side, and a Behemoth on the other. After a fierce battle, almost everyone managed to escape, but Ayako's classmate Hajime Nagumo was believed to have been killed when he fell off the bridge the Behemoth stood on, after he helped keep it at bay in order for the rest of his class to escape. This ordeal had severely effected the remaining students' morale, but Mao was among those who resumed their training in the Great Orcus Labyrinth.

Relationships

 * Jugo Nagayama - The leader of her party.
 * Kentarou Nomura - A member of her party.
 * Kousuke Endou - A member of her party.
 * Ayako Tsuji - A member of her party. Mao is Ayako's best friend and often teases her about her crush on Kentarou.
 * Hajime Nagumo - Like most of her classmates, Mao is both surprised and terrified of Hajime's monstrous strength and ruthlessness when he returns and kills Cattleya. She has taken Hajime's warning of killing even his old classmates if they get in his way seriously when Hajime killed Daisuke Hiyama for his temporarily murder on Kaori Shirasaki. Unlike Kouki, Mao doesn't condemn Hajime for murdering Hiyama for what he did. Mao eventually learned Hajime's "fall" was never an accident when he enlightened and the others that Hiyama was responsible intentionally. These revelations caused Mao and the others to lose what's little sympathy they had left for Hiyama and completely written him off as a self-deluded traitor.

Weapons & Equipment

 * Magical Pendant - A coin-shaped pendant that is engraved with a magic circle for offensive magic.

Skills

 * Language Comprehension - A base skill granted to all those who got summoned. It gives the user the ability to understand any language and be proficient in it.

Spells

 * Enveloping Light - A light magic support spell which enhances the caster's target.

Etymology

 * The name "Mao" means "real, genuine" (真) and "center" (央).
 * Mao's surname "Yoshino" means "lucky, good" (吉) and "field, wilderness" (野).

Trivia

 * In the anime, Mao is not among the students that trains in the Great Orcus Labyrinth. Instead, she and a few other students stay behind in the Heiligh Kingdom's capital as a support team.