Masha is the first robot created by Ryou Shirogane and Keiichiro Akasaka, with Ucha being the second.
After the aliens are defeated at the end of the first series, Masha chooses to stay with his owner Ichigo Momomiya when she goes to London with her boyfriend Masaya Aoyama. With Masha's absence, this could be why Ucha was created and Masha was not given to Berry Shirayuki, the protagonist of the second series.
Appearance and Personality[]
Masha has a round, furry, pink body. He is small enough for people to hold him in one hand. He has pink cat ears and large pink eyes. He always appears to be blushing, like Ucha. Masha looks the same as the Masha from Tokyo Black Cat Girl. He is very protective of Ichigo and tries to help in battles, but often fails to do so.
Abilities[]
Masha can sense when someone is in trouble and, like Ucha, detect Chimera Animals and Mew Aqua. He also is able to "collect" defeated Chimera Animals by eating the jelly-filled enemies so they do not attack anyone or anything again. While he does this, he exclaims "Collect!". He can also merge with Mew Aqua found by the Mew Mews to transform into the Mew Aqua Rod, allowing any of the Mew Mews to perform the Ribbon Aqua Drops healing attack.
In the Tokyo Mew Mew anime adaptation, Masha has a more extensive vocabulary, and tries, unsuccessfully, to assist the Mew Mews in some battles. Primarily communicating by repeating the sounds "pi" and "tweet", Masha does not appear to be designed to support high-level speech initially, though in Tokyo Mew Mew à la Mode he is once shown speaking in a complete sentence.
International[]
Name Changes (Manga)[]
| Language | Title | Publisher | Name |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japanese | Tokyo Mew Mew | Kodansha | R-2000 / Masha |
| English | Tokyo Mew Mew | TokyoPop & Kodansha | R-2000 / Masha |
| English (Singapore) | Tokyo Mew Mew | Chuang Yi | R-2000 / Masha |
Name Changes (Anime)[]
Most dubs either use the original Japanese name or the 4Kids English name. However, there are a few dubs that come up with original names.
| Language | Title | Name | Voice Actor / Actress |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japanese | Tokyo Mew Mew | R-2000 / Masha | Junko Noda |
| English | Mew Mew Power | R-2000 / Mini-Mew | Tom Wayland |
| Mandarin | Dōng Jīng Māo Māo (Tokyo Cats / Tokyo Mew Mew) |
R-2000 / Yǎ-Mī | Xiè Jiǎo-Juān |
| Cantonese (TVB Dub) | Dung Ging Miu Miu (Tokyo Mew Mew) |
R-2000 / A-Ya | Ng Mui |
| Cantonese (ATV Dub) | Maau Maau Jin Deui (Cat Team / Mew Mew Team) |
R-2000 / Siu - Nga | Chan Kam-Wan |
| Italian | Mew Mew Amiche Vincenti (Mew Mew Winning Friends) |
Mash | N/A |
| Korean | Berry Berry Mew Mew | R-2000 / Masha | Jeonghwa Yang |
| Hebrew | Tokyo Mew Mew | Masha | Dana Rishfi (Season 1) Maya Bar-Shalom (Season 2) |
| Brazilian Portuguese | As Super Gatinhas (The Super Kittens) |
Mini-Gatinha (Mini-Kitten) | Gilmara Sanches |
| Portuguese (Season 1) | Mew Mew Power | R-2000 / Mini-Mew | N/A |
| Portuguese (Season 2) | Tokyo Mew Mew | Masha | N/A |
| Danish | Mew Mew Power | R-2000 / Masha | Gry Trampedach |
| Thai | Tokyo Mew Mew | R-2000 / Masha | N/A |
| Albanian (Albania Production) | Vajzat Mjau - Mbrojtëset e Planetit (Mew Girls - Defenders of the Planet) |
R-2000 / Mini-Mjau (Mini-Mew) | Elona Hyseni |
| Albanian ("Jess" Discographic) | Luftëtaret Mace (Cat Warriors) |
Mash | N/A |
| Hungarian | Vadmacska Kommandó (Wildcat Commando) |
Mini-Mica (Mini-Kitten) | Márta Talmács |
| Latino Spanish | Miau Miau Power (Mew Mew Power) |
R-2000 / Mini-Miau (Mini-Mew) | Nancy Cortés |
| French | Mew Mew Power | R-2000 / Mini-Mew | Sophie Landresse |
| Dutch | Mew Mew Power | R-2000 / Mini-Mew | N/A |
| Serbian | Družina Mjau - Mjau / Miau - Mjau Tokio (Mew Mew Team / Tokyo Mew Mew Team) |
R-2000 / Mini-Mjau (Mini-Mew) | Marija Dakić |
| Croatian | Mijau Mijau Družina (Mew Mew Team) |
R-2000 / Mini-Mijau (Mini-Mew) | N/A |
| Bulgarian | Силата Миу Миу / Silata Mew Mew (Mew Mew Power) |
R-2000 / Mini-Mew | N/A |
| Greek | Mew Mew Power | R-2000 / Mini-Mew | Stella Mponatsou |
| Turkish | Mew Mew Power / Sihirli Kızlar (Magical Girls) |
R-2000 / Mini-Mew | N/A |
Gallery[]
Trivia[]
- Both Masha and Ucha can transform into weapons to help assist in battles (Ucha becomes Berry's main weapon, and Masha becomes the Mew Aqua Rod).
- Tokyopop made a mistake of referring Masha as a female in volume 3, while calling him male in the other volumes. He is male in Tokyo Black Cat Girl, the manga and the anime in Japan.
- Masha/Mini Mew didn’t appear in the English dub till episode 2 of Mew Mew Power because the 12th episode counted as the first episode because 4kids showed it’s dub pilot first on TV.