Mai Sakamoto

Mai Sakamoto is a paraplegic builder of Blue Helix.

Personality & Character
Usually friendly and cheerful, Mai is a kind person who enjoys hanging out with friends and giving help to people in need of it. Despite her disability she is full of life and frequently runs her mouth, paradoxically Mai thinks things through before taking actions. Often she likes thinking out loud and gets bored easily when left on her own. While she does have a generally kind persona, Mai is quick to lash out at people who belittle her because of her disability. Her favourite hobbies include building gunpla dioramas and scratch builds, running her web blog and playing wheelchair basketball.

Skills & Abilities
Mai is a highly skilled builder, though not overly fond of battling and has a talent for recreating scratch builds with only a few looks, making her well suited for helping to maintain Blue Helix's gunpla as well as developing new weapons and equipment. She can also rebuild unique pieces of equipment not normally mass produced which helps the team keep their models in top shape. Mai also has considerable upper body strength after spending years in a wheelchair and is skilled at basketball.

History
Born in Shinjuku, Mai moved out to Odaiba to live above Cafe Side 7, a small cafe near the Gundam statue. During the weekdays she attends university, studying chemical engineering. She used the top floor of the cafe to create a workshop where she would build commissioned models and run her blog. Her web blog grew in popularity and she became well known locally, leading to Blue Helix asking her to join them.

Relationships

 * Jessica Laurel


 * Jonathan Stratford
 * Mai and Jonathan have a somewhat complicated relationship with one another. Both are good friends and have respect for each other, however as both are skilled builder they tend to have a habit of getting into fierce arguments over designs. Usually these arguments last for about an hour or two and are typically resolved with onigiri and a compromise between the two ideas.

Notes & Trivia

 * Mai is fiercely protective of her favourite pen, she refuses to let anyone else touch it.
 * She runs a web blog under the pen name Marida Zinnerman.