Mika Shimada

 

Mika (ミカ, Mika) is one of the supporting characters of Girls und Panzer der Film. She is the commander of Continuation High School's Sensha-dō team.

Mika is the overall Student of RBHS Sensha-dō team. She operates a 45TP Habicha Polish Heavy Tank. She was the school's top ace before taking command of the Sensha-dō team.

She is a calm and refined lady who often recites cryptic proverbs, similar to Darjeeling, but unlike her St. Gloriana counterpart, she does not explain them. Mika has a carefree spirit and seems very independent.

In addition to her cryptic mannerisms, Mika is noted to have a habit of stealing things, or “borrowing” as she prefers to describe it. Examples of this include failing to return a KV-1 lent to Continuation by Pravda, taking rations from the All-Stars University Team stores after her tank was disabled during the match, and secretly eating the bulk of the food in the middle of the night while they were stuck on a deserted island. She also does not appear to have much of a work ethic, leaving Mikko and Aki to handle most of the gathering and cooking of food rather than helping them.

Mika is mentioned in OVA 6 during the greetings from other schools sent to celebrate Oarai's victory in the 63ʳᵈ National High School Sensha-dō Tournament.

She appears with Aki observing the exhibition match of Oarai/Chi-ha-tan vs. Pravda/St. Gloriana, though Continuation has elected not to participate, to Aki's dismay.

She joins the Oarai Compound Team against the All-Stars University Team. Along with Aki and Mikko in their BT-42, she helps the Hetzer, CV.33 & Type 89B in taking out the Karl-Gerät 040 by distracting and disposing of its escort of three M26 Pershings. She is later seen aboard Continuation's landing craft, along with Aki and Mikko, but departs before the end of match. Using Tokyo Drift-y turns and GASGASGAS music, she defeats them.

In Das Finale, she is seen enjoying a sauna with Aki and Mikko. When Aki suggests they participate in the 41st Winter Continuous Track Cup, she declines to do so, saying, "Winter is a time when everything must slumber. It is not the time for fighting," and agreeing that while it would be fun to see their senshado friends, "solitude is just as important." However, true to form, she apparently changes her mind and is later seen leading Continuation to victory against Yogurt Academy.

When Her old School was absorbed by RBHS she was given another tank to use such 45TP and 60TP