Character

Chiyo Shimada

島田千代

Chiyo Shimada is one of the supporting characters in Girls und Panzer der Film. She is the current head of the Shimada style, a member of the Japanese Sensha-dō Federation, and is the mother of Alice Shimada. She is a beautiful pale-skinned woman with long light brown hair tied with a black ribbon, hazel eyes, her appearance is a lot less cold and much nicer than Shiho Nishizumi and she bears a striking resemblance to Alice. Chiyo is a very calm and refined woman who seems very intelligent and is willing to be the best, going to great lengths just to beat her rival. When she calls Alice just before the match against the All-Stars University Team, she tells her to destroy the name of Nishizumi style. However, despite this behavior, she's not a bad person and loves her daughter more than anything else.