Masumi Fujita

Masumi Fujita (藤田 真澄, Fujita Masumi) is a character in Hang On! Climbing Girls.

Appearance
Masumi is a young girl with short white-blue hair.

Personality
Masumi tends to project a confident and leading exterior, although she sometimes has difficulties getting some of her thoughts across. Masumi is plagued by confidence problems as she fears to not be able to live to others expectations due to her past as a track runner in which she failed.

After being reassured by her teammates that they look up to her and that they trust her, she is able to overcome her insecurities.

Plot
At the Kanto Bouldering Championship, Masumi sees Chinari Iwamine and Sayo Yotsuba and interrupts them, pointing out they need to be careful about her and her team too. She manages to pass the prelims, but finishes fifth in the semifinals.

Seeing that Chinari is more interested in Konomi Kasahara, Masumi feels disappointed by herself and that she fails to lead her team as even Chinari no longer considers her a rival. However, her team comes and support her. Motivated by them, she comes out and wins the finals, climbing all three walls like Chinari, but takes less tries than her.

Abilities
Masumi is a highly skilled climber, referred to as the Black Panther because of her prodigious leaping ability learned through track running. Using this skill she is able to jump incredibly high and reach upper zones with ease, allowing her to skip steps or even circumvent obstacles.

Etymology

 * The name Masumi means "real, genuine" (真) (ma) and "clear, purer" (澄) (sumi).
 * Masumi's surname Fujita means "wisteria" (藤) (fuji) and "field, rice paddy" (田) (ta).