Chigusa Kumagai

Chigusa Kumagai (熊谷 千草 Kumagai Chigusa) is a character in Hang On! Climbing Girls.

Appearance
Chigusa is a young woman with a light tan complexion, brown hair done in the odango hairstyle, brown eyes, and a well-built muscular physique.

Plot
At Kanto Bouldering Championship, during the prelims, Chigusa shows power and climbs some walls using only her hands, showing why she is called "Muscle Maxima'am". She passes the semifinals while taking the second place, but takes 4th or 5th place in the finals. As Chinari Iwamine was also in the finals, their results helped them greatly and they managed to win the champion team award.

Abilities
Chigusa is called the "Muscle Maxima'am" because of her great physical strength, particularly that of her arms. Because of her great strength she is able to pull herself ahead using only her hands even on difficult terrain that would normally require more complex maneuvers.

Etymology

 * The name Chigusa means "thousand" (千) (chi) and "grass, herb, weed" (草) (kusa/gusa).
 * Chigusa's surname Kumagai means "bear" (熊) (kuma) and "valley" (谷) (gai).