Sakamoto Mio (坂本美緒) is a character from [[Strike Witches]] originating from the [[Fuso]] empire. Her familiar is the Doberman. The squadron leader, she brings together the group with a fatherly atmosphere. 

She has a [[black_hair|black]] [[ponytail]] and is often seen wearing a white naval uniform with a [[school swimsuit]] [[swimsuit_under_clothes|underneath]], as well as an eyepatch that helps regulate usage of her magic eye. She is a part of the [[501st Joint Fighter Wing]], with the role of Major. Her affiliation however is the 288th Fuso Air Force, along with [[Miyafuji Yoshika]].

Her first [[Striker Unit]] was a A6M3a type Zero with with blue stripes on the vertical stabilizer as well as a blue angled stripe that points downward at the front and upward at the back as it's identification stripes. Her second unit is based off of the [i]Kawanishi N1K-J [b]Shiden[/b] (Violet Lightning)[/i]) with a single white angled identification stripe after she started becoming unable to raise proper shields once she reached the age of 20. She also forged a new [[katana]] that she calls Reppumaru, that has the ability to redirect [[Neuroi]] energy beams back to the enemy.

Mio is based on Japanese flying ace [[Sakai Saburou]].

h4. Equipment

* [[machine gun|13mm type-99 machine gun]]
* [[katana|Reppumaru]]
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