Tamaki Yamazaki

Tamaki Yamazaki (山崎 珠姫 Yamazaki Tamaki) is one of the main characters of Tamayomi. she is Yomi Takeda’s childhood friend who was a regular catcher of a strong team during junior High school where she had experience participating in national competitions.

Appearance
Tamaki is a young girl with short black hair. She usually always wears a pink hair pins on her left and right bangs.

Plot
Tamaki joins Shin Koshigaya, but is surprised to see her childhood friend Yomi Takeda. As they talk, Yomi reveals she quit, but Yoshino Kawaguchi asks them to play catch and they do. Tamaki explains that she kept playing baseball and became a catcher and even reached the nationals last year. As Yomi throws her magic ball, Tamaki manages to catch it, but is surprised that Yomi managed to learn how to throw it using a hard ball. As they had fun, Yoshino convinces them to join the baseball club and they agree.

Etymology

 * The name Tamaki means "pearl" (珠) (tama) and "princess" (姫) (ki).
 * Tamaki's surname Yamazaki means "mountain, hill" (山) (yama) and "cape, peninsula" (崎) (saki/zaki).