Ryoko Balta

Is a main character in Tenchi Muyo! GXP. A beautiful space pirate of the Daluma Guild with fans even inside the Galaxy Police, Ryoko also works as a spy inside the Galaxy Police Academy—disguised as a Wau woman named Erma. However, she falls in love with Seina Yamada while tasked with gathering information about him, eventually renouncing her allegiances when ordered to kill him. Ryoko reforms and joins the Galaxy Police, becoming a member of the Kamidake's crew and subsequently learning that she's a member of royalty. Feeling that Seina had saved her, Ryoko vows to dedicate the rest of her life to him and marries him. She is a cool beauty who would cause male Galaxy Police members not to capture her and even to desert their posts in order to join her. Ryoko is named after infamous space pirate (and resident of Tenchi's house) Ryoko Hakubi. Although she takes her name from the legendary Ryoko Hakubi who had attacked planet Jurai seven hundred years prior, Ryoko Balta is hardly the bloodthirsty pirate as her namesake was known to be, nor the mischievous layabout she would later become. While she is of most successful pirates in the galaxy, Ryoko is also one of the most cultured. She is well versed in many rituals, including the Japanese Tea Ceremony. She is also an excellent cook.