Tatiana “Tanya” Yakovleva

Tatiana “Tanya” Yakovleva is a young fighter pilot who appears in the in‑universe anime “The Third Aerial Girls Squad: FALLING ANGEL” from the Shirobako specials. She serves in the elite 307th Aerial Squad “Hell Alice,” a unit that flies older, Cold War–era jets against the mysterious “Builders” who have covered Earth with gigantic pillars, forcing humanity into a desperate air war. Tanya flies a Mikoyan‑Gurevich MiG‑23, reflecting her Eastern European/Russian‑sounding background and reinforcing her image as a tough, front‑line combat pilot. Within the story, she fights alongside Aria and Noa ...