OAV Series

Name:  Washu Hakubi
Physiological Age:  12
Actual Age:  20,000+
Height:  133 cm (4'4¼")
Blood-type:  B
      In this, the original incarnation of Tenchi Muyo, Washu is the "Greatest Scientific Genius of the Universe". We first meet her in Episode 6, where she has been imprisoned by Kagato for the past 5,000 years (5000 Jurain years is about 2,000 Earth years). Kagato was a student of hers when she was a highly respected professor at the graduate school of the Galaxy Science Academy. She is accidentally freed from her crystal cell by Mihoshi, who was trying to defeat 2 giant guard snakes bent on killing her. We then find out that Washu is responsible for creating the Soja, Ryo-Ohki, and Ryoko. Though, in Ryoko's case, Washu used her egg, so she is more of a daughter then a creation. And in Ryo-Ohki's case she used a combination of a mineral substance and a creature called the Mass.
      When Tenchi uses the Light Hawk Sword to defeat Kagato, Washu is very impressed and decides to "study" him, the lucky guinea pig! Washu moves into the Masaki household, taking up an old storage closet, which she hooks-up to her subspace laboratory. Her lab consists of five planets. The main one is at the center and it is surrounded by the other four, they are all linked to each other by orbital evaluators. Her sub-space lab was built before she moved in with Tenchi, and all she did was make a sub-space door to it in the old storage closet under the stare case. She Performs all types of experiments in her lab, especially on Tenchi. ^_^
      Throughout the rest of the OAV series we find out more of Washu's history and emotions. Most of her background and personality seems to be centered at a tragic moment 20,000 years ago, where her child was taken away from her, because she was of a low social status and her husband was of a much higher one. That is the reason she stays in the body of a twelve year old, and only showing her mature self to Tenchi when offering to bear his child.
      It has been postulated that since her child had wavy blonde hair, that her child and Mihoshi's grandfather the 'Marshall' could be the same person. Since the 'Marshall' seems to be of importance that could suggest that he was of a higher class, and he and Mihoshi also have that same blonde hair.
      Washu is one of the three Goddesses in this Tenchiverse. It seems that Washu entered the lower dimension of her own free will for reasons still unclear, but her memory relating to being a goddess was completely blocked and sealed within the three gems that she gave to Ryoko.
      Washu has the ability to create an energy sword much like Ryoko's. She also has limited teleportation, and she can change her form from a little Washu to a fully mature adult Washu. She likes to be called 'Washu-chan' or 'Little Washu'.

TV Series

Name:  Washu
Physiological Age:  12
Actual Age:  700+

In the TV series, Washu is a famous mad scientist, exiled over 700 years ago because she was inventing weapons of mass destruction. When her crystal prison fell to Earth, the local people knew that it harbored great evil, so they built a mountain around it to seal her there for all eternity. This is the reason the Masaki Shrine was created, so that the "goblin" would never be freed. Through the help of Ryoko and Aeka, the seal on Washu's prison was broken and she was freed. She found Tenchi and the gang to be very interesting, so she decided to stay with them. Throughout the series, Washu's inventions are very useful and come in handy more then once. Some of the difference between this series and the OAV are that Washu is not related in any way to Ryoko. Also, Washu did not create Ryo-Ohki, and was defiantly not Kagato's teacher. She is not a goddess, and she is not the creator of the Soja. She did create a Mecha-Washu though, and in this series she has her little confidence boosters of Wasuh-A and Washu-B. The main drive for Washu in this series is to basically create weapons of mass destruction.

TV Series/Shin Series

Name:  Washu

In the latest version of the Tenchi Muyo Universe, Washu is a space pirate along side of Ryoko. It seems like Washu main purpose in this series is to make devices to spy on Tenchi for the other girls at the Masaki house, and also to be the comic relief.

Pretty Sammy Series

Name:  Washu Kobayashi
HEIGHT:  148 cm or 4'10"
WEIGHT:  40 kg or 88 lbs
3-SIZES:)  68-52-67 (in centemeters)
3-SIZES:)  27-21-26 (in inches)
BLOOD TYPE:  B
BIRTHDATE:  July 21
CONSTELLATION:  Cancer
BIRTHPLACE:  Washington State, U.S.A.


In the Pretty Samy series, Washu is a young super genius who graduated from MIT. She is a teacher at Sasami's school, and helps out Samy throughout the series.