While Rin Namiki is a newcomer to the sport, she grew up idolizing her mother, the legendary Ran Namiki, and wants nothing more than to follow in her footsteps. From her rural island home, she came to Tokyo and enrolled in Asakusa Girls' Municipal High School, where she met Misa Aoi and convinced her to help rebuild the school's lapsed jet racing club. While this may be the KANDAGAWA JET GIRLS' first season together, they've quickly won the crowds over with Rin's open heart, Misa's aloof coolness, and their sheer determination.

The fans of DRESS call Kaguya Shijyuin a queen, and Kuromaru Manpuku has always been her loyal retainer. Kaguya may have her family's wealth and prestige to back her up, but with her incomparable skill and unyielding spirit, she's earned the crowd's respect in her own right. Kuromaru, as a willing servant to the Shijyuin family, has been friends with Kaguya since long before their racing career began. While outwardly quirky, she has shinobi blood in her Manpuku family line, and it shows every time she raises her weapons—water weapons though they may be—in her mistress' defense.

The twin sisters of HELL'S KITCHEN just might be the tightest team the sport has ever seen. Famous not only for their racing skills, but for their success on the idol circuit, the twins electrify crowds wherever they go. Trained to light up the stage at CS Production School, they maintain a strict diet and exercise regimen, a rigid schedule, and a neverending avalanche of gigs and events. Asked how they manage to do all that and become star racers on top of it all, the twins answer in unison, "With great difficulty."

From California Coast High School's Japan Branch Campus, these two foreign travelers have embraced Japan's history and culture with all their considerable hearts. They treat their Cuisine2-model jet machine like the noble steed of a bygone samurai, and they even speak the dialect to match. "What ho!" sayeth Emily, "Feast thine eyes upon us as we out-strive all before us and cross yonder finish line!" "Verily," Jennifer adds, "victory shall be ours!" One might occasionally question their period accuracy, but never their racing spirit, nor the bounds of their joyous enthusiasm.

Hailing from Shinjuku Municipal Takadanobaba Girls' Academy (or just "Baba Girls'" for short), the two girls of Mega Kute Hyper Ultra might look like a rough couple of characters, but don't judge by appearances. They're known throughout the circuit for their charity work, volunteering at an old folks' home and dedicating their races to all the seniors watching in the rec room. Of course, just because they're kind doesn't mean they're soft, either—they're both as wily as they are focused, on and off the water. Keep your eyes on ‘em!

These two jet-racing shrine maidens represent both Hijiribashi University High School and their own Suiryu Shrine. As they explain it, their interest in racing isn't personal, but spiritual. Their style of racing, Inori says, is a ritual that cleanses the river. While Inori certainly exemplifies the inner calm and clarity of her station, Fuka's the exact opposite—as soon as she hits the water, she flies into a full-on rampage every time! Between Inori's precision and Fuka's passion, their competitors have learned to watch out.

We don't actually know much about these two new racers, and they certainly aren't league-sanctioned, but they've been popping up so often that we had to say something about them. Rumors are flying about who they are and where they came from. Some say they're ordinary students from Kagurazaka Technical High School, while others say they're covert members of a secret society. What could that society have to do with jet racing? You'll know as soon as we do!