This article is about the Beyblade character. For the Wonder Pets character, see Ming-Ming Duckling.

Ming-Ming Love is a fictional character in the anime

Anime

is the Japanese abbreviated pronunciation of "animation". The definition sometimes changes depending on the context. In English-speaking countries, the term most commonly refers to Japanese animated cartoons....

 and manga

Manga

Manga is the Japanese word for "comics" and consists of comics and print cartoons . In the West, the term "manga" has been appropriated to refer specifically to comics created in Japan, or by Japanese authors, in the Japanese language and conforming to the style developed in Japan in the late 19th...

  series of Beyblade

Beyblade

is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Takao Aoki. Originally serialized in CoroCoro Comic from 2000 to 2002, the individual chapters were collected and published in 14 tankōbon by Shogakukan...

, voiced by Stephanie Beard

Stephanie Beard

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 in the English version and Aya Hirano

Aya Hirano

from Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture, Japan, is a Japanese voice actress and J-pop singer who has had roles in several anime, visual novels, and TV commercials in Japan. She was contracted to Space Craft Produce, a branch of the Space Craft Group, for her voice acting career, and for her singing career,...

 in the original Japanese version. She only appears in the third season, Beyblade G-Revolution. She is a new singing pop diva

Diva

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 raising to fame as a both a singer and a Beyblader. Her Beyblade is called Venus, and she works for Boris in the BEGA League

BEGA League

The BEGA League/Justice 5 are a fictional group of characters for the popular Beyblade anime and manga series. BEGA stands for Beyblade Entertainment Global Association. BEGA League only appear during the third season, and are seen by fans as enemies for aiding Boris. The team consists of Garland,...

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Usually, she portrays herself to be a sweet young girl. However, she has another, tougher side when she blades. It is easy to tell which from her size and by her eyes. Tough Ming-Ming (called Queen Form in the original) is taller and has a serious look in her eyes while innocent Ming-Ming (called Loli Form) is shorter and has a typical anime cute set of eyes. She tends to spend most of her time in her innocent form as most bladers are easily deceived by her sweet and cute appearance. Her attitude depends on her form, but generally she is a very confident girl with a lot of pride. She is a fanboy favourite in the series. After (and including) the episode, Runaway Daichi, a running gag

Running gag

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throughout the season is Kenny's uncontrollable crush on Ming-Ming. He even cheers her on during the BBA VS Bega match.

Being the poster girl for the BEGA league can have its perks. This obnoxious teen idol provides entertainment in the form of singing the praises of the BEGA organization. Don't let this fool you though, because she is also a top notch Beyblader. She also uses her singing to help her concentration during a match, as well as to distract her opponents.

As an amusing note, Ming-Ming is one of two known characters played by Aya Hirano which have tougher split personalities which only manifest during combat, the other being Kahlua (and Tequila) Marjoram of Galaxy Angel II.