A dedicated and compassionate young woman, she takes her role as a kindergarten teacher to heart. She is a diligent worker who is deeply attentive to the children under her care, investing time to understand each child’s personality, preferences and dislikes.

Chie's first day as a kindergarten teacher begins ominously, as something in the room seems to be catching her children's eyes and attention. But whatever it is, Chie can't see it.

Kaya-chan is a notorious problem child in her kindergarten, but none of the adults know her secret–till Chie-sensei is put in charge and learns of Kaya-chan's hidden ability to see evil spirits and vanquish them with a punch! What will happen to this five-year-old who gets in trouble when she’s only trying to help?
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(Source: Seven Seas Entertainment)

Kaya-chan attends Hanamugi Kindergarten, and she has an incredibly strong sixth sense. She secretly beats up the ghosts that stalk her friends and family, but in turn, she’s treated like a troublemaker since nobody understands her strange behavior. Everything changes when her teacher, Chie, discovers her secret. Kaya-chan's fists will go flying at any sinister spirits that show up!<br>
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(Source: Crunchyroll)

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Maaya Uchida is a Japanese actress, voice actress and singer who works for I'm Enterprise. She is [Yuuma Uchida](https://anilist.co/staff/119617/)'s older sister.
Announced her marriage to fellow voice actor [Kaito Ishikawa](https://anilist.co/staff/115156/Kaito-Ishikawa) on September 30, 2025.

**Awards:**
- She won the Best New Actress Award at the 8th Seiyuu Awards, for her role as [Hajime Ichinose](https://anilist.co/character/85153/).

**Non-Anime Roles:**
~!- [Fischl](https://anilist.co/character/209685/Fischl) - Genshin Impact (VG)
- [Ichihime](https://anilist.co/character/200348/Ichihime) - Mahjong Soul (VG)
- Pure Vanilla Cookie - Cookie Run: Kingdom (VG)
- Admi - Goddess of Victory: Nikke (VG)
- Epinel - Goddess of Victory: Nikke (VG)
- Ms. NewBabel - Reverse: 1999 (VG)
- Gretel - SINoAlice (VG)
- Sakura - Shinobi Nightmare (VG)
- Kanami - Strinova (VG)
- S-Sha - Megadimension Neptunia VII (VG)
- Zero - Drakengard 3 (VG)
- Hiroyo Hakase - Hikounin Sentai Akibaranger (TV)
- Shizuna Rem Misurugi - The Legend of Heroes Series (VG)
- Khalipe - Chaos Zero Nightmare (VG)
!~

Chie Hasumi