Maho Hiyajo

Maho Hiyajo (比屋定真帆) is Makise Kurisu's senior university associate at the Institute of Neuroscience at Victor Chondria University in the United States. She works as a research assistant to Professor Alexis Leskinen and specializes in neuroscience and artificial intelligence.

A feisty young woman, due to her extremely short stature, she is often mistaken for a grade/primary schooler despite being in her twenties.

As a character she appears in Steins;Gate - Epigraph of the Closed Curve, Steins;Gate - Pandora of Eternal Return, Steins;Gate - Altair at the Apoapsis of Infinity and the drama CDs Epitaxy of the Projected Curved Surface, Pandemia of Artificial Machinery, and Arpeggio of Time Rotation. She will be a main character in the upcoming visual novel and anime Steins;Gate 0.

Personality
She is aware but is often annoyed every time other people mistakes her as a child, unaware of her true age and occupation. In Steins;Gate 0, Based from her interactions with Amadeus Kurisu, she often have quarrels with the real Kurisu although deep inside she holds great respect towards her colleague.

She also develop a deep platonic bond with RIntarou Okabe as well as developing connections with the rest of the Future Gadget Lab members including Moeka Kiryu.

Trivia

 * In the Epigraph Trilogy Maho ends up wearing mismatched clothing after her belongings burn in a car crash in Steins;Gate: Epigraph of the Closed Curve.
 * She loves Okinawan dishes as depicted in the Pandemia of Artificial Machinery drama CD.
 * Faris theorizes that Maho's family had roots in Hokkaido basing on her surname.