Ume Matsuzaka

Arch-rival of Miss Yoshinaga, teacher of the Rose class. Age 24. Single. Likes to live stylishly in public but she actually struggles to save her money for luxuries and lives in a very cheap, dusty apartment. She dislikes her given name as she always says to Yoshinaga and others, "Don't call me Ume!". This is due to one of the meanings of "Ume", which can mean "3rd class" or "low class". Although she said before she is "tired of Futaba Kindergarten (especially Shin-chan and friends plus low salary despite all the hard work)" and plans to move out to a better school, she never seriously intends to do it. She supports and love the kindergarten too. Despite her rivalry and bickering with Midori, she cares for her and helped her reconcile with her future husband. A running gag about her is that her dates are often screwed up by Shin-chan and friends in various ways, until she meets Tokurou. She is known as Miss Uma in the Vitello and Phuuz dubs. She is known as Rachel Katz in the Funimation dub. She is portrayed as having not dated anyone for a long time, and is shown to be rather bitter towards Miss Anderson's relationship with Doyle due to this. In the third season her first name is mentioned as being "Rebecca" instead of "Rachel".She is also a very strong figure.When she ran into Roberto,afraid that the dress will torn,she performed a backflip.She can also land on the steel pipe with high heels.This is very rare for a character because not all teachers in the Kindergarten can do a flip with a dress.This shows that Matsuzaka is not just a sassy-stylish kind of people but an agile,strong woman because of attending dancing class