Mylene Hoffman

Mylene Hoffman (ミレーヌ・ホフマン), codenamed Agent 009-1, is the titular protagonist of 009-1.

She is a secret agent of the all-female Nine Number Group, one of the ten groups in the Zero Zero Organization, a Western Bloc intelligence organization.

She was orphaned at an early age, after her family got caught up in the midst of a battle between the Eastern and Western Blocs. Her parents died and was separated from her brother Paul, who she believed had died in the crossfire as well. She was then taken away by soldiers of the Western Bloc and was raised as an intelligence agent, hoping to find the faction that killed her family though at times she subconsciously cannot perceive those around her.

Per protocol, Mylene goes through various aliases, including "Miss Nine", "Cool Liz", "Lily Lam", "Mylene Duke", and "Melinda Pierce", while she goes by "Muse" in the anime.