Name: Hotaru Imai
Age: 10 (at debut)
Date of birth: October 25
Horoscope Scorpio
Height: 139cm
Weight: 30kg
Blood type: AB
Alice: Invention
Alice Stone Color: Purple
Type of Alice: Technical Ability
Star Ranking: Triple Star
Background
Hotaru Imai is Mikan Sakura's best friend. She met Mikan during fourth grade when she moved into the country. She went to Alice Academy partly because they gave out money and she wanted to pay her old school's dues, so it wouldn't be demolished. As an Alice, her parents were state-bound to enroll her in the Academy. So, to an extent, they probably got tired of evading the government, too. She wanted to go for the position of 'Honor Roll Student' so she could go home to visit Mikan and her parents.
She was transferred to Alice Academy during Spring time, as revealed in the manga. She was given a two star rank because she has a good reputation. On her first day of class, she didn't bother to talk to anybody. The next day she wore an egg helmet to hide her face and her classmates were surprised that she made the egg helmet in one day. The first one to ever befriend her was Yū Tobita a.k.a.Iinchō, the class representative. Some friends of Natsume's, or more like followers, disliked Hotaru for her arrogant attitude. Because of this, she had to arm herself with weapons to protect her from the attacks of her classmates. Due to the trouble she caused with them, she got scolded by Jinno-sensei a lot.
Later, she was promoted to three stars, but she was not happy. She was thinking of her family and of course, Mikan.
As Iinchou stated, the first time Hotaru ever smiled ever since she came to the Academy was the day Mikan arrived.
Hotaru also knows that both Natsume Hyūga and Ruka Nogi have crushes on Mikan, and sometimes tortures the pair about it. Hotaru has also realized Mikan's budding feeling for Natsume, feelings not even Mikan herself knows about. Hotaru protects Mikan from Luna Koizumi by pretending to befriend Luna.
Personality
She is extremely intelligent and rational. During the story, though she may appear to be rather cold and indifferent on the surface, it is apparent that she genuinely cares for Mikan. Hotaru breaks the fourth wall by teaching the audience about her inventions. The other characters see her explaining her inventions to apparently no one. Hotaru is labeled as weird, odd, and rather strange by other students, and sometimes she can be arrogant and has a bad-mouth (as described by the author)[1], which others find irritating.
She also tends to be fairly "sassy" through the variety of things she either does to bully Mikan, or punish others who bully her. Though, she does has some "stupid" points; her constant eating habits and her greedy side that causes her to make inventions that need a toll payment. She tends to be a "pig" when it comes to food and has a particular liking in seafoods. Hotaru is very lazy, as she has her inventions to do her work for her. Because she has no talent in swimming, other students teased her for having a 'Non-swimming Alice'.
As an enterprising student, she likes blackmailing people, most particularly of Ruka. She takes pictures of him showing his gentler side, probably to cater to the girls (and some guys) in the school, who would buy them (although it's also known that animals had performed little favors or paid her for those pictures as well). She does not only take photos of him, though, when a returning alumni and current famous actor, Reo, shows up, she makes sure she is at a vantage point to get good photos. She complains that the effect is, however, rather ruined when Mikan somehow falls into Reo's path.
Relationships
Mikan Sakura
Hotaru brushing Mikan's hair
Hotaru may bully Mikan a lot, but she actually cares for her. She has a strange way of showing her affections towards Mikan, which could be either painful or not. Mikan's smile always enlightens her, and she always tells Mikan to smile. She doesn't let Mikan hug her easily, and she would usually avoid her. She doesn't tolerate people who bullies Mikan, as proven when she hit a guy that was about to punch Mikan. She stated that she is the only one who can make Mikan cry. Hotaru enjoys bullying the person she likes, especially Mikan, and loves to see her pained expression, which she considers cute.
When she left for the Academy, she grew sad and refused to smile. It was clear that she missed Mikan a lot, and in the anime, she even built a robot to look exactly like Mikan (Amanatsu). In the manga, she invented a robot penguin which has the personality of Mikan.
Hotaru can be very protective of Mikan and she just enjoys teasing, or more like, torturing her many admirers, namely Natsume and mostly Ruka. She had always admired Mikan's strong will and ability to smile always. For her, Mikan is her most valued treasure.
Subaru Imai
Subaru is the older brother of Hotaru. He is a member of the student council and a Special Star student. They share similarities in terms of personality. Like Hotaru, Subaru is also cold and rational, and he doesn't hesitate to insult Hotaru and others, though he's softened up when it comes to Mikan. Even though they may not show it, they actually care for one another. In the Valentine's Day chapter, Hotaru is seen giving her chocolates to Subaru. She also danced with him during the Christmas Party, though they were really trying to step on each other's feet.
Gender: Female
Age: 14
Height:160cm
Birthday: June 14
Horoscope: Gemini
Blood Type: B
Alice: Doppelganger
Misaki is a friend of Tsubasa and likes to pick on him a lot. She also belongs to the Special Ability class and is one of the most normal looking people there. She has a Doppelganger Alice that allows her to multiply herself into two or more. She is very up-beat.
She danced the Last Dance with Tsubasa during the festival, which, according to the Alice tradition, is a 'dance of love', and any couple that dances during this will be together forever. She and Tsubasa have even been described as a 'married couple' in the anime.
She is also a member of Watching Over Ruka group. And it somehow appears that Kitsuneme and Yome have innocent crushes on her. As a senpai, she takes good care of Mikan, especially in Tsubasa's absence. She is more like a big sister. She is shown to have good fighting abilities as she can easily beat up guys in a fight.
In the manga, her hair is a bit longer and she ties it up when she went to the Flower Princess Festival.
UEKI NO HOUSOKU
Kosuke Ueki
(植木 耕助 Ueki Kōsuke) Voiced by: Romi Paku (Japanese), Huy Anh Hoang (English)
Gender: Male
Age: 13
Birth date: 4th July
Blood type: A
Ability: Change trash into trees
Ability Level 2:Undo the opponent's power
Kosuke Ueki is the main character in the series. He is in Class 1-C at Hinokuni Junior High School. Ueki's ability is given to him by Kobayashi (a.k.a. Mr. K), who is also Ueki's homeroom teacher. His level 2 power is to undo the opponent's power. He can use more than one sacred treasure weapon at the same time. He is also seen wearing pinkish-red shoes during his first fight with Robert Haydn.
Ueki is an unusually calm individual, and doesn't care about what happens to him. He can be found snoozing in class, letting children use him as a target for shooting soccer balls (or in one case, a surfboard),and also calling the police without panicking when he faces a gang of rowdy teenagers. However, he cares for people around them, even going as far as saving Robert Haydn from falling debris in the Dogura Mansion.
According to a short profile of the main characters of The Law of Ueki (published in the end of manga vol. 16 by the author), Ueki's hobbies include cleaning up his town. In the first volume of the manga, Ueki is seen planting trees in the town park.
Ueki is a genuinely kind person who is always trying to help people. Ueki is actually a heavenly being sent to Earth by his father in order to take part in this tournament. Being a heavenly being allows him powers beyond his tree-making skills.
It seems he may have a crush on Ai (especially in the manga), but it is not admitted in the anime series.
Ai Mori
(森 あい Mori Ai) Voiced by: Tomoko Kawakami (Japanese), Lori Barnes-Smith (English)
Gender: Female
Age: 13
Birth date: 8th August
Blood type: A
Ability: Change her opponent into a glasses-lover (any glasses)
Ai Mori is one of Ueki's classmates at Hinokuni Junior High School. When in a casual mood, Ai is usually upbeat and friendly, although she is often shown with a very shallow side, initially believing that all power-users (with the exception of Ueki) are dangerous enemies that can't be trusted. Still, Ai cares deeply for her friends, especially Ueki. She discovers Ueki's power early on, coming to a rather unusual conclusion and at first believing him to be an alien. Upon learning of the competition Ueki is in, she decides to back him up, to keep him from losing all his talents and disappearing because of it.
She is strict with Ueki at times, especially when he looks like he is about to do something rash. Ai continuously tries to be his voice of reason, although her shallow antics and outspoken personality often annoys him. Later on in the series, she is given an ability by the King of the Celestial World Candidate, Wanko, during Ueki's fight with Sano. However, her power's condition is that her opponent must perform a goody-two-shoes pose (raising the right leg backwards while putting both of the fists close to the mouth region). Once this power is activated, her opponent falls totally in love with glasses(usually Ai's) and will do anything to keep them from harm, even defeat themselves. Also, they will not attack because they may accidentally break the glasses, and will do anything to prevent Ai from breaking them.
The food she cooks tends to look rather odd and off-putting (usually with squirming octopus tentacles), but it still tastes good. It seems she may have a crush on Ueki, but it is not admitted in the series.
YAKITATE!! JAPAN
Name: Kazuma Azuma
Race: Human
Gender: Male
Age: 16 years old
Hair: Brown
Eyes: Brown
Status: Baker
Voice: Yumiko Kobayashi
Azuma Kazuma is a sixteen year-old boy that is aiming to make a Japanese bread to be one of the trademarks of Japan. He has a solar hands that allows the yeast to ferment faster. He also has friends he met when he entered the Fantasia main branch to be able to make a Japanese bread.
One such friend is Kyousuke Kawachi, who is a boy that is aiming to be one of the bakers of the Fantasia main branch. Then there's Tsukino Azusagawa, who is the granddaughter of the owner of the main branch.
Mizuno Azusagawa
Also known as "the kid"
Age: early teens
Ethnicity: Japanese
Family: father, mother, Yukino, Tsukino
Distinguishing feature: Ability to act like a baby koala
Mizuno is the youngest of the Azusagawa sisters, and makes her first appearance in the Pantasia newcomer's battle. Though young, she is also a manager's proxy like Tsukino, and specializes in making melon-bread. She doesn't hate Tsukino quite as much as Yukino hates Tsukino, but still strongly dislikes her. When she loses the newcomer's battle, Azuma makes her refer to Tsukino in a kinder fashion, rather than making fun of Tsukino by calling her "Tsukino-neechan". She seems fickle and almost lets Koala walk out after firing him, but has some heart and realizes that he's a good employee and runs after him.
CLAMP GAKUEN TANTEIDAN
Akira Ijyuin (伊集院 玲 Ijūin Akira)
Akira is the treasurer of the CLAMP Gakuen's Student Body. He is a crossover character from CLAMP's CLAMP Gakuen Tanteidan and 20 Menshou Onegai as a grade 4 student. Little is known about the adult Akira in X but in the other works, he is known as a good cook and a skillful thief.
GAKKOU NO KAIDAN
Momoko Koigakubo (Cool)
Momoko is a 6th grader and Satsuki's best friend. She seems to fear nothing, even in very dangerous situations, and is very brave when it comes to helping Satsuki and the gang confront the ghosts. She also seems to have a psychic connection with Satsuki's mother. Voiced by: Kumi Sakuma (Japanese), Monica Rial (English)
Hajime Aoyama (Funny)
Hajime is Satsuki's neighbor. He is always strong and courageous to help defeat the ghosts, but though he says that this is very brave, he is actually a coward. Despite this, he is one of the most reliable of Satsuki's friends and has saved her on more than one occasion. Hajime also has a naughty habit of flipping girls' skirts, and his constant victim is no other than Satsuki. This results in frequent comic moments. Throughout the anime, it seems that Hajime and Satsuki develop mutual crushes on each other (not that they'd admit it). Voiced by: Takako Honda (Japanese), Chris Patton (English)
AIR GEAR
Kanji:
南 樹
Rōmaji:
Minami Itsuki (Cool)
English:
Itsuki Minami
Alternate names : Ikki (Nickname)
Babyface (Nickname)
Crow (Nickname)
Seiyū (Japanese): Kenta Kamakari
Voice actor(s) (English): Chris Patton
Debut (Manga):
Trick 1
Debut (Anime):
Trick 1
Appears in :
Anime and manga
Age :
13
Height:
167 cm
Weight:
52 kg
Gender:
Male
Early Life
Ikki was an orphan before being adopted by the Noyamano family, whose parents were friends of Ikki's parents. Here, he was loved, but still proved a handful.
He got along well with his adoptive sister Ringo, who has had a crush on him since youth, which Ikki remained oblivious to.
Once, while reflecting with Ringo, he was led to wonder who his real parents were. This led him to go as far as climbing a large tower, at a young age, to see if he could see his real parents from up there. A helicopter was sent to rescue him, but as a soldier tried to rescue him, Ikki bit his arm, causing the soldier to drop him. Ikki was caught by a giant crow as he fell. Since that incident he earned the title, "child of the wind".
Life during the anime
Ikki is in his second year of Junior high and is leader of the East Side Gunz at the start of the anime.
He grows an interest in Air Treks after being beaten up by by the leader of the Skull Saders' team who was using Air Treks. This led him to watch AT videos belonging to his sisters and he used to watch a girl called Simca practice.
One night he sneaked into a room in house, covered in "keep out" stickers. Here he discovered much AT material and realised that his sisters have been using ATs without him knowing. He took a pair of ATs for a spin. He ends up in a challenge with the Skull Saders, where he must race them to knock a sign over a shop in the area. Ikki won the race, with the help of Sleeping Forest, but is made work for shop owner to pay for the damage to the sign.
After Kazu and Onigiri are hospitalized by Buccha, while defending the East Side Gunz, Ikki challanges Buccha to an Parts War. With the help of other members of the East Side Gunz, Ikki defeats him, and causes Buccha's team, the Night Kings to be disbanded.
Ikki later starts his own AT team with his friends, Kazu and Onigiri and they also recruited Buccha. After starting the team, Kogarasumaru, the East Side Gunz becomes disbanded.
美鞍 数馬
Rōmaji:
Mikura Kazuma
English:
Kazuma Mikura
Alternate names:
Kazu
Seiyū (Japanese):
KENN
Voice actor(s) (English):
Clint Bickham
Debut (Manga):
Trick 1
Debut (Anime):
Trick 1
Appears in :
Anime and manga
Age:
14
Gender:
Male
Team:
Kogarasumaru
Previous team(s):
East Side Gunz
Kazu was formerly a member of the East Side Gunz. In order to defend the school for the Gunz from the Night Kings, Kazu and Onigiri end up ina fight with Buccha, resulting in them being hospitalized. He manages to write Ikki a note using his mouth after Buccha broke his fingers, apologizing for not being able to defend the school. Ikki took on Buccha in a Parts War after reading the note.
Ikki encourages Kazu and Buccha to start an AT team with him, beore Kazu begins using ATs.
The older members of the East Side Gunz offer Kazu, the position of leader after Ikki takes up ATs, at the price of bringing them Ikki's head. Kazu refuses and ends up in a fight with them, where he manages to beat them all up.
After taking up ATs, Kazu becomes one of the founding members of Kogarasumaru. He trains hardest out of all the team members. In their first battle, Kazu becomes insecure as the fate of their team rests in his performance. If he lost the team would be disbanded. Kazu asks Agito to ride instead of him, knowing Agito can win no problem, while nobody knows if Kazu can, saying the school, ATs and the team are too important for him to take that risk. Agito accepts saying that what Kazu said meant that he didn't care being regarded as more than a "bench warmer", who planned bailing everytime they went to battle. Insecure about what Agito said, Kazu is about to let Agito take his place, thinking he must put the team first. But Ikki, disaproves and makes Kazu ride. Kazu manages to win easily and gain confidence.
Kanji:
野山野 蜜柑
Rōmaji:
Noyamano Mikan
English:
Mikan Noyamano
Seiyū (Japanese): Seika Hosokawa
Voice actor(s) (English): Shelley Calene-Black
Debut (Manga):
Trick 1
Debut (Anime):
Trick 1
Appears in:
Anime and manga
Age:
17
Height:
164 cm
Gender:
Female
Team:
Sleeping Forest
Mikan Noyamano is the second eldest of the Noyamano sisters and a member of Sleeping Forest. Throughtout the series she is often seen enforcing discipline or punishing Ikki, through violence.
Mikan is fan of retrogaming. Simca joins her in her hobby for a period of time and spends time gaming with her. Simca leaves after Mikan realizes she had been spending time at her house to get close to Ikki. Before Simca leaves, Mikan asks her if they are considered enemies. Simca replies not for now, but it's up to Ikki to decide.
Noyamano Shiraume
Shiraume Noyamano (野山野 白梅, Noyamano Shiraume?), known as Ume to her family, the youngest of the sisters. Her hobby is the creation of puppets (which creeps out Ringo and Ikki to no end), and she's always seen carrying one with her. Other than that she's also quite handy with machines despite her age. She's the one who introduces Kogarasumaru to Kei Machida, the pro emblem designer who designs their team logo. She is supposedly the weakest member of Sleeping Forest in terms of AT fighting skills. She is also sometimes sarcastic. Her latest appearance involves her revealing herself as a Gravity Child. She is able to successfully attack Ikki, something she could never achieve in normal gravity (although only in a rather comical fashion), due to both his underestimating her and his inability to adjust to the gravity-less area they were in.
KAMICHAMA KARIN
Himeka Kujyou (九条 姫香, Kujō Himeka?) Voiced by: Noriko Shitaya
Age: 12-13
Himeka is Karin's friend and Kazune's "cousin". She is one half of a goddess; the other half is Kirio's younger sister who is also named Himeka. When one Himeka becomes stronger, the other becomes weaker. Since she was a young girl, she has always defended Kazune, who was a bit of a crybaby when they were little. She speaks slowly, loves bugs, and is a good cook. Like Karin, she does poorly in school. It is later revealed that she is Kazuto and Suzuka's daughter. She tells Karin at one point that while she has a strong affection for Kazune, it is not necessarily a romantic attachment, as Kazune is "kind of like a brother and kind of like a dad" to Himeka (referencing Kazune's identity as a clone of Himeka's father). She also witnessed Kazune and Karin kissing in the anime.
LA CORDA D'ORO
Kazuki Hihara (火原 和樹, Hihara Kazuki)
Voiced by: Masakazu Morita
Trumpet by: Kazuki Abe
Hihara is an energetic third year at Seisou who plays the trumpet. He is tall and in shape (he runs every morning), and has green hair and eyes. He's aggressively friendly and outgoing and has little sense of social boundary. Hihara has an enormous appetite, as he is constantly eating (especially baked goods). He quickly befriends Kahoko. In the middle of the series, he starts to call Kahoko "Kaho-chan", instead of the usual "Hino-chan", this suggesting he has a rather obvious crush on the girl. He also admits he has a crush to Azuma, saying "don't make fun of me" when asked. Basketball is one of his favorite sports.
Keiichi Shimizu (志水 桂一, Shimizu Keiichi)
Voiced by: Jun Fukuyama
Cello by: Tomoki Tai
A blond 'bishounen' and also is the youngest male competitor, he plays the cello. He is very drowsy all the time and often seems confused. Shimizu can be found sleeping anywhere, anytime, so Kahoko first meets him lying on the ground fast asleep. His life seems to revolve around music (he tells Hino that he sleeps, wakes up, plays the cello, then repeats the process, other than eating and visiting the library), and he loves to play his instrument. He enjoys reading and studying music history and structures of instruments. In time, he becomes interested in Hino because of her carefree music.
Shouko Fuyuumi (冬海 笙子, Fuyuumi Shōko)
Voiced by: Akemi Satou
Clarinet by Tomoko Nishizaki
The other female competitor from the school, she plays the clarinetand is also shown to play a little piano from episode 26. Fuyuumi is a first year at Seisou, a small, slim girl with cyan hair and eyes. She is very hesitant and easily intimidated, and very shy. During the training camp, her vacation house was used, indicating she comes from a wealthy family. She looks up to Kahoko as a role model and wants to be like her.
Kahoko Hino (日野 香穂子, Hino Kahoko)
Voiced by: Reiko Takagi
Violin by: Yuuki Nakajima
The protagonist. Kahoko has a slim figure, with scarlet hair and brown eyes. She is very friendly and is very honest. She is a second year at Seisou Academy and is in the General Education department. Hino never played or touched a violin in her life until she meets the strange fairy, Lili. Though at first reluctant about playing the violin, she soon becomes more in depth with her music. She is a polite and considerate girl who puts other's feelings before her own, though at times she can appear rather naive, especially in music. The boys involved in the concours have obvious crushes on her, though she cannot figure that out. She lives in an apartment with her mother and older sister.
TOKYO MEW-MEW
Name: Minto Aizawa
Age: 12
Alias: Mew Minto
DNA: Ultramarine Lorikeet
Weapon: Minto Arrow
Attack: Ribbon Minto Echo
Metamorphosis: Mew Mew Minto, Metamorphosis
Minto Aizawa (藍沢 みんと Aizawa Minto?) is the second Mew Mew to be introduced in the series. At their first meeting, Mint lends Ichigo a handkerchief, but also makes snide comments causing Ichigo to consider her a rude, sarcastic person. After learning about the Mew Mew project and that there are four other Mew Mews to find, Ichigo suspects Minto must be one of them. Ichigo is unable to confirm her suspicions while visiting with Masaya to return the hankie, so she breaks into Minto's home later. A chimera anima takes over Minto's dog Mickey, and during the battle, Minto's mark is revealed. Infused with the genes of a Ultramarine Lorikeet, Minto grows a pair of bird wings appear on her back and a bird's tail when she transforms into Mew Minto. She fights with a bow and arrow.
Minto is initially depicted as a spoiled, snobbish, and self-centered brat. As the series progresses, she is shown to really be a more empathetic person who cares deeply about her friends. Minto is a ballerina and takes Japanese dance classes. Though she technically works at the cafe, she usually spends most of her time enjoying afternoon tea and ordering the others about. Minto idolizes fellow Mew Mew, Zakuro Fujiwara.
In the anime series, the circumstances of Minto's first appearance are changed, as the anime eliminates the first meeting of the girls at the endangered species exhibit. Instead, Minto meets Ichigo when her dog, Mickey, runs up to Ichigo and licks her face. Ichigo later goes to Minto's house after Masha indicates that there is a chimera anima there. After Ichigo arrives at Minto's house, it returns to the manga's version of the meeting. Minto's anime depiction is voiced by Yumi Kakazu. In the Mew Mew Power English adaptation her name is changed to Corina Bucksworth and she is voiced by Andi Whaley.
Name: Karin Aoi
Voice Talent: Tominaga Miina
Karin Aoi is from the future where there is severe overpopulation. She is sent back in time via an interesting time travel machine that becomes her headquarters throughout the series, keeping her in touch with hersuperior in the future. With her she brings a bullet programmed to change the DNA of one person, Junta Momonari, who is one of the main causes of the overpopulation in the future. He is a Mega-playboy. A man women find irresistible. All Karin wants is to finish her assignment and return home and settle down in a "sweet home" This becomes a very doubtful hope as she brings the WRONG bullet, one programmed to turn Junta into the Mega-Playboy!
CARDCAPTOR SAKURA
Tomoyo Daidouji
Age 10
Gender Female
Date of birth September 3
Occupation Student (CCS)
Corporate President (Tsubasa)
Princess of Japan (Tsubasa)
Title President (Tsubasa) Princess (Tsubasa)
Known relatives Sonomi Daidōji (Mother)
Nadeshiko Kinomoto (1st Cousin once removed, deceased)
Sakura Kinomoto (Second Cousin)
Toya Kinomoto (Second Cousin)
Residence Tomoeda, Japan (CCS)
Japan and Piffle World (Tsubasa )
Tomoyo Daidouji (大道寺 知世 Daidōji Tomoyo?) is a fictional, major supporting character in Clamp's anime and manga series Cardcaptor Sakura and Tsubasa: Reservoir Chronicle. She is known as Madison Taylor in the English adaptation Cardcaptors. She is voiced by Junko Iwao in Cardcaptor Sakura and by Maaya Sakamoto in Tsubasa Chronicle. In Cardcaptors, she is voiced by Maggie Blue O'Hara and by Michelle Ruff in the 2nd Movie. She is voiced by Amber Cotton in Tsubasa Chronicle.
Tomoyo's given name (知世) can be best interpreted as worldly wisdom. This is appropriate for her character, as Tomoyo is very intelligent as well as amazingly perceptive of others' feelings. Her family name, Daidouji (大道寺 Daidōji?) could mean temple of great moral principles. Another possible reading is main street temple, where this could be a pun of Daigoji, a famous temple in Kyoto, Japan.
Tomoyo is the best friend of the series heroine, Sakura Kinomoto (Sakura Avalon in Cardcaptors). When she discovers that Sakura has become the Cardcaptor, she becomes Sakura's primary assistant by designing "battle costumes" (similar to another CLAMP character, Hokuto Sumeragi, who designs extravagant outfits for herself and her twin Subaru) and filming all of her magical (and non-magical) endeavours. (The videotaping, however, seems to be more to Tomoyo's personal benefit and enjoyment than it is to Sakura's.) Tomoyo faithfully keeps Sakura's new identity secret and often covers for her in times of need.
In the early releases of the manga, one of the artists was not aware that Tomoyo had feelings for Sakura. As a result, some scenes in the beginning chapters show Tomoyo with a slight crush on Sakura's brother Toya. Clamp soon clarified the story with each other, however, and Tomoyo is subsequently seen showing more attention towards Sakura.[1] This is rectified in the series by a scene revealing that Tomoyo blushes around Toya because he reminds her of Sakura.
Tomoyo is the daughter of the president of Daidōji Toy Company, Sonomi Daidōji (Samantha Taylor). Sonomi and Sakura's mother Nadeshiko Kinomoto (Natasha Avalon) are first cousins, which makes Sakura, Toya and Tomoyo second cousins. Tomoyo's father is never shown in the series and is only alluded to once, but it is apparent that he does not live in the Daidōji household. Her western-style house in Tomoeda is quite grand, with several maids serving the household. She is sometimes attended by the Daidōji family's team of female bodyguards, and has access to prototype technology from her mother's company (including the cell phones she supplies to Sakura and her circle).
Tomoyo is very mature for her age. One of her major character traits is her selflessness towards Sakura. Tomoyo is kind, caring, highly intelligent, beautiful, meticulous, and very melodic (she has a superb singing voice and often has solos in choir recitals). She always speaks using formal verb conjugations and expressions, giving her a unique air of refinement amongst the cast. When needed, Tomoyo can exhibit considerable cunning and resourcefulness, which was most prominently displayed in the final movie (much of which revolved around a complicated scheme she had devised to give Sakura as many opportunities as possible to confess her feelings to Syaoran).
Tomoyo aids Sakura's efforts to be in the company of Yukito Tsukishiro (Julian Star) on many occasions, and, in the second half of the series, becomes the confidante of Syaoran Li (Li Showron) when he finds himself falling in love with Sakura.
In Cardcaptors, Tomoyo is renamed Madison Taylor. Elements that might have hinted at a romantic attachment to Sakura are removed from the story. Her 'love' for Sakura is completely platonic. Despite the removal of a lovers relationship, Tomoyo still acts as Sakura's best friend and supporter, and loves giving Sakura new battle costumes, and filming Sakura on all her adventures.
The fact Sakura and Tomoyo were second cousins was also erased from the story, mostly due to the network passing over the episode where Sakura and Tomoyo discover the fact they are related.
Tomoyo's relationship with Sakura is full of love and friendship. Tomoyo's actions make it clear that she deeply cares about Sakura, often to the point of obsession.
Tomoyo first meets Sakura in the third grade when she receives an eraser in class after forgetting her own. The eraser, likely used only that one time, has become Tomoyo's most precious possession. It was that one random act of kindness that sparked the development of their relationship, where Sakura's ongoing cheerfulness, kindness, and cuteness are matched by equal amounts of love and devotion from Tomoyo.
In the manga Tomoyo professes her love for Sakura (albeit not in a very direct fashion) on multiple occasions, marked by the use of flowers in the background to indicate love (a common visual theme in manga and anime). However, Sakura has romantic feelings for others throughout the series, and never interprets Tomoyo's messages as anything other than expressions of their friendship, which are eagerly returned. Despite their close friendship, it is clear that Sakura has no romantic feelings for Tomoyo in either the manga or the anime. Tomoyo has a few conversations (not always with Sakura) in which she suggests, if not outright states, that she has feelings at least a level deeper than "close friendship" which she does not express.
Tomoyo herself does not express, or otherwise appear to possess, any feelings of jealousy or resentment toward those that Sakura has romantic feelings for. She instead is completely selfless and loves Sakura to the point where as long as Sakura is happy, Tomoyo is happy, regardless of whom Sakura ultimately loves. In one conversation, Tomoyo has stated to Sakura that she would of course be thrilled if the person whom she loves also loves her back, but what matters most to her is simply that person's happiness.
Sakura's response, unknowing that this "person" is herself, replies confidently, "The person you love must be really happy then."
In episode 46 of the anime, when Sakura is transported to a world where everyone forgets about their feelings toward the people they love most, she greets Tomoyo in a friendly manner like every day at school, but instead of going on talking to each other, Tomoyo merely changes her shoes and walks away, only to turn back and tell Sakura that they will be late for their classes. Also, at later classes, Tomoyo doesn't hang out with Sakura anymore and wouldn't greet her when Sakura's cheerleading practices were over. Reason would say that this means that Tomoyo cares about Sakura more than anyone else.
Tomoyo in Tsubasa
An alternate-universe version of Tomoyo is an important character in the Clamp manga series Tsubasa: Reservoir Chronicle (whose corresponding anime is titled Tsubasa Chronicle). She has appeared as two separate incarnations.
Here, Tomoyo is the princess of a country called Japan/Nihon who sends the warrior Kurogane on the quest that causes him to join the dimension travelers. Tomoyo is a powerful miko sorceress responsible for maintaining the wards of Nihon that protect the country from demons. While Tomoyo is her given name, she also goes by the hereditary regnal name of Tsukuyomi, the Princess of Shirasagi Castle who keeps the wards. She has an older sister, Amaterasu (Kendappa-ou of RG Veda), the Empress of Nihon. Tomoyo's powers are related to the moon, which grants her the ability to send people through time and space and also to communicate to others through dreams (or at least other incarnations of herself). Tsukuyomi is a Japanese god of the moon, while Amaterasu is goddess of the sun.
In another universe in the same series, Tomoyo is the President of Piffle Princess, a corporation that sponsors a race with one of Sakura's feathers as the prize. This version of Tomoyo is quite similar to Cardcaptor Sakura's version in personality and circumstances: She owns a video camera with which she plans to tape Sakura's performance in the race and she creates a costume for Sakura to wear. Tomoyo also has female bodyguards in this universe just like the Tomoyo in 'Cardcaptor Sakura'. In this world, there is a brief reference to Kero (Keroberos), shown later in an episode where Kero-chan appears. He makes a very short appearance as a balloon-like figure that resembles him a little in volume 10. Tomoyo also appears briefly as a school girl in Hanshin Republic.
In the Tsubasa Chronicle the Movie: The Princess of the Country of Birdcages, Tomoyo re-appears being as the princess of that country. Her uncle cast a spell upon her to make her lose her ability to speak (alluding to an episode of Cardcaptor Sakura) , however she can still communicate by touching another person and speaking through their mind.
Tomoyo's voice actress for Tsubasa is Maaya Sakamoto, who coincidentally supplied the vocals for the third opening of Cardcaptor Sakura, as well as the voice of 'The void" in Cardcaptor Sakura: The Sealed Card. She also supplies the vocals for the Tsubasa ending theme "Loop" and "Kazemachi Jet"
Name: Tsukamoto Tenma 塚本天満
Date Of Birth: 30th November
Blood Type: B
Likes: Karasuma Ouji
Dislikes: Perverts
Abilities: Message Archery, High-speed cycling, Tying weird hairstyles
Short, undeveloped and childish for her age, Tenma often is mistaken as being younger than her classmates and her younger sister Yakumo. She does not believe herself to be very pretty in the eyes of boys, even though most of them admit that she's cute. She strives to be seen as a woman, and is able to bend spoons with her mind. One of her distinctive physical features are the little pigtails in her hair, which often wiggle if she is happy or excited. She is also dense, slow and unreliable and often misunderstands obvious situations. Despite her negative qualities, Tenma is good-natured and friendly. She enjoys professional wrestling and is a fan of the jidaigeki TV show called "The Three that were Slashed", which Kenji Harima is also a fan of. Tenma is also a relatively poor student, and both she and her sister have to work part-time jobs to make ends meet.
After knowing of Karasuma's disease, and even finding out that he lost all memories of her, she decided to transfer to the United States and continue her studies there in order to stay beside him, she also decided to study medicine.
According to the last Japanese poll performed by the publishers of the manga, Tenma is currently the fourth most popular character in the series.
Nagato Yuki
Voiced by Minori Chihara (Japanese)
Michelle Ruff (English)
Profile
Gender Female
Species Data Entity
Occupation SOS Brigade fifth seat / North High student (second year) / former Literature Club Captain (technically still acting as such)
Yuki Nagato (長門 有希 Nagato Yuki) is a fictional character in the Haruhi Suzumiya light novel series. She is initially portrayed as an introverted, taciturn bibliophile. She is actually an artificial human created by the Integrated Data Entity, and possesses supernatural powers as a result. She joins Haruhi Suzumiya's SOS Brigade in order to observe her on the behalf of the Integrated Data Entity. In addition, she is present to ensure that Haruhi does not use her godlike powers, and aids the other Brigade members in stopping forces that wish her to do so.
Appearance
Apparently, Yuki has extremely pale skin, as there are numerous times in the original light novels where Kyon describes her face, neck, hands, or fingers (as she flips the pages of the book she is reading) as "white". Also, Kyon always comments on how Yuki has the uncanny ability to walk "soundlessly". Yuki is attractive enough to earn an "A-" grade from Taniguchi.
Background
Yuki Nagato is a quiet high school freshman that is the only member of the SOS Brigade that willingly joined Haruhi's SOS Brigade and was not "voluntarily arrested," or forced into joining, by Haruhi Suzumiya. She was a member of the Literary Club, whose other members were all seniors who graduated, leaving Yuki the sole member of the club. She lives alone in the same apartment complex as Ryōko Asakura, in room 708. She wears glasses and her school uniform at all times, permanently discarding the former only after Kyon told her that she was cuter without them, and first wearing a different outfit when the SOS Brigade went on vacation to a remote island.
Yuki is a "humanoid interface", or artificial human, created by the Integrated Data Entity for the purposes of interacting with and observing events on Earth. Specifically, she has been created to observe Haruhi, who can create huge quantities of data from nothing. Haruhi represents the potential for an evolution in autonomy; an ability that the Integrated Data Entity does not have.
As an artificial human, she has numerous paranormal abilities. She is capable of manipulating the properties of the environment and any materials within it at any scale to her desire, referred to as "bogus magic" by Kyon. For instance, she can modify a baseball bat to hit only home runs, nullify data links (removing other artificial interface connections from their bodies), plus she is able to make a cover up story (since Ryōko was gone, she made a cover up story that she moved to Canada), and reconstruct a classroom, down to the last detail, after everything in it was completely destroyed. As a result, she is capable of feats of superhuman strength, agility, and stamina. In one instance, she was unfazed while impaled by multiple metal spikes, and effortlessly reconstructed her body afterwards. Her state also affords her an extreme level of intelligence. She can comprehend the rules and concepts of a game instantaneously, as well as create flawless strategies based on her observations, and was able to learn how to play a guitar mere moments after receiving one. However, she has been seen to be fallible, such as when she reconstructed the devastated classroom but forgot to reconstruct her broken glasses. Yuki also has a lack of understanding towards social norms and earth technology, as demonstrated by her bluntly literal future predictions and her clumsy attempts at using a computer mouse. This is likely due to her self-imposed state of near-total isolation in order to interfere with as little of the environment around Haruhi as possible.
Personality
Yuki has a very stoic and introverted personality, preferring simple body language rather than speaking. When prompted to speak, she does so in a very concise manner, always speaking in a monotone and displaying a dispassionate expression. She thinks very rationally, and finds it difficult to communicate with normal humans due to her intelligence and lack of empathy. She enjoys reading, and is seen reading a book in the majority of her appearances, typically of the science fiction or mystery genres. As the series continues, she displays an enjoyment of computer games and develops a sense of humor, although her unchanging facial expressions make it near-impossible to discern whether she is joking or not. Despite her reserved manner, she is reliable and trustworthy, resulting in Kyon trusting her more than any other member of the SOS Brigade. Though seemingly cold and devoid of emotions at first glance, Yuki subtly shows a genuinely warm care and concern for her fellow SOS Brigade members, Kyon in particular. This is shown by her keeping Kyon warm with her cardigan as he fell asleep in the club room, and her taking care of Mikuru when she fainted from terror in the "Murder Island" incident. At the end of The Vanishment of Haruhi Suzumiya, she also expresses gratitude towards Kyon's promise to protect her from being deleted with a simple "thank you" (even though up this point, expressing gratitude or emotion is supposedly uncharacteristic of her).
PICHI PICHI PITCH
Name: Hanon Houshou
Age: 13-14 years old
Are: Mermaid Princess of the South Atlanic Ocean
Height: 152 cm
Birthday: May 24th
Constellation: Gemini
Blood Type: B
Hobby: Shopping
Special Talent: Makeup
Favorite Subject: Japanese
Least Favorite Subject: Gym
Favorite Color: Aqua
Favorite Flower: Sakura [cherry blossom]
Favorite Food: Cheesecake
Least Favorite Food: Natto [fermented soybeans]
Favorite Type of Boy: A grown-up person
Hanon is the Mermaid Princess of the South Atlantic Ocean and keeper of the aqua (水色 mizu-iro "water-color") pearl. Unlike Lucia, Hanon goes up to land to escape water creatures. She is perky and feminine, yet a bit more worldly than her friend Lucia. This worldliness is evidenced by many of her actions—especially by her romantic pursuit of her music teacher, Tarō Mitsuki. Her idol form is Mizuiro (Aqua) Pearl Voice, although the first time that it is named in the manga, she is erroneously called Blue Pearl Voice.
Mitsukuni "Honey" Haninozuka
Type: Boy-Lolita
Grade: Third Year, Class A
Birthday: February 29 (Pisces)
Height: 4’ 9"
Blood Type: AB
Favorite Food:Cake, strawberries, other types of sweets, sometimes spicy
Voiced by: Ayaka Saitō (anime and later drama CDs), Ikue Ōtani (early drama CDs), Luci Christian (English)
Bio:Mitsukuni Haninozuka (埴之塚 光邦 Haninozuka Mitsukuni?), age 18, usually called Hunny (ハニー "Honey" in English dub), is a third-year at Ouran High School depicted as a very childish and cake-loving boy who is much older than his elementary school appearance would indicate. In the anime, there is a scene which shows the true strength and power Honey possesses and it is said that he has been told by Japan's Defense Minister not to show his full power for fear of other countries thinking Japan held a weapon of mass destruction, causing the other countries to fire missiles at Japan (see episode 18 in the anime). Hunny is often around his cousin, Mori, who is very close to him. Honey lives with his father, the owner of a famous dojo and his little brother, Yasuchika, with whom he is often at odds. Hunny is very fond of eating sweets and his room is full of stuffed animals. He always carries around a plush bunny named Bun-Bun (Usa-chan in the Japanese version; usa is short for usagi, meaning "rabbit"). He used to hide his true self (with much difficulty) by being a "real man" for some time, but after Tamaki convinced him that liking cute things wasn't bad, he soon realized that there was absolutely no need for him to do that. Then, together with Mori, he joined the host club, attracting customers with his shotacon cuteness. His nickname, Hunny, could have come from his personal name Mitsukuni (光圀) because the abbreviation to "Mitsu" can mean "honey" (蜜), or as an abbreviation of his family name Haninozuka.
He was originally intended to have a extreme dual personality. Also the "crouching in the corner, depressed" stance was reassigned from him to Tamaki. He is shown to be similar in looks and personality to Momiji Sohma from Fruits Basket. Coincidentally, both characters are voiced by the same seiyū.
Fujioka Haruhi
Type: Natural
Grade: First Year, Class A
Birthday:February 4 (Aquarius)
Height: 5’ 0"
Blood Type: O
Favorite Food: Sushi, ramen, strawberries
Voiced by: Maaya Sakamoto (Japanese anime and later drama CDs), Aya Hisakawa (early drama CDs), Caitlin Glass (English)
Bio:Haruhi Fujioka (藤岡 ハルヒ Fujioka Haruhi?) Age 16, is the main character of the series. She is an intelligent but poor first-year student attending exclusive Ouran High School on a special scholarship that requires her rank first in her class. One day, while looking for a quiet place to study, she stumbles upon the Ouran Host Club and accidentally breaks an expensive vase belonging to the famed Host Club and must work off her debt as a host for them; to do this, she must disguise herself as a boy, which she finds easy to do because she does not feel that her gender dominates her personality. She soon realizes she enjoys acting as a host to other girls, which she takes to naturally, though she does not like taking time away from studying and finds the antics of the other hosts extremely irritating. Although habitually quiet and unflappable, she has a deep fear of thunderstorms. Haruhi lives with her okama (drag queen) father and has become skilled in household chores due to her mother's death when she was 6. Although her independent, straight-forward personality clashes with those of the other, more outgoing hosts, Haruhi becomes friends with them, especially the Hitachiin twins, who are in her class, a fact that is exceedingly troublesome to the Host Club King, Tamaki.
Her home was formatted after a former Hatori residence.
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