Ouran's Characters 5th: Kyoya Ootori

Type: Cool
Grade: Second Year, Class A
Birthday: November 22 (Scorpio)
Height: 5' 10"
Blood Type: AB
Favorite Food: Spicy 

Voiced by: Masaya Matsukaze (anime), Junichi Suwabe (drama CDs), J. Michael Tatum (English)

Bio:Kyoya Ootori (鳳 鏡夜 Ōtori Kyōya), age 17, is a second-year student at Ouran High School and the cunning and sly vice-president of the Host Club. Kyoya is best friends with Tamaki, despite their completely different demeanors. Tamaki tends to call him "Mom", or "Mother", in reference to Tamaki calling himself "Daddy". Kyoya is secretive and intelligent, being able to calculate any benefits that would come out of the Host Club's misadventures. Despite having quite antagonistic traits, the Host Club wouldn't be as half as successful without Kyoya's uptight resourcefulness. Although he doesn't put an act for the women, he is considered the "cool type." He lives with his father, an affluent zaibatsu owner specializing in hospital management, two brothers that he has to surpass to become his father's successor, and an older sister who deeply cares about him. According to an author's note, if Hatori Bisco had been allotted 40 pages for the first chapter of the manga instead of 50, she would have cut Kyoya from the cast, but is glad this did not happen as, "Since the rest of the members are the way they are, he is invaluable for maintaining order and offering explanations." Bisco named him after his characteristic of wearing glasses by taking the last syllable of gankyō, meaning a pair of glasses. His name is romanized by Viz Media as Kyoya Ootori, by Chuang Yi as Kyoya Ootori, and by Nippon Television's Japanese-language website as Kyoya Ohtori.

Ouran's Characters 3rd and 4th: Hikaru and Kaoru Hitachiin

Type: Little devil
Grade: First Year, Class A
Birthday: June 9 (Gemini)
Height: 5’ 9"
Blood Type: B
Favorite Food:Italian, super spicy, Maple syrup 

Hikaru voiced by: Kenichi Suzumura (Japanese anime and later drama CDs), Soichiro Hoshi (early drama CDs), Todd Haberkorn (English)

Kaoru voiced by: Yoshinori Fujita (Japanese anime and later drama CDs), Kenichi Suzumura (early drama CDs), Greg Ayres (English)

Bio:Hikaru Hitachiin (常陸院 光 Hitachīn Hikaru) and Kaoru Hitachiin (常陸院 馨 Hitachīn Kaoru), age 16, are first-year students at Ouran High School. They are depicted as mischievous, devious, and otherwise childish young men who often toy with fellow classmate and Host Club member, Haruhi. However, as they get to know her better, they start to care for her deeply, especially since they discovered that Haruhi can tell them apart even when they mess up their hair (the easiest way to tell them apart is the way they part their hair), something that no one has ever done before. When they were very young, a maid they were close to betrayed them, and when they asked her if she could play the "Which one is Hikaru?" game, she denied, telling them instead that no one would ever be able to tell them apart. They believed that no one could possibly win the game, and that no one cared about them enough to really try. Tamaki Suoh, however, in their last year of middle school, repeatedly followed them, tossing out random guesses as to who was Hikaru and who was Kaoru to get them to join the Host Club, citing his intuition each time. Finally they crumbled, and decided to just try out the Host Club, and thus took a step towards a wider world, also developing a deep bond with Tamaki. For this reason, they were originally cynical to the world before joining the Host Club, believing that anyone who is not the other twin cannot possibly compare to their bond. Additionally, because their parents were often away, they developed a deep dependence on each other through loneliness, but seem to open up to others recently, thus their relationship with Haruhi is a large part of their life. The Hitachiin twins show many instances of "brotherly love" (or twincest, as later mentioned in the manga) which gets girls to fall for them left and right (they even admit to having "homosexual tendencies" in the fifth episode of the anime). They are the little devil type to attract customers. However, they do have their differences. Kaoru is nicer, more mature, and considerate to the thoughts of others, while Hikaru is more childish and immature. Kaoru also chooses not to go after his feelings for Haruhi so that Hikaru can realize his own feelings first. The personality differences are only shown when they are separated, and there is a slight difference in the way they talk. They live with their mother, Yuzuha, a fashion designer, and their considerably meeker father, a computer software designer.

Ouran's Characters 2nd: Haruhi Fujioka (iMori's Favorite Chara)

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.

Ouran's Characters 1st: Tamaki Suoh

Type: Prince
Grade: Sophomore Year, Class A
Birthday: April 8 (Aries)
Height: 6’ 0"
Blood Type: A

Favorite Food: Common folk ramen and common folk sweets

Voiced by: Mamoru Miyano (anime and later drama CDs), Hikaru Midorikawa (early drama CDs), Vic Mignogna (English)

Bio:Tamaki Suoh (須王 環 Suō Tamaki), age 17, is a second-year student at Ouran High School and the founder and president of the Host Club. While flamboyant and narcissistic (Suō means "rightfully becoming king" or "to become a king"), he is very dedicated to his duty as a host. He is the Prince type to "entertain" customers. He is partial to classic piano music and plays quite well, one of his favorites being Mozart's Sonata for Two Pianos in D major. He, like Hunny, also has a stuffed animal, a teddy called Kuma-chan ("Beary" in English; kuma is Japanese for bear). The main comic relief character of the series, Tamaki can be viewed as outspoken and naive for his age, especially since he only views himself as an obsessive father figure to Haruhi, when in reality he's in love with her. Mei (as well as Hunny) points out his naivete when it comes to how he truly feels about Haruhi, and the rest of the club sees this too; this applies to his overall dense approach to his own feelings though he is very perceptive about other people's. He often gets jealous of other boys who get close to her and admires her when she shows her natural abilities. Tamaki is half-Japanese and half-French, and lives with his father, the wealthy superintendent of Ouran Academy. They both live separately from his French mother because of a deal between his Mother and his bitterly cold paternal grandmother. Despite his grandmother being the reason he can't see his mother, he is very gentle to her, and is constantly trying to get her to accept him as a part of the Suoh family. However, his grandmother does not like Tamaki and is always cold toward him. His family name is romanized by VIZ Media as Suoh and by Chuang Yi and Nippon Television's Japanese-language website as Suoh. His full name is revealed in chapter 55 to be Rene Tamaki Richard Grantaine.

Thirty first: Ouran High School Host Club (iMori's Favorite)

Alternative title: 
Ouran Host Club : Le lycée de la séduction (French)
Ouran Koukou Host Club (Japanese)
桜蘭高校ホスト部 (Japanese)
櫻蘭高校男公關部 (Chinese (Taiwan))
오란고교 사교클럽 (Korean)
오란고교 호스트부 (Korean)
Genres: comedy, drama, romance, slice of life 
Themes: bishounen, crossdressing, male harem, school 
Age rating: Teenagers (May contain bloody violence, bad language, nudity)
Synopsis:Ouran Academy: An institution of extravagance and prestige where learning comes secondary to luxury. But for studious Haruhi Fujioka, education is a privilege that must be earned, being on scholarship and out of place among the moneyed. That is until the day Haruhi stumbles upon the Host Club, a stumble which leaves the freshman indebted for millions of yen. And the only way to pay for the damages? Well, Haruhi will work as a Host. There’s only one problem: Haru-he is actually a Haru-she! 

From the troublesome twins with their little games to the self-proclaimed “king” obsessed with the club’s newest member, these boys will cater to any desire. Freshman year definitely looks like it will be one to remember!

Thirty first: Ouran High School Host Club (iMori's Favorite)

Alternative title: 
Ouran Host Club : Le lycée de la séduction (French)
Ouran Koukou Host Club (Japanese)
桜蘭高校ホスト部 (Japanese)
櫻蘭高校男公關部 (Chinese (Taiwan))
오란고교 사교클럽 (Korean)
오란고교 호스트부 (Korean)
Genres: comedy, drama, romance, slice of life 
Themes: bishounen, crossdressing, male harem, school 
Age rating: Teenagers (May contain bloody violence, bad language, nudity)

Plot Summary:Ouran Academy is an institution of extravagance and prestige where learning comes secondary to luxury. But for studious Haruhi Fujioka, education is a privilege that must be earned, being on scholarship and out of place among the moneyed. That is until the day Haruhi stumbles upon the Host Club, a stumble which leaves the freshman indebted for millions of yen. And the only way to pay for the damages? Well, Haruhi will work as a Host. There’s only one problem: Haru-he is actually a Haru-she! 

From the troublesome twins with their little games to the self-proclaimed “king” obsessed with the club’s newest member, these boys will cater to any desire. Freshman year definitely looks like it will be one to remember!

Thirtieth: Honey and Clover

Alternative title: 
HachiKuro (Japanese)
Hachimitsu to Clover (Japanese)
ハチミツとクローバー (Japanese)
蜂蜜幸運草 (Chinese (Taiwan))
벌꿀과 클로버 (Korean)
허니와 클로버 (Korean)
Genres: comedy, drama, romance, slice of life 
Age rating: Older Children (May contain mild bad language, bloodless violence) 
Plot Summary: Takemoto Yuuta, Mayama Takumi, and Morita Shinobu are college students who share the small apartment. Even though they live in poverty, the three of them are able to obtain pleasure through small things in life. The story follows these characters' life stories as poor college students, as well as their love lives when a short but talented 18 year old girl called Hanamoto Hagumi appears.