List of characters in Angelic Layer

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This is a character guide to the manga and anime series Angelic Layer.

Misaki “Misakichi” Suzuhara (鈴原 みさき, Suzuhara Misaki^?)

• Voiced by: Atsuko Enomoto (Japanese), Jessica Boone (English)

Misaki is a 12 year old girl who has just moved to Tokyo to live with her aunt. She had been living with her grandparents in Wakayama while she went to elementary school, but saved up money that her mother had been sending her while she was away so she could afford to go to middle school in Tokyo. She also worries about the fact that she is small, and is sometimes mistaken to be in elementary school, but sees Angelic Layer as a way to prove to others and herself that there is nothing wrong with being small. She started playing Angelic Layer after seeing the white angel Athena on a video screen outside of Tokyo Station. Her angel is Hikaru.

In the manga she ends up dating Kotaro. While late in the anime despite her crush on Kotaro, Oujiro finally told her after she defeated him that he is falling inlove with her and asked her out on a 2nd date. (1st date was more like bumping into each other while she was shopping)

Ichiro “Icchan” Mihara (三原 一郎, Mihara Ichirō^?)

• Voiced by: Masaya Onosaka (Japanese), Andy McAvin (English)

In the manga, Icchan is the president of the Piffle Company that creates the Angelic Layer toys. In the anime, Icchan is the "father" of Angelic Layer, having developed a game over seven years with the help of Shuko Suzuhara. Icchan had been an employee at a hospital trying to treat Shuko's neurological condition and were developing the angels as part of research to create prosthetic limbs which could be controlled by brain waves. However, research funds were cut off after the hospital thought that the research was costing too much. As a result, Icchan and Shuko created Angelic Layer in order to help fund and conduct further research.

• Crossover: Icchan is the late husband of Chitose Hibiya and the base founder of the persocons in the hit manga Chobits. He made two special persocoms for his wife to be their children, since she could not have children herself. They were named Freya and Elda, later known as Chi. The cause of his death in Chobits was never fully explained.

Hatoko Kobayashi (小林 鳩子, Kobayashi Hatoko^?)

• Voiced by: Yuri Shiratori (Japanese), Sasha Paysinger (English)

Hatoko is a 5 year old known as the "miracle kindergartner" and is Misaki's best friend and Angelic Layer mentor. She is an expert at Angelic Layer, often winning her games in mere seconds. She wins all ten of her games at the Tokyo prefecture games, and is the defending champion of the Kantō regional games. She is fiercely competitive, working to increase her angel's speed and power often. She also likes to poke fun at her brother Kotaro for his apparent ineptness when it comes to his crush on Misaki. Hatoko's angel is Suzuka.

Kotaro Kobayashi (小林 虎太郎, Kobayashi Kōtarō^?)

• Voiced by: Jun Fukuyama (Japanese), Kevin Corn (English)

Kotaro is a 12 year old middle school classmate of Misaki, whom he has a crush on, as well as Hatoko's brother. He is always being assaulted by Tamayo and her various martial arts techniques, which he has been a victim of since he was four years old. He becomes jealous of Ohjiro's advances towards Misaki, going so far as to try to attempt to play a quasi-match of Angelic Layer against Ohjiro, despite the fact that he had never played it before. His family owns a karate dojo and Kotaro has practiced karate some himself, showing Misaki some of his knowledge in hopes that Misaki can use it to help Hikaru win.

Tamayo Kizaki (木崎 珠代, Kizaki Tamayo^?)

• Voiced by: Satsuki Yukino (Japanese), Monica Rial (English)

Tamayo is 12 years old and is a friend and classmate of Misaki. She nicknames Misaki "Misakichi" and is rather eccentric. One of her favorite activities is practicing her martial arts techniques on her unwilling friend Kotaro. She always loudly cheers for Misaki at Angelic Layer matches and defends her against those who question her ability. It is later revealed that Tamayo has always held intimate feelings for Kotaro, which may be one reason why she always added "chan" (which Kotaro complains is only meant for "girls and little kids") to the end of his name instead of "kun", despite him being in middle school. She offers to be Misaki's "second" in her national game match against the Angelic Layer Company's angel due to Hatoko becoming ill before Misaki accepts Ohjiro's offer to be her second.

• In the anime she finally end up with Kotaro after finally telling him how she feels (despite the fact Kotaro initially like Miskaki)
• In the manga she eventually ends up with Ohjiro, Misaki stated that since Tamayo and Ohjiro always met during the Angelic Layer meetings and later accompanied Misaki with on double dates with Kotaro.

Ohjiro Mihara (三原 王二郎, Mihara Ōjirō^?)

• Voiced by: Soichiro Hoshi (Japanese), Chris Patton (English)

Ohjiro is Icchan's younger step-brother. He has been involved with Angelic Layer for many years, in a large part because it was what brought him and Icchan together after their parents married each other. Ohjiro competes in Kobe and has been the champion of the Kansai Regional games, as well as being the runner-up in the national tournament for two consecutive years. He has a desperate desire to defeat Shuko Suzuhara's angel Athena to get over a childhood crush he had on her. His angel is Wizard. In the anime it is revealed that he is falling in love with Misaki.

Shuko Suzuhara (鈴原 萩子, Suzahara Shūko^?)

• Voiced by: Kikuko Inoue (Japanese), Christine M. Auten (English)

Shuko is Misaki's mother and Shoko's elder sister. In the anime, it is explained that Shuko left a 5-year-old Misaki to be taken care of her grandparents under the guise of work, when in reality she was going to Tokyo in order to find a way to cure the neurological disease she had been inflicted with. This disease inhibits nerve signals from reaching to or from her legs. Ichiro Mihara was a doctor attempting to work with her to find a cure when the two started Angelic Layer as a way to do research and raise funds when their original research funding was cut off. Shuko, or "Shu" as she is called when playing Angelic Layer, is the undisputed champion, having won each of the past three national championships. Over the past seven years, she has avoided meeting Misaki, afraid of what Misaki would think of her. In the manga, however, Shuko has no such disease and is merely extremely shy about socializing with those she loves.

Sai Jounouchi (城乃内 最, Jōnouchi Sai^?)

• Voiced by: Houko Kuwashima (Japanese), Tiffany Grant (English)

Sai Jounouchi, known as the "ice machine," started playing Angelic Layer at the request of her terminally ill sister Rin. Rin designed what the angel would look like, but died before Sai could create her. As a result, Sai states that her reason for playing Angelic Layer is "to become strong." Sai is from Kanagawa Prefecture and was the runner-up in the Kantō Regional games in the past year. She is friends with Kaede, who went to the same middle school as Sai. Her angel is Shirahime.

Kaede Saito (斉藤 楓, Saitō Kaede^?)

• Voiced by: Ayako Kawasumi (Japanese), Tiffany Terrell (English)

Kaede is a quiet and wise girl from Kanagawa and is friends with Sai Jounouchi. Her parents divorced and she lives with her father. She received an angel egg as a gift from someone in her father's company. Her personality does not appear to be one suited for Angelic Layer, as pointed out by her father when he comments that he never believed that he would see Kaede compete in a fighting game. Despite this, she is very adept at Angelic Layer. She treats her angel, Blanche, as her own daughter.

She also appears in Chobits as Minoru Kokubunji's late older sister.

Masaharu Ogata (尾形 雅治, Ogata Masaharu^?)

• Voiced by: Tomokazu Seki (Japanese), Mark Laskowski (English)

Ogata is one of Icchan's subordinates in the Angelic Layer control room and lab. Icchan often ensnares Ogata into situations that result in Ogata getting "penalized." These penalties involve a range of embarrassing or terrible things, such as having a live octopus being stuck down his pants or being made to eat spaghetti through his nose. Icchan also named a remarkably ugly angel after him as a penalty.

Shoko Asami (浅見 祥子, Asami Shōko^?)

• Voiced by: Kotono Mitsuishi (Japanese), Kelly Manison (English)

Shoko is Misaki's aunt and Shuko's younger sister. She demands that Misaki and her friends call her "Miss Shoko" instead of "aunt" ("obaasan" in Japanese) because she is still "an attractive young newscaster." She often covers Angelic Layer events for the local news station that she works for. Misaki lives with Shoko when she moves to Tokyo.

Ringo Seto (瀬戸 林子, Seto Ringo^?)

• Voiced by: Kana Ueda (Japanese), Mariela Ortiz (English)

Ringo is a pop idol from Tochigi who plays Angelic Layer over the objections of her manager. Ringo likes living freely and often escapes from her manager to get out of doing work. When Misaki was fighting her male classmate Ryo Misaki in a set of Angelic Layer matches, Ringo encouraged Misaki on between matches. Ringo's angel is Ranga.

Madoka Fujisaki (藤崎 円香, Fujisaki Madoka^?)¹ & Arisu Fujisaki (藤崎 有栖, Fujisaki Arisu^?)²

• Voiced by: Tomoko Kawakami (Japanese), Shelley Calene-Black (English)¹
• Voiced by: Chiemi Chiba (Japanese), Mandy Clark (English)²

Madoka is a competitor in the Kantō Regional games. She and her sister, Arisu (or Alice), who creates Madoka's angels, were defeated in the Kantō Regional games by Hatoko in the previous year. As a result, the two desperately want to fight and defeat Hatoko to rectify what they see as a family dishonor of losing to a kindergartener. The two attempt to sabotage Hikaru in an attempt to defeat her. Madoka's angel is Mao, and Arisu has Alice.

[edit] Minor characters

Hiromi Fujimori (藤森 ひろみ, Fujimori Hiromi^?)

• Voiced by: Yui Horie (Japanese), Allison L. Sumrall (English)

Yuko Inada (稲田 夕子, Inada Yūko^?)

• Voiced by: Hiromi Nishikawa (Japanese), Kaytha Coker (English)

Shuji Inada (稲田 修二, Inada Shūji^?)

• Voiced by: Yoshiyuki Kono (Japanese), Jay Hickman (English)

Angelic Layer Host (司会者, Shikaisha^?)

• Voiced by: Yoshiyuki Kono (Japanese), Vic Mignogna (English)

Kyoko (京子, Kyōko^?)

• Voiced by: Chieko Atarashi (Japanese), Luci Christian (English)

Asuka Kitamura (北村 飛鳥, Kitamura Asuka^?)

• Voiced by: Mamiko Noto

Yuko Hikawa (氷川 優子, Hikawa Yūko^?)

• Voiced by: Sayaka Ohara

Tomoko Yamada (山田 知子, Yamada Tomoko^?)

• Voiced by: Mayumi Asano (Japanese), Kaytha Coker (English)

Maria Shibata (柴田 まりあ, Shibata Maria^?)

• Voiced by: Kazusa Murai (Japanese), Hilary Haag (English)

Ryo Misaki (岬 了, Misaki Ryō^?)

• Voiced by: Kappei Yamaguchi (Japanese), Kira Vincent-Davis (English)

Rin Jounouchi (城乃内 鈴, Jōnouchi Rin^?)

• Voiced by: Sayuri Yoshida (Japanese), Allison Sumrall (English)

Chitose Tanaka (田中 千歳, Tanaka Chitose^?)

• Voiced by: Tomoko Miura (Japanese), Kim Prause (English)

Tsubasa McEnzie (つばさ・マッケンジー, Tsubasa Makkenjī^?)

• Voiced by: Rio Natsuki (Japanese), Shelley Calene-Black (English)

[edit] Angels

Hikaru (ヒカル, Hikaru^?) - Deus: Misaki Suzuhara

Though small and lightweight compared to most angels, Hikaru possesses very strong attacks, most which are speed based. Her small stature makes her aerodynamically quick and agile. Hikaru also appears as a crossover character in Chapter 144 of Clamp's manga Tsubasa: Reservoir Chronicle.

Suzuka (鈴鹿, Suzuka^?) - Deus: Hatoko Kobayashi

Nicknamed “The Speed of Light,” Suzuka often defeats her opponents with incredible speed. Suzuka has also attended the National Games.

Shirahime (白姫, Shirahime^?, lit. "White Princess") - Deus: Sai Jounouchi

Nicknamed “The White Princess,” she is an Angel which wears a white kimono. Shirahime has finished 2nd in the Kantō regional games for two consecutive years.She is also capable of reaching "Hypermode" like Blanche

Blanche (ブランシェ, Buranshe^?) - Deus: Kaede Saitou

Nicknamed "The White Angel," Blanche is a powerful angel which is so fast that she has only been touched by four other angels. When in a very tough fight, Blanche will use a technique called "Hypermode" which is a result of a glitch present in the first angels built. Blanche is a contestant in the Kantō regional games. Her name can also be written Branche with the romaji "r" sounding like an "l". Blanche is french for white.

Ranga (ランガ, Ranga^?) - Deus: Ringo Seto

Ranga uses a technique called "the Dance of Death" which uses wind to attack her opponents from a distance. Ranga is a contestant in the Kantō regional games. in the manga, her name is Lanka, due to different translation.

Wizard (ウィザード, Wizādo^?) - Deus: Ohjiro Mihara

Wizard is the Kansai Regional champion and has finished as the runner up in the National Games for two consecutive years. Wizard uses a technique called “Magic Guard” to block his opponent’s attacks. Wizard is one of the few male angels in the Layer.

Athena (アテナ, Atena^?) - Deus: Shuko Suzuhara

Athena has won the National Games championship in all three years of its existence and is the undisputed champion of Angelic Layer.

Mao (猫, Mao^?) - Deus: Madoka Fujisaki

The newest angel created by Madoka's sister Arisu. Mao is a contestant in the Kantō regional games. She is designed after a cat, complete with ears and a tail.

Shadow Panther - Deus: unknown

The first angel that Hikaru fights and defeats

Queen - Deus: Kyoko

An angel which uses electric whips, which are illegal, in unofficial games to easily defeat inexperienced players. She fights Hikaru in her second Angelic Layer match.

Colossus - Deus: Asuka Kitamura

An angel which participates in the Tokyo Prefecture games, losing to Hikaru.

Nightingale - Deus: unknown

An Angel with experience in the Kantō regional games and who is competing in the Tokyo prefecture games. She is defeated by Suzuka in 5 seconds. Nightingale is also defeated by Hikaru in the Tokyo prefecture games.

Katalina - Deus: Yuko Hikawa

Katalina fights by “skating” on the layer, and uses her skates to attack while spinning. She loses to Hikaru in the first round of the Tokyo prefecture games.

Vasquez - Deus: Tomoko Yamada

A very powerful angel which lures her opponents into surprise attacks. She is defeated by Hikaru in the second round of the Tokyo prefecture games.

Tsubaki - Deus: Maria Shibata

An angel defeated by Hikaru in the final round of the Tokyo prefecture games.

Ace, Mark II, & Tri - Deus: Ryo Misaki

Ryo uses these three angels in a best of three match against Misaki in attempt to show that girls cannot beat boys at Angelic Layer.

Natasha - Deus: unknown

Champion of the Chiba prefecture games. She is defeated by Suzuka in the first round of the Kantō regional games.

Yusari - Deus: unknown

An angel competing in the Kantō regional games, losing to Blanche there.

Eagle - Deus: Tsubasa "The Blond Gale" McEnzie

An angel who competed in the Kyūshū Regional games, she competes against Shirahime in the Angelic Layer National Games. She has the ability to glide through the air using wings.

Elain - Deus: Chitose Tanaka

The "Norhtern Aurora" An angel from Hokkaidō, she fights Hikaru in the first round of the Angelic Layer National Games. She uses a technique called the "Hexagon Reversion" to immobolize her opponents in mid-air.

New Type SI-174 - Deus: Shuji Inada

An angel competing in the National Games representing the Angelic Layer company. SI-174 is a new model of angel which is capable of quicker and more efficient movements. The SI-174 fights Hikaru in the second round of the National Games.

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