Battle Spirits: Shonen Gekiha Dan/Characters
Sorted to avoid spoilers
Core Soldiers
Dan Bashin
A hot-blooded and bluntly straightforward red card battler. During a championship, he was taken into the world of Grand Rolo by Yuuki and Kajitsu Momose, where he was known as the red soldier, a bearer of the core’s light. He befriends Zungurii, a native child whose village was under attack, and devotes himself to saving Grand Rolo for the sake of Zungurii and the rest of the Otherworlders.
In the second season, Dan travels to the future in order to battle again, and protect the humans from mazoku, and the planet's eventual reset. Now using a deck of all colors, he becomes a Brave user. In the end, he makes a Heroic Sacrifice by becoming the trigger to summon the gods and prevent the Earth's reset. His fate is left in question.
- Cross-Dressing Voices: Fuyuka Oura
- The Determinator
- Empty Shell: He temporarily becomes this after losing to Otherworld King
- Expy: To Toppa Bashin
- Fingerless Gloves
- Heroic Sacrifice: He attempts this at the end of Gekiha Dan, by taking in Mother Core, but he ends up okay. At the end of Brave, he makes a true one.
- Also, in the manga version he uses Mother Core to bring Kajitsu back to life, but has to become the new Otherworld King as a result.
- Hot-Blooded: Everyone is, but him especially.
- Kid Hero
- Even Heroes Have Heroes: Whenever he gets a new red dragon into play.
- Magnetic Hero
- Meaningful Name: He has the same last name as the first series’ protagonist.
- The Messiah: He's willing to give everyone a chance. He'll jump to save anyone, even if he hardly knows them or they're an enemy. He even tried to take in Mother Core, which his body couldn't physically handle. And his friends adore him.
- Official Couple: With Mai
- Parental Substitute: He basically takes care of En and Fant as a father
- Playing with Fire: He uses red.
- Power Gives You Wings: His second Battle Form
- Redheaded Hero
- The Rival: With Yuuki in the first series and with Barone in the second.
- Trademark Favorite Food: Curry
Clackey Ray
A yellow card battler (and the yellow soldier) known as “The Noble Youth of Light.” He loves to be around girls (be they living or the spirits in his deck), and devotes himself to protecting the ladies of Grand Rolo. At first, he dislikes Dan, but the two become very close friends, learning a lot from the other’s different battle style.
In the second season, he's the captain of The Beautiful Sophia. He doesn’t battle as much anymore, leaving that task to Dan. When he does, however, he now uses red cards as well as his usual yellow. In the end, he chooses to stay in the future, to protect it in Dan's place, and to be with Angers.
- Bishie Sparkle
- Bishounen
- Chick Magnet
- Chivalrous Pervert
- Daisuke Ono
- Dark-Skinned Blond
- Gratuitous English
- Light Is Good
- Nice Hat: In Brave
- Official Couple: With Angers
- Serial Romeo
- Shipper on Deck: For Zolder and Flora
- Spell My Name with an "S": Why couldn't he just have a normal name like the rest of the core soldiers?
Mai Viole/Shinomiya
A purple card battler (and the purple soldier), and well known net idol for her blog, “Purple Talk.” She tends to act rather spoiled, being pampered by both Zungurii and her butler, Serge. When serious, however, she puts others before her, and is described as “scary.” She develops feelings toward Dan over time.
In the second season, Mai has changed very much. She’s quit her blog, started using her real last name, grown her hair long, and no longer battles. Though she begins the series as a member of the Sophia crew, she temporarily leaves to join Barone in fighting for the mazoku.
- Action Girl: In the first season
- Ayako Kawasumi
- Dark Is Not Evil: She uses purple
- Expository Hairstyle Change: Three times.
- Expy: To Suiren
- Faux Action Girl: In the second season, for most of the time anyway.
- Hair Decorations
- Official Couple: With Dan
- Tsundere: Type B, towards Dan. Mainly only in the first season.
- You Gotta Have Blue Hair: Purple hair
Hideto Suzuri
A blue card battler (and the blue soldier), and dedicated card collector. He loves X-rares in particular, and will do whatever it takes to add more to his collection. He’s rather unsociable, and is disinterested in being the blue soldier. He later becomes a temporary king of the blue world, and is reluctant to leave that position, both because it’s a huge contrast to how he used to be bullied in the real world, and because he feels too different from the other core soldiers, as he doesn’t fight for anyone but himself.
In the second season, he doesn't appear at first, as he was traveling the world on his own. He later realizes his role, and comes to the future to help out.
- Aloof Ally
- Bishounen
- Daisuke Sakaguchi
- Even Heroes Have Heroes: With X-rare cards.
- Last-Name Basis
- Nice Hat: When he’s king
- Otaku: A card collector one
- Tsundere: Male example
- You Gotta Have Blue Hair
Yuuki Momose
A white card battler (and the white soldier) on the side of Otherworld King. He is one of Otherworld’s Three Heads, alongside Leon and Pantera. While appearing cold and cruel, he is very close to his younger sister, Kajitsu, dedicating himself to protecting her. When he realizes his plans are hurting her more than helping, he leaves her in the hands of the other core soldiers and later decides to fight alongside them. Though human, Yuuki is actually the reincarnation of the white world’s king.
In the second season He doesn't appear. Instead, his reincarnation, Zolder, plays a role.
- Bishounen
- Brother-Sister Incest: With Kajitsu
- Expy: To J
- Good Costume Switch: Around the time he switches sides. Ironically, his villain outfit was white and his hero outfit was black.
- Heel Face Turn
- Knight Templar Big Brother
- The Rival: With Dan
- Star-Crossed Lovers: With Kajitsu
- Takahiro Sakurai
- You Gotta Have Blue Hair
Kajitsu Momose
A green card battler, and the younger sister of Yuuki. She possesses mysterious powers, which she uses to send Dan into Grand Rolo. She at first comes off as rather emotionless. Kajitsu actually bears the light of Mother Core. Because she controls this great power, it causes a lot of strain on her body. She is deeply devoted to Yuuki because she’s actually the reincarnation of the green world’s princess, Yuuki’s lover in a past life.
- Action Girl: She can be at times, but her Ill Girl status tends to get in the way of that.
- Brother-Sister Incest: With Yuuki
- Dark Magical Girl
- Damsel in Distress: Only in the manga version, but woah. She gets kidnapped left and right.
- Emotionless Girl: At first
- Everything's Better with Princesses: She's not really a princess, but is often called one. In her past life, however...
- Expy: To Kyouka
- Flower Motifs
- Good Costume Switch: Around the time she switches sides.
- Heel Face Turn
- Ill Girl
- Killed Off for Real
- Morality Pet: To Yuuki
- Spared by the Adaptation: She does die in the manga as well, but is bought hack to life.
- Star-Crossed Lovers: With Yuuki
- You Gotta Have Blue Hair: Green hair
Otherworld King’s Allies
Otherworld King
The ruler of Otherworld. He was enslaving its inhabitants so that they would construct Horizon Ladders. He possesses great powers and sees himself as vital for the existence of Otherworld. He was once an explorer, who found Grand Rolo by chance and wanted to colonize it. He was mocked for his ideas, and began to hate humanity for the way he was treated. He planned revenge on the rest of the humans, whom he believed hadn't progressed as far as himself.
- The Big Bad
- Evil Old Folks: Though he does restore his youth.
- Killed Off for Real
- Power Gives You Wings
- Rikiya Koyama
Leon
Leon is one of Otherworld’s Three Heads. A very powerful card battler, who uses a hybrid deck. After Kajitsu is left with the core soldiers, he makes numerous attempts to re-capture her. Leon actually comes from the past.
- A Death in the Limelight: Technically he doesn't die. He just gets sent back to his own time, permanently removing him from the series. Still, this happens in the episode that tells his backstory.
- The Dragon: To Otherworld King
- Glowing Eyes of Doom
- Promotion to Opening Titles: When the OP animation gets modified
- Spikes of Villainy
- You Have Outlived Your Usefulness: Otherworld King does this to him
Pantera
One of Otherworld’s Three Heads. Pantera was actually built by Otherworld King. Recorded within him is the data from past battles in Otherworld, making him aware of most strategies imaginable. He believes his only weakness is that he lacks a heart. Because of this, he loses to Dan. Dan considers him a friend, and believes that he can become like a human. In truth, there are multiple robots like Pantera. Each is the true Grand Core for one of the colored worlds.
- Junichi Suwabe
- Killed Off for Real
- Promotion to Opening Titles: When the OP animation gets modified
- Redemption Equals Death
Kazan
A soldier who is Yuuki’s ally. When Dan first comes to Otherworld, he is attacking Zungurii’s village. Kazan comes from the future. The reason he’s loyal to Yuuki is because he resembles Kazan’s former captian. When Yuuki joins with the core soldiers, he does so as well.
In the second season, he's a commander in the war against the mazoku.
Belga
An arrogant boy from the white world, promised power by his father. He plans to be the next white king and white soldier, but is humiliated by Yuuki in battle. He later returns, joining Leon in his attempts to capture Kajitsu.
- Bishie Sparkle
- Bishounen
- Hiro Shimono
- I Kiss Your Hand
- The Rival: With Yuuki, but only from his side.
Other
Magisa
The Otherworld Witch. Although she tries her hardest to defend Otherworld before the Core Soldiers arrived, she lacks her former strength. This is because it was stolen by Otherworld King, along with her deck. Although she doesn’t look it, she’s over 4000 years old, and laments over the fact that she still remains single.
- Bare Your Midriff
- Bottle Fairy
- Christmas Cake
- Fan Service
- Hot Witch
- Magical Girl
- Meaningful Name
- Never Mess with Granny
- Really Seven Hundred Years Old: Really 4029 years old.
- Rose-Haired Girl
- Satsuki Yukino
- You Gotta Have Blue Hair: Pink hair
Zungurii
A monkey-like child who Dan meets when he first enters Grand Rolo. After Dan saves his village from attack, the two travel together, in order to free his captured family members. Although Zungurii isn’t much of a card battler, he helps the group out in any way he can, especially cooking.
Serge
Mai’s loyal butler. He pilots The Violet. Both Serge and the Violet originally belonged to Namii, a card battler from the purple world.
Kenzo Hyoudo
A green card battler who appears at the Grand Rolo Championships. Though only a third grader, he makes it to the final round, against Dan. He is revealed to actually be working alongside Yuuki, and seeks the wish awarded to the champion for selfish means. He is also the true green soldier, not Kajitsu, as Dan previously believed. After losing to Dan, the two become friends, and he stays with the other core soldiers.
In the second season, Kenzo works as a scientist, alongside Stella. The two have somewhat of a rivalry. He doesn’t really battle anymore.
- Adorabably Cute Chlid: Especially in Brave, where he becomes one of the planet's most significant scientists (at the age of 11) and stops playing Battle Spirits to focus more on his work.
- Blush Sticker: Permanent ones
- Cross-Dressing Voices: Aya Endo
- Demoted to Extra: In the manga version.
- Heel Face Turn
- Lightning Glare: With Stella
- Mission Control: In Brave
- My Name Is Not Durwood: Kenzo might want to look into getting his name changed, because obviously it’s hard to remember.
- Opaque Lenses: His glasses appear this way most of the time.
- Promotion to Opening Titles: When the OP animation gets modified
- The Rival: With Stella
- You Gotta Have Blue Hair: Green hair
The Beautiful Sophia (and other allies)
Dan Bashin
See above
Clackey Ray
See above
Mai Shinomiya
See above
Plym Machina
The Beautiful Sophia’s mechanic. She’s extremely cheerful, and loves mechanical things. She tends to make up her own words. She battles Kenzo with a white deck. Though she’s highly inexperienced and loses, this makes her fall in love with him.
- Cheerful Child
- Kanae Ito
- Meaningful Name: She’s a mechanic, after all.
- Plucky Comic Relief: Even her one battle was ridiculous.
- Spell My Name with an "S": Plym vs. Prim
Youth Glynnhorn
The Beautiful Sophia’s pilot. At first, he doesn’t like Dan much, finding him incompetent for losing to Barone soon after coming to the future. Mai and Clackey try to help him see Dan’s worth. Youth later comes to see Dan as both a rival and inspiration, wanting to become as strong as him, and someday beat him.
- Expy: To Suzuri, aesthetically. Otherwise, there's so much first series Dan in him.
- Fingerless Gloves
- Meaningful Name: Just compare his maturity level to Dan, Mai and Clackey in Brave.
- Playing with Fire: He uses red.
- Tetsuya Kakihara
- The Rival: With Dan, but mainly from his side.
- You Gotta Have Blue Hair
- You Killed My Parents: The reason he hates mazoku
Kenzo Hyoudo
See above
Stella Korabelishchikov
A scientist from the future time who works with Kenzo. She seems to like taunting and one-upping him.
- Expy: To Magisa
- Lightning Glare: With Kenzo
- Mission Control
- Satsuki Yukino
- The Rival: With Kenzo
En and Fant
Two mazoku children that were being used as hostages by humans. Dan rescues them and takes them to the Sophia. They seem to have insatiable appetites.
- Badass Adorable: Especially Fant
- Big Eater: And if no food is in sight, they’ll start chewing on chairs or people’s hands.
- Cross-Dressing Voices: Fant- Aya Endo
- Meaningful Name
- Rose-Haired Girl: En
- Tagalong Kid
- You Gotta Have Blue Hair: Pink and green, respectively
Kazan
See above
Zolder Grave
The one who called Dan into the future. He’s the reincarnation of Yuuki Momose. He has a much more laid-back personality, however, and is a weight-lifter.
- Badass: Probably one of the most in all of Battle Spirits.
- Good Scars, Evil Scars
- Hot-Blooded: Extremely
- Reincarnation: Of Yuuki
- Takahiro Sakurai
Mazoku
Queen Gilfam
The mazoku leader. She believes Dan is humanity’s enemy. She’s very harsh to her subordinates, as she had Duc imprisoned for losing to Dan, and made Barone give up his territory. Later, Zazie betrays her, but her friend Lucretia gives her life to protect the queen.
- Fan Service: Compared to her outfit, Number Eight’s doesn’t seem so ridiculous anymore.
- Femme Fatalons
- Michiko Neya
- Nice Hat
- Noblewoman's Laugh
- Rapunzel Hair
- Unusual Ears
- Voluntary Shapeshifting
- You Gotta Have Blue Hair: Purple hair
Barone
A brave user like Dan. He becomes fascinated with Dan, believing he's the only opponent capable of quenching his thirst for battle. He is later deemed a traitor thanks to Zazie, and is forced to leave his territory. Afterwards, he allies with Dan for a while. He seems to be in charge of the mazoku by the end of the series.
- Bishounen: And the animators are well aware with the amount of fanservice from him.
- Daisuke Namikawa
- Expy: To both J and Yuuki.
- Fan Service: Well, he’s been nude more than once.
- Heel Face Turn
- Meaningful Name
- Pet the Dog: He briefly takes care of a little human boy
- Rapunzel Hair: When he lets it down
- The Rival: With Dan
- Unusual Ears
Zazie/ Izaz
A rather mysterious and unpredictable mazoku. He wears a mask over his face. While at first, he appeared to be manipulating things for fun, he’s shown to have more dangerous motives.
- Bare Your Midriff: Male example
- The Big Bad
- Bishounen
- Dark Is Evil: Well his full title is "The Darkness Zazie"
- Death by Adaptation: In the manga version.
- Expressive Mask
- Faux Affably Evil
- Kenichi Suzumura
- Verbal Tic: Zansu
- White-Haired Pretty Boy
Duc
The first mazoku Dan faces. After losing to Dan a second time, he’s punished with imprisonment. He later returns as a cyborg, and with no memory of his former self. He’s has a "Brave Killer" deck, because it is especially designed to be used against Braves.
- Brainwashed and Crazy
- The Dragon
- Electric Torture: Gets this in prison
- Kenji Hamada
- Laser-Guided Amnesia
- Meaningful Name
- Spell My Name with an "S": Duc vs. Duke
- Unusual Ears
- You Gotta Have Blue Hair: Green hair
Rugain
Duc’s son. He greatly respects his father. He is rather similar to Youth, and the two become friends.
- Bishounen
- Expy: To Suzuri, aesthetically.
- Heel Face Turn
- Unusual Ears
- You Gotta Have Blue Hair
Flora Perfume
A loyal servant of Barone. After he's exiled, she follows him along with Eolus. She’s very similar to Kajitsu Momose, in that she uses both Kajitsu and Yuuki’s main cards in battle, and that she can use green butterflies. This is because she's Kajitsu’s reincarnation.
- Action Girl
- Biting the Handkerchief: A lot when she cries
- Cute Clumsy Girl
- Cute Monster Girl
- Expy: To Kajitsu
- Flower Motifs
- Heel Face Turn
- Meaningful Name: Given her connection with flowers.
- Reincarnation: Of Kajitsu
- Rose-Haired Girl
- Spikes of Villainy: Her Battle Form
- You Gotta Have Blue Hair: Pink hair