< To LOVE-Ru

To LOVE-Ru/Characters


A list of characters for To LOVE-Ru and To Love Ru Darkness.


Human

Yuuki Rito

Yuuki Rito (Voiced by Akeno Watanabe)

Male protagonist of To Love-Ru and resident Chick Magnet, Rito's in love with Haruna when the series begins but after failing to confess to her he tries to have a nice soak in the bath until Lala teleports onto him... in the nude... yeah. Turns out she's an alien princess from a far-off planet and she's just looking for an excuse not to go home, setting off Rito's daily routine of trouble.

  • Accidental Pervert - Quite possibly a contender for Trope Codifier. Seriously, take a shot every time he manages to get into an "accidental situation" with any of the female characters in the series, and kiss your liver goodbye.

Rito: I don't peep on people on purpose!

  • Accidental Kiss - With Ren. Naturally, Rito is pissed, and he takes it much worse in the manga than the anime. And by "much worse", we mean he kicks Ren's ass for it, starting with a flying kick and progressing to a Big Ball of Violence.
  • Allergic to Love - Even touching a girl's "parts", just thinking about Haruna in a swimsuit or seeing a naked girl will freak the hell out of him and send him running away. He gets better as time goes on, but is still liable to freak out if it goes too far.
  • Attractive Bent Gender - Very much so.
  • Beware the Nice Ones - While the manga less emphasized on this, Rito WILL hurt you when the time is right.
    • The best comparison is when Ghi Bree kidnaps and starts molesting Haruna. The manga version shows Rito trying a hit and run strategy, while in the anime... HOLY SHIT!
  • Cannot Spit It Out
  • Chaste Hero - He's generally more concerned about his life being shaken up by the various adventures the girls bring than noticing any of their crushes on him.
  • Chick Magnet
  • Covert Pervert - He has his moments. Mostly, but not limited to, Imagine Spots about Haruna.
    • And, as a rather worrying dream, certain chapters imply his younger sister Mikan.
  • Cross-Dressing Voices - Voiced by Akeno Watanabe, better known as Viletta Nu, though this trope can be temporarily averted whenever he transforms into Riko.
  • Eyes of Gold - Particularly noticable in Motto To Love-Ru.
  • Forgotten First Meeting: With Yui. He's oblivious though and she only just remembered.
  • Gender Bender - Has happened at least five or six times, all thanks to one of Lala's gadgets. The first was accidental, but since then Lala and sometimes Momo will cheerfully force him into female form every now and then. Helping out at Dr. Mikado's clinic? Gotta dress as a nurse, and that means you've gotta be a girl!
  • Harem Hero - Type I; of note is Rito will throw himself into the fray if he feels the need to, and will try to defend the girls around him. Fortunately, To Love-Ru isn't a full-on Shounen manga.
  • Hates Being Touched - He doesn't like it when any of the girls cling onto him. This is more due to embarrassment than anything else.
    • He seems to be growing out of it though, and even stood up for Run when Yui chastized her for clinging to him.
  • Heavy Sleeper
  • Hot-Blooded
  • I Just Want to Be Normal
  • Instant Waking Skills - Rito wakes up fast when Momo or Lala sneak into his bed.
  • Made of Iron - Good thing he is one, because he's a...
  • Nice Guy - A veritable saint for not snapping and/or forcing himself onto one of the (many) hot girls in the cast after all this sexy extraterrestrial insanity.
    • He's practically The Messiah for the way he tries to help Yami, no matter how often she insists she'll kill him someday.
    • Mea took control of his body and made it fondle and lick hers -- mostly because she knew that'd embarrass him. But her control channel inadvertently let him see her past, and feelings she refused to face ... and he felt sorry for her, even though she was effectively raping him.
  • Shout-Out - Possibly: he looks similar to Kaito from Mermaid Melody Pichi Pichi Pitch.
  • Sweet Tooth - Maybe: on at least two occasions we've seen him talking about sweets in his sleep, usually when he's feeling up the girl who has sneaked into bed with him.
  • Talking in Your Sleep - Usually about sweets.
  • The Chew Toy
  • The So-Called Coward - Rito didn't hesitate to rush in to fight this guy to protect Haruna and Lala. Sure, Ghi Bree turns out to be a frail weakling and was only using his shapeshifting powers to look like a roid-raging demon, but nobody told Rito about that.
  • This Loser Is You - Originally, though he does develop as a character over time.
  • Unlucky Everydude
  • Unwanted Harem - If he successfully obtains everyone in it as Momo plans to, he's going to have a lot of descendants.


Sairenji Haruna

Sairenji Haruna

One of two female protagonists in the original manga, Haruna's the Girl Next Door who manages to be both sweet and kind without annoying the fandom. She was Rito's initial love interest until Lala came along; Haruna, of course, likes Rito too. Having become best friends with Lala, she won't do anything to break up Lala and Rito's engagement and only tells Lala that she loves Rito so she wouldn't feel guilty about not doing so in the future.

  • A-Cup Angst - As a phase: in the beginning it didn't bother her (not like she was flat to begin with, anyway), but when the idea that Rito likes girls with big breasts was planted into her head, she got more depressed and self-conscious. It's only when she remembered a speech Rito made about inner beauty, while she was trying to reassure Nana (who suffers from this trope twice as much), that she snapped out of it and regained confidence in herself.
  • Betty and Veronica - Betty to Lala's Veronica.
  • Covert Pervert - A recent chapter has her fantasizing about Rito bathing her. And by bathing we mean heavy petting with bathing undertones.
  • Demoted to Extra - Haruna began declining in appearances for quite awhile as Yui was slowly overtaking her spotlight. Understandable when you consider the fact the woman she was based on was the source of the Creator Breakdown that eventually resulted in the end of the original manga.
  • Girl Next Door
  • Grievous Harm with a Body - A frightened Haruna + Rito = PAIN.
  • Nice Girl - Of the more classical variety.
  • Shrinking Violet
  • Shy Blue-Haired Girl
  • Yamato Nadeshiko
  • You Gotta Have Blue Hair
    • Hair Color Dissonance - Early in the manga, Rito describes her as having black hair, but subsequent recoloring of Haruna depicts her with dark purple.


Kotegawa Yui

Kotegawa Yui (Voiced by Kaori Nazuka)

Head of the public morals committee at Sainan High, Yui's seemingly obsessed with everything being proper and decent. Much to her displeasure, most of Rito's troubles has dragged her along wtih him. Thanks to spending time with him, Yui has some affection for Rito, but develops an exceptional case of Cannot Spit It Out.

Mea: You always say shameless this, shameless that... Isn't it because you actually want to do something shameless, senpai~~?

  • Chew Toy
  • Control Freak
  • Covert Pervert - She can have some interesting thoughts. Despite the fact that she usually criticizes others for their "shameless behavior".
  • Defrosting Ice Queen
  • Forgotten First Meeting - With Rito. She just recently remembered though.
  • Girlish Pigtails - When she was younger.
  • He Is Not My Boyfriend - Almost completely in denial about her feelings for Rito -- especially evident when she makes Valentine's Day chocolate for him and insists, even to herself, that it's just "obligatory chocolate". Right, Yui, you just keep saying that...
    • Even after fantasizing about getting married to Rito and pregnant, she's still trying her hardest to not admit her feelings to herself.
  • Kindhearted Cat Lover - She tries to hide the "kindhearted" part, but her room at home is decorated with cat images and when she makes "obligatory chocolate" for Rito, she shapes it as a smiling cat-face. At one point, she feels the best way to clear her mind of annoying thoughts is "some healing with kitty power," so she visits a pet store. She's embarrassed to be found there, though.
  • Ms. Fanservice - Semi-subverted, since it's usually against her will.
  • My Name Is Not Durwood - Her name is Kotegawa, not Kokegawa.
  • Playing Against Type
  • Reluctant Fanservice Girl - Keeps getting dragged into embarrassing situations.
  • Tsundere - Yui's a classic example of a Type A.


Tenjouin Saki

Tenjouin Saki (Voiced by Ayako Kawasumi)

The school's queen bee who considers Lala her rival. Of course, her numerous attempts at showing Lala up just make her embarrass herself in the end. She has a crush on Zastin, and is dismayed to learn that he's Lala's servant.


Yuuki Mikan

Yuuki Mikan (Voiced by Kana Hanazawa)

Rito's younger, more level-headed sister, Mikan's way too mature for a normal 11 year-old girl, who learned to take care of herself quicker than normal and reportedly has hordes of admirers. That being said, accusations are leveled against Mikan by her own friends and peers as to where her true affections lie.


Sawada Mio and Momioka Risa

Mio, Risa

Sawada Mio and Momioka Risa (Voiced by Chiemi Chiba and Ryoka Yuzuki, respectively)

Haruna and Lala's classmates and good friends, Mio and Risa are Those Two Girls of the cast. Both are more than willing to help their female classmates with their personal problems ranging from beauty to smarts, but aren't above groping them, though.


Murasame Oshizu

Murasame Oshizu (Voiced by Mamiko Noto)

A 400 year-old ghost girl found wandering around in the abandoned school building, Oshizu was mistaken to have been haunting the place (in reality, it was extraterrestrials trying to find a place to live). From then on, she moves freely around the school campus; in addition, Dr. Ryouko Mikado creates an artificial body (with the same face and hairstyle as her ghost form) for her to inhabit. Oshizu begins working as an assistant nurse to pay off the expenses for the body.


Saruyama Kenichi

Saruyama Kenichi (Voiced by Hiroyuki Yoshino)

Rito's "best" (if you could really call him that) friend since junior high, Kenichi's envious of Rito for all of his Accidental Pervert situations. He does, however, especially in the earlier chapters, support Rito + Haruna and sometimes goes out of his way to arrange time for the two to be together.

  • Bromantic Foil - In contrast to the more innocent Rito, although the latter still gets all the "incidents".
  • Casanova Wannabe
  • Lolicon - It's not his first choice, but when Lala is turned into a little girl, he remarks, "This has a charm of its own," and he's flushed and drooling as he snaps a picture.
  • Loves My Alter Ego - He falls in love with "Riko", Rito's genderbent version.


The Principal

The Principal (Voiced by Kenichi Ogata)


Alien

Lala Satalin Deviluke

Lala Satalin Deviluke (Voiced by Haruka Tomatsu)

The second female protagonist in the original manga, Lala is the crown princess of planet Deviluke. She ran away from home after her father Emperor Gid Lucion Deviluke kept forcing her suitors for an Arranged Marriage. Arriving on Earth, she accidentally (or rather, conveniently) lands in Rito's bathtub... while he was in it. She winds up getting engaged to Rito, deeming him suitable enough to be her fiance, though this was only to escape out of the situation with her father and bodyguards. Eventually, Lala does genuinely come to love him and even encourages Haruna's love, despite the fact it interferes with her own.


Zastin

Zastin (Voiced by Takehito Koyasu)

Lala's bodyguard and the strongest in the Devilukean military, Zastin was tasked to retrieve the princess, until he's mistakenly swayed by Rito's words on Lala's Arranged Marriage, citing he truly understands the princess' feelings (though that wasn't what Rito had meant). Relegating to stay on Earth to continue his bodyguard duties for Lala, Zastin in the meantime works as an assistant for Rito's father Saibai and is learning how to draw manga himself.


Konjiki no Yami

Konjiki no Yami (Golden Darkness)/Eve (Voiced by Misato Fukuen)

One of the deadliest assassins in the galaxy, Golden Darkness was originally hired by one of Lala's suitors to kill Rito, until a slip from her client's mouth reveals her target is not what he seems to be. Voiding her client's contract, she turns against him and stays on Earth for the time being.

Yami: A...and as for you! I d-d-don't have any feelings for you!!


Momo Velia Deviluke

Momo Velia Deviluke (Voiced by Aki Toyosaki)

Younger sister to Lala, Momo is Nana's younger twin. Well-endowed for her age (to Nana's angst) and the more mischievous of the twins, Momo fled with Nana to Earth to run away from their studies back on Deviluke. She has a unique ability to talk to plants.


Nana Asta Deviluke

Nana Asta Deviluke (Voiced by Kanae Ito)

Younger sister to Lala, Nana is Momo's older twin. Having had enough of their studies back on Deviluke, she flees to Earth to pay Lala a visit (with Momo tagging along). Like Momo's ability to talk to plants, Nana can communicate with animals; unlike her twin, Nana finds it hard to believe why everyone around Rito likes him, having witnessed a few "incidents" that proves otherwise.


Ren/Run Elsie Jewelria

Run, Ren

Ren/Run Elsie Jewelria (Voiced by Fuyuka Oura)

A childhood friend of Lala's, Ren hails from the planet Memorze (one of Lala's flashbacks indicates the Memorze clothing style has an Arabian Nights look to it). When they were children, Lala said if Ren became more manly, she'd marry him. Taking it for face value, Ren upon arriving to Earth becomes determined to prove he's more manly than Rito. Unfortunately, his pursuit of Lala leads to an unexpected circumstance with "Run", Ren's Gender Bender alter-ego. Anytime he sneezes, Ren turns into Run, female in both body and personality -- and vice-versa. In direct contrast to Ren, Run's infatuated with Rito, leading her to become an idol in hopes of gaining Rito's attention.


Mikado Ryouko

Mikado Ryouko (Voiced by Masako Joh)

The school doctor at Sainan High, Dr. Ryouko is a ex-operative for a black market-based alien organization who wanted to overthrow Emperor Gid's rule of the galaxy, but flees to Earth in hopes of hiding from her former clients. Although primarily a school doctor, Ryouko does provide medical care to other extraterrestrials on Earth, but isn't above providing mysterious concoctions to her students.


Kirisaki Kyouko

Kirisaki Kyouko (Voiced by Chiemi Chiba)

A half human, half alien idol, Kyouko's the star of her own television show "Magical Kyouko", where her motto is "Whatever the problem is, I'll solve it by burning it!" She works alongside Run and becomes fast friends with her.


Celine

Celine (Voiced by Ryoka Yuzuki)

Lala's gift to Rito for his 16th birthday, Celine is a giant, sentient sunflower kept in the backyard of his house. Like the rest of his house plants, Rito makes sure Celine is cared for, even referring to it as his family. After Celine contracts a disease, causing it to dry up and germinate, out pops an infant Celine from the seed. Looking like a human child (except with a noticeable flower on her head), Celine lives with in the Yuuki household and occasionally calls Rito "Mama".


Kurosaki Mea

Kurosaki Mea

An alien girl introduced in Darkness who claims to have been created by the same organization as Yami. She has been sent to Earth on a mission to take her "big sister" back.

Mea: For some reason, my body's getting hot... Could this be what they call an Ecchi feeling!?


Professor Tearju Lunatique

Tearju Lunatique

The foremost galatic prodigy in the field of biotechnology, Professor Tearju was part of a scientific group that created Yami; Tearju provided her biological makeup, making her what amounts to Yami's mother. She left the group due to disagreements over treating Yami as a weapon of war in hopes to overthrow the Devilukean Empire, and vanishes with a trace. In reality, Tearju was being hunted down by her former clients and had to escape with her life. Dr. Mikado, a former classmate of Tearju, finds her late in Darkness and convinces her to come to Earth in hopes to reconcile with Yami. She's currently a substitue teacher at Sainan High.

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