Shinn Asuka

Genetic Type: Coordinator
Birthday: September 1, CE 57
Birthplace: ORB
Age: GSD16, GSMovie18
Blood-type: O
Height: 168cm, 173cm
Weight: 55kg
Memorable Belongings: His deceased younger sister Mayu's cell phone
Mobile Suit: ZGMF-X56S Impulse Gundam, ZGMF-X42S Destiny Gundam

Shinn is the first protagonist introduced, but later conflict pits him against the established protagonists of the original Mobile Suit Gundam SEED. Thus, he serves in both the "hero" and "villain" roles at different points of the story.

Shinn lives with his parents and his younger sister in the neutral country of Orb, but the Earth Alliance attacks Orb on June 15. Only Shinn survives when his family is caught in a crossfire between the GAT-X131 Calamity and the ZGMF-X10A Freedom mobile suits, though it is not clear whether the Calamity or the Freedom was responsible for the explosion that kills Shinn's family. Shinn blames Orb’s rulers, the Athhas, for his family’s deaths, believing that they should have surrendered to the attacking Earth Alliance Forces rather than endangering civilians n a battle that could not be won. Since then, he had a lust for revenge and hated ORB and their "sugarcoated" ideals of achieving peace without any weapons, etc. Orb soldier Captain Todaka then takes care of Shinn and later sends him to the PLANTs, where he joins ZAFT and graduates as one of the top students in his class as a "ZAFT Red".

After graduation, Shinn is assigned to pilot ZAFT's ZGMF-X56S Impulse, and is stationed aboard the battleship Minerva under the command of Talia Gladys along with former military academy classmates Rey Za Burrel, Vino Dupre, Lunamaria Hawke, Meyrin Hawke, and Yolant Kent. Even though the bitter end of his family happened in the past, he has never forgotten it and constantly has reoccuring flashbacks of that time including the good memories he has of his sister.

Shinra Kishitani

Name: Kishitani Shinra
Height: 178cm
Weight: 60kg
Blood Type: AB
Birthday: April 2nd
Age: 24
Hobbies: Dissecting, games, Celty
Things he likes: Everything about Celty, proverbs/idioms
Things he dislikes: Abstinence
Food he likes: Three-five-eight marinaded sandfish, Celty's cooking
Food he dislikes: Fat in meat
Favorite Proverb: "Neither doctors nor the Kusatsu Hot Springs can cure the illness called love." and every positive proverb about love.


A young underground doctor who lives with Celty and is also her lover.
He mostly remains indoors and wears his white doctor's coat even when he is not at work.

He went to the same primary school as Shizuo and Izaya and finds them interesting, enjoying their fights ... up to a point.

His father was also a doctor, and as a child Shinra participated in surgery alongside him, the most noteable being an autopsy on Celty when they first met.
As a doctor he is rather interested in what he considers to be interesting phenomena, such as the unlimited strength Shizuo shows in times of anger, and Celty's healing, headlessness and bodily functions.

Shinra seems to have the "capacity" to tell what Celty is feeling, much to her surprise since she doesn't have a head to show her emotions.

Anri Sonohara

Height: 152 cm
Blood type: O
Birthday: October 31
Hobby: Painting appreciation
Favorite Class: Physical education
Least Favorite Class: Music (though not unskilled)
Favorite Food: Crab
Least Favorite Food: Raw meat
Favorite Saying: "A friend is a second self." -Aristotle

A bespectacled girl who attends the same school as Mikado and Masaomi. She is rather quiet and timid, but seems very close towards Kida and Mikado. She is very busty and cute, which makes her somehow popular, even though she feels uneasy about it. Mikado seems to have a crush on her.

Chat name and origins:
Her online chat screenname is "Saika".

She is currently in possession of the demon sword Saika, which gives her control over whoever it cuts and people wielding its 'daughter' swords.

Celty Sturluson

Also known as "The Black Rider" or "The Headless Rider", she is a Dullahan from Ireland who came to Japan looking for her stolen head. Her motorcycle is actually a horse in disguise. She has no heart and perceives via unknown sensors that are not located on the head. The physical strength she possesses is above human, though not quite on par with Shizuo Heiwajima. She is also capable of manipulating a shadow-like, durable substance to form objects ranging from gloves to chariots at her will.

Celty lives with Shinra Kishitani and works as an underground porter. She wears a helmet when she goes out and communicates via a PDA. She enjoys online chatting, television and DVDs. She is one of the minority who knows the creator of the Dollars. She seems to have feelings for Shinra, but she herself if unsure if it is really love. She tends to get mad when Shinra says she does not need her head. She is afraid of movie scenes such as being chased by extraterrestrials or traffic officers.

Her online chat screenname is "Setton".

Izaya Orihara

Height: 175cm
Weight: 58kg
Birthday: May 4th
Age: 23
Blood type: O
Hobby: Human observation
Things he likes: Humans, humans, humans
Things he dislikes: Heiwajima Shizuo, eyes of dead fish
Favorite food: Any food that tells him something about the personality of the one who prepared it.
Disliked food: Canned food, compressed food, junk food, etc.
Favorite quote: "It is absurd to divide people into good and bad. People are either charming or tedious." - Oscar Wilde, Lady Windermere's Fan

A young man who sells information for his own enjoyment. He claims to love the entire human race except for Shizuo Heiwajima, and exhibits said love by putting humans in often miserable conditions and observing their reactions.

He attended Raira Academy with Shizuo, Shinra and Kadota. According to Shinra, Izaya and Shizuo hated each other with a passion almost from the point they met. In the novels Izaya framed Shizuo for crimes on several occasions. In the anime he puts Shizuo in constant problems, such as gangs attacking him daily up to framing him of crimes.

He is a master of parkour, and also quite skilled with his flickblade (the blade he uses must be slightly opened before the mechanics of it springs opens the blade - a switchblade will open on its own after the user presses a switch) as he is implied to be the only one capable of leaving numerous cuts in Shizuo's bartender suit after a fight in the novels. In the anime, he shaves a gang member's head bald without him noticing it. He is also fluent in Russian, which is exhibited in the final episode and episode 13 when he speaks with Simon.

Izaya has two younger sisters, Mairu and Kururi, who are twins and troublemakers. He claims to have grown up in a normal family whose only abnormal trait was their naming habits. He does not like his sisters and find them to be unlovable, saying that if even he can not like them, he expects no one else to ever be able to either.

His name comes from a combination of the biblical Isaiah and Japanese for "the one who looks over the crowd".

He is a part of the anonymous online gang: Dollars. He is usually seen pretending to be female online and talks in a feminine manner in the chatroom. His screenname is "Kanra".

Shizuo Heiwajima

Name: Heiwajima Shizuo
Height: 185cm
Weight: 70kg
Blood type: O
Birthday: January 28th
Hobby: Basking in the sun
Things he likes: Running brooks, watching martial artists fight
Things he dislikes: Orihara Izaya, violence, gambling
Foods he likes: Milk, all dairy products, desserts/sweet things in general
Foods he dislikes: Anything that's bitter, beer (his preferences are like a kid's as far as taste's concerned)
Favorite quote: "Peace"

A man who is always seen to wear sunglasses and a bartender's suit. Although quiet and nondescript while not angered, he has a very short fuse and fights with incredible strength. Despite his simple and unrefined fighting skills, he is often considered the strongest fighter in the series. In the novels his power is described as the naturally unlimited form of human strength and likened to "adrenaline power" that can give people superhuman strength in times of emergency. In addition, Shizuo is capable of often superhuman parkour moves, a skill he obtained naturally from years of hunting down Izaya Orihara.

Shizuo works as a bodyguard for a debt collector in Ikebukuro and carries intense animosity towards Izaya. He has a younger brother, Kasuka, who is a top idol under the showbiz name of Hanejima Yuuhei. He is also a long-time acquaintance of Celty. His first and last name translates literally into "serene man" and "peaceful island" respectively.

Masaomi Kida

Height: 170cm
Weight: 60kg
Blood type: A
Birthday: June 19
Interests: Skirt chasing
Favorite subject: English
Disliked subject: History
Favorite food: Eating with girls
Disliked food: Eating with just guys
Motto: "Love is a leveler"

Kida is Mikado Ryuugamine's childhood friend and resident of Ikebukuro. Kida is an easy-going guy and appears foolhardy at times. He is 15 years old and is in class 1-B.

Mikado says that Kida used to be very energetic in elementary school and describes him as being quite charismatic. Kida seems to know many of the residents of Ikebukuro which he credits to having his dick in too many holes during middle school. Nevertheless, he functions as a guide to Mikado.

He enjoys flirting with older girls and women although his passes usually aren't taken very well.

He was the leader of the gang: Yellow Scarves. During his reign, he is referred as "Shogun" (i.e. "General") although he doesn't seem like to be referred to as that title. He is very strong fighter as demonstrated during the coup of the Yellow Scarves; he took down several opponents with crowbar before collapsing.

He left Ikebukuro with Saki at the end of the third novel, but joined the chat-room using alias "Bakyura" to keep in touch with Mikado. He is now working with Saki for Izaya. He returns during the eighth novel and Mikado tells Kida to stay away from him and not to get involved with the current affairs.