This is a list of characters from the Japanese
manga
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,
video game
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, and
anime
is Traditional animation, hand-drawn and computer animation, computer-generated animation originating from Japan. Outside of Japan and in English, ''anime'' refers specifically to animation produced in Japan. However, in Japan and in Japane ...
series ''
Lucky Star Lucky Star, The Lucky Star or Lucky Starr may refer to:
Art, entertainment, and media Anime and manga
* ''Lucky Star'' (manga), a manga, anime, and video game series
* "Lucky Star", one of the Angel Frames from the anime and manga series ''Galaxy ...
''.
Main characters
Konata Izumi
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: (old drama CD, NDS video game),
Aya Hirano (anime, PS2 and PSP video game, new drama CD, ''Miyakawa-ke no Kūfuku'' anime and drama CD),
Wendee Lee
Wendee Lee is an American voice actress, writer, and director.
Biography
Lee studied dance and theater and later became a full-time dancer in her teens. According to her interview on the ''Magic Knight Rayearth'' DVDs, she started doing voices ...
(English)
:Konata is the leader of the ''Lucky Star'' crew, and the
main protagonist of the series. She is the shortest of the main characters. Nicknamed , she is an eccentric but friendly and outgoing tomboy, with a mischievous yet good-natured sense of humor. She is smart, but doesn't apply herself to studying,
[''Lucky Star'' anime, episode 16.] thus her grades are a bit variable. However, she is an expert at pulling "all-nighters".
[''Lucky Star'' anime, episode 2.] In contrast to her studying habits, she
loves playing video games. This can be seen in the OVA for the series, it is revealed that the MMORPG she plays with Nanako Kuroi is "Tower of Druaga: Recovery of Babylim".
[''Lucky Star'' anime, episode 3.] In addition, she's a boyish otaku who loves
manga
Manga (Japanese: 漫画 ) are comics or graphic novels originating from Japan. Most manga conform to a style developed in Japan in the late 19th century, and the form has a long prehistory in earlier Japanese art. The term ''manga'' is u ...
and
anime
is Traditional animation, hand-drawn and computer animation, computer-generated animation originating from Japan. Outside of Japan and in English, ''anime'' refers specifically to animation produced in Japan. However, in Japan and in Japane ...
, which is also due to her father, Sōjirō Izumi's, influence
[''Lucky Star'' anime, episode 4.] along with the games, and likes to collect all sorts of
paraphernalia
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Historical legal term
In l ...
relating to her favorite series. Her father buys
adult games
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for himself, so she is able to play and enjoy them.
[''Lucky Star'' anime, episode 9.] In the anime, Konata constantly makes references to popular games, anime, and manga.
:In order to fund her interests, Konata had a part-time job at a
cosplay café in
Akihabara
is a common name for the area around Akihabara Station in the Chiyoda ward of Tokyo, Japan. Administratively, the area called Akihabara mainly belongs to the and Kanda-Sakumachō districts in Chiyoda. There exists an administrative district ca ...
.
She often plays late into the night, hence why she tends to fall asleep in class, which makes her a frequent victim to her homeroom teacher, Nanako Kuroi.
Konata rarely eats a "normal" Japanese lunch, as she frequently eats only a
chocolate cornet.
:Her physique is smaller than average when compared to her peers, which she claims hasn't changed since she was in the sixth grade.
She is
ambidextrous, in contrast to the mostly left-handed main cast. She has long, blue hair which comes down to her calves with a large
ahoge, sleepy eyes, a catlike smile and a beauty mark under her left eye, just like her father. Her mother, Kanata Izumi, died when she was an infant, and she has lived alone with her father since.
In her third year of high school, however, her cousin, Yutaka Kobayakawa, came to live at her house,
[''Lucky Star'' anime, episode 14.] giving a total of three people in the Izumi residence. Although Konata spends most of her time playing games in her room, she has a darker skin tone, like her father's.
:Both of her
voice actresses
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for the animated version,
Aya Hirano for the Japanese version and
Wendee Lee
Wendee Lee is an American voice actress, writer, and director.
Biography
Lee studied dance and theater and later became a full-time dancer in her teens. According to her interview on the ''Magic Knight Rayearth'' DVDs, she started doing voices ...
for the English version, are in fact the same people who voiced
Haruhi Suzumiya in ''
The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya'' anime; other voice actors from the same series make guest appearances during the course of ''Lucky Star''. Konata placed seventh in
2channel
, also known as 2ch, Channel 2, and sometimes retrospectively as 2ch.net, was an anonymous Japanese textboard founded in 1999 by Hiroyuki Nishimura. Described in 2007 as "Japan's most popular online community", the site had a level of influe ...
's
SaiMoe 2007 contest, came in second place in the category of "Best Female Character" in the thirtieth
Anime Grand Prix, and ranked third in ''
Newtype
is a monthly magazine publication originating from Japan, covering anime (and to a lesser extent, tokusatsu, manga, Japanese science fiction, seiyuu, and video games). It was launched by publishing company Kadokawa Shoten on March 8, 1985, with i ...
's'' "Top 10 Female Characters of 2007" poll. Additionally, Konata placed first in a poll for flat-chested girls on the Anime One website.
Kagami Hiiragi
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: (old drama CD, NDS video game),
Emiri Katō (anime, radio, PS2 and PSP video game, new drama CD, ''Miyakawa-ke no Kūfuku'' anime and drama CD),
Kari Wahlgren (English)
:Kagami is the older
fraternal twin
Twins are two offspring produced by the same pregnancy.MedicineNet > Definition of TwinLast Editorial Review: 19 June 2000 Twins can be either ''monozygotic'' ('identical'), meaning that they develop from one zygote, which splits and forms two em ...
sister of Tsukasa Hiiragi. In school, her grades are excellent, as she studies very hard,
and she was elected class president in her first year. She is in a different class than Konata Izumi and Tsukasa, but she frequently comes to their class during lunch time to eat with Tsukasa. Additionally, Kagami chose the humanities stream in her second year, so that she could be with her friends,
[''Lucky Star'' anime, episode 7.] but she was the only one separated into a different classroom; the same occurred in her third year. Kagami, occasionally referred to as by Konata, is very boyish, a bit egotistical, and not as good a cook as Tsukasa.
Konata loves to irritate her, and their arguments act as one of the main factors of comic relief throughout the series. Kagami is usually annoyed by Konata's constant references to her otaku interests, but usually has an idea on what she is saying.
:Kagami's physique is average, but she is flat chested like her twin and Konata. Though Kagami is a tough tomboy, she has a very girly side. She is usually concerned about her weight, counting every kilogram she gains or loses. Kagami likes to eat sweet food and she is often seen eating sweet food at night, such as chocolate
Pocky sticks. Despite her concern about her weight, she has no willpower controlling her eating habit, being the tomboy she is, resulting in an "eat now, fret later" attitude.
She has long, purple hair with a ribbon tied into
bunches,
[''Lucky Star'' anime, episode 8.] and unlike Tsukasa, has sharp tsurime eyes. Kagami is the quintessential "
tsundere";
she on one side can be the straight and intolerant type however, she is prone to become shy and lonely at times. Kagami is constantly attempting to hide the fact that she has a deep sense of attachment to her friends, especially Konata.
She also seems to take a twisted delight in mocking Konata's smaller-than-average physique, her lack of motivation and her tendency to be a troublemaker, which usually results in Konata becoming very defensive. In spite of all this, she really does care about Konata, and is almost always willing to go places or do favors for her.
:Similarly to Konata, Kagami is a tomboy who likes video games, but plays a different genre than Konata:
scrolling shooters
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) are a sub-genre of action games. There is no consensus as to which design elements compose a shoot 'em up; some restrict the definition to games featuring spacecraft and certain types of chara ...
.
She loves to read
light novels, but is lonely, as no one around her has the same interests as her (though she is implied to have a knack for anime, since a stuffed Bonta-kun doll from ''
Full Metal Panic!
is a series of light novels written by Shoji Gatoh and illustrated by Shiki Douji. The series follows Sousuke Sagara, a member of the covert anti-terrorist private military organization known as Mithril, tasked with protecti ...
'' can be seen in her room). Both Kagami and Tsukasa are left-handed. Kagami shares the name of her creator,
Kagami Yoshimizu
is a Japanese manga artist from Satte, Saitama, Japan. He is best known as the creator of '' Lucky Star'' which began serialization in Kadokawa Shoten's ''Comptiq'' magazine in December 2003. The series has been on hiatus since 2014. He is also ...
, and according to the creator, Kagami was his
pen name
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A pen na ...
in his school days, and had her personality thought out long ago. Kagami became the 2008
Anime Saimoe Tournament's champion with her sister Tsukasa being runner-up.
Tsukasa Hiiragi
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: (old drama CD, NDS video game),
Kaori Fukuhara (anime, radio, PS2 and PSP video game, new drama CD, ''Miyakawa-ke no Kūfuku'' anime and drama CD),
Michelle Ruff
Michelle Ruff is an American voice actress known for her work in anime and video games. In her early voice acting career, she used her mother's name, Georgette Rose, as a pseudonym. Some of her roles include Fujiko Mine in ''Lupin the Third'', C ...
(English)
:Tsukasa is the younger
fraternal twin
Twins are two offspring produced by the same pregnancy.MedicineNet > Definition of TwinLast Editorial Review: 19 June 2000 Twins can be either ''monozygotic'' ('identical'), meaning that they develop from one zygote, which splits and forms two em ...
sister of Kagami Hiiragi and lives in a six-member family household as the youngest member.
She is in the same class as Konata Izumi and excels in cooking. Kagami often uses the term "birds of a feather" to describe the similarities between Tsukasa and Konata, mostly their bad habits. Both often depend on Kagami for help on her homework, but their reasons are different: Tsukasa easily forgets her assignments, while Konata is just too lazy or preoccupied with her hobbies to do them herself.
Unlike some of the other characters in the series, Tsukasa isn't humorous and has not shown any particular interests in video games and anime, but she does like the ''
Sgt. Frog
''Sgt. Frog'', known in Japan as , is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Mine Yoshizaki. It was launched in ''Monthly Shōnen Ace'' in April 1999. The story follows the attempts of a platoon of frog-like alien invaders to c ...
'' series.
:Tsukasa's physique is completely petite, unlike her sister. She's still average, being slightly taller than Konata. Like her twin and Konata, she is one of the most flat chested characters in the series. She has short, purple hair with a ribbon like a head band in it. Her tareme eyes are droopy and she is portrayed as a stereotypical klutz. Tsukasa is very shy, dreamy, gentle, girly, innocent, sensitive, and good natured as opposed to her rough twin. But Tsukasa isn't a bright girl who gets decent grades without her twin's help. She once received a mobile phone for her birthday, but didn't have much luck with it, as the phone was taken away by using it in class and later mistakenly ruined by putting it in the laundry, along with her skirt.
Once, she left instant
yakisoba
''Yakisoba'' ( ja, 焼きそば ), "fried noodle", is a Japanese noodle stir-fried dish. Usually, soba noodles are made from buckwheat flour, but soba in yakisoba are Chinese noodles (Chuuka soba) made from wheat flour, typically flavored with ...
alone after pouring hot water in it, only to come back later discovering there was no water left to drain.
[''Lucky Star'' anime, episode 10.]
:Tsukasa can be a pushover due to her complete nonconfrontational nature. Her naivety, shyness, and kindness gets taken advantage of at times. Konata tends to prank her easily because of this and in addition, Tsukasa is easily embarrassed, blushing a lot. She always stays in her comfort zone as a pure and timid girl.
:Unlike most of the cast of Lucky Star, Tsukasa is a heavy sleeper, and cannot wake up at a set time, even when someone is present to do so.
Like her sister, Tsukasa is left-handed.
:She can be mistaken for cosplaying as
Akari Kamigishi
A list of characters from ''To Heart'' and ''To Heart 2''.
To Heart
Main characters
;
:
:Hiroyuki is the main male character and has a very dry attitude. He is surprisingly empathetic though, but usually shows it through his actions rather than ...
from ''
To Heart
''To Heart'' is a Japanese adult visual novel developed by Leaf and released on May 23, 1997 for Windows. It was later ported to the PlayStation and given voice acting. A second PC version, titled ''To Heart PSE'' was released containin ...
'' when she wears her autumn school uniform, which is pointed out twice in the anime: once, when Konata gave her the actual uniform used in the ''To Heart'' anime for her birthday (while giving Kagami the "Brigade Chief" armband usually worn by Haruhi Suzumiya),
and the second, when two people stopped her at
Akihabara
is a common name for the area around Akihabara Station in the Chiyoda ward of Tokyo, Japan. Administratively, the area called Akihabara mainly belongs to the and Kanda-Sakumachō districts in Chiyoda. There exists an administrative district ca ...
to take her picture, much to her embarrassment.
Miyuki Takara
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: (old drama CD, NDS video game),
Aya Endō (anime, PS2 and PSP video game, new drama CD, ''Miyakawa-ke no Kūfuku'' drama CD),
Karen Strassman
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(English)
:Miyuki is a young lady from a wealthy family who is beautiful, smart, and well-mannered. She always uses extremely polite Japanese, even when talking with her closest friends. She was the class president for her grade level in her first year,
[''Lucky Star'' anime, episode 15.] at the same time that she became good friends with Kagami. Now Miyuki is in the same class as Konata and Tsukasa, and is nicknamed by Tsukasa. Miyuki's classmates often rely on her for help with their studies, and she is often shown giving impromptu but highly detailed, encyclopedic definitions or explanations on diverse and obscure matters, prompting Konata to once call her "Miwiki". She is shown being one of the top three best students in her grade for the semester.
[''Lucky Star'' anime, episode 1.]
:She is described as a stereotypically friendly
meganekko, or glasses-wearing girl and is the tallest of the girls. She is scared of contacts, and of putting them in her eyes, thus why she wears glasses.
Her vision is less than 0.1 (20/200), though it had been good until elementary school, when she began reading books in the dark after her mother dozed off while reading to her in bed.
She likes to read books, but does not read light novels. Miyuki loves to sleep, and she always goes to bed fairly early.
She hates visits to the dentist,
but frequently has to go to fix a loose crown or because of tooth decay. Due to her embodying such a large number of moe archetypes, Miyuki is the frequent-victim of Konata's playful bouts of verbal sexual-harassment. She is seen less often than the other three main characters.
Supporting characters
Classmates
Main characters' classmates
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: (NDS video game and extra drama CD), Kaoru Mizuhara (anime, radio, PS2 and PSP video game, new drama CD, ''Miyakawa-ke no Kūfuku'' drama CD),
Lara Jill Miller
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She voices the title characters in ''Clifford's Puppy Days'', ''The Life ...
(English)
:Misao is a childhood friend of Ayano since middle school, along with Kagami, her classmate.
She is the stereotypical 'tomboy' of the group in contrast to her girly girl friend Ayano. Misao is a boyish girl who tends to be quite lazy, simple-minded and an outdoor type of person. She is in the track and field club, hates studying,
and harbors a love for video games, despite not being particularly talented at them. She has tanned skin, brown hair, slightly slanted eyes, and a small fang in the side of her mouth.
:Misao does not seem to be skilled at playing video games, yet plays them for purely for fun; she notes on having borrowed many games from various people. In fact, her concept of "play for fun" is so strong that she does not mind losing to Kagami, instead marveling at how well her friend plays and making a loud, congratulatory spectacle. This leaves Kagami with a sense of guilt and bewilderment. At one point, Kagami compared Ayano and Misao to Tsukasa and Konata respectively, even though Kagami herself is like Konata and Misao.
Misao dislikes Konata for "stealing" Kagami away from her group, and often rants about Kagami leaving her group for Konata who she knew for only one to two years. She calls Konata by the name which is literally used as an equivalent for "midget" and can be literally translated to "shortie", and she is nicknamed by Konata in the manga.
;
: (NDS video game and extra drama CD),
Mai Aizawa
is a Japanese voice actress and singer affiliated with Aoni Production. She played Ayano in '' Lucky Star'', Natsumi Murakami in ''Negima'' and Mio Naganohara in ''Nichijou''. Her album, ''Moi'', was illustrated by Ken Akamatsu. Aizawa performed ...
(anime, PS2 and PSP video game, new drama CD, ''Miyakawa-ke no Kūfuku'' drama CD),
Peggy O'Neal (English)
:Ayano is Kagami Hiiragi's classmate and has been in the same class with Kagami for the past five years, since middle school;
she is a childhood friend of Misao. She is the stereotypical '
Yamato nadeshiko' of the group. She is very girly, friendly, gentle, passive and likes to take care of people, hence she is portrayed as Misao's caretaker.
However, according to Misao, when Ayano does get angry, she is much more intimidating. Ayano holds back her long orange hair with a headband, but since her front hair is pulled back, she is looked at as having a large forehead. Also, she can make excellent cookies. She is the only ''Lucky Star'' girl who has a boyfriend (her boyfriend is actually Misao's older brother, according to volume 7). At one point, Kagami compared Ayano and Misao to Tsukasa and Konata respectively, both Konata and Misao being outgoing tomboys whilst Tsukasa and Ayano are shy girly girls. Though Kagami herself is similar to Konata and Misao, as she is very boyish, out there, and likes masculine hobbies.
She worries much with Tsukasa.
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:
Kō's classmates
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: (PS2 and PSP video game)
:Kō is the president of the Animation Research Club, and is also the treasurer of the Student Council. She is called by her juniors, including Hiyori, who is a member of the Animation Research Club, and is called by Tamaki. She is studying at Ryōō High School in class 2-F and is the only second year among the ''Lucky Star'' girls at the time of her appearance (the rest being either first- or third-year students). She enjoys playing
anime
is Traditional animation, hand-drawn and computer animation, computer-generated animation originating from Japan. Outside of Japan and in English, ''anime'' refers specifically to animation produced in Japan. However, in Japan and in Japane ...
-themed
fighting game
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s, and also likes to check on new and trendy things, never failing to miss one. She has played fighting games with Konata before, and does not notice that Konata is her senior. She has tanned skin, likes
dōjinshi
, also romanized as ', is the Japanese term for self-published print works, such as magazines, manga, and novels. Part of a wider category of '' doujin'' (self-published) works, ''doujinshi'' are often derivative of existing works and created ...
, manga, observing people, chatting, and gambling. In ''Lucky Star: Ryōō Gakuen Ōtōsai'', she is a good friend of Yamato Nagamori.
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: (PS2 and PSP video game)
:Yamato is the central character of ''Lucky Star: Ryōō Gakuen Ōtōsai'', the
PlayStation 2
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game of ''Lucky Star''. A mysterious transfer student who transfer along with the protagonist in the game, her former school is Saint Fiorina All-Girls High School, and was in class 2-3 before she transferred to 3-B, the same class as Konata. She acts emotionless, spoiled and mysterious, giving her a typical tsuntsun personality. She was Kō's close friend when she was still a junior-high student. In the game, Yamato had a fatal collision with a star-shaped survey spaceship which crashed because of a mysterious event at Ryōō school festival. To prevent the accident from happening, the alien resurrects and fuses with Yamato who transfers to Ryōō High on a mission to reverse time several days before the festival to track down the accident's cause, and after telling the game's protagonist the reason behind the time loop and time reversals, Yamato hopes for the protagonist's trial-and-error déjà-vu to find ways to erase possible events in the school festival that would lead to the accident. After the puzzle is solved, Yamato reveals herself as an alien which leaves Yamato's body and erases everyone's memory about the whole incident and Yamato returns to Saint Fiorina All-Girls High School. In the manga, Yamato retains some alien powers such as ESP and projecting thought, though she's clueless why she can. Her hobby is
karaoke
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and
cycling
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. She likes soft
adzuki bean
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jelly,
Yukimi Daifuku
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, and summer. She dislikes
shellfish
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, and winter.
;
:Tamaki is a girl in Kō's class and the Animation Research Club, introduced in volume seven of the manga. She is called by Kō and Miku.
;
:Miku is a girl in Kō's class and the Animation Research Club, and is also class president, introduced in volume seven of the manga. She is called by Kō and Tamaki.
Yutaka's classmates
;
: (old drama CD, NDS video game),
Shizuka Hasegawa
is a Japanese voice actress from Tokyo, Japan. She appears as a main cast member in a number of Japanese anime shows including as: Yukino in ''Nagasarete Airantō'', Nana in '' Angel Tales'', Tomohane in '' Inukami'', Akane Miura in ''Rocket Girl ...
(anime, PS2 and PSP video game, new drama CD, ''Miyakawa-ke no Kūfuku'' drama CD),
Hynden Walch (English)
:Yutaka is Konata's cousin and Yui's younger sister. She first appeared in episode fourteen in the anime when she was admitted into Ryōō High School and moves to live with Konata to help with the
commute
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* Commuting, the process of travelling between a place of residence and a place of work
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. She has been known to be quite sickly which has impacted her school life, but she remains cheerful nonetheless. She befriends Minami Iwasaki, Hiyori Tamura and Patricia Martin at school.
;
: (old drama CD, NDS video game),
Minori Chihara (anime, PS2 and PSP video game, new drama CD, ''Miyakawa-ke no Kūfuku'' drama CD),
Michelle Ruff
Michelle Ruff is an American voice actress known for her work in anime and video games. In her early voice acting career, she used her mother's name, Georgette Rose, as a pseudonym. Some of her roles include Fujiko Mine in ''Lupin the Third'', C ...
(English)
:Minami comes from a wealthy family, and she lives across the street from Miyuki Takara.
She owns a very large white dog and has a parasol in her yard.
Her hobbies include reading books, playing the piano, and playing with her dog, Cherry. She is the stereotypical 'kuudere', a very silent girl (usually speaking in as few words as possible) who does not show much emotion, Minami is often mistaken for being cold, but she is very kind at heart.
However, many jokes arise when her seemingly "perfectly sleek" appearance is contradicted, such as when Miyuki's mother notices Minami teaching Cherry how to stand on her hind legs by mimicking the position herself; Minami often blushes heavily and stares at the floor in response to such teasing. Like Konata, Minami has a flat chest as well, but she is ashamed of it. She was admitted to Ryōō Gakuen High School, along with Yutaka Kobayakawa, whom she met during the admissions exam; afterward, she helped Yutaka go to the nurse's office when she became sick. Once there, she gave Yutaka her handkerchief, which started their friendship.
She and Yutaka are in the same class, and Minami is the class health officer.
She's the 'mysterious' and 'emotionless' one out of the group according to her friends. Similar to Konata, in both the Japanese and English dubs of the anime she has the same voice actress as
Yuki Nagato
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of ''
The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya''; like Minami, Yuki is also a 'mysterious' and 'emotionless' character, although for different reasons.
:Minami has short, mint-green hair and her eyes are slightly slanted upward, giving them a 'sharp' appearance similar to that of Kagami's. She is very slender and quite tall for her age.
Due to her short hair and lean body structure, Minami has a tendency to look more
androgynous
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When ''androgyny'' refers to mixed biological sex characteristics i ...
than the other ''Lucky Star'' characters (a reason that Hiyori Tamura often pairs her and Yutaka as
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models). She gets along with Miyuki, since they have similar tastes and are from the same neighborhood; Minami has often been compared to being Miyuki's "little sister" due to Minami's clingy attraction to her neighbor from when they were younger.
;
: (NDS video game and extra drama CD),
Kaori Shimizu
is a Japanese actress and voice actress who was affiliated with Three Tree Productions and Max Mix.
Filmography Anime
Video games
Other
* ''Yotekku'' radio program – Interim host – replacing Natsuko Kuwatani
* ''Pun-Colle ~voice actr ...
(anime, PS2 and PSP video game, new drama CD, ''Miyakawa-ke no Kūfuku'' drama CD),
Philece Sampler
Debra Philece Sampler (July 16, 1953 – July 1, 2021) was an American film, television and voice actress. She got her start on the soap operas ''Days of Our Lives'' as Renée DuMonde and '' Another World'' as Donna Love Hudson.
In addition to ...
(English)
:Hiyori is an amateur
dōjin
In Japan, is a group of people who share an interest, activity, or hobby. The word is sometimes translated into English as "clique", "fandom", "coterie", "society", or "circle" (as in "sewing circle"). Self-published creative works produced b ...
artist, who is also the first-year classmate of Yutaka Kobayakawa and Minami Iwasaki. Additionally, she is an
otaku who creates her own
dōjinshi
, also romanized as ', is the Japanese term for self-published print works, such as magazines, manga, and novels. Part of a wider category of '' doujin'' (self-published) works, ''doujinshi'' are often derivative of existing works and created ...
; her genres are broad, stretching from
boys love to
yuri Yuri may refer to:
People and fictional characters
Given name
*Yuri (Slavic name), the Slavic masculine form of the given name George, including a list of people with the given name Yuri, Yury, etc.
*Yuri (Japanese name), also Yūri, feminine Jap ...
.
Hiyori is always searching for a good plot to use in her dōjinshi, and tends to imagine Yutaka and Minami in romantic moments, only to grow embarrassed over the idea and break into an emotional outburst, which leaves Yutaka and Minami clueless. Even if she has a moment of enlightenment, she fails to jot down notes about it, which causes her to forget what her great idea was about. Called by Konata and Kō (also Konata called and Kō called "Hiyori"), she tends to be a kind person, but has unfortunate luck. Hiyori has a friendly personality, but is prone to becoming bashful, leading to simple mistakes during a decisive moment. Throughout the series it is implied that Hiyori has a hard time with animals. This is often portrayed by her interactions with Minami's dog, Cherry. For example, in the OVA, Cherry beats Hiyori with his paws and frightens her. Hiyori has long black hair, a wide forehead, and is a
meganekko. She is a member of the Animation Research Club, and is Kō's junior.
;
: (old drama CD, NDS video game),
Nozomi Sasaki (anime, PS2 and PSP video game, new drama CD, ''Miyakawa-ke no Kūfuku'' drama CD),
Patricia Ja Lee
Patricia Ja Lee (born July 19, 1975) is an American actress. She is best known for her roles of Cassie Chan, the Pink Ranger on the television series ''Power Rangers Turbo'' and ''Power Rangers in Space,'' and as the voice and motion capture act ...
(English)
:Patricia, nicknamed , is a first-year transfer student from the
United States
The United States of America (U.S.A. or USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S. or US) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. It consists of 50 states, a federal district, five major unincorporated territorie ...
. She is in the same class as Yutaka Kobayakawa and Minami Iwasaki. Patricia is the happiest of the cast. She loves anime and manga and has learned all her Japanese through them,
leading to her having a very unusual Japanese vocabulary. She tends to make quite a few generalizations of Japan and Japanese culture based on otaku culture, even more so than her senior, Konata Izumi. She claims to enjoy a wide range of Japanese music, however the only artists she listens to are those who have performed anime theme songs, and only those songs alone. She is extremely bubbly, energetic, and lively. Aside from Miyuki Takara, she has the second biggest chest size, and she is second tallest to Miyuki. Patricia works with Konata at the same
cosplay café.
;
:Izumi is a girl in Hiyori's, Patricia's, Yutaka's, and Minami's class, introduced in volume seven of the manga. Like Patricia, she is also an otaku, but tries to hide it as she is an upper-class girl who is also class president. However, she runs into Hiyori on one of her shopping trips, who discovers her secret. She is good at home economics, but is bad at art. She likes "cute" things and sweets, as well as coffee and milk.
Teachers
;
: (old drama CD, NDS video game),
Konomi Maeda
is a female Japanese voice actress formerly affiliated with Aoni Production.
Voice roles
*''Detective Conan'' as Madoka Mitsui (ep 236–237)
*''Haré+Guu'' as Toposte
*''Ie Naki Ko Remi'' as girl (Ep. 12); Pierre (Ep. 14+)
*'' Jungle wa itsumo H ...
(anime, PS2 and PSP video game, new drama CD, ''Miyakawa-ke no Kūfuku'' drama CD),
Kate Higgins (English)
:Nanako Kuroi is the homeroom teacher for Konata Izumi's class and her primary subject is world history. She is more like a friend than their teacher, as she has a relaxed personality. She frequently borrows and exchanges video games with Konata, and they both play the same
online role-playing game
A role-playing video game (commonly referred to as simply a role-playing game or RPG, as well as a computer role-playing game or CRPG) is a video game genre where the player controls the actions of a character (or several party members) immers ...
. It is mentioned on multiple occasions that Konata is a
tanker while Kuroi is a
wizard who only does
AOE skills.
[''Lucky Star'' anime, episode 5.] She is also online regularly, even on
Christmas
Christmas is an annual festival commemorating Nativity of Jesus, the birth of Jesus, Jesus Christ, observed primarily on December 25 as a religious and cultural celebration among billions of people Observance of Christmas by country, around t ...
and
New Year's Day
New Year's Day is a festival observed in most of the world on 1 January, the first day of the year in the modern Gregorian calendar. 1 January is also New Year's Day on the Julian calendar, but this is not the same day as the Gregorian one. Wh ...
. A running gag within the series is whenever Konata and Nanako are both online together, Nanako tells Konata to stop slacking off, but then continues to slack, herself.
: Nanako has green eyes, and very long, blonde hair, which she ties at the back of her neck. Nanako is also
ambidextrous. She enjoys watching baseball, and is a big fan of the
Chiba Lotte Marines. Also, Nanako speaks in a fake
Kansai accent
The is a group of Japanese dialects in the Kansai region (Kinki region) of Japan. In Japanese, is the common name and it is called in technical terms. The dialects of Kyoto and Osaka are known as , and were particularly referred to as suc ...
. Nanako is single, often too busy playing video games.
She is completely oblivious to Yui Narumi's marital status and converses sympathetically with Yui about single life.
: Nanako frequently experiences realistic and humorously tragic computer troubles such as winding herself up for an online game only to be stopped by emergency maintenance on the gaming server or writing a very long online blog only to lose it to a brief Internet interruption during submission. Such incidents usually end with her going to bed and sniffing sadly in a pitiful fashion.
;
: (NDS video game and extra drama CD),
Miki Inoue
is a Japanese voice actress affiliated with Aoni Production. Her hometown is Wakayama, Wakayama Prefecture.
Filmography Anime television series
*''Binbō Shimai Monogatari'' (xxxx) - Telephone Guidance
*'' Shoot!'' (xxxx) - Michiko Izumi
*'' Nei ...
(anime, PS2 and PSP video game, new drama CD, ''Miyakawa-ke no Kūfuku'' drama CD),
Dorothy Elias-Fahn
Dorothy Elias-Fahn (born March 13 in California), formerly known as Dorothy Melendrez, is an American voice actress. Some of her prominent lead roles include List of characters in Trigun#Meryl Stryfe, Meryl Stryfe in ''Trigun'', Sayaka Maizono, ...
(English)
:Hikaru Sakuraba is the biology teacher at Ryōō High School, and is the homeroom teacher of Kagami's class 3-C. She is also the captain of the ''Lucky Star'' informational ad section, which was renamed and . She is feared by Akira, but Akira later calls Hikaru a betrayer. She likes
CalorieMate
CalorieMate (カロリーメイト ''karorīmeito'') is a brand of nutritional energy bar and energy gel foods produced by Otsuka Pharmaceutical Co., in Japan. It was first released in 1983 debuting with a cheese flavored block. CalorieMate com ...
and sleeping, dislikes vegetables, and people who quickly misunderstand things. She is Fuyuki's good friend, who works as a school nurse. She appears briefly in episode twenty-four of the anime, making sure that Akira and Minoru will do things right, who are in bad terms after the event of episode twenty-one of "Lucky Channel".
;
: (PS2 and PSP video game)
:Fuyuki Amahara is the school nurse of Ryōō High School, and the advisor of the Tea Ceremony club. She first appeared in the
omake part of volume four of the manga, but later appears regularly starting from volume five. Hikaru is her childhood friend and her guardian. She has a high popularity with the male students. Her hobbies are jogging and reading. She likes
black tea, antique art, the
occult
The occult, in the broadest sense, is a category of esoteric supernatural beliefs and practices which generally fall outside the scope of religion and science, encompassing phenomena involving otherworldly agency, such as magic and mysticism a ...
and horror, but dislikes riding on boats and cannot swim. She, Yamato Nagamori and Kō Yasaka are the only characters who never made appearances in the anime, though the nurse's office is frequently referenced.
Families
Izumi family
;
: (anime, PS2 and PSP video game, new drama CD, ''Miyakawa-ke no Kūfuku'' drama CD),
Tony Oliver (English)
:Sōjirō is Konata Izumi's father, an author who works at home.
He always wears loose, traditional Japanese clothing as his work clothes. He loves watching anime and playing video games,
which influenced his daughter's interests. Sōjirō is "also a
lolicon
In Japanese popular culture, is a genre of fictional media in which young (or young-looking) girl characters appear in romantic or sexual contexts. The term, a portmanteau of the English phrase "Lolita complex", also refers to desire and a ...
". This appreciation for
neoteny
Neoteny (), also called juvenilization,Montagu, A. (1989). Growing Young. Bergin & Garvey: CT. is the delaying or slowing of the physiological, or somatic, development of an organism, typically an animal. Neoteny is found in modern humans compared ...
may be one factor that caused him to fall in love with Kanata, whom he eventually married. He describes that he likes girls as some men do, but that he also appreciates younger ones. This means that this attraction is equal or possibly secondary, meaning he does not have a preference for them, so despite being a 'lolicon' (person with a lolita complex) he is not a
pedophile
Pedophilia ( alternatively spelt paedophilia) is a psychiatric disorder in which an adult or older adolescent experiences a primary or exclusive sexual attraction to prepubescent children. Although girls typically begin the process of puberty a ...
. Throughout the show news reports and conversations indicate that young girls in the area are being approached by a strange man, and a running joke in the show involves hints that Sōjirō is in fact the one doing it. The best example of this is the opening, part of which involves Sōjirō spying on two schoolgirls from behind a lamppost.
:Sōjirō is very thin, and has unshaven facial hair, he has a mole under his left eye which his daughter inherited and has thick eyebrows. Additionally, he is allergic to pollen and when he decided to wear goggles and masks as protection from it, Konata sighed that, "Now you ''look'' weirder as well".
She also frequently reminds him, "Please don't do anything as to be taken away by the cops".
Also, he often forgets to lock the door when he is using the toilet, which leaves Yutaka in tremendous shock.
:Sōjirō holds a deep love for his wife, Kanata Izumi, who died many years before. When Konata asks why Kanata chose to be with Sōjirō (largely as a joke at his erotic personality's expense), Sōjirō points out that he and his wife simply looked past outwards appearances: Kanata loved Sōjirō despite his otaku tendencies, and Sōjirō obviously did not mind that Kanata had an unusual physique and did not share his hobbies. He also says that one of the few things in life he was and still is absolutely confident in is that no one in the world loved Kanata more than he did.
;
: (anime, PS2 and PSP video game),
Rebecca Olkowski (English)
:Kanata was Konata Izumi's mother, who was also very short and bore a striking resemblance to Konata (minus Konata's
ahoge, the catlike smile and the
beauty mark under her left eye).
She is described by Konata and Sōjirō Izumi as having a personality straight out of a
bishōjo game. She died when Konata was an infant of unspecified causes and her only appearances in the manga are through a single photograph and through Sōjirō's memory. Since she was Sōjirō's childhood friend, Konata has wondered if that was one of the main reasons why her mother married Sōjirō. In the animated version and in the omake for volume six of the manga, Kanata returns to the Izumi residence as a spirit, and walks in on a conversation both Konata and Sōjirō were having about her. She is touched by Sōjirō's kind words that he was the only one who truly loved her as much as he did (she later realized that she too, loved him deeply), and even took a picture with him and Konata together. However, when Sōjirō and Konata look at the photo image in the camera, they are spooked at what appears to be a shadow standing behind them. Konata wants to delete the image, while Sōjirō wants to burn it, thinking that the family will end up cursed if they let it be, but Kanata pleads with them not to delete the picture to no avail, as no one can see or hear her.
;
: (old drama CD, NDS video game), Saori Nishihara (anime, PS2 and PSP video game, new drama CD),
Julie Ann Taylor
Julie Ann Taylor (born January 29, 1966 in Orange County, California) is an American voice actress who is best known for her role of Ai Tanabe in ''Planetes'', Mutsumi Otohime in ''Love Hina'', Yukari Hayasaka in ''Paradise Kiss'' and Taiga Fujim ...
(English)
:Yui is Konata Izumi's cousin and Yutaka Kobayakawa's older sister. She is a very easy going female police officer for the Saitama Prefectural Police Department who acts before thinking. She is a bit of a klutz and is a
meganekko. However, she has a tendency to exhibit
road rage
Road rage is aggressive or angry behavior exhibited by motorists. These behaviors include rude and verbal insults, yelling, physical threats or dangerous driving methods targeted at other drivers, pedestrians or cyclists in an effort to intimid ...
when she is behind the wheel (but, incidentally, shows incredible skill, as a street racer, much in the same vein of ''
Initial D
is a Japanese street racing manga series written and illustrated by Shuichi Shigeno. It was serialized in Kodansha's ''seinen'' manga magazine ''Weekly Young Magazine'' from 1995 to 2013, with the chapters collected into 48 ''ta ...
''
's Takumi Fujiwara).
[''Lucky Star'' anime, episode 6.] Yui has a well-rounded face, a large forehead, a catlike smile similar to Konata's and straight, short hair. She isn't into fashion that much, and after getting married, Yui left behind her
maiden name, ''Kobayakawa''. However, her husband is out of town most of the time during the series, so she frequently visits Konata's house, mainly as a distraction, seeking to play her video games and read her manga. Usually, Yui will come over to Konata's home very late at night while drunk. A running gag in the series is that Nanako Kuroi is oblivious to the fact that Yui is married. She drives a blue
Subaru Vivio RX-R in the anime.
;
: (anime),
Lex Lang
Lex Lang (born November 12, 1965) is an American voice actor and voice director, who has provided voices and served as a director for a number of animations and video games. He is best known for voicing Doctor Neo Cortex in the ''Crash Bandicoo ...
(English)
:Kiyotaka is Yui Narumi's husband and Konata Izumi's cousin, by family. He is currently away and his only appearances throughout the series was through a phone conversation with his wife.
Hiiragi family
;
: (anime, new drama CD),
Richard Epcar (English)
:Tadao is the father of the Hiiragi family and has short black hair. He works as a
Shinto
Shinto () is a religion from Japan. Classified as an East Asian religion by scholars of religion, its practitioners often regard it as Japan's indigenous religion and as a nature religion. Scholars sometimes call its practitioners ''Shintois ...
kannushi of the Takanomiya Shrine (based on the
Washinomiya Shrine). As a parent, he often makes sure that his daughters are doing their school work,
and checks on their progress.
He is the only one in the Hiiragi family who is right-handed.
;
: (anime, new drama CD),
Peggy O'Neal (English)
:Miki has long blue violet hair and is the mother of the Hiiragi family. She is able to maintain a trim, young-and-beautiful appearance, despite having given birth to four daughters.
;
: (anime, new drama CD),
Bridget Hoffman (English)
:Inori has short dark plum-purple hair and is the eldest sister of the Hiiragi sisters. She is a
miko at the Takanomiya Shrine.
[''Lucky Star'' anime, episode 12.]
;
: (anime, new drama CD),
Dorothy Elias-Fahn
Dorothy Elias-Fahn (born March 13 in California), formerly known as Dorothy Melendrez, is an American voice actress. Some of her prominent lead roles include List of characters in Trigun#Meryl Stryfe, Meryl Stryfe in ''Trigun'', Sayaka Maizono, ...
(English)
:Matsuri has short light brown hair and is the second eldest sister of the Hiiragi sisters, after Inori Hiiragi. She is a college student
and a miko at the Takanomiya Shrine.
She tends to be less dependable than Inori when helping their younger sisters with school work.
Takara family
;
: (anime, PS2 and PSP video game, new drama CD),
Bridget Hoffman (English)
:Yukari is Miyuki Takara's mother, who tends to be very well-mannered, but can be a bit of a klutz. She is warm and friendly, once talking with a telemarketer for over an hour,
and has a mischievous sense of humor. Yukari's hair is short and unlike her daughter, she does not wear eyeglasses. She doesn't like to do household chores,
which explains why she isn't very skilled with household items. On one occasion, she thought that a colored candle was a
popsicle. Yukari is often mistaken for Miyuki's "big sister", rather than her mother,
due to her youthfully cuddly appearance, which, combined with her adorably cheerful personality and endearing clumsiness, has resulted in her being regarded as
moe
Moe, MOE, MoE or m.o.e. may refer to:
In arts and entertainment Characters
* Moe Szyslak, from the animated television show ''The Simpsons''
* Moe, leader of The Three Stooges, played by Moe Howard
* Moe Higurashi, supporting character in ''Yash ...
, a trait not common for women in anime in their thirties.
Iwasaki family
;
: (anime, PSP video game),
Dorothy Elias-Fahn
Dorothy Elias-Fahn (born March 13 in California), formerly known as Dorothy Melendrez, is an American voice actress. Some of her prominent lead roles include List of characters in Trigun#Meryl Stryfe, Meryl Stryfe in ''Trigun'', Sayaka Maizono, ...
(English)
:Honoka is Minami Iwasaki's mother and Yukari Takara's friend.
;
: (anime, PSP video game),
Derek Stephen Prince (English)
: Cherry is Minami Iwasaki family's dog. Her name originates from Kagami Yoshimizu's family dog's name.
Characters introduced in other ''Lucky Star'' media
''Lucky Channel''
;
: (NDS video game and extra drama CD),
Hiromi Konno (radio, anime, PS2 and PSP video game, new drama CD, ''Miyakawa-ke no Kūfuku'' anime and drama CD),
Stephanie Sheh (English)
:Akira is a fourteen-year-old junior high school student, who is also the captain of the ''Lucky Star'' informational ad section called in the ''
Comptiq'' magazine. Akira has short salmon pink hair and has an
ahoge towards the right side of her head, and has golden yellow eyes. Her arms are so short that the sleeves of her winter school uniform easily cover her hands.
Akira tends to be very energetic, and her chief form of greeting is "Hiya, Luckies!", and frequently ends each episode with "Bye-ni!". , as in the Japanese number two, and can be written as "Bye
2", resulting in a shorter and cuter form of Bye-Bye. The cute persona, however, is a facade; in reality, whenever she is annoyed or feels that her career or popularity is threatened (usually both by her assistant, Minoru Shiraishi), Akira's bright persona is instantaneously shed to reveal a deep voiced, violent, chain-smoking, selfish, cynic of a burnt out entertainer on the brink of becoming a has-been. However, her talents are undeniable; she has been in the entertainment business since the age of three. She can be quite cruel towards Minoru, both physically and emotionally. She has been known to throw all sorts of objects (such as her overflowing ashtray) into his face, particularly whenever he mentions that a girl in the ''Lucky Star'' cast is cute. Akira's disturbing and menacing persona may be a tongue in cheek and satirical look at the insecurities of
Japanese idol
An is a type of entertainer marketed for image, attractiveness, and personality in Japanese pop culture. Idols are primarily singers with training in acting, dancing, and modeling. Idols are commercialized through merchandise and endorsements b ...
s, whose popularity is constantly threatened by the "next cutest thing on the block".
:She is the main character of the manga ''
Akira no Ōkoku'' (Akira's Kingdom), which is still being serialized in magazine ''
Comp Ace'' published by
Kadokawa Shoten
, formerly , is a Japanese publisher and division of Kadokawa Future Publishing based in Tokyo, Japan. It became an internal division of Kadokawa Corporation on October 1, 2013. Kadokawa publishes manga, light novels, manga anthology magazines su ...
. She is called by Rinko.
;
:
;
: (radio, anime, PS2 and PSP video game, new drama CD),
Sam Riegel (English)
:Minoru appears in the "Lucky Channel" segment at the end of each ''Lucky Star'' episode, but is also a minor recurring character, as a member of Konata Izumi's class. He is the animated version of his voice actor,
Minoru Shiraishi, although it is likely that the animated version is only around eighteen years old, due to him being in class 3-B. In the karaoke end credits theme sequence after episode two of the anime, it was revealed that Minoru has a part-time position, working at the karaoke bar Konata and her friends sing at. In the "Lucky Channel" segment, Minoru is Akira Kogami's assistant, who repeatedly gets yelled at (and physically abused) by Akira, if he does or says something not to her liking. Usually, just when he attains enough confidence to speak out and enjoy himself, Akira stops in his tracks, usually insulting him for "being full of himself." Minoru was nicknamed "Sebastian" by Konata one day, because of his likeness to a butler. Since then, the ''Lucky Star'' cast and Akira herself has called him this. After a trip to the forests around
Mount Fuji
, or Fugaku, located on the island of Honshū, is the highest mountain in Japan, with a summit elevation of . It is the second-highest volcano located on an island in Asia (after Mount Kerinci on the island of Sumatra), and seventh-highest p ...
to get spring water for Akira, Minoru comes back a dirty and torn-up mess, and was more than likely mauled by a bear during his quest, judging from the claw-marks on his back. Akira dubbed the water as too warm, spat it on the camera lens and then threw the rest in his face. This, after her cocktail of constant physical and mental abuse (not to mention being mauled by a bear for ''nothing''), was the straw that broke the camel's back, causing Minoru to go berserk and destroy the set for "Lucky Channel". During their confrontation in episode twenty-one of the anime, it seems that he has lost his fear of Akira, yelling right back at her and thwarting her desire to perform. In the final episode, with the stage wrecked, they do their last show, only to have yet another argument—she starts singing her song, but he, claiming this is merely a microphone check, cuts her off after only a few seconds. He appears briefly in ''Lucky Star: Ryōō Gakuen Ōtōsai'', the
PlayStation 2
The PlayStation 2 (PS2) is a home video game console developed and marketed by Sony Computer Entertainment. It was first released in Japan on 4 March 2000, in North America on 26 October 2000, in Europe on 24 November 2000, and in Australia on 3 ...
game of ''Lucky Star'' in a secret scene, where he is shown to trying to find the spring water in
Mount Fuji
, or Fugaku, located on the island of Honshū, is the highest mountain in Japan, with a summit elevation of . It is the second-highest volcano located on an island in Asia (after Mount Kerinci on the island of Sumatra), and seventh-highest p ...
before being mauled.
;
: (''Miyakawa-ke no Kūfuku'' drama CD)
: Nyandarō is a cat puppet, and Akira's partner of the ''Lucky Star'' informational ad section called late term and in the ''
Comptiq'' magazine.
;
: Chihiro is a nine-year-old primary school student, and Akira's partner of the ''Lucky Star'' informational ad section called late term and in the ''
Comp Ace'' magazine.
''Akira no Ōkoku''
;
:
;
:Madoka is a girl in Akira's class. She is called by Rinko. She is a tall girl, has short hair, and is shy girl.
;
:Akuru is a girl in Akira's class. She is called by Rinko and by Madoka. She is very cool, and has long black hair.
;
:Rinko is a girl in Akira's class. She is called by Madoka. She is a short girl and is a cheerful troublemaker.
''Miyakawa-ke no Kūfuku''
;
: (NDS video game and extra drama CD),
Yukiko Takaguchi
is a Japanese voice actress. Her biggest role was in the anime '' The Wallflower'' where she voiced Sunako Nakahara. Other major roles include Soreto in ''Fantastic Children'', Setsuko Ohara in ''Super Robot Wars Z'', Vante in '' Queen's Blade: ...
(anime, PS2 and PSP video game, new drama CD), Maina Shimagata (''Miyakawa-ke no Kūfuku''),
Kate Higgins (English)
:Hinata is a young girl with long salmon pink hair, which she ties just a bit to the left of her forehead with a rabbit clip; she has pink droopy eyes and is a
meganekko. She makes a living through a job at a local
dōjin
In Japan, is a group of people who share an interest, activity, or hobby. The word is sometimes translated into English as "clique", "fandom", "coterie", "society", or "circle" (as in "sewing circle"). Self-published creative works produced b ...
shop. However, she remains poor, as all her money is spent on
manga
Manga (Japanese: 漫画 ) are comics or graphic novels originating from Japan. Most manga conform to a style developed in Japan in the late 19th century, and the form has a long prehistory in earlier Japanese art. The term ''manga'' is u ...
and
dōjinshi
, also romanized as ', is the Japanese term for self-published print works, such as magazines, manga, and novels. Part of a wider category of '' doujin'' (self-published) works, ''doujinshi'' are often derivative of existing works and created ...
.
;
: (NDS video game and extra drama CD),
Yui Kano
is a Japanese voice actress from Sumida, Tokyo, Japan. She currently works for Aoni Production. She also starred in the live-action film Cat Girl Kiki.
Anime cast in
*'' Ayakashi ~ Japanese Classic Horror'' as Wominaheshi (Tenshu Monogatari)
*''C ...
(anime, PS2 and PSP video game, new drama CD), Koto Kawasaki (''Miyakawa-ke no Kūfuku''),
Rebecca Forstadt (English)
:Hikage is the younger sister of Hinata Miyakawa and is in the fourth grade; she is the youngest character in ''Lucky Star''. She attends the Sakura-en Public Elementary School, and is in class 4-1. She is not an
otaku like her older sister, and as such carries the typical
tsundere personality. Hikage lives in poverty because of her older sister and wants to grow up so she can get a job on her own; ironically, though, her dream is to eat meat. It is also because of her poverty caused by her sister that she starts to have distaste over otaku. Hikage likes to play
gachapon
, also called , is a trademark of Bandai. Among the variety of vending machine-dispensed capsule toys that originated in the 1960s, it became popular in Japan and elsewhere. "Gashapon" is onomatopoeic from the two sounds "gasha" (or "gacha") fo ...
, shopping, and travelling. Hikage's appearance in the game has her with long light-purple hair; her hairstyle is distinctive, as she thinly braids her hair to the right, and uses that as a ribbon to tie her remaining hair. Her eyes are light blue and are slanted upward. Her appearance is a little different in the anime and manga, as she has short, blue hair instead of long, purple hair.
:She is called by Erika.
;
: (''Miyakawa-ke no Kūfuku'')
:Yukina is a girl in Hikage's class. She is called by Erika. She is a very shy girl, and has short hair.
;
: (''Miyakawa-ke no Kūfuku'')
:Erika is a girl in Hikage's class. She is called by Hikage and by Yukina. She wears her hair tied into a ponytail. She is interested in romance.
;
: (''Miyakawa-ke no Kūfuku'')
:Daisuke is a boy in Hikage's class. He is called by Yukina. He has a
tsundere personality.
;
: (''Miyakawa-ke no Kūfuku'')
:Kazuhiko Osawa is the homeroom teacher for Hikage's class. He is a gentle teacher with glasses, but he does not have to rely on his glasses too often.
;
: (''Miyakawa-ke no Kūfuku'')
:Marina Koizumi is a teacher of Hikage's school. She is a Kazuhiko Osawa's colleage. She has long hair and an elusive personality.
References
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Comics characters introduced in 2003