Characters of the Boogiepop series

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Characters of the Boogiepop series, by Kouhei Kadono. The Boogiepop series includes fourteen light novels, a live action film, an anime, two manga, and several short stories. Whilst most characters feature in multiple titles in the series, every new addition introduces many new characters. There are also only four key protagonists who feature in every title.

Seiyū and voice actors for Boogiepop Phantom, as well as actors for Boogiepop and Others, are listed under the appropriate character. A list of all titles the character appears in is also present for each of the minor characters.

Contents

[edit] Protagonists

Spoiler warning: Plot and/or ending details follow.
Boogiepop (ブギーポップ Bugīpoppu?)
Seiyū: Kaori Shimizu, voice actor: Debora Rabbai, actor: Sayaka Yoshino
Main article: Boogiepop (character)
The shinigami whispered of among the female students of Shinyo Academy, few people know that Boogiepop actually exists. Normally dormant, Boogiepop rises to the surface when enemies of the world appear. Boogiepop's appearance and voice are ambiguous: they seem both masculine and feminine at the same time. However, hidden beneath her signature black cloak and black, pipe-shaped hat, little is ever seen of her. Straight-faced and to the point, Boogiepop acts as mechanical as she claims to be. Boogiepop speaks in an archaic manner, and seems fond of whistling Wagner's Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg.
Kirima Nagi (霧間凪 Kirima Nagi?)
Seiyū: Yuu Asakawa, voice actor: Rachael Lillis, actor: Maya Kurosu
Main article: Kirima Nagi
Known as the Fire Witch to many, Kirima has made few friends due the way she distances herself from others: she knows that she is too dangerous for 'normal' people to associate with. She has a messianic complex, and seeks to save the world from whatever may threaten it. As such, whenever there are unusual happenings within the city, Kirima can be found investigating what has happened. In the past, she had spent a period of time in hospital. A combination of the events from that period of her life, as well as the death of her father, the famous writer Kirima Seiichi, brought her to follow this path in life. Extremely gifted both physically and intellectually, she has the basic tools she needs to carry out her self-appointed mission.
Miyashita Touka (宮下藤花 Miyashita Tōka?)
Seiyū: Kaori Shimizu, voice actor: Debora Rabbai, actor: Sayaka Yoshino)
Main article: Miyashita Touka
An ordinary, happy school girl at Shinyo Academy, Miyashita is in love with her boyfriend, Takeda Keiji, and close friends with Suema Kazuko. Not particularly good at school, she does not stand out in any way. Unknown to most, she was hospitalised as a child, and this saw her life change, though even Miyashita herself does not seem to know the truth of what happened, and was simply told that she had been possessed by a kitsune. Unknowingly, when the world is in trouble, she carries a Spalding sports bag containing the effects of Boogiepop, her alternate personality. She has no recollection of her time as Boogiepop, and alters her memories to explain the blanks.
Suema Kazuko (末間和子 Suema Kazuko?)
Seiyū: Kyo Nagasawa, voice actor: Anne Benkovitz, actor: Mami Shimizu
Main article: Suema Kazuko
As a result of a childhood trauma, Suema has developed an unusual fascination with criminal and abnormal psychology, as well as the desire to not let anything occur around her without her knowing. As a result of this, she desperately seeks the truth about the unexplained events happening in her city, and meddles with forces best left untouched. Good friends with Miyashita Touka, Suema appreciates how she so open and unconditionally accepting of her, and looks out for her friend. She seeks to be closer with Kirima Nagi, who seems to know the answers to the questions that have haunted her all these years.

[edit] Boogiepop and Others

Echoes (エコーズ Ekōzu?)
Main article: Echoes (Boogiepop)
Seiyū: Taiki Matsuno, voice actor: William Hirsh, actor: Yasufumi Teriwaki
An alien being sent to evaluate humans, when Echoes takes on human form to engage with human society, he inadvertently takes on a form more highly evolved than current humans. His knowledge is sealed away by restricting his ability to speak to only repeating the words used by others around him. This is why he is named Echoes: in reference to the Greek Nymph, Echo. He was captured by the Towa Organisation who experimented upon him, creating their synthetic humans from what they learned. They also attempted to clone Echoes, but their failed attempt resulted in the creation of Manticore.
Trivia: Echoes is a song from the album Meddle, released by Pink Floyd in 1971.
Appearances: Boogiepop and Others, Boogiepop at Dawn, Boogiepop Phantom
Kamikishiro Naoko (紙木城直子 Kamikishiro Naoko?)
Actor: Asumi Miwa
Kamikishiro Naoko is a third year student at Shinyo Academy, and going out with both Kimura Akio and Tanaka Shiro. Though known to be a kind, happy-go-lucky girl, she often sings Life is Brief. By chance, she finds Echoes collapsed in the street, and is compelled to help him. Despite his inability to communicate effectively via speech, Kamikishiro finds that she shares a telepathic link with him, and learns of Manticore.
Appearances: Boogiepop and Others, Boogiepop at Dawn, Boogiepop Phantom
Kimura Akio (木村明雄 Kimura Akio?)
Actor: Tetsu Sawaki
A second year student at Shinyo Academy, he finds himself in love with Kamikishiro Naoko.
Appearances: Boogiepop and Others
Kinoshita Kyouko (木下京子 Kinoshita Kyōko?)
Actor: Takako Baba
A second year student at Shinyo Academy, Kinoshita is introduced to the the drug Type-S by Kusatsu Akiko.
Appearances: Boogiepop and Others, Boogiepop Returns: VS Imaginator Part 2, Boogiepop Phantom
Kirima Seiichi (霧間誠一 Kirima Seiichi?)
The father or Kirima Nagi, and a prolific writer, Kirima released several novels, but is best known for his works on psychology. His works are frequently referenced in the Boogiepop series, and also feature in the Jiken series.
Kusatsu Akiko (草津秋子 Kusatsu Akiko?)
Actor: Erika Kuroishi
A first year student at Shinyo Academy, Kusatsu has a crush on Saotome Masami.
Appearances: Boogiepop and Others
Niitoki Kei (新刻敬 Niitoki Kei?)
Actor: Kai Hirohashi
A second year student at Shinyo Academy, Niitoki is the President of the Discipline Committee. Though she looks like a much younger girl, other students often come to her, seeking her assistance and treating her like an older sister.
Appearances: Boogiepop and Others, Boogiepop Returns: VS Imaginator Part 2, Boogiepop Overdrive: The Piper
Saotome Masami (早乙女正美 Saotome Masami?)
Seiyū: Jun Fukuyama, voice actor: Crispin Freeman, actor: Hassei Takano
Saotome Masami is a first year student at Shinyo Academy with an unusual desire: he wishes to be killed by a woman stronger than himself. His advances on Kirima Nagi were rejected, but when he meets Manticore he professes his love, and seeks to help it conquer the world. Under his direction, Manticore takes the form of Yurihara Minako, and they experiment in controlling humans --- Type-S (S for Slave) results from this. The two fall deeply in love with each other.
Appearances: Boogiepop and Others, Boogiepop in the Mirror: "Pandora", Boogiepop Phantom
Takeda Keiji (竹田啓司 Takeda Keiji?)
Actor: Daijirou Kawaoka
Takeda is a third year student at Shinyo Academy, with aspirations to become a designer. He is going out with Miyashita Touka, and becomes Boogiepop's first true friend.
Appearances: Boogiepop and Others, Boogiepop in the Mirror: "Pandora", Boogiepop Overdrive: The Piper, Boogiepop Missing: Peppermint Wizard, Boogiepop Stacatto: Welcome to Jinx Shop, Boogiepop Phantom
Tanaka Shiro (田中志郎 Tanaka Shiro?)
Actor: Hideyuki Kawahara
A first year student at Shinyo Academy, and a member of the archery club. Tanaka is pursued by Kamikishiro Naoko, who professes her love for him. Though initially reluctant, he eventually goes out with her.
Appearances: Boogiepop and Others, Boogiepop Overdrive: The Piper
Taniguchi Masaki (谷口正樹 Taniguchi Masaki?)
A third-year middle school student, and the step-brother of Kirima Nagi, Taniguchi recently returned to Japan from Phnom Penh, and is currently living with his step-sister.
Appearances: Boogiepop and Others, Boogiepop Returns: VS Imaginator, Boogiepop Countdown Embryo: Erosion, Boogiepop Wicked Embryo: Eruption, Boogiepop Bounding: Lost Moebius
Yurihara Minako (百合川美奈子 Yurihawa Minako?) / Manticore (マンティコア Manteikoa?)
Main article: Manticore (Boogiepop)
Seiyū: Mayumi Asano, voice actor: Simone Grant, actor: Ayana Sakai
Yurihara Minako was a second year student at Shinyo Academy, until she was consumed by Manticore. After killing the girl, Manticore is discovered by Saotome Masami, but before it can kill him, he tells Manticore that he loves it. Listening to Saotome's logic, Manticore chooses to let him live and help it, instead assuming the form of Yurihara to hide from its pursuer, Echoes. When Manticore tells Saotome of its powers, he initiates experiments in controlling humans, so that they may one day conquer the world. As they work together, the two fall deeply in love with each other.
Appearances: Boogiepop and Others, Boogiepop Phantom

[edit] Boogiepop Returns: VS Imaginator

Anou Shinjirou (安能慎二郎 Anō Shinjirō?)
Anou is a third year Middle School student. When Taniguchi Masaki changes to his school, Anou finds himself confused by his feelings towards the boy, so directs his frustrations towards him.
Appearances: Boogiepop Returns: VS Imaginator, Boogiepop Phantom
Asukai Jin (飛鳥井仁 Ausukai Jin?)
An art teacher and councilor at a cram school, Asukai makes the students feel better by telling them what they want to hear. He is able to see people's hearts in the form of plants growing from their chests, and the flaws of their hearts are represented by something missing from the plant.
Appearances: Boogiepop Returns: VS Imaginator, Boogiepop Missing: Peppermint Wizard, Beat's Discipline
Kinukawa Kotoe (衣川琴絵 Kinukawa Kotoe?)
A relative of Asukai Jin.
Appearances: Boogiepop Returns: VS Imaginator
Minahoshi Suiko (水乃星透子 Minahoshi Suiko?) / Imaginator (イマジネーター Imajinētā?)
A girl who was supposed to have leapt from the roof of Shinyo Academy, she was actually a being known as Imaginator and has fought against Boogiepop.
Appearances: Boogiepop Returns: VS Imaginator, Boogiepop at Dawn, Boogiepop Paradox: Heartless Red, Beat's Discipline, VS Imaginator Part IV "The Night Watch under The Cold Moon" (Night Watch trilogy), Spectral Speculation of Soul-Drop (Soul Drop series), Controversy about Iron Mask (Night Watch trilogy)
Orihata Aya (織機綺 Orihata Aya?) / Camille (カミール Kamīru?)
Orihata appears to be an ordinary Middle School student, but she is actually a synthetic human from the Towa Organisation, working under Spooky E. Her original mission was to experiment with interbreeding between humans and synthetic humans, but after she meets, and falls in love with, Taniguchi Masaki, is focuses on the mission of finding Boogiepop.
Trivia: Prince claims to have a 'good' personality named Camille.
Appearances: Boogiepop Returns: VS Imaginator, Boogiepop at Dawn, Boogiepop Countdown Embryo: Erosion, Boogiepop Wicked Embryo: Eruption, Boogiepop Bounding: Lost Moebius, Boogiepop Phantom
Spooky E (スプーキーE Supūkī E?)
Seiyū: Jouji Nakata, voice actor: Christopher Nicholas
Correctly known as Spooky Electric (スプーキーエレクトリック Supūkī Erekutorikku?), Spooky E is a synthetic human from the Towa Organisation. Spooky E has the ability to generate electricity from his body, and is able to control the minds of humans with this power. Initially sent to investigate what became of Echoes and the result of the pillar of light, his mission changes to finding Boogiepop.
Trivia: Prince claims to have a 'bad' personality named Spooky Electric.
Appearances: Boogiepop Returns: VS Imaginator, Boogiepop in the Mirror: "Pandora", Boogiepop Missing: Peppermint Wizard, Boogiepop Countdown Embryo: Erosion, Boogiepop Phantom, Beat's Discipline
(榊原弦?)
Appearances: Boogiepop Returns: VS Imaginator, Boogiepop in the Mirror: "Pandora", Boogiepop Countdown Embryo: Erosion

[edit] Boogiepop in the Mirror: "Pandora"

Kazumiya Mitsuo (数宮三都雄 Kazumiya Mitsuo?)
Appearances: Boogiepop in the Mirror: "Pandora"
Kito (キト Kito?)
Appearances: Boogiepop in the Mirror: "Pandora"
Koumoto Kouji (神元功志 Kōmoto Kōji?)
Appearances: Boogiepop in the Mirror: "Pandora"
Mikage Kasumi (海影香純 Mikage Kasumi?)
Appearances: Boogiepop in the Mirror: "Pandora"
Nanase Kyoko (七音恭子 Nanase Kyoko?)
Appearances: Boogiepop in the Mirror: "Pandora"
Tenjiki Yuu (天色優 Tenjiki Yū?) / Eugene (ユージン Ūjin?)
Appearances: Boogiepop in the Mirror: "Pandora", Boogiepop Overdrive: The Piper
Tsuki Nozomi (辻希美 Tsuki Nozomi?)
Appearances: Boogiepop in the Mirror: "Pandora", Boogiepop Paradox: Heartless Red
(羽原健太郎?)
Appearances: Boogiepop in the Mirror: "Pandora", Boogiepop Overdrive: The Piper, Boogiepop at Dawn, Boogiepop Wicked Embryo: Eruption

[edit] Boogiepop Overdrive: The Piper

King of Distortion (歪曲王 Waikyokuō?)
Trivia: "Waikyokuō" is the Japanese translation of "The Piper" from Led Zeppelin's Stairway to Heaven.
Appearances: Boogiepop Overdrive: The Piper
Teratsuki Kyouichiro (寺月恭一郎 Teratsuki Kyōichiro?)
Appearances: Boogiepop Overdrive: The Piper, Boogiepop Missing: Peppermint Wizard, Phantasm Phenomenon of Memoria-Noise (Soul Drop series)
Zouragi (ゾーラギ Zōragi?)
Appearances: Boogiepop Overdrive: The Piper
(橋坂静香?)
Appearances: Boogiepop Overdrive: The Piper
(橋坂真?)
Appearances: Boogiepop Overdrive: The Piper
(篠崎譲?)
Appearances: Boogiepop Overdrive: The Piper

[edit] Boogiepop at Dawn

Kisugi Makako (来生真希子 Kisugi Makako?) / Fear Ghoul (フィア・グール Fea Gūru?)
Appearances: Boogiepop at Dawn, Boogiepop Phantom
Kuroda Shinpei (黒田慎平 Kuroda Shinpei?) / Scarecrow (スケアクロウ Sukeakurō?) / Kishida Ichirou (岸田一朗 Kishida Ichirō?)
Trivia: Scarecrow is an album released by John Mellencamp in 1985.
Appearances: Boogiepop at Dawn, Boogiepop Phantom
Pigeon (ピジョン Pijyon?)
Appearances: Boogiepop at Dawn
Sasaki Masanori (佐々木政則 Sasaki Masanori?) / Mo Murder (モ・マーダー Mo Mādā?)
Trivia: Mo Murder is a song by Krayzie Bone.
Appearances: Boogiepop at Dawn, Boogiepop Countdown Embryo: Erosion, Beat's Discipline, Boogiepop Phantom
(篠北周夫?)
Appearances: Boogiepop at Dawn, Beat's Discipline

[edit] Boogiepop Missing: Peppermint Wizard

Captain Walker (キャプテン・ウォーカー Kyaputen Uōkā?)
Trivia: Captain Walker is a character from the rock opera Tommy; it is also the name of a song from the Tommy soundtrack.
Appearances: Boogiepop Missing: Peppermint Wizard
(軌川十助?)
Appearances: Boogiepop Missing: Peppermint Wizard, Beat's Discipline
(楠木玲?)
Appearances: Boogiepop Missing: Peppermint Wizard
(蝉ヶ沢卓?) / Squeeze (スクイーズ Sukuīzu?)
Trivia: Squeeze is an album released by The Velvet Underground in 1973.
Appearances: Boogiepop Missing: Peppermint Wizard, Boogiepop Paradox: Heartless Red

[edit] Boogiepop Embryo

Honami Akiko (穂波顕子 Honami Akiko?)
Appearances: Boogiepop Countdown Embryo: Erosion, Boogiepop Wicked Embryo: Eruption, Boogiepop Paradox: Heartless Red
Honami Hiroshi (穂波弘 Honami Hiroshi?)
Appearances: Boogiepop Countdown Embryo: Erosion, Boogiepop Wicked Embryo: Eruption
Pearl (パール Pāru?)
Appearances: Boogiepop Countdown Embryo: Erosion, Boogiepop Wicked Embryo: Eruption, Beat's Discipline
Rii Maisaka (リィ舞阪 Rī Maisaka?) / Fortissimo (フォルテッシモ Fuoruteshimo?)
Trivia: Fortissimo is a musical term; is it also the name of an album released by Japanese group Kryzler & Kompany in 2001.
Appearances: Boogiepop Countdown Embryo: Erosion, Boogiepop Wicked Embryo: Eruption, Beat's Discipline
Sidewinder (サイドワインダー Saidowaindā?)
Appearances: Boogiepop Countdown Embryo: Erosion, Boogiepop Wicked Embryo: Eruption
Takashiro Tohru (高代亨 Takashiro Tōru?) / Inazuma (イナズマ Inazuma?)
Appearances: Boogiepop Countdown Embryo: Erosion, Boogiepop Wicked Embryo: Eruption, Beat's Discipline
The Embyo (ジ・エンブリオ Di Enburio?)
Trivia: Embryo was a song on Works, an album released by Pink Floyd in 1983; it was also a song on the album Master of Reality, released by Black Sabbath in 1971.
Appearances: Boogiepop Countdown Embryo: Erosion, Boogiepop Wicked Embryo: Eruption, Beat's Discipline
(瀬川風見?) / Swallow Bird (スワロゥバード Suwarō Bādo?)
Appearances: Boogiepop Wicked Embryo: Eruption, Beat's Discipline
(本木三平?)
Appearances: Boogiepop Countdown Embryo: Erosion

[edit] Boogiepop Paradox: Heartless Red

Kurenai Akemi (九連内朱巳 Kurenai Akemi?) / Rains on Friday (レイン・オン・フライディ Rain on Furaidei?)
Appearances: Boogiepop Paradox: Heartless Red, Beat's Discipline
Kurenai ?? (九連内千鶴 Kurenai ???) / Mrs. Robinson (ミセス・ロビンソン Misesu Robunsan?)
Trivia: Mrs Robinson is the famous song by Simon and Garfunkel from 1967.
Appearances: Boogiepop Paradox: Heartless Red
Uchimura Morito (内村杜斗 Uchimura Morito?) / Fail Safe (フェイルセイフ Feiru Seifu?)
Appearances: Boogiepop Paradox: Heartless Red

[edit] Boogiepop Unbalance: Holy & Ghost

Doctor (ドクター Dokudā?)
Appearances: Boogiepop Unbalance: Holy & Ghost
Pete Beat (ピート・ビート Pīto Bīto?)
Trivia: Beat is an album released by King Crimson in 1982.
Appearances: Boogiepop Unbalance: Holy & Ghost, Beat's Discipline
Slim Shape (スリム・シェイプ Surimu Sheipu?)
Appearances: Boogiepop Unbalance: Holy & Ghost
(濱田聖子?) / Holy (ホーリィ Hōrī?)
Appearances: Boogiepop Unbalance: Holy & Ghost
(結城玲治?) / Ghost (ゴースト Gōsuto?)
Appearances: Boogiepop Unbalance: Holy & Ghost
(宇治木貢?)
Appearances: Boogiepop Unbalance: Holy & Ghost
(雨宮世津子?) / Reset (リセット Riseto?)
Appearances: Boogiepop Unbalance: Holy & Ghost, Beat's Discipline, Ginyōriai Castle, Boogiepop Intolerance: The Ark of Orpheus

[edit] Boogiepop Stacatto: Welcome to Jinx Shop

Hiiragi (柊 Hīragi?) / Oxygen (オキシジェン Okishijen?)
Appearances: Boogiepop Stacatto: Welcome to Jinx Shop, Beat's Discipline
Kaleidoscope (カレイドスコープ Kareidosukūpu?)
Appearances: Boogiepop Stacatto: Welcome to Jinx Shop, Beat's Discipline
(楢崎不二子?)
Appearances: Boogiepop Stacatto: Welcome to Jinx Shop, Spectral Speculation of Soul-Drop (Soul Drop series)
(伊東谷抄造?) / Shameful Eyes (シェイムフェイス Sheimufu Eisu?)
Appearances: Boogiepop Stacatto: Welcome to Jinx Shop
(澄矢雅典?) / White Light (ホワイトライアット Howaito Raiato?)
Trivia: White Light/White Heat is an album released by The Velvet Underground in 1968.
Appearances: Boogiepop Stacatto: Welcome to Jinx Shop
(小宮山愛?) / Switch Stance (スイッチスタンス Suichi Sutansu?)
Appearances: Boogiepop Stacatto: Welcome to Jinx Shop
(仲村紀美香?) / (ギミーシェルター Gimīsherutā?)
Appearances: Boogiepop Stacatto: Welcome to Jinx Shop

[edit] Boogiepop Bounding: Lost Moebius

Brick (ブリック Buriku?)
Trivia: Brick is a song from the album Whatever and Ever Amen, released by Ben Folds Five in 1997.
Appearances: Boogiepop Bounding: Lost Moebius
(蒼衣秋良?)
Appearances: Boogiepop Bounding: Lost Moebius, Boogiepop Intolerance: The Ark of Orpheus
(雨宮美津子?) / Limit (リミット Rimito?)
Appearances: Boogiepop Bounding: Lost Moebius
(長谷部京輔?)
Appearances: Boogiepop Bounding: Lost Moebius

[edit] Boogiepop Intolerance: The Ark of Orpheus

(須磨貞夫?)
Appearances: Boogiepop Intolerance: The Ark of Orpheus
(杉乃浦春海?) / One Hot Minute (ワン・ホット・ミニット Wan Hoto Minito?)
Trivia: One Hot Minute is an album released by Red Hot Chili Peppers in 1995.
Appearances: Boogiepop Intolerance: The Ark of Orpheus
(相川靖子?) / Tear Jerker (ティアジャーカー Teia Jākā?)
Appearances: Boogiepop Intolerance: The Ark of Orpheus
(六嶺平蔵?)
Appearances: Boogiepop Intolerance: The Ark of Orpheus
(六嶺美登里?) / Fallen Grace (フォーリン・グレイス Fōrin Gureisu?)
Trivia: Fallen Grace is a song from the album The Whispered Lies of Angels, released by Undying in 2000.
Appearances: Boogiepop Intolerance: The Ark of Orpheus

[edit] Boogiepop Phantom

Boogiepop Phantom (ブギーポップ・ファントム Bugīpoppu Fantomu?)
Seiyū: Mayumi Asano, voice actor: Simone Grant
When Manticore was defeated by Echoes, its remnants survived in the electromagnetic field surrounding the city. One half of Manticore continued to use the basic appearance of Yurihara Minako, but also imitated the cloak and hat of Boogiepop: it calls itself Boogiepop Phantom. Boogiepop Phantom protects the "special children" by preserving them beneath the city, until such time as the world is ready for them.
Manticore Phantom (マンティコア・ファントム Manteikoa Fantomu?)
Seiyū: Jun Fukuyama, voice actor: Crispin Freeman
When Manticore was defeated by Echoes, its remnants survived in the electromagnetic field surrounging the city. One half of Manticore took the form of Saotome Masami, and continues to devour people in the city.
Poom Poom (プームプーム Pūmu Pūmu?)
Seiyū: Rakuto Tochihara, voice actor: Jessica Calvello
Poom Poom was created by Manaka Kisaragi. Originally he was born from the memories of Mamoru Oikawa, but later evolved into the Poom Poom of Akane Kojima's creation. By handing out balloons to people holding regret about the direction their lives have taken, he separates their childhood hopes and dreams from them, which play with him in Paisley Park, leaving only an empty shell behind.
Trivia: Poom Poom is a song from the Crystal Ball album, released by Prince in 1998.
Misuzu Arito (有藤美鈴 Arifuji Misuzu?)
Seiyū: Megumi Nasu, voice actor: Megan Hollingshead
Called Panaru at school, Misuzu teaches people about accepting the world for what it is, and loving it none the less. However, Misuzu has repressed her memories of the truth: she had found the corpse of her best friend, Megumi Toyama, five years ago. Unable to accept this, she tried to repress the memories by living Megumi's life.
Hisashi Jonouchi (城之内久志 Jonōchi Hisashi?)
Seiyū: Shizuma Hodoshima, voice actor: Corey Marshall
Jonouchi wanted to be a hero, but when he spent a year in hospital due to a bone tumour, he had all but given up. Dr Kisugi offered him a drug to help realise his dream, but it did not seem to have an effect. On the night the pillar of light pierced the sky, something happened to Jonouchi. When he sees his father the next morning, there appears to be a "bug" over his chest; looking at other people as he goes to school, many people seem to have these "bugs". As an experiment, Jonouchi removes and eats a bug from a fellow student, and seems to lift all regret from them.
Manaka Kisaragi (如月真名花 Kisaragi Manaka?)
Seiyū: Sanae Kobayashi, voice actor: Rachael Lillis
A highly-evolved human, Manaka grew at an unnatural rate, and had the ability to draw memories from her surroundings in the form of butterflies of light. As her grandmother grows old and weak, she kills Manaka before she herself died – not wishing for "the devil's child" to be left free. When the pillar of light pierced the sky that same night, Echoes inadvertrntly revived Manaka. Soon after, her grandmother died, and Manaka was free to go out into the world. By drawing memories from everywhere, she learns everything there is to know in the world; she even learns about Echoes, and begins repeating back the words she hears others speak, similar to how he had.
Mayumi Kisaragi (如月真弓 Kisaragi Mayumi?)
Seiyū: Fumiko Osaka, voice actor: Traci Shannon
When Mayumi was pregnant, she would do anything for her unborn child. When Dr Kisugi offered a drug to ensure she gave birth to a strong child, she took it. When she finally gave birth to Manaka, something happened to Mayumi's mind: whilst she could still remember everything from before she gave birth, she was unable to make new memories after this point.
Akane Kojima (小島茜 Kojima Akane?)
Seiyū: Miwa Yasuda, voice actor: Megan Hollingshead
More than anything else, Akane wants to write childrens books for a living. When an advisor at the school tells her to give up her dream and pursue a science-based stream, she gives up her dreams. She destroys her works, including the story of Poom Poom.
Officer Morita (森田巡査 Morita Junsa?) / Snake Eye (スネークアイ Sunēku Ai?)
Seiyū: Hisao Egawa, voice actor: David Brimmer
Morita was a police officer, but he was at some point killed by the synthetic human named Snake Eye, who assumed Morita's identity. Snake Eye has the ability to move any part of his body in the manner of a snake, and control the minds of humans who meet his gaze. He monitors the city for evolved humans, and kills those he finds.
Trivia: Snake Eye is a single released by AC/DC in 1998.
Mamoru Oikawa (及川鎮 Oikawa Mamoru?)
Seiyū: Hiroyuki Yoshino, voice actor: Steve Bednarz
Though a kind child, and highly protective of his sister, Sayoko, Mamoru begins to change after his father fails to fulfill a promise with him. As his father's business goes bankrupt, he begins to obsess about "useless things". After a pillar of light pierces the sky, Mamoru believes he has gained the ability to destroy these useless things, but the truth is that he can only chose what is to be destroyed.
Sayoko Oikawa (及川小夜子 Oikawa Sayoko?)
Seiyū: Kei Kobayashi, voice actor: Debora Rabbai
Mamoru's younger sister, Sayoko has cared deeply about her brother ever since he saved her when they were young children. Even as he turns obsessive about "useless things", and abusive towards her, she never gives up on her brother. After the pillar of light pierces the sky, Sayako unknowingly gained the ability to destroy whatever her brother desires.
Yoji Suganuma (菅沼洋次 Suganuma Yōji?)
Seiyū: Hirofumi Nojima, voice actor: Liam Christopher O'Brien
Yoji's father has high expectations for him, but he only wishes to study computer graphics and make games. He becomes obsessive about a virtual girlfriend he created, but after meeting Rie Sato, he begins to blur the line between reality and fiction, and believes she is his virtual girlfriend. Through abuse of the drug, Type-S, Yoji becomes more confused as his mind degenerates.
Yasuko Suzuki (鈴木康子 Suzuki Yasuko?)
Seiyū: Yuki Watanabe, voice actor: Lea Lane
A close friend of Moto Tonomura, Yasuko had gone out with Saotome Masami back in middle school, but dumped him when she became more outgoing.
Yoshiki Tabata (田畑良樹 Tabata Yoshiki?)
Seiyū: Yoshifumi Ichiishi, voice actor: Buddy Woodward
Yoshiki was oblivious to the true feelings of those around him until after the pillar of light pierced the sky. He gained the ability to hear people's thoughts, and learns what they really think of him.
Moto Tonomura (殿村望都 Tonomura Moto?)
Seiyū: Mamiko Noto, voice actor: Jessica Calvello
An shy girl with obsessive compulsive habits, Moto rejects men, but harbours an old crush towards Saotome Masami. She never told Saotome her feelings because he had gone out with her friend, Yasuko Suzuki.
Megumi Toyama (遠山恵 Toyama Megumi?)
Seiyū: Tsugumi Higasayama, voice actor: Kristen Nelson
Called Panaru by her friend, Misuzu Arito, Megumi was one of the victims of the serial killer, Fear Ghoul.
Sachiko Wakasa (若狭幸子 Wakasa Sachiko?)
Seiyū: Tomoko Miyadera, voice actor: Meg Francis
Mother of Shizue, her relationship with her daughter became distant after her husband passed away. When Shizue caught her with another man, she misinterpreted the situation, and ended their relationship.
Shizue Wakasa (若狭静枝 Wakasa Shizue?)
Seiyū: Nobuko Kotani, voice actor: Lea Lane
Daughter of Sachiko, she draws distant from her mother after her father passed away. Seeing her mother with another man, she comes to believe that Sachiko had not truly loved her father, and becomes disgusted with her own mother. She also becomes disgusted at the thought of sexual relations, to the point of physical illness. She seeks the assistance of Dr Kisugi to overcome her troubles.
Officer Yamamoto (山本巡査 Yamamoto Junsa?)
Seiyū: Soutarou Kobayashi, voice actor: Bill Rogers
A police officer, and friend of Officer Morita. Every time Officer Yamamoto learns anything about what is happening in the city, Snake Eye erases that portion of his memories.
Saki Yoshizawa (吉沢早紀 Yoshizawa Saki?)
Seiyū: Fumiko Orikasa, voice actor:
A bright and popular girl, Saki has loved to play the piano since she was a child, and her parents sacrificed everything to fulfill her dream.
Spoilers end here.

[edit] Boogiepop Dual

[edit] See also

[edit] External links

Boogiepop series
Light Novels Boogiepop and Others | Boogiepop Returns: VS Imaginator Part 1 | Boogiepop Returns: VS Imaginator Part 2 | Boogiepop in the Mirror | Boogiepop Overdrive: The Piper | Boogiepop at Dawn | Boogiepop Missing: Peppermint Wizard | Boogiepop Countdown Embryo: Erosion | Boogiepop Wicked Embryo: Eruption | Boogiepop Paradox: Heartless Red | Boogiepop Unbalance: Holy & Ghost | Boogiepop Stacatto: Welcome to Jinx Shop | Boogiepop Bounding: Lost Moebius | Boogiepop Intolerance: The Ark of Orpheus | Beat's Discipline
Short Stories Metal Guru | London Calling | My Death Waits | Boogiepop Poplife | Chariot Choogle | Angel Volume
Anime Boogiepop Phantom
Music Boogiepop Phantom Original Soundtrack | Music Inspired by Boogiepop and Others
Movie Boogiepop and Others
Manga Boogiepop Doesn't Laugh | Boogiepop Dual: Losers' Circus
Other Articles Characters of the Boogiepop series | List of Boogiepop media
Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org../../../c/h/a/Characters_of_the_Boogiepop_series_a796.html"
In other languages