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This article concerns the characters that play a role in Saint Seiya (also known as Knights of the Zodiac), an anime and manga series about a group of five mystical warriors.

Contents 1 Athena's Saints of the 88 Constellations 1.1 Bronze Saints (protagonists) 1.2 Other Bronze Saints 1.3 Black Saints (暗黒聖闘士 Ankoku Saints in Japanese) 1.4 Silver Saints 1.5 Gold Saints 1.6 Other Saints 1.6.1 Saints without constellations 1.6.2 Ghost Saint 1.6.3 Steel Saints (only in anime) 1.6.4 Bronze Saints 1.6.5 Silver Saints 1.6.6 Unknown Order Saints 1.7 Other notable characters 1.7.1 The Next Dimension and The Lost Canvas Characters 1.8 Notes 2 Odin's Asgardians (anime only) 2.1 Asgard God Warriors 3 Poseidon's Mariners 3.1 Mariner Generals of the 7 Sea 4 Hades' Specters 4.1 Hades' Heralds 4.2 The 108 Specters 4.2.1 36 Celestial Stars 4.2.2 72 Terrestrial Stars 4.2.3 Other Specter 4.3 Notes 5 Saint Seiya Movies 5.1 The Legend of the Golden Apple (First Movie) 5.1.1 Ghost Saints ("Ghost Five", appeared in the first movie only) 5.2 Heated battle of God (Second Movie) 5.2.1 Dolbar's God Warriors (appeared in the second movie only) 5.3 The Legend of Crimson Youth (Third Movie) 5.3.1 Corona Saints (appeared in the third movie only) 5.4 The Final Holy Battle (Fourth Movie) 5.4.1 Fallen Angels (appeared in the fourth movie only) 5.5 Heaven Chapter Introduction~Overture~ 5.5.1 Angels 6 Notable antagonists

[edit] Athena's Saints of the 88 Constellations

• Saori Kido (城戸沙織 Kido Saori) also known as Athena

Age: 13

Height: 1.55m

Weight: 44kg

Birthday: September 1st

Blood Type: A

Birth Place: Greece

Techniques: Misopetha-Menos (used on Dohko), Protection Sphere (used in Hades chapter protecting Bronze Saints), Seal of Athena, energy blast type of technique used in Asgard going up against Hilda.

Seiyuu: Han Keiko (潘恵子, はん けいこ), Orikasa Fumiko (折笠富美子, おりかさ ふみこ) later series.

The leader of Bronze, Silver and Gold Saints; she is the reincarnation of the Goddess of War and Wisdom Athena. Though mostly unable to physically fight, she has an extremely powerful cosmos that gives her a notable endurance to pain and extreme conditions (as proved in the Sanctuary, Asgard and Poseidon arcs) and healing powers.

After Saga (under the guise of the Pope) tried to kill her when she was a baby and that Aiolos rescued her, she was given to Mitsumasa Kido who raised her as his grand daughter. She was initially very spoiled and rude to the Bronze Saints, but as the series progresses and she discovers she is the new reincarnation of Athena, she starts to act more mature about her mission.

She later on commits suicide in the Hades arc to enter the land of the dead to meet Hades face to face. The dagger that she used to slit her own throat is the exact same dagger Saga tried to use against her when Aiolos rescued her in time 13 years ago.

[edit] Bronze Saints (protagonists)

• Seiya (星矢, Star arrow) (Saint of Pegasus)

Age: 13

Height: 1.65m

Weight: 53kg

Blood Type: B

Birthdate: December 1st

Birthplace: Japan

Training Place: Greece

Techniques: ペガサス流星拳 (Pegasus Meteor Fist, Pegasasu Ryūsei Ken^?), ペガサス彗星拳 (Pegasus Comet Fist, Pegasasu Suisei Ken^?), Pegasus Rolling Crush

Seiyuu: Toru Furuya (古谷徹, ふるや とおる), Hiroko Emori (江森浩子, えもり ひろこ ) child Seiya, Masakazu Morita (森田成一, もりた まさかず) later series.

Seiya is the main character of the series. In most ways, he's a typical shōnen hero, in the sense that he perseveres to the point of risking his life for what he believes in, and is not generally too complex in personality. Although not stunningly bright, Seiya uses and devises many fighting strategies in battle, cleverly adapting his style to the circumstances. He had an older sister, Seika, who was separated from him by the Kido foundation, and desperately wants to see her again. He trained in the Sanctuary in Greece, under the tutelage of Marin (Silver Saint of Eagle). When he loses his armor in battle against a more powerful adversary, Seiya is often saved by the gold armour of Sagittarius, sent by the spirit Aiolos. Seiya's technique "Ryu Sei Ken" travels beyond the speed of sound. Therefore if his opponents are near his proximity, Seiya will be able to unleash hundreds of rounds of energy balls per second toward his targets. Initially, these energy balls possessed speed somewhat faster than Mach 1; but as Seiya grew in experience and skill, his attack's speed eventually approached light speed. Seiya's relationship with Athena was very strained in the beginning; but towards Hades Chapter, an amicable relationship blossomed. Due to the commander-subordinate association, Athena and Seiya never ventured into a romantic relationship. Nevertheless, Seiya has a strong devotion towards Athena. In return, Athena has always been strongly empathic towards Seiya. Seiya's true strength comes from within however, since he possesses an undying perseverance. It is this ability and determination that makes him potentially one the most powerful Bronze Saints.

• Shiryu (紫龍, Purple Dragon) (Saint of Dragon)

Age: 14

Height: 1.72m

Weight: 53kg

Blood Type: A

Birthdate: October 4th

Birthplace: Japan

Training Place: China, Mount Ro Old 5 peaks (Mount Lushan).

Techniques: 廬山昇龍覇 (Mount Ro Rising Dragon Wave, Rozan Shōryū Ha^?), 廬山龍飛翔 (Mount Ro Dragon Flight, Rozan Ryū Hisshō^?), 廬山亢龍覇 (Mount Ro Heaven Ascended Dragon Wave, Rozan Kōryū Ha^?), 廬山百龍覇 (Mount Ro Hundred Dragon Wave, Rozan Hyaku Ryū Ha^?), Excalibur

Seiyuu: Hirotaka Suzuoki (鈴置洋孝, すずおき ひろたか (deceased Aug. 2006)), Chiyoko Kawashima (川島千代子, かわしま ちよこ) child Shiryu, Takahiro Sakurai (櫻井孝宏, さくらい たかひろ) later series.

It could be said that Shiryu is the most contemplative and least impulsive of the young Bronze Saints. One who prefers to think rather than rush to face the enemy, Shiryu is nonetheless a very powerful Saint. He has extremely destructive powers tamed only by his chivalrous and controlled nature. When fully unleashed, usually when his friends or mission are jeopardized by his enemy, or when an injustice has angered him, the raw fury of Shiryū's attacks is potent enough to kill him along with his enemy. He trained in the Five Ancient Peaks of Mount Rozan, China, under Dohko, the Ancient Master and Gold Saint of Libra. He also has an unclear relationship with Shunrei, an orphan that Dohko took in and who lives with him.

Shiryu's Cloth includes the Dragon Shield, which is said to be indestructible. It's indestructibility is proven false multiple times, being cut or pierced through by powerful opponents. The Shield, however, offers Shiryū great protection from physical assaults and even some non-physical ones.

Shiryu has a tattoo like image of a green dragon on his back that appears during the heat of battle. When the dragon image appears, his cosmos increases dramatically. During the series it's mentioned that if the dragon ever disappears from Shiryu's back it means he is dead. When Shiryu fought against Seiya early in the series, Seiya punched his chest hard enough to make the dragon tattoo nearly disappear, and Shiryu's heart stop. However with Shun's help, he was able to punch his chest again to restart his heart and to save Shiryu's life. Shiryu has felt he's greatly in debt with Seiya ever since.

Whereas most other Saints' Cloth gets shattered during battle, Shiryu often willingly takes off his cloth to increase his offensive power. Usually, Shiryu is the Saint that receives more physical damage. Unlike other saints, Shiryu utilizes strategy rather than brute force. He blinded himself the first time to defeat Perseus Algol and his Medusa shield that turns anyone into stone who looks at it. He later on regained his eyesight when he defeated Cancer Deathmask. He was blinded a second time during the fight with Chrysaor Krishna in Poseidon chapter. When he enters Hades, he regains his eyesight again the same way he could see when he fought Deathmask during the Sanctuary arc.

• Hyoga (氷河, Glacier) (Saint of Cygnus)

Age: 14

Height: 1.73m

Weight: 60kg

Blood Type: O

Birthdate: January 23rd

Birthplace: Russia

Training Place: East Siberia

Techniques: Diamond Dust, Kholodnyi Smerch (Russian for "freezing tornado"; Called "Aurora Thunder Attack" in the anime), Aurora Execution, Koliso (Russian for "Ring"; Called 氷結リング (Freezing Ring, Hyōketsu Ring^?) in the anime), Freezing Coffin

Seiyuu: Hashimoto Kouichi (橋本晃一 , はしもと こういち), Satou Chie (佐藤 智恵, さとう ちえ) child Hyoga, Hiroaki Miura (三浦 祥朗, みうら ひろあき) later series.

Unlike the other Bronze Saints, Hyoga is not a true orphan as he knew his mother and lived with her (although it is implied that Ikki and Shun knew their parents). He is very strongly attached to his mother, Natasha, who died when the ship that they were in sank near Siberia. Fortunately, he was sent to train in Siberia under Camus, Gold Saint of Aquarius (the anime has his teacher as the Crystal Saint). He initially trained in order to recover his mother's body, but after a very important incident he dedicated himself fully to becoming the Cygnus Saint: the loss of his partner and best friend Isaac, who disappeared after saving Hyoga's life when he was trying to retrieve Natasha's corpse and failed.

After obtaining the Cygnus cloth, Hyoga was still adamant about visiting his mother Natasha. Camus saw this trait of his as his worst defect, since Hyoga seemed to care more about his mother than to become a true saint. When Hyoga was sent to the Libra House from a space warp caused by the Gemini Gold Saint, Camus confronts him. Camus sees that Hyoga will never become a true Saint if he is still attached to his mother. Camus decides to sink the ship where his mother is so that he can never see her again. Instead of making Hyoga more determined to become a powerful saint, it emotionally destroyed him instead.

Camus had no choice but to put Hyoga inside of an ice coffin so that he wouldn't get killed in battle. However, thanks to Shiryu who broke the coffin with the spear of the Libra Gold Cloth and to Shun who revived him with his cosmo, Hyoga came back to life more powerful than ever. Hyoga fought bravely against Scorpion Milo and his persistence to keep on going even though he was hit with the final blow of Milo's attack, Antares, made Milo decide to save his life and let him confront his master Camus face to face.

Upon arriving to the house of Aquarius; Hyoga orders Seiya and Shun to move on and not look back. He and Camus fight but Hyoga's attacks don't harm Camus. Camus sees that Hyoga has matured a lot but he isn't powerful enough to defeat him yet. Camus decides to attack Hyoga with Aurora Execution a second time leaving him unconscious. Camus locks him in a second Ice Coffin which can't be broken by the Libra cloth weapons but Hyoga manages to break it with his own cosmo. Camus is surprised Hyoga could drop the temperature of his cosmo below the temperature of the coffin and decides to use Aurora Execution again.

Hyoga (now unconscious but still standing up) positions his own hands to do the Aurora Execution. Camus claims he's too weak to perform the attack at a low enough temperature to defeat his own Aurora Execution but decides to attack Hyoga with Aurora Execution anyways. Hyoga does Aurora Execution as well and both attacks collide.

Camus dies granting Hyoga his permission to use his most powerful attack and Hyoga falls to the ground. He regains consciousness after a while either by himself (in the manga) or healed by Athena (in the anime).

From then on, Hyoga decides to never see his mother again as a sign of respect towards his master. Hyoga on occasion uses the Aquarius cloth in battle even though he never becomes the new Aquarius Saint.

It's clearly hinted multiple times during the series that Hyoga is a Christian.^{[citation needed]}

• Shun (瞬, Wink) (Saint of Andromeda)

Age: 13

Height: 1.65m

Weight: 51kg

Blood Type: A

Birthdate: September 9th

Birthplace: Japan

Training Place: Andromeda Island

Techniques: Nebula Chain, Thunder Wave, Rolling Defense, Nebula Stream, Nebula Storm, Spider Web, Casting Net, Spiral Duct, Boomerang Shoot, Wild Trap, Great Capture

Seiyuu: Horikawa Ryou (堀川 亮, ほりかわ りょう ), Touma Yumi (冬馬 由美, とうま ゆみ) child Shun, Kazuya Yuuta (粕谷 雄太, かすや ゆうた) later series.　

Often confused for a woman by newcomers to the series, Shun is a rather odd choice for a warrior. He is a pacifist, and as a child was very delicate and hated violence. When the time came to draw names randomly, choosing the orphans who would be sent for the training to be Saints, Shun was chosen to train in the Death Queen Island. Worried that his brother wouldn't survive, Ikki took his place instead. Shun was then sent to Andromeda Island in the Indian Ocean, and trained under Daidalos (Silver Saint of Cepheus). In battle he uses two chains: one in the left hand for defense and one in the right hand for attack. The defense chain, called "circle chain", has its tip shaped like a ring. It has the ability of circling around Shun, protecting him like a steel wall. The attack chain, called, "triangle chain", is responsible for the offensive capabilities of the armor. It is able to find and attack the enemy no matter how far away they may be. Shun also possesses a great power he seldom uses; it is called "Nebula Storm", following the shape of Andromeda's nebula. In order for his cosmos to be able to use this power, he must remove his armor, exposing himself (however, he doesn't remove his Cloth to use this attack against Rhadamanthys in episode 13 of the first Hades OVA so this rule may not be absolute). This attack can become one of the most powerful if left unchecked, trapping the victim at the center of the storm. The intensity of the attack can be increased indefinitely. However, due to Shun's pacifist attitude, he is very unwilling to use this technique.

In the 12 House battle, Shun and Hyoga get split up from Seiya and Shiryu in the Gemini house and he has to fight the mysterious Gemini Gold Saint. By using his attack chain to locate the person controlling the empty armor, he discovers the chain brings back a rosary that belong to Pope Ares.

Later on in the battle against Virgo Shaka, Shun watches Ikki and Shaka disappear in a beam of light leaving the Virgo Gold Cloth behind. Shun decides to become a stronger fighter to commemorate Ikki's sacrifice. When Shun, Seiya and Shiryu get to the Libra house, they discover Hyoga is trapped in an ice coffin that can't be broken with any attack. Shiryu manages to destroy the coffin with the Libra cloth spear. Hyoga is barely alive and Shun decides to use his own cosmo to revive him.

After that he falls unconscious but wakes up again when the group enters the Sagittarius house. Shun later on faces Pisces Aphrodite where he uses his Andromeda Nebula to defeat him, but nearly loses his own life when he's attacked with the Bloody Rose. In the manga, he is saved from the Bloody Rose later on by ikki, but in the anime it's Athena herself who came to heal him.

Later on in the Hades arc, Shun is haunted by a strange dream of seeing a strange girl (later on revealed to be Pandora) who gives him a necklace he once believed to be a gift from his parents.

He decides to go to the Sanctuary not knowing that he will get involved in the new Holy War. He tags along the other Bronze Saints to the top of the Sanctuary where Shion uses Athena's blood to turn the Athena statue into a miniature form of the Athena cloth. Shion uses Athena's blood to revive Shun's severely damaged Cloth which becomes far more powerful than ever.

Upon arriving to the Castle that's the door to Hades, he saves Aiolia's life with his chain who was falling down the entrance to Hades. However, this proved to be futile since Aiolia, Milo and Mu order everyone to leave them to fight Rhadamanthys alone and are defeated.

Shun encounters Pandora face to face for the first time and for a moment it seems like both of them already met before. However, Pandora keeps on climbing down the stairs to Hades and Shun is distracted with Rhadamanthys who wishes to fight everyone.

After Seiya pulls Rhadamanthys into the entrance of Hades; Shun, Hyoga and Shiryu are left behind. Libra Dohko arrives and tells them they must learn Arayashiki if they want to enter Hades alive. Shun successfully learns it and arrives into the entrance of Hades alive, but completely alone.

Shun finds Seiya on the ground (Rhadamanthys has somehow disappeared) and both of them enter the Charon boat to cross the Styx river. In exchange for payment to cross the river, Shun gives Charon his necklace. However, Charon throws Seiya off the boat because he didn't pay him anything.

Shun helps Seiya get back on the boat in exchange for his own life. Charon feels so guilty of Shun's acts (claiming Shun is the first good person he has ever encountered) that he decides to take both of them to the other side for free in exchange for a battle. Shun recovers his necklace and Seiya defeats Charon.

Later on Shun and Seiya enter a building where Balrog Lune has replaced Minos as the judge of the dead. Lune doesn't find their names on the book of the dead and notices neither one of them have died yet. However, Lune sees both Seiya and Shun have killed people before and has decided to send Seiya to the lake of blood. Shun uses his chain and saves Seiya but Lune wraps his body with his whip and slices his body to pieces.

Lune feels great remorse for killing Shun because he knew Shun was a good person. He also felt disturbed that Shun looked physically identical to Hades and decides to bury the severed head. However, the head speaks to him in anger for killing him and Lune runs off in fear of killing Hades. Later on it's shown that Lune didn't kill Shun, but that Gemini Kanon created a hallucination that tricked Lune.

Shun and Seiya arrive to a beautiful valley filled with flowers where the statue of a beautiful woman named Euridice is. She notices both of them are Athena saints and asks them to save her fianceé Orphée, the Lyra Silver Saint. Both of them encounter a specter named Pharao who confesses he was te once that created a false light that caused Euridice to remain in Hades. Orphée defeats Pharao and says he will help Seiya and Shun to get to Hades.

Orphée meets with Pandora and gives her a coffin filled with flowers for Hades. Pandora isn't sure if this is a trap and so stabs the coffin several times with her spear, injuring Shun's arm. Rhadamanthys discovers Orpheus's trap and kills him. Pandora discovers that there is something strange with Shun and discovers that Shun is the reincarnation of Hades.

She admits she is the one that gave to Shun his necklace as a sign that he will forever be tied to Hades. Shun becomes fully possessed by Hades and his hair turns jet black. Seiya is defeated and sent to the Coocytos by Rhadamanthys.

Shun (now completely turned into Hades and wearing a cloak and the necklace) orders the specters to kill the Saints. Pandora bandages the wound on his arm and asks for his forgiveness.

Athena and Virgo Shaka both appear to face off with Hades. Athena tries to free Shun, but all her efforts are futile. Shaka tries to free Shun but only injures his body. Shun finally manages to free himself from Hades but can do nothing when Hades takes Athena into Elysium.

Shun afterwards manages to enter Elysion thanks to the Gold Saints and to his Cloth which is protected by the blood of a goddess. He later on fights Thanatos wearing the Virgo cloth, until it is destroyed.

• Ikki (一輝, singular brilliance) (Saint of Phoenix)

Age: 15

Height: 1.75m

Weight: 62kg

Blood Type: AB

Birthdate: August 15

Birthplace: Japan

Training Place: Death Queen Island

Techniques: 鳳凰幻魔拳 (Phoenix Illusion Demon Fist, Hōō Genma Ken^?)(called Phoenix Genma Ken in the anime), 鳳翼天翔 (Hōyoku Tenshō, Phoenix Soar^?)

Seiyuu: Hori Hideyuki (堀　秀行, ほり　ひでゆき), Noriko Uemura (上村 典子, うえむら のりこ) child Ikki in the earlier series, Katsuyuki Konishi (小西 克幸, こにし かつゆき), Toyoshima Machiko (豊嶋真千子, とよしま まちこ) child Ikki in Hades chapter.

A renegade, Ikki is by nature a lone wolf; he is cocky, prone to violence, unpredictable and explosively powerful. Scarred by his training in Death Queen Island in the South Pacific Ocean under Guilty (a former Saint of an unknown constellation who was banned and exiled on the island), a place and regimen aptly described as "Hell on Earth". He initially returned to Japan to take revenge on the Kido foundation for sending him there, and on his brother whose place he had voluntarily took. Recruiting the help of the Black Saints, he stole parts of the Gold Cloth of Sagittarius but was eventually foiled. With time he joins the other Saints in their struggle against the Sanctuary and in their subsequent fights, but he generally goes his own way until he feels it is time to act, or when his brother, Shun is in danger. He is almost certainly one of the strongest Bronze Saint and his cloth has the ability to regenerate, like the Phoenix rising from the ashes.

Even tough he has a small participation at the beginning of the hades arc for he decides he doesn't want to fight, he enters Hades by his own means to try to save his brother Shun who is possessed by Hades.

Ikki fights and defeats Minos with Gemini Kanon's help. Ikki later on forms a special relationship with Pandora who gives him her necklace which allows him to enter Elysion safely even though his cloth isn't protected with Athena's blood.

His cloth is later on damaged in the battle against Thanatos but it's completely restored when he touches the jar that retains Athena's body which splashes Athena's blood onto his Cloth. In the battle against Thanatos he wears the Leo Gold Cloth until it's destroyed.

[edit] Other Bronze Saints

Name	Age	Height	Weight	Birthdate	Blood Type	Birthplace	Training location	Techniques
Jabu (Saint of Unicorn)	13	1.65m	55kg	November 3rd	B	Japan	Algeria	Unicorn Gallop
Ichi (Saint of Hydra)	14	1.70m	56kg	February 10th	B	Japan	Finland	Mellow Poison
Nachi (Saint of Wolf)	14	1.71m	57kg	July 20th	AB	Japan	Liberia	Dead Howling
Ban (Saint of Lionet)	15	1.81m	83kg	December 30th	B	Japan	Tanzania	Lionet Bomber
Geki (Saint of Bear)	15	1.88m	102kg	May 15th	A	Japan	Canada	Hanging Bear
June (Saint of Chameleon)	14	1.60m	45kg	April 17th	O	Ethiopia	Andromeda Island	Chameleon Whip

[edit] Black Saints (暗黒聖闘士 Ankoku Saints in Japanese)

• Black Pegasus (Black Saint of Pegasus)

Age: 15

Height: 1.70m

Weight: 58kg

Blood Type: B

Birthdate: July 13rd

Birthplace: Israel

Training place: Death Queen Island

Techniques: Black Pegasus Ryusei-ken (暗黒流星拳, ブラック流星拳), also known as Black Death Punch/別名：黒死拳(Kokushi-ken)

Seiyuu: Nakahara Shigeru (中原 茂, なかはら しげる)

His version of Black Ryusei-ken (meteor punch) causes poison in Seiya's body with burning black marks that spreads all over Seiya's body. Over time, Seiya was later saved by Shiryu by drawing out the black blood from the 13 pegasus star points on his body.

• Black Dragon (Black Saint of Dragon)

Age: 15

Height: 1.73m

Weight: 62kg

Blood Type: A

Birthdate: August 10th

Birthplace: Poland

Training place: Death Queen Island

Techniques: "Surrender of the Dragon" combine attack using one finger (“伏龍”との連携攻撃、指一本による突き (Huku Ryuu Kougeki)

Seiyuu: Yamaguchi Ken (山口健, やまぐち けん)

The strongest of the 4 black saints. Before Black Dragon's death by Shiryu's defeat, he was finally convinced to believe in "Friendship" that Shiryu kept telling him about and stopped Shiryu's bleeding before he died.

• • Black Dragon (the hidden one, appeared in manga only)

Age: 15

Height: 1.73m

Weight: 62kg

Blood Type: A

Birthday: August 8th

Birthplace: Poland

Training place: Death Queen Island

Techniques: Ability to hide in the darkness, shadow like to Black Dragon and combine attacks.

The blinded elder twin brother of Black Dragon. Shun's nebula chain noticed the hidden Black Dragon and Shun warned Shiryu to watch out for the one in hiding. Shiryu finally realizes the existence of the hidden Black Dragon and defeated him with one hit.

• Black Cygnus (Black Saint of Cygnus)

Age: 15

Height: 1.73m

Weight: 61kg

Blood Type: O

Birthdate: December 28th

Birthplace: Finland

Training location: Death Queen Island

Techniques: Black Blizzard (黒吹雪, ブラックブリザード ）

Seiyuu: Tanaka Kazumi (田中和実, たなか　かずみ)

In the manga version, Black Cygnus ripped out one of his eyeballs and sent it to Ikki to show him Hyoga's technique in the reflection of his eyeball just before he died. In the anime, Black Cygnus broke off the swan head on his helmet instead.

• Black Andromeda (Black Saint of Andromeda)

Age: 14

Height: 1.70m

Weight: 58kg

Blood Type: B

Birthdate: October 4th

Birthplace: Turkey

Training place: Death Queen Island

Techniques: "Black Fang Nebula" also known as "Black Nebula Chain"(暗黒流牙星雲, ブラックファングネビュラ、※アニメでは暗黒ネビュラチェーン）

Seiyuu: Shiozawa Kaneto (塩沢 兼人, しおざわ かねと)

His version of Black Fang Nebula can turn into piles of snakes and choke his enemy. However it's no match for the real Nebula chain of Andromeda Shun. He is defeated when Shun was provoked from Seiya's self sacrifice of cutting the nebular chain and falling deeper into the pit.

• Black Phoenix (Black Saint of Phoenix)

Age: 15

Height: 1.73m

Weight: 63kg

Birthday: Unknown

Blood Type: Unknown

Birth Place: Unknown

Training Place: Death Queen Island

Techniques: Black wings of the Phoenix

Shadow warriors of Ikki

Seiyuu: Ikemizu Michihiro (池水 通洋, いけみず みちひろ)

• Jango (General of the Black Saint after Ikki's redemption)

Age: 18

Height: 1.88m

Weight: 101kg

Blood Type: B

Birthdate: August 8th

Birthplace: Samoa

Training location: Death Queen Island

Techniques: Death Queen Inferno

Seiyuu: Ginga Banjo (銀河 万丈, ぎんが ばんじょう)

Black Saint's leader before Ikki kills him with Phoenix Gemma Ken.

• Guilty (Ikki's Master on Death Queen Island)

Age: Unknown

Height: 1.92m

Weight: 91kg

Birthday: Unknown

Blood Type: Unknown

Birth Place: Unknown

Training Place: Unknown

Technique: Unknown

Seiyuu: Shibata Hidekatsu (柴田 秀勝, しばた ひでかつ)

Ikki's master's identity is unknown because he always wears a mask. He teaches Ikki to draw power from hate and to provoke Ikki into hate. He killed Esmeralda and just before he died, he revealed to Ikki that Mitsumasa Kido fathered 100 orphan children (only in the manga) and Ikki is one of them to provoke Ikki on a mission of hate and kill all that's related to Mitsumasa Kido.

[edit] Silver Saints

• Algethi (Saint of Heracles)

Age: 17

Height: 2.40m

Weight: 180kg

Blood Type: O

Birthdate: August 15th

Birthplace: Africa

Training location: Uganda

Techniques: Cornephoros

Seiyuu: Gouri Daisuke (郷里大輔, ごうり だいすけ) 、Imamura Naoki (今村直樹, いまむら なおき) OVA version.

One of the three silver saints sent after Seiya while Seiya's in the hospital. He was defeated when Seiya put on the Sagittarius gold cloth.

He is later on revived in the Hades OAV series to attack Shun. He is easily defeated by Shun's nebular chain.

• Algol (Saint of Perseus)

Age: 17

Height: 1.88m

Weight: 83kg

Blood Type: A

Birthdate: November 11th

Birthplace: Saudi Arabia

Training location: Austria

Techniques: Rhas Al-Ghûl Gorgoneion, Gorgon Kick

Equipment: Medusa Shield

His Medusa shield turned both Shun and Seiya into stone in the anime. Shiryu had to blind his own eyes in order to defeat Algol. He is later on revived in the first Hades OAV to secretly warn Hyoga about the imminent battle in the Sanctuary. Hyoga not knowing his intentions kills him.

Named after the star Algol ("Demon Star"), known for its varying brightness.

• Asterion (Saint of Hound)

Age: 16

Height: 1.83m

Weight: 75kg

Blood Type: B

Birthdate: February 20th

Birthplace: Denmark

Training location: Austria, Brocken Mountain

Techniques: Million Ghost Attack

Asterion has the ability to read the opponent's mind and heart.

Named after Asterion, husband of Europa.

Asterion was the one that found out Marin helped Seiya escape by reading her heart, and later defeated by Marin when Marin emptied her thoughts so that Asterion can no longer read her mind.

• Babel (Saint of Centaurus)

Age: 17

Height: 1.85m

Weight: 80kg

Blood Type: B

Birthdate: February 27th

Birthplace: Iraq

Training location: Kentaurus Island

Techniques: Fotia Roufihtra (Fire Storm like technique)

In the anime, Babel gained the upper hand over Hyoga until Steel Saint interrupted the battle. Sky Armor Sho absorbed Babel's attack fire blast.

Named after the ancient city Babel, known for the biblical story the Tower of Babel.

• Capella (Saint of Auriga)

Age: 17

Height: 1.83m

Weight: 80kg

Blood Type: B

Birthdate: August 21st

Birthplace: Greece

Training location: Greece

Techniques: Saucer Attack

He was defeated by Phoenix Ikki's Gemma Ken of seeing the illusion of his Saucer flying back and cutting him up.

Named after an actual star known as "the Charioteer". Often believed to be Hephaestus.

• Daidalos (Saint of Cepheus)

Age: 19

Height: 1.87m

Weight: 89kg

Blood Type: A

Birthdate: April 30th

Birthplace: Argentina

Training location: Somalia coast, Andromeda Island

Techniques: Unknown

Daidalos is the master of both Chameleon June and Andromeda Shun on Andromeda Island. After Shun earned his cloth by surviving the tide water, Daidaros recognized Shun as a real saint and that his cosmo was rather powerful and frightening. When he heard about Shun going against the Sanctuary, he agreed with him and therefore the sanctuary sent Pisces Aphrodite to kill Daidalos. It was an easy match for Aphrodite but Daidalos fought until his last breath believing in Shun.

In the anime, Shun's teacher was killed by both Scorpio Milo and Piscis Aphrodite.

Named after the Greek mythical inventor Daidalos or Daedalus, known for the Labyrinth of Crete and his aerial escape from Crete and the tragic death of his son Ikaros. For the anime, this character was completely redesigned and renamed "Albiore".

• Dante (Saint of Kerberos)

Age: 17

Height: 1.85m

Weight: 93kg

Blood Type: AB

Birthdate: March 29th

Birthplace: Italy

Training location: Italy, Sicilia Island

Techniques: 地獄の鋼球鎖 (Steel Ball Chain of Hell)

Equipment: Hell Hound Steel Spike Balls

He uses big steel spike balls and chains as weapons to attack the bronze saint Phoenix Ikki. During the chase after Saori and the others, Andromeda Shun stepped in. Dante's chain is no match for Shun's Nebula chain and he was defeated.

Named after the Florentine poet Dante Alighieri.

• Dio (Saint of Musca)

Age: 16

Height: 1.60m

Weight: 56kg

Blood Type: B

Birthdate: July 10th

Birthplace: Mexico

Training location: Mexico, Mexico Highlands

Techniques: Dead End Fly

One of the three silver saints sent after Seiya when Seiya was in the hospital, he was defeated when Seiya put on the Sagittarius gold cloth. Later on revived in the first Hades OAV to attack Shun; being easily defeated by Shun's Nebular chain.

• Jamian (Saint of Crow)

Age: 17

Height: 1.66m

Weight: 56kg

Blood Type: A

Birthdate: July 27th

Birthplace: Britain

Training location: Scotland

Techniques: Black Wing Shaft

Ability to command Crows to do his bidding, he was sent to kidnap Saori Kido during the Silver Saints' order from Pope to eliminate the Bronze Saints. He accidentally trips down a cliff when confounded by Saori's cosmo and falls to his death.

• Marin (Saint of Eagle)

Age: 16

Height: 1.67m

Weight: 51kg

Blood Type: A

Birthdate: March 18th

Birthplace: Japan

Training location: Greece

Techniques: Eagle Toe Flash, Ryusei-ken (Meteor Fist), Kū ken (Empty Fist)

Seiya's master who has similar status to Seiya's long lost sister. Whale Moses also said that Marin has a long lost brother also from Japan so they thought Marin could be Seiya's sister. However, this was later revealed to be false.

Marin is the only female Saint that wears a mask and never completely shows her real face in the anime or the manga.

Marin is a good friend of Aiolia and in a way is also Shaina's comrade in battle as proven when Shaina helps Marin rescue Seiya in the 12 Houses battle.

Marin disappears for a large part of the Sanctuary arc, for she went on a quest to find out the truth about Pope Ares. She climbs up the blidd of "Star Hill" which is off limits to all Saints. At the top, she finds a dead body that was still in perfect condition albeit being dead for over 10 years. It is later on revealed that this body is the true Pope: Aries Shion.

Marin aids the Bronze Saints in the Asgard battle when she fights Alberich. However, she is defeated and trapped in a coffin. Her body is freed when Alberich is killed. She confesses to Shaina that when she talked to a recovering Aldebaran, she is told that the Asgard God Warrior that attacked Aldebaran has a twin brother.

Marin isn't present during the Poseidon battle and most of the Hades battle for she was out on a quest to find Seiya's sister Seika, and found her.

The Tenkai-Hen movie reveals that Angel Icaros Tōma is Marin's younger brother.

• Misty (Saint of Lizard)

Age: 16

Height: 1.80m

Weight: 68kg

Blood Type: O

Birthdate: October 11th

Birthplace: France

Training location: France, Cote d'Azur

Techniques: Marble Tripper

A beautiful narcissistic man who believe that the only true victory is winning without getting hurt or scars. However Seiya proved him wrong and he admitted Seiya was right just before he died.

He is later on revived in the Hades OAV series to attack Hyoga, but he is easily defeated.

• Moses (Saint of Whale)

Age: 17

Height: 2.05m

Weight: 130kg

Blood Type: A

Birthdate: August 2nd

Birthplace: New Zealand

Training location: New Zealand

Techniques: Kaitos Spounting Bomber

Moses was the first character with one eye scar and Kraken Issac was the second. He is defeated by Seiya.

Named after the biblical religious leader Moses, known for his persecution of polytheists.

• Orphée (Saint of Lyra)

Age: 19

Height: 1.73m

Weight: 60kg

Blood Type: A

Birthdate: November 15th

Birth Place: Greece

Training Place: Greece

Techniques: Stringer Nocturn, Stringer Fine, Death Triple Serenade

The lost legendary Saint, said to be the only Silver Saint who surpassed the power of a Gold Saint. First and last appeared in the late Hades arc. The Greek mythology below is also the reason why he was 'lost'.

Named after the Greek mythical musician Orpheus. After his wife Eurydice died he went to Hades to reclaim her, but lost her again because he failed to abide by Hades' condition.

• Shaina (Saint of Ophiuchus)

Age: 16

Height: 1.66m

Weight: 49kg

Blood Type: B

Birthdate: March 24th

Birthplace: Italy

Training location: Greece

Techniques: Thunder Claw, Thunder Cobra

Started off on the opposite side of Seiya during the first fight with him, Seiya was able to break her mask and saw her face. Later, after trying to assassin Seiya in the hospital, Shaina told Seiya that it's a shameful thing to have a female saint's face viewed by a man and the there's only two choices as the result: either to kill the male or to love him.

Part of her hatred against Seiya was also because Seiya got the Pegasus Cloth instead of her pupil Cassios. Throughout the series, Shaina develops a strong affection toward Seiya.

Shaina decides to help Seiya when she finds out that her pupil Cassios was killed in her place to save Aiolia. She has helped the Bronze Saints in the 12 Houses battle, Asgard and Poseidon. She guards the outer limits of the Sanctuary in the Hades battle and is the one who orders the cemetery to be burned in case other dead Saints are revived to serve Hades.

• Sirius (Saint of Canis Major)

Age: 17

Height: 1.85m

Weight: 86kg

Blood Type: O

Birthdate: January 6th

Birthplace: East Germany

Training location: Greece

Techniques: Great Mountain Smasher (OVA)

One of the three Silver Saints sent after Seiya while Seiya was in the hospital, he was defeated when Seiya put on the Sagittarius Gold Cloth. Later on revived in the Hades OAV to attack Shun but he is easily defeated.

It is slightly hinted that he and the other Silver saints weren't attacking the Bronze saints at random, but rather they used their lives to warn them about the upcoming battle in the Sanctuary while at the same time tried to appear to be loyal to Hades so that the Gold saints could carry out their mission to kill Athena.

Named after the double star Sirius, also the name of the dog of Orion.

• Tremy or Ptolemy (Saint of Sagitta)

Birthdate: June 16th

Birthplace: Libya

Training location: Egypt

Techniques: Phantom Arrow

Ptolemy is a saint that follows the orders he is given. When the four bronze saints arrive at the sanctuary he is there to greet them in disguise. But as soon as they come into the vicinity of the Aries temple he reveals himself and attacks them with a shower of phantom arrows.

However, the bronze saints realize they are all illusions and easily defeat him. There is yet only one golden real arrow that he shot, which hits Saori right in the chest. Before he dies, he tells them they must reach Pope Ares in less than 12 Houses so that he can remove the arrow before it pierces Saori's heart.

• • Dead Silver Saints

As seen on the tomb stones in the Hades chapter, there's quite a few Silver Saints that are already dead. Masami Kurumada has identified them as the following names:

Serge, Ludwig, Gilles, Helga, Jose, Algernon, Tess, Siroe, Edomon, Gavin, Juan, Baraba, Ivan, Kain, Isac, Tony, Cima, Timothy, Himrar, Migel, Nobo, Salomo, Van, Zola and Kim.

[edit] Gold Saints

• Shion (Former Saint of Aries and Pope of Sanctuary, master to Mu)

Age: 248 years (when he dies)

Birthdate: March 30th

Height: 1.85 m

Weight: 77 kg

Birthplace: Tibet

Training Place: Unknown

Blood Type: A+

Secret Moves: Crystal Wall, Stardust Revolution.

Seiyuu: Tobita Nobuo

He was one of the two survivors of the last Holy War against Hades. Little is known about the time where he ruled as the Pope of the Sanctuary, but he was killed by Gemini Saga who then replaced him. Shion, however, came back to life as a specter of Hades.

Shion first paralyzes Mu and allows Saga, Camus and Shura to enter the 12 Houses. Shion later on confronts Dohko who becomes young again and the two face off destroying the Aries house in a huge explosion of cosmo.

Shion appears again apparently unharmed when the Bronze Saints arrive to the place where Athena died. The Bronze Saints attack him thinking he was a traitor, but he confesses everything was a scam to avoid Hades from killing them before the revived Saints could finish their mission.

Shion's true mission was to reach the Athena statue which is really her Cloth. He revives the Cloth with Athena's blood which turns into a miniature statue. Shion also manages to restore the damaged Bronze Cloths of Seiya, Shun, Hyoga and Shiryu with Athena's blood, granting their Cloths with special protection from the barrier field that leads to the entrance to Hades.

After finishing his mission successfully, Shion awaits at the Sanctuary along with Libra Dohko for his imminent death at sunrise.

Shion uses more powerful versions of Mu's attacks, due to him being the one to have trained Mu. He was a good friend of Libra Dohko, the other survivor of the last Holy War. While not proven, it's highly probable Shion can also repair cloths and he taught his abilities to Mu.

Shion has an important role in the Lost Canvas and Next Dimension manga.

Named after Sion, person of the bible.

• Mu (Saint of Aries)

Age: 20 years

Birthdate: March 27th

Height: 1.82 m

Weight: 75 kg

Birthplace: Tibet

Training Place: Tibet, Jamir

Blood Type: A

Secret Moves: Crystal Wall, Crystal Net, Stardust Revolution, Starlight Extinction.

Seiyuu: Shiozawa Kaneto,Takumi Yamazaki

Mu is very soft spoken, and possesses a scholarly-like personality. His demeanour is very tranquil and logical, almost as if he is a professor of the sanctuary. Mandarin-speaking Saint Seiya fans usually call him 'Mu xiansheng', or 'Mister Mu'. Mu; is an artisan in the Sanctuary who is the only person possessing the ability to repair Saints' Cloths. Mu has the strongest telekinetic abilities (psychokinesis, teleportation etc) of all Saints, and he can teleport from one location to another. However, he can only teleport short distances while in the Sanctuary for it has a strong energy field that conflicts with his powers.

Mu has a special facial feature which he shares with his master Shion and his pupil Kiki: they all have two round dots between their eyebrows. The origin of Mu was suspected to be the lost continent of Mu though this isn't official. During Saga's terror reign over the Sanctuary and Athena's exile, Mu resided in the mountain range of Jamir near Tibet. His attacks are similar to Shion, his master.

Although Mu appeared very early in the series, it was only by the Hades arc that his fighting abilities were seen. This was due to Mu's pacifist nature (commented by Shion).

Mu has an important role in the beginning of the Hades arc where after being released from Shion's telekinesis by Dohko, he goes out to help the remaining Gold Saints. Mu is unable to help Taurus Aldebaran and he doesn't allow anyone to save Virgo Shaka in respect to Shaka's own wishes.

On his way to the Cancer house, Mu is confronted by a group of true Hades specters and is forced to fight against Papillon Myu. The anime and manga greatly differ in how the battle is matched. In the anime, Mu uses Seiya to discover Myu's attacks to defeat him with Starlight Extinction. In the manga, Mu uses telekinectic abilities and throws pillars at Myu, and Seiya doesn't appear at all during the fight.

Later on, Mu shows no mercy against Saga, Camus and Shura when they return to the Virgo house after killing Shaka with the forbidden attack "Athena Exclamation". Mu (holding Shaka's rosary) teams up with Aioria and Milo to perform Athena Exclamation thus destroying the Virgo house.

Mu, Milo and Aioria are ordered by Athena to bring Saga, Shura and Camus to her unharmed. It's hinted that Mu suspected Athena's secret intention to kill herself. Mu, Milo and Aioria follow Saga, Shura and Camus to the entrance of Hades where Mu confronts Rhadamanthys, who then throws his body into the pit of Hell (which leads to the Hades, the Underworld).

He along with Milo and Aiolia are sent to the Cocytus until they all awaken to open the path to Elysion.

Named after Mu, the lost continent.

• Aldebaran (Saint of Taurus)

Age: 20 years

Birthdate: May 8th

Height: 2.10 m

Weight: 130 kg

Birthplace: Brazil

Training Place: Brazil

Blood Type: B

Secret Move: Great Horn

Seiyuu: Genda Tessho

Named as the Golden Wild Ox (黄金の野牛). Aldebaran is the only Gold Saint taller than 200 centimeters. Although his sheer physical size may intimidate most of his opponents, he is considered to be kind and straight forward. During the confrontation between the Bronze Saints and the sanctuary, he saw the enthusiasm in Seiya, and their potential, and allowed them to pass through his temple. His friendship with Mū seems to be very close, who commented that he is the physically strongest Saint out of all the 88 Saints. His role in the Asgard/Poseidon arc was slightly different: in the manga-version he bursted his own eardrums trying to overcome Sorento's flute sound, but it was ineffective. In the anime-version, Aldebaran was attacked and injured by Mizar Syd instead of Sorento (later Dubhe Siegfried was the one to fight Sorento, and similarly pierced his eardrums to defend Sorento's flute sound, and fails).

His best known fact was not his physical strength, but his eternal devotion toward Athena. During the Sanctuary arc, he allows Seiya and other Saints to pass his temple because he knew it was the only way to save Athena. In the Hades saga he is hero, killed by the spectre Deep Niobe but defeated by Taurus also. Even after his death, his Cloth and Cosmo continue to defend the Taurus temple against invaders, and alerted Mu of Deep Niobe's assassination. Finally, his Cloth and Cosmo join the other Gold Saint for one final attack to destroy the Wailing Wall to allow Seiya and others to enter Elysion and save Athena.

Named after Aldebaran, the brightest star in the constellation Taurus.

• Saga (Saint of Gemini)

Age: 28 years

Birthdate: May 30th

Height: 1.88 m

Weight: 87 kg

Birthplace: Greece

Training Place: Greece (Sanctuary)

Blood Type: AB

Secret Moves: Galaxian Explosion, Another Dimension,幻朧魔皇拳 (Illusionary Demon Emperor Fist, Genrō Maō Ken^?)

Seiyuu: Kazuyuki Sogabe,Ryotaro Okiayu

Originally first appeared as an enigma saint (謎の聖闘士). Saga has the ability to warp space with a technique is called "Another Dimension" and also have illusion techniques. Saga was affected by schizophrenic illness. The dark personality's ethical values and moralities are twisted beyond repair. Thus Saga was the culprit who caused chaos in the Sanctuary Chapter. He is also the most grievous victim of his own evil deeds. Saga claimed that Kanon was the one who lead him to the evil side.

Despite his feigned attack towards Athena in the Hades Chapter, the positive side of Saga was always loyal to his beloved goddess. Saga can strike the nervous system of his enemy, paralyzing the body of his opponent and finally gaining control over the enemy's mind. As the result of Saga's attack, his victim cannot regained his/her mental control unless he/she kills someone. This devastating technique is known as the "Demon Emperor Fist". His most devastating attack is the "Galaxian Explosion" which has the power of an exploding galaxy or many planets. He also used a technique similar to Shaka's Tenbu Horin to strip Seiya of his five senses.

• Kanon (Saga's twin brother, who trained along with him and became by luck the Mariner called "Sea Dragon" who first appeared in the Poseidon arc. Later on, he becomes the new Saint of Gemini, during the Hades chapter, replacing his brother.)

Age: 28 years

Birthdate: May 30th

Height: 1.88 m

Weight: 87 kg

Birthplace: Greece

Training Place: Greece (Sanctuary)

Blood Type: AB

Secret Moves: Galaxian Explosion, 幻朧拳 (Illusionary Fist, Genrō Ken^?), 幻朧魔皇拳 (Illusionary Demon Emperor Fist, Genrō Maō Ken^?), Golden Triangle

Seiyuu: Kazuyuki Sogabe,Ryotaro Okiayu

Kanon is as powerful as his older brother Saga. Kanon was the one who caused Saga to turn into the 'dark side' as well as the one to have started the war between Athena and Poseidon, therefore until the beginning of Hades Chapter, the surviving saints were very hostile towards Kanon. Eventually Kanon abandoned his evil ways and pledged his allegiance to Athena. In the Hades Chapter, Kanon suited up in the Gemini armor and fought successfully against multiple Spectres. He uses similar attacks to those of Saga, including the Galaxian Explosion, but his version of Another Dimension is called "Golden Triangle" (used only as a marina, which Phoenix Bronze Saint Ikki comments is a weaker version of Another Dimension), but his attack of "Demon Emperor Fist" seems to be more powerful, using only a finger when battling the specters Lune and Rhadamanthys.

• Death Mask (Saint of Cancer)

Age: 23 years

Birthdate: June 24th

Height: 1.84 m

Weight: 82 kg

Birthplace: Italy

Training Place: Sicilia Island

Blood Type: A

Secret Moves: 積尸気冥界波 (Tseih She Ke Underworld Wave, Seki Shi Ki Meikai Ha^?)

Seiyuu: Tanaka Ryoichi

Death Mask's belief in absolute power transformed him into a villain of the sanctuary. This Gold Saint is completely evil and sadistic, as he feels extreme pleasure in killing and torturing his victims through eternal suffering even after their deaths. He was killed by Shiryu in the Sanctuary Chapter. Alongside with Pisces Aphrodite, he was resurrected by Hades in spectral form in order to take Athena's head to Hades, but they were both neutralized by Aries Mu and was sent back to Hell definitely by Rhadamanthys. In the manga Hades Chapter, Death Mask sacrificed himself, along with other 11 Gold Saints, in front of Wall of Sigh to allow Bronze Saints gain passage to Elysion. From certain perspective, Death Mask redeemed himself from the sins he committed. He's the only one who can go forth and back from the Tseih She Ke(Chinese name of the Beehive Cluster) as will.

In the (largely considered uncanon) Saint Seiya Episode G manga, he is shown to be none less vile, hitting Aiolia's assistant Lithos when she defends her master, and pledging eternal loyalty to Saga because he shared the same philosophy with him.

• Aiolia (Saint of Leo)

Age: 20 years

Birthdate: August 16th

Height: 1.85 m

Weight: 85 kg

Birthplace: Greece

Training Place: Greece (Sanctuary)

Blood Type: O

Secret Moves: Lightning Plasma, Lightning Bolt, Lightning Fang (Episode G only), Photon Burst (Episode G only)

Seiyuu: Hideyuki Tanaka

Named the Golden Lion (黄金の獅子)Aiolia is head-strong and usually allows his emotions to get the best of him, an opposite to the colder and reflexive attitude of Aries Mu. Besides Marin, Seiya considered Aiolia to be his mentor, close friend and a surrogate older brother. Therefore both of their combat techniques are similar.

In Megumu Okada's Saint Seiya Episode G, he is the protagonist, and it is expressed how truly ashamed he was to be Aiolos' brother, dying his hair red, and constantly training to surpass him. Also, he holds a grudge against most of the Gold Saints as well the Master of Sanctuary (who, at the time, was Saga disguised), as he often engages in fights with them (such as when Deathmask hit Lithos), and disobeying the Pope's commands. Also, it is shown that even though he resented his brother and suffered every day because of him, he still loved him very much. One example of this is his battle with the Titan Ceos. In there, he sees his brother's spirit, who offers him words of comfort and encouragement.

He then remembered a day of training with his brother. He was arguing with his brother over a new attack, he, Aiolia, had developed. Aiolos said that while his attack was insanely powerful, it also drained most of his cosmos and left him nearly dead. Aiolos then told him that he should "seal" the attack, and to only ever use it again to protect Athena, or his loved ones.

Aiolia then snaps out of it, and unleashes the attack, "Photon Burst", which defeats Ceos, and would have destroyed him, if another Titan had not saved him. Aiolia dedicates the attack to his brother, saying that he created it to protect him.

Aiolia holds his loved ones very close to his heart, more specifically his servants Lithos and Garan, considering them his family. In fact, Garan on instance says the whole reason Aiolia got stronger was not just because of himself, but because of his desire to protect everyone and everything dear to him.

Aiolia's technique "Lightning Plasma" works by generates multiple small powerful plasma energy with his cosmo, which travel at the speed of light. If enemies are within 3 meters of his presence, the technique allows Aiolia to fire 100 million rounds per second of plasma bolts at his opponents. His other technique is "Lightning Bolt", where Aiolia punches the air at extremely fast speeds to crack the atmosphere and create a vacuum, then fires an highly charged electric orb through it.

Named after the mythical island Aiolia or Aeolia, residence of Aiolos, the god of winds.

• Shaka (Saint of Virgo)

Age: 20 years

Birthdate: September 19th

Height: 1.82 m

Weight: 68 kg

Birthplace: India

Training Place: India (Ganges)

Blood Type: AB

Secret Moves: Kahn, 天舞宝輪 (Heavennly Dance of treasure wheel, Tembu Hōrin^?), 六道輪廻 (endless circle of transmigration in the six posthumous worlds, Rikudō Rinne^?), 天魔降伏 (Capitulation of the Demon, Tenma Kofuku^?), 天空覇邪魑魅魍魎 (Heaven Supremacy on evil spirits of rivers and mountains, Tenkū Haja Chimmimōryō^?), 転法輪印 (Tenpōrin Seal, Tenpōrin In^?) ॐ(Aum)

Seiyuu: Mitsuya Yuuji

One of the most powerful Gold Saints, Shaka is thought to be the reincarnation of Siddhartha, or the Buddha, and is known as 'the man closest to God'. This is certainly reflected in his volatile temperament and often totalistic reasoning (though ironic because the Buddha is considered pacifist and contemplatively gentle). In order to hold back his extremely powerful cosmos, Shaka's eyes are normally shut. However, if calamity befalls should Shaka opens his eyes -- the precursor to his ultimate attack, 'Tenbu Horin,' which not only traps and defangs Shaka's victims, but also wipes out their five senses (sight, hearing, touch, smell and taste. Essentially reduces Shaka's victims to living corpses. His skill and power is demonstrated in the Hades Chapter, where he single handedly, yet not easily, repelled three powerful fallen Gold Saints (namely Saga, Camus and Shura), before he was slain by their Athena's Exclamation, which he'd planned to be. Shaka is also the first Saint to master the Eighth Sense - Arayashiki (阿頼耶識), which allows one to move freely within Hades' realm even after death.

• Dohko (Saint of Libra)

Age: 261 years

Birthdate: October 20th

Height: 1.40 m (old) ~ 1.70 (young)

Weight: Unknown

Birthplace: China

Training Place: China (Lushan)

Blood Type: A

Secret Moves: 廬山昇龍覇 (Mount Ro Rising Dragon Wave, Rozan Shō Ryū Ha^?), 廬山百龍覇 (Mount Ro Hundred Dragon Wave, Rozan Hyaku Ryū Ha^?), Misopetha-Menos

Seiyuu: Kobayashi Michitaka(Old),Kenyuu Horiuchi(Young)

His Cloth also carries six pairs of weapons. They are tonfars, nunchakus, spears, swords, triple rods and shields, totaling in all twelve. Dohko's pupil Shiryu calls him 'Roshi'(老師). 'Roshi' in Japanese means 'teacher,' and he is referred to by this name from all Saints as a sign of respect (even though his only true student is Shiryu). Dohko in his dormant form resembles a tiny old man (similar to Yoda of Star Wars) who has purple skin and white beard. Dohko can transform into a young 18 year-old version of himself with the average height and weight of a man in his prime because of 'Misopethamenos'. It is a gift from Athena which allows his heart to beat at the rate of 100,000 times per year (namely, the number of times a normal human heart beats per day). Therefore, this technique allows Dohko to age at an extremely slow rate compared to other human beings (243 years to him was equivalent to 243 days). Similar to Mu, Dohko took refuge in the Five Ancient Peaks of Mount Ro in China. The purpose was to watch over the mountain peak where Athena imprisoned the spirits of Hades' 108 Spectres. His attack unleashes the power of 100 dragons ("Rozan Hyaku Ryū Ha"). He is arguably the most experienced and wisest of the Saints. He tells the bronze saint about the Eighth Sense. He is equal in skill and ability as Shion, as said in both the anime and the manga.

Note: Although Dohko is the Gold Saint of Libra, and uses dragon attacks, his totem symbol, seen when he powers his cosmo to the max, is actually a tiger. In contrast with Shiryu, he also has a tiger tattoo on his back.

In the Lost Canvas, Dohko was the first saint to encounter the power of the previous pegasus saint, Tenma. It was Dohko who helped harness Tenma's powers and taught him about cosmos.

• Milo (Saint of Scorpion)

Age: 20 years

Birthdate: November 8th

Height: 1.85 m

Weight: 84 kg

Birthplace: Greece

Training Place: Greece (Milos Island)

Blood Type: B

Secret Moves: Restriction, Phantom Scorpion, Scarlet Needle, Antares

Seiyuu: Ikeda Shuichi,Toshihiko Seki

Milo's character is similar to that of Aiolia, except that he is more cold-minded. Milo's attacks are not very powerful, but extremely painful to his opponents. Similar to a scorpion sting, Milo usually takes his time to torture his enemies. There are a total of 15 Scarlet Needles, which represents the stars of the constellation Scorpio. Before the final needle to the heart, the Antares, Milo will give the opponent an opportunity to surrender.

In Hades, Milo stays with Saori and strikes many of his needles at Kanon, refusing to believe he was worth of trust. However, before attacking with his Antares Needle, Milo recognizes Kanon's intentions and leaves Saori alone with the new Gemini Saint, now considered a friend. Along with Aiolia and Mu, Milo is defeated by Radamanthys, while weakened by Hades' Barrier. Later on, Milo takes part in the destruction of the Wailing Wall.

Named after Milos a Island in Greece.

• Aiolos (Saint of Sagittarius and Aiolia's elder brother; deceased before the beginning of the series)

Age: 14 years (when he died, if alive he would be 27 during Seiya's fight in Sanctuary)

Birthdate: November 30th

Height: 1.87 m

Weight: 85 kg

Birthplace: Greece

Training Place: Greece (Sanctuary)

Blood Type: O

Secret Moves: Atomic Thunderbolt, Infinity Break (Episode G only), Golden Arrow

Seiyuu: Yusaku Yara

Aiolos died very young. His courage to stand up to the entire sanctuary and escape with the infant Athena proved his bravery. Aiolos was selected by Shion as the next Pope of the sanctuary; However, due to Saga's secret overthrown and pose as the Pope, Aiolos was branded a traitor and eventually hunted down and killed by Capricornus Shura but manage to lived long enough to encounter Mitsumasa Kido and give the infant Athena to him which Kido take the baby and the Sagittarius cloth back to Japan. As a spirit, he helps the Bronze Saints, especially Seiya, in defeating their enemies many times and lending Seiya his Sagittarius armor as well through out the series. Aiolos's technique 'Atomic Thunder Bolt' has similar form as Aiolia's 'Lightning Bolt' (a thunder sphere).

Before his flee from the sanctuary, he made a stop by his temple to pick up his Sagittarius Cloth. Before his journey toward Japan with infant Athena, he carved his will behind a tile in his temple.

The will proves to be the most inspirational speech of the entire Sanctuary arc. After Seiya and the rest of Athena’s Saints read his will, they felt Aiolos’ sense of justice and his greatness, the Saints regenerated completely from the fatigue of previous battles.

In Saint Seiya Episode G, he is a constant figure of support for his brother, despite his brother's resentment of him, with his spirit constantly appearing and helping Aiolia to overcome his challenges. In that manga he has also a powerful move called Infinity Break, similar to Coeus's own Sparkle Rapier.

Named after the Greek god Aiolos or Aeolus, Keeper of the Winds.

• Shura (Saint of Capricorn)

Age: 23 years

Birthdate: January 12th

Height: 1.86 m

Weight: 83 kg

Birthplace: Spain

Training Place: Spain (Pirineus Mountains)

Blood Type: B

Secret Moves: Excalibur, Jumping Stone, Excalibur (Seiken Ranbu) (Episode G only).

Seiyuu: Totani Kouji,Takeshi Kusao

Shura considered himself to be the saint most loyal to Athena (Note: In the manga, he was actually loyal to the evil Pope of the Sanctuary). For this, when Aiolos basically abducted Athena as a baby (to save her from her own assassination), Shura was among those sent to hunt down and kill Aiolos. The irony in this is that had he succeeded at bringing Athena back to Sanctuary, she would have been killed. Shiryū makes him realize that. His most powerful attack is "Excalibur"(also called Seiken Battō, "Holy Sword Drawn"), which is a fist with the sharpness of a sword. In Greek Mythology, his loyalty to Athena caused Athena to grant him this power (Athena gave the warrior a holy sword 聖剣).

In the Episode G manga he's shown using Excalibur in complex moves like the Seiken Ranbu (Holy Sword Wild Dance), but they still are classified as Excalibur attacks. Later he gave the ability of Excalibur to Dragon Shiryu as he has proved his worthiness right after his own demise.

Named after the Hindu demon who eternally hungers for war, Asura

• Camus (Saint of Aquarius, master of Hyoga)

Age: 20 years

Birthdate: February 7th

Height: 1.84 m

Weight: 76 kg

Birthplace: France

Training Place: Siberia

Blood Type: A

Secret Moves: Aurora Execution, Diamond Dust, Freezing Coffin, Koliso (Episode G only)

Seiyuu: Naya Rokurou,Nobutoshi Canna

Camus's famous technique "Aurora Execution" can freeze anything to near absolute zero (0 kelvins).

Camus is said to be the "Magician of Ice and Water" (「氷と水の魔術師」). He is Cygnus Hyoga's teacher (and in the anime, master of the Crystal Saint who was Hyoga's master). He taught young Hyoga techniques such as "Diamond Dust" and "Koliso"(Russian for "Ring"). He can also create a 'Freezing Coffin' which is unbreakable even if all 12 Gold Saints were to unite their power. Camus sacrificed himself to teach Hyoga "Aurora Execution". Aurora Execution is said to be the strongest ice-based attack in existence, it can achieve the temperature of absolute zero although Camus never actually achieved it.

Named after the French-Algerian writer Albert Camus

• Aphrodite (Saint of Pisces)

Age: 22 years

Birthdate: March 10,

Height: 1.83 m

Weight: 72 kg

Birthplace: Sweden

Training Place: Greenland

Blood Type: O

Secret Moves: Royal Demon Rose, Piranha Rose, Bloody Rose, Roses Profusion (Episode G only)

Seiyuu: Nanba Keiichi

Pisces Saint is said to be the most beautiful Saint between heaven and earth out of all 88 of Athena's Saint (stated in Manga, 天と地のはざ間に輝きを誇る美の戦士). Though he looked beautiful like a woman, he is very much narcissistic. Aphrodite claims to be the most beautiful creature other than Athena, even the stars in the sky will loose its luster compares to him (stated in manga).

Aphrodite guards the last house of the 12th gold saint temple just before the pope's room. And the road leading to the pope's room is filled with Royal Demon Rose which if anyone smells it, they will slowly lose their five senses and fall into a sweet aroma of death.

Pisces Aphrodite attacks with roses as weapon ("Royal Demon Rose (red)", "Piranha Rose (black)", "Bloody Rose (white)"). He also has teleportation abilities, first used in his battle with Shun in the Sanctuary Chapter and used it again in the Saint Seiya Crimson Youth movie when he fight with Shun once again. Just like Deathmask (and Shura in the manga), he knew the true identity of the Pope (Saga) but still chose to follow him. He is as evil (but not as cruel as he prefers to use a painless attack "Royal Demon Rose" against his enemies) as Deathmask, and also attacked the Andromeda Island along and killed Shun's master, Cepheus Daidalos (though in the Anime version, it's actually Scorpio Milo who was sent to attack Andromeda island). Knowing about these facts, the kind nature Andromeda Shun kept give Pisces Aphrodite a chance to repent but after Shun sees that Aphrodite have no intention to repent and decided to uses his final deadly attack "Bloody Rose", the normally docile Andromeda Shun was forced to counter with his final attack "Nebula Storm" and ended up killing him. Later he and Cancer Death Mask were spectrally revived by Hades to have Athena's head taken to Hades, but they were once again stopped by Aries Mu and sent back to Hell by Rhadamanthys.

This Gold Saint is named after Aphrodite, the Greek goddess of beauty and love.

Through out the Sanctuary Chapter and even the movie. Both Pisces Aphrodite and Cancer Deathmask were portrayed as hopeless evil Gold Saint, it wasn't till the Hades Chapter that they were given redemption when they were asked by Shion to pretend to follow Hades' order. (In the Anime, after Shion asked all the dead Gold and Silver Saints to pretend to follow Hades' order, a shot shown Aphrodited smiled and Deathmask gave a smiley grin and then Shion thanked all of them for pretending to betray Athena)

• Dead Gold Saints

As seen on the tombstones in the Hades manga, there's three dead gold saints that have names. Reon, Paul and Johan.

[edit] Other Saints

These characters are only present in the anime adaptation, novel, or other sources. As such, their canonicity is questionable.

[edit] Saints without constellations

• Crystal Saint (Hyoga's first master)

Techniques: Diamond Dust, Freezing fist

In the Manga, Aquarius Camus was Hyoga's only master

• Docrates (Cassios elder brother)

Technique: Hercules Fierce Fist (ヘラクレス猛襲拳)

Ability to grow his body into the size of a giant, was defeated by the bronze saint.

• Flame (Ennetsu) Saint

Techniques: Fire Screw

• Leda

Techniques: Double Nebula Chain (ダブル・ネビュラチェーン) (combine attack with Spica)

Saint in training under Cepheus Daidalos along side with Shun.

Also see Leda in Greek mythology.

• Spica

Techniques: Double Nebula Chain (ダブル・ネビュラチェーン) (combine attack with Leda)

Saint in training under Cepheus Daidalos along side with Shun.

Also see Spica in astrology.

• Spartan

Techniques: Psychokinesis

"He was created for the Anime. He used his psychokinetic powers to bring down the plane the bronze saints were in right before the fight against Algol and Shaina."

[edit] Ghost Saint

The following appeared in anime, Ghost Saint of Carribian. (幽霊聖闘士 )

• Geist

Technique: ファントム眩惑拳 (Phantom Dazzling Fist, Fantomu Genwaku Ken^?), Thunder Claw

Sister of Shaina exiled to Carribian Sea due to a fire crime she did 10 years ago. Inorder to repay for her crime, she was to kill the bronze saint and return with the Sagittarius helm. However just before she was about to over come Seiya, the Sagittarius helm flow itself over and knock her down.

• Sea Serpent

Technique: Unknown

One of three servants of Geist. He can create sticky material and attack swiftly by gliding.

• Dolphine

Technique: ドルフィン流空中回転キック (Dolphine-Style Somersault Kick, Dorufin-ryū Kūchū Kaiten Kikku^?)

One of three servants of Geist. He's very agile and can attack using acrobatic movements.

• Crag (Eel or Jellyfish like)

Technique: クラッグ流電撃百万ボルト (Crag-Style Electric Shock One Million Volt, , Kuraggu-ryū Dengeki Hyakuman Boruto^?)

One of three servants of Geist. He uses fabric lik ribbon or clothe that can shock his enemy with one million volt of electricities.

Japanese Wikipedia of Saint Seiya character list provides a link of "Crag" to Kraken a Greek mythological creature.

[edit] Steel Saints (only in anime)

The Steel Saints' armors were created by Dr. Mamori (supported on the beginning by Mitsumasa Kido). Unlike the other Saints, the Steel Saints' powers come from their robotic armors and not from the cosmos. They only appear on the Silver Saint Arc, and before the Bronze saints travel to the Sanctuary in Greece.

• Daichi (大地 ) (Steel Saint of Fox)

Seiyuu: Ichiryuusai Teiyuu (一龍斎貞友, いちりゅうさい ていゆう) also known as Suzuki Mie (鈴木三枝, 鈴木みえ, すずき みえ)

Land Armor or Land Cloth （ランドクロス) also as (Young)Fox Cloth (仔狐聖衣)

Armor in shape of a small race car or skate board in mainly yellow color.

Capable of generating earthquakes and combine attack with Ushio.

• Ushio (潮) (Steel Saint of Sword Fish)

Seiyuu: Ootsuka Houchuu (大塚 芳忠, おおつか ほうちゅう)

Aquatic Armor or Marine Cloth (マリンクロス) also as Sword Fish Cloth (旗魚聖衣)

Armor in shape of a small submarine or water glider in mainly blue color.

Specializing in sound waves and combine attack with Daichi.

• Sho (翔) (Steel Saint of Toucan)

Seiyuu: Nakahara Shigeru (中原 茂, なかはら しげる) also seiyuu of Megrez Delta Alberich

Sky Armor or Sky Cloth (スカイクロス) also as Toucan (bird of giant beak) Cloth (巨嘴鳥聖衣)

Armor in shape of a small jet plane or air glider in mainly maroon red color.

Power of "sky waves", able to absorb enemy's technique blast and attack from air.

[edit] Bronze Saints

Name	Birthdate	Birthplace	Training location	Techniques	First Appeared in
Yulij (Saint of Sextant)	Unknown	Unknown	Greece	Unknown	Gigantomachia
Retsu (Saint of Lynx)	Unknown	Unknown (probably Japan)	Unknown (possibly China)	裂爪疾風 (Ressō Shippū, Fissure Hurricane?)	Episode G
Yato (Saint of Unicorn)	Unknown	Unknown (probably Japan)	Unknown (probably Algeria)	Unknown	Lost Canvas

[edit] Silver Saints

• Arachne (Saint of Tarantula)

Named after renowned mythical weaver Arachne.

Character created by the anime script writers.

• Agora (Saint of Lotus)

Disciple of the Gold Saint Shaka..

Character created by the anime script writers.

• Nicole (Saint of Ara)

Birthdate: Unknown

Birthplace: Greece

Training location: Unknown

Techniques: Unknown

Nicole is considered very clever in Sanctuary, in particular he has a vast knowledge about astronomy. The Ara Saint has the assignment to follow the Pope like a shadow and like a counterpart, to attract the enemies on himself. In the beginning of gigantomachia he's watching a Greek theater with Andromeda Shun when he is attacked. His hair is brown and he is also the master of Yuulij of Sextant.

• Noesis (Saint of Triangulum)

Birthdate: Unknown

Birthplace: Unknown

Training location: Unknown

Techniques: Tritos Sphraghisma

He is a noble saint that protects his comrades, and proves this when he and Retsu are fighting against a gorgon, after being halfway turned into stone he uses his attack Tritos Sphraghisma making the gorgon unable to petrify. But the power causes the rest of him to turn into stone and accidentally blows the top part of. But later he joins his cosmo with Retsus and with his last remains of his soul they defeat the gorgon.

• Shiva (Saint of Peacock)

Named after the Hindu God Shiva. Disciple of the Gold Saint Shaka.

Character created by the anime script writers.

[edit] Unknown Order Saints

• Mei (Saint of Berenice's Hair)

Birthdate:

Birthplace: Japan

Training Location: Sicilia

Techniques: Zanshin

In the Saint Seiya novel "Gigantomachia", Seiya and his comrades meets Mei who was one of the Children sent out in the world to train. Though he says his cloth is of neither Bronze, Silver or Gold.

[edit] Other notable characters

• Alexer

Age: 19

Height: 1.84m

Weight: 80kg

Birthday: June 27th

Blood Type: AB

Birth Place: Blue Grad near the North Pole circle

Technique: Blue Impluse

He is the elder son of the ruler of Blue Grad, but also the leader of the Blue Warriors (written with the kanji 氷戦士, meaning Ice Warriors), and also the elder brother of Natassia. After capturing Hyoga as a potential ally, he kills his father to initiate his plans for taking over a warmer country. Yet his plans are disturbed when Hyoga escapes and takes a fight with Alexer. Though it is disturbed by the news of Natassia being frozen in ice as she prayed. Hyoga saves Natassia and the story ends with Hyoga walking away, while Alexer holding Natassia in his arms.

• Cassios

Age: 15

Height: 2.01m

Weight: 128kg

Birthday: December 14th

Blood Type: O

Birth Place: Greece

Training Place: Greece

Seiyuu: Ginga Banjou (銀河万丈, ぎんが ばんじょう)

Apprentice and saint in training under Ophiuchus Shaina. During the fight for the Pegasus cloth, Seiya cut off one of his ears and he hated Seiya ever since. Casios has great respect and affection toward Shaina, however he realize that Shaina has affection toward Seiya even want to take Seiya's place to die during the fight with Leo Aiolia, he knock down Shaina and willing to take her place to die inorder to wake Aiolia from the control of Saga's Demon's Emperor Fist. In the anime he's the younger brother of Docrates.

• Esmeralda

Age: 13

Height: 1.58m

Weight: 43kg

Birthday: August 25th

Blood Type: A

Birth Place: A small local island near the Death Queen Island.

Seiyuu: Nakajima Senri (中島千里, なかじま ちさと)

She was sold as work slave to a local abusive farmer with only 3 bags of grains. When Ikki first encounter her, Ikki mistaken her for Shun for they have the same facial feature with only different hair color and gender. She was killed by Guilty, master of Ikki inorder to provoke Ikki to draw power from hate.

• Jacob

Age: 7

Height: 1.28m

Weight: 35kg

Birthday: February 4th

Blood Type: O

Birth Place: Russia, East Siberia

Seiyuu: Suzuki Tomiko (鈴木富子, すずき とみこ)

A kid who lives in a village near Hyoga's training place, he's an admirer of Hyoga and often come by to check up on Hyoga at his training place.

• Kiki (貴鬼, キキ)

Age: 8

Height: 1.30m

Weight: 34kg

Birthday: April 1st

Blood Type: B

Birth Place: Tibet

Training Place: Tibet, Jamir

Techniques: Telekinesis, ability to sense invisible energy force and ability to see invisible crack marks on saint cloths.

Seiyuu: Emori Hiroko (江森浩子, えもり ひろこ )

Apprentice and saint in training under Aries Mu, like his master and grand master, Kiki also bears the two dots marks on his forehead.

• Miho (美穂, みほ)

Age: 13

Height: 1.53m

Weight: 41kg

Birthday: April 15

Blood Type: B

Birth Place: Japan

Seiyuu: Watanabe Naoko (渡辺菜生子, わたなべ なおこ)

Seiya's best friend. Works at an orphanage. Apparently she's in love with Seiya to some degree, and in a sense represents the point of view of the normal people who are mere witnesses to the struggle between the Gods.

• Mitsumasa Kido (城戸光政, きど みつまさ)

Seiyuu: Miyauchi Kouhei (宮内幸平, みやうち こうへい)

Foster grandfather of Saori, who adopted her and took her to Japan after finding a dying Sagittarius Aiolos in Sanctuary. In the manga, it was revealed that he was actually the birth father of all the orphans he sent around the world to be trained as Saints. In the anime, he merely kidnapped the orphans from various locations, and sent them for their training. In order to hide the Sagittarius cloth from Sanctuary, he had people put additional work on it to mask the original shape of the Sagittarius cloth. Just before he die, he told Saori everything regarding the encounter with Aiolos in Sanctuary.

• Natassia (Hyoga's Mother)

Seiyuu: Tsuboi Akiko (坪井章子, つぼい あきこ) (Same voice as Lastelle's mother in Nausicaa of the valley of the wind)

She was Hyoga's mother and died when the ship sinks into the icy sea while they are on their way to see Mitsumasa Kido, Hyoga's father.

• Natassia

Age: 14

Height: 1.62m

Weight: 57kg

Birthday: March 28th

Blood Type: B

Birth Place: Blue Grad, near the North Pole circle.

Younger sister of Blue Warrior Alexer has the same name as Hyoga's mother. In the manga, Hyoga encountered her during the conflict with the Blue Warriors.

• Ohko (王虎)

Technique: 猛虎烈風紫電拳 (Mokō Reppū Shiden Ken, Fierce Tiger Gale Swordflash Fist^?)

Seiyuu: Inoue Kazuhiko (井上和彦, いのうえ かずひこ)

Exiled student of Dohko for breaking the rules and seeking fight with who ever he can. He returned to challenge Shiryu but was defeated in the end.

• Seika (星華, せいか)

Age: 16

Height: 1.67m

Weight: 51kg

Birthday: March 18th

Blood Type: A

Birth Place: Japan

Seiyuu: Yamamoto Yuriko (山本百合子, やまもと ゆりこ)

Seiya's older sister, whom he has not seen in years. After he was taken away, she wandered the world looking for him. It has long been implied that Marin (Seiya's mentor) could have in fact been Seika, and some characters, including Seiya, thought it could be true (Marin and Seika even have the same physical characteristics: same age, same birthdate, same height, same birth place). Marin even has a brother she lost and was looking for. But Seika appeared as an independent character in the Hades chapter she lost her memories when she fall from a cliff on her way to search for Seiya.

• Shunrei (春麗, しゅんれい)

Age: 13

Height: 1.54m

Weight: 42kg

Birthday: April 20th

Blood Type: A

Birth Place: China

Seiyuu: Shibata Yumiko (柴田由美子, しばた ゆみこ) , Satou Eriko (佐藤江梨子, さとう えりこ) OVA version

Shunrei was an abandoned orphan found by Dohko in Rozan (China), she cares deeply for Shiryū, and her prayer for the Shiryu's safety in battle helped Shiryu through some of the tough fights.

Shunrei's name in kanji is (春麗) which is also the same kanji name for Chun Li in Street Fighter series.

• Tokumaru Tatsumi (辰巳徳丸, たつみ とくまる)

Age: 32

Height: 1.85m

Weight: 97kg

Birthday: May 5th

Blood Type: B

Birth Place: Japan

Technique: the moves of a Kendo Third Dan

Seiyuu: Horino Kitoshi 堀之紀 (ほり ゆきとし)

Saori's butler, bodyguard and right-hand man. Was in charge of overseeing the orphans who were to be sent out all over the world to train and become Bronze Saints, and as such most of them are resentful towards him (now that they are stronger than he could possibly be, he's rather scared of them).

[edit] The Next Dimension and The Lost Canvas Characters

• Sasha

Age: Unknown

Height: Unknown

Weight: Unknown

Birthday: Unknown

Blood Type: Unknown

Birth Place: Italy

Technique: Unknown

Appears only in The Lost Canvas manga.
Athena's incarnation of the 18th Century. A Italian orphan, she's childhood friend and orphanage companion of Pegasus Tenma and Alone (Hades's chosen body of the time).

Note: the name is a fan-transliteration of SĀSHA (サーシャ, SĀSHA^?) and may be different from the official one.

• Alone

Age: Unknown

Height: Unknown

Weight: Unknown

Birthday: Unknown

Blood Type: Unknown

Birth Place: Italy

Technique: Unknown

Appears only in The Lost Canvas and in The Next Dimension manga.
Hades's chosen body of the 18th Century.

In the Next Dimension, he's a friend of Pegasus Tenma.

In the Lost Canvas manga, he's an Italian orphan, childhood friend and orphanage companion of Pegasus Tenma and Sasha (Athena's incarnation of the time).

Note: the name is a fan-transliteration of ARŌN (アローン, ARŌN^?) and may be different from the official one.

• Yuzuriha

Age: Unknown

Height: Unknown

Weight: Unknown

Birthday: Unknown

Blood Type: Unknown

Birth Place: Unknown

Technique: Unknown (but she seems to have very strong Telekinetic Powers)

Appears only in The Lost Canvas manga.
A mysterious female warrior from Jamir. She helps Unicorn Yato and Pegasus, teleporting them in Jamir. It's stated (by the Old Cloth Repairer) that she is certainly as strong as a Silver Saint.

Note: the name is a fan-transliteration of YUZURIHA (ユズリハ, YUZURIHA^?) and may be different from the official one.

• Old Cloth Repairer (Also called "Old Man" by Unicorn Yato. Real name unknown)

Age: Unknown

Height: Unknown

Weight: Unknown

Birthday: Unknown

Blood Type: Unknown

Birth Place: Unknown

Technique: Tseih She Ke Underworld Wave (積尸気冥界波, Seki Shi Ki Meikai Ha^?) (but he seems to have also very strong Telekinetic Powers)

Appears only in The Lost Canvas manga.
He repairs Unicorn Yato's Cloth using Yuzuriha's blood, then he sends the Bronze Saint to the door of the Hades in order to save Pegasus.

[edit] Notes

• Supposedly, the Saints represent the 88 constellations, yet according to the official number of Saints given (12 Gold Saints, 24 Silver Saints and 48 Bronze Saints), there are still four unaccounted Saints. However, three Silver Saints and over thirty Bronze Saints never make an appearance.

• The manga Episode G suggests that the four unaccounted Saints could belong to the Bronze Saints. Due Episode G's unknown status as Canon, this information may be unreliable.

• In the Mythological Age, Cloth (or Cloths) evolved in God Cloth(s). This was stated by Hypnos and Thanathos in the original manga.^{[citation needed]}
  Since the number of the evolved Cloths is unknown (it has never been stated), it's speculated they may be the 4 irregular Cloths (since the God Cloth are no more Bronze, Silver or Gold-class Cloths), evolved from 4 Bronze Cloths.

• As Shiryu traveled to Mu's home for cloth repair during Galaxtic Tournament Saga, there are countless skeletons and Cloths lying in front. It is said to be the bodies of Saints who failed the journey to Mu's house, so this theory could possibly account for the missing clothes.

• In Gigantomachia one of the four missing saints was suggested to be, Mei who wears the Cloth of Berenice.

• "You can only use an attack on a Saint once, afterwards it will have no effect." This is a famous quote from many Saints, referring to how after they've seen an attack once, they would know how to counter it, and subsequent uses of the same attack would prove to be ineffective.

• It was stated in the movie pamphlet of Saint Seiya (Gekijoban; the movie) that the cloths of The Southern cross, Shield and Orion are of the silver rank. Note: Kurumada himself participated in the making of the movie, and the cloths as stated in interviews about the movie.^{[citation needed]}

[edit] Odin's Asgardians (anime only)

• Hilda (Polaris): Odin's representative on Earth and priestess of Asgard, she is possessed by the Nibelung Ring (controlled by Poseidon) and sets her sights on world domination in the name of Odin. Her younger sister Freya contacts Saori and asks her and the Saints for help; Saori takes her place temporally as the one who prays to avoid the melting of the Polar Ice, while the Bronze Knights fight Hilda's Guardians to reach her. She's finally liberated after fighting Seiya, who awakened the Odin God Robe and the legendary sword Balmung with all Odin Sapphires, and returns to her gentle self.

• Freya: Younger sister of Hilda. After realizing the change in her sister, she seeks out help from Saori and her saints for help. She was saddened for the battle that she does not want to come to be between Merak Hagen and Cygnus Hyoga.

[edit] Asgard God Warriors

• Siegfried (God Warrior of Dubhe (α, Alpha))

Techniques: Odin Sword, Dragon Bravest Blizzard

He is the strongest warrior among the God Warriors and the second in command after Hilda. He is very loyal to Hilda and at times seem to have a crush on her. In the beginning he does not believe the Saints when they tell him that Hilda is being controlled by the Niebelungen Ring. However, after Poseidon's Sea General Siren Sorrento came out and told the truth, he switched sides and sacrificed himself to kill Siren Sorrento (although Sorrento was thought to have died, he actually survived and returns to Poseidon). His armor resembles the dragon Fafner. He is commented to be "invincible", just like the Norse legendary hero Siegfried.

Named after the Norse legendary hero Siegfried, central character in the opera Siegfried.

• Hagen (God Warrior of Merak (β, Beta))

Techniques: Universe Freezing, Great Ardent Pressure

Since he was a child, he lived in the Valhalla Palace training in the cold mountain peaks and some volcanic caves in Asgard with the purpose of protect Hilda and Freya. Jealous of Hyoga's relationship with Freya, Hagen fought against him but was defeated when Hyoga increased his cosmo. His armor resembles Sleipnir the eight-legged horse owned by Odin

Named after Hagen, the traitor who killed Siegfried.

• Thor (God Warrior of Phecda (γ, Gamma))
  

Techniques: Mjollnir Hammer, Titanic Hercules

Thor was a poor Asgard villager, until he was severely damaged by the Valhala Palace guardians when he tried to hunt near the Palace. Almost dying, he is healed by Odin's priest Hilda Polaris feeling by first time her pure and warm cosmo. Since then, he swore to protect her as her guardian . Despite noticing that Hilda's cosmo had changed, he fought against Athena's Saints hoping that she would return to being the kind person she once was. Finally, he asked Seiya to rescue Hilda after being defeated. His armor resembles Jörmungandr, the sea serpent, who faced the Norse god Thor at the Battle of Ragnarök.

Named after the Norse god of thunder, Thor.

• Alberich (God Warrior of Megrez (δ, Delta))

Techniques: Amethyst Shield, Nature Unity, Honō no Ken ("Flaming Sword").

Descendant of an important family of warriors and wise people in Asgard, Alberich was famous by his intelligence and cleverness. He was the only witness of the Hilda's possession by Poseidon's Nibelung ring. Taking advantage of this war, he planned to conquer the world. He defeated many of the Athena's Saints (including Marin). However, Shiryu with the help of his master Dohko finally defeated him.

Named after the Norse mythical king Alberich of the dwarves, a sorcerer who guards the treasure of the Nibelung.

• Fenrir (God Warrior of Alioth (ε, Epsilon))

Techniques: Wolf Cruelty Claw, Northern Gunrō Ken ("Northern Wolf Group Attack")

Fenrir was a member of one of the most powerful and rich families in Asgard. One day when he and his family went hunting, they were attacked by a bear. Helped by wolves and abandoned by humans, he started to live with wolves adopting their life style. Later, he was chosen by Hilda as the Epsilon God Warrior. He died fighting against Shiryu when an avalanche fell over him and his wolves.

Named after the Norse mythical wolf Fenrir, who will swallow Odin during Ragnarok. His armor also resembles the wolf

• Syd (God Warrior of Mizar (ζ, Zeta))

Techniques: Viking Tiger Claw, Blue Impulse

He was the first God Warrior to appear in the Asgard chapter. He was sent to the Sanctuary to 'declare' war against Athena. He defeated Taurus Aldebaran with one blow (it was later revealed that a hidden force helped him). Then he went in Japan to kill Athena, he was stopped by Seiya and Shun, and he returned to his country waiting for the Saints to come and fight there. He was defeated by Shun's Nebula Storm in the Valhalla palace. Before his death, it was revealed he always knew about his twin brother, Alcor Zeta Bud.

• Bud (God Warrior of Alcor (ζ, Zeta))

Techniques: Shadow Viking Tiger Claw

Syd and Bud are twins who were born into a very wealthy family in Asgard. Due to local superstitions, twins actually brings bad luck to the family, and Bud was abandoned by the family. A poor man raised him as his own child, until one day, during hunting, Bud encountered his twin brother Syd and the parents who abandoned him. Hilda made him a shadow God Warrior, in which he'll replace Syd (if he dies) as the real God Warrior. He has hatred against Syd and after much convincing from Ikki, he realized that all his actions (helping Syd to defeat Aldebaran, and later Shun when Syd was losing the battle) was due to the fact that he loved his brother very much. He carried Syd's body into the blizzard and they both died from injuries.

• Mime (God Warrior of Benetnasch (η, Eta))

Techniques: Stringer Requiem, Kōsokuken ("Light speed attack")

Mime grow up with his father Folker, a powerful warrior who trained him. One day, Mime discovered that Folker had cruelly killed his true parents. Guided by a strong feeling of fury, he killed Folker. After defeating Shun, who was disabled of using his chains, he fought against Ikki. At the end of this battle, he discovered (by being attacked with the Phoenix Houou Genma Ken) that Folker was a good man who killed Mime's parents by mistake. His famous last words to Ikki were that he wished that in a new life they could both be reborn and be friends.

Named after the Nibelung Dwarf Mime, brother of the dwarven king Alberich, who trains and takes care of Siegfried

Mime (pronounce Mimay) has similar attack style as Lyra Orphée, who is one of the most powerful Silver Saint under Athena's banner.

[edit] Poseidon's Mariners

• Julian Solo (also known as Poseidon)

Age: 16

Birthdate: March 21th

Height: 1.77 m

Weight: 59 kg

Birthplace: Greece

Blood Type: O

Secret Moves: Infernal Seaquake, Divine Shot

Seiyuu: Nanba Keiichi

Poseidon has been reincarnated in the body of a young man named Julian Solo, who is the owner of a large shipping corporation, which is one of the Graude Foundation's chief rivals. Julian has asked Saori to marry him, and was turned down. Thus, when Poseidon awakens within the young man, and Athena having turned down his proposition, both sides of his personality have cause to wish his rival no good. Having known each other socially, Julian and Saori are somewhat shocked when they discover each other's "secret" identities.

In Greek mythology Poseidon was one of the most important gods, and was full brother to Zeus and thus Athena's uncle.

• Thetis (Mariner of Mermaid)

Age: 15

Birthdate: November 21th

Height: 1.65 m

Weight: 52 kg

Birthplace: Denmark

Blood Type: O

Secret Moves: Death Coral Trap

Seiyuu: Hiromi Tsuru

The only female Mariner, she seems to be the equivalent of a Silver rather than a Gold Saint. Acting also as a messenger of Poseidon (besides Siren Sorrento) She was responsible for "awakening" the spirit of Poseidon in Julian Solo by giving him the trident which is part of the Poseidon Scale (armor). Mermaids are mythological creatures who are half woman and half fish.

Named after the sea goddess, Thetis, the mother of Achilles.

[edit] Mariner Generals of the 7 Sea

• Baian (Northern Pacific Mariner General of Sea Horse)

Pillar: North Pacific

Age: 18

Birthdate: May 7th

Height: 1.81 m

Weight: 78 kg

Birthplace: Canada

Blood Type: A

Secret Moves: God Breath, Rising Bellows

Seiyuu: Hayami Sho

Bian protects the first of the pillars the Bronze Saints must destroy in order to rescue Athena. Seiya had encountered the similar forcefield technique Baian used from his fight with Lizard Misty before and was able to ultimately defeats him.

Hippocampus (sea horse), in mythology, is a creature with the forefronts of horse (with webbed feet rather than hoofs) and the rear ends of fish. Poseidon's chariot was drawn by hippocampus.

• Io (Southern Pacific Mariner General of Scylla)

Pillar: South Pacific

Age: 17

Birthdate: March 2nd

Height: 1.80 m

Weight: 71 kg

Birthplace: Chile, San Felix Island

Blood Type: AB

Secret Moves: Queen Bee's Stinger, Eagle Clutch, Serpent Strangler, Wolf's Fang, Vampire Inhaile, Grizzly Slap, Big Tornado

Seiyuu: Futamata Issei

He faces Shun and was defeated after Shun breaks all his attacks using Nebula Chain. Scylla's power includes the ability to project energy in the forms of several different animals.

In mythology, Scylla was a sea monster that had once been a beautiful sea nymph. The sorceress Circe grew jealous of her and transformed her into a hideous monster. From the waist up she remained a beautiful girl, but the lower part of her body was turned into six ravening beasts (wolf, queen bee, eagle, bat, snake and bear).

Named after one of the lovers of Zeus, a daughter of a river god who was turned into a cow and tormented by a gadfly by Hera until Io reached Egypt, where she was freed from her punishment and became a priestess of Isis.

• Krishna (Indian Mariner General of Chrysaor)

Pillar: Indian Ocean

Age: 19

Birthdate: August 10th

Height: 1.87 m

Weight: 80 kg

Birthplace: Ceylon

Blood Type: B

Secret Moves: Flashing Lancer, Maha Roshini

Seiyuu: Satou Masaharu

Like Shaka, his attacks projects a lot of Eastern religious symbolism. In Krishna's case, they are mostly Hindu in origin. His lance pierced Shiryu's shield and His Maha Roshini blinded Shiryu but Shiryu was able to defeat him using Excalibur in the end.

Chrysaor, in Greek mythology, was born from the blood of Medusa when Perseus cut her head off. Some legends have him being Poseidon's son by Medusa. He himself fathered many monsters. Chrysaor appeared to be a handsome human man, and he was also known as the "chieftain of the golden spear", for the weapon he favored, reference to Krishna's mastery of his spear.

Named after one of the avatars of Vishnu, one of the three gods of the Hindu Trinity.

• Casa (Antarctic Mariner General of Lymnades)

Pillar: Antarctic

Age: 21

Birthdate: August 19th

Height: 1.68 m

Weight: 49 kg

Birthplace: Portugal

Blood Type: O

Secret Moves: Salamander Shock, morphing illusions

Seiyuu: Keaton Yamada

Casa possessed the ability to transform into his opponent's most beloved one. He faces several of the Bronze Saints before Ikki shows up. Casa changes his form to become someone each of the saints loves, tricking them into letting their guard down so he can strike them when they least expected.

In mythology, the Lymnades were evil water demons, who looked like salamanders and hated humans. They had the ability to mimic the form and voice of anyone they chose to. Their favorite trick was to assume the shape of someone a passerby loved and when he or she got close enough, the demons pulled the humans into the water and drowned them.

• Issac (Arctic Mariner General of Kraken)

Pillar: Arctic

Age: 14

Birthdate: February 17

Height: 1.74 m

Weight: 60 kg

Birthplace: Finland

Training Place: East Siberia

Blood Type: B

Secret Moves: Aurora Borealis

Seiyuu: Nakao Ryuusei, Uemura Noriko (child)

Issac is the training partner of Cygnus Hyoga, while he was training to get the Cygnus Bronze Cloth.

Issac faces Hyoga is another case of Hyoga having to fight someone out of his past. Issac trained with Hyoga, with the Crystal Saint as their teacher (in anime, with Camus in manga). Knowing that Hyoga was going to "visit" her mother, Issac feared that his friend would be taken away by a strong maritime current that passed around there. Issac dived in and saved Hyoga by tossing Hyoga out of the current. Isaac was badly injured by a jagged piece of ice while under the ice, losing an eye in the process, and in the end he was out of energy to climb out and drafted into deep sea by the strong current. Hyoga thought he was dead, but the huge water ray had scooped him up and delivered the injured warrior to Poseidon's sanctuary. Issac has since then served Poseidon. Hyoga must defeat his old friend to save Athena's life, and Issac is honor bounded to stop him. The fact Issac blames Hyoga for the loss of his eye makes the situation more difficult.

The Kraken is a type of huge sea monster, known for destroying ships at sea (Isaac commented on his admiration of a Kraken in childhood)

• Sorrento (Southern Atlantic Mariner General of Siren)

Pillar: South Atlantic

Age: 16

Birthdate: September 10th

Height: 1.78 m

Weight: 75 kg

Birthplace: Austria

Blood Type: A

Secret Moves: Dead End Symphony, Dead End Climax

Seiyuu: Shioya Yoku

Sorrento's main weapon is a flute, with which he plays the "Death's End Symphony". It paralyzes the foes so they cannot fight back when he strikes them. Sorrento is one of the generals most loyal to Poseidon, and usually acts as Poseidon's messenger. Sorrento was the one sent to attack Aldebaran, and declare war on Sanctuary in the manga (this was done by Mizar Zeta Cid in the anime). In the anime, he was sent by Poseidon to give Hilda the revenge ring in Asgard.

In mythology, the Sirens were three sisters who were half bird and half women. They had lovely voices, with which they drew sailors and their ships to death upon the rocky shores of the island the sisters lived on.

• Kanon (Northern Atlantic Mariner General of the Sea Dragon) (Kanon is the twin brother of Gemini Saga)

Pillar: North Atlantic

Age: 28

Birthdate: May 30th

Height: 1.88 m

Weight: 87 kg

Birthplace: Greece

Blood Type: AB

Secret Moves: Galaxian Explosion, Genrōmaōken, Golden Triangle

Seiyuu: Kazuyuki Sogabe

Kanon is the final Marine General defeated before the Bronze Saints take on Poseidon himself. He ends up facing Ikki, who is shocked when Kanon's helmet comes off because Kanon is Saga's twin brother. Kanon has his own reasons to dislike Athena and her Saints.

Sea dragon or serpent is a type of sea monster that appears in many different mythologies and attacks ships.

[edit] Hades' Specters

[edit] Hades' Heralds

• Hades (god of the Underworld)

Age: Unknown (he's original body existed since the time of gods, resting in the Elysion field.)

Height: 1.84m

Weight: 73kg

Birthday: September 9th (The date born from Pandora's mother)

Secret Moves: Greatest Eclipse.

Defeated by Athena and Seiya once her Cloth was revived. The arch enemy of Athena for 243 years.

Also see Hades in Greek mythology.

• Pandora

Age: 16

Height: 1.66m

Weight: 52kg

Birthday: September 3rd

Blood Type: A

Birth Place: Germany

Hades' sister in this life time, at a young age, she opened the box that was sealed by Athena and released Hypnos and Thanatos. She was told that Hades will become her brother and she must protect him till the final battle begins. She commands the first wave of Spectres to attack the Sanctuary in the name of Hades in the final chapter. She was given a necklace that allows her to travel through different realms and has a complex relationship with Ikki due to their past regarding Shun.

Also see Pandora in Greek mythology.

• Hypnos (god of Sleep)

Age: Unknown (existed since the time of god)

Height: 1.92m

Weight: 88kg

Birthday: June 13th (twin with Thanatos)

Secret Moves: Eternal Drowsiness.

Twin brother of Thanatos, he has golden hair and eyes, Hypnos is more careful and calculating. Eventually he was defeated by the Bronze saints once they obtained their God Cloths.

Also see Hypnos in Greek mythology.

• Thanatos (god of Death)

Age: Unknown (existed since the time of god)

Height: 1.92m

Weight: 88kg

Birthday: June 13th (twin with Hypnos)

Secret Moves: Terrible Providence.

Twin brother of Hypnos, he has silver hair and eyes, Thanatos is arrogant and impulsive which led to his demise against Seiya in Elysion.

Also see Thanatos in Greek mythology.

[edit] The 108 Specters

36 Celestial Stars and 72 Terrestrial Stars makes up the 108 stars in total

[edit] 36 Celestial Stars

Not all celestial stars are presented in the series

Hades's Three Leaders (冥界三巨頭)

Note: due their names, they are nicknamed by fans as "Hades's Three Judges", but the only real Judge known is Minos.

• Rhadamanthys(Spectre of Wyvern, Celestial Fierce Star 天猛星)

Age: 23

Height: 1.89m

Weight: 84kg

Birthday: October 30th

Blood Type: O

Birth Place: England

Technique: Greatest Caution

Seiyuu: Takehito Koyasu

Named after Rhadamanthys in Greek mythology

• Minos (Spectre of Griffin, Celestial Nobility Star 天貴星)

Age: 23

Height: 1.84m

Weight: 72kg

Birthday: March 25th

Blood Type: A

Birth Place: Norway, Oslo

Technique: Cosmic Marionettion

Seiyuu: Kouichi Toochika

Named after Minos in Greek mythology

• Aiacos (Spectre of Garuda, Celestial Valiance Star 天雄星)

Age: 22

Height: 1.86m

Weight: 85kg

Birthday: July 6th

Blood Type: B

Birth Place: Nepal

Technique: Garuda Flap, Galactica Illusion

Seiyuu: Shinichiro Miki

Named after Aiacos in Greek mythology

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• Charon (Spectre of Acheron, Celestial Tranquillity Star 天間星)

Age: 38

Height: 1.83m

Weight: 65kg

Birthday: October 2nd

Blood Type: O

Birth Place: Italy, Napoli

Technique: Rolling Oar, Ending Current Crusher

Seiyuu: Shiro Saito

Named after Charon in Greek mythology

• Fedor (Spectre of Mandrake, Celestial Scar Star 天傷星)

Age: Unknown

Height: Unknown

Weight: Unknown

Birthday: Unknown

Blood Type: Unknown

Birth Place: Unknown

Technique: Strangle Schlier

Appears in Saint Seiya: Lost Canvas

• Gordon (Spectre of Minotaur, Celestial Solidity Star 天牢星)

Age: 20

Height: 1.88m

Weight: 95kg

Birthday: December 18th

Blood Type: B

Birth Place: Poland

Technique: Grand Axe Crusher

• Ivan (Spectre of Troll, Celestial Defeat Star 天敗星)

Age: 21

Height: 1.92m

Weight: 109kg

Birthday: August 30th

Blood Type: B

Birth Place: Russia, Evenkiiskii

Technique: Greatest the Perestroika

Seiyuu: Keiji Hirai

• Kagaho (Spectre of Bennu, Celestial Violence Star)

Age: Unknown

Height:

Weight: Unknown

Birthday: Unknown

Blood Type: Unknown

Birth Place: Unknown (probably Japan)

Technique: Corona Blast

Appears in Saint Seiya: Lost Canvas

• Lune (Spectre of Balron, Celestial Courage Star 天英星)

Age: 20

Height: 1.83

Weight: 70kg

Birthday: December 24th

Blood Type: A

Birth Place: Norway

Technique: Fire Whip, Reincarnation

Seiyuu: Susumu Chiba

• Pharaoh (Spectre of Sphinx, Celestial Beast Star 天獣星)

Age: 18

Height: 1.78m

Weight: 69kg

Birthday: November 19th

Blood Type: O

Birth Place: Egypt

Technique: Balance of Curse, Kiss in the Darkness

Seiyuu: Junichi Suwabe

• Phlegyas (Spectre of Lycaon, Celestial Crime Star 天罪星)

Age: 21

Height: 1.89m

Weight: 81kg

Birthday: September 18th

Blood Type: A

Birth Place: Republic of South Africa

Technique: Howling Inferno

Seiyuu: Kiyoyuki Yanada

Named after Phlegyas in Greek mythology

• Queen (Spectre of Alraune, Celestial Devil Star 天魔星)

Age: 19

Height: 1.71m

Weight: 56kg

Birthday: April 15th

Blood Type: B

Birth Place: Germany, Freiburg

Technique: Blood Flower Scissors

• Rock (Spectre of Golem, Celestial Horn Star 天角星)

Age: 21

Height: 1.95m

Weight: 114kg

Birthday: June 17th

Blood Type: A

Birth Place: Republic of Madagascar

Technique: Rolling Bomber Stone

Seiyuu: Yasuhiko Kawazu

• Stand (Spectre of Scarabe, Celestial Ugliness Star 天醜星)

Age: 22

Height: 2.58m

Weight: 240kg

Birthday: April 18th

Blood Type: B

Birth Place: Australia

Technique: Big Wall, Stand by Me

• Sylphid (Spectre of Basilisk, Celestial Swift Star 天捷星)

Age: 19

Height: 1.81m

Weight: 78kg

Birthday: July 20th

Blood Type: O

Birth Place: Belgium

Technique: Annihilation Flap

• Valentine (Spectre of Harpy, Celestial Crying Star 天哭星)

Age: 20

Height: 1.82m

Weight: 71kg

Birthday: February 14th

Blood Type: AB

Birth Place: Republic of Cyprus

Technique:Greed the Live, Sweet Chocolate

[edit] 72 Terrestrial Stars

Not all terrestrial stars are presented in the series.

• Giganto (Spectre of Cyclops, Terrestrial Violent Star 地暴星)

Age: 20

Height: 1.97m

Weight: 108kg

Birthday: February 21st

Blood Type: O

Birth Place: Yugoslavia

Technique: Giant Hold, Big Knuckle

Seiyuu: Hisao Egawa

• Kube (Spectre of Dullahan, Terrestrial Shade Star 地陰星)

Age: 24

Height: 1.88m

Weight: 88kg

Birthday: October 9th

Blood Type: O

Birth Place: Cuba

Technique: Blood Spray, Death Messenger

During the invasion of Sanctuary, he was killed by Saga for Saga's own disguise.

• Mils (Spectre of Elf, Terrestrial Inferiority Star 地劣星)

Age: 22

Height: 1.86m

Weight: 78kg

Birthday: June 26th

Blood Type: B

Birth Place: Ireland

Technique: Natural Teller, Earthquake Mixer

During the invasion of Sanctuary, he was killed by Camus for Camus' own disguise.

• Myu (Spectre of Papillon, Terrestrial Demon Star 地妖星)

Age: 19

Height: 1.78m

Weight: 65kg

Birthday: January 27th

Blood Type: B

Birth Place: Austria

Technique: Ugly Eruption, Silky Thread, Fairy Thronging

Seiyuu: Atsushi Kisaichi

• Niobe (Spectre of the Deep, Terrestrial Darkness Star 地暗星)

Age: 25

Height: 1.81m

Weight: 80kg

Birthday: August 3rd

Blood Type: AB

Birth Place: Bolivia

Technique: Deep Fragrance, Dead Perfume

Seiyuu: Shingo Horii

Named after Niobe in Greek mythology

• Ox (Spectre of Gorgon, Terrestrial Walk Star 地走星)

Age: 23

Height: 1.87m

Weight: 81kg

Birthday: November 7th

Blood Type: A

Birth Place: Danmark

Technique: Eye of Charge, Lock the Bay

During the invasion of Sanctuary, he was killed by Shura for Shura's own disguise.

• Raimi (Spectre of Worm, Terrestrial Hidden Star 地伏星)

Age: 29

Height: 1.76m

Weight: 51kg

Birthday: February 1st

Blood Type: O

Birth Place: Laos

Technique: Worm's Bind, Roar Blood

Seiyuu: Kazuya Nakai

• Zeros (Spectre of Frog, Terrestrial Strange Star 地奇星)

Age: 38

Height: 1.49m

Weight: 55kg

Birthday: March 13th

Blood Type: A

Birth Place: Cambodia

Technique: Jumping Smash

Seiyuu: Bin Shimada

• • The rest of Terrestrial Stars without info (due to single appearance or death with one hit mainly in manga)

• Terrestrial Joy Star 地楽星
• Terrestrial Broad Star 地闊星
• Terrestrial Punish Star 地刑星
• Terrestrial Harbor Star 地蔵星
• Terrestrial Wild Star 地狂星
• Terrestrial Slave Star 地奴星
• Terrestrial Might Star 地威星
• Terrestrial Fierce Star 地猛星
• Terrestrial Spirit Star 地霊星
• Terrestrial Clear Star 地明星
• Terrestrial Advance Star 地進星
• Terrestrial Retreat Star 地退星
• Terrestrial Exile Star 地逐星
• Terrestrial Evil Star 地悪星
• Terrestrial Quick Star 地速星
• Terrestrial Balanced Star 地平星
• Terrestrial Empty Star 地空星
• Terrestrial Logic Star 地理星

[edit] Other Specter

• Markino (Skeleton, foot soldier)

Age: 19

Height: 1.55m

Weight: 51kg

Birthday: April 25th

Blood Type: AB

Birth Place: Malaysia

Technique: Big Fart, Little Belch

Seiyuu: Naoki Tatsuta

Killed by Lune (Spectre of Balron, Celestial Courage Star 天英星) due to making loud noises in the court room.

[edit] Notes

• Most of the 108 spectres are not actually named or characterized in any way in Saint Seiya series.
• In Chinese classic of the "Outlaws of the marsh" or "Water Margin" talks about 108 warriors exiled into the marsh land due to the corruption of the government during Song dynasty (12th century) and their battles. Each of the 108 warriors have their own nick names, 36 Heavenly Spirits and 72 Earthly Fiends makes up the 108 warriors.
• In Greek myth, Rhadamanthys, Minos and Aiacos were the Judges of the Underworld, and all three have surplice based on a winged-creature.
• Niobe was a proud queen with seven sons and daughters who boasted she was better than Leto, the mother of Apollo and Artemis, and was punished by having all her children shot down by Leto's children until she had one each. Because she would not stop crying, Zeus turned her to stone and placed on a high mountain where when snow melts, it runs down her face as though still crying.
• Charon was a ferryman, who transports people across the river Acheron in hell (for a price), similar to the spectre Charon
• Pharaoh is the title given to kings of ancient Egypt, and many aspects of Sphinx Pharaoh's design was based on Egyptian mythology
• Shion (Aries), Death Mask (Cancer), Aphrodite (Pisces), Shura (Capricornus), Camus (Aquarius) and Saga (Gemini) were revived together with a black version of their gold cloths called Surplices, same material of that of the specters.

[edit] Saint Seiya Movies

[edit] The Legend of the Golden Apple (First Movie)

• Eris: Goddess of Chaos

Goddess of discord, Eris tempted Erii with a golden apple to possess her and uses her as a tool to start chaos in this world. As she caught Saori Kido (Athena) she placed a golden apple in front of Saori's chest to drain her power and life force till the point that she no longer need Erii's body and proceeds with her plan to take over the world.

In Greek mythology, when Eris was not invited to the wedding of Peleus and Thetis due to her trouble making nature, she tossed a golden apple on the ground in front of Hera, Athena and Aphrodite that inscribed "to the most beautiful goddess" which sparked a contest between the 3 goddess and eventually lead to Trojan War.

• Erii (絵梨衣): A volunteer at the orphanage (where Seiya grow up) whom was tempted by the golden apple that Eris sent in order to use Erii's body to come to this world. Erii and Hyoga had a close connection when they first met.

[edit] Ghost Saints ("Ghost Five", appeared in the first movie only)

The following appeared in the first movie, Five Ghost Saints (亡霊聖闘士5人) dead saints rised by Eris.

• Christ (Ghost Saint of Southern Cross)

Birthdate: Unknown

Birthplace: Unknown

Training Location: Unknown

Techniques: Southern Cross Thunder Bolt

Seiyuu: Nakao Ryuusei

Christ is supposedly from an organization called The Southern Cross, but after its destruction he was killed. Feeling restless and tormented by this in his grave, he put aside his saint title and joined Eris. Who revived him with a new body, but as he faces Cygnus Hyoga and gets an advantage over him. Christ is betrayed by Eris who sees this as a good opportunity and throws a spear from behind him and pierced right through his heart killing him and injuring Hyoga at the same time.

Named after Christ, the anointed one.

• Maya (Ghost Saint of Sagitta)

Birthdate: Unknown

Birthplace: Unknown

Training Location: Unknown

Technique: Hunting Arrow Express

Seiyuu: Kobayashi Michitaka

He has a similar personality as Pegasus Seiya, but he would fight to the death if it meant winning. He proves this when he faces Seiya, to first talk with him and then attack with all his strength. Unfortunately he is no match for Seiya, but one of the arrows from his attack Phantom Arrow Express makes it through Seiyas defense. As Seiya removes the arrow with ease he later tries to get Maya to tell where Saori is but leaves when he doesn't get a response. Maya says in his last breath that the arrow is actually poisonous, and only one is enough to remove your five senses.

• Jaguar (Ghost Saint of Orion)

Birthdate: Unknown

Birthplace: Unknown

Training Location: Unknown

Techniques: Megaton Meteor Crash

Seiyuu: Mizushima Yuu

Said to be one of the most powerful Silver Saints and served Athena with honor. But after he was killed he held a grief to being forgotten and the loneliness that comes with being dead. So he didn't hesitate Eris' offer and were soon revived with a new body to fight for the destruction of the world. Though as he faced Phoenix Ikki, he found this foes strength to be almost equal to his. Yet when Ikki explained the meaning of friendship the saints had, he hesitated for awhile but still continued to fight Ikki. Jaguar was interrupted when Pegasus Seiya obtained the Saggitarius Gold Cloth, and after having his strongest attack blocked by Seiya he was defeated by him. In his last words he confirmed that Seiya really was a true Saint.

• Yan (Ghost Saint of Shield)

Birthdate: Unknown

Birthplace: Unknown

Training Location: Unknown

Techniques: Bone Crush Screw

Seiyuu: Nanba Keiichi

Yan is an apparent saint that died in vain, this may well have been caused by his straight forward and jump into action personality. As he was restless in is grave he gladly accepted Eris' offer, and where soon revived given a new body. He faced of with Dragon Shiryu and to his advantage, the Scutum cloth has a stronger shield than the Dragon cloth. So in a mere minute he had defeated Shiryu, but by gravely underestimating the Dragon saint he was soon defeated as Shiryu unleashed all of his cosmo into one single attack, and were killed.

• Orpheus (Ghost Saint of Lyra)

Birthdate: Unknown

Birthplace: Greece

Training Location: Unknown

Techniques: Stringer Requiem

Seiyuu: Mitsuya Yuuji

The legendary mythical person himself, as expressed by Andromeda Shun.

After his failure of bringing Eurydice back, he died with regrets. This led to that he gladly took Eris offer and got revived in a new body.

As he faced of Shun he seemed to be a calm and subtle person, but as the fight progressed he showed his evil side. After ensnaring and almost killing Shun with his Stringer Requiem, he was cut short with Phoenix Ikki's arrival.

Ikki used his Genma Ken to finish him, but since Orpheus already had suffered through hell hebrushed it of with ease. Wasting no time he attacked with his Stringer Requiem again, but this time Ikki unleashed his Ho o Yoku Tensho at him and he was killed.

Named after the Greek mythical musician Orpheus.

[edit] Heated battle of God (Second Movie)

• Dolbar

[edit] Dolbar's God Warriors (appeared in the second movie only)

The second movie Heated Battle of God (神々の熱き戦い)

• Loki

• Uru

• Rungu

• Midgard (Hyoga)

• Frey

• Freya

[edit] The Legend of Crimson Youth (Third Movie)

• Abel: The lost brother of Athena, he has come to take Athena with him and wants to "cleanse" the earth but he is eventually killed by Seiya using Sagittarius' Golden Arrow.

[edit] Corona Saints (appeared in the third movie only)

Third movie - The legend of crimson youth (真紅の少年伝説). The following are the Corona Saints under Abel.

• Atlas (Corona Saint of Carina)

Technique: Burning Corona (バーニングコロナ )

One of the three Corona Saint of Abel, he has light green hair.

• Berenike (Corona Saint of Coma Berenices)

Technique: Golden Death Hair (ゴールデンデスヘアー )

One of the three Corona Saint of Abel, he has short blond hair and ability to control hair, he was defeated by Hyoga.

• Jaō (Corona Saint of Lynx)

Technique: Shining Hell Claw (シャイニングヘルクロウ)

One of the three Corona Saint of Abel, he has reddish brown hair, died together with Gemini Saga when Saga sacrificed himself to help Seiya.

[edit] The Final Holy Battle (Fourth Movie)

• Lucifer: The most evil of all evil, Satan himself in his true angelic form. He was defeated and cast out of heaven by the Archangel Michael. He appeared and killed off almost all of the Gold Saints with the help of his fallen angels, to try and take the blood of Athena so he may become the god of the whole universe.

Also see Lucifer in religion related topics.

[edit] Fallen Angels (appeared in the fourth movie only)

The following four Saint Demon Angels (Seima Tenshi/聖魔天使) are follower of Lucifer

• Beelzebub (ベルゼバブ) (Fallen Angel of Seraph)

Technique: Garuda Hell Wing (ガルーダヘルウイング )

Also named as "Garuda The Eagle God" (神鷲ガルーダ).The strongest of all four fallen angel, he rides a flaming demonic horse and can also attack from soaring in the air.

Named after Beelzebub in demon related subjects.

Seraph is the highest level of the upper level angels, as stated in Bible, Seraph have 6 wings.

• Astaroth (アシタロテ) (Fallen Angel of Cherubim)

Technique: Killer Fanged Cobra (キラーファングドコブラ)

Also named as "Double headed white king snake" (双頭の白蛇王)

Named after Astaroth in demon related subjects.

Cherubim is the second highest in the upper level of angels.

• Moa (モア) (Fallen Angel Throne)

Technique: Demon Fantasia (デモンファンタジア )

Also named as "Beautiful Hunter of Souls" (美しき魂の狩人). Moa has beautiful appearance and uses illusion to attack.

Throne or Ophanim is the third highest in the upper level angels, as the carriers of the throne of God.

• Eligor (エリゴル) (Fallen Angel Virtue)

Technique: (聖魔蟷螂拳 (Saint Demon Praying Mantis Fist, Seima Tōrō Ken^?)

Also named as "Golden Praying Mantis" (黄金の蟷螂). With sharp claws, he shredded Andromeda Shun's chain like paper.

Named after Eligor in demon related subjects.

Virtue is the second highest of the mid level angels.

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The Olympian Gods are the main Gods in the Saint Seiya mythology. Their armors are called "Kamui", though they aren't used in the movie.

• Apollo: Athena's older Brother, Apollo. Seen in the Heaven Saga. Apollo is the god of light, prophecy, music, and healing, not to be mistaken with Helios (god of the sun). One of the most powerful gods, he's said to have powers far beyond Athena's and Artemis'.

Also see Apollo in Greek mythology.

• Artemis: older sister to Athena and younger to Apollo. Was the main villain in the Heaven Saga. She plans to destroy humans because they defy the gods. Artemis is goddess of the Moon and Hunting.

In Greek mythology, Artemis is older than Apollo.

Also see Artemis in Greek mythology.

[edit] Angels

The Angels (written with the kanji 天闘士 meaning "Celestial Warriors") are the chosen warriors of the Olympian Gods. The name of their armors is "Glory".

• Icaros/Tōma (斗馬): The only human among the angels. Gives up his humanity to serve Artemis in order to be powerful like a god. Turns out to be the long lost brother of Marin Eagle. In the end of the Heaven Saga movie, he sacrifices himself to protect Athena. Attacks with gold spears and electric charges. His finishing move is "Highest Altitude". He is supposed to have stats and attributes equal to Seiya. As they are the same size and share the same birthday.

Based on Icaros, son of Daidalos; he flew too near the sun with wax-attached wings, then he fell into the sea and drowned.

• Odysseus: (Attacks with Energy Spheres. Absorbs energy attacks, can redirect or combine with his own power to make a reverse attack. Defeated by both Hyōga and Shiryū)

Odysseus (Ulysses): King of Ithaca; husband of Penelope; wandered ten years after fall of Troy before arriving home.

• Theseus: (Uses wings to attack. His finishing move is a Solar Beam. Defeated by both Ikki and Shun)

Named after Theseus, son of Aegeus; slew Minotaur; married and deserted Ariadne; later married Phaedra.

[edit] Notable antagonists

• Saga: Gold Knight of Gemini, plagued by a multiple personality disorder that led his evil half to kill and impersonate the previous Pope of the Sanctuary. He was not all bad; although he played an important role in the campaign against Athena as a spectre in the Hades Saga led by Shion, his true intention was to get the Athena Cloth to her for the battle against Hades.

• Hilda: Odin's representative on Earth and priestess of Asgard, she is possessed by the Nibelung Ring (controlled by Poseidon) and sets her sights on world domination in the name of Odin. Her younger sister Freya contacts Saori and asks her and the Saints for help; Saori takes her place temporarily as the one who prays to avoid the melting of the Polar Ice, while the Bronze Knights fight Hilda's Guardians to reach her. She is finally liberated after fighting Seiya, who awakens the Odin God Robe and the legendary sword Balmung, using all the Odin Sapphires, and returns to her gentle self.

• Julian Solo (Poseidon): International sea trade magnate, God of the Seas. Julian Solo was chosen to be the mortal embodiment of Poseidon at a young age. Due to his youth, the true person who directed the Marine generals for most of the time is Kanon.

• Kanon: Saga's twin brother who induced him to evil. Was trapped in a water prison by Saga, kept alive by Athena's cosmo. Then he stumbled upon the seal of Poseidon, setting the god free. He manipulated Julian Solo (Poseidon) to do his bidding and become one of Poseidon's generals to take over and wipe out the Earth. In the Hades Chapter, he redeems himself with the help of Athena's grace and love, becomes the new Gemini saint, and sacrifices himself in a battle with Rhadamanthys.

• Hades: God of the Underworld. He has chosen Andromeda Shun to be his mortal embodiment, and awakens through him in the Hades arc. His true body rests within Elysion.

Note: Despite being a Greek God, his Surplice resembles a Seraphim, the Biblical angel with six wings.

See also: Hades in Greek mythology.

• Pandora: Hades' sister, who commands the first wave of Spectres to attack the Sanctuary in the name of her brother. Has a complex relationship with Ikki.

See also: Pandora in Greek mythology.

• Rhadamanthys: One of the Three judges of Hades. Most featured villain in the Hades Chapter. Very powerful, proud and arrogant warrior. His attack move is called the Greatest Caution. He was defeated by Kanon when Kanon used a suicidal move and killed them both.

See also: Rhadamanthys in Greek mythology.

• Minos: One of the Three judges of Hades. He can easily control bodies like puppets with his Cosmic Marionette attacks. He used this on Kanon until Ikki intervened. He was defeated (but not killed) by Hyoga, and dies upon attempting to enter the portal to Elysion.

See also: Minos in Greek mythology.

• Aiacos: One of the Three judges of Hades. Uses Garuda blast/Garuda flap attack and Galactic Illusion. However, he was defeated by Ikki.

See also: Aiacos in Greek mythology.

• Artemis: older sister to Athena and younger sister to Apollo. Was the main villain in the Heaven Saga. She plans to destroy humans because they defy the gods. Artemis is the goddess of the Moon.

• Apollo: Athena's older Brother, Apollo. Seen in the Heaven Saga. Apollo is the god of light, prophecy, music, and healing. One of the most powerful gods, he is said to have powers far beyond Athena's and Artemis's.

• Eris: Goddess of discord in the first theatrical movie, Eris tempted Ellie with a golden apple, then possessed her and used her as a tool to start chaos in this world. When Eris caught Saori Kido (Athena), she placed a golden apple in front of Saori's chest to drain her power and life force, to the point where she no longer need Ellie's body. She then proceeded with her plan to take over the world.

• Abel: Appeared in the 3rd theatrical movie (真紅の少年伝説) (1988) as the god of the sun. He is eventually killed by Seiya using the Golden Arrow of the Sagittarius Cloth.

• Lucifer: The evilest of all evils, Satan himself in his true angelic form. He was defeated and cast out of Heaven by the Archangel Michael, Athena and Marishiten (4 faced budda). He appeared in the fourth theatrical movie and killed off almost all of the Gold Saints with the help of his fallen angels, then tried to drain the blood of Athena so he could become god of the whole universe.