Satoshi Hiwatari

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DNAngel character
Satoshi Hiwatari
Age:	14
Hair color:	Blue
Hair length:	Short
Eyes:	Blue
Skin:	White
Alter-ego:	Krad
Blood Type:	A

Satoshi Hiwatari (日渡怜, Hiwatari Satoshi^?) is a fictional character from the anime D.N.Angel. He is voiced by Akira Ishida in the Japanese anime, and by Greg Ayres in the English dub. In the Japanese drama CD series, he's voiced by Tomokazu Seki.

[edit] Basic information

Seemingly always calm and composed, never showing much emotion, Satoshi Hiwatari is a very distant, cold, and silent character, though these qualities never seem to affect how close he keeps to Daisuke Niwa. He is extremely intelligent, having graduated from high school at eight and graduated from Lagoon University at thirteen. However, he attends Daisuke's Junior High School, saying to Daisuke that he does so in an attempt to have a normal life. The reasoning for his ambivalence towards others is unknown, though most of the girls except for Risa and Riku like him. A possible reason behind his lack of willingness to develop friendships is his worry regarding Krad: if he feels emotion for anyone, Krad will attempt to use or kill that person.

He is the police commander in charge of capturing Dark, and due to his family legacy, he is almost obsessive in his attempts to capture the phantom thief. He is the sole living member of the Hikari family, whose artwork is almost always Dark's targets for stealing. He was adopted by a 26-year-old police officer whose family name is Hiwatari, so his name was changed to reflect his adoption. During the course of the story, he begins to care more about Daisuke's safety. It appears that Daisuke is the trigger for Satoshi's other personality, Krad, to appear. Satoshi opposes Krad taking control of his body greatly, and has taken on an uncaring personality to 'seal his heart,' and thus, Krad. Krad is Dark's "evil twin", or opposite, a homicidal blond whose only motivation seems to be getting rid of Dark, Daisuke, and anyone else that comes between him and Satoshi.

[edit] Potential Relationships

Satoshi and Risa share a small glance at the end of the anime that some people have interpreted to mean that there is a possibility of a romantic relationship between the two of them. In the manga, the two of them have many interactions later on, though most of them involve their mutual interest in Dark

[edit] Secrets

His (adopted) father is the Chief of Police, and they are investigating Dark. Satoshi is also the Commander in the investigation of catching Dark. His original name is Hikari, and his family have been at war with the Niwa family for centuries. The only person he intentionally seeks out is Daisuke.

In the later books (eight, nine, and ten) Satoshi seems to hint that either he or Krad killed his mother Rio Hikari.

He knows that Daisuke is Dark, yet he befriends Daisuke. He has said in the manga that he has no more "time." Knowing that Argentine has captured Risa, he offers to help Daisuke in the rescue attempt, as he knows where Argentine resides.

He has a college degree, which he obtained at age 13, (graduated high school at age eight) but still attended Azumano Middle School with Daisuke; later he withdrew (supposedly to create distance between him and Daisuke).

He wears glasses even though he doesn't need them. His eyesight is fine, not to mention his observational skills are impressive. He records his observations in a small black notebook.

His true last name is Hikari, whose meaning is debatable. Although in the Japanese manga it is written as Hi-kari[氷狩], in the anime, there have been implications of it being synonymous to 'light'[光]. Most translations of the kanji for Hikari translate the name as 'ice hunter.'

D.N.Angel characters

Niwa family: Daisuke (Dark) - Emiko - Kosuke - Daiki

Harada family: Riku - Risa

Hiwatari family: Satoshi (Krad)

Others: Mio Hio - Rio Hikari - Takeshi Saehara - Towa-chan - Wiz