List of characters in the Haruhi Suzumiya series
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This article lists the fictional characters featured in the Haruhi Suzumiya light novels, with also information pertaining to the anime adaptation, The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya.
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[edit] SOS Brigade members
[edit] Haruhi Suzumiya
Haruhi Suzumiya (涼宮 ハルヒ Suzumiya Haruhi?) is the title character and leader of the SOS Brigade. Her energetic and eccentric character proves to be a driving force for the series.
[edit] Kyon
Kyon (キョン?)
- Even though Haruhi is the title character, the story is told through his viewpoint. Thus, he provides his insight, perspective, and opinions on the series events.
[edit] Yuki Nagato
Yuki Nagato (長門 有希 Nagato Yuki?) is a Data Entity whose responsibility involves the monitoring of Haruhi and the investigation of the events 3 years prior to the present story. As a Data Entity, she possesses the ability to manipulate the surrounding environment as she sees fit. Also, she has the capability to access closed space.
[edit] Mikuru Asahina
Mikuru Asahina (朝比奈 みくる Asahina Mikuru?) is a time traveler. Like Yuki, she is assigned from the future to investigate the reason for the inability to travel to any point in time before 3 years prior to the present story.
[edit] Itsuki Koizumi
Itsuki Koizumi (古泉 一樹 Koizumi Itsuki?) is an esper. He suddenly acquired the knowledge and powers of an esper 3 years prior to the present story. Along with other espers, he uses his power to combat beings of energy within Closed Space.
[edit] Schoolmates
- Ryōko Asakura (朝倉 涼子 Asakura Ryōko?)
Voiced by: Natsuko Kuwatani (Japanese), Bridget Hoffman (English)
- At first, Ryōko appears to be a compassionate and hard-working high school girl. One of Kyon's friends, Taniguchi, places her in the top three girls in the school with a grade of AA+: indicative of her pleasant personality, beauty, and athleticism. Her enormous popularity made her the unanimous choice for class president of Kyon's homeroom class. She also showed particular concern about how Haruhi had distanced herself from the rest of the class.
- However, it turns out that she is Yuki's backup, and as such, is also another "humanoid interface". Much like Yuki, she finds it difficult to empathize with humans, but unlike Yuki, possesses exceptional social skills. Initially she cheerfully supports Kyon's reaching out to Haruhi, often encouraging him to "open her up to the class," making Haruhi easier to observe. However, she later decides to try and kill Kyon with a combat knife in the hopes of catalyzing an observable reaction from Haruhi. Her efforts are stopped when she is defeated and removed from the physical world by Yuki. Afterwards, Yuki fabricated a cover story that she moved to Canada. Ironically, the death/disappearance that provoked Haruhi's reaction in the end was Ryōko's own.
- Asakura makes a reappearance in volume four, on an alternate timeline in which Haruhi never attends North High or forms an SOS Brigade.
- Tsuruya (鶴屋?)
Voiced by: Yuki Matsuoka (Japanese), Kari Wahlgren (English)
- Tsuruya is the hyperactive friend of Mikuru (from the current time plane) notable for her loud voice, ankle-length hair, and prominent tooth. She possesses a cheerful and friendly disposition. She is also prone to long fits of unrestrained and intense laughter at things she considers even the slightest bit humorous.
- Her fang-like tooth gives her an idiosyncratic speech pattern, causing her to misspeak words by leaving out syllables, as seen in episode 9. Her speech pattern is often accompanied with a lisp and her catch phrases "megas" and "nyoro". Her knowledge of the SOS Brigade comes almost exclusively from Mikuru. She is also the heir of the Tsuruya family, which purportedly collaborates with Itsuki's Agency. It is also unknown if Tsuruya has a secret identity or agenda.
- Though not an actual member of the SOS Brigade, she does play a minor role in Mikuru Asahina's Adventure - Episode 00 and serves on their baseball team in episode four. She also has a small appearance in the ninth and twelfth episodes of the anime, but otherwise appears relatively sparingly throughout the anime. She appears a few more times during the novel, appearing more prominently than in the anime's rendition of the same stories, and even getting along very well with Haruhi. Kyon believes this is because both Haruhi and Tsuruya are nearly insane. Though she is not a brigade member, Tsuruya is still used as an extra body for some of the Brigade's activities.
Taniguchi Voiced by: Minoru Shiraishi Kunikida Voiced by: Megumi Matsumoto
- Taniguchi (left) and Kunikida (right) are classmates and Kyon's friends. Taniguchi went to the same junior high school as Haruhi. Both of them played very small parts in Mikuru Asahina's Adventure - Episode 00, with neither having many lines to say. They are friends and are almost always seen together.
- Taniguchi is comically lascivious; he gave a 'score' of attractiveness to each first-year girl based upon his tastes and preferences. He remembers the full names of everyone receiving an 'A' rank, with Nagato receiving an A-. As for Mikuru, her mere presence elicits an altered state of adoration for Taniguchi and Kunikida, especially when she was in her soba-serving costume. He also knew Haruhi from back in junior high, and is Kyon's original source of information on Haruhi before he started conversing with her.
- Kunikida is much quieter than Taniguchi with the latter doing most of the talking when the two are around. Kunikida plays a minor role and does not contribute much dialogue. Kunikida has however stated that "Kyon likes weird girls," as evidence to support the idea that Kyon is romantically interested in Haruhi.
- The Computer Research Society President (コンピュータ研究会部長 Konpyūta Kenkyūkai Buchō?)
Voiced by: Nobuyuki Kobushi
- He is the President of the Computer Research Society (or Computer Society), which shares a room adjacent to the SOS Brigade. The President is never given a name other than "Computer Society President" or variations upon that term (all that is known of his name is the first syllable: "ya"). He and his club have had the misfortune of being targeted by Haruhi's blackmail, being forced to give away their best computer and wire the Brigade's clubroom for an internet connection. He hasn't yet forgiven this, and checks the SOS Brigade website to see if they are putting the computer to use (which they haven't), making him the primary cause of their hit counter's steady rise.
- He has a passion for computers and has, with the other four members of the Computer Society, developed their own basic science-fiction strategy game titled The Day of Sagittarius III (there is no Day of Saggittarius I or II, they just thought the III would sound cool). He later challenges the SOS Brigade to a rigged contest using their game, betting four of his club's laptops in an attempt to reclaim the originally pilfered computer. Despite the Research Society's cheating, Yuki counters by reprogramming the code in-match, and the SOS Brigade wins. Despite the loss of four additional laptops, the President was at least overjoyed at having discovered a genius computer hacker that would participate in his club's activities. In the light novels, it is hinted he is one of Nagato's secret admirers.
- In the episode/chapter "Mysterique Sign", he is trapped in an alternate spatial frame that was unknowingly created by Haruhi. He was, in turn, freed by the other members of the SOS Brigade.
- Emiri Kimidori (喜緑 江美里 Kimidori Emiri?)
Voiced by: Yuri Shiratori
- Emiri appears in "Mysterique Sign" in the anime version, reporting the missing Computer Research Society President. She claims to be his girlfriend, though when asked later by Kyon, the President says that he does not have a girlfriend. Like Yuki, she speaks with a quiet voice that is barely audible. She also serves as the secretary to the Chairman of the Student Council. She is another Humanoid Interface just like Yuki and Ryōko.
- Student Council Chairman (生徒会長 Seitokaichō?)
- Chairman of the student council who was elected by Itsuki's "method". Name remains unknown.
[edit] ENOZ
ENOZ is an all girl student band featured in episode twelve of the anime series. The name ENOZ derives from the last names of the music club members: Enomoto, Nakanishi, Okajima, and Zaizen. However only two "actual" members are ever seen performing in the anime. During the high school festival Enomoto (lead vocals) has tonsillitis and Nakanashi (guitar) suffers a sprained wrist, so Haruhi and Yuki rescue the band and fill in for the missing members during a school festival performance. The fictional band is unique to the anime adaptation. In the original light novel, the name ENOZ is not mentioned nor do the members' names appear at all; what is more, the band consists of only three members.
The impromptu band only performs two songs, "God Knows..." and "Lost My Music", which were trimmed down as inserts. The first saves most of the song save for about half of the guitar solos during the beginning and end, and the entire second stanza and chorus removed. The latter song barely finishes the first stanza and chorus, leave the second and third out.
The two songs "God knows..." and "Lost my music" were included in the soundtrack EP Suzumiya Haruhi no Tsumeawase (涼宮ハルヒの詰合 ~TVアニメ「涼宮ハルヒの憂鬱」劇中歌集シングル~?). The sole vocals for ENOZ are sung in real life by Japanese pop singer and seiyū Aya Hirano, who voices the main character of the series, Haruhi Suzumiya. In addition, she also sings the main opening and ending themes for the series. See also a listing of Haruhi Suzumiya albums. Susumu Nishikawa (西川 進) plays the guitar, Takeshi Taneda (種子田 健) the bass and Yutaka Odawara (小田原 豊) the drums.
ENOZ itself is a homage to the real life all girl J-pop band Zone.[1]
[edit] Members
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[edit] The Agency members
- Keiichi Tamaru (多丸 圭一 Tamaru Kei'ichi?)
Voiced by: Kazuhiko Inoue
- Supposedly a distant relative of Koizumi's. Actually a member of the Agency. His normal appearance is of a wealthy middle-aged man who has a private villa on a small isolated isle. Played a part in the murder mysteries, as well as the other three agency members, that were meant to alleviate Haruhi's boredom.
- Yutaka Tamaru (多丸 裕 Tamaru Yutaka?)
Voiced by: Toshiyuki Morikawa
- Keiichi's younger brother. A member of the Agency.
- Sonou Mori (森 園生 Mori Sonou?)
Voiced by: Akane Omae
- A member of the Agency. Her normal appearance is that of a maid.
- Arakawa (新川?)
Voiced by: Akio Ohtsuka
- A member of the Agency. First name remains unknown. His normal appearance is that of a multi-talented butler.
[edit] Other characters
- Kyon's Sister (キョンの妹 Kyon no imōto?)
Voiced by: Sayaka Aoki
- Not much is revealed about Kyon's fifth-grade sister, not even her real name is given. The other characters simply refer to the eleven-year-old as Kyon's (Younger) Sister or Little Sis (妹ちゃん Imōto-chan?). She has relatively few speaking lines, though she does appear in The Adventures of Mikuru Asahina - Episode 00, episode 6, and in episode 14, fulfilling the duties of an irrepressible younger sister. She has even fewer lines and appearances in the original novel version than the anime's rendition. Usually, her presence is made apparent whenever Kyon is at home.
- She is carefree, happy, and playful, and is also force behind the use of the nickname "Kyon". She seems to get along well with all of the SOS Brigade, especially with Mikuru, sharing a sister-like relationship with her.
- Okabe (岡部?)
Voiced by: Eiji Yanagisawa
- The form teacher of Kyon and Haruhi's class. In charge of the handball club at the school. First name remains unknown.
- Miyoko Yoshimura (吉村美代子 Yoshimura Miyoko?)
- A friend of Kyon's sister. Kyon had feelings for her as displayed in the story he wrote in Volume 8.
- Nakagawa (中河?)
- A friend of Kyon's from middle school who believed he had fallen in love with Nagato at first sight. So extreme was this effect that he dedicated himself fully to his studies in the hopes of someday making himself a worthy suitor to Nagato, whom he regarded as a "goddess." In reality, he only saw the Integrated Data Thought Entity, with Nagato as an interface, and was overwhelmed by the wealth of god-like knowledge it possessed. His ability to see the Entity is later removed by Nagato. Kyon suspects that he might have been an esper like Koizumi.
- Shamisen (シャミセン?)
Voiced by: Kenichi Ogata (Japanese), Michael McConnohie (English)
- A stray cat that Kyon was forced to adopt by Haruhi. During the filming of "The Adventures of Mikuru Asahina", Haruhi alters reality, causing Shamisen to temporarily gain the ability to speak. Kyon's sister gives him the nickname Shami and spends much time with him at home.
- Kyon, Nagato, and Koizumi later planted two informational entity atoms on Shami in the 8th novel.
- Shamisen #2 (シャミセン2号 Shamisen Ni-gō?)
- Another cat, nicknamed Shami Two, though she is female.
- Sneering Bastard
- His real name is, as of Volume 8, still unknown. This was the pseudonym given to the man by Kyon, due to his mannerisms and obvious malevolent intent. He has an apparent hatred of following scripts (when it comes to time travel scenarios) and especially if he already knows the ending. He also dislikes Mikuru Asahina, and, at the end of Volume 7, Kyon (though this might be interpreted as a dislike for people who interfere in his plans).
- He is a time traveller from (presumably) the same future as Mikuru, however his group "does not wish for the existence of time travellers, or of the possibility of time travel". He is almost the same height as Kyon, and may even be close to his age.
- First encountered in Volume 7, he has a tense conversation with Kyon and Mikuru, holding an important item. Despite his obvious anger at Mikuru, he returns the memory chip to them, explaining briefly that it was a pre-determined event and that the chip was also "an important artifact for the future". He also states that he has met Mikuru before several times, however she has no memory of seeing him in her past. It is possible that she may have met him officially for the first time in some other event yet to be seen (in the novels), or the Adult Mikuru could have met him, as of yet there is no confirmation of this. We next see him later in Volume 7, where he again states that the event was pre-determined and that he "merely allowed history to follow its course". He went inside a van and, when the door was reopened by someone else, he was gone. This means that he has access to similar technology that Mikuru has for travelling in time.
[edit] External links
- Lantis Release Page The official page listing the single for ENOZ (Japanese)
| Series: | The Melancholy (book 1) | The Sigh (book 2) | The Boredom (book 3) | The Vanishment (book 4) | The Rashness (book 5) | The Disturbance (book 6) | The Scheme (book 7) | The Anger (book 8) | The Dissociation (book 9) | The Surprise (book 10) |
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| Characters: | List of characters | Haruhi Suzumiya | Kyon | Yuki Nagato | Mikuru Asahina | Itsuki Koizumi | |
| Lists: | List of anime episodes | List of Haruhi Suzumiya albums | List of character song albums | |
