List of Kyo Kara Maoh! characters

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This is the list of characters in the anime Kyo Kara Maoh!

The fictional land "Shin Makoku" is where most Mazoku reside. There are ten noble families which rule over their specific area in Shin Makoku. "Von" is the surname of each of the noble family, followed by the name of their land.^[1]

Earth is a different world, and its flow of time is noticebly shorter than Shin Makoku. For this reason, when Yuri travels between both, a lot of time passes by in Shin Makoku whereas in Earth less than a moment goes by.^[2] However, due to the influence of all four boxes gathered in the Original King's temple, time seems to go much faster than normal in Earth.

The Original King's era took place 4000 years before the present storyline.^[3]

Contents 1 Main characters 1.1 Yuri Shibuya 1.1.1 Morgif 1.2 Conrart Weller 1.3 Wolfram von Bielefeld 1.4 Gwendal von Voltaire 1.5 Günter von Christ 1.6 Ken Murata 1.7 Yozak Gurrier/Grie 2 Supporting characters 2.1 Shin Makoku 2.2 Human Lands 2.3 Others 2.4 Earth 2.4.1 Shibuya Family 3 References

[edit] Main characters

[edit] Yuri Shibuya

Name: Yuri Shibuya (渋谷有利 Shibuya Yūri).
Aliases:

• Yuri (ユーリ Yūri)
• Your Majesty ("Heika" in Japanese) - by people in general
• Wimp ("Hennachoko" in Japanese) - by Wolfram
• Yu-chan - by Miko, Yuri's mother
• Bo-chan - by Yozak
• Shibuya Yūri Harajuku Fūri

Race: Half human, half Mazoku
Gender: Male
Age:

• Episodes 1-78: 15
• Episodes 79-117: 16

Hair Color: Black
Eye Color: Black
Status: Maoh ("Demon King"), engaged to Wolfram von Bielefeld
Clothing: Japanese School Uniform

A high school student who enjoys baseball more than textbooks. He was 'named' by Conrad when he mentioned to Yuri's mother how, where he comes from, Yuri means July. Early in the show, bullies make fun of Yuri's name by calling him "Shibuya Yūri, Harajuku Fūri" (advantage Shibuya, disadvantage Harajuku) — a reference to popular districts of Tokyo. In the English dub, this becomes a pun on "Yuri is short for urine."

When Yuri arrives in Shin Makoku, he is declared the 27th Maoh of the Mazoku ("Demon Race").^[4][5] He has a strange power that suddenly transforms him into the Maoh, deliverer of justice, this form can be recognised mainly by the longer hair and demon eyes.^[6] Throughout the story, Yuri gets dragged between the two worlds at inconvenient times.

Yuri's soul was once the soul of the healer Susanna Julia von Winncott,^[7] who died during the war against humans 20 years ago.^[8] The pendant Conrad gave to him belonged to her. Very close to the end, it turns out that Julia was a key to one of the four Forbidden Boxes, which means Yuri, himself, inherited the key to the final box, 'Mirror at the Bottom of the Sea'^[9].

Yuri has many allies and friends. His closest allies are Wolfram, Conrad, Günter, Gwendal, Murata, and Josak. They help Yuri throughout the series.

At his first encounter with Wolfram von Bielefeld he ends up engaged to him due to a mishap: Wolfram, angry that Yuri has been chosen as the Maoh, makes the mistake of insulting Yuri's mother - which earns him a slap. Slapping another noble on his or her left cheek is the way in which Mazoku propose marriage^[10] (some consider the slap as unmanly, but Yuri explains in the light novel that he only slapped Wolfram because he has a beautiful face, otherwise he would have punched him). Incensed by this insult, Wolfram challenges Yuri to a duel, which is also mistakenly accepted because of Yuri's unfamiliarity with Mazoku custom (he picked up the knife that fell off the table). During the duel Yuri transforms into the true Demon King for the first time, proving that he has a right to the throne - much to his own surprise.

Yuri can transform into this true Demon King form whenever he feels great anger, usually when some great injustice or cruelty is being carried out by others.^[11] In this form he can summon powerful magic (majutsu), even in the human territories^[12] (a notable feat as most Mazoku cannot perform magic outside their country). Yuri's magic is manifested in various shapes - usually one or more great water dragons,^[13] or some messy magical "creature" made from mud, food morsels etc. After spending time in this form, Yuri becomes worn out and in some cases passes out and doesn't remember what happened afterwards. Later, Yuri learns to control his power and uses it to close the first of the Forbidden Boxes.^[14]

Throughout the series, his main goal is to create a world in which Mazoku and humans can live together in peace, something that progresses slowly but surely as the series goes on.

Yuri is said to be the greatest Maoh after defeating Soushu and freeing the Original King from the dark power. Because of that, Yuri is able to travel between worlds even without the help of the Original King^[15].

A running gag throughout the series reflects the first episode, where Yuri stands up to people who are harassing a victim, but said victim runs away. This leads Yuri to a feeling of déjà vu.

• Seiyu: Takahiro Sakurai
• Voice actor: Jimmy Benedict (a.k.a. Yuri Lowenthal)

[edit] Morgif

The Demon sword which can only be handled by the Maoh. Yuri sets out on a journey to find it and, once he's found it, reluctantly takes it with him on most adventures. Morgif originally had a jewel on its 'forehead', that served as the source of his power. It fell out when Cheri-sama dropped Morgif. Yuri gave the jewel to Yozak and tells him to do whatever he wanted with it.^[16] The jewel is not returned until much later when Morgif has to fight a powerful Holy Sword.^[17] That's not to say Morgif is helpless without his jewel. The extent of his powers without that source are a mystery, and his powers with it are said to be limitless.

Since he is the Maoh's sword, and nothing the Maoh owns is ever ordinary, Morgif is a sword with a personality of a cheerfully lecherous old man. Murata, having been the Great Sage (Daikenja) in his former life, mentioned that Morgif had changed a lot; apparently Morgif used to have "a young and handsome face" and a "soothing counter-tenor voice".^[18] When the "Stone of the Dragon King", a jewel belonging to the royal family, was "stolen", Yuri uses Morgif to help find it, reasoning that Morgif saw the thief. However, it just turns out that Cheri took it to use it as a centerpiece of her necklace, leaving an IOU for it in the treasure room.^[19]

Erhard Wincott, the ancestor of Susannah Julia von Wincott, was an inventor who carried out many tests^[20]. One of them included Morgif and its history. Morgif was created from powerful lava streaming from a particular volcano on Bandadine Island. If Morgif is thrown into the lava again, it would assume its original form, a heavily decorated black sword,^[21] which Yuri uses to defeat the Soushu.^[22]

• Seiyu: Takahiro Sakurai (voice altered)

[edit] Conrart Weller

Name: Sir Conrart Weller
Aliases:

• The Lion of Lütenberg
• The Patriot of Lütenberg
• Commander
• Captain - by Josak
• Lord Weller - by people in general, including Wolfram
• Conrad - by Yuri and, later on in the series, Wolfram and Gwendal

Race: Half human, half Mazoku
Gender: Male
Age: Appears 20+, 19-20 (Novels)
Hair Color: Brown
Eye Color: Brown
Status: Second son of the previous Maoh, Commander
Clothing: 1914 German Infantry Uniform

His given name is Conrart; Yuri nicknames him "Conrad," which is "closer to English" and easier to pronounce with a Japanese tongue. Conrad is the second child of the previous Maoh, Cecilie von Spitzberg. His father was human (also considered the greatest swordsman in the Demon Kingdom; Dan Hiri Weller). His ancestor, Lawrence Weller, fought alongside the Original King during the war against Soushu^[23]. On his 16th birthday, he decided to live as a Mazoku instead of a human.^[24] He fought on the front lines for the Mazoku during a war against the humans.He and Yozak are the only two survivours of the Battle of Lütenburg. He was also put in charge of the soul that was to be the new Maoh (Suzanna Julia von Wincott), and brought it safely to Earth so that it could be born^[25].

Furthermore, he was the one who was the inspiration for Yuri's name. He stated that "Where I come from, the month of July is called Yuri", which made Yuri's mother name him Yuri because he was born in July. For this reason, Yuri dubs him 'Nazukeoya', which is a person who names someone (Conrad is also known as Yuri's Godfather by his mother). His mother named the blue flowers she grew "Conrad Stands Upon Earth".^[26]

When Yuri first came to Shin Makoku, Conrad was the one to find him (after some humans and Adelbert) and bring him safely to the castle. He acts as Yuri's bodyguard and vows to protect Yuri with his life.

Conrad is a swordsman ("the best swordsman in Shin Makoku" - according to Wolfram^[27]) who looks after Yuri. Conrad possesses no maryoku (demonic magic) due to his mixed heritage of human and mazoku. Eventually it is discovered that Conrad's left arm is one of the keys to the 4 magical boxes ('The End of the Wind') that have the power to destroy the world. His ancestor, Lawrence Weller, fought along the Original King.^[28] As Conrad's father was not a Mazoku noble, he doesn't have "von" in his name.^[29]

After he loses this arm in a battle, he disappears after swearing to Yuri that he'll never die and leave him alone. Later, he reappears with a new arm, and seems to have betrayed Shin Makoku by joining their human enemies, Big Cimaron, who were after the four boxes. However, it is learned that Conrad only betrayed them to learn about the whereabouts of the boxes. His plan was, when the four boxes were gathered, to steal them and return to Shin Makoku. He went as far as pushing Jozak off the edge of the cliff to show his alliance to Big Cimaron. When King Belal orders Conrad to execute Yuri, Conrad instead frees them, and protects Yuri from arrows.^[30]

• Seiyu: Toshiyuki Morikawa
• Voice actor: Doug Erholtz

[edit] Wolfram von Bielefeld

Name: Lord Wolfram von Bielefeld
Aliases:

• Spoiled Brat
• Little Lord Brat - by Gwendal and Anissina
• Selfish Loafer (Wagamama Puu in Japanese) - by Günter
• Bishōnen - by Yuri
• Sannan Boy ("The Third Son") - by Adalbert
• Wolfie - by Cecilie
• Lord Von Bielefeld - by Murata and Shinou
  
• Wolfo chan - Miko (Jennifer) shibuya

Race: Mazoku
Gender: Male
Age:

• 82 ^[31][32]
• 16 in Earth years
  

Hair Color: Blonde
Eye Color: Emerald Green
Height: 171 cm or 5.7 feet
Weight: 49 kg
Status: Third son of the previous Maoh, engaged to Yuri
Clothing: United States Officer's Uniform from during the Mexican American War

A young man who finds himself engaged to Yuri after a mistake. He is a 'bishōnen', which means a pretty or beautiful boy. Wolfram possesses fire magic, as well as being adept with a sword. He is the half-brother of Conrad and Gwendal. He has extremely high pride and is hot-headed. He is arrogant and short-tempered but can also be quite compassionate at times. Wolfram is obsessed with Yuri and insists on following him everywhere as he claims it is his duty to protect his fiancé though he also seems to want to prevent him from cheating on him. His ancestor, Rufus Bielefeld, fought alongside the Original King(the great one).^[33]

Near the end, there is a time when Wolfram is possessed by Original King, who in turned was possessed by Soushu(the originaters). The key he possesses, his heart, is ripped out by Original King in order to open one of the four boxes, 'Hellfire in Frozen Land' ('Hellfire on Frozen Tundra' in Japanese translation). Because of this, Wolfram temporarily dies, but is revived when the Original King returns the keys to their owners.

Wolfram is the youngest son of the former Maoh, Cecilie von Spitzberg. He initially dislikes humans, even Conrad's father. Because of his mazoku pride, he does not like to admit that Conrad is his brother, even though he cares for Conrad (case in point, Wolfram always referred to Conrad by his last name - Lord Weller; however, after Conrad's return from his supposed betrayal, Wolfram refers to Conrad by his first name). In the graphic novels, it is hinted that this hatred towards humans stems from his late father's prejudice against humans. His liking for humans improves throughout the series, progressing to the point that he adopts the human girl Greta as his daughter, and runs into a raging fire to save a human child.

Years ago when he was a child, Wolfram accidentally slapped Elizabeth, Raven's niece, on her left cheek. Elizabeth never forgot this incident, insisting that they swore everlasting love that day, while Wolfram insists he forgot why he slapped her in the first place. Some time after collecting three of the Four Forbidden Boxes, Elizabeth becomes Stoffel's tool to separate Yuri from the three brothers, pronouncing an engagement proposal to Yuri. Elizabeth's real goal is to marry Wolfram Onii-sama, but Wolfram says that his only fiance is Yuri. During the duel which ensues, (as Yuri accidently picked up a knife and a fork pointing it at Elizabeth; symbolizing a fight to settle a triangle love affair), Yuri turns into the Maoh, protecting Wolfram from being hurt by fire maryoku that Elizabeth summoned. He proclaims the two go on the date and remember their childhood memories. It is eventually learned that Wolfram slapped Elizabeth because he wanted to touch a butterfly that flew past, and Conrad was watching the entire event.^[34]

Wolfram is an extremely 'pretty' person - Yuri even calls him so upon first meeting him (specifically using the term 'bishōnen' in the Japanese version and very often in the light novel). This is also why Yuri slapped Wolfram when he badmouthed Yuri's mother instead of punching him, stating that it's a pity to dirty such a pretty face (from the novels).This image is enhanced by his choice of nightwear - a frilly pink nightgown that contrasts violently with his rather quick temper.

When he first becomes engaged to Yuri he is extremely upset, but the idea quickly grows on him. He takes the engagement much more seriously than Yuri does. He follows Yuri practically everywhere so he can keep an eye on him and even sneaks into Yuri's bedroom at night. He gets extremely jealous when Yuri talks to a girl or good-looking guy and often accuses him of being unfaithful. Even if he does not like to admit it, the series hints that Wolfram deeply cares about Yuri. He tends to think Yuri can be saved from bad situations because of his cuteness. By the end of the anime, he is making blatant declarations of love.

A major weakness is that he gets sea-sick. Yuri also says that Wolfram cannot paint well, even though he insists on painting (e.g. He tries to paint Yuri, although it turns out unintentionally impressionistic.)^[35]

During the end of season two and the beginning of season three, Wolfram is chosen by the Ten Noble Families of Shin Makoku (Christ, Voltaire, Grantz, Bielefeld, Karbelnikoff, Wincott, Spitzberg, Gyllenhaal, Rochefort, and Radford) to become the next Maoh, due to the belief that Yuri would not be able to return to Shin Makoku at the time. When Yuri does in fact return, Wolfram's uncle, Waltorana, places pressure on Wolfram to obtain the throne. Because of this, Wolfram dissolves the engagement with Yuri and travels back to his homelands, in hopes that he would not be used to sabotage Yuri.^[36]

Discovering of Wolfram's predicament, Yuri and his retainers travel to the Bielefeld lands in the hopes of persuading Wolfram to return to Blood Pledge Castle, only to be forced into a formal duel by Wolfram himself. The battle becomes quite intense, as Wolfram gives his all against Yuri and Yuri trying his best to persuade Wolfram to stop the duel. At the climax, Yuri was forced to protect himself by becoming the Maoh and, angered by Wolfram's reckless dueling, prepares to hit Wolfram with a potentially fatal attack. In the process of hitting Wolfram with the attack, Yuri watched as Wolfram prepared himself for what seems to be his last moment and gave his final words to Yuri: "Yuri. Be a good king." Realizing that Wolfram had planned the whole thing from the beginning so Yuri could remain the Maoh, Yuri absorbed the attack onto himself at the last moment, sparring Wolfram of the damage. The Ten Noble Families then changed their decision to keep Yuri as their king and Waltorana steps down from forcing Wolfram onto the throne. After a reconcilation between the two, Wolfram happily decides to annul the disengagement to a comically shocked Yuri and proceeds to return to his normal attitude towards their engagement.^[37]

During the course of the series, Wolfram has grown exponentially from a spoiled prince to a selfless young man who stands by Yuri with no question. Though, he had no plans of becoming Maoh in the first place, he was willing to protect and serve Shin Makoku when it was resolved that Yuuri would not be returning back at the end of the second season, wanting to protect the beautiful job Yuri did as Maoh.^[38]

• Seiyu: Mitsuki Saiga
• Voice actor: Mona Marshall

[edit] Gwendal von Voltaire

Name: Lord Gwendal von Voltaire (some translations erroneously use "von Walde")
Alias: Gwen - by his mother, Cecilie
Race: Mazoku
Age: Appears 30+
Gender: Male
Hair Color: Dark Grey
Eye Color: Indigo
Status: First son of the previous Maoh, Commander of the Mazoku Army
Clothing: WWII British Officers Great Coat

The eldest son of Cecilie. From the beginning, Gwendal has objections to Yuri becoming the Maoh. He is a skilled tactician and is capable of using earth magic and can cast barriers.^[39] When not otherwise busy, Gwendal indulges in his hobby of knitting and sewing but often his creatures look nothing like what they're supposed to (for example a bear got mistaken for a black pig or a cat that looks like a raccoon). He is also quite fond of cute objects such as the dolphin keychain (Bandou-kun) Yuri received at the dolphin show and later gave to him.^[40] His childhood best friend is Anissina von Karbelnikoff, an inventor who often tests out her inventions on him, much to his displeasure. Anissina is also the one who taught Gwendal how to knit.^[41]Gwendal's left eye is a key to one of the four Forbidden Boxes, the "End of the Earth".

Gwendal is a tough guy except when it comes to his childhood friend, Anissina, and his brothers. He is afraid of Anissina and often hides from her so he can prevent being used in one of her crazy experiments. He is even seen sweating in panic at the thought of her.^[42][43] While he does not outwardly show much affection towards his brothers, he shows in times of great stress that he does care, an example being his decision to stand against the Original King to save his little brother, Wolfram. Jozak, who was sent to locate one of the Four Forbidden Boxes, tells Conrad that Gwendal really cares for Conrad's wellbeing and doesn't want Conrad to worry despite the Original King's wishes for Conrad to find the Boxes.^[44] His ancestor, Siegbert Voltaire, fought along the Original King.^[45]

When he was younger, Gwendal despised humans, a habit called the Mazoku Pride by Dunheely Weller. On Dunheely's last journey to a nameless village, he told Gwendal to enjoy the ride before their last duel. Upon arriving in the village, Gwendal is shocked that the village isn't recognized by Shin Makoku, and leads the attack on the bandits which targeted the village. In this duel, Gwendal sees Dunheely for who he really was, an old man, not the agile man he knew when he was younger. Dunheely later dies of old age, and Gwendal buries him near the tree where Dunheely told Gwendal what he was looking for. Years later while on a picnic with his family and Yuri, Gwendal admits that Dunheely was a larger existence than anyone else within him, because he hated that man.^[46]

When he and Yuri were alone in the desert following a sand trap that sucked in Wolfram and Conrad, Gwendal showed certain care he tried to hide towards Yuri. It was at that time Yuri later commented to Conrad that all of the siblings have similar kind smiles, even though Gwendal's is covered up by his "scary face".^[47]

Gwendal has no interest in love affairs, and even points out that issues coming from love affairs are beyond his abilities to influence.^[48] He does occasionally show care towards Greta, often being in charge of her while Yuri and Wolfram are in one of their adventures. Gwendal knows how to bake, as he does so for Greta when Günter, who would usually bake cookies for Greta, leaves the castle for a short journey. Greta comments that Gwendal's cookies look cute while Yuri comments Gwendal is good at baking as Gwendal's cookies are made into animal shapes, similar to the ones he knits.^[49] When Greta asks Gwendal if she is disturbing him while he is doing work, Gwendal says "Since it's you, I don't mind".^[50]

He is the commander of the demon army and often comes with reinforcements when Yuri finds himself in big trouble. He is also the one who does the paperwork and essentially runs the kingdom for Yuri.^[51] Often enough, when Yuri leaves the castle, Gunter is seen barging into Gwendal's office, demanding where Yuri is. Gwendal would usually look tired and suggest an idea which sounds appealing to Gunter, for example locking Yuri up in a room where no one will interfere.^[52]

• Seiyu: Akio Ohtsuka
• Voice actor: Dan Woren (a.k.a Jackson Daniels)

[edit] Günter von Christ

Name: Günter von Christ (some translations say 'von Kleist')
Aliases:

• Snow Günter (Yuki Günter in Japanese)
• GünGün - by Günter himself while under the influence of Ulrike's spirit
  
• Lord gunter

Race: Mazoku
Gender: Male
Age: Appears 30 (Novels)
Hair Color: Lilac
Eye Color: Violet
Status: Adviser to the Maoh
Clothing: No historical reference

A teacher and swordsman who adores Yuri. Günter is a skilled swordsman and magician, but has retired to teach Yuri about Shin Makoku and his future duties as the Maoh. Gunter once stated that he was the one who taught Conrad to "become His Majesty's sword and shield" indicating that perhaps Gunter was once Konrart's teacher.^[53] When Günter accidentally travels to Earth, he becomes a model in New York City for a brief period of time so that he can earn money to find Yuri^[54].He is a very whimsical person and poetic in his thoughts.Günter is another test subject of Anissina

Günter, along with the three brothers, helps Yuri run the country. He is Yuri's adviser and mentor, teaching Yuri various aspects of Shin Makoku.^[55] He usually spends his time doing numerous duties for Yuri and Shin Makoku.

It is mentioned by Conrad when they are in Francia that Günter had never fought in a battle in the war that implied loss of life and need for killer instincts.^[56]. That is also why he is referred to as 'Snow Günter'.

Günter's personality is usually bubbly and emphatic, but when he puts on his serious face he can be awe-inspiring. He has an extremely strong attachment to Yuri and tends to pine(spaz) when Yuri has been gone from the Shin Makoku for any considerable amount of time. He is very popular among females and males because of his good looks.

Günter's political views make a radical change due to Yuri's influence. In the beginning, he was the one pushing most strongly for the war that would exterminate the human race. As the series goes on, Yuri's views are impressed upon him, and he begins to truly believe in and work for a peaceful alliance between Mazoku and humans.

Günter's only family seems to be his adopted daughter Gisela.^[57]

• Seiyu: Kazuhiko Inoue
• Voice actor: Jack Lingo

[edit] Ken Murata

Name: Ken Murata (村田健, Murata Ken^?) (Navon was his real name when he was still Daikenja)
Aliases:

• Murata -Yuri(in the english anime)
• Ken chan-MIko sShibuya(english anime)
• MuraKen
• Mura-Mura
• The Great Sage (大賢者, "Daikenja")
• The Great Sage(wise man) of Double Black (双黒の大賢者, "Soukoku no Daikenja")
• Your Highness/Your Eminence/Your Grace/Your Holiness (猊下, "Geika") - by those from Shin Makoku
• Mr. Straight A's - by bullies in episode 1
  

Race: Unknown (assumed to be half-Mazoku, half-human)
Gender: Male
Age: 15-16 years
Hair: Black
Eyes: Black
Clothing: While in Shin Makoku, wears a black uniform similar to Yuuri's, but with gold trim. On Earth, wears casual clothing or his school uniform (blue blazer, red tie, white shirt and grey pants).

Ken met Yuuri in middle school, where they were in the same class. Despite going on to different high schools, Ken still serves as the manager of Yuuri's baseball team, and the two get together on a regular basis. Ken is known to smile often and keep relatively quiet. He later finds himself involved with Yuri and the other world when it is discovered he houses the soul and memories of the Great Sage. Dr. Rodriguez was responsible for handling his soul, around the same time when Conrad transported Julia's soul.

Ken is very smart and calculating, and capable of defending himself^[58]. He was the Great Sage in his past life - the right hand man, tactician and strategist to Shinou, the Original King of Shin Makoku. He still remembers things from that life and other lives that he has had. He is a good friend and ally to Yuri and helps him a lot throughout the series, though it often seems he's working on his own agenda. He even constantly repeats to the Original King that he "likes Shibuya", and won't let anything bad happen to him.

Ken was actually the reason Yuri was given a swirly, since he was the kid the bullies had been picking on^[59]. He is always around when Yuri travels between worlds and later on in the anime travels together with him, he actually helps get Yuri to and from worlds although Yuri does not know this for most of the anime until Ken lands up in Shin Makoku with Yuri.

Later on, near the finale of Series 2, Ken seemed to have "betrayed" Yuri and his friends by not telling them vital information concerning the keys and what he had anticipated on what would come to pass^[60]. However, what he did was needed to help free the Original King^[61]. He is also seen scolding the Original King in his past life and normal life now, and sees himself as sort of a babysitter for the Original King.

• Seiyu: Kouki Miyata
• Voice actor: Grant George

[edit] Yozak Gurrier/Grie

Name: Yozak Gurrier
Alias: The Spy, Ms. Biceps, Warrior of Lütenburg, Ōniwaban (by Yuri)
Race: Half human, half Mazoku
Gender: Male
Hair: Orange
Eyes: Blue
Status: Spy of the Demon army, Maoh's personal guard
Clothing: Plain Cloths or Drag

He was introduced by Conrad to Yuri during the episode where they are captured on a ship (episode 5). He originally doubted Yuri, but Yuri eventually gaines his trust by entrusting him with Morgif's Jewel.^[62] This is Morgif's source of power, and Yozak later returns it so Morgif can help Yuri defend a human village from a stolen Holy Sword and its not-quite-human wielder^[63].

He goes back a long way with Conrad: they've known each other since they were children. Yozak and Conrad are the only suvivors of the Rütenburg army, a portion of the army of Shin Makoku that fought in the past war with the humans for the mazoku. The Rütenburg warriors were all half-human half-mazoku fighters that wished to proved their loyalty to Shin Makoku. Halfbloods were - and are - looked down upon by both mazoku and humans because of the hatred between the races.

It can only be assumed that as relations between the species change, so will the treatment of halfbreeds. Yuri's efforts to unite humans and mazoku are one of the main reasons Josak supports Yuri. He is the first one to find out that Ken Murata is the person with the soul of the Great Sage, the Original King's trusted friend.

He's a kind hearted man despite his huge appearance, and no matter how masculine he looks, he seems to enjoy cross-dressing as he frequently dresses as a woman in his work as a spy, and on even dresses as a nurse to aid a human village in distress, complete with make-up . He carries a dress around as a good-luck charm because dressing as a female has saved his life many times^[64].

• Seiyu: Masanori Takeda
• Voice actor: Marvin Lee

[edit] Supporting characters

[edit] Shin Makoku

Cecilie von Spitzberg

The previous Maoh and mother of Wolfram, Conrad and Gwendal, each with different fathers.^[65] Although initially, Cecilie seems to be rather airheaded, she is actually very astute and intelligent and a very caring person. Having been replaced as the Maoh by Yuri, Cecilie takes advantage of her open schedule to hunt for men on her "free and easy quest for love." She has displayed interest in Yuri (though she remains one of the chief supporters in his engagement to her son, Wolfram), his older brother Shori,^[66] and even her childhood friend Raven. At one time, she wanted to marry him,^[67] much to her brother's chagrin. Cecilie is also quite powerful, and has admirable skill with the whip. When fighting, she has the uncanny ability to quickly dress in red leather and mask. This form and her skill tends to scare her enemies, and if they ever meet her the second time, they are usually unwilling to fight her again.^[68]

Cecilie likes flowers and grows new types of them in the Blood Pledge (covenant)Castle. She also names them, examples being "Beautiful Wolfram", "Secret Gwendal", "Conrad Stands Upon the Earth"(Conrad standing tall), and "cecille's Red Sigh".^[69]

She can take control of situations easily and effectively, however, and cares for her sons deeply, despite her cheerful personality. When Wolfram temporarily dies, she is devastated, and throughout the series she can be seen doing her best to protect her sons without directly interfering.^[70]

Cecilie (pronounced tsetsiliae )goes by the name "Celi", which is pronounced "Cheri" in Japanese. Because of that some fans call her "Cheri" while others use "Celi" (Pronounce as "Tseri"or"tselli' accurately in Romanization of Japanese). Both spellings are acceptable however, and thus depend on personal preference.

• Seiyu: Masako Katsuki
• Voice actress: Kirsty Pape

Anissina von Karbelnikoff

Anissina is an inventor and is also Gwendal's childhood friend. She often uses him to test out her inventions and it is for this reason that Gwendal seems to fear Anissina. When Gwendal is not around, Günter becomes her test subject. She is also the one who taught Gwendal how to knit and later Greta too.

If the men are away from the castle, it is usually Anissina who takes control. When she does so, her inventions are usually seen everywhere. The names of her inventions often end in 'kun', and usually state what they are supposed to do. Her inventions often requires the use of maryoku and they actually do more harm than good. An example of this is an invention where the user can communicate with animals, instead of keeping them under control Nicola's child summoned the dragon Pochi who wreaked part of the castle. These inventions keep Greta entertained and she even thinks that Anissina is so cool.

Aside from her inventions, she spends her time writing adventure story books involving herself as a superheroine figure. These also usually keep Greta entertained, though Yuri and Wolfram often doubt whether they are even appropriate for children.

She belongs to one of the 10 noble families of the kingdom and her brother rules their country.

Her title is written in a Japanese original as "von Karbelnikoff" (フォンカーベルニコフ卿).

• Seiyu: Minami Takayama
• Voice actor: Michelle Ruff

Ulrike

An 800-year old Genshi Miko with the form of a young girl. Ulrike comes from a long line of priestesses each chosen by the Original King to act as a channel between him and the people of Shin Makoku. She succeeds Ondine, whose final assignment after retirement was to get Yuri to form a pact with the elements. Ulrike is the one who, at the order of and with additional powers from the Original King, transports Yuri to and from his world to Shin Makoku. Just like all other priestesses, she is not permitted to leave the Original King's castle. Yuri however, once tried to take her out to show her the beautiful world outside but Wolfram barged in thinking he was flirting with her.

At one point in the anime, her "childhood spirit" escaped from her body and went outside to play. Her skills frightened the other children and caused chaos in the village. Ulrike chased after her younger form, and revealed her ability to take on the form of a young woman (as opposed to her current child-like one) to "comfort" her younger self.

• Seiyu: Yukana
• Voice actor: Lara Cody

Adelbert von Grantz

Adelbert is the first important character that Yuri meets in Shin Makoku. He is Julia's former fiancée and abandons Shin Makoku upon her death, as he feels that the way of the Mazoku is wrong. He believes that the Mazoku are simply toys of the Original King. Though in the beginning he is considered an enemy, as the series progresses he begins to protect Yuri after discovering he has Julia's soul but he still wants Yuri to show him what he is worth as the new king.

• Seiyu: Masaki Terasoma
• Voice actor: Kirk Thornton

Susannah Julia von Wincott

Julia is a kind woman who gave up her happiness for the sake of others.^[71] Her father remarked that she, like her ancestors, had inherited the trait of being mischievous, but she often sacrificed herself for other people.^[72] Many around her, such as Gisela and Cheri, have commented that Julia pushed herself over the limit when trying to help people on the battlefield, which eventually resulted in her death. Gisela was one who remained by Julia's side in during the latter's final moments.

Julia's soul was given to Yuri when she accepted the fate given to her by the Original King. She was Adelbert's fiancé, Wolfram's teacher, and incredibly skilled at medical maryoku. She appears to have the same views on humans and Mazoku as Yuri does, wanting both races to be at peace with each other, which signifies their similarities. Conrad was one of her close friends, and she gave him her pendant, which Conrad then gave to Yuri. Her ancestor, Erhard Wincott, was one of the chosen that was entrusted with one of the Four Forbidden boxes, "The Mirror at the Bottom of the Sea".^[73] However, the younger brother, Christel Wincott, brought the box to Earth for safe keeping.^[74] Julia's blood is the key to the box, and Yuri inherited this trait of being a key from her.^[75]

When Yuri's body is taken over by the Original King, whose soul is taken over by Soushu, she saves Yuri by letting him remember that he has courage to fight and change the world.

• Seiyu: Risa Mizuno
• Voice actor: Joan-Carol O'Connell

Lord Grisela Geigen Huber (some translations give 'Brischella')

Years ago, Hube's bigotry and ambition led to many deaths forcing Gwendal, his cousin, to banish Hube from the Demon Kingdom to search for a lost artifact, the Great Demon Flute. Twenty years later, Yuri discovers Hube in Conansia Svelera (Suberera) from the human woman, Nicola, who is bearing Hube's child. Yuri struggles to learn details about Hube's past but no one wants to talk about the acts that were so terrible, even Conrad is content in watching him die^[76]. Hube becomes the bodyguard for a corrupt lord who swindles people into gambling and taking their shop deeds. When Yuri eventually discovers the truth, he forgave Hube for unintentionally trying to kill him, and begs for Gwendel not to kill Hube. Gwendel eventually does, and Hube leaves for his own castle, but not before he tells Gwendel about a box he saw in Suberera.^[77] The incident left Hube without his left eye, indicating this box was one of the Four Forbidden Boxes.

Hube swore loyalty to Yuri because Yuri chose spare his life despite Hube's crime. As such, Hube would go to extreme lengths to protect Yuri, such as leaving Nicola to fight against possessed Original King^[78].

• Seiyu: Hiroaki Hirata
• Voice actor: Edward Zilla (Masked Man)

Nicola

Nicola's rescue from Conansia Svelera (Suberera) led Yuri to the Great Demon Flute and created both hints and additional mystery regarding her baby's father Lord Grisela "Hube" Geigen Huber.

• Seiyu: Yuki Masuda
• Voice actor: Vicky Green

Stoffel von Spitzberg

Cecilie's older brother; he was the former regent of the former Maoh and was kicked out of the castle when Yuri arrived for trying to forcefully assert his influence on the kingdom. His own nephews do not trust him, as he was responsible for the last war against the humans. Stoffel tried to regain his authority by kidnapping Yuri and trying to convince him that his three nephews were just using him to control Shin Makoku. This action almost resulted in a civil war with his nephews when they tried to rescue Yuri. Luckily, with Yosak's help Yuri escaped and prevented war from breaking out^[79]. The Maoh made Stoffel's punishment, for waging war, house arrest in his own castle and lands. Later, he tries to win back Yuri's trust by celebrating Yuri's visit, though the plan backfires when his sister returns instead^[80]. By the end of the anime, he has given up his power struggles, and instead becomes a faithful noble willing to fight and protect the Maoh against Soushu's armies^[81]. Stoffel's favorite food is sautéd Neguroki no Mayakishi.

• Seiyu: Unshou Ishizuka
• Voice actor: Terry Roberts

Raven

Raven, a chilhood friend of Celi and Stoffel, advises Lord Stoffel and executes orders on the ex-Regents behalf. Raven's strategies and ruthlessness endanger Yuri, however in his heart Raven is more loving than malicious.

• Seiyu: Yasunori Matsumoto
• Voice actor: Doug Stone

Greta

Greta is the adopted human daughter of Yuri Shibuya and Wolfram von Bielefeld. At first she tried to kill Yuri by posing as his illegitimate daughter^[82] because her uncaring foster parents hated the Maoh and she believed she could earn their love by assassinating him^[83]. Not much later Yuri forgives and adopts her. Wolfram follows suit, reasoning that as Yuri's fiancé he is also Greta's parent^[84]. She meets a woman named Izura who knows her birth mother, but she does not mention it to Greta.

• Seiyu: Motoko Kumai
• Voice Actor: Rebecca Forstadt

Gisela

She is the adopted daughter of Günter and was a close friend of Julia von Winncott. She is usually sweet and caring, but is strict and commanding when it comes to work. Her attitude toward work and her ability to order people around earned her the nickname "Sergeant"^[85]. Her 'Sergeant moments' have earned her respect and fear from Dakoskos, Keenan, Wolfram and many others. A military physician, she was with Julia when she died on the battlefield^[86].

• Seiyu: Hiroko Taguchi
• Voice Actor: Mia Bradly

Dakaskos

One of the men-at-arms of Covenant Castle, Dakaskos sacrificed his hair for one of Günter's schemes but ultimately remains a loyal subject-even as he's often the source of comic relief. Dakaskos often becomes emotional over good food.

Dakaskos travels to Bandarbine Island with Günter to help Morgif regain its original form.^[87]

• Seiyu: Takashi Matsuyama
• Voice actor: Eddie Frierson

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Lady Flynn Gilbit ("Flurin Gilbert" for other translations)

Lady Flynn Gilbit assumed the role of her husband Lord Norman Gilbit to protect her small country, Caloria, and its lands after his death. She chose to wear a mask and pretend to be her husband because Small Cimaron had conquered Caloria and, under their laws, women cannot inherit lands or titles and adoptions are valid before the death of the husband.^[88] Upon discovering that Big Cimaron has one of the Forbidden boxes ("The End of the Wind"), she assists Yuri and his group in retrieving it.^[89]

The original rulers of Caloria were the Wincott family, and because of Flynn's ancestors, the Wincott family was forcefully removed from rule. Due to this incident, Flynn is troubled when Julia's father, Lord Odell von Wincott, visits Blood Pledge castle on Yuri's request.^[90]

Lord Nigel Weiz Maxine

Lord Maxine and Adelbert encounter Yuri in Caloria during Maxine's attempt to bully Lord Gilbert around. While Maxine appears to triumph, Yuri continually frustrates Maxine's ambitions.

He is called Pony-buzz, Cropped-Pony or Mullet head.

Dan Hiri Weller (some translations rendered as "Dunheely")

The Weller family have been close to the king of Big Cimaron for generations, but not necessarily by choice. It is known later on that an ancestor of the Weller family was entrusted with the key (left arm) for one of the Forbidden boxes.^[91] Dan Hiri Weller kept the family secret and became a wandering swordsman of amazing prowess. Later in his travels, he met Celi, then the Maoh of Shin Makoku. Despite resistance from many corners, they married and had a son – Conrart. Celi herself admitted that their wedding was approved by the Original King. Dan Hiri later traveled with Conrad and constantly trained him in fencing in preparation for the life ahead of him. Dan Hiri championed the rights of half-human, half-Mazoku and spent decades in making their lives better.

Dan Hiri wanted proof of his life. Gwendal detested him, having the pride of a Mazoku, as Dan Hiri stated. However, after taking Gwendal along for a trip to settle their duel, Gwendal changes his opinions of Dan Hiri. While appearing young to Gwendals' eyes, Dan Hiri was actually an old man by the time he and Gwendal fought off bandits to keep the Nameless Village safe.^[92]

• Seiyu: Kenyuu Horiuchi
• Voice actor: Kirk Thornton

King Belar/Belal

The power-hungry monarch of Big Cimaron knows no limitations to his ambitions of or the measures he will take to achieve them. However his lust for power, Belar's cowardice undermines his chances for success. Belar is possessed by the Soushu for a time. He was forced to abdicate and was replaced by Lanzhil the Second. ^[93]

• Seiyu: Kazuhiro Nakata

King Sararegi

The young king of Little Cimaron. He's already at adult age but still uses 'boku' which is usually used by young males when preferring to themselves. He has no siblings and can't remember much about his parents.

• Seiyu: Akira Ishida

[edit] Others

Original King

The Original King (known as the Shinou in Japanese) is the first King of Shin Makoku. His soul watches over the lands of Shin Makoku, and priestess such as Ulrike can communicate with him in a limited fashion, one they call "hearing His Majesty's voice". Murata also appears to be able to communicate with him, and is often seen scolding him for meddling in Shin Makoku's affairs.

4000 years ago, the Original King sealed the Soushu into four boxes, which became known as the "Four Forbidden Boxes". However, while part of the Soushu was sealed in the boxes, a small part of the Soushu infected the Original King to the extent where his right arm seemed slightly decayed.^[94] The Original King knew that the Soushu would eventually take over his mind and body completely, so the Original King came up with a plan along with his Great Sage to completely eradicate the Soushu in the future. This involved sealing the Soushu with a pure soul, and destroying it.^[95] This soul turned out to be the Original King, but Yuri manages to eradicate the Soushu without harming the Original King, earning Yuri the title of the greatest Maoh. The Original King commented that he was glad he chose Yuri as the Maoh.^[96]

The Original King appears to be well alive in the OVAs, having seem to regain a physical body unlike his soul form at the end of Season 2.^[97]

Original King told Yuri that with Soushu destroyed, his aim of choosing Yuri as the Maoh has been reached, and Yuri no longer needed to be the Maoh. Since Yuri can achieve his goal very well, the Original King said that he will not hold back the decision of choosing Yuri as the Maoh and blesses him. The Original King has stated he will reduce anyone who oppose Yuri as the Maoh to ash.^[98]

• Seiyu: Shinichirou Miki

Soushu

Soushu according to Ken Murata, is a formless being which has all negative emotions of humanity.^[99] Due to its state, it can easily enter the hearts of people who have negative feelings. When the people of Shin Makoku began to rebel against the Original King, Soushu further infected the Original King due to his frustration with his people.

The Great Sage and Original King came up with a plan to completely eradicate Soushu. This involved sealing Soushu with a pure soul, and destroying it.^[100] This soul turned out to be the Original King, whose soul was sealed with Soushu into the Four Forbidden Boxes. The pair decided the Great Sage would be reincarnated in order to find and assist the person who would finally be able to destroy Soushu completely. Soushu (using the Original King's memories) tells Yuri that the Original King and Great Sage intended that person to be Julia von Wincott, but she was, ironically, too pure for Soushu to possess.^[101] Yuri became the last, best hope for victory. With the help of Morgif in its original form, Yuri managed to destroy Soushu without harming the Original King^[102]. Yuri inherits the Original King's power, which earns him the title of the greatest Maoh.

Soushu's shadow was a tall gigantic masked figure which possessed Belar for a short time. When Yuri breaks the control spell on Yozak, Aldebert and Keenan^[103], the shadow of the Soushu disappears, but not before it possessed Wolfram. When the Soushu possessed Wolfram, Wolfram was forced to disrupt the sealing ceremony, and stay still while the key, Wolfram's heart, was ripped out by the form of the Original King^[104].

[edit] Earth

Bob

The Maoh of Earth. A businessman who owns several prosperous companies and is even called "the Maoh in the business world" and "The Mazoku who looks like a movie star" by Hamano Jennifer. He met Yuri and Shori when they were children and saved them from some bullies^[105]. His ancestor was Christel Wincott, who brought "The Mirror at the Bottom of the Sea" from Shin Makoku to Earth. He was the last keeper of the box, before he entrusted it to Yuri, who took it back with him to Shin Makoku.^[106].

• Seiyu: Takaya Hashi
• Voice actor: Steve Kramer

José Rodriguez

Associate of the Maoh of Earth and also a friend of Conrad. He lives on earth and transported the Great Sage's soul (who ended up being Ken Murata) to Japan at the same time Conrad transported Julia's^[107]. He became Ken's pediatrician when Ken was younger and began to remember his previous lives. Later on he is seen working for the Maoh of Earth.

• Seiyu: Keiji Fujiwara

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Shori Shibuya

Name: Shori Shibuya (渋谷勝利, Shibuya Shōri^?)
Alias: Sho-chan (young Yuri)
Race: Half human, half Mazoku
Gender: Male
Age: 18 (Novels)
Hair: Black
Eyes: Black
Status: Successor to the Maoh of Earth

Yuri's older brother who is apparently a genius, likes to play dating simulators and is very protective of Yuri (once described by Murata as having a "brother-complex"^[108]). He is to become Bob's successor as the Maoh of Earth.^[109] When he was younger, he met Bob who rescued Yuri and him from some bullies. While initially despising his parents for having a divorcement argument, he also resented the fact that Yuri will have to go to Shin Makoku eventually. Bob explained to him it will happen in the future, and Shori was contented being with Yuri for the time being^[110]. Shori wanted Yuri to call him "oni-chan" but Yuri refused to and became more independent when he went to elementary school. It is seen that Shori communicates regularly with Bob, who he complains emphasizes his age more than anything else. Apparently his short term ambition is to become the Mayor of Tokyo.

Often carrying a cold attitude, he did not welcome having Wolfram and the others in his house. He seems especially distasteful to Conrad, and makes a point of demanding that Conrad returns his clothes to him properly cleaned (since the two of them are about the same build and size, Jennifer usually lends Shori's clothing to Conrad)^[111]. Later, he and Conrad form an understanding based on their mutual desire to protect Yuri.

Once Shori ends up in Shin Makoku, he becomes suspicious about the Original King, Ken Murata, and the four forbidden boxes^[112].

Shori eventually goes to Shin Makoku^[113] where he learns to use the powerful maryoku he possesses. Wolfram gave Shori a pact to the elements, somewhat like how Odine gave a pact to Yuri to gain control of his maryoku^[114]. Shori's maryoku is like of Yuri's, the control of water, but initially Shori's maryoku takes the form of a giant hand.^[115] He is, however, seen to be able to shape his maryoku into water dragons after some training with Ulrike, who comments that Shori is extraordinary because he learned to control his maryoku slightly in a short span of time.^[116]

• Seiyu: Katsuyuki Konishi

Miko Shibuya

Miko Shibuya (渋谷美子, Shibuya Miko^?) also know as Jennifer of Yokohama is Yuri and Shori's human mother. She has known about Yuri becoming Maoh since before Yuri was born but did not tell him. She is very energetic, loves fantasy and has a big imagination. (Example: When she was first told that Shoma was a Mazoku, she thought he had been born with wings) Miko had always wanted to have a baby girl, so when Yuri was young she let his hair grow long and dressed him in girls' clothes. Through the series little is learned about her, but she is known to be an excellent fencer, always ready and willing to defend her family.

Miko often gives strange advice to Yuri, and in some situations it really helps Yuri out. She likes to be called "Mama" instead of "Mom" or "Mother" by her sons, and "Jennifer" by other people. The only ones who actually call her "Mama" are not her sons, but Murata and Wolfram.

• Seiyu: Yumi Kakazu
• Voice Actor: Dorothy Elias-Fahn

Shoma Shibuya

Shoma Shibuya (渋谷勝馬, Shibuya Shōma^?) is the father of Yuri and Shori. He is a Mazoku from Shin Makuko. He originally knew about Yuri becoming Maoh when he met with Conrad shortly after Conrad came to Earth. Shoma was originally angered by Conrad's cold attitude, and told him to never let his son or wife see that unsmiling face. Conrad takes those words to heart, and later grows to become the 'smiling godfather' Yuri often sees. Shoma is much more soft-spoken than his wife, and a fan of the Boston Red Sox.

• Seiyu: Kōji Tsujitani
• Voice Actor: Joe Cappelletti

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