List of Saint Seiya characters

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This article concerns the characters that play a role in Saint Seiya (also known as Knights of the Zodiac), a manga series about a group of five mystical warriors, authored by Japanese mangaka Masami Kurumada, and later turned into anime.

Contents

[edit] Goddess Athena

  • Saori Kido
Main article: Athena (Saint Seiya)
or also see
Main article: Athena

[edit] Athena's Saints of the 88 Constellations

[edit] Bronze Saints

  • Pegasus Seiya
Main article: Pegasus Seiya
  • Dragon Shiryu
Main article: Dragon Shiryu
  • Cygnus Hyoga
Main article: Cygnus Hyoga
  • Andromeda Shun
Main article: Andromeda Shun
  • Phoenix Ikki
Main article: Phoenix Ikki
  • Other Bronze Saints
  • Unicorn Jabu
Main article: Unicorn Jabu
  • Hydra Ichi
Main article: Hydra Ichi
  • Wolf Nachi
Main article: Wolf Nachi
  • Lionet Ban
Main article: Lionet Ban
  • Bear Geki
Main article: Bear Geki
  • Chameleon June
Main article: Chameleon June

[edit] Black Saints (Ankoku Saints in the anime)

  • Black Pegasus (Black Saint of Pegasus)
Age: 15
Birthdate: July 13
Birthplace: Israel
Training place: Death Queen Island
Techniques: Black Ryuseiken (ブラック流星拳 Burakku Ryūseiken?), also known as Black Death Punch (黒死拳 Kokushiken?). Known in the anime as Dark Ryuseiken (暗黒流星拳 Ankoku Ryūseiken?)
Seiyu: Shigeru Nakahara (中原 茂 Nakahara Shigeru?)
His version of Black Ryuseiken (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
Birthdate: August 10
Birthplace: Poland
Training place: Death Queen Island
Techniques: attack using one finger, or having his brother attack from the shadows
Seiyu: Ken Yamaguchi (山口 健 Yamaguchi Ken?)
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
Birthday: August 8
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
Birthdate: December 28
Birthplace: Finland
Training location: Death Queen Island
Techniques: Black Blizzard (黒吹雪 Burakku Burizādo?)
Seiyu: Kazumi Tanaka (田中 和実 Tanaka Kazumi?)
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
Birthdate: October 4
Birthplace: Turkey
Training place: Death Queen Island
Techniques: Black Fang Nebula ((暗黒流牙星雲 Burakku Fangu Nebyura?) also known in the anime as Dark Nebula Chain (暗黒ネビュラチェーン Ankoku Nebyura Cēn?)
Seiyu: Kaneto Shiozawa (塩沢 兼人 Shiozawa Kaneto?)
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
Training Place: Death Queen Island
Techniques: Black wings of the Phoenix
Shadow warriors of Ikki
Seiyu: Michihiro Ikemizu (池水 通洋 Ikemizu Michihiro?)
  • Jango (General of the Black Saint after Ikki's redemption)
Age: 18
Birthdate: August 8
Birthplace: Samoa
Training location: Death Queen Island
Techniques: Death Queen Inferno
Seiyu: Banjo Ginga (銀河 万丈 Ginga Banjō?)
Black Saint's leader before Ikki kills him with Phoenix Gemma Ken.
  • Guilty (Ikki's Master on Death Queen Island)
Age: Unknown
Seiyu: Hidekatsu Shibata (柴田 秀勝 Shibata Hidekatsu?)
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

The Saints wearing the second most powerful Cloths are the Silver Saints. The Specialists in Battle. When they receive an assignment of the Sanctuary, they go to any part of the world to fulfill it whatever the cost, using all their power. They represent the true concept of a Saint of Athena, those are the Silver Saints.

Another mission given by the Sanctuary for the Silver Saints is the one to take care of the Cloths that does not have owners. It is not rare to see Silver Saints training potential candidates to one of these Cloths. To find a successor worthy of its Cloth is part of the work of these Saints. As many Saints and Cloths were lost in the last Holy War, to train new Saints and to increase to the power to fight are the important tasks to be fulfilled before the next Holy War.[1]

In total there exists 24 Silver Saints, but only sixteen was active in the story of Saint Seiya. The Silver Cloths, the principle of a Silver Saint, freeze at a temperature of -200°C. Currently there has only been 18 Silver Cloths confirmed, but the Silver Cloths of Orion, Shield and Southern Cross may soon fall in there line. The 17th & 18th Silver Cloths was revealed in the Saint Seiya Encyclopedia, they represent the constellations of Crater and Ara. Recently since the start of Saint Seiya Next Dimension, a Saint who was active in the previous Holy war with Hades were revealed as Crateris Suikyo.

  • Herakles Algethi
Main article: Herakles Algethi
  • Perseus Algol
Main article: Perseus Algol
  • Hound Asterion
Main article: Hound Asterion
  • Kentaurus Babel
Main article: Kentaurus Babel
  • Auriga Capella
Main article: Auriga Capella
  • Cepheus Daidalos
Main article: Cepheus Daidalos
  • Kerberos Dante
Main article: Kerberos Dante
  • Musca Dio
Main article: Musca Dio
  • Crow Jamian
Main article: Crow Jamian
  • Eagle Marin
Main article: Eagle Marin
  • Lizard Misty
Main article: Lizard Misty
  • Whale Mozes
Main article: Whale Mozes
  • Lyra Orphée
Main article: Lyra Orphée
  • Ophiuchus Shaina
Main article: Ophiuchus Shaina
  • Canis Major Sirius
Main article: Canis Major Sirius
  • Sagitta Ptolemy
Main article: Sagitta Ptolemy
    • Dead Silver Saints

As seen on the tomb stones in the Hades chapter of the manga and therefore in the anime, 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

  • Aries Sion
Main article: Aries Sion
  • Aries Mu
Main article: Aries Mu
  • Taurus Aldebaran
Main article: Taurus Aldebaran
  • Gemini Saga
Main article: Gemini Saga
  • Gemini Kanon
Main article: Kanon (Saint Seiya)
  • Cancer DeathMask
Main article: DeathMask
  • Leo Aiolia
Main article: Leo Aiolia
  • Virgo Shaka
Main article: Virgo Shaka
  • Libra Dohko
Main article: Libra Dohko
  • Scorpion Milo
Main article: Scorpion Milo
  • Sagittarius Aiolos
Main article: Sagittarius Aiolos
  • Capricorn Shura
Main article: Capricorn Shura
  • Aquarius Camus
Main article: Aquarius Camus
  • Pisces Aphrodite
Main article: Pisces Aphrodite

[edit] Poseidon's Mariners

  • Julian Solo - Poseidon
Main article: Poseidon (Saint Seiya)

Also see Poseidon in Greek Mythology.

  • Thetis (Mariner of Mermaid)
Main article: Mermaid Thetis

[edit] Mariner Generals of the 7 Seas

  • Sea Horse Baian
Main article: Sea Horse Baian
  • Scylla Io
Main article: Scylla Io
  • Chrysaor Krishna
Main article: Chrysaor Krishna
  • Lyumnades Kaza
Main article: Lyumnades Kaza
  • Kraken Isaac
Main article: Kraken Isaac
  • Siren Sorento
Main article: Siren Sorento
  • Sea Dragon Kanon
Main article: Kanon (Saint Seiya)

[edit] Hades' Specters

[edit] Hades, King of the Underworld

  • Hades (god of the Underworld)
Main article: Hades (Saint Seiya)
Also see Hades in Greek mythology.

[edit] Hades' Heralds

  • Pandora
Age: 16
Birthday: September 3
Birth Place: Germany
Seiyuu: Maaya Sakamoto
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 until the final battle begins, if she would, they would grant her eternal life. 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.Being Hades' Sister She was her slave and was unable to se fully in color but, after seeing, Ikki's Iron will, She regained Color, Because she gave Ikki the Necklace, she was killed by Thanatos.
Also see Pandora in Greek mythology.
  • Hypnos
Main article: Hypnos (Saint Seiya)
Also see Hypnos in Greek mythology.
  • Thanatos
Main article: Thanatos (Saint Seiya)
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 Meikai San Kyotō?)

Note: due their names, they are nicknamed by fans as "Hades's Three Judges", but the only real Judge known is Minos.
  • Wyvern Rhadamanthys
Main article: Wyvern Rhadamanthys
  • Griffin Minos
Main article: Griffin Minos
  • Garuda Aiacos
Main article: Garuda Aiacos
  • Acheron Charon
Main article: Acheron Charon
  • Minotaur Gordon
Main article: Minotaur Gordon
  • Troll Iwan
Main article: Troll Iwan
  • Balron Lune
Main article: Balron Lune
  • Sphinx Pharaoh
Main article: Sphinx Pharaoh
  • Lycaon Phlegyas
Main article: Lycaon Phlegyas
  • Alraune Queen
Main article: Alraune Queen
  • Golem Rock
Main article: Golem Rock
  • Deadly Beetle Stand
Main article: Deadly Beetle Stand
  • Basilisk Sylphid
Main article: Basilisk Sylphid
  • Harpy Valentine
Main article: Harpy Valentine

[edit] 72 Terrestrial Stars

Not all terrestrial stars are presented in the series.

  • Cyclops Gigant
Main article: Cyclops Gigant
  • Dullahan Kube
Main article: Dullahan Kube
  • Elf Mils
Main article: Elf Mils
  • Papillon Myu
Main article: Papillon Myu
  • Deep Niobe
Main article: Deep Niobe
  • Gorgon Ox
Main article: Gorgon Ox
  • Worm Raimi
Main article: Worm Raimi
  • Frog Zelos
Main article: Frog Zelos

[edit] Other Specter

  • Markino (Skeleton, foot soldier)
Age: 19
Birthday: April 25
Birth Place: Malaysia
Technique: Big Fart, Little Belch
Seiyuu: Naoki Tatsuta (龍田 直樹 Tatsuta Naoki?)
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 (the nick names are the same as the Spectres' Star 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
  • Sion (Aries), Death Mask (Cancer), Aphrodite (Pisces), Shura (Capricornus), Camus (Aquarius) and Saga (Gemini) were revived together with a Hades version of their Gold Cloths called Surplices, same material of that of the Specters.
[edit] Other notable canonical characters
  • Blue Warriors
An order of powerful warriors from the ice lands of Sinigrad, who also drew their strength from their Cosmo. Their order was formed centuries ago, by mighty warriors that in the same way as Athena's Saints, were capable of rending the skies with their fists, and split the earth with their kicks, and protected their homeland of Sinigrad against any menace. They were presented by Kurumada in vol.13 of his manga, in the short story arc he dedicated to Hyouga, Koori no Kuni no Natassia Hen (The Chapter of Natassia, from the Lands of Ice).
  • Aleksey
Age: 19
Birthday: June 27
Birth Place: Blue Grad near the North Pole circle
Armor: Blue Warrior cloth
Technique: Blue Impulse
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 a girl named 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 Aleksey. 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 Aleksey holding Natassia in his arms.
  • Cassios
Age: 15
Birthday: December 14
Blood Type: O
Birth Place: Greece
Training Place: Greece
Seiyuu: Banjo Ginga
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. Motivated by this fact, he takes Seiya's place and dies during the fight with Leo Aiolia, in order 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
Birthday: August 25
Birth Place: A small local island near the Death Queen Island.
Seiyuu: Chisato Nakajima
She was sold as work slave to a local abusive farmer for only 3 bags of grains. When Ikki first encountered 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 in order to provoke Ikki to draw power from hate. In the anime, she was Guilty's daughter.
  • Yakov
Age: 7
Birthday: February 4
Birth Place: Russia, East Siberia
Seiyuu: Tomiko Suzuki
A kid who lives in a village near Hyoga's training place, he's a fan of Hyoga and often come by to check up on Hyoga at his training place.
  • Kiki (貴鬼 Kiki?)
Age: 8
Birthday: April 1
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: Hiroko Emori (江森 浩子 Emori Hiroko?)
Apprentice under Aries Mu, like his master and grand master, Kiki also bears the two dots on his forehead and is the youngest of the people of the continent of Mu. He never fights but can use a powerful telekinesis against normal humans. In the Poseidon chapter, he had the duty to bring the Libra Cloth to all the Bronze Saints.
  • Miho (美穂 Miho?)
Age: 13
Birthday: April 15
Birth Place: Japan
Seiyu: Naoko Watanabe (渡辺 菜生子 Watanabe Naoko?)
Seiya's best friend, she works at an orphanage, which is the same one where Seiya and his sister Seika lived before Seiya was taken away. 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 Kido Mitsumasa?)
Seiyu: Kouhei Miyauchi (宮内 幸平 Miyauchi Kōhei?)
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 took the children from various orphanages (sometimes even kidnapping them, as shown in Seiya's case), 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)
Seiyu: Akiko Tsuboi (坪井 章子 Tsuboi Akiko?)
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 (Alexer's Sister)
Age: 14
Birthday: March 28
Birth Place: Blue Grad, near the North Pole circle.
Younger sister of Blue Warrior Aleksey, she has the same name as Hyoga's mother. In the manga, Hyoga encountered her during the conflict with the Blue Warriors.
  • Seika (星華 Seika?)
Age: 16
Birthday: March 18
Birth Place: Japan
Seiyu: Yuriko Yamamoto, Satsuki Yukino OVA
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, completely amnesiac. Marin finds Seika and bring her along.
  • Shunrei (春麗 Shunrei?)
Age: 13
Birthday: April 20
Birth Place: China
Seiyuu: Yumiko Shibata, Eriko Sato OVA, Ai Bandō Elysion OVA
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 Tatsumi Tokumaru?)
Age: 32
Birthday: May 5
Birth Place: Japan
Technique: the moves of a Kendo Third Dan
Seiyu: Yukitoshi Hori
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 since he was extremely severe and downright abusive at times, most of them are resentful towards him. He always tries to be strong and protect Saori but even the Sanctuary soldiers can defeat him. (However, not without struggle as he offered a considerable resistance for an outnumbered man) He starts as a rather flat and downright abusive retairner for the future Saints, later develops as a man who was honor-bound to preotect Saori, and ultimately was the series' comic relief.
  • Watchdog of Hell Kerberos (地獄の番犬 ケルベロス Jigoku no Banken Keruberosu)
The terrible watchdog from Hell. He appears in vol.23 of Kurumada's manga, devouring souls in the second prison of the Underworld. The Specter, Sphinx Pharaoh, was fond of the creature and took care of him. Kerberos was defeated, although not killed, by Pegasus Seiya and Andromeda Shun, to be able to proceed further into the Underworld.
[edit] Anime-only characters

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

[edit] Saints without constellations (Anime only)

  • Docrates (Cassios' elder brother)
Technique: Hercules Fierce Fist (ヘラクレス猛襲拳)
The first anime-only character to be introduced, he kidnapped Saori but was defeated by Seiya and Shun. Despite not being part of Kurumada's original manga, Docrates is the tallest Saint Seiya character in any continuity.
  • Leda
Techniques: Double Nebula Chain (ダブル・ネビュラチェーン) (combine attack with Spica)
Saint in training under Cepehus Daidalos alongside Shun and June. His Cloth's name hasn't been officially stated (as with all the anime-only Saints). Like Shun and Albiore, his Cloth is equipped with chain weapons.
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 alongside Shun and June. His Cloth's name hasn't been officially stated (as weith all the anime-only Saints). Like them, Spica's Cloth is equipped with chain weapons.
Also see Spica in astrology.
  • Ennetsu Saint
Techniques: Fire Screw
A low-level Saint capable of creating flames ("Ennetsu" means "incendiary"), he was taken off the streets and into Sanctuary by Gigas. He is killed by Phoenix Ikki in episode 22, after having nearly burnt down the Kido Mansion.
  • Crystal Saint
Cygnus Hyoga's master in the anime adaptation, as opposed to the manga, in which Aquarius Camus was Hyoga's master. In the anime, Camus was Crystal Saint's master. His Cloth resembles a snowflake when not being worn. A very honorable and righteous Saint, he was considered a threat by Pope Ares, who forced him into his control with his Genrou Maouken technique. After an emotional battle with Hyoga, Crystal Saint takes his own life to stop Sanctuary from conquering East Siberia.
  • Spartan
A Saint with great telekinetic powers, created for the anime adaptation. Despite being anime-only, his Cloth greatly resembles a compass, i.e. Pyxis, when not being worn. He accompanied Perseus Algol and Ophiuchus Shaina on their way to kill the Bronze Saints, and fled with Shaina's body after her defeat.

[edit] Caribe Ghost Saint (Anime Only)

The following appeared only in the anime, Ghost Saint of Caribe. (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 the Caribbean Sea for a crime she committed ten years prior. In order to redeem herself, she was ordered to kill the Bronze Saints and return to the Sanctuary with the helmet of the Saggittarius Cloth. However, during her fight with Pegasus Seiya, the helmet took life and propelled itself into her face, shattering her mask and revealing her face to Seiya, which is a terrible shame for a woman Saint.
  • Sea Serpent
Technique: Unknown
One of three servants of Geist. His Cloth is covered with a slippery substance that allows him to slip through most attacks.
  • Dolphin
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 leaping acrobatic strikes.
  • Kurage (Jellyfish)
Technique: クラッグ流電撃百万ボルト (Kurage-Style Electric Shock One Million Volt, Kuragu-ryū Dengeki Hyakuman Boruto?)
One of three servants of Geist. His cloth can create tentacles able to produce an electrical current up to one million Volt.
Kurage is the scientific name for Nomura's jellyfish.
Japanese Wikipedia of Saint Seiya character list provides a link from "Kuragge" to the mythological creature Kraken, which is often mistaken as the character's name.

[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: Mie Suzuki (鈴木みえ), now known as Teiyū Ichiryūsai
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.
Seiyuu: Yoshitada Ōtsuka (大塚 芳忠), now known as Hōchū Ōtsuka
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: Shigeru Nakahara (中原 茂) 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

She appears in the novel Gigantomachia, where she is kidnapped by the Gigantes. To be used as bait and lure Athena to their den.

[edit] Silver Saints that appearead only in anime

Named after renowned mythical weaver Arachne.
Character created by the anime script writers. He was supposed to kill Seiya and Kiki after they go searching for a cure for Shiryu's blindness, but Seiya defeats him. His cosmo technique can cast a web on his enemy which can absorb his enemy's cosmo energy to weaken and kill them.
Disciple of the Gold Saint Shaka..
Character created by the anime script writers. He and his partner Shiva were disciples of Virgo Shaka, who sent them to kill Ikki as he was healing himself in a volcano before joining the Bronze Saints on the Sanctuary. They attempt to kill a girl named Helen to lure Ikki into a trap, but Ikki ultimately saves Helen and kills them.
  • Nicole (Saint of Ara)
Birthplace: Greece
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.
Named after the Hindu God Shiva. Disciple of the Gold Saint Shaka.
Character created by the anime script writers. He and his partner Agora were disciples of Virgo Shaka, who sent them to kill Ikki as he was healing himself in a volcano before joining the Bronze Saints on the Sanctuary. They attempt to kill a girl named Helen to lure Ikki into a trap, but Ikki ultimately saves her and kills them.

[edit] Unknown Order Saints

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] Anime-only Support Characters

  • Ouko (王虎 : King Tiger)
Technique: 猛虎烈風紫電拳 (Mōko Reppū Shiden Ken Force Tiger Gale Lightning Fist?)
Seiyu: Kazuhiko Inoue
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.
  • Phaeton
Assistant to the Pope's agent of affairs Gigas, and chief of the Sanctuary's personnel. He appears only in the anime adaptation and thus is a non-canonical character.
  • Helen
Age: 12
Birth Place: A small volcanic island in the Mediterranean sea.
In the anime, she was the granddaughter of a local chieftain who was killed by two Silver Saints, Agora and Shiva, for hiding Ikki from the Sanctuary assassins. Helen was thrown alive inside of a volcano when she attempted to help Ikki too, but she managed to climb her way up the volcano's walls and her struggle boosts Ikki up enough to kill Agora and Shiva and free Helen's village.
Apparently named after Helen of Troy, the famous Queen of Sparta.
  • Gigas
Agent of affairs for the Pope. He is a short, aged man with a strange jewel replacing his left eye. He appears only in the anime adaptation and thuis is a non-canonical character.

[edit] Odin's Asgardians (anime only)

  • Polaris Hilda: A beautiful and powerful young woman who is Odin's representative on Earth and priestess of Asgard, she is possessed by the Nibelung Ring (controlled by Poseidon) after rejecting his influence, 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 quickly sets up a strategy: She will take Hilda's 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. Hilda'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. It's also revealed that Poseidon locked her spirit away in the Nibelung Ring as her body was controlled by him, torturing her psychologically since she could only watch her warriors die one by one.
Hilda is apparently named after Brynhildr, the strongest of the Valkyries in Norse mythology and one of the main characters in Richard Wagner's Tetralogy, as well as the hero Siegfried's love interest.
Seiyuu: Mitsuko Horie (堀江 美都子, ほりえ みつこ)
  • Freya: Younger sister of Polaris Hilda. After being the first person (aside from Alberich) who notices the drastic change in her sister, she seeks out help from Saori and her saints for help, freeing Hyoga from jail (he had been been sent as a scout and then captured) and joining him, therefore she's branded as a traitor by everyone. She was deeply saddened for the battle, as she did not want to come to be between Merak Hagen and Cygnus Hyoga; Hyoga was her first friend (and possible love interest) among the Bronze Saints, but Hagen was her bodyguard and best friend since childhood.
She's named after Freya, the goddess of love and beauty in Norse mythology.
Seiyuu: Maria Kawamura

[edit] Asgard God Warriors

  • Dubhe Alpha Siegfried
Techniques: Odin Sword, Dragon Bravest Blizzard
He is said to be the strongest warrior among the God Warriors and the second in command after Hilda. He is very loyal to Hilda and seems 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 Sorento came out and told the truth, he switched sides and sacrificed himself to kill Siren Sorento (although Sorento was thought to have died, he actually survived and returns to Poseidon). His armor resembles the dragon Fafner. He is commented to be "invulnerable", just like the Norse legendary hero Siegfried, this fact maybe the reason why he is considered the strongest God Warrior.

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

  • Merak Beta Hagen
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 protecting Hilda and Freya. Jealous of Hyoga's relationship with Freya, Hagen fought against him but was defeated by the freezing blast of the Aurora Execution. His armor resembles Sleipnir the eight-legged horse owned by Odin
Named after Hagen, the traitor who killed Siegfried.
  • Phecda Gamma Thor
Techniques: Mjöllnir Hammer, Titanic Heracles
Thor was a poor Asgard villager who stole tiches from the wealthy and gave it to the poor, kinda like Robin Hood. At some point, thought, he was severely injured by the Valhalla Palace guardians when he tried to hunt near the Palace. Almost dying, he is forgiven and healed by Odin's priestess Hilda Polaris despite his harsh words about her reign. Ever since he feells her pure and warm cosmo, and touched by Hilda's frustration about not being able to help everyone in Ansgard despite being Odin's priestess, Thor 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 (He even threw one of his hand axes against Saori, and when she returned it to him with her cosmo, he praised her strength). 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.
  • Megrez Delta Alberich
Techniques: Amethyst Shield, Nature Unity, Honoo no Ken ("Flaming Sword").
Descendant of an important family of warriors and scholars in Asgard, Alberich was famous by his intelligence and cleverness, as well as by his cold heart; his own fellow warriors didn't trust him, and Hilda herself lectured him often. 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), encasing several of them in life-sucking giant amethysts; however, Shiryu with the help of his master Dohko finally defeated him. He was one of the most shrewd, sly Saints as he could do the nature fight for him and used his intelligence to avoid fighting.
Named after the Norse mythical king Alberich of the dwarves, a sorcerer who guards the treasure of the Nibelung.
  • Alioth Epsilon Fenrir
Techniques: Wolf Cruelty Claw, Northern Gunrō Ken ("Northern Wolves Pack Fist")
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 and deeply hating humans. 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
  • Mizar Zeta Syd
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, and both he and his parents alays regretted having to abandon him, but were unable to do anything in his favor.
His armor had the appearance of a green saber-toothed tiger, an animal that doesn't belong to the Norse mythology
  • Alcor Zeta Bud
Techniques: Shadow Viking Tiger Claw
Syd and Bud are twins who were born into a very wealthy family in Asgard. Due to local superstitions that twins bring bad luck to the family, Bud's parents were forced to abandon the younger twin, Bud. 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, saying he'd replace Syd as the real God Warrior only when Syd died. He held much hatred against his brother Syd for all of this; yet after much convincing from Ikki (Phoenix Genma Ken included), 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, yet couldn't admit it. He then carried Syd's body into the blizzard, where Bud presumably died, wishing that he and Syd could again be brothers should they be re-incarnated.
  • Benetnasch Eta Mime
Techniques: Stringer Requiem, Kousokuken ("Lightspeed Fist")
Mime grow up with his father Folker, a powerful warrior who trained him against his will, since Mime himself wanted to be a musician. One day, Mime discovered that Folker had cruelly killed his true parents; guided by his fury and by Folker's acceptance and gloating, he killed Folker. After defeating Shun, who was disabled of using his chains, he fought against Ikki.

At the end of this battle, Mime discovered (by being attacked with the Phoenix Hōō Genma Ken) that Folker actually was a good man who killed Mime's parents unintentionally. He fought Mime's father and spared him when he found out that he was married, yet he still tried to attack and when Folker fatally hit him in self-defense, Mime's mother attempted to stop them yet it was too late and both died. Then, Folker heard baby Mime cry in his crib, and out of guilt he took Mime as his child. Ultimately, Folker actually provoked Mime because he wanted to die by his adopted son's hand, to make up for the fatal mistake that cost Mime his true family.

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

[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 to Episode G's unknown status as Canon, this information may be unreliable.
  • In the Mythological Age, Cloths evolved into God Cloths. This was stated by Hypnos and Thanatos in the original manga.
  • In Gigantomachia one of the four missing saints was suggested to be Mei, who wears the Cloth of Coma.
  • "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 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 in the Japanese magazine Newtype.

[edit] Saint Seiya Movies

[edit] Saint Seiya the Movie Evil Goddess Eris (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 revived by Eris.

Techniques: Southern Cross Thunder Bolt
Seiyuu: Ryuusei Nakao (中尾 隆聖, なかお りゅうせい)
Christ died sometime before Athena was kidnapped, and is thus recognised by Hyoga in the purpose of Christ being the southern and Hyoga the northern cross. Feeling restless and tormented by his death as he lay 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.
Technique: Hunting Arrow Express
Seiyuu: Michitaka Kobayashi (小林 通孝, こばやし みちたか)
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.
Named after Maya the indian deity of illusion.
  • Jager (Ghost Saint of Orion)
Techniques: Megaton Meteor Crash
Seiyuu: Yuu Mizushima (水島 裕, みずしま ゆう)
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 a while 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.
His name Jager means hunter, in German. Kurumada gave him that name because he represents Orion the hunter.
Techniques: Bone Crush Screw
Seiyu: Keiichi Nanba
Jan 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.
Named after Jan III Sobieski
  • Orpheus (Ghost Saint of Lyra)
Birthplace: Greece
Techniques: Stringer Requiem
Seiyu: Yuji Mitsuya
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] Saint Seiya: The Heated Battle of the Gods

  • Dorubar - He is at or above the level of Athena's Gold Saints. His primary attack is Odin's Shield. Seiya, in the Sagittarius Cloth, is barely able to defeat him.
[edit] Dorubar's God Warriors (appeared in the second movie only)

The second movie is Gods Heated Battle (神々の熱き戦い).

  • Loki - Is defeated by Seiya. His 2 Special Techniques are Shuugeki Gun Rou Ken (Wolves Attack), and Odin Tempest.
  • Uilr - He fights Shun, and gives Shun a beating until Ikki shows up to defeat him. Using a flaming sword, his Special Technique is Honou No Ken (Flaming Fist).
  • Runga - He is defeated by Ikki. His Special Technique is Mjollnir Hammer (he could be the basis for Thor from the Asgard TV arc).
  • Midgard (Hyoga) - A brainwashed Hyoga, he fights and is defeated by Shiryu. Even as Midgard, Hyoga uses the Aurora Thunder Attack.
  • Frey - Although he is a God Warrior, we do not see him in his armor, nor do we see him using a special attack. Also, he is not evil like the rest of the God Warriors. He sacrifices his life to save Athena and the world.
  • Freya - The sister of Frey, she is not a God Warrior.

[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.
Many mistake Abel to be Apollo (being Athena's brother), the character is speculated as the unborn brother of Athena from Metis.
[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.
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 Last Holy War (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.

[edit] Heaven Chapter Introduction~Overture~

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'.
    Seiyu: Kazuhiro Yamaji
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 The Moon, wild and Hunting.
    Seiyu: Yurika Hino
In Greek mythology, Artemis is older than Apollo.
Also see Artemis in Greek mythology.
  • God: He is one of the gods that clearify the Gold Saint's Judgement, but he is not seen on screen. He could be Hephaestus, Hermes or Zeus.
    Seiyuu: Rumiko Kazama(風間ルミ)
  • Goddess: During the Gold Saint's judegement, there's a female goddess that can be heard. She could be either Hera, Demeter, Hestia or Aphrodite.
    Seiyuu: Yûji Nagata

[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". They are also some of most powerful foes Athena's Bronze Saints have ever faced. The cloths of Seiya, Shiryu, and Hyoga are all more or less destroyed in their respective battles against the Angels.

  • Icaros/Tōma (斗馬, Horse of the North Star ): The only human among the angels. He gives up his humanity to serve Artemis in order to be powerful like a god, and also turns out to be the long lost brother of Marin Eagle. However, by 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. He was mentioned by Ophiuchus Shaina in Kurumada's original name, although not revealing his name.
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. He is defeated by both Hyōga and Shiryū. Much of the fight initially happens off-screen; Seiya, after regaining the Pegasus Cloth, stumbles upon Shun and Hyoga, both badly beaten by Odysseus, and their cloths smashed. Seiya then also takes a beating from Odysseus and has his cloth shattered as well. However, Shiryu and Hyoga are able to energize their Cosmos and finally (though just barely) kill Odysseus.
    Seiyu: Hiroki Takahashi
Odysseus (Ulysses): King of Ithaca; husband of Penelope; wandered ten years after fall of Troy before arriving home.
  • Theseus: Uses wings to attack. Arguably the weakest of the 3 Angels, his finishing move is a Solar Beam. He tends to fly more than the other Angels, and is the first of the Angels to be defeated, by both Shun and Ikki. Although Ikki's attack is the one that finishes him off, Ikki would not have been able to achieve the victory without Shun's help.
    Seiyuu: Toshiyuki Morikawa
Named after Theseus, son of Aegeus; slew Minotaur; married and deserted Ariadne; later married Phaedra.

[edit] Trivia

  • Something worth noting is that the coloring between the original manga and the anime differs to some extent. For example, Camus has red hair in the manga, while it is light blue/turquoise in the anime.
  • Saori Kido is one of the few characters in Saint Seiya whose full name is revealed, in addition to Tatsumi Tokumaru (Saori's butler) and Julian Solo (Poseidon's reincarnation). All other characters do not have a last name stated in the series. In the cases of the warriors, generally the name of their armor is used instead (for instance: Pegasus Seiya, Wyvern Radamantis, Lyra Orphee, Gemini Kanon.)
  • In the beginning of the manga series, some of the Bronze Saints do not wear fabric clothes under their Bronze Armors. However as the series progresses, they start to have fabric clothes under their armors.
  • The 5 main Bronze Saints all have their individual street clothes they wear through out the anime series that hardly ever changes. (Seiya in red tank top and blue jean, Shiryu in lavender color of traditional Chinese outfit, Hyoga in blue tank top and black pants with faded orange/yellow leg warmers, Shun in green t-shirt and white pants and white suspenders and Ikki in navy color tank top and maroon jeans.
  • Mostly noticeable in anime, whenever the 5 Bronze Saints put on their Bronze Clothes, their street clothes disappears and is replaced with different color of fabrics clothes under their Bronze Clothes. (Seiya with red color fabric, Shiryu started with lavender color then dark blue or black later in the series, Hyoga started with blue then white later in the series, Shun started with green then white/light pinkish later in the series and Ikki with dark blue color fabric.), so sometimes is stated that the fabric makes part of the Cloth

[edit] References

  1. ^ Saint Seiya Encyclopedia, page 61 ISBN 4-8342-1690-X
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