List of Zero no Tsukaima characters

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

This article or section needs copy editing for grammar, style, cohesion, tone or spelling. You can assist by editing it now. A how-to guide is available. (July 2007)

This is a list of characters from the light novel, anime, and manga series Zero no Tsukaima.

Contents 1 Protagonists 2 Tristain Academy of Magic 2.1 Students 2.2 Commoners 2.3 Teaching staff 3 Tristain 4 Gallia 5 Albion 6 Romalia 7 Others 8 References

[edit] Protagonists

Louise (ルイズ, Ruizu^?)

Voiced by: Rie Kugimiya

• Familiar: A Commoner, Saito Hiraga
• Age: 16
• Height: 153 cm (5')
• Three Sizes: 76/53/75
• Favorite Food: Cookberry Pie
• Hobbies: Knitting (Though she is terrible at it.)
• Special Skills: Horseback Riding
• Hates: Frogs and Kirche
• Full Name: Louise Françoise le Blanc de la Vallière
• Runic Name: Louise the Zero (Zero no Ruizu)
• Magical Affinity: Void

Louise is the main female character. She is a second year student at the Tristain Academy of Magic and a terrible mage who is often scorned by her fellow classmates because every spell she casts fails. She is nicknamed "Louise the Zero" after her zero magical success rate and zero attributes. This has led her to be very bitter, which is manifested in the cruel way she treats her future familiar Saito. She is the third daughter of the noble family La Vallière who owns the north-eastern territory of Tristain.

She always treats Saito like a dog throughout the whole series, whipping him, making him lie on a straw bed, and even getting naked in front of him and thus showing him as being less than human to her (Louise was not as violent in the light novels however. Although she still treated Saito poorly, her punishments were usually limited to depriving him of meals and not the horse-whip which she regularly beats him with in the anime). She also makes him dress her and wash all of her clothes (including her underwear). Typical of Rie Kugimiya's voice roles as tsundere type characters, Louise at first hates Saito, but because of various situations, grows fond of him, even having notions of love at the end of the second season; even though she beats him with a whip every chance she gets without fail. This is consistent even until the end of the series when Saito mentions a fairy with big breasts saved him. In one instance she beats him for hours until he has wounds all over his body. This character is best described as "The typical female anime character" who uses the fact that she has feelings for the male lead to justify what she does to him in times of jealousy or misunderstanding without remorse. It should be stated that she is under no one's control or being forced by any means to hurt Saito. She does this willingly and in most cases is shown to actually like hurting him physically. (Smiling being the indicator along with never feeling a shred of regret after every one of them.)

Later in the series, it is revealed that Louise's consistent failure to perform magic based on any of the four basic attributes is because her magical affinity is in fact with the rare and powerful Void element. She is henceforth known as the Void Wizard after this discovery. Her ability as a Void Wizard relies heavily on Saito's ability as a familiar in order to protect her while casting spells.

She is named after Louise Françoise de La Baume Le Blanc, duchesse de La Vallière, a French noblewoman who was mistress to Louis XIV of France from 1661 to 1667.^[1]

Saito Hiraga (平賀才人, Hiraga Saito^?)

Voiced by: Satoshi Hino

• Age: 17
• Height: 173 cm (5'8")
• Favorite Food: Teriyaki Burgers
• Hobbies: The Internet
• Special Skills: Good with Action Games, easily adapts to changes.
• Hates: His P.E. Teacher
• Weapon: Derflinger (デルフリンガー, Derflinger^?), a sentient sword

Saito Hiraga, the main male character, is from Earth (specifically Tokyo, Japan). At the time of the summoning, he had just picked up his laptop after attempting to get it repaired in Akihabara. A portal of some kind opened in front of him; and Saito's curiosity getting the better of him, he touched it and was sucked through. At first, Saito had no idea where he was, and was thoroughly disoriented. When he arrives on the other side however he is made to sit and obey like a normal houehold dog. When the bond of him being her familiar, involves having a kiss with the familiar, he is quite shocked at why they do it.In the anime, he also could not identify nor understand the language the students were speaking, but after Louise attempts to cast a silence spell on him that fails, he could understand and communicate with others as though they were speaking Japanese. It is not clear whether he was actually gifted with full knowledge of their language, or whether the misfired spell was similar in principle to a universal translator. This was not the case in the light novel though, where he does understand their language; like the names of the characters, the language spoken by them is also French^[2].

There are Runes inscribed into Saito's hand as a result of his being bound to Louise. They read or Gundolf meaning Gandalfr (ガンダールヴ, Gandāruvu^?). These runes glow when his Gandalfr powers activate. As a Gandalfr, Saito has the ability to use any object that was made with the intent of being used as a weapon at an extremely high level of skill. He also becomes significantly stronger, faster and tougher. Even weapons that he had never touched before, such as an M-72 rocket launcher and a World War II Zero Fighter, can be instantly understood and utilized. This physical augmentation fades more or less instantly when the he stops using the power, which can result in him falling unconscious if he'd been wounded previously. That he can only use items specifically crafted for the purpose of weapons was revealed by Derflinger after a failed attempt to use an ornamental sword. It has not been made clear whether Gandalfr powers could be used in conjunction with purely magical weaponry such as a wand or a staff. Even with these abilities he doesn't defend himself at all against Louise's constant beatings and in some instances by her order takes off his own shirt so the whipping can be more painful to him. In this aspect he is considered a character with little to no self respect. He is a "typical anime male" who doesn't put up much, if any, of a fight against the female lead even though he has battled Golems and evil mages with little to no damage from them. The series constantly implies him being a pervert and sometimes he does think exactly like one, but justifiably, he is a young single guy who isn't married to anyone. Louise just enforces an ownership type arrangement over Saito implying she is owed Saito's feelings. It is later revealed that Saito has feelings for Louise and even says it openly to her. In the second season however, Saito had to become acquainted with a newer, longer, and more painful bull whip Louise had bought to punish him even though he was under orders at that time not to tell anyone and didn't do anything wrong. Saito also has a bit of a troublesome and somewhat complicated tendency of getting involved with women. Strange and oddly sexual things happen when he seemingly becomes intimate with another girl. A few examples are when Kirche or even Siesta try to gain his attention, by mostly sexual seduction. When he meets or speaks to an attractive girl, he is often only noticing her chest in a few instances. This is actually one of the main reasons why Louise treats him so poorly as he is expected to be perfect in every way in her childish mindset. But no matter how much Louise scolds him or whips him, he never seems to learn his lesson and reverts to his somewhat perverted ways like it was a bad habit.

But this does not mean that he does not think of Louise. Similar to how she feels whenever he is becoming intimate with another girl (specifically with large breasts) Saito can get very upset when it comes to Louise and other men. He dislikes Julio for his "snobbish" interest in Louise, especially since he is adored by all the other young girls in Tristain Academy. He becomes extremely jealous and calls him a bastard whenever he tries to touch Louise or gain her attention. He also becomes upset he hears of Louise being married off to someone else. This is definite evidence of his strong feelings for Louise.

His partner, the talking sword Derflinger, was also the partner of the Gandalfr from six-thousand years ago. His advice and comments never reflect well on Saito. Saito protects Louise because he is her familiar, and it is later shown that he has feelings for her as well, saying that " All that he is good at is protecting her". He is revealed to be a Gandalfr, a familiar who exists to protect a Void Wizard as they cast their spells. Even when this fact becomes known to Louise she still physically assaults him and he takes it like a dog often shrugging it off as his fault. Saito was given the nickname "Our Sword" by chief chef in the episode Louise accidentally drinks the love potion.

Saito is named after Gennai Hiraga who is an Edo period Japanese scientist, and his name is written as "ability man". ^[3]

[edit] Tristain Academy of Magic

[edit] Students

Kirche (キュルケ, Kyuruke^?)

Voiced by: Nanako Inoue

• Familiar: A salamander, Flame
• Age: 18
• Height: 171 cm (5'7")
• Three Sizes: 94/63/95
• Favorite Food: Baked Bird of Paradise
• Hobbies: Solving Jigsaw Puzzles
• Special Skills: Playing the Harp
• Hates: Rain and Louise
• Full Name: Kirche Augusta Frederica von Anhalt Zerbst
• Runic Name: Subtle Heat
• Magical Affinity: Fire

Louise's classmate. She is from a Germanian military background. She attends the Academy, rather than a local school, because of the bad reputation she had gained for her misbehaviour in her homeland. Her parents tried to marry her off to an older man to improve the family's reputation. Instead, she came to the Academy. She has dark skin and a large bust. She is fully aware of the effect her looks have on men, and uses them to her advantage. Fire magic is her specialty--drawn from her strong passion for love. The territory she is from has long since had a dislike for the La Vallière family and she enjoys making fun of Louise. She is flirtatious and has dated (and, heavily implied in the anime, slept with) many of the academy boys, but is especially smitten with Saito. Often her affection for him leads to him getting punished by his master Louise.

Tabitha (タバサ, Tabasa^?)

Voiced by: Yuka Inokuchi

• Familiar: A Wind Dragon, Sylphid
• Age: 15
• Height: 142 cm (4'8")
• Three Sizes: 68/49/67
• Favorite Food: Hashibami Grass Salad
• Hobbies: Reading
• Special Skills: Gambling with Dice
• Hates: Ghosts
• Runic Name: Blizzard
• Magical Affinity: Wind

Tabitha is a quiet girl who is a classmate and the best friend of Kirche and she is also Louise's classmate. Throughout the series she is almost always reading a book and is usually seen with a large curved staff, which she uses in place of a wand. She does not allow any emotion to show on her face, says little about herself and and often does not respond to questions. Alternately, she may give neutral answers, such as 'don't know'. The name Tabitha is an alias; she is in fact Charlotte Helene Orléans, daughter of the King's murdered brother, and the rightful heir to the throne of Gallia. Her mother is insane as the result of a spell meant for her. The name Tabitha belongs to a doll given to Charlotte by her mother. Charlotte is studying at the Academy under an alias for to keep her out of the way. Percerin, the family's butler claims it was the event of her father's murder and her mother's madness that drove a previously lively and open Charlotte to become introverted. Her specialty is wind magic. She is also a chevalier knight, which is the lowest rank of knight.

Guiche (ギーシュ, Gīshu^?)

Voiced by: Takahiro Sakurai

• Familiar: A Giant Mole, Verdandi
• Age: 17
• Height: 175 cm (5'9")
• Favorite Food: Soúffle
• Full Name: Guiche de Gramont
• Runic Name: Bronze
• Magical Affinity: Earth

Guiche is Louise's classmate who, despite being in a relationship with Montmorency and apparently in love with her, is a conceited playboy who cannot decide which girl he really wants. He always carries an artificial rose with him, the stem of which is his wand. He is a braggart and likes to draw attention to himself, often using the rose as a flamboyant prop. He also likes to dote upon his familiar, a giant mole named Belldandy. As his familiar indicates, his specialty is earth magic. He is mostly absent during the second season because he left the academy to join the military service.

Montmorency (モンモランシー, Monmoranshī^?)

Voiced by: Mikako Takahashi

• Familiar: A Frog, Robin
• Age: 16
• Height: 166 cm (5'5")
• Three Sizes: 80/58/79
• Full Name: Montmorency Margarita la Fère de Montmorency
• Runic Name: Perfume
• Magical Affinity: Water

Like most Tristain nobles, she has a great deal of pride. She is Louise's classmate. She also had made a contract with a Water spirit, and she has feelings for Guiche but she doesn't reveal it to him, she also can create various potions including a prohibited love potion.

[edit] Commoners

Siesta (シエスタ, Shiesuta^?)

Voiced by: Yui Horie

• Age: 17
• Height: 162 cm (5'4")
• Three Sizes: 83/60/85
• Favorite Food: Peach-Walnut Bread
• Hobbies: Napping
• Special Skills: Cooking, Maid
• Hates: All creatures that have lots of legs, corrupt nobles

A maid at the academy. Her hometown is Tarbes, Tristain and is the eldest of eight children .^[4]. She loves Saito, and treats him very kindly, and is willing to do a lot of things to defeat her "rival" Louise for the love of Saito. She seems to know how Saito is treated, which could be what makes her so aggressive to take him away from Louise. She truthfully thinks to herself that she would make Saito much happier. It is revealed later that Siesta is actually descended from a Japanese Zero fighter pilot in World War II, which explains why she has hair and eyes like Saito's.

[edit] Teaching staff

Osmond (オスマン, Osuman^?)

Voiced by: Takeshi Aono

• Familiar: A Mouse, Motsognir

The elderly, white haired headmaster of the Tristain Academy of Magic, known for his lecherous behaviour. He enjoys smoking and using his mouse familiar to find out what kind of underwear Longueville is wearing. Despite first appearances, it is obvious he is a very smart and powerful mage. He is one of the people trusted by Queen Henrietta. In the first season, his life was saved 30 years prior by a displaced American soldier from the Vietnam War. Seeing his rocket launcher kill a dragon, Osmond dubbed it the 'Staff of Destruction.'

Longueville (ロングビル, Rongubiru^?)

Voiced by: Akiko Kimura

• Age: 23
• Magical Affinity: Earth

Osmond's attractive bespectacled secretary, who is often the target of his lechery. She becomes angry and violent at his behaviour. She is later revealed to be from a family of nobles who lost their rank, which enables her to use magic. She is also the thief who broke into the school (though nobody knew it at the time). She works with Ward in the first season. She is later defeated by the combined efforts of Guiche, Tabitha, and Kirche; but she escapes the battle. Her other known names that she uses are Fouquet and Matilda.

Chevreuse (シュヴルーズ, Shuvurūzu^?)

Voiced by: Noriko Suzuki

• Runic Name: Red Clay
• Magical Affinity: Earth

A professor at the Tristain Academy of Magic.

Colbert (コルベール, Korubēru^?)

Voiced by: Takuma Suzuki

• Runic Name: Flame Snake
• Magical Affinity: Fire

A professor at the Tristain Academy of Magic that has interest in history. He also showed interest in technologies from Saito's world, such as the Zero fighter and spent a lot of time studying it. He also helped reproduce enough gasoline to fuel the airplane. It is revealed that he was the captain of mage troops sent to burn Agnès' village years ago, and also the person who rescued her out of there, when found out the village wasn't "plagued". It is strongly shown according to the series he expresses a hatred of war as well as the fact so many young people have to risk their lives of them. He shows certain envy of Saito's world upon discovering modern Japan is not ravaged by war or conflict. He reveals himself as the Flame Snake in episode 9 of the second season; and is fatally wounded when protecting Agnès. He then eventually dies from his wounds before Agnès could exact her revenge.

[edit] Tristain

Henrietta (アンリエッタ, Anrietta^?)

Voiced by: Ayako Kawasumi

• Age: 17
• Height: 158 cm (5'2")
• Three Sizes: 84/59/85
• Favorite Food: Horn-sheep Soup
• Hobbies: Disguising
• Special Skills: Dancing, especially to the melody of "Fairy's Lunch"
• Hates: Lies
• Full Name: Henrietta de Tristain
• Magical Affinity: Water

The Princess of Tristain. She is loved by her nationals and is also an old friend of Louise. Later, she becomes the queen of Tristain and decides to defend Tristain from the Albion invasion after the assassination of the Albion prince. She also seems to have developed an affinity for Saito over the course of both seasons. While at first she is presented as your stereotypical princess, her character later grows to show her struggles with the war. She also was in love with Wales and was devastated over his death. This was later used against her in a kidnapping attempt.

Wardes (ワルド, Warudo^?)

Voiced by: Tomoyuki Shimura

• Age: 26
• Full Name: Jean-Jacques Francis de Wardes
• Magical Affinity: Wind

Wardes is Captain of Tristain's Griffin Knights and Louise's former fiancé. When he was younger, he often met Louise, who was feeling down after being compared to her sisters. He is a highly skilled swordsman as well as mage. He is later revealed to be evil as he betrayed Louise and attempts to mind control her in marrying him (Because of this, many people think he is pedophile, although the correct term would be ephebophile, and the anime implies that he could be aware of Louise's potential as a Void Mage and interested in her primarily for that reason). He then kills the Prince of Albion when his attempt is revealed.

Agnès (アニエス, Aniesu^?)

Voiced by: Michiko Neya

• Age: 23
• Full Name: Agnès Chevalier de Milan

Captain of Tristain musketeers in service of Henrietta. She's shown as a military woman who's very strict in discipline. She also is shown to hate Mages, especially those who used fire element. Even though her feelings on mages is known, she doesn't do anything to defend Saito due to misunderstandings by Louise that happen in front of her. Agnes often emphasized that mages should not become dependent of their magic, because in battles, there will be no time to cast spells before the enemy's swords and guns. At one point she kisses Louise to provide cover when Louise gasps while the two of them are evesdropping on a pair of conspirators. The kiss she gave Louise and the commentary Siesta made about her implies Agnès is a lesbian, although she is most portrayed as being uninterested in sexual pursuits and only worried about fighting and revenge. She first appears in the second season.

Eleanor (エレオノール, Ereonōru^?)

Voiced by: Kikuko Inoue

• Age: 27
• Full Name: Eleanor Albertine le Blanc de la Blois de la Vallière

Eleanor is Louise's blonde oldest sister. She inherited her father's personality, which is stronger than Louise's own personality and is possibly the person Louise learned her sadistic tendencies from since she also looks down on common folk and uses a whip on Saito. She appears in the second season.

Cattleya (カトレア, Katorea^?)

Voiced by: Kotomi Yamakawa

• Age: 24
• Magical Affinity: Earth
• Full Name: Cattleya Yvette la Baume le Blanc de la Fontaine

Cattleya is Louise's older sister. She is physically weak from chronic illness. She has a gentle heart and Louise yearns for her. She also has a large bust, something that Saito immediately noted. She appears in the second season and is often seen with a variety of small animals.

Jessica (ジェシカ, Jeshika^?)

Voiced by: Akari Higuchi

Jessica, who is a Scarron's daughter, is the draw at the pub run by her father. She is Siesta's first cousin on the her maternal side, and she is also descended from a Japanese pilot.

Scarron (スカロン, Sukaron^?)

Voiced by: Tetsuo Gotō

Scarron runs the pub Miwaku no Yousei. He has feminine-speech and feminine-gestures despite muscularity, and workers call him not "master" but "ma madamoiselle". He also has a tendency to call out "Tres Bien!". Also uncle of Siesta.

[edit] Gallia

Sheffield (シェフィールド, Shefīrudo^?)

Voiced by: Masako Katsuki

Sheffield is a mysterious beauty. Officially, she is a Cromwell's secretary, however she is the true leader of the Reconquistadors. She is the main antagonist of the second season. She is also one of the 4 Familiars of the Void, known as Mioznitnirn. It is unknown who her master is.

[edit] Albion

Wales (ウェールズ, Wēruzu^?)

Voiced by: Masashiro Yamanaka

• Full Name: Wales Tudor
• Magical Affinity: Wind

Prince of Albion and Henrietta's cousin. He and Henrietta had a romantic relationship, but is faced with their status as cousins. His vow to the water spirits is to one day be able to show his feeling to Henrietta without needing to hide it from the public. He is killed by Wardes and in the second season, revived to abduct Henrietta to Albion but killed again.

Wales is a triangle wind mage, and in the second season, he showed that nobles can combine their magical power with other nobles and create power of a hexagram mage.

Cromwell (クロムウェル, Kuromuweru^?)

Voiced by: Jirō Saitō

• Full Name: Oliver Cromwell

The leader of the Reconquistadors who is responsible for the war. He is also the one who gave the orders to Wardes to kill the Prince of Albion. After he was arrested by Tristain he was killed in his cell by Sheffield.

[edit] Romalia

Julio (ジュリオ, Jurio^?)

Voiced by: Daisuke Hirakawa

• Full Name: Julio Cezare

A knight from the Holy Empire of Romalia sent as transfer student to Tristain Magic Academy. He has the Moon Eyes (月目, Moon Eyes^?), a term for someone who has different eye colours like the moon in Halkeginia, red and blue. Julio is sent by Romalia's Pope as his support for Henrietta's expedition to Albion, now in political strife after the fall of the royal family followed by the death of Reconquistador's leader, Cromwell. Although not a mage, Julio is a dragon knight and expert swordsman. During his duel with Saito to win Louise's kiss, Julio could easily win against Saito—who doesn't use Gandalfr's skill, but he let Saito win to tease him. He has beautiful looks and a personality that grants him popularity among girls. He can be considered a replacement for Guiche after his depart to the military service because he is similar to Guiche in looks - however, Julio is worldy, as opposed to the vain, foolish Guiche, and hardly had to exert effort to charm most of the female students in the Academy.

[edit] Others

Fouquet (フーケ, Fūke^?)

Voiced by: Akiko Kimura

A triangle mage who uses a giant golem made of earth to steal magical valuables. Her acquaintances often refer to her as Fouquet, the Crumbling Dirt. It is revealed that Fouquet and Longueville are one and the same. Fouquet is actually Matilda of Saschen-Gotha. Wardes is revealed as a traitor and an ally to Fouquet, the Crumbling Dirt.

Tiffania Westwood

Voiced by: Mamiko Noto

A well endowed half-elf who Saito remembered as "the big-breasted fairy who saved his life" when he was about to be killed by Albion's massive forces in the last episode of the second season. She is confirmed to appear in the third season as a regular character.

[edit] References