Battle Spirits Heroes/Characters

Hajime Hinobori
The protagonist, and a red card battler. He's crazy for seasoned rice and Battle Spirits. His parents created the battle system to fulfill his dream of meeting the spirits.
 * Chaste Hero
 * Cross-Dressing Voices
 * Hachimaki: Tegamaru just refers to him by it.
 * Hot-Blooded
 * Meaningful Name: It means begin. He was the first one to use the new battle system.
 * Trademark Favorite Food: Seasoned rice. With lots and lots of bizarre seasonings, at that.

Kimari Tatsumi
A friend of Hajime's and the daughter of the co-creator of the battle system. She's a purple card battler, and dreams of world domination.
 * Action Girl
 * Hair Decorations: One giant bow
 * Take Over the World: It's her main goal in life. Even though she's portrayed as a good guy.

Tegamaru Tanashi
A red card battler, like Hajime. He's extremely talented, and will only battle opponents he deems worthy. Hajime considers him a main rival.
 * Fingerless Gloves
 * Jerkass: For starters, he won't even call anyone by their name if he doesn't consider them worthy.
 * Trademark Favorite Food: Milk.
 * You Gotta Have Blue Hair: In fact, it is blue. Which is odd because most other hair is normal in this show.

Chihiro Kusaka
A teammate of Tegamaru, and a white card battler. He loves to draw, and wants to become a spirit designer.
 * Bishounen: He's referred to as this in his official bio. Which doesn't stop people from guessing, that he's actually a girl.
 * Cross-Dressing Voices
 * Instant Fanclub: The Chihiro Elite Guard
 * Nice Hat

Kobushi Nigiri
A teammate of Tegamaru, and a green card battler.
 * The Bully:
 * Meaningful Name: It means clenched fists, fitting to his tough-guy appearance.

Manabu Ooizumi
The narcissistic student council president of Kadode Middle School. He's a blue card battler.
 * Student Council President

Arata Yakushiji
The Battle Spirits champion. He uses red, and plans to challenge the winner of the Hero Championship. He has an alternate persona called Afrone.
 * Hot-Blooded
 * Secret Identity: Afrone

Kouta Tatsumi
Kimari's younger brother, and a card collector. He's Hajime's biggest fan, and loves Pentans.
 * Cross-Dressing Voices
 * Everything Is Better With Penguins: As a Pentan lover, he certainly thinks so.
 * Expy: Possibly of Koutaro from Battle Spirits: Shonen Gekiha Dan. Similar names, and they're both Pentan crazy.

Kataru Ooizumi
Manabu's younger brother, who completely adores Manabu. He's usually seen eating junk food. He uses yellow.
 * Big Brother Worship: Towards Manabu.
 * Blush Sticker: Permanent ones
 * Cross-Dressing Voices

Mika Kisaragi
The worker at Battle Spirits shops, and a yellow card battler. She likes to dress up in different costumes.
 * Cool Big Sis: To Hajime and the other kids
 * Everything Is Better With Penguins: She's a Pentan user.
 * Master of Disguise
 * Ship Tease: With Arata
 * Tsundere: She's type B toward Arata