Battle Spirits: Shonen Gekiha Dan/Characters

Sorted to avoid spoilers

Dan Bashin


A hot-blooded and bluntly straightforward red card battler. During a championship, he was taken into the world of Grand Rolo by Yuuki and Kajitsu Momose, where he was known as the red soldier, a bearer of the core’s light. He befriends Zungurii, a native child whose village was under attack, and devotes himself to saving Grand Rolo for the sake of Zungurii and the rest of the Otherworlders.

In the second season, Dan travels to the future in order to battle again, and protect the humans from mazoku, and the planet's eventual reset. Now using a deck of all colors, he becomes a Brave user.


 * Cross-Dressing Voices: Fuyuka Oura
 * The Determinator
 * Expy: To Toppa Bashin
 * Fingerless Gloves
 * Also, in the manga version
 * Hot-Blooded: Everyone is, but him especially.
 * Kid Hero
 * The Knights Who Say Squee: Whenever he gets a new red dragon into play.
 * Magnetic Hero
 * Meaningful Name: He has the same last name as the first series’ protagonist.
 * The Messiah: He's willing to give everyone a chance. He'll jump to save anyone, even if he hardly knows them  And his friends adore him.
 * Parental Substitute: He basically takes care of En and Fant as a father
 * Playing with Fire: He uses red.
 * Redheaded Hero
 * The Rival: With Yuuki in the first series and with Barone in the second.
 * Trademark Favorite Food: Curry
 * Redheaded Hero
 * The Rival: With Yuuki in the first series and with Barone in the second.
 * Trademark Favorite Food: Curry
 * Trademark Favorite Food: Curry

Clackey Ray


A yellow card battler (and the yellow soldier) known as “The Noble Youth of Light.” He loves to be around girls (be they living or the spirits in his deck), and devotes himself to protecting the ladies of Grand Rolo. At first, he dislikes Dan, but the two become very close friends, learning a lot from the other’s different battle style.

In the second season, he's the captain of The Beautiful Sophia. He doesn’t battle as much anymore, leaving that task to Dan. When he does, however, he now uses red cards as well as his usual yellow.


 * Bishie Sparkle
 * Bishounen
 * Chick Magnet
 * Chivalrous Pervert
 * Daisuke Ono
 * Dark-Skinned Blond
 * Gratuitous English
 * Light Is Good
 * Nice Hat: In Brave
 * Serial Romeo
 * Shipper on Deck: For Zolder and Flora
 * Spell My Name with an "S": Why couldn't he just have a normal name like the rest of the core soldiers?
 * Spell My Name with an "S": Why couldn't he just have a normal name like the rest of the core soldiers?

Mai Viole/Shinomiya


A purple card battler (and the purple soldier), and well known net idol for her blog, “Purple Talk.” She tends to act rather spoiled, being pampered by both Zungurii and her butler, Serge. When serious, however, she puts others before her, and is described as “scary.”

In the second season, Mai has changed very much. She’s quit her blog, started using her real last name, grown her hair long, and no longer battles.


 * Action Girl: In the first season
 * Ayako Kawasumi
 * Dark Is Not Evil: She uses purple
 * Expository Hairstyle Change: Three times.
 * Expy: To Suiren
 * Faux Action Girl: In the second season, for most of the time anyway.
 * Hair Decorations
 * Tsundere: Type B, towards Dan. Mainly only in the first season.
 * You Gotta Have Blue Hair: Purple hair
 * You Gotta Have Blue Hair: Purple hair

Hideto Suzuri


A blue card battler (and the blue soldier), and dedicated card collector. He loves X-rares in particular, and will do whatever it takes to add more to his collection. He’s rather unsociable, and is disinterested in being the blue soldier.

In the second season, he doesn't appear at first,


 * Aloof Ally
 * Bishounen
 * Daisuke Sakaguchi
 * The Knights Who Say Squee: With X-rare cards.
 * Last-Name Basis
 * Nice Hat:
 * Otaku: A card collector one
 * Tsundere: Male example
 * You Gotta Have Blue Hair

Yuuki Momose


A white card battler (and the white soldier) on the side of Otherworld King. While appearing cold and cruel, he is very close to his younger sister, Kajitsu, dedicating himself to protecting her.

In the second season


 * Bishounen
 * Brother-Sister Incest: With Kajitsu
 * Expy: To J
 * Knight Templar Big Brother
 * The Rival: With Dan
 * Takahiro Sakurai
 * You Gotta Have Blue Hair
 * Takahiro Sakurai
 * You Gotta Have Blue Hair
 * You Gotta Have Blue Hair

Kajitsu Momose


A green card battler, and the younger sister of Yuuki. She possesses mysterious powers, which she uses to send Dan into Grand Rolo. She at first comes off as rather emotionless. She is deeply devoted to Yuuki


 * Action Girl: She can be at times, but her Ill Girl status tends to get in the way of that.
 * Brother-Sister Incest: With Yuuki
 * Dark Magical Girl
 * Distressed Damsel: Only in the manga version, but woah. She gets kidnapped left and right.
 * Emotionless Girl: At first
 * Everything's Better with Princesses: She's not really a princess, but is often called one.
 * Expy: To Kyouka
 * Flower Motifs
 * Ill Girl
 * Morality Pet: To Yuuki
 * You Gotta Have Blue Hair: Green hair
 * Morality Pet: To Yuuki
 * You Gotta Have Blue Hair: Green hair
 * You Gotta Have Blue Hair: Green hair
 * You Gotta Have Blue Hair: Green hair
 * You Gotta Have Blue Hair: Green hair

Otherworld King


The ruler of Otherworld. He was enslaving its inhabitants so that they would construct Horizon Ladders. He possesses great powers and sees himself as vital for the existence of Otherworld.


 * The Big Bad
 * Evil Old Folks:
 * Rikiya Koyama
 * Rikiya Koyama
 * Rikiya Koyama

Leon


Leon is one of Otherworld’s Three Heads. A very powerful card battler, who uses a hybrid deck.


 * The Dragon: To Otherworld King
 * Glowing Eyes of Doom
 * Promotion to Opening Titles: When the OP animation gets modified
 * Spikes of Villainy
 * Spikes of Villainy

Pantera


One of Otherworld’s Three Heads. Pantera was actually built by Otherworld King. Recorded within him is the data from past battles in Otherworld, making him aware of most strategies imaginable.


 * Junichi Suwabe
 * Promotion to Opening Titles: When the OP animation gets modified
 * Promotion to Opening Titles: When the OP animation gets modified

Kazan


A soldier who is Yuuki’s ally. When Dan first comes to Otherworld, he is attacking Zungurii’s village.

In the second season, he's a commander in the war against the mazoku.


 * Dark-Skinned Blond
 * The Dragon: To Yuuki
 * Kenji Nomura
 * Whip It Good
 * Whip It Good

Belga


An arrogant boy from the white world, promised power by his father. He plans to be the next white king and white soldier, but is humiliated by Yuuki in battle.


 * Bishie Sparkle
 * Bishounen
 * Hiro Shimono
 * I Kiss Your Hand
 * The Rival: With Yuuki, but only from his side.

Magisa


The Otherworld Witch. Although she tries her hardest to defend Otherworld before the Core Soldiers arrived, she lacks her former strength. Although she doesn’t look it, she’s over 4000 years old, and laments over the fact that she still remains single.


 * Bare Your Midriff
 * Bottle Fairy
 * Christmas Cake
 * Fan Service
 * Hot Witch
 * Magical Girl
 * Meaningful Name
 * Never Mess with Granny
 * Really Seven Hundred Years Old: Really 4029 years old.
 * Rose-Haired Girl
 * Satsuki Yukino
 * You Gotta Have Blue Hair: Pink hair

Zungurii


A monkey-like child who Dan meets when he first enters Grand Rolo. After Dan saves his village from attack, the two travel together, in order to free his captured family members. Although Zungurii isn’t much of a card battler, he helps the group out in any way he can, especially cooking.


 * Cheerful Child
 * Cross-Dressing Voices: Ai Horanai
 * Everything's Better with Monkeys
 * Non-Human Sidekick
 * Team Chef
 * Unusual Ears

Serge


Mai’s loyal butler. He pilots The Violet.


 * Battle Butler: To Mai
 * Bishounen
 * Daisuke Hirakawa
 * Unusual Ears
 * Pointy Ears
 * You Gotta Have Blue Hair

Kenzo Hyoudo


A green card battler who appears at the Grand Rolo Championships. Though only a third grader, he makes it to the final round, against Dan.

In the second season, Kenzo works as a scientist, alongside Stella. The two have somewhat of a rivalry. He doesn’t really battle anymore.


 * Adorabably Cute Chlid: Especially in Brave, where he becomes one of the planet's most significant scientists (at the age of 11) and stops playing Battle Spirits to focus more on his work.
 * Blush Sticker: Permanent ones
 * Cross-Dressing Voices: Aya Endo
 * Demoted to Extra: In the manga version.
 * Lightning Glare: With Stella
 * Mission Control: In Brave
 * My Name Is Not Durwood: Kenzo might want to look into getting his name changed, because obviously it’s hard to remember.
 * Opaque Lenses: His glasses appear this way most of the time.
 * Promotion to Opening Titles: When the OP animation gets modified
 * The Rival: With Stella
 * You Gotta Have Blue Hair: Green hair
 * You Gotta Have Blue Hair: Green hair

Dan Bashin
See above

Clackey Ray
See above

Mai Shinomiya
See above

Plym Machina


The Beautiful Sophia’s mechanic. She’s extremely cheerful, and loves mechanical things. She tends to make up her own words. She battles Kenzo with a white deck. Though she’s highly inexperienced and loses, this makes her fall in love with him.


 * Cheerful Child
 * Kanae Ito
 * Meaningful Name: She’s a mechanic, after all.
 * Plucky Comic Relief: Even her one battle was ridiculous.
 * Spell My Name with an "S": Plym vs. Prim

Youth Glynnhorn


The Beautiful Sophia’s pilot. At first, he doesn’t like Dan much, finding him incompetent for losing to Barone soon after coming to the future. Mai and Clackey try to help him see Dan’s worth. Youth later comes to see Dan as both a rival and inspiration, wanting to become as strong as him, and someday beat him.


 * Expy: To Suzuri, aesthetically. Otherwise, there's so much first series Dan in him.
 * Fingerless Gloves
 * Meaningful Name: Just compare his maturity level to Dan, Mai and Clackey in Brave.
 * Playing with Fire: He uses red.
 * Tetsuya Kakihara
 * The Rival: With Dan, but mainly from his side.
 * You Gotta Have Blue Hair

Kenzo Hyoudo
See above

Stella Korabelishchikov


A scientist from the future time who works with Kenzo. She seems to like taunting and one-upping him.


 * Expy: To Magisa
 * Lightning Glare: With Kenzo
 * Mission Control
 * Satsuki Yukino
 * The Rival: With Kenzo

En and Fant


Two mazoku children that were being used as hostages by humans. Dan rescues them and takes them to the Sophia. They seem to have insatiable appetites.


 * Badass Adorable: Especially Fant
 * Big Eater: And if no food is in sight, they’ll start chewing on chairs or people’s hands.
 * Cross-Dressing Voices: Fant- Aya Endo
 * Meaningful Name
 * Rose-Haired Girl: En
 * Tagalong Kid
 * You Gotta Have Blue Hair: Pink and green, respectively

Kazan
See above

Zolder Grave



 * Badass: Probably one of the most in all of Battle Spirits.
 * Good Scars, Evil Scars
 * Hot-Blooded: Extremely
 * Takahiro Sakurai
 * Takahiro Sakurai

Queen Gilfam


The mazoku leader. She believes Dan is humanity’s enemy.


 * Fan Service: Compared to her outfit, Number Eight’s doesn’t seem so ridiculous anymore.
 * Femme Fatalons
 * Michiko Neya
 * Nice Hat
 * Noblewoman's Laugh
 * Rapunzel Hair
 * Unusual Ears
 * You Gotta Have Blue Hair: Purple hair
 * You Gotta Have Blue Hair: Purple hair

Barone


A brave user like Dan. He becomes fascinated with Dan, believing he's the only opponent capable of quenching his thirst for battle.


 * Bishounen: And the animators are well aware with the amount of fanservice from him.
 * Daisuke Namikawa
 * Expy: To both J and Yuuki.
 * Fan Service: Well, he’s been nude more than once.
 * Meaningful Name
 * Pet the Dog: He briefly takes care of a little human boy
 * Rapunzel Hair: When he lets it down
 * The Rival: With Dan
 * Unusual Ears
 * Pointy Ears
 * Pointy Ears

Zazie/


A rather mysterious and unpredictable mazoku. He wears a mask over his face.


 * Bare Your Midriff: Male example
 * Bishounen
 * Dark Is Evil: Well his full title is "The Darkness Zazie"
 * Expressive Mask
 * Faux Affably Evil
 * Kenichi Suzumura
 * Verbal Tic: Zansu
 * White-Haired Pretty Boy
 * Verbal Tic: Zansu
 * White-Haired Pretty Boy

Duc


The first mazoku Dan faces.


 * Kenji Hamada
 * Meaningful Name
 * Spell My Name with an "S": Duc vs. Duke
 * Unusual Ears
 * Pointy Ears
 * You Gotta Have Blue Hair: Green hair
 * Spell My Name with an "S": Duc vs. Duke
 * Unusual Ears
 * Pointy Ears
 * You Gotta Have Blue Hair: Green hair

Rugain


Duc’s son. He greatly respects his father.


 * Bishounen
 * Expy: To Suzuri, aesthetically.
 * Unusual Ears
 * You Gotta Have Blue Hair
 * You Gotta Have Blue Hair

Flora Perfume


A loyal servant of Barone.


 * Action Girl
 * Biting the Handkerchief: A lot when she cries
 * Cute Clumsy Girl
 * Dojikko
 * Cute Monster Girl
 * Expy: To Kajitsu
 * Flower Motifs
 * Meaningful Name: Given her connection with flowers.
 * Rose-Haired Girl
 * Spikes of Villainy: Her Battle Form
 * You Gotta Have Blue Hair: Pink hair
 * Spikes of Villainy: Her Battle Form
 * You Gotta Have Blue Hair: Pink hair