List of Garo characters

This is a list of the various characters throughout the Japanese tokusatsu series Garo. These characters play a major role within the series and often influence many key events. The characters within the series are split into six groups; Makai Knights, Makai Priests, Madougu, protagonist side, antagonist side, and Makai entities.

Makai Knights

Kouga Saezima/Garo the Golden Knight

Kouga Saezima

Kouga Saezima (冴島 鋼牙, Saejima Kōga)/Garo the Golden Knight (黄金騎士・牙狼, Ōgon Kishi Garo, ) is the main character of the series and the Golden Makai Knight of the East, armed with the Garoken (牙狼剣, Garōken, Fanged Wolf Sword) blade. Kouga is a young man who, having been raised without friends and surrounded almost exclusively by people with Makai backgrounds, apparently thinks little else other than slaying Horrors. His father was the one who started his training at an early age and he still trains on a daily basis to sharpen his skills. Since childhood Kouga was raised by his father Taiga whom he respected him above everything else. Because of Taiga's constant hunts, he didn't allow Kouga to associate with anyone besides Jabi, Amon, and Gonza. Unlike his stoic and focused personality as an adult, Kouga behaved very much like any other children, having a naive worldview as well as liking toys.

On one night, the young Kouga got out of bed after hearing Gonza's concern for Taiga and followed his father into the forest where he witnessed a fierce battle between the previous Garo and what appeared to be a Horror, dropping his sword in the midst of the fight. Kouga came out of hiding intending to deliver his father's sword, but was unable to lift it and was attacked by the figure. Taiga took the fatal blow in his son's place, leaving the Kouga devastated. Zaruba later helped Taiga convey his final thoughts to Kouga: Take the title of Garo and to be brave, and Zaruba took up the mantle of Kouga's teacher shortly afterwards. Kouga and Gonza at first tried every means to lift the sword out of the ground from brute strength to using a crane, but it would remain stuck in the forest until Kouga mastered the ability to wield Soul Metal. To that end, Kouga undergoes the path of becoming a Makai Knight like his father. Under the mandated alias of Shiro, which was placed so to protect the child's identity should he failed to graduate as a Makai Knight, Kouga befriended three other boys as they are all placed under the guidance of the Makai Knight Wataru. Though Kouga learned the value of friendship, he is forced to watch his friends being devoured by the Horror Raizon, keeping the beads they got from Wataru on his person in memory of them. Though he later trained under the Makai Knight Kengi, it still took over a decade since his father's death for Kouga to not only finally be strong enough to lift the Garoken from its resting place to become the current Golden Knight, but also to reach a conclusion of what he should fight for.

Kouga is not a very sociable person, more so after his father's death and he always keeps his feelings to himself and puts up a deadpan face all the time, but he nonetheless possesses a noble and kind heart behind his emotionless façade. He believes is that every person, good or bad, has the not only the right to live, but also the potential to save many lives on their own in the process. Eventually, Garo meets Kaoru when he was slaying Anglay where she happened to be stained with Horror blood, a condition that will kill her in 100 days excruciatingly. Though the norm when dealing with any "tainted" human is to cut them down along with the Horror to spare them from dying a painful death, he spared Kaoru's life because she reminded him of his mother, but never told her about her situation and claimed to Zaruba and the Three Priestesses of the Eastern Watchdog, of his intention of using Kaoru as a Horror bait. Eventually, saving Kaoru's life while falling in love with her, Kouga learns the truth of his father's death to be at the hands of the rogue Makai Knight Barago, who later kidnaps Karou to enact his plan to bring Messiah to the living world.

In a desperate bid of fighting a losing fight against Kodama and the time limit of his armor is nearing, Kouga refuses to eject his armor when the time limit was up, with his negative emotions cause him to turn into the mindless Lost Soul Beast Garo (心滅獣身牙狼, Shinmetsu Jūshin Garo) while killing Kodama in the process. While in darkness, his armor surpassed the time limit and Zaruba asked for Zero's help in deactivating the Garo armor. After Zero managed to get through Kouga's mind to stun him for a brief moment, he struck Kouga's armor in the belly and it hit the triangle armor piece (weak spot) and Kouga's armor was lifted, saving Kouga's body and soul. Eventually, Kouga battles Messiah and not only defeats her but Kiba as well, with the later at the cost of Zaruba. Some time later, Kouga is bidding an emotional farewell to Kaoru, as she would be heading to Italy to further her studies in art. She gave him the final product of her father's book with the last page painted, and Rei handed Kouga a restored Zaruba as a token of their friendship. Zaruba was reforged by the Western Watchdog. Though he still has his same old personality, he bears no past memories of his time with Taiga and Kouga, even stating that he didn't like the name Kouga gave him.

In Garo Special: Beast of the Midnight Sun, Kouga was approached by Rin Yamagatana who delivered a message from Priest Amon. Kouga didn't believe her at first, but her mentioning their unfinished bar chess game persuaded him to take her seriously. Amon would return as a spirit to ask for his help to save Jabi's still-living body. Accepting the mission, despite interference from the resident Makai Knight Dan, Kouga enters the Makai Forest and battles the Makai Tree to regain Jabi. Soon after, Kouga receives new orders to contain the threat of the Horror Legules, managing to use the Phosphorus Arrow to destroy the fiend and his extensions. Soon after, Kouga returned home to find Kaoru painting in the backyard. They welcomed each other, clasped hands and walked back home, implying that they had finally confessed their feelings for each other.

In Garo: Red Requiem, on orders to destroy the Apostle Horror Karma, Kouga meets Kengi's daughter Rekka and helps her reach the same conclusion her father pointed him to years ago as they work together to destroy the Horror. Parting, Rekka gives Kouga one of her young Makai Dragons, which Zaruba names "Kaoru" to Kouga's chagrin, that Kouga uses to search for Horrors while doubling as a messenger. In Garo: Makai Senki, Kouga gets promoted to be a Makai Knight serving the Senate for defeating the Apostle Horrors. But just after fighting the Horror Cigarein, Kouga is attacked by a mysterious red-masked man who engraves a Seal of Destruction (破滅の刻印, Hametsu no Kokuin) onto him. As a result, Kouga does not have much time to live and his life shortens every time he dons his armor, as well as suffering chest pains from time to time and his body gradually weakens over time.

He keeps the seal a secret from Kaoru, just like how he did with Kaoru's condition years ago. He resumes his duties seemingly unaffected while continue to investigate on the mysteries surrounding the red-masked man. The man responsible for engraving the deadly seal onto him is later revealed to be Reo's older twin brother, Sigma, who is on his quest of restoring the old order of having only Makai Priests battling the Horror menace, eradicating the Knights along the way.

As Garo, his armor helps protect him from damaging blows, but his armor isn't unbreakable. If a Horror is strong enough, they can damage and injure Kouga. Should the armor be exposed to a very powerful blow the armor will retract before the 99.9-second time limit. With the Garoken, transformed from Kouga's Makai Sword (魔戒剣, Makaiken), Garo can cut down almost anything and only a rare few Horrors are strong enough to resist its force. Kouga is able to use a technique called Blazing Armament (烈火炎装, Rekka Ensō). This is when he uses the Madou Fire from his Madou Lighter to encompass his sword and his armor to increase his damage potential. In some episodes, he's able to use Blazing Armament without the use of the Madou Lighter. When riding Gouten, his combat strength is increased with his Garoken transformed into the larger Garo Zanbaken (牙狼斬馬剣, Garōzanbaken, Fanged-Wolf Horse-Slaying Sword) and the Dai Garo Zanbaken (大牙狼斬馬剣, Dai Garō Zanbaken, Big Fanged-Wolf Horse-Slaying Sword), the twice-sized Garo Zanbaken. Because his armor is composed of Soul Metal, the armor reacts to his will along with Madou Fire.

Garo also received powered-up forms in many of his epic battles. During the fight with Messiah, the power within Kaoru's positive energy-based painting enabled Garo to become the angelic Winged Garo (翼人牙狼, Tsubasabito Garo). Then, while fighting Legules, Garo uses the Phosphorus Arrow to negate the Horror's influence while turning into Phosphorus Garo (鷹麟牙狼, Ōrin Garo). And then, while fighting Karma, Garo assumes Dragon Formation Garo (竜陣牙狼, Ryūjin Garo) created from the souls of the many Makai Knights she devoured over the years.

"Garo" means "hope" in the old Makai language.

Kouga is portrayed by Ryosei Konishi (小西 遼生, Konishi Ryōsei). As a child, he is portrayed by Ryusei Sawahata (澤畠 流星, Sawahata Ryūsei). As a 2 years old child, he is portrayed by Shuhei Jojo (城定 修平, Jōjō Shūhei).

Rei Suzumura/Zero the Silver Fanged Knight

Rei Suzumura/Zero The Silver Fanged Knight

Rei Suzumura (涼邑 零, Suzumura Rei)/Zero the Silver Fanged Knight (銀牙騎士・絶狼, Ginga Kishi Zero, ), once known as Ginga Suzumura (涼邑 銀牙, Suzumura Ginga), is the sub-antagonist turned co-protagonist of the series and the Silver Makai Knight of the West. He was an orphan before he was found by Douji, who took pity on him and raised Rei as his son to inherit his position as a knight of the West and start his own lineage. Though trained as a Makai Knight, Rei didn't have the tenacity or murderous intent to be a true warrior. One fateful night, however, Shizuka and Douji were both killed by a warrior who suspiciously resembled the Golden Knight. After giving his dead loved ones proper burials, He renamed himself Rei, putting his old name before his Knight title, and naming his armor 'Zero', with both names being a pun on "Zero," with intention to reinvent himself as well as to get back at the Makai Knight that took his loved ones away, becoming a person full of angst, wild and murderous.

During Zero's quest for revenge he violated a host of protocols expected of a Makai Knight, from leaving his western territory post to directly attack Kouga. Though his investigations lead him to Kouga, Zero wasn't sure if Kouga was actually the knight that had murdered his family, thus he remained constantly uncooperative with the Golden Knight and even started fights with him to vent out his anger. Later in the series, the Watchdogs of the East try to frame Kouga for his family's death; Zero would later discover the true killer was Barago and ally himself with Garo. As the truths of matters unfold, his personality drastically changed, becoming more like his old self. He became more relaxed and open, turning into a caring friend for Kouga as they now share the same enemy. Rei and Kouga later visited the Western Watchdog where they reported and were ordered to assassinate Barago and Gulm. Because of Zero's tall list of violations he wasn't allowed to participate in Kouga's mission, but Kouga argued on his behalf, saying that he need his power. Rei's suspension was relinquished and he joined Kouga in dealing with Barago and Gulm.

During Kouga's dark transformation, it was Zero who helped Kouga snap out of his darkness. Gulm tried to stop the duo from reaching Kiba and Kaoru, but Rei decided to stay behind to deal with her, allowing Kouga to press forward. She assumed Shizuka's form and tried to trick him. He soon saw through her illusion because the real Shizuka addressed Rei as Ginga, while the impostor constantly called him Zero. After a very difficult fight Zero almost died, but survived a mortal blow because Silva took the hit. After a losing fight against Gulm, he took the opportunity of her overconfident victory and killed her. After Kiba's defeat, Rei presented Kouga with a reforged Zaruba as proof of their friendship and remained in the Eastern district to protect it while Kouga went northward.

In Garo Special: Beast of the Midnight Sun, Rei was assigned to help guard the upcoming Kantai ceremony from Horrors' attack. He saved Hyuga and Akatsuki (Tsubasa's disciples) from Karakuri Horrors. After aiding Kouga and Tsubasa in their fight against Legules, he returns to his district.

Rei resurfaces during the events of Garo: Makai Senki, having been afflicted with the Seal of Destruction yet not very concerned as he continues with his duties, much like Kouga himself. Although a friendly person who always wears a smile on his face, he stated to Silva once that he is no good with big groups of people, leading him to turn down an invite to stay back for dinner at Kouga's place. It is known later that he is immune to poisons. But whether this is a common trait of all Makai Knights, or practitioners of the Makai ways instead of just a unique physical trait of his remains to be seen. Later, from his confrontation with Juzo Igari, Rei considers settling a few matters with Kouga over which of them is the strongest. He also meets an old friend named Misao Hoshikawa, forced to make her hate him by killing the Horror that possessed her mother's body. Like Kouga and the rest of the Knights, he got engraved with the Seal of Destruction as well and his condition deteriorates as well.

Zero wields a pair of short swords called the Ginroken (銀狼剣, Ginrōken, Silver Wolf Swords). In their Makaiken form, these are shorter versions of Kouga's Makaiken. When Zero dons his armor, the swords become curved like scimitars. These can be locked together to form a huge crescent-shaped double-bladed boomerang called the Ginga Ginroken (銀牙銀狼剣, Ginga Ginrōken, Silver Fanged Silver Wolf Sword). Zero's Madou Horse Ginga is similar to Garo's Gouten, but with a blade attached to his head.

Rei is portrayed by Ray Fujita (藤田 玲, Fujita Rei).

Tsubasa Yamagatana/Dan the Midnight Sun Knight

Tsubasa Yamagatana (山刀 翼, Yamagatana Tsubasa)/Dan the Midnight Sun Knight (白夜騎士・打無, Byakuya Kishi Dan, ) is the White Makai Knight of Kantai, introduced in Garo Special: Beast of the Midnight Sun. Tsubasa is a descendant of the Makai Knight that defeated Legules 1000 years ago. His parents, both Makai Priests, died in combat with Horrors and thus takes it upon himself to oversee the well being of his younger sister Rin. He is a strict and "by the book" type of guy, believing that emotions will only get in the way of his duties and that both a Makai Knight and those dear to him must be prepared for the former's demise. Tsubasa also has a pair of disciples, Hyuga and Akatsuki, under him. Not notified of Kouga's arrival to Kantai, Tsubasa confronts the Makai Knight after he defended his disciples and fight him before Garai intervened and told Tsubasa to let Kouga pass to carry out his mission to save Jabi. Tsubasa objected to what he thought was an act against natural order and originally saw Jabi as an abomination until she risked her life to save Rin. After he apologized to Jabi for his rudeness towards her, Tsubasa joins her with Kouga and Rei to defeat Legules in the Abyss Forest. After Legules' defeat, Tsubasa told Rin that she's his pride and finally showed his smile when Rin performed magic to create butterflies.

During the events of Garo: Makai Senki, Tsubasa is revealed to have been marked with the Seal Destruction as well, his condition far worse than Kouga's and Rei's due to repeated summonings of his armor, suffering intense pain on his chest all the time. He intends to get rid of Wataru, assuming that he had fallen completely to darkness. Even when rectified by Hyuga and Kouga later, he stands his ground as he sees that to be the only way to free Wataru from his suffering. Touched by Kouga's actions and thoughts of wanting to save the suffering knight from his inner darkness, he ended up helping Kouga save Wataru from himself nonetheless, allowing himself to be stabbed together with Wataru to pin Wataru down so as to purge the evil influence within Wataru's armor. Tsubasa assures Kouga that he has no intention of dying at the moment, and promises Kouga that he would not harbor the intentions of throwing his life away easily because of his condition as he did previously.

As a Makai Knight, other possessing great fighting skills and amazing speed, he possess traits unusual for a Makai Knight, wearing a jacket over his shirt and skirting on his lower body, which is more common with Makai Priests, rather than a duster like other Knights; he also augments magic into his fighting style through the use of his special earring. He wields a bō/spear called Makai Spear (魔戒槍, Makaisō) which has a spearhead tip that can extend out by section being twisted. Donning his Makai armor, the very aura it produces able to disintegrate a Horror, Dan is armed with the double-headed Midnight Sun Spear (白夜槍, Byakuyasō) and uses a purplish Madou Fire. Tsubasa is portrayed by Shouma Yamamoto (山本 匠馬, Yamamoto Shōma).

Taiga Saezima/Garo the Golden Knight

Taiga Saezima (冴島 大河, Saejima Taiga) is Kouga's father and the previous Garo. Died in combat when Kouga was a boy. Seen only in flashbacks.

Taiga is portrayed by Hiroyuki Watanabe (渡辺 裕之, Watanabe Hiroyuki).

Douji

Douji (道寺, Dōji) is Rei and Shizuka's adoptive father and the previous Knight who was in charged of keeping order in the western side. He was shown to be bed-ridden by the time he was killed by Barago.

Douji is portrayed by Toru Shinagawa (品川 徹, Shinagawa Tōru).

Hyuga

Hyuga (日向, Hyūga) is one of the disciples of Tsubasa of Kantai. He wears a blue uniform and wields a Soul Metal sword. He's the calmer one compared to Akatsuki. His skills are weak compared to real Makai Knights, but brave in battle. In Garo: Makai Senki, he fought against evil Wataru, but was defeated easily.

Hyuga is portrayed by Minoru Tomita (富田 稔, Tomita Minoru).

Akatsuki

Akatsuki (暁) is the second disciple to Tsubasa. Just like Hyuga, he wears a blue uniform and has a sword. He comes off nervous amongst the two and often feels shamed when unable to fight well in battle; he and Hyuga will always face danger even if they are afraid. He's taken a liking towards Rei and wanted to be his apprentice, but Rei felt he was better off alone with Silva.

Akatsuki is portrayed by Noboru Yasunaga (安永 昇, Yasunaga Noboru).

Kengi

Kengi (ケンギ) is the father of Rekka who was murdered by Karma. He wielded a Chinese Sword and had also trained Kouga in the past.

Kengi is portrayed by Kanji Tsuda (津田 寛治, Tsuda Kanji).

Bado the Storm Knight

Bado the Storm Knight (風雲騎士・波怒, Fūun Kishi Bado, ) is a Makai Knight of the West who battled Barago for several times in the past, believing that there is some good left in Barago's heart. Though eventually killed in battle, Bado attempted to give Barago a final chance of redemption by infusing some of his light into an attack which dispersed and entered the villain's body. Bado was a senior disciple of Zero.

Bado is voiced by Kazuhiko Inoue (井上 和彦, Inoue Kazuhiko).

Wataru Shijima/Baron the Thunder Knight

Wataru Shijima (四十万 ワタル, Shijima Wataru)/Baron the Thunder Knight (雷鳴騎士・バロン, Raimei Kishi Baron) is a Makai Knight serving the Senate, donning a suit of azure armor similar in style to Bado's and wields a scimitar in his armored form. In charge of training the young Makai Knights-to-be, Wataru gains infamy for his draconian methods. He considers the bloodline of a student's Makai Knight family to be of no importance, unless the person-in-question has the strength to protect others, and that one should try his or her best even though chances might be slim. Wataru happened to have Kouga under his tutelage while a boy, playing a vital role in helping to foster the youth into who he is now. Sent on a mission to find the red-masked man, Wataru is ambushed by the villain as he marks him with the seal of destruction, causing his inner darkness to awaken. Being almost completely taken over by his dark side, Wataru is forced to attack his fellow Makai Knights as he attempts to keep himself at bay. He tried to kill himself to avoid being taken over completely by the darkness within him, only to be stopped by his evil side. Eventually, Kouga and Tsubasa manage to purge the evil influence from his armor and returning him to normal. While telling Kouga of the possible tension between the knights and the priests that can be caused by the Sigma Fudou's actions, Wataru recognizes him as his pupil.

Wataru is portrayed by Kenji Matsuda (松田 賢二, Matsuda Kenji), known for his roles in Kamen Rider Hibiki and Kamen Rider Kiva.

Gouki Fudou

Gouki Fudou (布道 ゴウキ, Fudō Gōki) is Sigma and Reo's father, and the former Lord, the Flash Knight. Seen only in flashbacks, Gouki trained his sons for having one of them inheriting his title. However, despite Sigma being the stronger among the twins, Gouki chose Leo as his successor instead, claiming that while strength is important, the heart is what makes a warrior. Gouki sees this to be essential for a Makai Knight must be a protector, a trait which Sigma lacks.

Gouki is portrayed by Daisuke Ban (伴 大介, Ban Daisuke).

Madougu

Madougu are sentient items that serve Makai Knights with advice and magical powers.

Zaruba

Madou Ring Zaruba (魔導輪ザルバ, Madōrin Zaruba) is the Madou Ring created by Amon and originally owned by Taiga Saezima, the previous holder of the Garo title. After Taiga was killed, Kouga inherited his father's ring. In contrast to both Taiga and Kouga's more deadpan and silent personalities, Zaruba is very talkative and cheeky, and does not hesitate to make fun of his master as well as those nearby. The full extent of Zaruba's abilities and knowledge is unknown; throughout the series he's able to help dispel confusion, detect various spiritual energies, summon the Garoken, speak for the dead, temporary flight, breathe Madou Fire (in the Crimson Forest), detect Horrors, create parts of himself into a ring to acts as an transceiver, see through illusions, converse with Kouga telepathically and act as a temporary storage for miniature items. He helped trained Kouga when Kouga was still a young child since Taiga's death, advised him on a variety of matters and even taught Kouga how to play Poker. His aid is not limited to Makai Knights—Kaoru once used Zaruba to guide her through the Crimson Forest back to the human world.

During Garo's final fight against Kiba, Kouga could not summon his armor due to a magic seal placed by Kiba. Zaruba told Kouga to throw him into the dimensional rift in an attempt to bring him his armor. After a long exaggerated battle with Kiba, Kouga tried to summon Garo again and this time Kouga's armor was brought out by cherubs to help him gear up, signifying that this was a different, more powerful summon of the armor. The armor was slightly different this time, and included a cape unlike previous transformations. Zaruba apparently used all of his energy to merge the power of all the past Garo knights into the armor temporarily and bring it to Kouga, and after his victory, he was too weak to hold onto his form and disintegrated.

Before parting ways, Rei gave Kouga a re-forged Zaruba as a token of appreciation from the Western Watchdog, though he retained his old personality, he did not have any of his previous memories before being reforged and he didn't like his name. From Garo: Red Requiem onward, his eye color was changed to dark red from its original black. The name "Zaruba" means "friend" in the old Makai language.

Zaruba is voiced by Hironobu Kageyama (影山 ヒロノブ, Kageyama Hironobu).

Silva

Madou Necklace Silva (魔導具シルヴァ, Madōgu Shiruba) is the necklace-type Madougu of Rei, also known as Zero, the Silver Fanged Knight. Unlike other Madougu, she has a human like-face. She is composed in personality and behaves in a lady-like manner. Originally belonging to Douji, Siliva her previous master's murderer to be another Makai Knight. Though her full abilities are unclear, she serves merely as both Rei's advisor and Horror detector as well as his sole companion. During Rei's battle with Gulm, Silva took a hit meant for Rei and was damaged as a result. By the events of Garo Special: Beast of the Midnight Sun, Silva is repaired and converted into a pin that is attached to Rei's left glove. Unlike most Madougu, who refer to their owners by name, Silva only refers to Rei as "Zero." The name "Silva" means "family" in the old Makai language.

Silva is voiced by Ai Orikasa (折笠 愛, Orikasa Ai).

Goruba

Madou Bracelet Goruba (魔導具ゴルバ, Madōgu Goruba) is the bracelet-type Madougu of Tsubasa, also known as Dan, the Midnight Sun Knight. Similar to Zaruba and Silva, Goruba also serves as Horror detector. From Zaruba's comment, it is suggested that Goruba is very old. During the Legules tribe's attack, Goruba was possessed. Once Legules leaves him to kidnap Rin and take the Phosphorus Spear, Goruba reveals the Horror's scheme.

Goruba is voice by Kenichi Ogata (緒方 賢一, Ogata Ken'ichi).

Uruba

Madou Mirror Uruba (魔導具ウルバ, Madōgu Uruba) is the circlular mirror-type Madougu of Wataru Shijima also known as Baron, the Thunder Knight. Child-like in personality, Uruba's face appears on the mirror's reflective surface.

Uruba is voiced by Ai Orikasa.

Eruba

Madou Ring Eruba (魔導輪エルバ, Madōrin Eruba) is the Madou Ring of Reo Fudou, also known as Lord, the Flash Knight. She is an old woman in personality.

Eruba is voiced by Ai Orikasa.

Makai Priests

Amon

Priest Amon (阿門法師, Amon Hōshi) is a Makai Priest who was known to be one of the greatest Makai Priest to have ever lived. He helped Taiga in creating anti-Horror weapons, spells and devices. He was the one who created Zaruba, stating that his greatest regret in Zaruba's creation is giving him a loud mouth. He's similar to Chinese Tao masters who learned Makai techniques along with martial arts to slay Horrors. He loves drinking red sake and playing bar chess, wagering 10 years of life to the winner of the game. Amon never completed his game with Taiga and waited 20 years for Kouga to replace his father. As Kouga nearly lost, Amon told him to return again to play another time. It wasn't long that he was murdered under mysterious circumstances and the Watchdogs fingered the murder to his proud student Jabi. He died holding a chess piece Koma, cluing that his killer was a Makai Knight, likely Barago. He contacted Rin to help him deliver a message to Kouga relating to Jabi.

Amon is portrayed by Akaji Maro (麿 赤児, Maro Akaji).

Jabi

Jabi (邪美) was student under Makai Priest Amon and was a childhood playmate of Kouga. She and Kouga trained together, but went their separate ways during their teenage years. Jabi is a sensually aggressive woman and wants to be a good woman rather than being a talented Makai Priest. She carries two Makai brushes to summon electrical attacks and has two red Makai flags used to ward off certain magical attacks. By the time the two crossed paths, Jabi was framed with the murder of her mentor and had stolen the purified Horror blades due to be forced repatriated. Though Kouga believed she wasn't responsible for the murder, Jabi was unable to trust him initially because Amon's murderer was a Makai Knight. She is shown to have feelings for Kouga, yet knowing full well that she cannot have him as his heart now belongs to Kaoru. Jabi reveals the Eastern Watchdogs' true nature before agreeing to Kouga enter the Crimson Forest once they deal with the Horror Blades. When she and Kouga attempted to perform the Force Repatriation on their own, Jabi was seemingly killed by a surprise attack from Kodama, vaporized with only her Makai Brush remaining.

In Garo Special: Beast of the Midnight Sun, it is revealed Jabi's body wasn't destroyed as presumed, but was recovered and incubating inside the Makai Tree, still alive yet stuck between life and death. Amon discovered the complication and dispatched Rin to help him inform Kouga that only a person with a strong bond with her can awaken her and bring her back to the living. With the help of Rin, he was able to enter the Makai Forest and fought his way to free Jabi. Jabi has since taken a liking to Rin and assisted Rin in her Makai training, eventually being acknowledges by Tsubasa a real person when she performed a painful Makai version of blood transfusion to dilute Legules's poison within Rin as there wasn't enough time to obtain Barankas fruit. After Legules is slain, Jabi decides to stay at Kantai as she found found someone she feels strongly to protect in Rin.

During the events of Garo: Makai Senki, Jabi arrives to Kouga's aid to repair Zaruba. In the process, she confronts masked Sigma Fudou as he attempted to steal Zaruba from her for use in a ritual. Stealing him back and driving Sigma back, Jabi has Zaruba promise not to tell Kouga of what transpired as she later tells the Makai Knight to be wary of Makai Priests around him.

Jabi is portrayed by Yasue Sato (さとう やすえ, Satō Yasue). As a child, she is portrayed by Mizuho Kaneo (兼尾 瑞穂, Kaneo Mizuho).

Rin Yamagatana

Rin Yamagatana (山刀 鈴, Yamagatana Rin) appears in Garo Special: Beast of the Midnight Sun as a messenger of Makai Priest Amon. Rin is a young 11 year old Makai Priestess in training and little sister to Tsubasa (Dan the Midnight Sun Knight) from Kantai. She somehow managed to communicate with Amon and was given the mission to find Kouga. Amon instructed Rin to use horror blood to bait herself towards Horrors in hopes to find Kouga in his district. Rin's "fishing" found herself to Kouga and was taken into the Saezima household. Rin would use a special spirit summoning technique to communicate with Amon. Even though Kantai is Rin's home, it is a place filled with danger and spooks as various parts of Kantai are literal death traps. Rin knew enough to perform a special ceremony to open a gateway to help Kouga enter the Makai forest to help save Jabi. She was named after Kouga's mother Rin and Priestess Garai believe there's something remarkable that Rin was chosen for Kouga to help him.

It is revealed that she became a priestess to help bring back her brother's smile again. After Jabi was saved, Rin was poisoned by a piece of shrapnel from Legules during a night attack. Jabi performs a risky move in which she dilutes her blood with Rin using Madou Flames as a medium (Makai version of blood transfusion). The process made her experience great pain, but she survived the process and went to see Tsubasa. While having a moment with Tsubasa, Legules appeared out of Goruba and kidnapped Rin to the Abyss Forest. Legules had the Karakuri tie her down for a sacrificial ceremony. Kouga saved Rin and since have the love of Jabi as her protector.

Rin is portrayed by Yuzumi Shibamoto (柴本 優澄美, Shibamoto Yuzumi).

Garai

Priestess Garai (我雷法師, Garai Hōshi) is the Makai Priestess of Kantai and the very master that trained Rin Saezima. She's more of a teacher than a Makai Priest in her advance age. However her knowledge, experience and wisdom are great and her students reflect that level of respect for her.

Garai is portrayed by Kazue Tsunogae (角替 和枝, Tsunogae Kazue).

Rin Saezima

Rin Saezima (冴島 りん, Saejima Rin) is the wife of Taiga and mother to Kouga. She was trained as a Makai Priestess under Priestess Garai. She would eventually meet and marry Taiga and give birth to Kouga. Her life with Kouga was short when she died of illness. Kouga barely remembers her, but is reminded by Taiga of their time together as a family. In a flashback it is revealed her martial arts skills are on par with Taiga and always had baby Kouga close to her.

Rin is portrayed by Junko Tashiro (田代 純子, Tashiro Junko).

Rekka

Rekka (烈花) is a Makai Priestess and one of the disciples of Akaza whose father Kengi was murdered by the Horror Karma, allying herself to Garo during the events of Garo: Red Requiem. She is a tomboy in personality, resenting her feminine nature as it kept her from her childhood dream of becoming a Makai Knight and forced her to be trained as a Makai Priestess instead, briefly meeting Kouga during his training under Wataru. She wears a duster over her tunic, which is the common dressing style of Makai Knights instead of dressing like most other Makai Priests, presumably as a reminder of her original wish. Rather than becoming one who support Makai Knights as usually expected of other Makai Priests, she actively goes out to hunt Horrors on her own, resulting in her above-average martial capabilities. Among her abilities is the summoning of the fish-like Young Makai Dragons (魔界竜の稚魚, Makairyū no Chigyo) to seal Horrors.

Rekka is stoic and strong like Kouga, yet can be hot-headed and dedicated herself to hunting Horrors to the point where she would harm innocents in the process. She even resents having Kouga around at first as he might rob her of her chance of avenging her father. But during her time with Kouga, he gave Rekka the same lessons her father taught him and becomes a better person, especially when Kouga suffers serious injuries due to her over-eager approach of getting her hands on Karma. She played a key role in helping Kouga take down Karma by summoning the spirits of the fallen within the Mirror Realm, allowing Kouga to assume a more powerful form and turn the tables on Karma. Taking over the late Akaza's territory after defeating Karma, Rekka gives Kouga one of Makai Dragons if he should need to contact her and vice versa. She reappears in Garo: Makai Senki when she and Kouga cross paths hunting Sedinbale, learning more about him as a person as well as his weakening condition. After the re-sealing of Sedinbale, now understanding the Makai Knights' resolve and having new-found respect for Kaoru, Rekka returns to her territory. She confronted Shiguto, who is enthralled by Sigma's ideals and wish for Rekka to come along, reminding him of the promise they made to Kouga and asserting that no good will come to humanity, should the Knights and Priests get busy fighting each other.

Rekka is portrayed by Mary Matsuyama (松山 メアリ, Matsuyama Meari).

Shiguto

Shiguto (シグト) is one of the disciples of Akaza.

Shiguto is portrayed by Masahiro Kuranuki (倉貫 匡弘, Kuranuki Masahiro).

Akaza

Akaza (アカザ) is a Makai Priest who usually runs the antique shop Akadou (あかどう, Akadō). He supplies Kouga with the tools to fight Karma. However, it is revealed he fell for one of Karma's illusions. To atone for his sins, he sacrifices himself to allow Rekka to summon the souls of the Makai Knights and empower Garo's armor.

Akaza is portrayed by Yousuke Saitou (斉藤 洋介, Saitō Yōsuke).

Reo Fudou/Lord the Flash Knight

Reo Fudou (布道 レオ, Fudō Reo) is a young Makai Priest serving the Senate whose youth belittles the extent of his genius. However, Reo is also the Makai Knight Lord, the Flash Knight (閃光騎士・狼怒, Senkō Kishi Rōdo, ) and hid this fact from the Senate. As Lord, Reo dons a suit of marine blue armor, with a horned wolf helmet. Reo is the one who invented the mechanical creatures known as Gouryu that his fellow Makai Priests begin using to fight Horrors, though he does not show the same liking or passion with conventional machines. He is surprisingly humble and friendly for a young genius, without even the slightest hint of cockiness or sense of superiority, though he is shown to have a sharp tongue. Like his brother, he has no qualms about using questionable methods when it comes to banishing the Horror menace, though nowhere near as extreme as methods of Sigma. This is evident when he persuades Mio that it is alright for Sigma to use Gyanon in his creation of Idea, and he himself later creates masterpiece Gouryu Colt by literally reprogramming a Horror to be Colt's artificial intelligence, and shows irritation when Kouga warned him about using such dangerous methods.

Both he and Sigma were trained to be Makai Knights from a very young age, and both were extremely gifted as both learned advanced magic without any formal training. Sigma was revealed the be the comparatively and significantly more gifted sibling and was the one responsible for both initiating Reo's training in magic as well as influencing him in deciding to become a Makai Priest, so as to aid Sigma when Sigma got old enough to inherit the title of Lord and the armor. Reo studied magic alongside his Makai Knight training with that intention in mind. Surprisingly, when they had both came of age, their father decided to pass the title and armor to Reo instead, enraging Sigma and prompting him to run away from home. He appealed on Sigma's behalf but his father persisted in his decision nonetheless. Sigma returned three years later when their father passed away. While Reo was happy to see him and wanted to pass the title and armor back to him, Sigma declared that he too shall be a Makai Priest, having found a way to permanently rid the world of Horrors, and declaring that soon, all Makai Knights shall be rendered redundant. The way to it would his ultimate Magouryu, Idea.

He was also a good friend of Mio, a mute Makai Priestess who was both his and Sigma's friend. She went on a trip to look for Sigma who ran away from home, and later when Sigma came home, went together with Sigma to look for ways in completing Idea, the ultimate Magouryu conceived by Sigma. She was devastated when she found out later that one of the criteria of completing Idea was providing large numbers of human sacrifices used as fuel to activate Gyanon's powers, but eventually she decided to stop Sigma herself prior to sending Reo a letter detailing what would be a suicide mission while revealing his brother's madness. Upon reading, Reo arrives at Sigma's lair too late to save Mio for his brother's wrath.

At the start of the series when Kouga is made a Makai Knight of the Senate, Reo is assigned to be his partner. During one of their earlier missions together, the aforementioned Colt goes rogue, Reo attempts to sacrifice himself to stop Colt from becoming a menace before Kouga stops him and subdues the Gouryu. He is also a caring friend to Kouga, constantly worried about the seal on Kouga's chest. While taking Kaoru with him to see the Spirit Beast in hopes that it would restore the Madou Brush that belonged to someone dear to him, revealed later to be Mio. Reo is forced to reveal his Makai Knight swordsmanship in front of Kaoru to stave off the Spirit Beast's guardian beast, and asks her later to tell no one, especially Kouga, of his ability to wield a sword along with their encounter with the sacred animal. Reo later tells Kaoru that he will be leaving for a while, with his connection to the red-masked man revealed over time as his twin brother, Sigma Fudou. Eventually, Reo is forced to become Lord in order to save a weakened Kouga from Sigma. He tries to reason with Sigma, only for his twin to denounce him as his brother.

Reo is portrayed by Ozuno Nakamura (中村 織央, Nakamura Ozuno). As a child, he is portrayed by Ken Uekusa (植草 賢, Uekusa Ken).

Ratess

Ratess (ラテス, Ratesu) is a Makai Priest serving the Senate who is extremely prideful due to his lack of inner darkness and strict adherence to the rules, also harboring a hatred for Makai Knights, perceiving them to be conceited just because they are the ones to hunt Horrors. Meeting Kouga while given the task to deliver a Spirit Beast pelt to other Makai Priests, Ratess voices his apparent dislike for Kouga while stating his ideals that in the business of eliminating Horrors, individual strength matters little. However, Ratess is later revealed to be in league with the red-masked man, identifying with his ideal of removing the Makai Knights and dream of the day where Makai Priests will rule everything again. He kept the Spirit Beast pelt and personally delivering it to the red-masked man along with the Madou Brushes of other Makai Priests dedicated to their cause. However, refusing to give up a key on his person, Ratess is murdered by red-masked man, stating that he has no intention of being king and that Ratess is just as arrogant as the Knights they both resent, and thus has no right to live.

Ratess is portrayed by Houka Kinoshita (木下 ほうか, Kinoshita Hōka).

Mio

Mio (ミオ) is a mute Makai Priestess who was a good friend of Sigma and Reo, seen only in flashbacks. After Sigma left when denied the title of Lord, Mio chose to look for him and became his assistant in the construction of Idea. During her research, she came across records of the Horror Gyanon and expressed her fearful dismay of Sigma intending to use its corpse as Idea's core. Though she visited Reo to state her fears of this venture, Mio is devastated later upon learning that a large amount of human souls are needed to power Idea. Sending Reo a message about his brother's intentions, Mio attempted to destroy Gyannon. However, though it pained him, Sigma murdered her with Reo arriving too late. Since then, Reo kept Mio's Madou Brush on his person.

Mio is portrayed by Sayaka Yoshino (吉野 紗香, Yoshino Sayaka).

Other protagonists

Kaoru Mitsuki

Kaoru Mitsuki (御月 カオル, Mitsuki Kaoru) is the narrator and the female protagonist of the series. She is a 22-year-old aspiring artist who's always having trouble making money. Kouga spared her life after she was splashed with Angry's blood, claiming he did so to use her as bait. He secretly tries to find a way to cure her, rather than killing her. Because of the Horror blood that stained her, she attracts Horrors constantly; she doesn't know she's being pursued half the time because Kouga does his best to withhold the truth and quietly deal with the Horrors that approach her. Kaoru eventually was evicted from her house and temporarily freeloaded at Asami's place. After Kaoru's bad cooking gave Asami food poisoning, she moved into Kouga's home. She literally took Kouga's words of staying close as an excuse to move in. Kouga wanted her to at least earn her keep, but her cooking was so horrible that Gonza became ill. Her mother is Karin Mitsuki (御月 かりん, Mitsuki Karin).

Kaoru has feelings for Kouga as well, but was devastated when she found out Kouga used her as Horror bait, even though Kouga actually never did it until the occasion where she found it out. Kaoru always seem to manage to involve herself with a Horror all on her own, and that's why Kouga always says she's an unlucky woman. For her protection, Kouga placed a special ring created by Zaruba in one of her fingers, allowing him to always locate Kaoru's position when necessary and be alerted if a Horror is close to her, though she forced Zaruba to take it back when the truth came out. Eventually, Kouga managed to save Kaoru's life with the Barankas fruit.

Later it is revealed Kaoru and her father have been involved with Horrors and Garo since her childhood. Her father, Yuji Mitsuki (御月 由児, Mitsuki Yūji), was a famous artist who created a children's picture book, in which the hero is a golden knight that reflects his experience when he was saved by Taiga, but the last page was left blank. Kaoru herself was chosen out of six girls by Barago as the medium to summon Messiah and serve as her host in the human world. She eventually went to Italy to further her studies in art, finishing the last page of one of his fathers Golden Knight picture book and giving it to Kouga. Though it was never revealed to the audience what the last page looks like, it nonetheless brought Kouga to tears.

She was seen painting a picture near the end of Beast of the Midnight Sun in the Saezima estate, welcoming Kouga home and seen holding hands with him. By the time of Garo: Makai Senki, she becomes a regular visitor to the Saezima estate and is currently working on publishing her own picture book. Having gone through many hardships with Kouga, she has come to understand him enough to be able see through his stoicism much like Gonza can, and now far more willing to put up with Kouga's antics.

Kaoru is portrayed by Mika Hijii (肘井 美佳, Hijii Mika). As a child, she is portrayed by Kanami Katchi (甲地 夏波, Katchi Kanami). Yuji and Karin are portrayed by Katsuyuki Murai (村井 克行, Murai Katsuyuki) and Asako Kobayashi (小林 麻子, Kobayashi Asako).

Gonza Kurahashi

Gonza Kurahashi (倉橋 ゴンザ, Kurahashi Gonza) the butler of the Saezima household and the only family Kouga had after his parents died. Gonza attends to all butler related duties like cleaning the house and cooking, while also advises Kouga on certain matters. He helped raise and assist Kouga with his training since childhood. Though he has been exposed to the Makai world for over twenty years (between Taiga and Kouga), Gonza is a regular person without any form of Makai training other than the ability to read the old Makai script.

He considers his relationship with Kouga and Kaoru closer than blood-related family. He was featured in Garo Side Story as "God of Pictures", but the sequence was part of Kaoru's dream. Gonza was featured in Garo Special: Beast of the Midnight Sun as his usual self looking after the household.

Gonza is portrayed by Yukijiro Hotaru (螢 雪次朗, Hotaru Yukijirō).

Asami Shinohara

Asami Shinohara (篠原 亜佐美, Shinohara Asami) is Kaoru's best friend. She always helped Kaoru's financial problems by giving her financial tips, loans, and job references. When Kaoru lost her apartment Asami reluctantly allowed Kaoru to move in for a few days. Kaoru made a dish for Asami as a way to appease her, but made her sick instead. Asami was sent to the hospital, which at the time was filled with Horrors, but she was not devoured. Asami eventually was phased out of the story line and only appeared once in a while to show she's still in contact with Kaoru. She returned as the "God of Painting" in Garo Side Story.

Asami is portrayed by Mina Fukui (福井 未菜, Fukui Mina).

Shizuka

Shizuka (静香) is the deceased lover of Rei. She too was an orphan and was taken into a lavish estate alongside Rei. Shizuka's origins aren't known, but for some unexplained reason she was killed by Barago. It was Shizuka's death that drove Rei to a path of vengeance.

Shizuka is portrayed by Alisa (有紗, Arisa).

Grace

Grace (グレス, Guresu) is a High Priestess of the Senate, and the direct superior of Kouga and Reo.

Grace is portrayed by Yuriko Hishimi (ひし美 ゆり子, Hishimi Yuriko).

Antagonists

Barago the Black Fang/Kiba the Dark Knight

Barago (バラゴ) is the main antagonist of the first series. Barago is the only Makai Knight who transforms without a Soul Metal weapon, but instead a Madou necklace, blowing on it to activate it, then swinging it to become the Dark Knight. Unlike other Makai Knights, Barago's Death Metal armor is organic-looking due to the Horrors he has absorbed.

Barago was the son of a Makai Knight and a Makai Priestess and had a happy childhood. When his mother fell ill, Barago intended to protect his mother and thus decided to become a Maki Knight himself through harsh training. However, forced to watch his mother turn into a Horror before his father kills her, Barago left home to find a himself another teacher, as he was unsure if his training with his father was of any use. News of his father's death came to him soon after he left home, but he felt no sadness as he thinks that his father died because he was weak. To that end, he became a talented Makai disciple of Taiga Saezima, hoping to become the next Garo. But refused the right, Barago's desperation for power grew and Messiah heard his need, appearing before him when he enter a forgotten lair filled with forbidden techniques. Messiah proceeded to offer Barago her power in return of enacting the legend of Kiba the Dark Knight (暗黒騎士・呀, Ankoku Kishi Kiba), giving him both the name and armor of Kiba.

After enduring the Soul Armor's time limit, managing to will himself out of his Lost Soul Beast Kiba (心滅獣身呀, Shinmetsu Jūshin Kiba) form by absorbing a Horror, Barago proceeds to assimilate the attributes of Horrors he defeats through absorption; however, this came at the cost of his own humanity. Subsequent usage of the forbidden magics tainted the Soul Armor and reconfigured its form with more Horror-like features and twisted Barago's soul. It was then that Taiga was forced to take action against Barago, pursuing his corrupt disciple and engaged him in combat. Though he fatally wounded his former mentor, Barago was scarred with the "Mark of Death" as Taiga's final move in hope that the scar's effect would kill him in a few days. But the Horrors dwelling inside Barago's body enabled him to elude death, though his face became horribly deformed. It was by that time that Barago came to the realization that he despised Makai Knights more than Horrors as he devoured them as well.

Barago soon began to devise a plan to plant dark Yīn essence into objects to attract Horrors so he could personally absorb them and amplify his own power. Because of his amplified strength over years of reaching his quota of a thousand absorbed Horrors, he's grown stronger than any Makai Knight and eventually defeated his nemesis Bado. With his ultimate goal nearly achieved, Barago proceeds to find an ideal girl to serve as a living gateway for Messiah to possess: a girl of age six born on the sixth day of the sixth month. He found Kaoru soon after and marks her to become his gateway. Murdering Bado, Storm Knight (the previous Silver Fang), Barago used a potion he stole from Rei's foster father to change his face, disguising himself as Karune Ryuzaki (龍崎 駈音, Ryūzaki Karune) to oversee Kaoru's well-being as her personal psychiatrist and counselor. It was by this time that Barago learned that Bado left a means of redemption in his being and was ordered by Messiah to remove all traces of it from his body.

The Eastern Watchdog also allied themselves with Barago to help bring forth Messiah, giving him the Ankokuzan halberd to single-handedly absorb a giant Horror that overwhelmed Garo and Zero. When Barago's arrangements are nearly complete, he kidnaps Kaoru to begin the summoning ritual to call forth Messiah. He proceeds to reveal his life story to Kaoru before Messiah takes her over and has Barago severe his ties with his mother in order to destroy the very last trace of light. However, now beyond redemption, Barago learns too late that he was just being used by the Horror as Messiah "ate" Barago with little resistance. But his body returned to the living world after Messiah was defeated by Kouga, fully possessed by the armor of Kiba. Now nothing more than a Horror, Kiba battles Garo and Zero, only to be destroyed by the former in a one-on-one swordfight.

As Kiba, he uses the Kokuenken (黒炎剣, Kokuenken, Black Flame Sword), which can morph into the Enma Zankouken (閻魔斬光剣, Enma Zankōken, Enma Light-Cleaving Sword) while he is on foot or on the back of Raigou. Kiba also once used a halberd called the Ankokuzan (暗黒斬, Ankokuzan, Darkness Slash).

Barago is portrayed by Kenichi Kobayashi (小林 健一, Kobayashi Ken'ichi), voiced by Mizuho Yoshida (吉田 瑞穂, Yoshida Mizuho) in Kiba Gaiden. As Ryuzaki, he is portrayed by Masaki Kyomoto (京本 政樹, Kyōmoto Masaki). As a child, he is portrayed by Raima Hiramatsu (平松 來馬, Hiramatsu Raima).

The Three Priestesses/Gulm

The Three Priestesses (三神官, San Shinkan) are three ancient priestesses of the Eastern Watchdog castle, they assumed the forms of three little girls in white angelic clothing. Their names starting from oldest to youngest (left to right) are Keiru (ケイル), Beru (ベル), and Rose (ローズ, Rōzu) (A pun on Cerberus). Their thoughts are so unified that they sometimes complete each other's sentences in conversations. As revealed by Jabi, the Three Priestesses were only a single human who was chosen to be the link between Makai and the human world. However, though receiving eternal life, the Eastern Watchdog's body decayed overtime and the spirit divided into its three current forms, bound to confinement within the heart of the Eastern Watchdog castle with only their "son" Kodama to keep them company over the centuries.

At first they performed their expected duties for Kouga, but were actually associated with Barago for the common goal of unleashing Messiah and secretly feeding him the purified Horror blades rather than perform the repatriation ceremony. During the early part of their partnership, the three misused Horror and Madou materials to try to kill those that interfere with their plans. In the process Amon was murdered and Jabi disposed of, using Rei's need to avenge his step family to kill Kouga off as well before Kiba reveals himself.

Later Barago brought a recently dead female human body to serve as a host for the Watchdog Priestesses' spirits, assuming their true forms as three old women while melding into the host body. The host, named Gulm (ガルム, Garumu, after Garm), enabled the spirits within her to leave their place in order to help Barago with his plan. Although Gulm was apparently helping Barago to obtain immortality, she was really just using him to bring Messiah into this world. After Kodama's death, Gulm expressing great sorrow over his demise and hatred when she attempts to stop Kouga from interfering with Messiah's plans, assuming her own Cerberus-style Makai armored form, Beast Gulm (獣化ガルム, Jūka Garumu) to stop the Makai Knights. As Beast Gulm. she fights using an arc and stronger versions of Kodama's attacks. However, Zero held her at bay before she overpowers him. But in her overconfidence of the situation, Gulm leaves herself open to be impaled by Rei. After the fall of Gulm, a new Watchdog was assigned to the eastern district to direct Garo on Makai missions.

Keiru, Beru, and Rose are portrayed/voiced by Keaki Watanabe (渡辺 けあき, Watanabe Keaki)/Fumiko Inoue (井上 富美子, Inoue Fumiko), Anri Okamoto (岡本 杏理, Okamoto Anri)/Machiko Kawana (川名 真知子, Kawana Machiko), and Yukina Kashiwa (柏 幸奈, Kashiwa Yukina)/Akemi Satō (佐藤 朱, Satō Akemi). Gulm is portrayed by Kimika Yoshino (吉野 公佳, Yoshino Kimika).

Kodama

Kodama (コダマ) is the "butler" of the Three Watchdog Priestesses, Eurasian in appearance, and his relationship with them is that he is their son. Kodama's position has him serve the Watchdogs, carrying out their orders and protecting them from harm. He's highly skilled in martial arts and doesn't fear taking on a Makai Priest or Makai Knight. Though he was outsmarted by Jabi in their first encounter he took advantage of a momentary distraction from Jabi and Kouga to shoot her in the back.

Though apparently unable to talk, Kodama can use his voice to summon magical destructive blue orbs, and throw them at his enemies. The longer and louder he can shout, the bigger and stronger the magical orbs will be. In his last fight, Kodama transformed himself in armored monster called Demon Beast Armored Kodama (魔獣装甲コダマ, Majū Sōkō Kodama) to fight Garo, but was easily killed by Kouga once he is possessed by his armor. His name is derived from the Japanese word meaning "echo." In the Garo Side Story, you finally see him speak; unfortunately, he talks extremely loud and fast in English, which Kaoru mistakes for the Kansai dialect.

Kodama is portrayed by Mark Musashi (マーク武蔵, Māku Musashi).

Elda

Elda (エルダ, Eruda) is a Makai Guide who supported Barago, able to predict the future with her tarot cards. In the past, she was a partner to a Makai Knight named Shinji (シンジ) and was in love with him. However, that changed when the two are sent to find the remains of the Horror Gyanon, with Elda having a sense of dread from her cards. The dread would be revealed when Shinji is slaughtered by the two Makai Knights accompanying them. Horrified, Elda is fatally wounded with her final moments filled with hatred for everyone while knowing that the Horror's corpse has been moved in secret. But when Barago arrived, killing the Makai Knights in his own search for Gyanon, he offers to save Elda. She accepted his offer to join his cause and was infused with new life from the energies of Horrors that he absorbed. After Kaoru was kidnapped, a jealous Elda was entrusted to look after the girl until Barago finished the preparations.

Elda is portrayed by Leah Dizon (リア・ディゾン, Ria Dizon).

Sigma Fudou

Sigma Fudou (布道 シグマ, Fudō Shiguma) is the main antagonist of Garo: Makai Senki. Sigma is Reo's older twin brother who trained alongside Reo under their father to see which of them can bare the title of Lord. Though the more gifted twin, Sigma influenced Reo in deciding to become a Makai Priest, so as to aid Sigma as he seemed able to become the next Flash Knight. However, lacking the will to protect others, Sigma was denied the right to the title and left home in fury to find his own path. Meeting his brother years later after their father passed away, though offered the title of Lord by his brother, Sigma refuses to become a Makai Knight and has chosen to become a Makai Priest instead. From his journey, Sigma resolved to end the Horrors forever by constructing the Magouryu Idea, which will end the Horror menace once and for all. With the aid of his childhood friend, Mio, Sigma found a power source for Idea in the Horror Gyanon. But from there, Sigma began to gather large numbers of human scum as sacrifices to power his creation. Refusing to allow this, Mio attempted to destroy Gyanon with Sigma forced to kill her before he slammed his left hand onto the Horror's corpse in rage over another loved one's betrayal, causing his left arm to take on a red Horror-like appearance with a mask covering his face.

Known originally as the red-masked man (赤い仮面の男, akai kamen no otoko) when he makes his presence known to the Senate, Sigma engraves the Seal of Destruction (破滅の刻印, Hametsu no Kokuin) on Kouga and other Makai Knights like Rei and Tsubasa, the effect being that it shortens the inflicted Makai Knight's lifespan whenever they don their Makai armor, with chronic pain a side effect that intensifies each time the armor is summoned, weakening the Makai Knights gradually over time, and eventually killing them when he activates the seal. Possessing a tablet with ancient Makai writing, Sigma attempts to translate it with the aid of the Horror Sedinbale. He also uses Ratess to obtain the Spirit Pelt needed to control Gyanon, before killing him to get the key Ratess carries with him for accessing the Madou Train. Though unmasked during his fight with Kouga and Rei, they and everyone in the Senate were under the impression that he is Reo, though Kouga has doubts about that nonetheless, until later when Reo arrives to Kouga's aid against his brother. Frustrated at being betrayed by another of his loved ones, Sigma declares Reo to no longer be his brother. Shortly, with the time is now ripe for Idea's activation, Sigma sends every Makai Knight a message that he shall spare those who renounce being Makai Knights from his seal's activation with the exception of Kouga.

While having the skills of both Makai Knights' swordsmanship and Makai Priests' magic, Sigma also utilizes the power of Horrors since his arm's transformation upon touching Gyanon's flesh. He can also don the Jaaku (邪悪) armor, created from his Knight opponent's shadow only dissolves once his opponent removes his armor. He can also utilize Gouryujin to fight for him.

Sigma Fudou is portrayed by Ozuno Nakamura, who also plays Leo, although his voice is deepened. As a child, he is portrayed by Tsukasa Taguchi (田口 司, Taguchi Tsukasa).

Gigi

Gigi (ギギ) is originally a human who Sigma murdered so he can use her corpse in his experiments to create a familiar to serve him.

Gigi is portrayed by Hiromi Eguchi (江口 ヒロミ, Eguchi Hiromi).

Makai Entities

Old Woman Tamu

Old Woman Tamu (タム婆, Tamu Bā) is a living Makai gateway. Though humanoid, various parts of her body is composed of wood and branches. Between her "thighs" is the entrance to the Crimson Forest. Without permission from Tamu, no one can enter. She had a friendly relationship with Makai Priest Amon and enjoys sharing a cup of red sake with him.

Tamu is portrayed by Toshie Negishi (根岸 季衣, Negishi Toshie).

The Grou Dragon

The Grou Dragon (グラウ竜, Gurau Ryū) is the guardian of the Barankas fruit which it produces within its body. The Grou Dragon is a sentient mechanical dragon created by the Makai to reside inside the Crimson Forest and hunt the Horrors there. He has a main dragon head on the top and four sides to his body (almost cube-like). His cube-like body has a rustic color and when he speaks he rotates it to a different side of his body. Whenever he reacts to some thought his body makes a turn. Two sides of his body have a white naked woman statue, the front side a white gothic skull of a creature, and the back side with just gears that resemble the yin/yang sign. The Grou Dragon has a blaster-cannon, his statues are actually large mechanical claws, his gothic skull is actually a claw and grinder, and his gear side has multiple mechanical tentacles. He has four mechanical legs and his back is capable of bringing out two large wings for flight.

His only purpose is to destroy Horrors, but when he encountered Kouga he was curious about Kouga's nature to protect people. He challenged Kouga to a fight to examine his need to protect (save Kaoru) and offered him the Barankas Fruit as a victory prize if Kouga could defeat him with all his strength. The Grou Dragon helped Kouga summon his armor and Gouten to fight at his full potential while engaging in a clash of ideals if saving lives is more important than destroying Horrors. Kouga almost lost to him, but Zero stepped in to assist him. Kouga thought he lost the fight because he had help, but the Grou Dragon said that if Rei lend his power to Kouga, then that's also part of his power. Though the Grou Dragon vanished, Silva remarked that the Grou Dragon was never alive and that the power of the Makai will eventually recreate it. By the events of Makai Senki, the Grou Dragon becomes active again.

The Grou Dragon is voiced by Masakazu Handa (半田 雅和, Handa Masakazu).

The Makai Tree

The Makai Tree (魔戒樹, Makaiju) is a tree-like creature that resides in the Makai Forest. She kept Jabi within her stomach. Inside her stomach, the Makai Tree's a round squid-like creature with multiple eyes. She has many tentacles and can shoot spears out of her "body" to defend herself. She's not a malicious creature; she kept Jabi sleeping inside her stomach for a 200 year incubation. She claimed that Jabi wasn't ready to reincarnate (hinting the Makai Tree had plans for Jabi) when Kouga came to save her.

Kouga at first had to fight off the Makai Tree's illusionary attacks. The Makai Tree has the ability to take on the forms of people within the memories of Kouga. For Kouga it as easy when Barago, Kodama, and Rei appeared, but the most difficult was when Kaoru and Taiga's form was taken. Eventually Kouga learned to suppress his feelings just long enough to defeat the Makai Tree on the first round. During the second round Kouga had Gouten increase the Garo Zanbaken twice its size and surfed the sword into the Makai Tree's stomach. The Makai Tree's stomach exploded and Jabi was saved. Jabi was spirited back to the living. The Makai Tree was only defeated, not destroyed.

The Makai Tree is voiced by Yukari Okuda (奥田 ゆかり, Okuda Yukari).

The Spirit Beast

The Spirit Beast (霊獣, Reijū) is a white winged Qilin whose pelt is used as a material for making hairs of Madou Brushes and is the only thing can restore a brush's fading power, though hunting down the Spirit Beast without permission is strictly forbidden. The Spirit Beast can only seen by those who possess a ceremonial blade and travel through a certain path, and remain untainted by evil qi along the way. The Spirit Beast exists in a different plane of existence, as such, a final ritual of synchronizing one's spacetime with that of the Spirit Beast's is needed. Although the Spirit Beast is harmless, it is however, accompanied by a ferocious guardian beast called Origs (オリグス, Origusu) which attacks indiscriminately anyone who gets near the Spirit Beast. To those capable of painting, there is also a custom of giving a painting of the Spirit Beast to the person one cherishes the most.

Zaji

Zaji (ザジ, ) is a manifestation created from the essence of many Horrors who were killed by the Makai Knights bearing the title of Garo. Because of his origins, driven by the Horror essence that composes his being, Zaji exists to kill Golden Knights with extreme prejudice. Among his abilities is manipulation of time and space, using it to create a clone of himself and change the flow of time as well as the battlefield. Using a broken stone face from a sphinx-based Horror statue to gain physical form, Zaji challenges Kouga to a fight to the death. Once his identity is revealed during the fight by the will of the ancestors of Kouga taking form of the Golden Knight, Garo damages the statue's restored face to destroy the Horror Gate that enables Zaji to exist. Though defeated, Zaji points out that his kind will kill Kouga and his successors in time, and that Kouga shall not have peace until his death should he choose to walk the path of a Makai Knight.

Zaji is voiced by Hiroyuki Amano (天野 ひろゆき, Amano Hiroyuki).

Gajari

Gajari (ガジャリ) is a mysterious being within the Senate's walls. While it is not an evil being, it sees no distinction between humans and Horrors and will harm any of the former that come before him uninvited. It seems to hold a rather respected position within the Makai Senate as it can summon Makai Knights before him if it sees a need to do so.

Gajari is voiced by Ryūzaburō Ōtomo (大友 龍三郎, Ōtomo Ryūzaburō).