List of Darker than Black characters

The following is a list of characters from Darker than Black: Kuro no Keiyakusha and Darker than Black: Ryūsei no Gemini which were created by Bones.

The Syndicate

At the beginning of the series, The Syndicate (組織, Soshiki) is introduced as a mysterious underground organization with no apparent objective. Its operatives work with both Contractors and Dolls to achieve their objectives, and even have access to M.E. technology in order to erase sightings of their affairs from witness' minds. The Syndicate makes extensive use of "word of mouth" communication in relaying both missions and operative status. In the later course of the show, it is revealed that The Syndicate is in fact merely another façade for a global organization, in control of the PANDORA institute, that declares to be looking for stabilizing the planet's status and destroying the Hell's Gate.

From left to right: Huang, Yin, Hei, Mao

Hei (黒, lit. Black), also known as Li Voiced by: Hidenobu Kiuchi (Japanese); Jason Liebrecht (English), Voiced by: Miyu Irino (Japanese); Jason Liebrecht (English) (childhood)

Codename "Hei", the main protagonist, is an elite Contractor, with the Messier Code BK-201. Hei has a double persona in the series. In the general public he is referred to as Li Sheng Shun (李舜生（リ・シュンシェン）, Ri ShenShun) (as seen in episode 11, 04:57 minutes into the episode), a good-natured Chinese exchange student living in the Umitsuki apartments and occasionally working in his "part time job". He has short black hair and a large appetite. He went rogue after going against the Syndicate with Yin and Mao, hiding in Russia as a CIA agent.

Li's other persona is that of the Contractor with the codename "Hei," simply known as BK-201 by authorities or as "The Black Reaper" ("Kuro no Shinigami") by other Contractors. His original name was never stated. Even before becoming a Contractor Hei worked as an assassin, earning his nickname. As Hei, he operates in a mask, a bullet resistant overcoat, and gear suiting a military operative.

Li possesses the ability to generate and discharge electricity through conductive media (i.e. he cannot discharge it through air or concrete), at sufficiently high amounts to kill grown men or short out a building's electrical systems. It is later discovered his actual ability was inherited from his sister and it grants him the ability of molecular manipulation. It is speculated that this inheritance means he might not have a remuneration (Another speculation that comes out of the manga, Darker than Black - Shikkoku No Hana, is that his remuneration is wearing his mask, which is unlikely becouse in the anime he is shown to use his powers many times in a short period of time without the need to wear it after). Hei has the ability to manipulate/disrupt matter on the quantum level which can produce electricity as the mildest effect or alter gate particles as an extreme effect. His trademark weapon is a knife on a metal wire, which he uses as an offensive weapon, a grappling hook, or as a conduit through which to discharge his electricity. As of Episode 3 of Gemini of the Meteor, Hei has lost his contractor powers due to a strange machine in an ambush by MIAC agents but still has most of his skills and equipment.

Li's mannerisms and behaviour are strange for the likes of a Contractor, whose mentality shouldn't be affected by normal feelings of compassion or sorrow. Hei acts upon these emotions regardless, making him somewhat enigmatic to Mao, Huang, and many of those he encounters. He displays a deep love for his sister, Pai, who disappeared during the events of South America and has been looking for her ever since. Hei also has a past history with the leader of the Evening Primrose and former Syndicate co-worker, Amber, of which the nature of their relationship is unclear.

Yin (銀, In, lit. Silver) Voiced by: Misato Fukuen (Japanese); Brina Palencia (English)

A supporter in Hei's team and an emotionless spirit medium known as a "Doll". Her power lies in tracking and eavesdropping by way of water. However, this power only takes effect when she is in the presence of water. Huang mentions that her "program" is a minimal one incapable of showing emotion or even allowing her to make decisions for herself, though, she later debunks this by making the decision to keep working with Hei and the others when given the choice of leaving. Her real name is Kirsi, which is a Finnish short form of either Kirsikka (meaning "cherry") or Christina , and she was once the student of a famed Finnish pianist by the name of Elis Kastinen (or Kostinen depending on translation, both are Finnish surnames). Little, if anything is known about her transformation into the medium known as a "doll". Yin's pale Irises (possibly cataracts) may contribute to her total or partial blindness. It is implied that she has feelings for Hei, when Amber compared that they were both similar in that aspect and asked her to take care of him. Throughout the course of the series, Yin begins to display emotions and her own will, deciding to follow Hei and remain to be his partner, and even observes and notices a change in his behaviour, despite not being ordered to do so. This has been made apparent when she called Hei from the void to come back to her and not leave her alone. In the process, her observation apparition evolved or upgraded, now having a human-like body shaped with her silhouette and is capable of physical touch .

She had went rogue with Hei after going against the Syndicate. However, she is apparently captured by the Japanese government and Section 3 while being dubbed as Izanami.

Huang (黄, Hwan, lit. Yellow) Voiced by: Masaru Ikeda (Japanese); John Swasey (English)

Huang's position can be interpreted as that of field supervisor. This is determined by the fact that Huang usually is the one giving orders and explaining the mission to the members of the team. Huang is usually very demanding of everyone on the team and often makes clear his distaste of working with Contractors and Dolls, the reason revealed later in the series. Aside from being the middle man between The Syndicate and the team, Huang will usually show up to provide backup in situations that would have normally contributed to the loss of one his team members. He is often seen in his trademark vest, coat, and beret, smoking a cigar and relaying information via cellphone. Huang was a police officer before joining the Syndicate and was known as Kiyoshi Kuno. After seeing a Contractor in action, which had been Shihoko, the Syndicate gave him the choice of joining their group or having his memories of the event erased. This was the cause of his hatred towards Contractors and dolls, since he fell in love with a contractor named Shihoko whom he thought only pretended to love him in order to extract information from him, which was used to kill his colleague and in the process erased the memories of his colleague's wife. When he met up with Shihoko again, on a mission, he found out the truth from her, that she was the reason why his memories wasn't erased, because she didn't want him to forget about the memories he had of her. She thought that erasing his memories is basically the same thing as killing him. Later on, he and the rest of his group are cut out of the Syndicate. Huang later dies while helping Hei and the others get to Hell's Gate.

His main weapon is a Beretta M 1934 pistol, he used a bolt action sniper rifle when he shot Itzhak.

Mao (猫, lit. Cat) Voiced by: Ikuya Sawaki (Japanese); Kent Williams (English)

A Contractor who has lost his original body and now resides within that of a black cat. His messier code is HM-432. His brain is directly connected to a wireless network which enables him to send and receive information at any time, as well as subduing the natural instincts of the animals he possesses. Mao usually creates diversions for Hei in battle. Mao's ability is to possess the bodies of other animals. While he lost his remuneration along with his body, he must connect periodically with the wireless network or run the risk of having the animal's natural instincts take over. Near the end of the series, his wireless connection is cut off when he defects from the Syndicate with the rest of his team, eliminating his human consciousness and resulting in his 'death.' However, he had a backup network under the control of an unknown organization and he manages to reunite with Hei. It is likely that "Mao" is his codename; like Hei, his real name was never stated. At the beginning of the second season, he is also in hiding in Russia with Hei and resides in the body of Suō's pet squirrel Pecha.

Mao hates the spring season as most cats would find a partner and try to breed kittens.

Non-affiliated individuals

Pavlichenko siblings during the events of Darker than Black. From left to right: Shion and Suō.

The following people have yet to be identified or not under an affiliated group.

Suō Pavlichenko (蘇芳・パブリチェンコ, Suō Paburichenko) Voiced by: Kana Hanazawa

A 13 year old girl who lives in Vladivostok, Russia. In the Gemini of the Meteor story arc, Suō becomes involved in the war and machinations between the various groups and Contractors, and her life is forever changed when she meets Hei. She is Eurasian, with a Japanese mother and Russian father. She also has a twin brother, Shion, who uses a wheelchair. She is later revealed to have some form of contractor ability when she goes into mental shock, which awakens her latent powers. She can manifest an anti-tank rifle (PTRD) from the meteor fragment she wears and wields it easily despite the heavy weight of the weapon; however, even though the weapon comes with its own amunition each time it's created, the wear and tear on it remains, so Suō must maintain it like any other riffle. Her remuneration is to fold origami. Her stated goal is to kill all Contractors, and the awakening of her latent powers is referred to by some characters as the "beginning of the end".

Shion Pavlichenko (紫苑・パブリチェンコ, Shion Paburichenko) Voiced by: Hōko Kuwashima

Suō's twin brother. He loses his right eye due to an accident with a falling meteor core fragment, however this incident turns him into a Contractor. His remuneration is to be forced to use a wheelchair every time he uses his power, which currently is not revealed. He has, however, displayed telepathic abilities, being able to mentally contact his sister and instruct her in how to get to safety during an attack on their home. He leaves behind a clue for Suō telling her he has left for Japan.

Dr. Mikhail Pavlichenko (ミハイル・パブリチェンコ博士, Mihairu Paburichenko Hakase) Voiced by: Katsunosuke Hori

Suō and Shion's father. Dr. Pavlichenko works for a research group studying the time and space distortion effects occurring on the planet. He is also the creator of the memory eraser. He is believed to be killed by Hei, but the latter denied doing so saying that the doctor was dead when he arrived.

Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department

Its HQ is temporarily located at present day Nippon Telegraph and Telephone East Corporation HQ, 19-2, Nishi-Shinjuku 3-chome, Shinjuku. The real-life MPD HQ at Kasumigaseki is now within the restricted area of the Hell's Gate in the Darker than Black universe.

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From left to right: Yutaka Kouno, Yuusuke Saitou, Misaki Kirihara, Kunio Matsumoto.

Public Security Bureau Foreign Affairs Section 4

Misaki Kirihara (霧原 未咲, Kirihara Misaki) Voiced by: Nana Mizuki (Japanese); Kate Oxley (English)

The Section-Chief of the Foreign Affairs Section 4 who is investigating matters that concern Contractors. Misaki has long brown hair and glasses and rarely smiles or laughs. She has a strong sense of justice and a sharp intuition. Kirihara became a policewoman in order to protect the weak, has a distaste for smokers due to their smell, and is sensitive about the exposure of her body. She likes eating greasy food but claims to stay fit due to constantly moving around everyday as part of her job. Her father is Superintendent Supervisor Naoyasu Kirihara of the National Police Agency. It appears that she has feelings for Hei.

After the events of Darker than Black and the Darker than Black: Shikoku no Hana manga, she resigns from the section and relocates to the Hachijo-Jima police station. She is then recruited into Section 3 with the alias of Yayoi Ichinose (一ノ瀬弥生, Ichinose Yayoi).

Yūsuke Saitō (斎藤 雄介, Saitō Yūsuke) Voiced by: Tomoyuki Shimura (Japanese); Christopher Sabat (English)

A subordinate of Kirihara's. Traditionally wears a business suit. Despite being an officer, he seems to have little common sense as he infiltrated a gang operation undercover using his real name. He has admitted to finding Kirihara scary. However, Saitō is loyal to Kirihara and protects her from harm, even when he thinks she's frightening. It is revealed in the OVA that Saito has feelings for Kirihara, however soon after verbalizing them his memory along with Kirihara's is erased due to a memory erasing substance accidentally released by Mao. He still works in the Department, but secretly maintains contact with Misaki.

Yutaka Kōno (河野 豊, Kōno Yutaka) Voiced by: Kōsuke Toriumi (Japanese); Todd Haberkorn (English)

Saito's partner

Kunio Matsumoto (松本 邦夫, Matsumoto Kunio) Voiced by: Nobuaki Fukuda (Japanese); Kenny Green (English)

The oldest member of Section 4

Mayu Ōtsuka (大塚 真由, Ōtsuka Mayu) Voiced by: Yūna Inamura (Japanese); Leah Clark (English)

Section 4's liaison officer with the Astronomy Bureau. In her private time, she's an otaku who enjoys anime and does anime/manga-based fanfiction stories.

Public Security Bureau

Yoshimitsu Hōrai (宝来 善充, Hōrai Yoshimitsu) Voiced by: Michihiro Ikemizu (Japanese); R Bruce Elliott (English)

Misaki's Boss; The Chief of the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department Public Security Bureau. It was revealed in the final episode that he planned the genocide of contractors with other influential members of the Syndicate.

National Astronomical Observatory of Japan

Its HQ is located at the present day National Astronomical Observatory of Japan, Mitaka Campus, Mitaka. It is affiliated with the Tokyo Metropolitan Police. It monitors and provides information on the actions of the Stars of Contractors in the "false sky". After Darker than Black and Darker than Black: Shikoku no Hana, the entire observatory was officially declared closed.

Kanami Ishizaki (石崎 香那美, Ishizaki Kanami) Voiced by: Sanae Kobayashi (Japanese); Monica Rial (English)

Kirihara's friend since high school and a head staffer at the observatory.

Stargazer-sama (星見様, Hoshimi-sama)Voiced by: Yoshiko Matsuo (Japanese); Juli Erickson (English)

A strange monk who sits in the center of the observatory and appears to be the chief observer of the stars. She speaks riddles or prophecy, and has been seen to be able to speak during Amber's freezing of time.

Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications

In the Darker than Black world, the MIAC has a black ops division known as Section 3, created 2 years after the attack on the PANDORA institute to eliminate any individual/group with links to the Syndicate. Currently, its present location is unknown.

In addition to its mostly Contractor agents, Section 3 has a covert paramilitary commando force armed with small arms, such as the MP5 submachine gun, and tactical gear.

MIAC operatives in Ryusei no Gemini. From left to right: Yōko Sawasaki, Mina Hazuki and Genma Shizume.

Gorō Kobayashi (小林吾朗, Kobayashi Gorō) Voiced by: Ryūzaburō Ōtomo

Head of the 2nd Investigate Division of the MIAC's Statistics Bureau. However, the position is merely a cover as head of Section 3.

Genma Shizume (鎮目弦馬, Shizume Genma) Voiced by: Kenta Miyake

A representative working for the Third Chief Clerk in the 2nd Investigative Division of the Statistics Bureau in the MIAC. He is a Contractor as well, having the ability to cover his body with construction debris or other material to form tank armour. His armored form enhances the power of his punches and protects him from bullets. His remuneration is to have moxibustion treatment each time his power is used. He uses traditional budō.

Mina Hazuki (葉月水無, Hazuki Mina) Voiced by: Mitsuki Saiga

A colleague of Genma's, Mina is a Contractor with the ability to turn anything into a bladed weapon, which she can then throw or use as a sword. She also uses retractable wires similar to Hei's. Her remuneration is to kiss a man, which she appears to dislike due to "bad aftertaste"; such is her dislike that with even two mouth washings, she resorts to kissing another woman to remove the taste. She seems to specialize in wetwork, wearing a half-faced balaclava and wielding a katana.

Yōko Sawasaki (沢崎耀子, Sawasaki Yōko) Voiced by: Kozue Yoshizumi

A staff member of the MIAC team with Genma and Mina. She usually performs support duties such as driving them around or tapping radio communications.

Michiru (ミチル) Voiced by: Marika Hayashi

An agent of Section 3. She was formerly a housewife to a local restaurant owner named Lebanon, who left him and their son Norio after turning to a Contractor by unknown means. She can manipulate a water source as a weapon and her remuneration is to bake cakes. She loses control of her powers in a battle with Suou, due to Yin's apparent interference, and died drowning in a sphere of water.

Secret Intelligence Service (MI6)

Like its real-life counterpart, its HQ is located at Vauxhall Cross. British Intelligence originally sent three operatives to Japan to retrieve Havoc. There are five known members:

November 11 (ノーベンバー11, Nōbenbā Irebun) Voiced by: Kazuhiko Inoue (Japanese); Troy Baker (English)

The field leader, presently charged with investigating BK201 and his cohorts. November 11's ability enables him to freeze liquids, including blood in the human body he does not have direct contact with. He is able to shape water into projectiles by freezing it and subsequently hurl them with lethal precision. He can also create protective shields out of frozen water. His remuneration is smoking cigarettes; a fact that peeves him to no end due to his aversion to smoking. He is MI6's top agent, and his civilian alias is Jack Simon. Through the series, he develops a close professional relationship with Misaki. After he discovers the true motives of the organization he works for he confronts Decade, becoming fatally wounded in the process. He later dies on the street after leaving a voice message on April's phone.

April (エイプリル, Eipuriru) Voiced by: Takako Honda (Japanese); Nazia Chaudhry (English)

A woman who supports November 11. Her power creates hurricanes which result in downpours, coating everything in water so that November 11 can freeze it. She can also control water more precisely, being able to engulf a person's head in water to drown him or her. Her remuneration is to drink beer, specifically Guinness in the anime. In contrast to November 11, she very much enjoys her remuneration due to her love for alcohol. She dies at the hands of Hei in the first episode of Gemini of the Meteor.

July (ジュライ, Jurai) Voiced by: Kiyomi Asai (Japanese); Cherami Leigh (English)

A young child most often seen being led around by April. He is a Doll whose observation powers rely on glass as a medium. He considers November and April to be his friends, a fact that initially astonishes Misaki and November as dolls are not supposed to think outside of their programming. April and July frequent November 11's roadside site of death with offers of a bouquet or cigarettes and a beer or two. In the third episode of the 2nd season, July assists Suō by helping her direct her new-found powers against the FSB and the MIAC, and later joins up with Hei's group, although his motivations for joining them remains unclear.

Decade (ディケイド, Dikeido) Voiced by: Akio Nojima (Japanese); Sean Hennigan (English)

A member of the Secret Intelligence Service (MI6). November 11's superior. He is killed by November 11 in Episode 22 after November discovers Decade's involvement in the massive effort to destroy Hell's Gate.

August 7 (オーガスト７, Ōgasuto Sebun) Voiced by: Masaya Matsukaze

Appearing in the Gemini of the Meteor story arc, August 7 is a Contractor who works at MI6. He has the ability to distort space around himself, allowing him to pull weapons out of thin air, as well as dodge bullets and knives. His remuneration is revealing the secrets of a magic trick. He is also nicknamed "Magician", and he wears a red coat and a black silk top hat. After April's death, August goes after Hei and Suō, but encounters the FSB. He dispatches the FSB agents easily and continues his pursuit, where he has a showdown with Hei. He is defeated and electrocuted by Hei, although he remains barely alive. Genma Shizume apparently finishes him off after Hei and Suō escapes into the sea, although no star is seen falling.

Evening Primrose

An organization promoting equal rights for contractors and their existence to be made public.

Amber (アンバー, Anbā) Voiced by: Tomoko Kawakami (Japanese); Laura Bailey (English)

The first confirmed Contractor, with her star's Messier code UB-001. She was originally a spy for MI6 with the codename February (フェブラリー, Feburarī) but later defected and joined the Syndicate, adopting "Amber" as her new name. She worked together with Hei and Pai in South America during the "Heaven's War", and founded her own organization, the Evening Primrose at that time. She went missing together with Pai and millions of other people when the Heaven's Gate disappeared, only to reappear later to fight the Syndicate with the rest of the strengthened Evening Primrose. Even after leaving the Syndicate, she chose to keep her codename "Amber," stating that she had grown attached to it.

Amber's ability is chronal manipulation, which includes temporal freezing of time and rewinding of events to an unknown degree. Elaborate usage of her power enables her to gain knowledge of future events, and then respond to them accordingly. Once time has been frozen around her, she can also pull other people out of the frozen time stream, while those still under her ability's effect will no longer detect her presence or movement. Her remuneration is aging backwards, making her appear frequently younger. Amagiri has warned her that she cannot use her ability flippantly, saying that she can only pay off her contract to a certain extent. Her overall objective is to destroying the Hell's Gate in a way that doesn't erase every Contractor from existence. Amber cares deeply about and has feelings for Hei, in spite of him believing her to be a traitor. To emphasize this, she often goes as far as to order her subordinates to avoid fighting Hei, even though this usually veers close to compromising their given mission objective. She maintains the mysterious Meteor Fragment retrieved from PANDORA's Gate Research Facility in her care in a pouch slung across her shoulder. After showing him all that he would have if he used his power to close off the gate (her, his friends, and his sister), she reveals the true extent of her feelings for him by sacrificing herself so that Hei may pursue, instead, the option of shutting down the particle accelerator that would destroy the gate instead of sacrificing Japan or all Contractors.

Amagiri (雨霧) Voiced by: Takuya Kirimoto (Japanese); Travis Willingham (English)

A portly, ginger-haired man whose left eye is frequently shut. His contractor ability enables him to project concussive blasts from his palms. He appears to be Amber's right-hand man, carrying out operations necessary to the Evening Primrose. His remuneration is the consumption of boiled eggs - a fact he does not like due to the cholesterol in them. Amagiri is burned to death by Mai after he destroys the decoy Neptune anti-Gate particle accelerator.

Brita (ブリタ, Burita) Voiced by: Chie Nakamura (Japanese); Jamie Marchi (English)

A blonde-haired woman whose cover was as a secretary in the American embassy in Japan. Her ability is to teleport herself and anyone she is in contact with; however, any clothing is left behind. Brita's remuneration is to kiss other people, which she often combines into one convenient act when teleporting others. She uses her ability to, among other actions, kidnap the researcher Schroeder for the EPR and help Amagiri get to the anti-Gate particle accelerator. Curiously, she seems to have grown accustomed to the inevitable nudity to the point of preference. Killed when her truck carrying dolls was destroyed.

Maki (マキ) Voiced by: Yuko Sanpei (Japanese); Maxey Whitehead (English)

A young boy with heterochromatic irises. Maki's ability allows him to perform a type of spontaneous combustion on objects that he touches with his hands. The explosions can occur remotely as he often prepares handprints before activating his ability. He uses this to cause attacks on the embassies in Tokyo. His remuneration is drinking hot milk. Maki seems to be infatuated with Amber and says he would do anything for her. He attempts to kill Hei out of jealousy, after learning Hei is the "him" that Amber frequently spoke of, convinced that he (Maki) is the only one fit of her love. He is killed by November 11.

Pai (白, Pai, lit. White) Voiced by: Kaori Nazuka (Japanese); Larissa Wolcott (English), Voiced by: Yuna Fujī (Japanese); Larissa Wolcott (English) (childhood)

Hei's younger sister. Pai is the Contractor responsible for the disappearance of Heaven's Gate five years prior to the story's setting and had since vanished. The Messier code BK-201 belongs to her star. Pai's abilities are said to be vast, with generating abnormal electricity as only the tip of the iceberg. In addition to this, she also has the power of molecular reconstruction. Her remuneration is to sleep. At the time of the Heaven's War in South America, Hei was constantly together with Pai during their many operations, acting as a bodyguard of sorts. It was for Pai's sake that Hei originally joined the Syndicate. When the Heaven's Gate disappeared, Pai's power became Hei's, because—according to Amber—she continues to exist within him. Hei himself remains oblivious to the fact, until the very end. Her another name is revealed at the end: Xing (which may in this instance mean "star".)

PANDORA

A UN-founded research center. Initially established to find out the reason why Hell's Gate was in Tokyo, it's revealed that the Syndicate has sway with the organization and has plans to commit genocide against all Contractors by eliminating Hell's Gate.

Eric Nishijima (エリク・ニシジマ) Voiced by: Shinichiro Miki (Japanese); Chuck Huber (English)

A Japanese born overseas, he is a high-ranking official within PANDORA. He had influence over Japanese law enforcement over anything related to PANDORA. It is revealed that he is also a high-ranking official within the Syndicate and was placed in charge of destroying Hell's Gate after he had placed a termination for Hei, Mao, Yin and Huang. Hourai later shoots him after Hei destroys the Saturn Ring system.

Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)

Nick Hillman (ニック・ヒルマン, Nikku Hiruman) Voiced by: Shigeru Nakahara (Japanese); Eric Vale (English)

A scientist who Hei meets as he infiltrates Pandora. Nick and Hei become friends and both have a fascination with the "real sky". Nick turns out to be a contractor and is revealed to have the ability to manipulate electricity, apparently the same as Hei's ability. His remuneration is putting people's shoes on the ground upside-down next to each other. He became close to Hei, thinking that they were both alike, not just in their abilities, but even their dream of wanting to see the real starry sky. He felt that of all the people, he didn't want Hei to know he was a contractor and to get him involved. After he and Hei battle for the artifact known as the "meteor fragment" Nick disappears as soon as the artifact is activated. Apparently, the meteor fragment reacted with Hei and allowed him to make Nick's "dream" come true, which is to have a rocket (which looks very comical) to send both Nick (who became a young boy in his dream) and his sister to space. Nick's ability to have an ambition is a mystery even to himself since contractors shouldn't have emotion.

Corinna Moku (カリーナ・モク, Karīna Moku) Voiced by: Sayori Ishizuka (Japanese); Kim Matula (English)

A courier who exhibits erratic behavior after infiltrating Pandora. Murdered by Nick.

Mr. Smith (ミスター　スミス, Misuta Smisu) Voiced by: George Nakata

Full name John Smith, a CIA agent who makes contact with Madam Oreille in regards to finding out what happened to Hei after going rogue against the CIA when he went to hide in Japan.

Russian Intelligence (FSB)

Bertha (ベルタ, Beruta) Voiced by: Ai Satō (Japanese); Melinda Allen (English)

Bertha is a large lady and a former opera singer. She is a Contractor that is able to control the resonance of sound. By resonating a frequency that is the inverse of a target's resonance frequency, she can destroy a target. This can also cause other body problems, such as a heart attack, by matching the hearts resonance frequency. Bertha's remuneration is to ingest something and then vomit it out; for example, she is shown paying by eating a handful of cigarettes and then vomiting them up. Its does not have to be cigarettes but she recounts her past to Itzhak about how she had a baby, who unfortunately choked to death while ingesting one of Bertha's dropped cigarettes. Bertha is killed by Hei in trying to retrieve Yin.

Itzhak (イツァーク, Itsāku) Voiced by: Yutaka Aoyama (Japanese); Vic Mignogna (English)

Itzhak is a companion of Bertha. He is a Contractor with the ability to capture the "specters" projected by Dolls. He steals many from the astronomy division's mediums. It appears that when he captures them he can also acquire knowledge from the controller of the specters. Itzhak's remuneration is writing poetry, although he is not very good at it, shown by Bertha commenting that it sounds like a girl wrote it, and that he should at least have it rhyme. (He responds that he had never done this before the contract). Itzhak is killed by Huang with a sniper rifle, but before his life ends, he releases all the specters that he had captured.

Goran (ゴラン, Goran) Voiced by: Mitsuaki Madono

An agent working in the FSB, Goran is a Contractor who is able to move at super speed in short distances. His remuneration is to eat hamburgers, and he keeps them on hand in a bag for consumption whenever he is out on field work. During a raid on a Russian lab, Goran engages in a battle with April. He is killed when April tricks him into running through frozen raindrops at super speed, which tears his body apart.

Tanya (タニャ, Tanya) Voiced by: Yui Ishikawa

A friend of Suō's attending the same school as her, she becomes a Contractor at the start of the season through unknown means, and gains the ability to control a seemingly limitless swarm of insects with the ability to devour flesh, joining the FSB soon after. Her apparent remuneration is pulling out strands of her hair. As a FSB agent, she confronts Suō and Hei, demanding to know Shion's whereabouts. She battles Hei, and uses her insects to devour her former friend Nika, killing him, before a surprise attack from Suō knocks her out.

Notable Contractors

Mai Kashiwagi (柏木 舞, Kashiwagi Mai) Voiced by: Megumi Nasu (Japanese); Cherami Leigh (English)

A high school student and the daughter of Kōzō Tahara, the only survivor from Hell's gate. There is a significant emotional detachment between Mai and her father and Mai chose to adopt her deceased mother's maiden name. As a result of her father's attempts to subdue her Contractor powers, she became a Moratorium but eventually reverts to a Contractor. Her power allows her to create and manipulate fire. Her remuneration takes the form of humming a song. She seems to think of Hei as an older brother. She reappears as a contractor of the syndicate, protecting the Neptune anti-Gate particle accelerator, and incinerating Amagiri using her powers. She is thought to be crushed to death by falling debris from the Neptune system.

Havoc (ハヴォック, Havokku) Voiced by: Naomi Shindō (Japanese); Luci Christian (English)

A Regressor who lost her powers and a significant portion of her memories after Heaven's Gate disappeared in South America, five years prior to the story's setting. She was found in a European village after the incident and had lost both her power and memories, and was isolated from the Syndicate. She lived together with a family in the village, which had greatly influenced her to change emotionally, she discovered simple things such as eating and cooking to be fun. She wanted to cook more for the children and wanting to see more of their smiles. The reason why she was discovered again was not clear, but she was discovered by the MI-6 and brought her to PANDORA. She used to be one of the worst and most feared Contractors, rumored to have killed hundreds to thousands of people during the South American War. Her former powers are unknown, but are said to be similar to creating a vacuum. Her remuneration was to drink the blood of children. Havoc, whose real name is Carmine, and Hei have some history together; this becomes apparent when Hei interrogates Havoc about the whereabouts of his missing sister Pai, and that she also noticed that he still had the same big appetite but he had changed for the better since he was more emotional, causing her to laugh aloud. Which Hei noted that it was the first time he had seen her do so, to which she also notes that she's not good at it, and so was Hei. When Havoc decided to help Hei in finding his sister by regaining her memories, she had hoped that she would be able to handle her abilities because of her change, but unable to do so, she wanted Hei to kill her because she doesn't want to kill any more. However, Hei refuses to do so wanting to save her by getting her out of the gate, but in her confusion she later dies at the hands of November 11, unable to deliver her last message to Hei after her memories and powers returned from being near the gate.

Wei Zhijun (魏志軍（ウェイ・チージュン）, Wei Chījun, Wèi Zhìjūn) Voiced by: Takeshi Kusao (Japanese); Robert McCollum (English)

A Contractor by code VI952. Wei has an elvish appearance with narrow eyes, pointy ears and shoulder-length black hair. He attempted to overthrow and take over the mafia Qing Long Tang (青龍堂（チンロンタン）, Chin Ron Tan, Qīng Lóng Táng) by murdering many of its executives. Prior to this he acted as the body guard of the Qing Long Tang's leader's daughter, Alice Wang. His contract allows him to disintegrate anything his blood spills onto by snapping his fingers. Conveniently, his remuneration is shedding blood, allowing him to cut his heavily scarred arm so that he can spill or fling blood onto targets to use his power. He is thought to have died after being electrocuted and beaten by Hei in a battle, however it is later revealed by Huang that his body mysteriously disappeared from the morgue. He later reappears as a member of the Evening Primrose, revealing a shorter haircut and a burn-like scar covering much of the left side of his face due to being electrocuted by Hei. He joined the Evening Primrose to get an opportunity for a rematch with Hei, who Wei states is the only person to have beaten him. Mao observes that Wei's desire to fight Hei due to feeling humiliated is very unusual for a Contractor, as there is a possibility he will die. After being mortally wounded by Hei in a fight, he admits defeat and uses his ability to destroy both himself and the wall behind him, giving Hei access to Hell's Gate.

Alma (アルマ, Aruma) Voiced by: Urara Takano (Japanese); Jennifer Seman (English)

A contractor who started her own religion intended for those like herself. Pursued by the Syndicate for killing one of their operatives, her congregation is in danger of being brought down. It is she who first brings to light what contractors really are and how they differ from normal humans, this truth being the reason why she started her religion. Her contract is the ability to transform her physical appearance to match a target exactly at the cost of her longevity. Thus, because of her skills, she had been utilized as an infiltrator and assassin. Though young in appearance to her followers, her true form is that of an elderly woman due to extensive use of her contract. She later exhibits emotions unlike a contractor where she truly wished to create a haven for her fellow contractors. She relayed her past and ambitions to Hei as her last message, accepting her fate, which in of itself was not befitting of a contractor to do so, since she could've prolonged her life by escaping.

Shihoko Kishida (岸田 志保子, Kishida Shihoko) Voiced by: Rumiko Ukai (Japanese); Lydia Mackay (English)

An operative of the syndicate even longer than Huang, Shihoko is a contractor tasked with the job of infiltrating Alma's organization to gather intel for an eventual assassination. Years ago, she was tasked with assassinating Isozaki, Huang's partner when the two were detectives, after learning that he was linked to covering up a the murder of one of the syndicate's operatives. She had gotten very close to Huang in order to figure out which of the two was working for Alma's organization, leaving Huang with an emotional scar for many years. Her contract allows her to destroy the internal organs of an individual at the cost of regaining her human sensitivity for a short time. The remuneration can put her in a state of psychological shock due to the abrupt swing of emotion. Although she experience human emotions during her remuneration, she realizes that her feelings for Huang was genuine because even though her contractor emotions came back, the memories she had together with him still made her feel warm. She later commits suicide by jumping in front of a truck, saving Huang from being targeted by the Syndicate.

Minor characters

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Umitsuki Apartment residents. From left to right: Lewis, Babo, Joshua, Irene.

Misuzu Ōyama (大山 美鈴, Ōyama Misuzu) Voiced by: Chika Sakamoto (Japanese); Julie Mayfield (English)

Hei's landlady. She is usually seen chasing Mao away from the house. She also likes to compliment Hei for being such a good boy.

Toshiro Ōyama (大山 敏郎, Ōyama Toshirō)

Misuzu's husband. He speaks very rarely and mostly tends his plants.

Babo (バボ)

Hei's Neighbor, has only one line, at the end of the OVA episode, despite appearing more frequently than other tenants. Caught Mayu Ōtsuka spying on Hei and became convinced she was stalking himself. Brought flowers for her at the end of the OVA but stated in his one line that, "She isn't coming, is she?"

Irene (アイリーン, Airīn) Voiced by: Mitsuki Saiga (Japanese); Trina Nishimura (English)

A dark skinned woman with orange hair who lives beneath Hei. She lived in the Philippines before moving to Japan to make money for her family back in her homeland by working as a hostess.

Lewis (ルイス, Ruisu) Voiced by: Keiichi Nakagawa (Japanese); Jonathan Brooks (English)

Hei's Neighbor.

Joshua (ヨシュア, Yoshua) Voiced by: Kōhei Fukuhara (Japanese); Bruce Lewis (English)

Hei's Neighbor.

Gai Kurasawa (久良沢 凱, Kurasawa Gai) Voiced by: Yasunori Matsumoto (Japanese); Brandon Potter (English)

Gai Kurasawa is Japan's number one detective. Formerly known as Gai Matsukichi, he was a police officer who quit the force to start his own detective agency. He uses unorthodox methods to solve mysteries and crimes, afraid of cats, has horrible body odor and athlete's foot, and is struggling financially.

Kiko Kayanuma (茅沼 キコ, Kayanuma Kiko) Voiced by: Emiri Katō (Japanese); Brittney Karbowski (English)

Gai Kurasawa's assistant, she is obsessed with manga and anime. She also has a crush on Hei.