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[[Image:Negima Ku Fei.jpg|left]]Student Number 12: '''Fei''' (古 菲, Japanese: クーフェイ '' Kū Fei'', [[Pinyin|Chinese]]: ''Gǔ Fēi''), the energetic and joyful kung-fu fighting Chinese girl. She is "Baka Yellow" of the "Baka Rangers" study group, her excuse being that she can't concentrate much on her English studies as she is still learning Japanese, an excuse supported by her pronounced Chinese accent. She hates being used as a test subject for Chao's and Satomi's inventions. She learns of Negi's secret when she, Mana and Kaede helped Negi, Asuna and Setsuna rescue Konoka at Kyoto. After the Kyoto arc, she becomes Negi's martial arts instructor at the latter's request. Ku Fei works at Chao's nikuman (meat bun) shop and is respected and idolized by the members of the fighting clubs.
[[Image:Negima Ku Fei.jpg|left]]Student Number 12: '''Fei''' (古 菲, Japanese: クーフェイ '' Kū Fei'', [[Pinyin|Chinese]]: ''Gǔ Fēi''), the energetic and joyful kung-fu fighting Chinese girl. She is "Baka Yellow" of the "Baka Rangers" study group, her excuse being that she can't concentrate much on her English studies as she is still learning Japanese, an excuse supported by her pronounced Chinese accent. She hates being used as a test subject for Chao's and Satomi's inventions. She learns of Negi's secret when she, Mana and Kaede helped Negi, Asuna and Setsuna rescue Konoka at Kyoto. After the Kyoto arc, she becomes Negi's martial arts instructor at the latter's request. Ku Fei works at Chao's nikuman (meat bun) shop and is respected and idolized by the members of the fighting clubs.


Ku Fei is much like ''Love Hina''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s [[Love Hina main characters#Kaolla Suu|Kaolla Suu]] (though less childish). (Seiyū: [[Hazuki Tanaka]])</td></tr>
Ku Fei is much like ''Love Hina''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s [[Love Hina main characters#Kaolla Suu|Kaolla Suu]] (though less childish). (Seiyū: [[Hazuki Tanaka]])</td></tr>
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===Class number 16~20===
===Class number 16~20===



Revision as of 04:45, 23 January 2006

Here is a list and description of the characters that appeared in the Manga and Anime Negima.

The Class of 2A/3A

Teacher: Negi Springfield (ネギ・スプリングフィールド Negi Supringufīrudo), is the homeroom and English teacher of Class 3-A (formerly 2-A) of Mahora Academy Middle School. Negi is never without the large staff he inherited from his father, Nagi Springfield. Negi specializes in wind-based spells and light magic. His control over lightning spells are growing as well. After the Kyoto incident, Negi felt that he was still lacking in the strength to protect those who are important to him. To improve himself, he enters an apprenticeship under Evangeline in order to learn magical combat skills, and becomes Ku Fei's martial art student. As a child prodigy with a driven work ethic, his growth is unmatched in the series. His greatest wish is to be reunited with his long-lost father. He is able to use light, thunder, and wind magic. He is still training to improve his thunder magic. (Seiyū: Rina Satou, VA: Greg Ayres)

Trivia Negi's name is actually a pun; Negi in Japanese means scallion, also known as green onions, spring onions or, vitally, Welsh Onions, and are also in the same family as the leek, which is a national symbol of Wales. His nickname, "Negi Bōzu", is another pun since while "Bōzu" can be translated as "brat", "Negi Bōzu" literally means "Onion Head". Evangeline, being a vampire, hates green onions.

Most notable is the series' enormous cast of 31 students. They are all girls, whom Akamatsu intended to be attractive each in their own way, with their own distinctive personalities. Many are parodies of stock characters.

Class number 1~5



File:Negima Sayo Aizaka.jpg
Student Number 1: Sayo Aisaka (相坂さよ Aisaka Sayo), the hapless and meek yurei (ghost). More often frightened than frightening, she is invisible to virtually everyone, and her presence goes unnoticed until Negi absentmindedly counts her during a class vote. Sayo has been friendless and lonely for around 60 years since her death, which made her very desperate for a friend. This led a series of hilarious events during the preparations for the School Festival, which led to everyone mistaking her for an evil spirit. She nearly ended up being exorcised by Mana and Setsuna, but Negi and Kazumi, having caught a photo of her crying and realised what was really happening, came to the rescue and offered to be her friends. She currently hangs around (haunts?) Kazumi, who sits beside her in class. (VA: Yuri Shiratori)

In the anime she died protecting her little sister's flowers from a storm, but it isn't any more specific then that. Her flashback self bears a small resemblence to Konoka. She doesn't mind being invisible until Asakura decided to do research on her. Asakura was eventually able to interact with her. Evangeline casted a spell to allow her to interact with the rest of the class. The school dean seems to have known her as well, as he recited a poem she wrote when she was alive: "Tsuwabuki planting small hand of hers, looking forward to when time gets filled..."



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Student Number 2: Yuna Akashi (明石 裕奈 Akashi Yūna), an athletic girl who plays basketball and is often seen together with Makie, Ako, and Akira (i.e. the sports clubs group). Her father happens to be a professor, but it is unclear if he works at the Mahora Academy. She is the most mischievous one amongst the sports girls. (Seiyū: Madoka Kimura)


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Student Number 3: Kazumi Asakura (朝倉 和美 Asakura Kazumi), the resident class reporter with a camera always on hand. She likes to get the inside scoop on everything that goes on. She was one of the first girls in the class to learn Negi's secret, which she found out in Kyoto while investigating the rumor that someone had proclaimed her love to Negi. She is currently keeping quiet about it, and is occasionally seen plotting with Chamo. Kazumi sports the fourth largest breasts in the class. Kazumi bears some similarities to Mitsune/Kitsune from Love Hina. (Seiyū: Ayana Sasagawa)


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Student Number 4: Yue Ayase (綾瀬 夕映 Ayase Yue), the cool slacker. Despite being talented, she hates studying and is amongst those with the lowest grades in the class, and hence is a member of the "Baka Rangers" study group ("Baka Black", and considered to be team's leader). Yue is also a member of the Library Exploration Group, often hanging around with Nodoka Miyazaki and Haruna Saotome, who calls her "Yuecchi". She is a strong supporter of Nodoka, and encourages her to develop a relationship with Negi, but later she also develops feelings for Negi but keeps it a secret for Nodoka's sake. She guessed Negi's secret after the Kyoto trip, having witnessed the attack on the Kansai Magic Association headquarters. She learned little magic, and once showed it to Negi. One line in the Del Rey translation implied that she may be Konoka's cousin, but this was a misprint (the wording on the bubble that was directed at her was supposed to be for Konoka).

She is often seen drinking unusual beverages from juice boxes (e.g. in Volume 6 of the manga, she had the Last Elixir from the RPG series Final Fantasy.)

Yue resembles a smaller and less atheletic version of Love Hina's Kanako Urashima. (Seiyū: Natsuko Kuwatani)


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Student Number 5: Ako Izumi (和泉 亜子 Izumi Ako), a shy athletic girl who works as a school nurse's assistant. She has a large scar across her back. She is usually seen with Makie (her roommate), Yūna, and Akira. She is also the manager of the boy's soccer club. Ako is one of the more well-behaved ones in the class, and can be considered to be a contrast to the more mischievous Yūna amongst the sports girls. It was said that she has an older brother in the manga. Ako, who never really showed much interest in the 10-year-old Negi, develops a huge crush on the older, teenage version of him (after he takes the Age Deceiving Pills).

Ako physically resembles Rei Ayanami of Neon Genesis Evangelion, except that she is far more lively than her NGE counterpart. (Seiyū: Kotomi Yamakawa)



Class number 6~10



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Student Number 6: Akira Okochi (大河内 アキラ Ookōchi Akira), a very quiet and athletic girl in the swimming club. She is so good at swimming that the Mahora High School swimming club is already looking to recruit her. She is friends with Makie, Ako, and Yūna. She is not comfortable with Yūna's "stunt's" at times, and was forced to be a bunny-girl once by her. Akira physically resembles Motoko Aoyama of Love Hina. (Seiyū: Azumi Yamamoto)


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Student Number 7: Misa Kakizaki (柿崎 美砂 Kakizaki Misa) is the leader of the class's cheerleaders, and is a member of the choir club. The other members are her friends, Madoka and Sakurako. She loves shopping and hates carbonated drinks. Misa also has some "adult" tendencies, far more than any of the other girls in the class (see also chapter 120, where she thinks to "educate" Negi as her future "hot" boyfriend...in 5 years time, although it is believed that noticing how Negi's 'father' looked like in the festival instigated it). She also uses the term "onee-san" when she talks about herself, if Negi is around. Also the only girl in the class to have a steady boyfriend. (Seiyū: Shizuka Itou)


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Student Number 8: Asuna Kagurazaka (神楽坂 明日菜 Kagurazaka Asuna), the irascible dunce, incredible runner and physically-powerful lead female heroine. She is also often in conflict with other people, especially Ayaka. Asuna has a crush on her former homeroom teacher, Takahata, whom Negi replaces. Asuna is an orphan who was allowed into the school for free by the school dean, yet still tries to pay towards her schooling with her wages earned delivering newspapers. Much to her chagrin, she is "Baka Red" of the Baka Rangers. She has Heterochromia; one of her eyes is blue and the other is green.

Negi and Asuna had a very shaky relationship from the start, but later improved. Negi is like a little brother to Asuna, and she is like a big sister/guardian to him; their relationship seems to, very occasionally, show hints at eventually developing into a less platonic one. Asuna was the first to find out about Negi's secret when she saw him saving Nodoka from falling down some steps and was the first person that Negi made a probationary contract with. Her artifact is a giant sword, but usually manifests as a metal harisen (fan) instead; she nevertheless wields it with gusto and effectiveness. The sword form first appeared when Asuna tried to save Negi from the sharks in Chapter 61 (other later appearances included the time Negi kissed her on the first day of the Mahora Festival, as well as during her duel with Setsuna in the Tournament, when she briefly remembered the death of Gatō Kagura and went momentarily berserk), which means that emotions play a role in its summoning. She has partial immunity to most magic used against her, such as love potions or petrification spells. Asuna met the Thousand Master as a child and travelled with the members of his group both before and after his disappearance but retains no memories from this period in her life. She has also demonstrated something of a fetish for older men, judging from both her crush on Takahata, her reaction to meeting Konoka's father (although this may be related to her dormant memories of them from the past), and her wish to go back in time when the Prohibition era of the United States was still going on (due to Asuna's belief that a lot of dandy old men existed in that time period) after learning that Negi has Cassiopeia, a time machine.

Asuna bears a resemblance to Naru Narusegawa of Love Hina (Seiyū: Akemi Kanda, VA: Luci Christian)


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Student Number 9: Misora Kasuga (春日 美空 Kasuga Misora), a hyperactive tomboy in the track and field club, who had rivalled Asuna in the class sprint runs. She always wears a crucifix and is sometimes seen wearing a nun's habit. Later in the manga she is revealed as a mage-in-training (a member of the Mahora "mahō shōjo team") as well as a Ministra Magi. Her artifact is a pair of sneakers that allow her to run and jump with superhuman ability. She frantically denies that she is a mage-in-training in front of Asuna, although it was somewhat obvious. (Seiyū: Ai Bandou)


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Student Number 10: Chachamaru Karakuri (絡繰 茶々丸 Karakuri Chachamaru), a robot created by Satomi and Chao for Evangeline, who is powered both mechanically and by magic. Notice that "Karakuri" is the Japanese word for "machine" or "mechanical parts" and Chachamaru's surname is a pun to that. Despite her robotic parts showing very clearly, only a select few actually seem to have noticed; to date, only Chamo and Chisame Hasegawa seem to have realised without having it pointed out to them. As well as being Evangeline's Ministra Magi, she performs maid duties at the cottage they share on the Mahora campus. While Chachamaru behaves emotionlessly most of the time, she spends most of her free time helping people and rescuing stray animals, including regularly taking care of a pack of stray cats. She is also in the Go and Tea Ceremony clubs, but only because Evangeline is in those clubs as well. She developed a liking for Negi when he found himself unable to attack her when undefended, and while still obedient to her Master's will, does not like opposing him. She eventually develops love and human emotions towards him, much to the astonishment of her creator, Hakase. (Seiyū: Akeno Watanabe)

Trivia

Karakuri means mechanism in Japanese. In her demeanor, 'athleticism' and love of cats, Chachamaru is comparable to Sakaki from Azumanga Daioh.


Class number 11~15



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Student Number 11: Madoka Kugimiya (釘宮 円 Kugimiya Madoka), the serious one of the three cheerleaders in the class. She makes sure that the other cheerleaders (especially Sakurako) do not get into any trouble. She likes Gyuudon noodles and silver accessories and generally into Western music (currently is a fan of Avril Lavigne from notes), but hates playboys and is mildly obsessed with her husky voice. Her surname is usually the target of insults from her classmates.

Her nicknames usually starts with 'Kugi-', which is similar in fashion with Kurogane from Tsubasa: RESERVoir CHRoNiCLE (whose nicknames by Mokona starts with 'Kuro-').

Madoka resembles Motoko Aoyama of Love Hina with short hair. (Seiyū: Mami Deguchi)


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Student Number 12: Fei Kū (古 菲, Japanese: クーフェイ  Kū Fei, Chinese: Gǔ Fēi), the energetic and joyful kung-fu fighting Chinese girl. She is "Baka Yellow" of the "Baka Rangers" study group, her excuse being that she can't concentrate much on her English studies as she is still learning Japanese, an excuse supported by her pronounced Chinese accent. She hates being used as a test subject for Chao's and Satomi's inventions. She learns of Negi's secret when she, Mana and Kaede helped Negi, Asuna and Setsuna rescue Konoka at Kyoto. After the Kyoto arc, she becomes Negi's martial arts instructor at the latter's request. Ku Fei works at Chao's nikuman (meat bun) shop and is respected and idolized by the members of the fighting clubs. Ku Fei is much like Love Hina's Kaolla Suu (though less childish). (Seiyū: Hazuki Tanaka)


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Student Number 13: Konoka Konoe (近衛 木乃香 Konoe Konoka), a cheerful and caring girl who lives with Asuna and Negi. If anything, she is the mediator of the group, being both Asuna's best friend and Negi's biggest supporter. She is also the school headmaster's granddaughter. A fan of fortune telling, she has much magical potential, having come from a family of powerful mages. Her father is the chief of the Kansai Magic Association, who married her mother, the school headmaster's daughter, in an arranged marriage in order to ease tension between the Kansai and Kantō (where Mahora Academy is located) Magic Associations. She is a member of the Konoe family of the Fujiwara clan, the source for all imperial brides from the 8th through 19th centuries.

She was the fourth person that Negi made a probationary contract with and has the power to heal. It was mentioned in the anime series that her powers are comparable to those of the Thousand Master, while in the manga, it said that she has the power to heal those petrified by Wilhelm during his attack on the village where Negi and his sister grew up. She has strong affection for Setsuna, and this often makes their friendship seem more akin to a romantic relationship (but some doubt has been cast on this, as Setsuna showed that she is attracted to Negi). She is sometimes shown in the manga as a Final Fantasy white mage, probably a reference to her healing abilities.

All in all, she is a clueless girl who is quite dense, a trait probably borrowed from Love Hina's Mutsumi Otohime. Also, Konoka resembles Tomoyo Daidouji from Cardcaptor Sakura. (Seiyū: Ai Nonaka)


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Student Number 14: Haruna Saotome (早乙女 ハルナ Saotome Haruna), the local rumormonger and a frequent companion of Yue Ayase and Nodoka Miyazaki. If there is a rumor going around in the class, she is almost always at the root of it all. It is said that her rumor-spreading abilities are so well-developed that she can spread them to the other end of the school in 2 hours. Because of that, she is never told about Negi's secret by her friends. As a member of the Library Exploration Club, she seems to have made it her mission to get Nodoka together with Negi, whether Nodoka wants her help or not. She also draws manga and goes by the nickname "Haru or "Pal" (see below). Haruna resembles a healthier-looking and more self-confident Ema Maeda. (Seiyū: Sawa Ishige)


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Student Number 15: Setsuna Sakurazaki (桜咲 刹那 Sakurazaki Setsuna), a kendo expert trained in the Kyoto Shinmei ("God's Cry") Style and some onmyou-jutsu. Originally from Kyoto, she is a childhood friend of Konoka and acts as her protector. At times, her devotion to Konoka and Konoka's open affection towards her is suggestive of a more romantic relationship, however she rarely communicates with Konoka, as she believes that she should be her "protector from the shadows" so to speak. She is actually a half human, half bird demon with white wings who was taken in by Eishun after being exiled from her tribe who believe white wings to be bad luck. She kept this a secret from Konoka as she was afraid her friend would hate her for it, but Konoka accepted her for who she is after being forced to reveal her true appearance in Kyoto. A comment made by Evangeline suggests that she dyes her hair and wears colored contacts so she may also have the white hair and pink eyes of an albino. This is after, when on the school trip, Negi made a similar comment on her skin being "as white as snow". She is the third person that Negi made a probationary contract with.

Later on in the story Setsuna indirectly confessed that to liking Negi, although after this stated that she likes Konoka more, leaving that relationship a possibility. The kendo style that Setsuna uses is the same style used by Motoko Aoyama of Love Hina, which has led fans to believe there might be a possible crossover between the series. After her character development started, she beat Makie Sasaki for first place in the official character polls. Occasionally goes on exorcisms with Mana.

Setsuna's nodachi looks a lot like Tsuruko Aoyama's, Motoko's big sister, from Love Hina. Also of interest, when Konoka tells the story of her meeting Setsuna, she mentions that people from the Shinmei School came. These people, in the same panel, greatly resemble Motoko and Tsuruko Aoyama, wearing their same clothing, and someone that could be Tsuruko's husband.

Setsuna's nodachi is named "Yuunagi", meaning "evening calm".(Seiyū: Yu Kobayashi)


Class number 16~20



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Student Number 16: Makie Sasaki (佐々木 まき絵 Sasaki Makie), the delicate and feminine rhythmic gymnast. She strongly likes Negi (considers him an 'adult') and is friends with Yūna, Ako, and Akira, who are also in sports clubs. She is "Baka Pink" of the "Baka Rangers" study group, standing out as the second lowest scorer (with Asuna performing more poorly than she does). She Resembles Yukino Miyazawa from Kare Kano. (Seiyū: Yui Horie)


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Student Number 17: Sakurako Shiina (椎名 桜子 Shiina Sakurako), the most cheerful of the three cheerleaders in the class. She also strongly likes Negi, but only because she think he is cute. She loves karaoke and her pet cats, Cookie and Biscuit (translated as Kukki and Bikke in Japanese), but hates the black stuff (Rats) that appears in the kitchen, especially what the cats bring them in. She is also in the Lacrosse club. As a hobby, Sakurako gambles a lot (it was probably a habit instilled in her younger days). However, she wins her bets most of the time, with great profit. She has been classmates with Asuna and Ayaka for a very long time, so she knows a lot about them (and bets when they fight from the very beginning, that is when Asuna is transferred to first grade here). (Seiyū: Akane Omae)


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Student Number 18: Mana Tatsumiya (龍宮 真名 Tatsumiya Mana), the mercenary miko. She is the daughter of the keepers of the Tatsumiya shrine (which is on campus), and works part-time there as a priestess, employing guns with spellbreaker bullets as her tool of exorcism. She discovered Negi's secret when she helped rescue Konoka at Kyoto. She is also in the Biathlon club, as her apparent crush is the captain of the club. Mana has the second largest breasts in class, and she's the tallest girl. She carries a pactio card which is the remnant of a contract she had with another mage who is now deceased (and who is the one she really likes, and who the biathlon captain resembles).(Seiyū: Miho Sakuma)

According to her character design notes, Mana is half-Puerto Rican, half-Japanese.


Guns she has used until now are:(In the order of appearance)

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- This is just an airsoft replica of the actual gun, presumably manufactured by Sun Project, since it is the only airsoft gun manufacturer in Japan with the wooden handle version (Japan is known to have a lot of airsoft gun companies, making replicas of known weapons), although the manga version seems to be semi-automatic and does not need to use the bolt action. This was used in both chapter 49 and 86, they fire 6mm BB bullets enchanted for exocism. This was used also as a weapon for the bialthon club activities in the anime.


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- This was used in both chapter 49 and 86. She uses them as short range weapons along with her incredible athletic skills. These are just airsoft replicas of the actual gun, they fire 6mm BB bullets enchanted for exocism purpose in chapter 49 and presumably something tranquilizing in chapter 86 when used on students.


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- This gun fires .50 BMG bullets but since she was using it on students, she loads tranquilizing bullets in it. This is the only gun that is not stated as air soft gun she uses. This was used in chapter 86. Notice it is almost impossible for a .50BMG to not harm a human, therefore this might also be some sort of replica of the real gun like the other gun she uses, too. Either that, or the gun has been tuned down (most military sniper rifles have the ability to adjust the trigger pull) to fire the somewhat weaker tranquilizer round, since the students that got shot were sent flying.


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Student Number 19: Chao Lingshen (超 鈴音, Japanese: チャオリンシェン Chao Rinshen, Chinese: Chao Lingshen), the top student of the entire year group (also referred to as the "smartest kid in the school"). A rich Chinese girl, she is in many clubs and is particularly into cooking. She is best friends with Satomi and both enjoy using Satomi's inventions on Ku Fei. Her origins are mysterious as she claims she is related to Negi by blood and she has come into conflict with the school administration for spying and trying to reveal the existence of magic. (Seiyū: Chiaki Osawa)

Trivia

In The Chuang Yi version, her last name is rendered as "Chao Rinshen". She may also be Negi's partner from the future, since she has the Cassiopeia, the time machine she invented.


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Student Number 20: Kaede Nagase (長瀬 楓 Nagase Kaede), the gentle and calm yet strong and tall girl. In her free time, she goes ninja-training in the mountains, using real ninja weaponry and even having true "magical" ninja powers (such as the famous kage bunshin no jutsu, the art of shadow body-split as popularized by the Naruto series), which she uses to great effect (she can divide into 16 Kaedes). She is "Baka Blue" of the "Baka Rangers" study group. Kaede was one of the first to learn about Negi's magic, but kept this a secret even from him until she helped Negi rescue Konoka at Kyoto where she fought and defeated Inugami Kotaro (although Kaede realised that Kotaro wasn't giving his best then, probably due to his sense of chivalry). During her fight with Kotaro, Kaede introduced herself as a Chūnin of the Koga ninja clan. Kaede has the third largest breasts in class. Kaede resembles Mitsune Konno and has the same hairsyle as Kanako Urashima, both from Love Hina. (Seiyū: Ryoko Shiraishi)


Class number 21~25



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Student Number 21: Chizuru Naba (那波 千鶴 Naba Chizuru) is a gentle and loving, yet strange girl. She is a kind person to everyone, volunteers at the daycare in Mahora City and is in the Astronomy club. Even though she is nice, she can be sometimes be scary (a fine example would be her attempts to stick spring onions into Kotaro's behind to "relieve" his fever, chapter 66). She also has a lot of guts, as shown in her encounter with Wilhelm, where she calmly confronted him for his intrusion and even slapped him when he was about to petrify Kotaro. Her roommates are Ayaka, Natsumi and Kotaro. Chizuru has the largest breasts in the class. Chizuru resembles Mutsumi Otohime from Love Hina and even acts like her (she has less ditziness, however). (Seiyū: Misa Kobayashi)


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Student Number 22: Fuka Narutaki (鳴滝 風香 Narutaki Fūka), the elder of the Narutaki twins. She is the class prankster, and always seems to be looking for some way to get into trouble. More often than not, she winds up getting Fumika to help her out as well. She and her sister are the only girls in the class that haven't gone through puberty. (Seiyū: Kimiko Koyama)


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Student Number 23: Fumika Narutaki (鳴滝 史伽 Narutaki Fumika), the younger of the Narutaki twins. Truth be told, she is almost the complete opposite of Fuka. Her hobby is cleaning, and while she goes along with Fūka's pranks, constantly tries to tell her sister that they are bad ideas the entire way. She and her sister are the only girls in the class that haven't gone through puberty. (Seiyū: Mari Kanou)


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Student Number 24: Satomi Hakase (葉加瀬 聡美 Hakase Satomi), the robotics expert. She is best friends with Chao, and created Chachamaru with her help. Her nickname is "Professor" (博士, meaning "expert, learned person", a play on her last name as it is also pronounced "Hakase"). She and Chao enjoy using her inventions on Ku Fei. She is also a member of the Robotics and Jet Propulsion Society of Mahora University. Because of her great intelligence, obssession in her work, and somewhat lacking common sense, she and Chao are sometimes referred to as mad scientists by their classmates. (Seiyū: Mai Kadowaki)


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Student Number 25: Chisame Hasegawa (長谷川 千雨 Hasegawa Chisame), the grumpy computer geek with a double life. She is serious in public, however in private she becomes Chiu, a famous Net Idol who cosplays and takes glamorous and sexy pictures of herself which she posts to her website after she edits the pictures. In the manga, she is the most popular of the internet idols. She particularly dislikes Chachamaru, Mana, the Narutaki twins, Ku Fei, Chao, Evangeline, Kaede, Zazie and Negi, considering them to be crazy (as they are quite eccentric-looking). Actually, she is afraid of being crazy because of her own hobby, but denies it herself. The only people who know about her double life are Negi and Kazumi (though in the manga, it seems that everyone in her class knows her secret). Unfortunately, not only does Negi find out about her secret, he even accidentally embarrasses her in front of the entire class by blowing her clothes off. Kazumi is shown holding a cosplay picture of Chisame's in episode 16 as blackmail. Chisame resembles Love Hina's Naru Narusegawa with her glasses on. (Seiyū: Yumi Shimura)


Class number 26~31



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Student Number 26: Evangeline Athanasia Katherine McDowell (Listed as Evangeline A.K. McDowell エヴァンジェリン・マクダウェル Evanjerin Makudaueru), the only Western/Caucasian girl in the class. A cold and devilish little girl, she is actually a criminal witch and vampire nicknamed the "Dark Evangel" and a thousand other names... or so she would have a person believe. She looks about 10 but she's really over 500 years old. She rarely says much in class, and what she does say tends to lean towards an attempt to seem as evil as possible; however she does have a soft side, which she rarely shows. The only people (things?) who can truly say much about Evangeline are Chachamaru and Chachazero, her dolls, which have their own personality. She enjoys playing Go and is in the Go and Tea Ceremony clubs. What little is known about Evangeline is that she was once saved by the Thousand Master and pursued him mercilessly thereafter until he managed to shake her off. Feeling rejected, she finally tracked him down in Japan, but was tricked into walking into an "anti-vampire soup" composed of garlic and leek. Employing the Infernus Scholasticus curse, the Thousand Master confined her to the grounds of Mahora Academy and put in place a barrier to restrict her abilities. Konoemon Konoe, the School Dean, employed her as a security guard, personally keeping him informed about events occurring in the school. With this in mind, it is no surprise that Mr. Takahata wrote "Ask her advice if you're in trouble" in Negi's class roster. Evangeline eventually turned on Negi, claiming that, as son of the Thousand Master, draining his blood would enable her to break the curse, although on close examination of what she actually said, it is questionable about whether she really intended to go through with it or not. Evangeline specialises in ice-based spells and dark magic, and is shown to be incredibly powerful once in her full capacities. This is shown in her easy win over both Fate Averruncus and the demon-god Sukuna. Even without her magical powers, she is still a very good fighter and can easily throw a man twice her size. She becomes Negi's master in magical combat after he sees her true power in Kyoto, and demands high performance (as well as a daily payment of blood for the lessons) from her student. It has been mentioned before that Evangeline is a Shinso vampire, that is, a vampire of the highest order, essentially, a “True Vampire”. Shinso, when literally translated, means “True Ancestor. Because it is a fictional term there are no clear definitions as to what a Shinso is, but in general, a Shinso refers to either a natural-born vampire, or someone who became a vampire in other ways other than being bitten and turned by other vampires. However, in Evangeline’s case, she was not born a vampire, but became one through magical means. Though Evangeline’s origins are obscure, in Volume 12, chapter 109, she eventually revealed to Setsuna and Asuna, after losing a duel to Setsuna, that she was born in the middle ages, in Europe. She lived in a castle, though it is not known if she was royalty or not. When she awoke on her tenth birthday, she had already been turned into a vampire, without her knowledge. After getting her revenge on the man who turned her, she left. It has been said that she suffered through the initial process of adjusting to her new body, since she had the customary weakness of a vampire towards sunlight and so on, as well as not having any powers. (Seiyū: Yuki Matsuoka)

Trivia Evangeline's titles include:

  • Dark Evangel (闇の福音 ダーク・エヴァンジェル)
  • Doll Master (人形使い ドール・マスター)
  • Maga Nosferatu (不死の魔法使い マガ・ノスフェラトゥ)
  • The Queen of The Night (夜の女王)


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Student Number 27: Nodoka Miyazaki (宮崎 のどか Miyazaki Nodoka), the shy bookworm. A member of the Library Exploration Group, who also helps in the book store, she spends so much time in the library that people outside the Library Exploration Group refer to her as "librarian girl" or "bookshop" (Hon'ya-chan in the original Japanese: Del Rey translates it as "librarian girl" or "Librarian-chan", and also by the literal meaning "Bookstore", while Chuang Yi translates it as "Bookshop"). When Negi first arrived, she always had hair falling in front of her eyes, though her current hairstyle usually leaves enough of an opening in her hair that one (and only one) eye and later both eyes can be seen, created by wearing a short ponytail. After Negi saves her from falling down some steps she develops feelings for him, despite having no interest in the opposite sex up to that point. Nodoka is the second student Negi make a probationary contract with, if inadvertently. Her magical artifact is the "Diarium Ejus", a diary that shows the thoughts of any person she speaks the name of.

Nodoka is very much like Love Hina's Shinobu Maehara. (Seiyū: Mamiko Noto)

Trivia

"Nodoka" means "quiet, calm" (source: Ken Akamatsu, "Negima! Esquisses Préliminaires, Tome 2")


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Student Number 28: Natsumi Murakami (村上 夏美 Murakami Natsumi), a sweet yet shy girl who is an actress in the theatrical club. She loves acting but dislikes her own appearance because her body is not very 'mature'-looking. This is made worse by being roommates with Ayaka and Chizuru, who both have mature bodies and bigger breasts. Kotaro, who is also staying with them, assumes the identity as her brother.(Seiyū: Mai Aizawa)


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Student Number 29: Ayaka Yukihiro (雪広 あやか Yukihiro Ayaka), the rich and snooty class representative, the second daughter of Yukihiro family (see chapter 120). More often than not, she winds up being the only thing keeping the class in order, due to Negi's inexperience with handling large groups. She and Asuna seem to hate each other, with the two often getting into fights, but it eventually becomes clear that they merely have a very weird friendship that neither is willing to admit to. She is the girl most overtly fond of Negi, though she stands by the position that she's only interested in Negi because he "needs a mother figure". An interesting thing is that while she likes Negi, she frequently gets into arguments with Kotaro, who is also of Negi's age. The reason being Negi in her mind is the perfect boy(smart, polite & nice), while Kotaro is just the opposite(dumb, rude & mean). She tends to be aggressive in pretty much everything she does, which tends to wind up with her being misunderstood. However, she is very good at hiding her own past (such as the story about her younger brother who died at childbirth, which may explain her fixation on Negi). She is roommates with Chizuru, Natsumi, and later Kotarō (whom Chizuru introduced to her as Natsumi's little brother), and is in the equestrian and flower arranging clubs. Even though Ayaka is a rich man's daughter and heiress, that did not stop her from being well-versed in several unnamed martial arts, culminating in having a "ryuha" of her own (Yukihiro Ayaka-ryū, Aiki-jujitsu). A fun tidbit about Ayaka is that nearly every time she appears in a scene, flowers appear from behind her.(Seiyū: Junko Minagawa)

Trivia

Ayaka means "fleur-de-lis", the emblem of Mahora Gakuen.


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Student Number 30: Satsuki Yotsuba (四葉 五月 Yotsuba Satsuki), the gentle cook. She is mainly notable for being somewhat chubby, yet still cute. She enjoys cooking and is in the cooking club. She also runs a nikuman business with Chao, and is the school dining officer. A very nice and hard-working person, Satsuki is liked by everyone in Mahora, even Evangeline (who sees the rest of 3-A as a pack of air-headed brats). Her very presence creates an atmosphere of serenity. Satsuki's dream is to have her own restaurant, as she likes making people happy through her food. An interesting thing about Satsuki in the manga is that she usually talks without the speech bubble, unlike most manga characters. Her power is unknown to most, however, she had successfully saved magic users from danger in the manga and seems to have a lot of influence against people. (Seiyū: Naomi Inoue)


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Student Number 31: Zazie Rainyday (ザジ・レイニーディ Zazi Reinīdi), the silent acrobat. Nothing much is known about her, as she rarely talks. What is known is that she is in the school's Acrobatic Club, and she is seen directing a group of monsters or spirits when she offered to cover for her classmates during the school festival. She has dark skin, and has two particular face paint marks: a large teardrop under her left eye, and a vertical line crossing the right side of her face. A splash picture of the cast shows her with claws growing from her fingers. She is always seen with her pet bird. (Seiyū: Yuka Inokuchi)

Other Characters

People from Mahora

Konoemon Konoe (近衛 近右衛門 Konoe Konoemon) (The School Dean) is Konoka's grand-father, which likely played a role in his decision for Negi to live with his grandaughter and Asuna. What has been indicated is that he's a kind-hearted man, but extremely strict. He is also the chief of the Kantō Magic Association. The Dean’s hobby is arranging marriage interviews for Konoka to choose a future fiancee. One previous successful arranged marriage was his daughter's marriage to the chief of Kansai Magic Association (Eishun Konoe), which resulted in Konoka's birth and the easing of tensions between the Kansai and Kantō Magic Associations, which has been at odds for quite some time. (Seiyū: Mahito Tsujimura)

Takamichi T. Takahata (高畑・T・タカミチ Takahata T. Takamichi), or Takahata-sensei, is the teacher Negi is replacing at Mahora Middle School. This is not to say that he is not in the school, however - he has appeared several times throughout, though he has become the new art teacher for the time being. It was Takahata who gave Asuna her bell hair decorations when she transferred into Mahora Academy. It should be noted that Takahata-sensei is close friends with Negi, and fought in the magic war, alongside Eishun Konoe and the Thousand Master. Like Nagi, Takamichi is a magic school dropout, but in his case not for lack of studying but for an inability to performs incantations. To make up for this he trained in a special fighting style called "Kanka" that combines both Eastern chi and Western magic, and a bare-fist version of Iaido, "Iaiken". Both the Kanka and Iaiken techniques were taught to him by Gatō Kagura Vandenburg, one of Nagi's comrades, whom Takamichi regarded as his master. He and Shizuna may be dating.

He is very much like Love Hina's Noriyasu Seta (who is also a calm teacher on whom the leading girl character has a crush). (Seiyū: Norihiro Inoue)

Shizuna Minamoto (源 しずな Minamoto Shizuna) is Negi's advisor at Mahora Gakuen. She primarily attempts to be a motherly figure while Negi adjusts to the school, slowly leading him into the different aspects of his job. In both the manga and anime, she is aware of magic. She and Takahata may be dating. She's also noted for her impressive bustline (99cm).(Seiyū: Kikuko Inoue)

Nitta (新田) (Director of Academy External Activities) is a rather mean teacher who makes sure students do not do anything idiotic. He is so strict that he always punishes the students who misbehave by making them squat for considerable periods of time. Because of this, the students of Mahora Academy have given him the nickname, Nitta the Ogre. Despite his position, he is not aware of the existence of magic, thinking it is either nonsense or tricks made up by the students. In the Del Rey and early Chuang Yi versions, Nitta is named Nitsuta, a mistake made by the translators, since the "tsu" character acts as an extension making the proper pronounciation as "Nitta". Early translations of Nitta as "Nita" is wrong as well.

Seruhiko (瀬流彦), a bishōnen teacher who often hangs out with Nitta. He is one of the secret mages at Mahora. During the "Kyoto Arc", he was assigned with the duty to secretly protect the students during their field trip to Kansai. Apparently not that fight-savvy, according to his own words.

Professor, another teacher with supposedly magical abilities, although it has yet to be seen what it is. Was one of the teachers in the meeting with the Principal. Seems to know a lot about what is happening in the school. He was wildly speculated to be Professor Akashi (Yüna's father), although this hasn't been confirmed as of yet.

Ninomiya, Makie's rhythmic gymnastics coach. Appeared during Volume 7 when she made harsh comment about Makie's perfomance when she felt Makie wasn't skill enough to go the finals.

Tōko, a blonde female mage. At present, it seems that she is in charge of the Mahora mage organization's operations division, ranking second only to the Headmaster. She is speculated to be a Shinmei Ryuu swordswoman.

Gandolfini, a dark-skinned mage, probably a teacher. Uses guns and is possibly a mercenary. His name is an obvious reference to Gandalf from J.R.R. Tolkien's Lord of the Rings.

Nijuuin Mitsuru, a proficient but portly mage. Has a funny activation key that includes food in the chant.

Shakti heads the Mahora nun/mage patrol squad. Seems particularly skilled in combat and uses floating crosses, probably an artifact of sorts, in battle.

Cocone, a diminutive ninja-nun who tags along with Misora. Specializes in telepathy. Also spelled "Kokone".

Takane D. Goodman, high-school student and secret mage. She is highly proficient with shadows, her elemental affinity, as she can summon shadow warriors and create a highly elaborate shadow armor. Clothes seem to come off a lot. Seems to have developed feelings for Negi, though it is still in a formative stage. Develops Tanaka-phobia due to her match with Tanaka-san.

Mei Sakura, kohai to her senpai, Takane, whom she refers to as "onee-sama". She is deemed as a skilled Ministra Magi whose artifact is a broomstick. Mei is also a transfer student, sent to study from a North American mage academy before the Mahora Festival Arc. Mei seems to have an elemental magic affinity for fire.

Due to her identical given name and appearance to Naru Narusegawa's half-sister from Love Hina, Akamatsu's previous work, many fans theorize that they are the same person. While Naru's sister Mei was first introduced in the Love Hina anime (where she had an entirely different personality) and thus was not created by Akamatsu, she was eventually mentioned in the manga, and made small appearances in the final chapter. However, this theory has yet to be proven.

Eiko, high-school ace and the leader of the Black Lilies, the championship dodgeball team of St. Ursula High. She teases Negi on the train when he first arrives at Mahora. Later she and her friends had a dodgeball match with Negi's class which decided who would have Negi as their teacher. She and her two friends, Bibi and Shii, make several cameo appearances afterwards.

Naoya, a male high school student that also studies within Mahora and is a member of a dodgeball team as well. Has deep feelings for Eiko, his senpai, but was kept from confessing them during the Festival arc by Mana, who shot him in the side of the head with tranquilizer bullet.

Kaoru Goutokuji (豪徳寺 薫 Goutokuji Kaoru), pompadoured fight-enthusiast and color commentator at the Festival arc tournament. A skilled fighter in his own right, Kaoru is trained under the art of "Kenka Sappo" (which translates to Brawl Skill) and is an able ki-user. Kaoru was eliminated by Negi in the battle royale elimination matches of the Legendary Mahora Martial Arts Tournament. Despite his rough and somewhat ridiculous appearance, Kaoru is a pretty nice person (who whole-heartedly admitted his loss to Negi and even encouraged him to go for it and offered him gum) and seems to have an rather extensive knowledge of various forms of martial arts (for instance, he was able to identify and explain both Mana's Rakansen and Takamichi's Iaiken techniques).

Tanaka is actually a robot, probably designed in part by Satomi. Defeated by Takane during the Legendary Mahora Martial Arts Tournament - First round. Mass-produced Tanakas exist in Mahora's underground sewage system, under the control of Chao. It was written as "Tank.a" in the manga a few times.

Keiichi Yamashita (山下 慶一 Yamashita Keiichi), a fighter trained under the art of "3-D jujutsu", was beaten by Evangeline in a split second in the first round of the Legendary Mahora Martials Arts Tournament. Named after one of Akamatsu's assistants.

Tatsuya Nakamura (中村 達也 Nakamura Tatsuya), a fighter who specializes in ki projectiles, but has a glaring weakness in his lack of close quarter combat skill. Beaten by Kaede in the first round of the Legendary Mahora Martials Arts Tournament.

Pochi Daigouin, a fighter seemingly skilled in Chinese martial arts. Not much is known about him as he was completely outclassed by Albireo Ima in the first round of the Legendary Mahora Martials Arts Tournament.

People from Kyoto

Eishun Konoe (近衛 詠春 Konoe Eishun) is Konoka's father and the chief of the Kansai Magic Association. Despite his last name, he isn't from the Konoe family as he actually married into his wife's family. Before the Kyoto Arc, both the Kansai and the Kantō Magic Associations had a feud. This was because Kansai mages did not approve of Kantō mages using Western-style magic instead of Eastern-style magic. In order to ease the schism between two sides, Konoemon Konoe, who was the head of the Kantō Magic Association, made an arranged marriage between Eishun and his daughter. With this, the overt hostility ended. But there still existed a few in Kansai who continued in their aversion to Kantō and/or Western mages (e.g. Chigusa Amagasaki). Despite the attitude of Kansai mages towards the west, Eishun became best friends with a powerful Western mage, Nagi Springfield, the Thousand master. Nagi, Eishun, Takamichi, Albireo (Sanders), Gatō and one other, who were Nagi's comrade-in-arms, fought in a magic war that involved both mages from the East and West twenty years ago. Rather than being a mage himself, Eishun is most likely a pure Shinmei Ryuu swordsman. He has battle scars on his body from that war. Even after Nagi's apparent death in 1993, Eishun has still kept Nagi's holiday house clean.

Eishun never told his daughter Konoka of her magical background because he wanted his daughter to have a normal life. However, seeing that many in the Kansai Magic Association knew about the great (and dangerous) magic potential in Konoka, Eishun sent his daughter away to Mahora Academy under the care of his father-in-law. Several years after sending his daughter away, he sent Setsuna to guard his daughter. Eishun is a kind man with a moderate demeanor.

Eishun resembles a gentler and younger version of Gendo Ikari from Evangelion.

Chigusa Amagasaki (天ヶ崎 千草 Amagasaki Chigusa), named after one of Ken Akamatsu's staff members, is an onmyoudo charm user from the Kansai Magic Association. She was the one responsible for causing trouble at beginning of the school field trip. She tried to prevent Negi from giving his letter to the chief of Kansai Magic Association, because she does not want relations between the Kansai and Kantō Magic Association to improve. Chigusa was the one who tried to kidnap Konoka due to the powerful magic potential that the young girl had. She bears a grudge against Western mages, because her parents were killed in the great magic war that both Eastern and Western mages fought in twenty years ago. She planned to have her revenge against the Western mages by summoning the demon god "Ryōmen Sukuna-no-Kami", and the only way to do so was to gain control of Konoka's vast magical reserves. Despite having the ability to summon warrior spirits and creating shikigami, she also enlisted the help of three mercenaries to help in her plan. She was successful in summoning the demon god using Konoka's magic, but Evangeline defeated the demon easily. As a result, Chigusa's plan failed. She tried to escape but was captured by Chachazero, and is now under the custody of the Kansai Magic Association.

Kotarō Inugami (犬上 小太郎 Inugami Kotaro) is one of the three mercenary children helping Chigusa. He is a wolf-man, which is evidenced by his wolf-like ears and tail. He has the power to summon of inugami (dog spirits). Despite being hot-headed, Kotaro is a chivalrous person and would never hit a woman unless she was a powerful fighter. He is a powerful fighter and an expert in Ninjutsu and charms but prefers to fight hand to hand rather than using magic from a distance. Kotaro also has the ability to release his stronger hanyō (beast) form(which makes him look like a younger version of Inuyasha). He was beaten twice in the Kyoto Arc, by Negi and Kaede separately.

After the Kyoto Arc, he went under the custody of the Kansai Magic Association. He later escaped, however, in an attempt to warn Negi (whom he now considers as a rival) of impeding danger, which was the demon, Wilhelm. The two ended up becoming friends after the Wilhelm incident. He is currently living with Chizuru and Natsumi, and has transferred to an elementary school class within Mahora Academy.

Kotaro has a very lonely past, due to the fact that (like Setsuna) being a hanyō has made him, from birth, an outcast of both human and wolf-demon tribes. This makes him value his friendship with Negi even more. He was handed his latest (crushing) defeat by Albireo in the second round of the Mahora Legendary Martials Arts Tournament, leading him to seek training, with Kaede Nagase, to become stronger.

Tsukuyomi (月詠), Shinmei Ryuu swordswoman, is one of the three mercenary children that was hired to help Chigusa. Unlike Setsuna who uses a single sword style, she uses a sword and dagger style. She also knows how use ofuda, or onmyoudo charms, the same way that Setsuna can. Tsukuyomi seems like she has a crush of sorts for Setsuna.

Fate Averruncus is the last of the three mercenary children helping Chigusa. He supposedly came to Japan from the Istanbul Magic Association a month before the school field trip to train, but was really hired by Chigusa Amagasaki. Fate is an expert in both Western and Eastern magic, and is stronger and more skilled than Negi, as of the Kyoto Arc. He was the one that almost turned everyone at the Kansai Magic Association headquarters into stone, and kidnapped Konoka when Chigusa failed to kidnap her on earlier attempts. The name he has may not be his real name, and according to Evangeline, he probably isn't human but more of a construct. He disappeared after the summoned demon god was defeated. He specializes in water-based and petrification spells and can also perform Eastern magic such as summoning demons using ofuda. (Seiyū: Akira Ishida)

People from Wales

Nekane Springfield is Negi's cousin, although their relationship is more like that of brother and sister (and he refers to her as such), since they grew up together (and even slept in the same room) after her father took the orphaned Negi in. Her gentle personality is largely based on interpretations through disjointed flashbacks, so it is hard to identify precisely what she is like. What has been indicated however is that she took on more of a motherly role in his life. As a side note, Asuna and Nekane feel similar for Negi. Six years ago, when demons attack the village where she and Negi used to live in, she was almost turned to stone while trying to protect Negi from a petrification spell, but was saved by the Thousand Master in the nick of time. (Seiyū: Masami Suzuki)

Albert Chamomile, or Chamo is a perverted lingerie-stealing (typical manga male stock character!) chain-smoking talking ermine that Negi freed from a trap when he was five years old. Since then, Chamo has been going to Negi whenever he ran into trouble. He was originally thought to have been sent to Negi by his elder sister to help Negi out, though it was later found out that Negi was the only person he could rely on when Chamo escaped from the law for stealing girls underwear (over 2000!) because the law could not arrest him if he were a pet of a wizard. He lied to Negi saying he stole them to keep his sick sister warm, which Negi believed, whereupon Negi made Chamo his pet/familiar. As a side note, being turned into an ermine is one of the punishments that Negi's magic academy gives, which makes one wonder about whether Chamo was once a mage as well. He cares strongly for Negi and will fight to protect him, but he's not above using him to try to make a fast buck. Chamo acts as Negi's trusty advisor in most things, though there are times his judgement and/or advice leaves much to be desired. Chamo addresses Negi as "Aniki" (big brother) and most of the ladies (like Negi's students) as "Ane-san" (big sister, sometimes with slight variations like "Ane-go") even though it is possible that he is older than all of them. (Seiyū: Masashi Yabe)

Anya is the only other student who graduated with Negi that has been named. A year older than Negi, they have been childhood friends for as long as they can remember, and it has been indicated that Anya helped Negi pack for his trip to Japan. She is currently working as a fortune teller in London, so it is unlikely that she will make any major appearances other than in flashbacks. Anya seems like a grumpy girl (often shown frowning), although that could be from the typical reaction of young people towards those they like. (Seiyū: Ryou Hirohashi)

Stan is an old Magister Magi from Negi's village. Despite Negi calling him "grandpa", he isn't his grandfather; he is in fact Nagi's old friend. Stan has always been irked by Nagi Springfield, such that he almost seems like he absolutely wants to kill the Thousand Master. He believes Nagi died from pushing himself too far. When the demons attacked the village, he and Nekane stopped a petrifaction spell from the demon Wilhelm, while sealing the demon along with the Slime Trio, but at the cost of Stan himself becoming turned into stone. He protected Negi because he promised Nagi that he would do so at all costs.

The Magus is, as of yet, unnamed. Yet he is known as Negi's blood grandfather and the headmaster of the Welsh mage academy which Negi Springfield graduated from and is a friend of the dean of Mahora Academy.

Nagi and his comrades

Nagi Springfield (The Thousand Master) is a legendary wizard who supposedly wields a thousand spells, hence the title, and he is Negi's (and maybe Nekane's) father. The origin of his title is ambiguous; another possiblity is that it came about because he was able to make spells a thousand times stronger (e.g. Evangeline's curse, where he claimed he actually didn't know but about five or six spells), and there is also a rumor that he made probationary contracts with a thousand different girls (though this is almost certainly just a lie of Albert Chamomile's, meant to inspire Negi to make many contracts and earn Chamo-kun a huge brokerage fee with the Ermine Society). Nagi is so strong, in both magical and physical combat, that he does not even need any Ministra Magi to help him. His fighting style was that of a magic swordsman, using both speedy magic casting and hand-to-hand combat in tandem.

Despite what many people thought, he never did graduate from a wizard school, because he was a dropout. When he was ten years old, he became the winner of essentially the last Legendary Mahora Martial Arts Tournament, twenty-five years before the current one. Later, Nagi and his friends fought in a magic war that ended years ago, when he was fifteen years of age. After the war, he became famous for his heroic deeds and received the title of Thousand Master. He disappeared ten years ago in 1993, the same year Negi was born. No one knows precisely what happened to him, but most people assume he is in fact dead. According to some flashbacks, Nagi is a nice and playful man, with a cunning and shrewdness that surpasses common sense.

Nagi also met Asuna when she was a child, just before he disappeared, timeline-wise. The Thousand Master is a mage whose elemental magic affinity is lightning. (Seiyū: Takehito Koyasu)

Gateau Kagura Vandenburg is one of Nagi's companions. While he looks a lot like the adult Takamichi, it is unknown whether they are related and Takamichi referred to him only as "Master". He trained Takamichi in a form of magical combat called "Magic Ki Fusion", or "Kanka", that combines both Eastern chi and Western magic since Takamichi is unable to use spell incantations. While Asuna was travelling with the group as a child she also picked up on some of these techniques. When he died, sometime after Nagi's supposed death, his dying wish was to have Asuna's memories of him removed, and for Asuna to live happily.

Takamichi T. Takahata - see People from Mahora

Eishun Konoe - see People from Kyoto

Albireo Imma is one of Nagi's former companions. He entered the fighting tournament during the Mahora school festival under the assumed name "Colonel Sanders", and went largely unnoticed until he approached Asuna and was recognized by Evangeline. He appears to have information on not only Nagi's whereabouts, but also on Asuna's forgotten past. Albireo appears to be a pretty perverted fellow, as his taste in making Evangeline wear costumes become apparent in recent chapters. He's also a cunning and shrewd man, akin to Nagi Springfield, and is considered as one of the two natural enemies which Evangeline has, the other one being Nagi himself. Albireo Imma has a strong affinity towards gravity elemental magic.

An interesting fact revealed in the latest chapters is that Albireo has his very own Pactio card, which means that he, in addition of being a powerful mage, is also a Minister Magi. His artifact is a series of books, with an accompanying bookmark, that can be used to transform into a specific person, using all their skills and abilities. More information can be found below in the Artifacts section.

This perverted, but handsome fellow is registered as a librarian in the Mahora Library Island.

Others

Chachazero is a magical doll that is Evangeline's Ministra Magi before the Dark Evangel was put under a curse by Nagi. Unlike Chachamaru (Evangeline's current Ministra Magi) who is powered by a minimal amount of magical energy that Evangeline still has and a spring, Chachazero needs to be powered by quite a large amount of magic, which mainly came from Evangeline. As a result of the curse, she can not move but talk only, which is the reason why Evangeline relies on Chachamaru. While Chachamaru is polite and kind, Chachazero is rude and a whiner. She is always complaining that she can't move and that her master has become too soft and not so evil. This is because Chachazero enjoys killing things AND seeing things get killed. When she fights, she uses two daggers, and sometimes, a giant sword larger than she is. She is sometimes seen riding on Chachamaru's head or carried like a marionette by Evangeline.

Graf Wilhelm Josef Von Herrman poses as a descendant of a line of German counts, but is in fact a high-level demon. He knows Negi because he was one of the many demons that attacked his village when Negi was four years old; he was the one that turned almost everyone in the village to stone. Both he and the Slime Trio tried to attack Stan but were sealed by the old Magister Magi into a magic sealing bottle. During the current timeline, both he and the Slime Trio were released by some unknown organization and consequently given two missions: to gauge the threat that Negi Springfield and Kagurazaka Asuna possess, and to disable Negi Springfield from combat temporarily.

In his human form, he looks like an elderly gentleman wearing a suit and a hat. He is a very strong physical fighter, appearing to have a boxing like stance, who can use magic without chanting, but whose greatest power lies when he opens his mouth, either in human or demon form, to create a ray of light which turns whatever/whoever it comes in contact with it into stone. His petrification skills are so strong that it is virtually impossible to reverse the effects. He himself states, however, that Konoka, with the proper training, can save those beyond saving, but that may take years.

The Slime Sisters aka The Slime Trio Amme, Slime, Pudding were Wilhelm's helpers. Six years ago, they helped attack Negi's village and were also sealed into a magic bottle along with Wilhelm. They were released years later to help Wilhelm in his plans. The sisters, when in their human forms, all have different personalities, Amme is polite, Slime is rude and talks too much, and Pudding is the silent type. Due to their peculiar bodies, which are goo-like and extremely resistant to physical blows, they are excellent fighters. Trivia: Amme in Japanese means Rain.

Rubicante The demon guardian summoned by Fate Averruncus. Rubicante has a personality that likens the summoned being to a trained pet dog.