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Characters of the Boogiepop series, by Kouhei Kadono. The Boogiepop series includes fourteen light novels, a live action film, an anime, two manga, and several short stories. Whilst most characters feature in multiple titles in the series, every new addition introduces many new characters. There are also only four key protagonists who feature in every title.

Seiyū and voice actors for Boogiepop Phantom, as well as actors for Boogiepop and Others, are listed under the appropriate character. A list of all titles the character appears in is also present for each of the minor characters.

Protagonists

Boogiepop (ブギーポップ, Bugīpoppu)
The shinigami whispered of among the female students of Shinyo Academy, few people know that Boogiepop actually exists. Normally dormant, Boogiepop rises to the surface when enemies of the world appear. Boogiepop's appearance and voice are ambiguous: they seem both masculine and feminine at the same time. However, hidden beneath his signature black cloak and black, pipe-shaped hat, little is ever seen of him. Straight-faced and to the point, Boogiepop acts as mechanical as he claims to be. Boogiepop speaks in an archaic manner, and seems fond of whistling Wagner's Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg.
Nagi Kirima (霧間凪, Kirima Nagi)
Known as the Fire Witch to many, Kirima has made few friends due the way she distances herself from others: she knows that she is too dangerous for 'normal' people to associate with. She has a messianic complex, and seeks to save the world from whatever may threaten it. As such, whenever there are unusual happenings within the city, Kirima can be found investigating what has happened. In the past, she had spent a period of time in hospital. A combination of the events from that period of her life, as well as the death of her father, the famous writer Kirima Seiichi, brought her to follow this path in life. Extremely gifted both physically and intellectually, she has the basic tools she needs to carry out her self-appointed mission. The Towa Organization has given her the code name "Walpurgis" Varupurugizu (ヴァルプルギス)
Touka Miyashita (宮下藤花, Miyashita Tōka)
An ordinary, happy school girl at Shinyo Academy, Miyashita is in love with her boyfriend, Takeda Keiji, and close friends with Suema Kazuko. Not particularly good at school, she does not stand out in any way. Unknown to most, she was hospitalized as a child, and this saw her life change, though even Miyashita herself does not seem to know the truth of what happened, and was simply told that she had been possessed by a kitsune. Unknowingly, when the world is in trouble, she carries a Spalding sports bag containing the effects of Boogiepop, her alternate personality. She has no recollection of her time as Boogiepop, and alters her memories to explain the blanks.
Kazuko Suema (末間和子, Suema Kazuko)
As a result of a childhood trauma, Suema has developed an unusual fascination with criminal and abnormal psychology, as well as the desire to not let anything occur around her without her knowing. As a result of this, she desperately seeks the truth about the unexplained events happening in her city, and meddles with forces best left untouched. Good friends with Miyashita Touka, Suema appreciates how she so open and unconditionally accepting of her, and looks out for her friend. She seeks to be closer with Kirima Nagi, who seems to know the answers to the questions that have haunted her all these years.

Boogiepop and Others

Echoes (エコーズ, Ekōzu)
An alien being sent to evaluate humans, when Echoes takes on human form to engage with human society, he inadvertently takes on a form more highly evolved than current humans. His knowledge is sealed away by restricting his ability to speak to only repeating the words used by others around him. This is why he is named Echoes: in reference to the Greek nymph, Echo. He was captured by the Towa Organization who experimented upon him, creating their synthetic humans from what they learned. They also attempted to clone Echoes, but their failed attempt resulted in the creation of Manticore. His name derives from the song Echoes off the album Meddle, released by Pink Floyd in 1971.
Appearances: Boogiepop and Others, Boogiepop at Dawn, Boogiepop Phantom
Naoko Kamikishiro (紙木城直子, Kamikishiro Naoko)
Kamikishiro Naoko is a third year student at Shinyo Academy, and going out with both Kimura Akio and Tanaka Shiro. Though known to be a kind, happy-go-lucky girl, she often sings Life is Brief. By chance, she finds Echoes collapsed in the street, and is compelled to help him. Despite his inability to communicate effectively via speech, Kamikishiro finds that she shares a telepathic link with him, and learns of Manticore.
Appearances: Boogiepop and Others, Boogiepop at Dawn, Boogiepop Phantom
Akio Kimura (木村明雄, Kimura Akio)
A second year student at Shinyo Academy, he finds himself in love with Kamikishiro Naoko.
Appearances: Boogiepop and Others
Kyouko Kinoshita (木下京子, Kinoshita Kyōko)
A second year student at Shinyo Academy, Kinoshita is introduced to the drug Type-S by Kusatsu Akiko.
Appearances: Boogiepop and Others, Boogiepop Returns: VS Imaginator Part 2, Boogiepop Phantom
Seiichi Kirima (霧間誠一, Kirima Seiichi)
The father of Nagi, and a prolific writer, Kirima released several novels, but is best known for his works on psychology. His works are frequently referenced in the Boogiepop series, and also feature in the Jiken series.
Akiko Kusatsu (草津秋子, Kusatsu Akiko)
A first year student at Shinyo Academy, Kusatsu has a crush on Saotome Masami.
Appearances: Boogiepop and Others
Kei Niitoki (新刻敬, Niitoki Kei)
A second year student at Shinyo Academy, Niitoki is the President of the Discipline Committee. Though she looks like a much younger girl, other students often come to her, seeking her assistance and treating her like an older sister.
Appearances: Boogiepop and Others, Boogiepop Returns: VS Imaginator Part 2, Boogiepop Overdrive: The Piper
Masami Saotome (早乙女正美, Saotome Masami)
Saotome Masami is a first year student at Shinyo Academy with an unusual desire: he wishes to be killed by a woman stronger than himself. His advances on Kirima Nagi were rejected, but when he meets Manticore he professes his love, and seeks to help it conquer the world. Under his direction, Manticore takes the form of Yurihara Minako, and they experiment in controlling humans --- Type-S (S for Slave) results from this. The two fall deeply in love with each other.
Appearances: Boogiepop and Others, Boogiepop in the Mirror: "Pandora", Boogiepop Phantom
Keiji Takeda (竹田啓司, Takeda Keiji)
Takeda is a third year student at Shinyo Academy, with aspirations to become a designer. He is going out with Miyashita Touka, and becomes Boogiepop's first true friend.
Appearances: Boogiepop and Others, Boogiepop in the Mirror: "Pandora", Boogiepop Overdrive: The Piper, Boogiepop Missing: Peppermint Wizard, Boogiepop Stacatto: Welcome to Jinx Shop, Boogiepop Phantom
Shiro Tanaka (田中志郎, Tanaka Shiro)
A first year student at Shinyo Academy, and a member of the archery club. Tanaka is pursued by Kamikishiro Naoko, who professes her love for him. Though initially reluctant, he eventually goes out with her.
Appearances: Boogiepop and Others, Boogiepop Overdrive: The Piper
Masaki Taniguchi (谷口正樹, Taniguchi Masaki)
A third-year middle school student, and the step-brother of Kirima Nagi, Taniguchi recently returned to Japan from Phnom Penh, and is currently living with his step-sister.
Appearances: Boogiepop and Others, Boogiepop Returns: VS Imaginator, Boogiepop Countdown Embryo: Erosion, Boogiepop Wicked Embryo: Eruption, Boogiepop Bounding: Lost Moebius
Minako Yurihara (百合川美奈子, Yurihawa Minako) / Manticore (マンティコア, Manteikoa)
Minako was a second year student at Shinyo Academy, until she was consumed by Manticore. After killing the girl, Manticore is discovered by Masami, but before it can kill him, he tells Manticore that he loves it. Listening to Saotome's logic, Manticore chooses to let him live and help it, instead assuming the form of Yurihara to hide from its pursuer, Echoes. When Manticore tells Saotome of its powers, he initiates experiments in controlling humans, so that they may one day conquer the world. As they work together, the two fall deeply in love with each other. Her name derives from a character from the song and album Tarkus by the band Emerson, Lake & Palmer
Appearances: Boogiepop and Others, Boogiepop Phantom

Boogiepop Returns: VS Imaginator

Shinjirou Anou (安能慎二郎, Anō Shinjirō)
Anou is a third year Middle School student. When Taniguchi Masaki changes to his school, Anou finds himself confused by his feelings towards the boy, so directs his frustrations towards him.
Appearances: Boogiepop Returns: VS Imaginator, Boogiepop Phantom
Jin Asukai (飛鳥井仁, Ausukai Jin)
An art teacher and councilor at a cram school, Asukai makes the students feel better by telling them what they want to hear. He is able to see people's hearts in the form of plants growing from their chests, and the flaws of their hearts are represented by something missing from the plant.
Appearances: Boogiepop Returns: VS Imaginator, Boogiepop Missing: Peppermint Wizard, Beat's Discipline
Kotoe Kinukawa (衣川琴絵, Kinukawa Kotoe)
A relative of Asukai Jin.
Appearances: Boogiepop Returns: VS Imaginator
Suiko Minahoshi (水乃星透子, Minahoshi Suiko) / Imaginator (イマジネーター, Imajinētā)
A girl who was assumed to have leapt from the roof of Shinyo Academy, she was actually a being known as Imaginator and has fought against Boogiepop. She possesses the ability "Strange Days" Sutorenji Deizu (ストレンジ・デイズ)
Appearances: Boogiepop Returns: VS Imaginator, Boogiepop at Dawn, Boogiepop Paradox: Heartless Red, Beat's Discipline, VS Imaginator Part IV "The Night Watch under The Cold Moon" (Night Watch trilogy), Spectral Speculation of Soul-Drop (Soul Drop series), Controversy about Iron Mask (Night Watch trilogy)
Aya Orihata (織機綺, Orihata Aya) / Camille (カミール, Kamīru)
Orihata appears to be an ordinary Middle School student, but she is actually a synthetic human from the Towa Organisation, working under Spooky E. Her original mission was to experiment with interbreeding between humans and synthetic humans, but after she meets, and falls in love with, Taniguchi Masaki, is focuses on the mission of finding Boogiepop. Her name is a reference to the musician Prince's claim of having a 'good' personality named Camille.
Appearances: Boogiepop Returns: VS Imaginator, Boogiepop at Dawn, Boogiepop Countdown Embryo: Erosion, Boogiepop Wicked Embryo: Eruption, Boogiepop Bounding: Lost Moebius, Boogiepop Phantom
Spooky E (スプーキーE, Supūkī E)
  • Voiced by: Jouji Nakata (Japanese); Christopher Nicholas (English)
Correctly known as Spooky Electric (スプーキーエレクトリック, Supūkī Erekutorikku), Spooky E is a synthetic human from the Towa Organization. Spooky E has the ability to generate electricity from his body, and is able to control the minds of humans with this power. Initially sent to investigate what became of Echoes and the result of the pillar of light, his mission changes to finding Boogiepop. His name also derives from Prince claiming to have a 'bad' personality named Spooky Electric.
Appearances: Boogiepop Returns: VS Imaginator, Boogiepop in the Mirror: "Pandora", Boogiepop Missing: Peppermint Wizard, Boogiepop Countdown Embryo: Erosion, Boogiepop Phantom, Beat's Discipline
Gen Sakakibara (榊原弦, Sakakibara Gen)
Appearances: Boogiepop Returns: VS Imaginator, Boogiepop in the Mirror: "Pandora", Boogiepop Countdown Embryo: Erosion

Boogiepop in the Mirror: "Pandora"

Mitsuo Kazumiya (数宮三都雄, Kazumiya Mitsuo)
Appearances: Boogiepop in the Mirror: "Pandora"
Kito (キト, Kito)
Appearances: Boogiepop in the Mirror: "Pandora"
Kouji Koumoto (神元功志, Kōmoto Kōji)
Possesses the ability "Whispering" Uisuparingu (ウィスパリング)
Appearances: Boogiepop in the Mirror: "Pandora"
Kasumi Mikage (海影香純, Mikage Kasumi)
Appearances: Boogiepop in the Mirror: "Pandora"
Kyoko Nanase (七音恭子, Nanase Kyoko)
Possesses the ability "Aroma" Aroma (アロマ)
Appearances: Boogiepop in the Mirror: "Pandora"
Yuu Tenjiki (天色優, Tenjiki Yū) / Eugene (ユージン, Yūjin)
Appearances: Boogiepop in the Mirror: "Pandora", Boogiepop Overdrive: The Piper
Nozomi Tsuki (辻希美, Tsuki Nozomi)
Possesses the ability "Automatic" Ōtomateikku (オートマティック)
Appearances: Boogiepop in the Mirror: "Pandora", Boogiepop Paradox: Heartless Red
Kentarou Habara (羽原健太郎, Kentarō Habara)
Appearances: Boogiepop in the Mirror: "Pandora", Boogiepop Overdrive: The Piper, Boogiepop at Dawn, Boogiepop Wicked Embryo: Eruption

Boogiepop Overdrive: The Piper

King of Distortion (歪曲王, Waikyokuō)
Trivia: "Waikyokuō" is the Japanese translation of "The Piper" from Led Zeppelin's Stairway to Heaven.
Appearances: Boogiepop Overdrive: The Piper
Kyouichiro Teratsuki (寺月恭一郎, Teratsuki Kyōichiro)
Appearances: Boogiepop Overdrive: The Piper, Boogiepop Missing: Peppermint Wizard, Phantasm Phenomenon of Memoria-Noise (Soul Drop series)
Zouragi (ゾーラギ, Zōragi)
Appearances: Boogiepop Overdrive: The Piper
Shizuka Hashizaka (橋坂静香, Hashizaka Shizuka)
Appearances: Boogiepop Overdrive: The Piper
Makoto Hashizaka (橋坂真, Hashizaka Makoto)
Appearances: Boogiepop Overdrive: The Piper
Yuzuru Shinozaki (篠崎譲, Shinozaki Yuzuru)
Appearances: Boogiepop Overdrive: The Piper

Boogiepop at Dawn

Makiko Kisugi (来生真希子, Kisugi Makiko) / Fear Ghoul (フィア・グール, Fea Gūru)
Appearances: Boogiepop at Dawn, Boogiepop Phantom
Shinpei Kuroda (黒田慎平, Kuroda Shinpei) / Scarecrow (スケアクロウ, Sukeakurō) / Kishida Ichirou (岸田一朗, Kishida Ichirō)
Trivia: The Scarecrow (Pink Floyd song) is a song by Pink Floyd from their 1967 debut album The Piper at the Gates of Dawn
Appearances: Boogiepop at Dawn, Boogiepop Phantom
Pigeon (ピジョン, Pijyon)
Appearances: Boogiepop at Dawn
Masanori Sasaki (佐々木政則, Sasaki Masanori) / Mo Murder (モ・マーダー, Mo Mādā)
Trivia: Mo Murder is a song by Krayzie Bone.
Appearances: Boogiepop at Dawn, Boogiepop Countdown Embryo: Erosion, Beat's Discipline, Boogiepop Phantom
(篠北周夫)
Appearances: Boogiepop at Dawn, Beat's Discipline

Boogiepop Missing: Peppermint Wizard

Captain Walker (キャプテン・ウォーカー, Kyaputen Uōkā)
Trivia: Captain Walker is a character from the rock opera Tommy; it is also the name of a song from the Tommy soundtrack.
Appearances: Boogiepop Missing: Peppermint Wizard
Tosuke Kigawa (軌川十助, Kigawa Tosuke) / Notorious ICE (ノトーリアスＩＣＥ, Notōriasu ICE)
Appearances: Boogiepop Missing: Peppermint Wizard, Beat's Discipline
Rei Kusunoki (楠木玲, Kusunoki Rei)
Appearances: Boogiepop Missing: Peppermint Wizard
Suguru Semigasawa (蝉ヶ沢卓, Semigasawa Suguru) / Squeeze (スクイーズ, Sukuīzu)
Trivia: Squeeze is an album released by The Velvet Underground in 1973.
Appearances: Boogiepop Missing: Peppermint Wizard, Boogiepop Paradox: Heartless Red

Boogiepop Embryo

Akiko Honami (穂波顕子, Honami Akiko)
Possesses the ability "Strange Days" Sutorenji Deizu (ストレンジ・デイズ)
Appearances: Boogiepop Countdown Embryo: Erosion, Boogiepop Wicked Embryo: Eruption, Boogiepop Paradox: Heartless Red
Hiroshi Honami (穂波弘, Honami Hiroshi)
Possesses the ability "Tightrope" Taitorōpu (タイトロープ)
Appearances: Boogiepop Countdown Embryo: Erosion, Boogiepop Wicked Embryo: Eruption
Pearl (パール, Pāru)
Appearances: Boogiepop Countdown Embryo: Erosion, Boogiepop Wicked Embryo: Eruption, Beat's Discipline
Rii Maisaka (リィ舞阪, Rī Maisaka) / Fortissimo (フォルテッシモ, Foruteshimo)
Possesses the ability "The Slider" Za Suraidā (ザ・スライダー)
Trivia: Fortissimo is a musical term; is it also the name of an album released by Japanese group Kryzler & Kompany in 2001.
Appearances: Boogiepop Countdown Embryo: Erosion, Boogiepop Wicked Embryo: Eruption, Beat's Discipline
Sidewinder (サイドワインダー, Saidowaindā)
Appearances: Boogiepop Countdown Embryo: Erosion, Boogiepop Wicked Embryo: Eruption
Tohru Takashiro (高代亨, Takashiro Tōru) / Inazuma (イナズマ, Inazuma)
Appearances: Boogiepop Countdown Embryo: Erosion, Boogiepop Wicked Embryo: Eruption, Beat's Discipline
The Embyo (ジ・エンブリオ, Di Enburio)
Trivia: Embryo was a song on Works, an album released by Pink Floyd in 1983; it was also a song on the album Master of Reality, released by Black Sabbath in 1971.
Appearances: Boogiepop Countdown Embryo: Erosion, Boogiepop Wicked Embryo: Eruption, Beat's Discipline
Kazami Segawa (瀬川風見, Segawa Kazami) / Swallow Bird (スワロゥバード, Suwarō Bādo)
Appearances: Boogiepop Wicked Embryo: Eruption, Beat's Discipline
Sanpei Motoki (本木三平, Motoki Sanpei)
Possesses the ability "Countdown" Kauntodaun (カウントダウン)
Appearances: Boogiepop Countdown Embryo: Erosion

Boogiepop Paradox: Heartless Red

Akemi Kurenai (九連内朱巳, Kurenai Akemi) / Rains on Friday (レイン・オン・フライディ, Rein on Furaidei)
Appearances: Boogiepop Paradox: Heartless Red, Beat's Discipline
Chizuru Kurenai (九連内千鶴, Kurenai Chizuru) / Mrs. Robinson (ミセス・ロビンソン, Misesu Robunson)
Trivia: Mrs Robinson is the famous song by Simon and Garfunkel from 1967.
Appearances: Boogiepop Paradox: Heartless Red
Morito Uchimura (内村杜斗, Uchimura Morito) / Fail Safe (フェイルセイフ, Feiru Seifu)
Appearances: Boogiepop Paradox: Heartless Red

Boogiepop Unbalance: Holy & Ghost

Doctor (ドクター, Dokutā)
Appearances: Boogiepop Unbalance: Holy & Ghost
Pete Beat (ピート・ビート, Pīto Bīto)
Trivia: Beat is an album released by King Crimson in 1982.
Appearances: Boogiepop Unbalance: Holy & Ghost, Beat's Discipline
Slim Shape (スリム・シェイプ, Surimu Sheipu)
Appearances: Boogiepop Unbalance: Holy & Ghost
Seiko Hamada (濱田聖子, Hamada Seiko) / Holy (ホーリィ, Hōrī)
Appearances: Boogiepop Unbalance: Holy & Ghost
Reiji Yuuki (結城玲治, Yūki Reiji) / Ghost (ゴースト, Gōsuto)
Appearances: Boogiepop Unbalance: Holy & Ghost
Mitsugu Ujiki (宇治木貢, Ujiki Mitsugu)
Appearances: Boogiepop Unbalance: Holy & Ghost
Setsuko Amamiya (雨宮世津子, Amamiya Setsuko) / Reset (リセット, Risetto)
Possesses the ability "Moby Dick" Mobī Dikku (モービィ・ディック)
Trivia: Moby Dick (song) is a song from the 1969 album Led Zeppelin II
Appearances: Boogiepop Unbalance: Holy & Ghost, Beat's Discipline, Ginyōriai Castle, Boogiepop Intolerance: The Ark of Orpheus

Boogiepop Stacatto: Welcome to Jinx Shop

Hiiragi (柊, Hīragi) / Oxygen (オキシジェン, Okishijen)
Appearances: Boogiepop Stacatto: Welcome to Jinx Shop, Beat's Discipline
Kaleidoscope (カレイドスコープ, Kareidosukōpu)
Appearances: Boogiepop Stacatto: Welcome to Jinx Shop, Beat's Discipline
Narasaki Fujiko (楢崎不二子, Narasaki Fujiko)
Appearances: Boogiepop Stacatto: Welcome to Jinx Shop, Spectral Speculation of Soul-Drop (Soul Drop series)
Shouzou Itouya (伊東谷抄造, Itōya Shōzō) / Shame Face (シェイムフェイス, Sheimu Feisu)
Appearances: Boogiepop Stacatto: Welcome to Jinx Shop
Masanori Sumiya (澄矢雅典, Sumiya Masanori) / White Riot (ホワイトライアット, Howaito Raiatto)
Trivia: White Riot is a single released by The Clash in 1977.
Appearances: Boogiepop Stacatto: Welcome to Jinx Shop
Ai Komiyama (小宮山愛, Komiyama Ai) / Switch Stance (スイッチスタンス, Suichi Sutansu)
Appearances: Boogiepop Stacatto: Welcome to Jinx Shop
Kimika Nakamura (仲村紀美香, Nakamura Kimika) / Gimme Shelter (ギミー・シェルター, Gimī Sherutā)
Trivia: Gimme Shelter is a song from the album Let It Bleed, released by The Rolling Stones in 1969.
Appearances: Boogiepop Stacatto: Welcome to Jinx Shop

Boogiepop Bounding: Lost Moebius

Brick (ブリック, Burikku)
Trivia: Brick is a song from the album Whatever and Ever Amen, released by Ben Folds Five in 1997.
Appearances: Boogiepop Bounding: Lost Moebius
(蒼衣秋良) / Cold Medicine (コールドメディシン, Kōrudo Medeishin)
Appearances: Boogiepop Bounding: Lost Moebius, Boogiepop Intolerance: The Ark of Orpheus
?? Amamiya (雨宮美津子, Amamiya ??) / Limit (リミット, Rimitto)
Appearances: Boogiepop Bounding: Lost Moebius
(長谷部京輔) / Idiotic (イディオティック, Ideiotikku)
Appearances: Boogiepop Bounding: Lost Moebius

Boogiepop Intolerance: The Ark of Orpheus

(須磨貞夫)
Appearances: Boogiepop Intolerance: The Ark of Orpheus
(杉乃浦春海) / One Hot Minute (ワン・ホット・ミニット, Wan Hoto Minitto)
Trivia: One Hot Minute is an album released by Red Hot Chili Peppers in 1995.
Appearances: Boogiepop Intolerance: The Ark of Orpheus
(相川靖子) / Tear Jerker (ティアジャーカー, Teia Jākā)
Possesses the ability "Treason Reason" Torīzun Rīzun (トリーズン・リーズン)
Appearances: Boogiepop Intolerance: The Ark of Orpheus
(六嶺平蔵)
Appearances: Boogiepop Intolerance: The Ark of Orpheus
(六嶺美登里) / Fallen Grace (フォーリン・グレイス, Fōrin Gureisu)
Trivia: Fallen Grace is a song from the album The Whispered Lies of Angels, released by Undying in 2000.
Appearances: Boogiepop Intolerance: The Ark of Orpheus

Boogiepop Phantom

Boogiepop Phantom (ブギーポップ・ファントム, Bugīpoppu Fantomu)
  • Voiced by: Mayumi Asano (Japanese); Simone Grant (English)
When Manticore was defeated by Echoes, its remnants survived in the electromagnetic field surrounding the city. One half of Manticore continued to use the basic appearance of Yurihara Minako, but also imitated the cloak and hat of Boogiepop: it calls itself Boogiepop Phantom. Boogiepop Phantom protects the "special children" by preserving them beneath the city, until such time as the world is ready for them.
Manticore Phantom (マンティコア・ファントム, Manteikoa Fantomu)
  • Voiced by: Jun Fukuyama (Japanese); Crispin Freeman (English)
When Manticore was defeated by Echoes, its remnants survived in the electromagnetic field surrounging the city. One half of Manticore took the form of Saotome Masami, and continues to devour people in the city.
Poom Poom (プームプーム, Pūmu Pūmu)
  • Voiced by: Rakuto Tochihara (Japanese); Jessica Calvello (English)
Poom Poom was created by Manaka Kisaragi. Originally he was born from the memories of Mamoru Oikawa, but later evolved into the Poom Poom of Akane Kojima's creation. By handing out balloons to people holding regret about the direction their lives have taken, he separates their childhood hopes and dreams from them, which play with him in Paisley Park, leaving only an empty shell behind.
Trivia: Poom Poom is a song from the Crystal Ball album, released by Prince in 1998.
Misuzu Arito (有藤美鈴, Arifuji Misuzu)
  • Voiced by: Megumi Nasu (Japanese); Megan Hollingshead (English)
Called Panaru at school, Misuzu teaches people about accepting the world for what it is, and loving it none the less. However, Misuzu has repressed her memories of the truth: she had found the corpse of her best friend, Megumi Toyama, five years ago. Unable to accept this, she tried to repress the memories by living Megumi's life.
Hisashi Jonouchi (城之内久志, Jonōchi Hisashi)
  • Voiced by: Shizuma Hodoshima (Japanese); Corey Marshall (English)
Jonouchi wanted to be a hero, but when he spent a year in hospital due to a bone tumour, he had all but given up. Dr Kisugi offered him a drug to help realise his dream, but it did not seem to have an effect. On the night the pillar of light pierced the sky, something happened to Jonouchi. When he sees his father the next morning, there appears to be a "bug" over his chest; looking at other people as he goes to school, many people seem to have these "bugs". As an experiment, Jonouchi removes and eats a bug from a fellow student, and seems to lift all regret from them.
Manaka Kisaragi (如月真名花, Kisaragi Manaka)
  • Voiced by: Sanae Kobayashi (Japanese); Rachael Lillis (English)
A highly-evolved human, Manaka grew at an unnatural rate, and had the ability to draw memories from her surroundings in the form of butterflies of light. As her grandmother grows old and weak, she kills Manaka before she herself died – not wishing for "the devil's child" to be left free. When the pillar of light pierced the sky that same night, Echoes inadvertently revived Manaka. Soon after, her grandmother died, and Manaka was free to go out into the world. By drawing memories from everywhere, she learns everything there is to know in the world; she even learns about Echoes, and begins repeating back the words she hears others speak, similar to how he had.
Mayumi Kisaragi (如月真弓, Kisaragi Mayumi)
  • Voiced by: Fumiko Osaka (Japanese); Traci Shannon (English)
When Mayumi was pregnant, she would do anything for her unborn child. When Dr Kisugi offered a drug to ensure she gave birth to a strong child, she took it. When she finally gave birth to Manaka, something happened to Mayumi's mind: whilst she could still remember everything from before she gave birth, she was unable to make new memories after this point.
Akane Kojima (小島茜, Kojima Akane)
  • Voiced by: Miwa Yasuda (Japanese); Megan Hollingshead (English)
More than anything else, Akane wants to write children's books for a living. When an advisor at the school tells her to give up her dream and pursue a science-based stream, she gives up her dreams. She destroys her works, including the story of Poom Poom.
Officer Morita (森田巡査, Morita Junsa) / Snake Eye (スネークアイ, Sunēku Ai)
  • Voiced by: Hisao Egawa (Japanese); David Brimmer (English)
Morita was a police officer, but he was at some point killed by the synthetic human named Snake Eye, who assumed Morita's identity. Snake Eye has the ability to move any part of his body in the manner of a snake, and control the minds of humans who meet his gaze. He monitors the city for evolved humans, and kills those he finds.
Trivia: Snake Eye is a single released by AC/DC in 1998.
Mamoru Oikawa (及川鎮, Oikawa Mamoru)
  • Voiced by: Hiroyuki Yoshino (Japanese); Steve Bednarz (English)
Though a kind child, and highly protective of his sister, Sayoko, Mamoru begins to change after his father fails to fulfill a promise with him. As his father's business goes bankrupt, he begins to obsess about "useless things". After a pillar of light pierces the sky, Mamoru believes he has gained the ability to destroy these useless things, but the truth is that he can only chose what is to be destroyed.
Sayoko Oikawa (及川小夜子, Oikawa Sayoko)
  • Voiced by: Kei Kobayashi (Japanese); Debora Rabbai (English)
Mamoru's younger sister, Sayoko has cared deeply about her brother ever since he saved her when they were young children. Even as he turns obsessive about "useless things", and abusive towards her, she never gives up on her brother. After the pillar of light pierces the sky, Sayako unknowingly gained the ability to destroy whatever her brother desires.
Yoji Suganuma (菅沼洋次, Suganuma Yōji)
  • Voiced by: Hirofumi Nojima (Japanese); Liam O'Brien (English)
Yoji's father has high expectations for him, but he only wishes to study computer graphics and make games. He becomes obsessive about a virtual girlfriend he created, but after meeting Rie Sato, he begins to blur the line between reality and fiction, and believes she is his virtual girlfriend. Through abuse of the drug, Type-S, Yoji becomes more confused as his mind degenerates.
Yasuko Suzuki (鈴木康子, Suzuki Yasuko)
  • Voiced by: Yuki Watanabe (Japanese); Lea Lane (English)
A close friend of Moto Tonomura, Yasuko had gone out with Saotome Masami back in middle school, but dumped him when she became more outgoing.
Yoshiki Tabata (田畑良樹, Tabata Yoshiki)
  • Voiced by: Yoshifumi Ichiishi (Japanese); Buddy Woodward (English)
Yoshiki was oblivious to the true feelings of those around him until after the pillar of light pierced the sky. He gained the ability to hear people's thoughts, and learns what they really think of him.
Moto Tonomura (殿村望都, Tonomura Moto)
  • Voiced by: Mamiko Noto (Japanese); Jessica Calvello (English)
An shy girl with obsessive compulsive habits, Moto rejects men, but harbours an old crush towards Saotome Masami. She never told Saotome her feelings because he had gone out with her friend, Yasuko Suzuki.
Megumi Toyama (遠山恵, Toyama Megumi)
  • Voiced by: Tsugumi Higasayama (Japanese); Kristen Nelson (English)
Called Panaru by her friend, Misuzu Arito, Megumi was one of the victims of the serial killer, Fear Ghoul.
Sachiko Wakasa (若狭幸子, Wakasa Sachiko)
  • Voiced by: Tomoko Miyadera (Japanese); Meg Francis (English)
Mother of Shizue, her relationship with her daughter became distant after her husband died. When Shizue caught her with another man, she misinterpreted the situation, and ended their relationship.
Shizue Wakasa (若狭静枝, Wakasa Shizue)
  • Voiced by: Nobuko Kotani (Japanese); Lea Lane (English)
Daughter of Sachiko, she draws distant from her mother after her father died. Seeing her mother with another man, she comes to believe that Sachiko had not truly loved her father, and becomes disgusted with her own mother. She also becomes disgusted at the thought of sexual relations, to the point of physical illness. She seeks the assistance of Dr Kisugi to overcome her troubles.
Officer Yamamoto (山本巡査, Yamamoto Junsa)
A police officer, and friend of Officer Morita. Every time Officer Yamamoto learns anything about what is happening in the city, Snake Eye erases that portion of his memories.
Saki Yoshizawa (吉沢早紀, Yoshizawa Saki)
A bright and popular girl, Saki has loved to play the piano since she was a child, and her parents sacrificed everything to fulfill her dream.

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