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The list of characters from the Magic Knight Rayearth anime and manga series by CLAMP. (Note: many characters' names are either taken from or related to cars.)

Characters of the first season

Hikaru Shidou

Birthday: August 8 (Leo).

Bloodtype: O.

Favorite Food: Ice Cream.

Favorite Color: Red

Least Favorite Food: Anything Spicy.

Favorite School Subject: Biology.

Least Favorite Subject: Music.

Specialties: Kendo, talking to animals

Extracurricular: Kendo Club

Hobby: Playing with her dog, Hikari.

Career Goal: Seeing-Eye Dog Trainer.

Hikaru Shidou (獅堂 光, Shidō Hikaru) is an eighth-grader with bright red eyes and pale scarlet hair, who is small for her age, and often teased for her boyishness. She helps her parents and her three older brothers (Masaru, Satoru and Kakeru) to run a school for Kendo. She is headstrong and determined, and in many ways very childish, but she is fiercely loyal to her friends. In particular, she wants to save Cephiro to get home to return to her dog, Hikari, her precious childhood friend. She uses fire-based spells, such as Arrow of Fire(Honoo no Ya) and Crimson Lightning.

Hikaru is very popular with fans, especially with boys, because of her sometimes childish behavior; for example, in the manga, where Fuu is "asking" Ferio to help them, Umi catches on to what she's doing, but Hikaru has no idea what's going on. When Ferio agrees, Umi cheers, as does Hikaru, though she still doesn't get it. It's also mentioned that she's the most popular girl in her all-girls school.

She becomes best friends with Umi and Fuu in the first season. In the second season, she falls in love with Lantis, and becomes friends with Eagle Vision of Autozam. However, in the manga, Hikaru is only hinted at being romantically involved with him, despite Lantis hinting that he has strong feelings for her. Hikaru claims to love everyone, and due to her innocent nature, probably loves everyone equally.

In the second season, when the need for a new Pillar of Cephiro is urgent, people from many different lands flock to Cephiro to become the Pillar. It is apparent from the first moment the girls are told they will be Magic Knights that Hikaru is the most strong-willed and passionate of the group; this leads to her eventually becoming the new Pillar at the end of the season. Yet Hikaru decides that she would rather the good of Cephiro not have to depend on one person's self-sacrifice, and uses her power as Pillar to destroy the Pillar System and allow Cephiro to function on its own.

Her name was Lucy Shidou in the early Filipino dubs.

Voiced by Julie Maddalena, Aya Blanco-Bejer, Angelines Santana and Hekiru Shiina.

Umi Ryuuzaki

Birthday: March 3 (Pisces)

Bloodtype: A

Favorite food: Spaghetti

Least favorite food: Anything sweet

Favorite color: Blue

Favorite subject: English

Least favorite subject: Sewing

Hobby: Baking Cakes

Specialties: English, fencing

Extracurriculars: Fencing Club

Career goal: A bride

Umi Ryuuzaki (龍咲 海, Ryūzaki Umi) is tall, elegant, with dark blue eyes and long, flowing blue hair. She is an only child of rich parents, the two of which dote on her mercilessly and for whom she has great affection. A fencing champion, she is quick-tempered and at first uncaring (though perhaps the best-suited for the task at hand), as well as the most reluctant of the three Magic Knights: she is under great pressure to attend a fencing contest and is unsure of the land of Cephiro. Umi tends to go slightly ballistic at times, and provides a bit of comic relief during her fights with Mokona. Initially she seems to dislike Mokona, and even when she does become fond of him, occasionally still seems annoyed by his behavior. However, Umi is very dedicated to Hikaru and Fuu, wanting nothing more to save Cephiro and return home. She uses water-based spells called Water Dragon and Azure Hurricane.

Romantically, Umi is not involved with anyone in the manga, despite the hints of Ascot's affection for her (and Mokona's resulting attempts to set them up). In the anime, however, Umi falls in love with Clef. Her feelings appear to be returned, though this isn't entirely clarified. She's friends with Tatra and Tarta, the princesses of Chizeta, whom she defeated in sword fights at different points in the second story arc. During the same arc, Umi appears to be slightly more mature and even grows somewhat closer to Clef and Ascot and the others.

In the manga, she is apparently a fan of Häagen-Dazs ice cream, Denny's, and MOS Burger (she becomes panicked at the thought that Cephiro does not have any of these). The brand names were removed from the anime dialogue, presumably to avoid copyright infringement.

Also known as Marina Ryuuzaki in foreign-language dubs.

Curiously, her parents have a minor cameo in Tsubasa Chronicle, another CLAMP series that has many crossovers.

Voiced by Wendee Lee, Daisy May Carino, Gladys Parra and Konami Yoshida.

Fuu Hououji

Birthday: February 12 (Aquarius)

Blood type: A

Favorite food: Sushi

Least favorite food: Yucky Foods

Favorite color: Green

Favorite subject: Math

Least favorite subject: Art

Hobby: Reading

Specialties: Computer Programming

Extracurriculars: Archery Club

Career goal: Systems Engineer

Fuu Hououji (鳳凰寺 風, Hōōji Fū, Anemone) has snapping green eyes and short blonde hair (brownish-blonde in the anime) and wears glasses, except when in full armor. She is more quiet and reserved than the other two members of the group and serves as the voice of reason. Along with specializing in archery, she is also highly intelligent and logical, though this is more akin to book-smarts than street-smarts. Fuu often states the obvious and is very blunt in a fairly humorous way, much to Umi's dismay in some situations. Fuu deeply believes that her belief, along with Hikaru's and Umi's, is her strength in saving Cephiro. She often has moments where she doubts herself, but comes out strong and resolved in the end. Her spells, Guardian Wind and Healing Wind, are air-based and are mostly healing and defensive in nature, though she has some offensive attacks, such as Emerald Tornado and Emerald Cyclone.

Fuu is in love with Ferio, the estranged brother of Princess Emeraude, who has been helping them since they met in the beginning of the first series. In the second manga series, she grows closer to Ferio, and though she is torn on the inside knowing she helped kill his sister Emeraude, his feelings for her never waver. In the second anime series, Fuu wins an archery contest against Lady Aska, after which they become friends. Fuu is very polite and calls people Sir or Miss (-san in the Japanese version).

Also known as Anne or Anemone (or Anais in the Spanish translation) Hououji.

Voiced by Bridget Hoffman, Cynthia Villanueva, Marcela Bordes and Hiroko Kasahara.

Clef

Clef is the chief of all sorcerers in Cephiro, and was formerly Princess Emeraude's attendant. In the anime, he is turned to stone by Zagato shortly after being introduced to the three girls in the first episode, although he fights the spell and communicated with them through Mokona. In the manga he is referred to as Guru Clef and is not turned to stone. He also leads all of Cephiro until a new pillar can be found. He and all other magicians used their willpower to create a castle to hold the inhabitants of Cephiro.

His love interest in the anime and manga varies. In the manga he has ties to Presea, who does not die. In the anime he is both loved by Sierra and the deceased Presea, yet his affections seem more focused on Umi.

When he first meet the girls, he reacts very unpleasantly to Umi and Fuu's calling him "squirt". (His real name is derived from the Mazda Clef.)

Voiced by Steve Staley and Nozomu Sasaki.

Mokona

Mokona (モコナ) is a mischievous, nonsensical creature with a striking similarity to a white manju bun, with a red gem in his forehead above his eyes. From this gem he can produce a tent for the girls to sleep in, food, and other necessary supplies. He is unable to speak, aside from repeating the sound "puu", although Hikaru seems to be somewhat able to understand him. In the manga, Mokona is revealed to be the creator of the Earth, Cephiro and the other planets, as well as the laws for each planet. In the ending of the second series, Mokona and the rest of the Mashin announce that they will be traveling to other dimensions.

Mokona of Rayearth is a separate character from Mokona Modoki from xxxHOLiC and Tsubasa: Reservoir Chronicle, though Yuuko implies that those Mokonas were based on Cephiro's Mokona, and saying she might not have known about other worlds if she hadn't met him. xxxHOLiC, Tsubasa: Reservoir Chronicle, and Magic Knight Rayearth were all created by Clamp and Mokona is really based on one of the artists of Clamp whose name is Mokona.

Voiced by Kaeko Sakamoto and Yuri Shiratori.

Alcyone

Alcyone (アルシオーネ, Arushiōne) is an ice sorceress who tutored under Clef and was brought up to attend to the Pillar. However, she fell in love with the high priest, Zagato, and for this love became his servant, although the affection is entirely one-sided. In the manga, she is killed after failing Zagato not once but twice. In the anime, she lives on until near the end of the second series; few after Zagato and Esmeraude's deaths, she's captured by the evil witch Debonair, who brainwashes her into becoming her slave. Lantis captures Alcyone in battle, but she has lost her memories; when she recovers them, she reveals Debonair's plans for Cephiro and Debonair's location, but her former mistress kills her before she can finish.

In the Sega Saturn game, Alcyone appears to die, then comes back near the end of the game in the later part of Zagato's palace.

Her name is occasionally misromanized as "Alcione"--this was featured in the first run of the English-language manga. Her name comes from the Subaru Alcyone SVX (simply known as either the Subaru Alcyone or SVX in North America). In the Spanish version of the anime, she is called Alanis.

Voiced by Barbara Goodson and Yuri Amano.

Ascot

Ascot (アスコット, Asukotto) is a Palu, a young child with the unusual ability to summon monsters, whom he considers to be his friends. Although hideous, they have no ill will, but villagers still fear them. Thus, Ascot was driven away until Zagato offered to give him and his friends a home in exchange for serving under him. In the anime, he destroys Presea's house with his monsters, and essentially causes her death; later, he confronts the Knights again (their first encounter in the manga), but Umi slaps him for using his friends and causing him pain. This causes a change of heart in Ascot, and he then forsakes Zagato. In the second series, he has used the power of his own will to make himself into an adult because of his love for Umi. Also, he still summons monsters but has learned other spells from Clef to avoid using his friends as living weapons.

In the anime he is able to tell Umi his feelings before she leaves to fight Tarta. Umi replies that she loves him as well, but just as much as everyone else in Cephiro, and that she didn't have any romantic feelings for him. This saddens Ascot a bit, but he still tries to win her heart later on.

In the profiles section of the Rayearth OAV DVD, it states that Ascot is ten years old. However, it's unknown if he's the same age in the original series.

He is named after the Honda Ascot.

Voiced by Mona Marshall and Minami Takayama.

Caldina

Caldina (カルディナ, Karudina) (changed to Gardina in TOKYOPOP's, but back to Caldina in later volumes of the English version of the manga) is a dancer who speaks with an Osaka accent (which is translated as a deep Southern accent in the English dub, due to the translations including words like "y'all"), wears extremely skimpy clothing, and has an endless passion for money (several notable similarities to Naga from Slayers).

Zagato hires her as an assassin after his other minions fail; in addition to her dancing skills, she is an accomplished illusionist and hypnotist. In the anime she has great affection for Ascot, whom she treats as a naïve younger brother, and she joins him in deserting Zagato.

It is revealed in the second manga series that she is native to Chizeta. It's also been shown that Caldina is incredibly good at cards and other games of chance. Romantically, Caldina becomes involved with Lafarga in both versions of the series.

Her name comes from the Toyota Caldina.

Caldina also appears in Tsubasa: Reservoir Chronicle as a bartender.

Voiced by Lenore Zann and Yuko Nagashima.

Lafarga (Rafarga)

Lafarga (ラファーガ, Rafāga) is the Captain of the Guard and charged with protecting the Pillar. Although Cephiro is mostly peaceful, he kept himself busy slaying the occasional monsters that would appear. In his takeover of the country, Zagato hypnotized him into trying to kill the Magic Knights as a last-ditch effort to stop them before they challenged him personally, but the girls managed to bring him to his senses. He goes against Zagato roughly at the same time Hikaru must meet Rayearth, and she in fact manages to summon her Mashin while trying to help Lafarga fight Zagato. In the second part of the story, he is romantically involved with Caldina.

Named after the Honda Rafaga, a sister car of the Honda Ascot.

Voiced by Bob Papenbrook, Alex Agcaoilli and Yukimasa Kishino.

Inouva

Inouva is an anime-and-game-only character sporting an elven appearance and manner. He was a devoted servant of Zagato's--in fact, a birthday present from Emeraude to her High Priest. Inouva is not humanoid as he appears, but an animal-shaped elemental of lightning who assumed a human form to better serve his new master. His true form resembles a giant dog with two tendrils streaming from its head. His weak spot proved to be the gemstone imbedded in his forehead in either form. He first challenged the Magic Knights in the Sky Shrine, and would have defeated them if not for Windam's revival. He later resumed his true form, and was destroyed by Hikaru.

In the Spanish version of the anime, he's known as Nova. His name comes from the Honda Ascot Innova.

Voiced by Terrence Stone and Ryotaro Okiayu.

Emeraude

Emeraude is the current pillar (and princess) of Cephiro. Little else is revealed concerning her nature until the climax of the first series, although she is highly loved by her subjects.

In the anime it is revealed that she was once a noblewoman of Cephiro, and had later used her power as the Pillar to prevent her younger brother Ferio from being punished for stealing something from her home. He had forgotten she was his sister because, at his own request, she had used her magic to help him forget about her so he would not miss her or feel sorrow. In the manga series, she is Ferio's older sister as well, but there is no mention of Ferio stealing something from her home, and he does remember that she is his sister; in fact, he left the palace of his own will.

The Pillar of Cephiro must spend every waking moment of their existence praying for Cephiro's benefit, and when Princess Emeraude fell in love with Zagato the high priest, she was constantly thinking of him and not Cephiro. Because of this, Emeraude imprisoned herself in the 'water dungeon' (resembling a large peony in an underwater cavern beneath Zagato's court) with the idea that if she cannot see him, she will forget him and return to her duties as the Pillar without further distraction. Zagato, however, stays by her side; in despair, and knowing that her own death is the only way she can stop being the Pillar and leave Cephiro free to choose someone more suited, Emeraude summons the three girls from the outside world -- but Zagato sends his henchmen to kill them so they can't reach her. It can be said that their relationship is paedophilia based on her outward physical appearance as a young teenage girl.

When this fails and the Magic Knights kill Zagato, Emeraude collapses under the tremendous weight of her own guilt and grief. Transforming into an older- and more sinister-looking version of herself, she breaks free from the water prison. This form is only filled with anger and pure hatred for the Magic Knights for killing Zagato - forgetting it was she who summoned them in the first place.

Zagato's court begins to fall apart beneath her anger, and she dons her own Mashin and grabs Zagato's fallen sword. She begins to fight the Magic Knights in their Mashin and they see fleeting visions of the real Emeraude, who tells them of her plight and how she has realized that it would be better if she died than tried to rule Cephiro with a heart tainted with grief and regret. No one of Cephiro is allowed to kill the Pillar and the Pillar cannot will itself to die, so the 'girls from another world' (the Magic Knights) are there solely for that purpose: to don the Mashin and kill the current Pillar of Cephiro, as death is the only way for the Pillar to abandon their duty.

The Knights resist at first, but tearfully give in when Emeraude begs them to send her to "where she may think only of Zagato" and be with him. Emeraude dies, using the last of her power to send them home, back to the exact moment they disappeared from Tokyo Tower. The last image of her they see is her purified adult self in Zagato's arms, smiling sweetly and thanking the Knights for granting her last wish.

Sometimes known as Princess Esmerald or Esmeralda, and misnamed Princess Emerald in the official English translation of the Tsubasa manga. She gets her name from the Mitsubishi Emeraude.

Voiced by Wendee Lee, Erica Araujo (she also voices Tarta of Chizeta) and Megumi Ogata and Caitlin Glass in the English Tsubasa dub.

Ferio

Ferio is a warrior whom the Magic Knights first meet in the Forest of Silence. A tough young man wielding a sword taller than he is, he quickly develops a soft spot for Fuu, which by the second season has evolved into love. Never completely honest with others, he made himself difficult for our heroines to trust.

In the anime he gives Fuu a jeweled orb (in the manga series, he gives her a ring identical to the one on his ear. Fuu loses it when the three go home to Tokyo in the first series, but in the second series, when they return, he gives it to her for a second time.) Since he has one identical to it, he uses it to communicate with her throughout the first series.

In the anime's first season, Ferio once pretended to join Ascot, Lord Zagato's child summoner, who set a trap for the Magic Knights using his sound-sensitive monster, Pajero. Also, while the Magic Knights are facing Inouva's true form, Ferio regains his memory from his younger years. He realizes that he was Princess Emeraude's only younger brother, and hears his sister's voice coming from his own orb, telling him how to defeat Inouva. Ferio relays the info to the Knights and they manage to kill their enemy.

In the OVA, he is initially a villain who can summon and control swarms of insects. He appears to have a close relationship with Ascot, and in a twist of his original character, he is the villain who does battle with Fuu. After eavesdropping on Lantis' conversation with Hikaru and the others, he assists Lantis in fighting Cephiro's spirits, and later delivers Lantis' sword to the combined Mashin to help them fight Eagle.

Ferio gets his name from the Honda Civic Ferio, and Ascot's monster from the episode featuring Ferio is named after the Mitsubishi Pajero.

Voiced by Terrence Stone and Takumi Yamazaki.

Presea

Presea (プレセア, Puresea) is the top blacksmith in Cephiro, known there as a Pharle or "artisan." She is one of Clef's students and seems to have a crush on him. She aided the Magic Knights by making their legendary swords of escudo.

In both the anime and manga series, she shows something of a sadistic side, plotting ways to "punish" Mokona for making a mess in her study (including yanking his ears, hanging him upside-down while she dances about him dressed as a Native American, and prying his ever-closed eyes wide open). Her trap captures the Magic Knights by mistake, so she ponders whether to stretch their cheeks or boil them in a big pot, again wearing a feathered headdress and doing a war dance. In the anime series, she is killed by one of Ascot's beast summons. This death happens only in the Anime, and created a rather large plot hole.

In the the anime version of the second series, her twin sister, Sierra, to correct this plot hole, poses as her. The only ones to realize that Sierra is not Presea are Clef, Mokona and Alcyone, who recognizes Sierra's deception as stemming partly from her love for Clef. When Clef confronts Sierra about why she is posing as her sister, Sierra replies that it is to help the Knights with their mission and continue her sister's legacy, but doesn't reveal her own feelings for him.

Presea's favorite food is listed as V-tek, a kind of candy from Cephiro (though she enjoys the candy from Earth that Hikaru gave her almost as much).

Named after the Nissan Presea.

Voiced by Mari Devon and Emi Shinohara.

Zagato

Zagato (ザガート, Zagāto) is the primary antagonist of the first season, his younger brother is Cail Lantis (introduced in volume four). When he is first introduced, he is seen as a terrible villain who has kidnapped the beloved Princess Emeraude, watching cruelly as Cephiro crumbles without its pillar. However, this image is far from the truth.

High Priest to Princess Emeraude and Clef's right hand man, Zagato fell deeply in love with the beautiful and kind Princess. Despite her best efforts to put Cephiro first and foremost, Princess Emeraude fell in love with Zagato as well. When Emeraude goes missing, Zagato came forth as having had kidnapped Princess Emeraude. In reality, Emeraude was so upset by her lack of will that she imprisoned herself in the water dungeon to avoid seeing Zagato. Zagato does not reveal this to the Magic Knights or Cephiro's people, aiming to destroy the knights when they come after him.

The reason Zagato is this way is because of his deep love for Emeraude and equally deep hate for Cephiro's Pillar System. The Pillar must devote every moment of their existence to praying for Cephiro and never seek happiness from anything except seeing the planet prosper. Zagato was tormented to see Emeraude chained down as such, and even more so when she had to resist the love that had grown between them. He decides that instead of Emeraude returning as the Pillar and continuing to be a slave to Cephiro, he would rather have Cephiro cease to exist.

In the end of the first season, he is killed in battle by the Magic Knights in a final attempt to protect Emeraude; his last words tell her to "be free." His death causes Emeraude to become lost in her own grief and rage and eventually be killed by the Magic Knights.

Zagato is the name of a prestigious Italian automotive design studio and the moniker Zagato is attached to many of the cars they design.

Voiced by Lex Lang, Montreal "Monty" Repuyan, Carlos Castillo and Juurouta Kosugi. (Zagato and Lantis share the same voice actor in English and Japanese.)

The Three Mashin (Rune Gods)

The Three Mashin (Rune Gods) are the three legendary guardians of Cephiro. Umi's is Celes (also known as Selece, Seles or Ceres in early translated versions), who first appears as a large blue dragon; Fuu's is Windam (Windom in the official English release of the manga), a great four-winged bird; and Hikaru's is Rayearth (Lexus in the OVA series), a wolf with a mane of fire. The three are old and ancient, and are in fact mecha used by the Magic Knights to help them combat Zagato and ultimately kill the Pillar.

The three Mashin are able to combine into a greater and much stronger Mashin (unnamed by the authors, but sometimes named by the fanbase as "Combined Rayearth" or "Big Rayearth"). In the OVA, the combined mashin is named Rayearth. The "Rune God" name was only used in the official English release of the anime series. "Mashin" has a bit of a double-meaning; it is katakana for the English word "machine", but is a homonym of the Japanese word for "evil spirit". The three Mashin also feature as "Kudans" (a kind of protective spirit) in Tsubasa: Reservoir Chronicle, also by Clamp. Rayearth is assigned to Syaoran, Celes to Kurogane and Windam to Fay.

The Mashin each have their own symbol. It is to be noted that each of their symbols is shaped like the first letter of their names. Windam is possibly named after the Toyota Windom and Celes after the Toyota Corolla Ceres, while Rayearth is named after the combination of the English word 'Ray' and 'Earth', literally 'Rays of Earth', or 'Glowing Lands' in the English version.

In the ending of the second and final part of the series, Mokona and the rest of the Mashin declare that they will be traveling to other universes. This could explain their appearance as Kudans of the characters of Tsubasa.

Rayearth is voiced by Lex Lang and Hideyuki Tanaka.

Celes is voiced by Terrence Stone and Tesshō Genda.

Windam is voiced by Lex Lang and Akio Ōtsuka.

Characters of the second season

Eagle Vision

Eagle Vision is a well-known and respected commander from Cephiro's neighboring country, Autozam, a technologically advanced world reliant on the mental energy of its citizens for its power. It is clear right away that Eagle is an enigmatic and forceful tactician, and though a gentle and chivalrous gentleman, he is the leader of Autozam's invasion of Cephiro. His father is the President of Autozam. When Lantis visited Autozam in the past, he and Eagle became close friends. It is often speculated amongst fans whether Eagle's love ever develops into something more.

Eagle comes to Cephiro with hopes of duplicating the Pillar System back on his home world, and also wishes to actually become the Pillar for personal reasons. Eagle is in fact very sick and wasn't even supposed to be alive by the time he made it to Cephiro. Eagle reveals to Hikaru that he wants to become the Pillar to spare Lantis' life and be in an eternal sleep with Cephiro.

In the end, Hikaru tells him it is unfair of him to leave all his loved ones behind and saves him, bringing him back to Cephiro and starting him on the road to restoring his health. In the anime, however, Eagle sacrifices himself in order to save the Magic Knights. It is unknown what happened to Autozam after his death.

In the OVA he is Emeraude's brother and does his best to keep his sister happy. This includes trying to destroy the Earth because he's certain that's what his sister wants.

Eagle also appears in CLAMP's Tsubasa: Reservoir Chronicle alongside comrades Lantis and Geo.

Eagle is named after the Eagle Vision, and the FTO (mecha he pilots) is named after the Mitsubishi FTO. Autozam is named after a line of Mazda cars, Autozam.

Voiced by Jerry Gelb and Megumi Ogata

Geo Metro

Geo Metro is the second-in-command of the Autozam invasion of Cephiro. Muscular and good-natured, he acts much like an older brother to Eagle Vision(it's speculated that he also has a crush on him) and has a weakness for sweets.

He is featured with Eagle in Tsubasa: Reservoir Chronicle.

Named after the Geo Metro econo car. His mecha, the GTO, is named after the Mitsubishi GTO.

Voiced by Doug Stone and Kiyoyuki Yanada

Zazu Torque

Zazu Torque is the mechanic of Eagle's forces and is quite short for a teenager. He has an obsession with pretty girls (particularly someone even shorter or younger than him, like Hikaru) and machinery. He also has a strong taste for alcohol and often bothers Geo to get him some. Zazu is likely named after ZAZ, short for Zaporozhsky Avtomobilny Zavod, a Ukrainian car manufacturer, and torque is a measure of an engine's rotational force.

Voiced by Brianne Siddall and Junichi Kanemaru

Lady Aska of Fahren

Lady Aska is the First Princess of the country of Fahren, and the head of the Fahren invasion force that attacks Cephiro. Her ship is the Dome, an immense dragon-shaped vessel. She laughs constantly and tends refer to herself as "we." She is very young, self-assured, and appears fairly brattish (she wants Cephiro so her every whim will become reality and in the anime version, she wants to become pretty to impress Sanyun), but can use all the legendary forbidden spells of the Royal Family, including the ability to conjure up creatures that she draws on ceremonial paper and then uses to attack.

In the anime series, Aska looks up to Fuu as a sort of heroine; this relationship is nonexistent in the manga, as Fuu doesn't spend time on their ship. Aska later decides not to rule Cephiro because Fuu told her that the Pillar can think only of Cephiro, but since Lady Aska loves the people of Fahren, she cannot complete the task of Pillar in Cephiro.

Named after the Isuzu Aska.

Voiced by Sandy Fox and Chinami Nishimura

Sanyun

Sanyun is Aska's loyal servant and childhood friend. He's much more thoughtful and studious than Aska (though he really doesn't look it) and hopes to one day assist her in ruling Fahren.

In the manga, there are slight implications of a relationship between Aska and Sanyun.

He makes a short appearance in Tsubasa: Reservoir Chronicle as the Kudan of Masayoshi Saitou.

Voiced by Barbara Goodson and Satomi Koorogi

Chang Ang

Chang Ang is a Fahren cabinet member and current ruler of the realm until Aska comes of age. He puts a lot of pressure on Aska to become a good ruler, which causes her to think of him as a "preachy old man"; in the English version, a "bigmouth." In the manga series, Chang Ang assists Lady Aska in her invasion of Cephiro. Throughout the second story arc, he constantly loses his temper with her because of her rash actions and silly decisions.

Chang Ang also makes an appearance in Tsubasa: Reservoir Chronicle in the Country of Oto.

Voiced by Milton James and Kōhei Miyauchi (episodes 26-31)/Takkō Ishimori (episode 31+)

Tarta

Tarta (タータ, Tāta) is the hot-headed princess of the planet Chizeta, which sends its forces to conquer Cephiro and expand its territory. She is especially good at sword combat and can summon the djinn Rakoon. She wants to rule Cephiro as the Pillar to give a better life quality to the people of Chizeta, since their planet is too small.

In the anime, she has a friendly rivalry with Umi-- when each of the Magic Knights are taken to one of the invading countries, she and her sister face Umi aboard their battleship.

Voiced by Melissa Fahn and Aya Hisakawa

Tatra

Tatra (タトラ, Tatora) is Tarta's calm and seemingly airheaded older twin sister who, when focused, is in fact a formidable warrior. She can conjure the djinn Rasheen to do her bidding and go into battle for her, or choose to use a whip against her enemies. According to Tarta, Tatra is in fact the best fighter in Chizeta.

Tatra shares her name with a car and truck manufacturer from the Czech Republic.

Voiced by Melissa Fahn and Kikuko Inoue

Nova

Nova is introduced as the daughter of Lady Debonair and is an anime-only villainess. She is rather slender with pink hair and elf ears, and appears to be close in age to the three heroines. Throughout the series, Nova gives the impression of being an unstable character, often switching between expressing affection and giving death threats in the space of a heartbeat.

Frequent hints about a hidden bond between Nova and Hikaru escalate until the truth is revealed in the culmination of the second season: Nova is really a shadow of Hikaru's heart and is like her opposite. When Hikaru couldn't cope with the fact that she killed Princess Emeraude, Nova was created in that instant. Since the Magic Knights left shortly after, Nova was left behind in Cephiro, searching in vain for Hikaru. Debonair then came and told Nova she would treat her as her own daughter, and that since Hikaru would be overjoyed to die with her loved ones, Nova should kill them all. Therefore, Nova "hates" everyone Hikaru loves. Conversely, Hikaru hates herself for her actions, thus Nova loves Hikaru. Near the end of the series, Nova returns to Hikaru's heart.

Nova's character was created by Toshihiro Hirano. She was originally one of his characters from a different anime that was never realized and produced.

She is named after the Chevrolet Nova.

Voiced by Dorothy Elias-Fahn and Miki Itō

Debonair

Debonair, an anime-only character, is the head antagonist of the second season who awaits the day when Cephiro will crumble due to lack of support. Debonair was, in fact, called into being by the darkness in the hearts of Cephiro's citizens, and as such has tremendous power. She is not present in the manga, which instead focuses on the battles between Cephiro and the three invading countries of Autozam, Fahren, and Chizeta.

She gets her name from the Mitsubishi Debonair.

In Tsubasa: Reservoir Chronicle, she appears as the Kiishim.

Voiced by Melodee Spevack and Atsuko Takahata

Lantis

Lantis, Zagato's younger brother, is a powerful Cail or Kailu (magic swordsman) who journeyed abroad for a great deal of time and returned to Cephiro after meeting Eagle in Autozam. Lantis has returned (and first appears) in season two, wanting to get rid of the Pillar System because of what happened to Zagato and Princess Emaurade. He is regarded with suspicion by the other primary magic-users of Cephiro, largely due to his reclusive nature. Nevertheless Hikaru approaches him, though at first it's because she feels extreme guilt about killing his brother. Though his intimidating manner can be off-putting, he is gentle at heart; in fact, he forgives Hikaru and the other Knights for Zagato's death. In the anime version he falls in love with Hikaru during the second season, while in the manga, there are only hints of any romance between the two.

Lantis also appears in CLAMP's Tsubasa: Reservoir Chronicle.

His name comes from the Mazda Lantis.

Voiced by Lex Lang and Jūrōta Kosugi, both of whom also voiced Zagato.

Primera

Primera is a fairy who has acted as Lantis's guardian ever since he saved her from a monster attack. She's very jealous and possessive of Lantis and thus harbors a deep dislike for Hikaru. From the start, Mokona likes to tease Primera, causing her to greatly dislike Mokona. When Hikaru and Lantis start to become friendly with each other, she pops up to stop them out of jealousy, but Mokona either chases her away or eats her and later spits her out. She can use low-level healing magic when necessary.

Primera makes an appearance in Tsubasa: Reservoir Chronicle in the Hanshin Republic and is later mentioned in the country of Piffle, by Shogo Asagi. Rather than being tiny, she is the size of a normal human.

Named after the Nissan Primera.

Voiced by Rebecca Forstadt and Yuri Shiratori

Sierra

Sierra is an anime-only character. She is Presea's identical twin sister, and the only way to tell them apart is by the feather-shaped birthmark on Sierra's chest (first noted by Caldina when all the girls are bathing together). She makes her appearance throughout the anime's second season, corresponding with Presea's presence in the manga. Sierra is pretending to be Presea to take away some pain of the Magic Knights, who blame themselves for not being able to help Presea, and of Ascot, who blames himself for killing Presea. Clef falsely tells the Magic Knights that Princess Emeraude made a wish to revive all the people who died while she was imprisoned, but in fact, no one can revive a life once it is lost. Sierra is in love with Clef, as was Presea. She cannot make weapons out of Escudo, but she can help revive the weapons once they are lost; she did this to help Hikaru regain her sword after Nova broke it.

She is named after the Ford Sierra.

Voiced by Mari Devon and Emi Shinohara

References

1. http://www.tv.com/magic-knight-rayearth/the-birth-of-the-legendary-magic-knights!/episode/238419/summary.html#allusions

External links

• The Magic Knight Rayearth Car List

Additional trivia and notes

This article contains a list of miscellaneous information. Please relocate any relevant information into other sections or articles. (June 2007)

• Other countries that have dubbed the Rayearth series has also changed the names of the three main characters, such as an earlier dub of the anime in the Philippines under ABS-CBN Channel 2. Their various changed names are as follows:

1. Hikaru - Lucy/ Luce

2. Umi- Marina

3. Fuu - Animone/ Anemone/Anais

• The handle of Fuu's escudo sword has the same pointing tip of Sakura Kinomoto's staff in Clamp´s Card Captor Sakura.

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