Karakter & Staf

Shiina Tamai

Utama

Female · Umur 12

The protagonist of Shadow Star. She acts very mature for her age, and though she does not get the best grades, she is talented at cooking and athletics. She always tries her hardest to become stronger, often facing newer and more difficult challenges. While outwardly cheerful and optimistic about everything, on the inside the protagonist's hurt stems back as far as her name; in her dream in the first episode she says, "Are you calling me? That name, Shiina... I don't like it. So next time you want to call me, do me a favor and don't use that name." Using heart-thumping music of the same three piano keys to further the idea of death, Shiina asks, "Am I going to be gone from this world?" She fears losing those closest to her, but must endure.

Asami Sanada

Hoshimaru

Utama

Shiina's companion. He does what Shiina unconsciously wants to do or have happen. This means that in reality she does not wish to casually speak with him, and that everything he does is actually Shiina's will - whether for good or for bad. In the manga, Shiina can't link with Hoshimaru and the creature sometimes acts against her will.

Satsuki Yukino

Norio Koga

Pendukung

Male

The other missing passenger from the plane flight, as well as Takeo's roommate and friend. Norio has long hair, earrings, large eyes, and other feminine features so many characters throughout the series mistake him for a woman. He possesses a high-level shadow dragon that often follows Takeo, and crafts new shadow dragons as a sort of hobby. Norio is very aloof and rude around other people, and it is touched on a few times that he is angry at the human race. But he actually has fierce loyalty for Takeo, and his deepest, darkest wish is to have a child.

Kouki Akaishi

Akira Sakura

Pendukung

Female · Umur 14

A girl who encountered Shiina during a trial enrollment in a sports chanbara class. She first appears as a second-year middle school student. Despite her beautiful appearance, she is introverted and suffers from social anxiety, making it difficult for her to interact with others. As a result, she is bullied mainly by the girls in her class and has become a truant. However, she is well-regarded by some of the boys. She experiences many encounters with Shiina as she is linked with a dragon she named Ensof.

Mamiko Noto

Komori Tomonori

Pendukung

Male · Umur 14

While to the outside world Komori appears to be a polite and popular boy who wants to become a doctor, in reality he wants to change the world by sacrificing the educated in a similar manner to the Khmer Rouge's revolution in Cambodia. He tells Akira that he is going to build an everlasting empire, and that he will be king and she will be his queen. He dies at the hands of Hoshimaru after introducing immense fear into Akira and Shiina's hearts. His friends and living family do not know of his death; they believe he has simply gone missing. His disabled mother, unable to live on her own, dies soon after Komori's death. When Komori dies, everyone but Shiina and Akira believes that he went missing, and therefore the people do not know the truth about his situation.

Akira Ishida

Satomi Ozawa

Pendukung

Female

A haughty, stubborn girl who goes to an exclusive all-girls' school called Banda Academy. Flower-shaped Amapora is her dragonet companion, and she befriends Shiina, who does not know of her evil intentions. She wishes to kill people, but lacks the strength until she finally unleashes her power on civilians, creating a city of corpses. She fulfills a favor for Sudo by kidnapping Akira, who is believed to have a dragon. She used to have a romantic relationship with Bungo, but for some reason her priorities moved to the dragons. Satomi holds a particularly strong grudge against Shiina for both killing Komori and attempting to stop her malicious plans, and often discusses with Bungo her desire to kill Shiina

Kaori Tanaka

Kazuyuki Takano

Pendukung

Male

A high school student and one of the friends of Komori. He is usually very cheerful and carefree, though serious and supportive of his teammates in battle. He has a great fondness for guns and cannons, and handilly supplies them when his human allies are most in need. His dragon, whose named has several variants including Hainuwere and Einvelle, resembles an angel with talons and attacks Shiina's father while flying a jet plane. Though a member of his high school's track team, he often skips practice to spend time with Satomi, whom he still has strong feelings for despite an apparent past break-up. He is often puzzled by Sudo's plans, though they work together.

Hisayoshi Suganuma

Naozumi Sudo

Pendukung

Male

One of Komori's friends, he is very calm, yet extreme enough to commit grand theft auto and murder. Sudo himself claims that he has surpassed a human level of emotional discomfort and desire. He sees himself as someone who protects Earth, even though he sends Satomi Ozawa to kidnap Akira to discover whether she has a dragon. He believes he can change the world, releasing it of its bonds to tradition, custom, and common sense by means of a society based on one's abilities. He claims that only those who have an impact on the world truly deserve to live, and that the human race is wasting the limited amount of resources available to them.

Hideki Tasaka

Hiroko Kaizuka

Pendukung

She is an extremely intelligent girl, dragon bearer, and Shiina's friend. A group of bullies, consisting of Aki Honda, Miyoko Shito, Hiroka Takamura, and Mihaya Ozaki, torture her when she does not get low scores on exams.

Sakura Nogawa

Mamiko Kuri

Pendukung

Mamiko is a mysterious girl with cold eyes who Sudo took under his wing when he found out she had a shadow dragon, though it is never clear how he discovered her. She does not like to wear clothing and often considers everyone around her inferior. Sudo eventually enrolls her at Banda Academy with Shiina and Satomi.

Satsuki Yukino

Takeo Tsurumaru

Pendukung

Male

One of the passengers who disappeared from Shiina's plane flight, whom she confuses with the writer of a threatening note. He helps Shiina and Akira many times, although he does not always understand where his responsibilities should stand. He is quite lecherous, having five illegitimate children and three girls pregnant during the course of the series.

Eiji Miyashita

Shunji Tamai

Pendukung

Male

Shiina's father and a pilot for a small aviation company. He and his wife Misono separated years ago, and he lives with Shiina. Once a sensational ace pilot for the National Defense Force, his abilities have diminished since an undisclosed incident involving a dragon. He loves his daughter dearly and wants always to protect her, even though she is often the one who ends up protecting him.

Nobuo Tobita