Tsukuyomi: Moon Phase - Characters

Characters

Hazuki (葉月, Hazuki?) / Luna (ルナ, Runa?)

Voiced by: Chiwa Saito (Japanese), Monica Rial (English)

A 14-year-old selfish, but adorable vampire, Hazuki was separated from her mother and restrained in a castle in Germany. She escapes the castle with Kouhei's help and flees to Japan in search of her mother. She acts as a tsundere to Kouhei. A vampire's "kiss", the act of drawing blood from a mortal, normally turns the mortal into the feeding vampire's unwilling servant, but Hazuki's attempt on Kouhei fails. According to the storyline, Kouhei is narrated as the "Vampire Lover", and therefore is immune to the binding power of Hazuki's vampire "kiss". Despite her continuous claims that Kouhei is her slave and must obey her every command, Kouhei refuses to do so. Her family is desperate to retrieve her because she is actually a "daywalker", a vampire who, unlike others of her kind, can withstand sunlight. Though she has trouble showing it due to being defensive, Hazuki truly comes to care for Kouhei as her adoptive brother. She is plagued by an alternate personality named Luna implanted by her father to keep her confinde within Shwartz Quelle castle.

Luna is the second personality within Hazuki. Unlike Hazuki herself, Luna is cold-hearted and lacks any kind of kindness; comparing both personalities, Hazuki appears compassionate compared to Luna. She can only emerge from within Hazuki's mind through the use a pendant and the full moon; she can communicate with Hazuki inside their mind when she is dealing with a great emotional problem, even forcing her to do as she wishes. Originally, Hazuki lacked any memories from when Luna took over, but both seemed to have merged into one following "It's more than a responsibility".

Kouhei Morioka (森丘 耕平, Morioka Kōhei?)

Voiced by: Hiroshi Kamiya (Japanese), Jason Liebrecht (English)

Kouhei is a 21-year-old photographer who, due to an accident involving paranormal forces in his early childhood, is oblivious to spirits and the supernatural (which he specializes in photographing). He is an "Ama Lamia" (Vampire Lover), meaning no vampire can make him their servant. Furthermore, vampires who feed on him have their servitude ties with their masters broken, making of him a threat to the vampire society structure. Later, it is revealed that he possesses great spiritual powers which were sealed by his family to allow him to live a normal life, as they were too strong for him to control. In the anime, he once again seals away his Jyougan so that it doesn't affect his relationship with Hazuki; his Jyougan originally caused him to see horrifying images around her. In the manga, he has not sealed away his Jyougan and is currently training to perfect his powers. From their first meeting, he and Hazuki have a tempestuous but affectionate relationship that eventually turns into romance; in the anime, they think of each as siblings. In the manga, Kouhei's surname is Midou.
Ryuuhei Mido (御堂 竜平, Midō Ryūhei?)

Voiced by: Mugihito (Japanese), Randy Tallman (English)

Ryuuhei is Kouhei's grandfather and a powerful spiritualist. Kouhei lives in his household, which is located in an antique shop. He agrees to take Hazuki in out of kindness, though he appears to have other motives for it as well; such as ascertaining the whereabouts of his daughter Shizuru (Kouhei's mother). Later in the tale, Ryuuhei develops a relationship with Elfriede. His "craddle-robbing" habits annoy those close to him.
Seiji Mido (御堂 成児, Midō Seiji?)

Voiced by: Takahiro Sakurai (Japanese), Sonny Strait (English)

Kouhei's cousin and a powerful exorcist in his own right. Later in the series it is revealed that despite training his entire life, his powers are no match for Kouhei's latent potential. Apparently, Kouhei is a Jyougan, or a psychic that can see and interact with spirits, and will them to go away by claiming that there is no spirit. His family sealed off his psychic abilities, so he couldn't see the spirits. Because of this, Seiji is slightly jealous of Kouhei. He rarely loses his cool, often being the most level-headed of them. Seiji works for the paranormal-investigation magazine as Kouhei and Hiromi.Seiji Mido (御堂 晴爾, Midō Seiji?) is his writer's name.
Haiji (ハイジ, Haiji?)

Voiced by: Vanilla Yamazaki (Japanese), Gwendolyn Lau (Cat) Luci Christian (Human) (English)

Haiji is Hazuki's guardian spirit. Haiji originally belonged to Kouhei's mother Shizuru, but the spirit guardian lost most of her memories of Kouhei's mother when she was reassigned to Hazuki. Her name was "Akuda" and she had the form of a cat when she belonged to Shizuru. After becoming Hazuki's shikigami, Haiji can transform from her original cat form to a toy-sized humanoid cat in traditional Japanese garb. In the last episode of the anime it's reveal that she wears very embarrassing underwear.
Count Heinrich von Kinkell (ハインリヒ·フォン·キンケル, Hainrihi Fon Kinkeru?)

Voiced by: Takashi Matsuyama (Japanese), Troy Baker (English)

One of the minions of Hazuki's family, charged with being the steward of Shwartz Quelle castle. He is also the father Elfriede, having turned her into a vampire himself around the 1900's. Count Kinkell tries to kill Kouhei and retrieve Hazuki, but is defeated by them with Elfriede's help. He is able to control and bend light which allows him to create illusions, make things invisible and walk under daylight, but he is ultimately killed when he is hurt in daylight, causing him to die like any vampire.
Elfriede (エルフリーデ, Erufurīde?)

Voiced by: Yumi Kakazu (Japanese), Stephanie Young (English)

Elfriede is Kinkell's daughter and servant. She is also a Ludo, a human who was converted into a vampire. His control over her was nullified when she fed on Kouhei's blood, and since then she joined his and Hazuki's side. She is able to summon creatures and monsters. Being close in age to Rhyuuhei, she quickly forms a relationship with him, possibly being romantically attracted to each other. After the defeat of her father, she takes to living with the Midou family, helping protective Hazuki from other minions sent by her father.
Hiromi Anzai (安西 ひろみ, Anzai Hiromi?)

Voiced by: Michiko Neya (Japanese), Laura Bailey (English)

Hiromi is a childhood friend and co-worker of Kouhei's, assigning various photo jobs to him. Has a notable crush on Seiji, which is not reciprocated. She is also a horrible driver and enjoys alcohol. Her relationship with Hazuki is much like a doting older sister, giving her clothes and other things only a give would know to give her. Hazuki once used her hypnosis to make Hiromi by her a bed, something Hiromi would have done for her anyway. She was turned into Kinkel's slave along with the Editor in Chief of the occult magazine, but was freed from him when the Count died; she lacks any memory of her time under the spell. She remains unaware of Hazuki's true nature as a vampire and doesn't know the truth about Haiji.
Hikaru Mido (御堂 光, Midō Hikaru?) and Kaoru Mido (御堂 薫, Midō Kaoru?)
  • Hikaru Voiced by: Mai Kadowaki (Japanese), Luci Christian (English)
  • Kaoru Voiced by: Miyu Matsuki (Japanese), Brina Palencia (English)
Hikaru and Kaoru are two girls who, despite being younger than Hazuki, are pledged by their parents to marry Seiji and Kouhei respectively when they grow up. Hikaru is more outgoing and is the one who constantly picks fights with Hazuki, which she usually wins because Kouhei takes her side. While Hikaru is engaged to Seiji, Kaoru is engaged to Kouhei. Kaoru is more quiet and shy and can be a crybaby at times. Despite her shyness, she can also be quite mean to Hazuki, but this might be possibly that she is jealous of Hazuki due to the fact that she lives with Kouhei.
Yayoi Mido (御堂 弥生, Midō Yayoi?)

Voiced by: Jūrōta Kosugi (Japanese), Jason Douglas (English)

Yayoi is a powerful exorcist from the Midō family. He becomes Kouhei's sensei when Kouhei decides to become an exorcist like his relatives in order to be able to protect Hazuki.
Artemis ("Art")

Voiced by: Sawa Ishige (Japanese), Carrie Savage (English)

Hazuki's younger half-sister, they were born to different mothers. Artemis envies her because of the attention their family dedicates to her older sister, and because of it Art is determined to deprive Hazuki of everything and everyone she truly cares for, taking by force or destroying completely. In the series finale, she is taken into Morioka's family after the death of her guardian and grandfather, Balgus. Kouhei manages to reach out to her and convinces her to open up to a new life with caring friends and family. She is a Shadow User. This means she can use her shadow, and turn it into a scythe, or a replica of her, etc. She also has healing abilities which appear to be more advanced than even Hazuki's. In the manga, she has been forcefully rejected by her father and taken into the care of Kouhei's father to act as a "replacement" in Hazuki's absence.

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