Detroit Metal City - Characters

Characters

• Soichi Negishi (根岸 崇一, Negishi Sōichi?): The main protagonist. A calm and peaceful musician from Inukai, Ōita, he is a fan of Swedish pop and Shibuya-kei who is the exact opposite of his alter-ego Johannes Krauser II (ヨハネ・クラウザーII世, Yohane Kurauzā Nisei?), leader of the Visual death metal band DMC (short for Detroit Metal City). Ashamed of his true job, Negishi must cope with DMC's rising fame while keeping it a secret from friends and family. Even though Negishi despises Krauser so much, he can never resist the temptation of invoking his demonic ego every time he feels irritated or in trouble. While performing as Krauser, Negishi proves to be a skilled guitarist, able to play just with his teeth.

  In the OVA, Daisuke Kishio voices Negishi, while Yuji Ueda voices Krauser. In the film, Kenichi Matsuyama portrays both roles.

• Yuri Aikawa (相川 由利, Aikawa Yuri?): Negishi's friend from his college times and his main love interest. She loves Negishi's calm nature and songs, but dislikes DMC's music and its vocalist Krauser, unaware that they're the same person.

  Voiced by Masami Nagasawa in the OVA, and portrayed by Rosa Kato in the live-action movie.

• Terumichi Nishida (西田 照道, Nishida Terumichi?): Curry-loving, overweight, and taciturn. An otaku, he is a fan of ecchi anime. Nishida is Camus (カミュ, Kamyu?), DMC's drummer. Perhaps the most dedicated in the group; not even fire or snakes will stop his drumming.

  Voiced by Makoto Yasumura in the OVA, and portrayed by Ryuji Akiyama in the live-action movie.

• Masayuki Wada (和田 真幸, Wada Masayuki?): Plays the part of Alexander Jagi (アレキサンダー・ジャギ, Arekisandā Jagi?), DMC's bassist and a ladies' man from Saitama. He would like to leave DMC to perform in a visual kei band, but like the rest of the band, he relucts to go on his own path mostly in fear of their manager.

  Voiced by Yuto Nakano in the OVA, and portrayed by Yoshihiko Hosoda in the live-action movie.

• Death Records President (デスレコーズ社長, Desu Rekōzu Shachō?): A foul-mouthed, sex-crazy blonde woman who creates odd schemes to promote the band, most of them to Negishi's despair.

  Voiced by Ai Kobayashi in the OVA, and portrayed by Yasuko Matsuyuki in the live-action movie.

• Keisuke Nashimoto (梨元 圭介, Nashimoto Keisuke?): A masochistic middle-aged man hired to perform during DMC's concerts as the "Capitalist Pig" (資本主義の豚, Shihonshugi no Buta?), whose role is to let himself be abused by Krauser. He works part-time at a convenience store.

  Voiced by Takashi Matsuyama in the OVA.

• Jack ill Dark (ジャック・イル・ダーク, Jakku iru Dāku?): Also known as "The Emperor", he is a legendary Black metal guitarist from the United States who chose to crush DMC during his farewell concert in Japan. But after inadvertently bringing out Negishi's anger, he ends up being upstaged by Krauser, and thus entrusts him his trademark guitar and title.

  Voiced by Riki Takeuchi and Eugene Nomura in the OVA, and portrayed by Gene Simmons in the live-action movie.