List of Saint Tail Characters - Supporting Characters

Supporting Characters

Ruby (ルビー, Rubī'?)

Voiced by: Satomi Koorogi (Japanese), Brianne Siddall (English)

Ruby is Meimi's cute, brown pet hedgehog. While Ruby is obtained midway through the manga series, she's introduced early on in the anime series. She was bought by a man, then Meimi stole her to protect the gem that the man made her swallow. Ruby knows Meimi is Saint Tail, and has been on a caper with her, inspiring a "hedgehog magic spell".

Ruby wears a black ribbon similar to Saint Tail's, and speaks by saying "Kyuu". Meimi has to keep Ruby hidden from Asuka Jr. so he won't recognize her from a previous caper.

Rina Takamiya (高宮リナ, Takamiya Rina?)

Voiced by: Yūko Nagashima (Japanese), Brianne Siddall (English)

A transfer student to St. Paulia's Private School is Rina Takamiya. Rina becomes interested in Asuka Jr. and his mission to catch Saint Tail. Because she is related to the mayor, Rina is able to take over Asuka Jr.'s investigations. Because of Rina's strong sense of justice, she plans to become a police woman. Catching Saint Tail would assist in her ambitions.

Rina is taller than Asuka Jr., making the young detective uncomfortable standing beside her. She also has a boyish and bullyish nature.It is also said she has the figure of a model.

Because of Meimi's athletic abilities and other circumstances, Rina suspects her to be Saint Tail. She makes a bet with Asuka Jr. that if Meimi is Saint Tail, then Asuka Jr. has to be Rina's boyfriend. The two are disillusioned when Rina caught Saint Tail, but the magical thief uses her magic to switch a guard in her place. The knocked-out guard, dressed as Saint Tail, fools Asuka Jr. and Rina into thinking that Saint Tail is really an older man, and Rina stops stalking Meimi over the issue. Rina starts to fall in love with Asuka Jr. when he gets taller than her.In future,she becomes a police woman.

Manato Sawatari (佐渡真人, Sawatari Manato?)

Voiced by: Toshiyuki Morikawa(Japanese)

Manato Sawatari is a student at St. Paulia's Private School, and is a photographer on the school paper. He's popular with the girls on campus, but becomes interested in Meimi after she shows interest in his photograph (rather than in his looks as other girls do). Unknown to Sawatari, Meimi's interest was false, as she was trying to obtain information for a theft. He also seems to have an interest in Meimi's friend Seira.

Asuka Jr. and Rina both call Sawatari by the name "Saruwatari" when mad with him. Saru is the Japanese word for monkey. In the English translation of the manga, it's changed to "So-What-tari."

Ryoko (涼子, Ryōko?) and Kyoko (恭子, Kyōko?)

Ryoko Voiced by: Satomi Koorogi(Japanese)

Kyoko Voiced by: Junko Iwao(Japanese)

Ryoko and Kyoko are classmates and friends of Meimi at St. Paulina's Private School.

Yasuhiro and Chiba

Asuka Jr. is often found with his two friends, Yasuhiro and Chiba.

Asuka Jr. often brags his achievements to them.

Genichiro and Eimi Haneoka

Genichiro Voiced by: Kazuhiko Inoue (Japanese), Steve Blum (English)

Genichiro Haneoka (羽丘源一郎 Haneoka Gen'ichirō) is Meimi's father and a first-class magician. He's always experimenting with new magic tricks to use in his shows, and hopes that Meimi will follow in his footsteps and go into a magical profession.It is said that her father knew that Eimi was a thief.

Eimi Voiced by: Chieko Enomoto (Japanese), Melora Harte (English)

Eimi Haneoka (羽丘映美 Haneoka Eimi) is Meimi's mother. She hopes Meimi will follow in her own footsteps and do something athletic. Eimi used to be a thief herself, but is now a house wife.Her alter ego was St.Venus/Fallen angel.It is shown that she is the constant target of Genichiro's magic tricks.

Genichiro and Eimi met when Eimi was the "Falling Angel" . He was living in an apartment at the time, and assisted a wounded Eimi without questioning her actions. The two fell in love and married. Eimi gave up her life of crime.

While Genichiro appears completely oblivious to his daughter's actions as Saint Tail, Eimi has made various comments to suggest she knows (or suspects) Meimi's night-time activities.

At the last episode, however, they both seemed to realize Meimi was indeed St. Tail as when she was fighting to get Asuka Jr. back.

Detective Keiji Asuka

Asuka Jr.'s father, and a detective at the local police department. While capturing St Tail is one of his duties, he normally leaves it to his son and focuses on more serious criminals. He is sometimes seen arresting the ones St Tail has stolen from having investigated their backgrounds.

It was known that he also once fell in love with St. Venus (Eimi) during his age of pursuing her.

Mayor Hideo Morinaka (森中秀雄, Morinaka Hideo?)

Hideo Morinaka is the mayor of the city. He appointed Asuka Jr. to capture Saint Tail.

The mayor is Rina's uncle.

Rosemary (Hippolyta Sendo)

Rival of Meimi's mother, she is said to have stolen everything that the Fallen Angel returned. Maju is her adopted daughter. In the 6th manga she captures Asuka Jr., whom Meimi is in love with and fears his reaction knowing that she is Saint Tail.

Maju

Maju is the adopted daughter of thief Rosemary. Using lavender to hypnotize others, Maju is able to convince her victims to hand over their valuables while believing they were stolen by Saint Tail. She discovers Saint Tail's identity by hypnotizing her.