Shugo Chara!

Synopsis

Amu Hinamori is a student at Seiyo Elementary, where she has a reputation for being "cool and spicy"; however, her real personality is that of an extremely shy and easily intimidated girl. One night Amu makes a wish that she would have the courage to be reborn as her "would-be" self. The next morning Amu finds three brightly colored eggs—red, blue, and green—in her bed. Each egg eventually hatches into a Guardian Character: Ran, Miki, and Su. Guardian Characters are angel-like beings that aid a person into becoming their "would-be" selves and fulfill the person's dreams. The Guardian Characters accomplish this by giving encouragement and advice, but they can also temporarily change a person's personality and abilities. With the Guardian Characters, Amu's life becomes much more complex as she now struggles to deal with her new personalities and the Seiyo Elementary Guardians—a student council group where each member has their own Guardian Character—who recruits Amu to search for and seal the X eggs and X Characters, corrupted forms of people's dreams.

Main Character

Ran

Ran (ラン)

The first to come out from Amu's Eggs. An athletic and honest character. Her hair is tied in a side pony tail. She has a pink sun visor, a red themed cheerleader outfit, and wears a heart shaped hair clip. Dislikes silence. During Character Change, Amu gains increased athletic abilities. Little wings appear at her wrists and ankles, which allows her to jump high and fly. Having a straight forward personality, Ran made Amu confesses her crush to Tadase on their first Character Change.

Amu becomes "Amulet Heart" when she Character Transforms with Ran. The clover decoration of her Humpty Lock changes to the color pink. Amu dons a pink themed cheerleader costume in this form. Her special move is "Spiral Heart" which is executed with the Heart Rod. When Amu does Character Change with Ran, Ran says "Hop, Step, Jump". Ran was seen on Peach-Pit's website before the publication of Shugo Chara!, volume 1.

Miki

Miki (ミキ)

A Guardian Character with an artistic flair. A cool, quiet character. Her hairstyle is a short bob cut. She usually wears a pair of half-cut pants, a sky blue beret with a spade on it, and a blue themed outfit. Miki has shown an interest in both Tadase's Character, Kiseki, and Ikuto's Character, Yoru. She comments that Yoru is cool and his tail is cute. This may imply the situation in Amu's heart.

In the anime, she is also shown to like Musashi, Kairi's Chara. Though Amu doesn't love Kairi herself, he does have a crush on her.

The main ability after Character Change is an increased artistic sense but that power is recklessly abused.

Amu becomes "Amulet Spade" when she Character Transforms with Miki. The clover decoration of her Humpty Lock changes to the color blue. Amu wears a white frilly blouse with a pair of light blue pants. She also wears long, striped stockings and a garter belt; all in a blue themed costume. Her special move is "Colorful Canvas", where she paints with a giant paintbrush. Miki says "Drew, Draw, Drawn" during a Character Transformation with Amu.

Su (スゥ)

A Guardian Character skilled in baking sweets and doing house work. A "my pace" character that is prone to silly mistakes. She has short hair with the sides grown long, curling inwards. She wears a bandanna on her head with a clover shaped hair clip and a green theme maid outfit. Dislikes caterpillars. She is also very fond of Amu's teacher, Nikaidou, showing this by giving him new, hot coffee, cleaning up his "lab", and showing excitement when she sees him by saying things like, "Sensei!" and hugging him. Amu gains an improvement in cooking during Character Change. Magical abilities like summoning large amounts of whip cream is also observed. In addition her speech and behavior becomes more lady-like. She has a habit of ending her sentences with "-desu" in the Japanese version.

Amu becomes "Amulet Clover" when she Character Transforms with Suu. The clover decoration of her Humpty Lock changes to the color green. She wears a green themed balloon skirt maid costume. Her special skill is "Remake Honey", a restoration type skill. Suu says "Chip, Syrup, Whip!" during a Character Change with Amu.

Ran's, Miki's and Suu's Character Transformations all share another special skill, "Open Heart!". It is a skill that cleanse X eggs and X Characters. However, Suu's skill of "Open Heart" has never been shown as of yet, probably due to the fact that she uses "Remake Honey" as a cleansing attack.

Nagihiko Fujisaki

Nagihiko Fujisaki (藤咲なぎひこ)

Age:13
Birthday: July 4
Blood Type : AB
Guardian Chara 1 : Temari
Guardian Chara 2 : Rhythm

The graceful but somewhat enigmatic former Q-Chair (Queen's Chair), who is the same age as Amu. When Amu rejected the offer to join the Guardians, Nadeshiko tried many ways to convince Amu; One of those was to bribe Amu with photos of Tadase sleeping.

It was revealed later on in the manga that Nadeshiko is a boy and his real name is Nagihiko. It is the rule of the Fujisaki family that the males are trained to become "oyama" (male actors who plays female parts in kabuki). That is why Nagihiko wears female clothes and goes by a female name. He goes studying abroad in Europe to "complete" his dancing. It is hinted that he may have feelings for Amu from episode 25, where he admits that there is a girl that he is "interested" in, however; he is not ready to reveal himself to her as of yet.

In chapter 27, Nagihiko is shown with the First K-chair, Tadase, and Kukai. The First King has decided that Nagihiko will serve as the interim Jack, since Kairi left at the end of Chapter 26. Kukai and Tadase are the first few people that knows Nagihiko's secret, the others being Nagihiko's family and the First King.

Nagihiko's character after Character Change is a battle-hungry yakuza type who speaks in Hiroshima slang and carries a naginata. He is good friends with Amu, and he looks over and supports Amu in her love life. Temari says "Chin, Ton, Shan" during a Character Change with Nagihiko.

In chapter 34 and episode 91, Rhythm hatches after Nagihiko remembers how much he liked playing basketball, at his own pace and rhythm, while fighting against an X Character. When in a Character Transformation, they become Beat Jumper. In episode 91 and 92 it is shown his attack "Beat Dunk" which is needed for him to jump up in the air and make a powerful dunk. In episode 93 it is show his attack "Blaze Shoot" which he throws a somewhat-like ball forming in his hands.
Rhythm Character Changes with him into a person really good at sports. He appears to be very friendly and optimistic person in Character Change.
It is shown in episode 92. And is later revealed that Temari then returns at episode 98 and chapter 34 with Rhythm. When in a Character Transformation, they become Yamato Mai Hime.

Amu Hinamori (日奈森あむ)

Age: 11-13
Birthday: September 24
Horoscope:Libra
Height: 157 cm
Blood type: O
Guardian Chara: Ran, Miki, Su, Dia

Amu Hinamori, the series protagonist, is a student of Seiyo Elementary. Amu's classmates see her as a "Cool and Spicy" girl, but Amu is actually extremely shy and timid. Part of the reason for this misunderstanding is the trendy punk clothing her mother buys for her as well as the way in which she expresses her shyness and avoids doing new things. However, when Amu wishes for the courage to be reborn as her "would-be self", three colorful eggs appear the next morning, which later give birth to Amu's three Guardian Characters: Ran, Miki, and Su.

During Character Change and Character Transformation her hair clip changes (Ran→Heart, Miki→Spade, Su→Clover, Dia→Diamond) The characters Amu becomes are good at certain activities like Amulet Heart who is athletic, Amulet Spade who is artistic, Amulet Clover who is a skilled house-worker or maid, and Amulet Diamond who is a musician/singer.

Amu has a crush on Tadase Hotori, the King's Chair of Seiyo Elementary Guardians. However, when she confessed her feelings during her first Character Change with Ran in front of the entire school, Tadase refused her. Amu later learns that Tadase is not good at receiving confessions and would Character Change with Kiseki, who would refuse the confession.

At first, Amu rejects the offer to join the Guardians, using the excuse that she does not want to wear the royal cape. But the Guardians announce her as a member anyways, under a special position, Joker's Chair. On joining the Guardians, she receives her very own royal cape to which Amu says, "Anything but that!" and the "Humpty Lock", a locket with a four leaf clover decoration. Nadeshiko states that the very first king left it and said, "Entrust this to the joker whom comes with three Guardian Eggs." Also, it was explained to her that the Joker's duty is to hunt X eggs as she is the only one with the power to purify them.

It is seen that Amu has a crush on Ikuto as whenever he touches her, she blushes, which she does not realizes at first, but began to be aware of. She also was shocked to see that Utau kissed Ikuto, and presumably became jealous. In volume 5, Amu goes on a date with Tadase, which shows a little bit more development of their relationship. She also was confronted by Ikuto, on her date, resulting to a confession from Ikuto saying the actual reason he bothers her is because he is interested in her. In episode 29 Utau tells Amu that Ikuto likes Amu. And in chapter 28, Amu asks him if he has someone he loves and he answers, "It's you". She takes it as a joke but when Utau tells her that he was not lying, she realizes that Ikuto was being honest.

She has a "love confusion" as she thinks about 4 guys. This is shown when she catches the bride's bouquet in episode 35 and she thinks of herself as a bride. Then suddenly, Tadase appears and holds her hand, then Ikuto holds the one with the bouquet, and Kukai and Kairi give her more bouquets.

Amu's Transformations (in order of appearance by the anime):
* Amulet Heart (Ran)
* Amulet Spade (Miki)
* Amulet Clover (Su)
* Amulet Angel [Eru]
* Amulet Devil [Iru]
* Amulet Diamond (Dia)
* Amulet Fortune (Ran, Miki, Su, Dia)

Utau Hoshina (ほしな歌唄)

Birthday: November 9
Blood type: A
Age: 14-15
Height: 161cm
Weight: 42kg
She Kukai's

Utau is a 14-year-old junior high/high school student model turned into singing idol.

Utau Hoshina is actually only her stage name, since her actual name is Utau Tsukiyomi, and is Ikuto's younger sister. She is in love with Ikuto and is constantly trying to win his affection, and thus becomes extremely agitated when she notices that Ikuto is interested in Amu Hinamori instead of her. However, she eventually becomes friends with Amu.

Utau was both independent artist (with her hit song, Meikyuu Butterfly) and the vocalist of the indie band "Black Diamond", produced by her manager, Sanjo Yukari, as a method of using the CDs of their music to draw the eggs out of children and make them into X-Eggs. When the plan fell apart, Utau quit Easter Company with her manager and became a singer on her own, without Easter contracting her.

For some time Utau was deeply infatuated with Ikuto, but her feelings were unrequited. In the first Encore chapter, Utau reflects on this a bit and how it used to be the "best thing ever", but now Ikuto had moved on and that how she is lonely now. It can be assumed after Utau's self-reflection that she has overcome her brother-complex.

Utau shares the same competitive personality with Kukai. The two of them have a ramen eating competition in both the anime and the manga. The first Encore chapter is mostly dedicated to their relationship, how it came to be, and Kukai kissing Utau!

Tadase Hotori (辺里唯世)

Age:13
Birthday: March 29th
Horoscope: Aries
Blood Type : B

A kind-hearted and mature boy the same age as Amu who serves as the K-Chair (King's Chair). His alias is "Prince", as he is a bishounen, and he is Amu's love interest. Whenever he is called "Prince," his character changes into a violent, egotistical king who wishes to rule the world. Because of this, he does not do Character Change with Kiseki unless it is absolutely necessary. Actually, he too is a shy person and is not a public speaker. Because of this, he wished to become another, stronger character, much like Amu. He lives in a traditional Japanese house. He had a precious dog named Betty (name learned in volume 2 of the manga) who died recently, and is still upset about it.

He, along with the other guardians, tried to get Amu to join because of a prophecy about a girl who will appear with three Guardian Eggs. At one time he lost confidence, as he could not seem to find the Embryo at all. He was then affected by the Black Diamonds CD, causing Kiseki to change to an X egg. Amu helped him out of this crisis and he is now able to Character Transform with Kiseki, becoming "Platinum Royale". During a Character Change, his attack is "Holy Crown", in which he creates a golden shield of energy around himself, where as in his Character Transformation, it is "White Decoration", which cleanses X-Eggs. When he becomes "Platinum Royale" he has lots of frills and laces. It is said the writer purposely did this to make him more princely.

He had a crush on "Amulet Heart". He also said that he loved Amu because "Amulet Heart" is her "self that she wants to be". At first he is about the same height as Amu, but as the story progresses, he grows taller. In chapter 28, Tadase confesses that he likes Amu by asking if it was OK to fall in love with her, saying that he has learned Amu really is herself and doesn't think about "Amulet Heart" anymore. Ikuto, hidden in the closet, hears his confession to Amu. Ikuto becomes jealous of Tadase.

In episode 28,

Tadase reveals that he was once childhood friends with Ikuto and Utau. He looked up to Ikuto and called him a brother.

Rima Mashiro (真城りま)

Birthday: February 6

The girl serving as the new Q-Chair. She is a transfer student and the same age as Amu. Rima is a short, cute and beautiful girl with a selfish personality. She is well-liked among male students and disliked by female students, such as Amu. She feigns crying to deceive people. At one point of the manga, while looking for X Eggs with Amu, she Character transforms and destroys one unnecessarily. She is bad at sports.

Her Character Transformation with Kusu Kusu is called "Clown Drop." When she does Character Change she becomes a gag character which she dislikes and is at first laughed at for, and often uses a signature phrase "Bala-Balance" (Balancing Balance) from the Magazine Gag Manga Daiō.

Her Guardian Character, Kusu Kusu, is a clown because she likes stand up comedians, and tries to make her parents laugh at home, because they were always arguing about who raised Rima, although she is unsuccessful. After episode 32 she is seen being together with Amu for P.E.

Later, she opens up to Amu and becomes friends with her. She even teases Amu in episode 34 about her fear of ghosts. Though, she dislikes Nadeshiko the former queen because she heard the Guardians talk about Nadeshiko being Amu's best friend. She also later discovered in Chapter 34 that Nagihiko is actually Nadeshiko. But they team up, and fights the x-eggs.

After when everyone graduates, Rima and the other guardians throw a party and take a picture for best memories.

Kairi Sanjou (三条海里)

Birthday: June 12

The boy serving as the new J-Chair. He is tall, but actually he is two years junior to Amu. He prepares for Guardian's activities. Though the youngest, he is so capable Amu and Yaya call him "class president". He wears spectacles.

When Kairi character changes with Musashi, his hairstyle changes to match his Guardian Character. He wields a bokuto for attacking or to defend with a green shield.

He is actually Yukari Sanjo's younger brother sent to spy on the Guardians. He chose to switch sides, after Amu convinced him he is a good person, to fight and purify the X eggs. He seems to have a slight crush on Amu. At the end of chapter 26 he leaves saying that his job at their school is done, but not before declaring his love for Amu saying that he shall return for her when he has become a man. He also declared a rivalry toward Tadase.

Kukai Souma (相馬空海)

Birthday: August 17
Blood Type: A
Guardian Chara: Daichi
Age: 14

The upbeat and energetic former Jack's Chair, he is one year senior to Amu. As the captain of the Soccer Club, he is athletic and has good reflexes. He has graduated, which is the reason he has been replaced.

Once, in the school magazine, he and Amu are mistaken to be a couple, as a student got a picture of him holding Amu after she came out of her Character Change, and lost her strength. Saaya appears to have a crush on him, as when she saw the picture of him with Amu, she was furious.

Through the power of the Humpty Lock, he and Daichi managed a Character Transformation once, forming "Sky Jack." Daichi says the words "Kick, Stack, Trap and Shoot!" during a Character Change with Kukai.
At the end of the school year, Kukai graduates and goes on to middle school. However, Kukai returns to visit the Guardians from time to time.

He and Utau become good friends in both the anime and manga leading to a suspicious Yaya.

In the first chapter of Shugo Chara! Encore! it is revealed that Kuukai has feelings for Utau, eventually his feelings are returned, and the two end up being a couple.

Ikuto Tsukiyomi (月詠幾斗)

Age: 17
Birthday: 1st December
Horoscope: Sagittarius
Blood Type: AB

Ikuto Tsukiyomi is a teenage boy contracted by Easter to find the Embryo. He often helps Amu even though he works for Easter. Ikuto actually despises Easter and tries to wrench himself free from them by trying to find the Embryo to grant his own wish. He possesses the Dumpty Key which pairs with Amu's Humpty Lock which at first did not fit in the keyhole. Like his father, Ikuto is a skilled violinist.

His Shugo Chara is Yoru.

Anon Black’s Profile of Ikuto:

Ikuto is tall, wears dark clothing, and has dark blue hair. He’s got a signature smirk that can mean both “I’m flirting” and “I’m pleased with what you just said”. His Chara-Change gives him cat ears and a tail, and causes him to behave much like a cat. His Chara-Nari is Black Lynx.

Ikuto plays the violin, and is the son of a famous violinist. His father married his mother, who was the heir to Easter. The company ordered that he drop everything, including his violin, for Easter. His father refused and disappeared, leaving Ikuto’s mother in such distress that she was admitted to a hospital. Ikuto came to live with Tadase’s family, but was treated harshly by Tadase’s mother, who was jealous of her husband’s relationship with Ikuto’s mother. Eventually, Ikuto ran away from home, going to Tsukasa’s home for an unspecified amount of time, and returning a few years before the current time to Tadase’s house. There he was found by Tadase’s dog, Betty, who was dead, and Tadase’s grandmother, who had collapsed. Ikuto was cursed out once again, but not until he’d stolen away Tadase’s Dumpty Key, which Tadase’s father had given to his son when Ikuto’s father left.

Because of this, Tadase and Ikuto have a very strained relationship, if any.

Ikuto’s personality as a child was quiet, shy, and protective of his friends – when he accepts the blame for breaking the vase, even when he knew he’d be chastised for it. This part of his personality stays through his adolescence – he is more than willing to sacrifice himself for the ones he holds dear, even if it means a few nights alone on the street, being captured by Easter, or playing the villain and making himself hated.

It’s obvious that Ikuto cares very much about Amu, and probably has a crush on her, especially in the way he acts with her in chapters 28-30. He seems to only show his true colors, and talk about himself, when he’s in her presence. Of course, this is the way Peach-Pit has presented it to us.

Ikuto acts aloof, cold, flirtatious, and mysterious. He appears at will, and is openly defiant of his superiors in Easter. It’s obvious he doesn’t like working there, and has his own reasons for wanting the Embryo that have yet to be revealed. He takes joy in teasing and flirting with Amu, especially in her reactions.

In Shugo Chara! Doki, he stays at Easter to protect Utau. He doesn't even get near her, so that she won't have anything to do with Easter anymore.

Yaya Yuiki (結木やや)

Age:12
Birthday: May 25th
Horoscope:Gemini
Blood Type: O

The childish and a bit immature girl serving as the A-Chair (Ace Chair), she is one year junior to Amu. Yaya likes the sweets baked by Nadeshiko. Her hair is tied in pigtails with two big ribbons. She does not know how to swim. She is also a ballerina, though a rather clumsy one.

She has newborn baby brother named Tsubasa, who, she claims, gets all her parent's attention. It is because of this that her Guardian Character, Pepe, is a baby, because she claims that babies get all of the attention.

Her Character Change character is a baby that uses a giant rattle as weapon; influenced by the "baby" character, she has a crybaby personality. Pepe says "Pretty, Cutie, Love Baby!" during a Character Change with Yaya.

Yaya reaches the Character Transformation with Pepe in episode 41 of the anime. Her Transformation is called Dear Baby.

Temari (てまり)

Temari is Nadeshiko's seemingly elegant Character. She is considered to be very girly and is always complaining about getting her kimono dirty, which always ends up annoying Daichi. Her hair tied in a ponytail with hair decoration in the shape of sakura flowers. She is skilled in handling the naginata and dislikes getting muddy.

Temari has the ability to perform Character Change with Nadeshiko. Nadeshiko then becomes battle hungry, often over little things like getting hit with a ball. Temari herself seems to have an anger problem. She says "Chin, Ton, Shan" during Character Change.

Temari went back into her egg to slumber prior to Chapter 27, but comes back out in Chapter 34 and did a Character Transformation with Nagihiko as "Yamato MaiHime."

Eru (エル)

Eru is Utau's second Guardian Character. Has an angel appearance. Eru is gentle hearted and seemed to be treated badly. Eru left home and is now in the care of Amu. She uses English words like "wait" and "shut up" in her speech. Likes to nag, dislikes meanness and unkindness. She is also always seen with her eyes closed.

Eru performed a Character Transformation with Amu once, resulting in "Amulet Angel", which surprised Utau. The clover decoration of her Humpty Lock changes to white color. Her special moves are "White Flag" and "Angel Wink". As Amu is not the real owner the Character Transformation quickly dissolves after it forms.

Eru finally performed a Character Transformation in Chapter 26 with Utau, forming "Seraphic Charm". Utau wears a typically angelic dress in a Sweet Lolita style. Shortly after transforming, Utau helps Amu purify the X eggs. Her special move is "Angel Cradle," a cleansing technique that purifies X eggs.

Apparently, she "forced" Amu to do Character Transformation in episode 33, despite Miki and Suu saying it was entirely impossible by saying "Amu's heart, unlock!" which left Miki and Suu speechless.

Kusu Kusu

Rima's guardian character; Kusu Kusu is her character because she loves stand-up comedians and loves to laugh.

Diamond (ダイヤ)

Diamond (true name unknown) is Amu's fourth Guardian Character, with a musical flair. She became an X Egg when Amu disliked all the changes that were happening,and then hatched as an X Character after Utau finds her egg and character tranforms with her as Dark Jewel. Since Amu did not know Dia's real name, Amu just calls the Guardian Character "Dia", a shorter form of "Diamond".

When Amu convinces Dia that she can change, the 'X-mark' is lifted and a Character Transformation sparks as the two become "Amulet Diamond". Dia didn't like Amu because she didn't have a sparkling heart like Utau but finds out later that Amu does so she goes back to Amu. Afterward, Dia goes back into her egg to slumber until Amu "shines again". She rarely but does come out in some episodes once in a while.