History Characters / HighSchoolDxDOccultResearchClub

* BellyDancer: In the second OVA, she's strong-armed by Unas into becoming a bellydancer.

* AnArmAndALeg: He wins his duel against Katerea by using his light spear to chop off his left arm, which stuns Katerea long enough for Azazel to fatally impale her.

* PreMortemOneLiner: To Katerea, after hacking off his left arm.
--> '''Azazel:''' "I'll give you an arm at least."

* AnArmAndALeg: He chops off his left arm just before killing Katerea.

'''Voiced by:''' Creator/YokoHikasa (Japanese) and Creator/JamieMarchi (English)

'''Voiced by:''' Creator/ShizukaIto (Japanese), Teri Rogers (English, 2013-14) and Creator/BrynApprill (English, 2015-present)

'''Voiced by:''' Creator/KenjiNojima (Japanese) and Sean O'Connor (English)

'''Voiced by:''' Creator/AyanaTaketatsu (Japanese) and Creator/JadSaxton (English)

'''Voiced by:''' Creator/MaayaUchida (Japanese) and Creator/KristiKang (English)

'''Voiced by''': Creator/AyaneSakura (Japanese) and Creator/AlisonViktorin (English)

->'''Voiced by:''' Minami Shinoda (Japanese) and Creator/NatalieHoover (English)

'''Voiced by:''' Creator/SoraTokui (Japanese) and Creator/SarahWiedenheft (English)

'''Voiced by:''' Creator/RikiyaKoyama (Japanese) and Creator/PhilParsons (English)

* FreudianExcuse: She initially despises all Fallen Angels due to Baraqiel being unable to save Shuri from dying at the hands of her own relatives.

* OfficialCouple: In Volume 10, Issei finally confesses to her and she officially becomes his girlfriend. Issei still wishes for a harem and now that she's secure about how he feels about her, Rias will let him have it as long as she's always number one. [[spoiler: He proposes to her in Volume 22 and she accepts, making her the first official fiancee in an ever-growing list of them]]. Koneko proposes to Issei in Volume 11, and he accepts on the condition that she grows taller and bustier, but this has yet to be revisited.

* BattleHarem: Even if you include Kiba and Gasper. It gets lampshaded by the [[WordOfGod author himself at one point.]]

* MomentKiller: ''Everyone'' in Issei's harem is this to the others. It can count as a meta-example as well as this is Ishibumi's way of cooperating with the CantHaveSexEver clause in writing this story.

* UndyingLoyalty: To each other. Even from ''beyond the grave''.

* ChildishPillowFight: Gets into one with Akeno as the two quarrels over Issei, after Akeno moves into Issei's house.

* ClingyJealousGirl:
** After falling in love with Issei, Rias tends to get very jealous whenever girls get close to him and said that Issei belongs to her only. She's generally quite playful and teasing when confronting the relatively more aggressive Asia, only to become aggressive herself when confronting the more teasing Akeno.
** Averted after Issei confesses to her and they start dating; Rias starts to accept Issei's dream of having a harem and doesn't get as easily jealous as before.

* [[WifeHusbandry Husband Wifery]]: PlayedWith. Rias has stated that she intends to raise her own husband and model him as her ideal man. It is shown that some of the training that Issei goes through is for the sake of serving as Rias' future husband.

* MentorArchetype: She teaches Issei about how the Occult Research Club works in battles.
* MotivationalKiss: Gives one to Issei before his Mid-class Devil exam, with the belief that he will pass.

* WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes: Camels, actually, according to a short story. [[GeniusBonus One would have to be knowledgeable about the Ars Goetia to understand exactly why this is so funny.]] [[note]]Gremory is a demon lord of the Ars Goetia who is depicted as a beautiful maiden riding a camel.[[/note]]

** Volume 25: Rosswisesse's love life.
* AllWomenAreLustful: All the girls want Issei's attention, including in more sexual manners.
* AlmightyJanitor: Everyone in the Club, except Rias and Azazel, are low-ranked devils. Rias is currently one of the weaker members of the Club. You do the math. Even after Issei, Akeno, and Kiba's promotion, it's implied they are ''still'' not promoted to a level that would indicate their strength. Justified by Sirzechs, since he believes they're far from ready to handle the responsibilities and pressures of a high-ranked devil.
* ArchEnemy: As a whole, the club serves as one of the Khaos Brigade's enemies.
* BackFromTheDead: Every Sacred Gear wielder in Rias' peerage had died right before she reincarnated them into a Devil. Issei, in particular, goes through this a second time.
* BadassCrew: It's basically an unspoken rule that, if you are or become part of the Occult Research Club, you either were already a badass or will ''become'' a badass, and joining the group means becoming one of the TrueCompanions that have each other's backs.
* BadassFamily: What Rias regards her club as, with her as the "mother" that holds it together.
* BattleHarem: Even if you include Kiba and Gasper. It gets lampshaded by the [[WordOfGod author himself at one point.]]
* BreakTheCutie: Almost all the members of Issei's harem after his "death", showing how psychologically dependent they are on him due to his help in overcoming their respective DarkAndTroubledPast. Fortunately subverted after he comes back to life with some draconic backup.
* CripplingOverspecialization: One criticism Azazel throws their way in regards to Rating Games is that they have "muscles for brains"; they focus too much on straightforward power, and can easily be overcome with proper technique.
* DarkIsNotEvil: Most of them are devils. They're also the heroes of the story.

* PreMortemOneLiner: She gives one to Raynare, right before blowing her to smithereens.
-->'''Rias:''' You've toyed with my servant's emotions for the last time. Be gone!

* CallingTheOldManOut: One of the reasons she joined Rias's group. She called Baraqiel out for not being able to save Shuri and is unwilling to forgive him.

* DespairSpeech: In volume 7, Akeno laments to Issei that Baraqiel should never have left her to fend for herself after Shuri was killed. She can't even call Baraqiel her father ever since.

* FantasticSlurs: She often calls Ravel a "wussy fried chicken princess" to the latter's annoyance.

* IShallTauntYou: She had no problems taunting Ravel by referring to her as a wussy fried chicken princess.

* TheNicknamer: She refers to Ravel as "fried chicken", given the latter's animal motif is the Phoenix.

* LargeAndInCharge: Rias is a 172 cm/5'8[=''=] girl who's the Occult Research Club's president and towers over everyone else, including her lover Issei.

* OneHeadTaller: Rias is taller than Issei by standing at 172 cm/5'8[=''=] tall, while he's 170 cm/5'7[=''=] tall.

* LargeAndInCharge: Rias is 172 cm/5'8[=''=] and towers over everyone else.

* MadeOfTemptation: Successfully tempts Rossweisse to join the group as teacher and Rook despite her age. Issei notes that she could have a successful career selling insurance... or anything else, really. This comes to a head when ''EX'' reveals that [[spoiler: Rias indeed becomes a very successful businesswoman, managing company holdings and franchises that her husband Issei and the family own.]]

* DislikesTheNewGuy: More than anyone else, Rias disapproves of Azazel entering her territory and making advances towards ''Issei'', who was understandably murdered by one of his accomplices. She reconsiders her opinion by the end of volume 4.

* DislikesTheNewGuy: Akeno has made no secret about her initial resentment of Azazel, given her contempt for Fallen Angels (including herself) after her mother Shuri was killed for falling in love with one.

* DislikesTheNewGuy: Akeno has made no secret about her initial resentment of Azazel, since she held contempt for Fallen Angels (including herself) after her mother Shuri was killed for falling in love with one.

* DislikesTheNewGuy: Akeno has made no secret about her initial resentment of Azazel, as she held contempt for Fallen Angels (including herself) after her mother was killed for falling in love with one.

* DislikesTheNewGuy: Akeno has made no secret about her resenting Azazel given how one of his former subordinates inadvertently led to her mother's death.

* LecherousLicking: She elevates this trope into an art form.

* NocturnalEmission: She tends to dream of her and Issei having sex.

* TheResenter: She deeply resents her father Baraqiel for his greatest failure to save Shuri from dying.

* LadySwearsALot: The anime's English dub gives her an even fouler mouth than Issei, which reaches [[CountryMatters new heights]] when it comes to her rivalry with Ravel.

* ReiAyanamiExpy: Pale skin, short silver hair, golden eyes, petite, is not human, appears cold and soft-spoken and eventually warms up to the main character.

* PositionOfLiteralPower: As the Heir Apparent to the great devil House Gremory and the President of the Occult Research Club, she can kick major ass when she needs to.

* AuthorityEqualsAsskicking: As the Heir Apparent to the great devil House Gremory and the President of the Occult Research Club, she can kick major ass when she needs to.

-->'''Rias''': You've toyed with my servant's emotions for the last time. Be gone!

* BoobsOfSteel: In ''Shirone Mode'' she ages up and winds up looking alot like her sister except with white hair.

%%* LightFeminineDarkFeminine: The light to Kuroka's dark.