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1The characters of the manga and anime series ''Manga/DNAngel'':
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4[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/dnangel_01-1024-1_copy_200.jpg]]
5[[caption-width-right:350:Daisuke and Dark]]
6!Daisuke Niwa
7->Voiced by: Creator/MiyuIrino (JP), Kevin Corn (EN)
8* AllLovingHero: His trademark character trait. It doesn't matter if they're friend, foe or someone actively trying to hurt him, Daisuke will always show them empathy and kindness when no one else would.
9* BettyAndVeronica: He's the Betty to Dark's Veronica when it comes to both Harada sisters... in a way.
10* CannotSpitItOut: He cannot tell [[spoiler:Riku]] that he is Dark in fear of getting rejected because in order for him to stop transforming into Dark, [[spoiler:Riku]] needs to love all of Daisuke, which means both Daisuke ''and'' Dark -- [[spoiler:who Riku absolutely... ''hates''.]]
11* CharlesAtlasSuperpower: Dude can jump over a gate ''several times his height'' thanks to the training his family put him through.
12* EvenTheGuysWantHim: Satoshi and Keiji anyone?
13* HeroicBSOD: At the end of the Ice and Snow arc of the anime, due to [[spoiler: having to leave Freedert behind to die.]]
14* HeterosexualLifePartners: With Dark, Satoshi, and Takeshi.
15* HopelessSuitor: For Risa, who is infatuated with Dark because he's cooler and sexier.
16* IdenticalGrandson: Daisuke looks a lot like his grandfather did in his youth, enough to cause at least one person [[spoiler: (the spirit of a girl Daiki befriended when he was Daisuke's age)]] to mistake him for the former.
17* MagneticHero: Downplayed due the limited recurring cast but Daisuke's kindness earns the trust and companionship of various faction, be it former enemies like Towa or Argentine, the prickly Riku or the aloof and occasionally antagonistic Hiwatari.
18* ObfuscatingStupidity: He's been trained as a thief his whole life, after all, and when he's not being a [[CuteClumsyGirl Cute Clumsy Guy]] it really, really shows. He impressed even Dark at least once and even [[BrainySpecs Satoshi]] [[LampshadeHanging mentions this]].
19* SecondLove: Ultimately gets over Risa to be with [[spoiler:Riku.]]
20* SecretIdentityIdentity: Considering Dark's always telling him "I am you," it isn't too much of a surprise that [[spoiler:in the ending chapters of Stage 4 during the dance, Daisuke's and Dark's emotions seem to be getting melded together, and Daisuke is having trouble figuring out just ''who'' is dancing with Risa and just ''who'' is feeling these things for her. This is an interesting case, considering just how independent from each other the two are generally portrayed.]]
21* SexierAlterEgo: In the eyes of most of the girls in the strip, Daisuke is cute but Dark is superstar level hot. Riku is the notable exception, in that she prefers Daisuke.
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23!Dark Mousy
24->Voiced by: Creator/RyotaroOkiayu (JP), Creator/VicMignogna (EN)
25* AllGirlsWantBadBoys: Subverted with Riku, but played straight with Risa and the rest of the girls.
26* BettyAndVeronica: He's the Veronica to Daisuke's Betty when it comes to both Harada sisters... in a way.
27* BigBrotherMentor: Somewhat fills this role towards Daisuke, as he sometimes (though not always) gives Daisuke advice on his problems, and, as their relationship grows closer and improves, he loves to tease and mess with Daisuke as any older brother would. Their brotherly relationship is one of the main focuses of the series.
28* ChickMagnet: Girls practically fall head over heels as soon as they see him.
29* DarkIsNotEvil: His name and looks certainly make him look like a typical pretty boy anime villain, but he's really quite the gentleman, and he only steals cursed artwork.
30* GentlemanThief: This is Dark to the very core. He only goes after the hardest-to-get targets, which are very rare themselves, ''and'' he alerts the police, all core elements of the trope.
31* GreenEyedMonster: In the manga, Dark is at times envious that Daisuke is the object of Riku's affections.
32* LoveHurts: '''Oh so much.''' Dark's love interest (in the manga) Riku totally hates Dark's guts, [[spoiler:and Dark lets down his second love interest Risa because he knows he can't be with her]]. Because Dark disappears whenever his Niwa host finds true love with someone who accepts him for who he truly is, Dark suffers whenever he falls in love because he can never stay. Later on, [[spoiler:Daisuke's grandfather Daiki reveals to Kousuke that while he was Daisuke's age, Daiki and Dark were both in love the same girl (who eventually becomes Daisuke's grandmother), but she chose Daiki over him, causing Dark to disappear.]]
33* MirrorCharacter: Dark and Krad, two halves of the ''same'' cursed painting who now possess hosts from different hereditary lineages in the same manner and are constantly in conflict. And, well...take a look at the way their names are spelled.
34* MrFanservice: Being the SexierAlterEgo of the adorkable and clumsy nice guy who gets more than a few shirtless scenes? Oh yes.
35* SecondLove: [[spoiler:In later chapters in the manga, Dark begins reciprocating Risa's feelings for him.]]
36* TallDarkAndHandsome: Literally, contrasted against the lighter-haired and shorter Daisuke.
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38!Risa Harada
39->Voiced by: Creator/MasumiAsano (JP), Creator/LuciChristian (EN)
40[[quoteright:153:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/dn_angel_risa.png]]
41* ACupAngst: Downplayed, but the original reason for wanting a cool, awesome boyfriend is because she’s jealous of her sister, Riku, having a slightly larger chest than her.
42* AllGirlsWantBadBoys: Rejected Daisuke because he was an average nice guy and is infatuated with Dark because he's a sexy and cool badass thief. It seems to be more caused by immaturity than anything though, as her growing feelings for [[spoiler:Satoshi]] attest.
43* CharacterDevelopment: She becomes more sensitive and less childish as the series progresses.
44* CurtainsMatchTheWindow: Brown hair and brown eyes.
45* FeminineWomenCanCook: [[SubvertedTrope Not]] [[LethalChef this one.]]
46* GenkiGirl: Is mildly more hyperactive in the manga.
47* HopelessSuitor: For Dark. [[spoiler:However, in the manga, Dark begins to [[SecondLove reciprocate her feelings]]. Even then though, they can't be together, as eventually Daisuke will break the curse when he finds true love and cause Dark to go away.]]
48* IdenticalGranddaughter: [[spoiler:Part of the reason why Dark was attracted to her.]]
49* InnocentlyInsensitive: The first part of the series involves her unintentionally breaking Daisuke's heart. She's learning to be more aware of other people's feelings.
50* LongHairIsFeminine: To differentiate herself from her twin sister, Risa has long flowing locks.
51* LovableAlphaBitch: At school, she's popular and pretty, but is never quite the meanest.
52* LovesMyAlterEgo: Risa falls in love with Dark, Daisuke's alter ego, while only seeing Daisuke as a friend.
53* ManipulativeBitch: Becomes more adept at manipulating others into doing what she wants them to do in the manga, but unlike most examples, she's a good person and tends to use her skills in manipulation for good purposes.
54* NiceGirl: Shallowness aside, she is generally kind and well-meaning,
55* ObliviousToLove: She had ''no'' idea that Daisuke had a crush on her. It certainly doesn't help that she declared themselves JustFriends when he was about confess his feelings for her.
56** [[spoiler: Satoshi literally semi-confessed to her (“here’s a small token of my feelings for you”) in Chapter 89 yet Risa had trouble trying to interpret what he meant by that.]]
57* PolarOppositeTwins: She's much more feminine and image focused than her sister, an athlete who doesn't care as much for that stuff.
58* PsychicLink: The Harada twins share a strong bond where they can feel what the other twin feels whenever one is in danger.
59* ShipTease: [[spoiler:Risa begins to have ''a lot'' of screentime with Satoshi in the manga.]]
60* SingleGirlSeeksMostPopularGuy: Risa initially liked Dark because of how "cool" he looks.
61* TomboyAndGirlyGirl: Risa's the Girly-Girl to Riku's Tomboy.
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63!Riku Harada
64[[quoteright:153:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/dn_angel_riku.png]]
65->Voiced by: Sara Nakayama (JP), Creator/HilaryHaag (EN)
66* AdaptationDyeJob: In the anime, her hair is more red than brown.
67* BoyishShortHair: More of a bob haircut, really. It differentiates her from her more feminine sister who has long hair.
68* BuxomBeautyStandard: At the very least her sister thinks so, as the reason Risa wants a hot boyfriend is that Risa mentions that Riku is five ''millimeters'' bigger than her.
69* CurtainsMatchTheWindow: In the manga, she has matching brown hair and eyes like Risa.
70* GreenEyedMonster: [[spoiler:Is initially insecure of her newfound relationship with Daisuke and fears that she is only a [[ReplacementGoldfish replacement]] for her twin sister Risa, Daisuke's first love.]]
71* PolarOppositeTwins: Riku is an athlete who (outwardly) doesn't care as much for popularity while Risa is a girly-girl with more traditionally feminine interests.
72* PsychicLink: The Harada twins share a strong bond where they can feel what the other twin feels whenever one is in danger.
73* ReplacementGoldfish: [[spoiler:In Volumes 5 and 6, Riku fears that the only reason Daisuke likes her is because of her resemblance to Risa.]]
74* SecondLove: Is this for [[spoiler:Daisuke]] in the end.
75* SingleWomanSeeksGoodMan: In contrast to her twin sister Risa, Riku develops feelings for [[spoiler:the socially awkward but overall nice guy Daisuke]] and hates the ever popular ladies' man Dark.
76* TomboyAndGirlyGirl: Riku's the athletic Tomboy to Risa's girly girl.
77* {{Tsundere}}: Though a much more mild case than the the typical stock archetype.
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79!Satoshi Hiwatari
80->Voiced by: Creator/AkiraIshida (JP), Creator/GregAyres (EN)
81[[quoteright:225:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Satoshiglasses_731.jpg]]
82* AmbiguouslyBi: It's hinted that he may have feelings for Risa, and it's equally hinted that he may have romantic feelings for Daisuke. When this is brought up, he doesn't openly confess to anything, though he never denies the accusations either. If anything, he encourages the idea, which has led to the source of much confusion regarding his motives. It has even been stated outright by Dark that Daisuke is the one who causes Satoshi to turn into Krad. Krad himself has also hinted at Satoshi possibly wanting more than a friendship from Daisuke at least once in the anime, and more than twice in the manga. In any case, he at least wants to be close to Daisuke despite the danger of Krad to both of them.
83* BecauseYouWereNiceToMe: Satoshi initially only intended to get close to Daisuke due to the fact that the latter was the living vessel of the Hikari family's sworn enemy, however, by the end of episode 4 until the end of the series, he shows a protective side towards Daisuke, whom he truly cares for.
84* BrokenAce:
85** Satoshi is taller than the other students in his class, very handsome, and highly intelligent, but he is cursed with the Hikari bloodline of being a vessel for a psychopathic alter ego who only wants to take over his body; add to the fact that he has resigned himself to die early due to the curse that he carries, and his adoptive father only wants to use him to access the Hikari artworks.
86** He often has to fight his transformation into Krad, which is a great source of physical, mental, and emotional pain for him since he knows how selfish and homicidal his alter ego is. When he is forced to turn into Krad, he has to REALLY fight just to regain control of his body, and by the time he does, he's so exhausted that he is on the verge of collapse.
87** He has no one to lean on, until Daisuke befriends him.
88* CurtainsMatchTheWindow: Blue hair and blue eyes.
89* DefrostingIceQueen: A male example and a deconstruction as given that [[SuperPoweredEvilSide Krad]] tends to take over when Satoshi gets emotional, this is anything but good.
90* DroppedGlasses: When this happens to him, it's not a good sign.
91%%* LoveHurts:
92* HalfHumanHybrid: [[spoiler: Is revealed to be this in the final chapters. His adoptive father turns out to not only be his biological father but also an Hikari artwork, making him a human/artwork hybrid. Functionally he seems to be completely human and he doesn't turn to stone like the other artworks at the end of the manga, so it's unclear what effect his nature has on him.]]
93* IcyBlueEyes: He may seem cold and distant, but that's because he has an evil SplitPersonality that wants to causes pain and destruction.
94* NoSenseOfPersonalSpace: With Daisuke on more than one occasion in the anime and manga.
95* ThePawn: To his father and Krad. Satoshi is basically trapped between the two, forced into a painful, difficult relationship with them; he is often against their plans, but is forced into a corner, especially when Krad takes over.
96* PurelyAestheticGlasses: [[spoiler: It's heavily implied that the reason he wears them is to keep Krad at bay.]]
97** Averted when he loses his glasses in issue 12 and we see that he's actually pretty near sighted. Daisuke actually offers to dive into a rapidly moving river and risk death looking for them but Satoshi assures him that they can manage without them since he was given similar training to Daisuke as a child.
98* ShipTease: [[spoiler:In the manga, Satoshi has been getting ''a lot'' of screentime with Risa.]]
99* SugarAndIcePersonality: He may be cold, stoic, and appear aloof, however, he is very protective of Daisuke, and even risks risks his life more than once just to help him; he also has several cute moments with Risa in the manga.
100** In the manga, he is shown to be in great emotional pain after temporarily imprisoning Dark in a mirror, and causing severe injuries to Daisuke. He then proceeds to tell Daisuke how to get Dark back, despite knowing that the latter's return will also cause Krad to emerge, thus causing him more pain - physically and emotionally. He falls apart when Daisuke still thanks him for telling how to get Dark back, revealing that he doesn't want to hurt him.
101* TeenGenius: Graduated college at the age of 13 and is a lead detective on the case to capture Dark.
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103!Krad
104->Voiced by: Creator/TakeshiKusao (JP), Creator/IllichGuardiola (EN)
105[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Dark_and_krad_copy_9397.jpg]]
106[[caption-width-right:350:Krad and Dark]]
107* EvilCounterpart: To Dark.
108* FallenAngel: He's more wicked than traditional angels.
109* LightIsNotGood: His lighter hair and eyes, and white wardrobe, in contrast to Dark.
110* MirrorCharacter: Dark and Krad, two halves of the ''same'' cursed painting who now possess hosts from different hereditary lineages in the same manner and are constantly in conflict. And, well...take a look at the way their names are spelled.
111* SdrawkcabName: His name is "Dark" spelled backwards. Get it?
112* ShadowArchetype: To Dark, to the point where his color scheme is stated to be deliberately ironic. [[spoiler:This makes sense, considering they are each a half of the same living artwork, "The Black Wings."]]
113* SlasherSmile: When attacking Dark in episode 24 of the anime. And it is ''scary.''
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115!Wiz/With
116->Voiced by: Mariela Ortiz (EN)
117[[quoteright:320:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/477962_1279252437343_full_709.jpg]]
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119* ADayInTheLimelight: Episode 9 of the anime, in which he develops a crush on a normal rabbit at a pet store.
120* AmbiguousSpecies: It's not clear if he really is supposed to be a rabbit or not. The regular rabbit shown in episode 9 looked much different than him, so it appears he is not really a rabbit. [[spoiler:The anime, at least, implies he's a living artwork like Towa, as he loses energy and turns to stone just like she does.]]
121* {{Familiar}}: Functions as this to Dark.
122* MorphicResonance: He's unable to speak human while transformed into a copy of Daisuke, being only able to make the noises he normally makes.
123* RascallyRabbit: He acts as a {{familiar}} to a PhantomThief and his shapeshifting powers are used to trick people. In the anime, he also sometimes engages in minor acts of mischief such as tagging along with Daisuke at school by hiding in Daisuke's school bag or eating all the strawberries.
124* {{Shapeshifter}}: Though it appears he has limits. The only thing he's shown shapeshifting into is Dark's wings and a copy of Daisuke.
125* TrademarkFavoriteFood: Strawberries.
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127!Mio Hio
128->Voiced by: Creator/TaekoKawata (JP), Creator/JessicaBoone (EN)
129* CanonForeigner: She doesn't appear in the manga, and functions as [[spoiler: a FillerVillain until her HeelFaceTurn]]
130* FeetFirstIntroduction: By way of stepping out of a car.
131* HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler:Finding she can't bring herself to harm Daisuke, she seals herself in the pendant she was going to use to steal his life away, permanently sacrificing her chance at humanity.]]
132* NewTransferStudent: Transfers to Daisuke's school from America.
133* PoirotSpeak: She mixes English words into her speech.
134* ShipperOnDeck: She becomes this to [[spoiler:Daisuke and Riku.]]
135* SchoolUniformsAreTheNewBlack: Inverted - She ''never'' wears the school uniform, not even the school swimsuit.
136* SymbolMotifClothing: Her outfits tend to have a crown symbol on them somewhere. [[spoiler:Just like the crown on her doll body's head.]]
137* ValleyGirl: She speaks like this in the English dub, in place of the PoirotSpeak. [[spoiler: And it's part of her act. When she drops her facade, she speaks normally.]]
138* WalkingSpoiler: It's kind of hard to talk about her without revealing too much.
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