Nippon Ichi / Characters

Here is a list of all the character pages that exist for NIS's games. The company's games are known for having characters cameo in each other's games, but with the exception of the below special cases known for their non-traditional character origins, characters are listed under the games they first appeared in.

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Asagi Asagiri

Voiced by: Mamiko Noto (Makai Kingdom), Kana Ueda (Disgaea 2), Maria Yamamoto (Soul Nomad), Chiwa Saitō (Disgaea 3), Kaori Mizuhashi (Prinny and its sequel), Yurika Ochiai (Disgaea Infinite), Yuuna Inamura (Phantom Brave PSP), Akiko Hasegawa (Disgaea 4), Aya Uchida (The Guided Fate Paradox, credited as Kotori Minami), Suzuko Mimori (Disgaea D2), Yo Taichi (Disgaea 5), Rika Tachibana (Disgaea RPG)(JP), Amanda Winn-Lee (most appearances), Wendee Lee (Makai Kingdom), Lara Jill Miller (Disgaea 3), Laura Bailey (Disgaea Infinite) (EN)

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The To-Be Main Character of her own game (title pending)

The intended heroine of Nippon Ichi's next game following Makai Kingdom, Asagi's game was dropped after Zetta defeated her and she has become a vagrant in all Nippon Ichi games since, wandering from game to game in the attempt of plugging her own disowned game or trying to commit hostile takeovers to put herself in the main character spot.

After being shunned (usually on purpose) for years, Asagi stars in her own mobile game, Makai Wars (which is not Uncancelled, it simply bears the name), released for smartphones in 2018.

Adaptational Wimp: Downplayed. In Disgaea 6, Asagi comes off as meek and somewhat cowardly in contrast to her usual hammy and bombastic attitude. This doesn't stop her from kicking all sorts of ass in the game proper.
Alliterative Name: Her full name, as shown in both Prinny: Can I Really Be the Hero? and its sequel, is Asagi Asagiri.
The Apprentice: Valvatorez makes her his "Prinny Instructor-In-Training" after defeating her in Disgaea 4.
Arch-Enemy: Zetta to Asagi and for good reason — It's his fault she's stuck as the wandering protagonist to begin with. When they finally meet again in the Netherbattle Tournament, she gives him an ear-full.
Art Evolution: Subverted and lampshaded in the fourth game, in which she's the only character to retain her old sprite, making her look laughably out of date compared to the rest of the cast. She apparently "missed the memo." You can give her a high def sprite through DLC, but still.
Asagi: I don't think it's right to discriminate based on appearances. I'm just a little lower resolution, that's all!
Badass Adorable: No matter how many times she fails to become the main character, she just won't give up. Gameplay-wise, she can also be really strong, too.
Badass Normal: Disgaea 5's version is respected by Overlords for her immense skill with firearms. Her "Main Character R" Evility even gives her a 50% ATK boost when fighting Overlords.
Break the Cutie: Asagi seems to be getting increasingly insane with each game she shows up in that isn't hers.
Character Development: By the end of Asagi Wars, while she realizes that she failed to become the main character, she cherishes her friendship with Flonne and saves the Netherworld by launching herself into the incoming battleship Yoshitsuna, and by doing so gets her body back. She is back to her old self in the sequential NIS games. Though Disgaea 5 reveals that there are in fact hundreds of Asagi clones and the real one happens to be more cool-headed and sane. It's possible that many of the Asagis encountered in earlier games are actually clones, with the one in 5 being the real one.
A Day in the Limelight: The alternate mode in the sequel to Prinny: Can I Really Be the Hero? in which you play as her in her Prinny form. Until the release of the Makai Wars smartphone game, this is the closest she has come to being the main character.
Demoted to Extra: One of the most tragically hilarious cases ever.
Determinator: She's tried how many times to get her own game already? And she shows no sign of slowing down.
Died Standing Up: In Prinny: Can I Really Be the Hero?, after her final defeat. She was so determined to become the main character that she just refused to yield! In the words of the Hero Prinny: "That's dedication, dood!"
Don't You Dare Pity Me!: In Disgaea 4, Valvatorez actually offers her the position of main character because she's just so pathetic. Asagi refuses his offer for this reason and insists on fighting him for the role of main character.
Asagi: I don't need your pity! Ahh, come on, knock it off! Stop looking at me with those pitiful pitying eyes!
Early-Bird Cameo: A Deconstructive Parody of this is her basic schtick in a nutshell.
Epic Flail: She's most commonly portrayed with a pair of handguns, but she's been known to supplement her arsenal with a bazooka and a flail whose head is as big as she is. The other two weapons originated from Makai Kingdom, the game in which she made her debut.
Guns Akimbo: Her HD form in Disgaea 4 and Disgaea 5 incarnations even has this as part of her class, with an Evility that lets her execute one additional normal attack when a gun is equipped.
Hostile Show Takeover: She figures if she can beat the main characters of the various games, she'll prove herself worthy of being a main character. Unfortunately, the inverse also holds — if she's gotten beaten seven times by a Prinny...
- While she drops trying to become the main character in Disgaea D2, she is still trying to play the trope straight by trying to hijack Lanzarote's concert — though she arrives on the scene late. She also plans on offing Laharl so that she can become the Overlord.
- Completely averted with Disgaea 5. She is accepted into the main party willingly without a fight (though she and the party have to defeat her clones first).
Idol Singer: What she becomes at the end of Prinny 2. She claims she is one in Disgaea Dimension 2, but it turns out she didn't even debut or even audition and was planning to hijack the concert of the current Idol Singer, Lanzarote. Idol is also one of the personality options for her clones in 5.
Image Song: Received one in The Guided Fate Paradox, performed by Kotori Minami.
Ineffectual Sympathetic Villain: Pretty much all of her attempted takeovers paint her as this. She even breaks down crying in the third and fourth game.
More Dakka: Her combat style in Disgaea 5. One of her evilities gives her a second attack, another lets her attack repeatedly during combo attacks, and her combo skill with Seraphina has both girls literally shower the enemy in bullets.
Mythology Gag: In Disgaea 5, the only reference the game has to her old Running Gag is her Unique Evility "Main Character R", and a line on the Nether News stating that an interview about her being the true protagonist of the game was cut before it could be broadcasted. She otherwise drops her Running Gag.
Non-Standard Character Design: Happens to her in Disgaea 4. That game uses HD sprites by default, but Asagi doesn't have one, and looks decidedly odd next to the other characters. An HD Asagi is free DLC, however.
- Also in Disgaea 2, where she retained her original sprite from Makai Kingdom, causing her to look distinctly chibi-ish compared to everyone else in the game. Both cases are lampshaded to hell and back.
Only Sane Man: With Disgaea 5 dropping her Running Gag, she ends up becoming this to the wackier members of the party.
The Other Darrin: Lampshaded In-Universe in Prinny 2, mentioning that she can't keep a consistent voice actress or character. Considering the number of voice actresses who have provided her voices (especially in Japan), it's hard not to draw attention to it.
Pretty in Mink: Her fur-trimmed jacket in some of the games.
Recurring Extra: Emphasis on Extra.
Running Gag: Two of them.
- Always attempts a Hostile Show Takeover in a bid to become the main character. Disgaea 5 dropped this, however.
- Asagi has a new voice actress in every single game she appears in. This is usually not done in the English dubs, possibly for simplicity's sake.
Screw Destiny: In The Guided Fate Paradox, she attempts this to get her own game. How? Pick a fight with God, of course!
Self-Duplication: Her appearances in ClaDun and Disgaea 4 (as HD Asagi) make it clear there are multiple Asagis running around...somehow. In Disgaea 5, Asagi also has a character class seen on her recruitment map.
Split Personality: Hinted at in her various appearances, but manifests itself most obviously in Prinny PSP.
Tears of Joy: When recruited in Disgaea 4 as a Prinny Instructor-In-Training. The dialogue box mentions it explicitly:
Asagi has joined the party while crying in a fit of joy!
Throw the Dog a Bone:
- The ending to Asagi Wars in Prinny 2. She is reincarnated for her Heroic Sacrifice as a Prinny and becomes the biggest idol in the Netherworld.
- The success of Asagi's fan club promotion, leading Nippon Ichi to announce that her game is in the planning stages.
- Happens in Disgaea 4 too. The party tries to convince her that she can be happy without being the main character, and Valvatorez makes her his Prinny Instructor-In-Training.
- Disgaea 5 marks the first time Asagi isn't treated like a Butt-Monkey and drops her Hostile Show Takeover schtick. Asagi comes in and finishes off one of her remaining clones and presents herself as rather cool-headed and cordial. She then joins the party without a fight.
- As of the NIS 25th Anniversary stream, NIS announced the upcoming release of Makai Wars on mobile devices, starring Asagi. She's finally getting what she's always wanted.
Took a Level in Jerkass: She was a fairly cordial individual in her earlier appearances, even when she began her Hostile Show Takeover routine. A string of humiliating failures and defeats later, she's become far more irritable and arrogant... and just a little unhinged. That being said, Disagaea 5 shows a lot of Asagi clones with exaggerated different personalities from earlier titles, while the real one was more serious and stable. This suggests that the previous Asagis from the different games were clones, and the Asagi appearing in Disgaea 5 is the real one's first appearance.
Yank the Dog's Chain: After she gets thrown a bone in Disgaea 4, Valvatorez says he will still need to make her pay for the trouble she has caused... by engraving the deepest traumas onto her soul.
Asagi: Awww...!

Baal

The Bonus Boss, Baal first appeared as a Demon Lord in La Pucelle. He Took a Level in Badass in Disgaea 1 where he became known as Supreme Overlord (or "Tyrant") and was the one who was ultimately responsible for King Krichevskoy's death; it was propaganda that blamed "black pretzels". In this game, he became a Prinny after his first defeat; it was assumed at the time that this was a reincarnation. Baal appears again in Phantom Brave, this time taking the form of a Mushroom-esque monster, an Eringer/Funguy. It was assumed at the time that he had gone through his reincarnation period as a Prinny, yet retained his incredible strength. More of his true nature became known in Makai Kingdom: Baal does not die when his body is killed; rather, he merely finds other host bodies to inhabit, and he is as old as the universe itself... This became worse in Disgaea 2 when he started getting more than one body. In Disgaea 3, Baal has more of a storyline; he is stealing traits from various characters for some unfathomable reason. Expect lots and lots of Level Grinding to be anywhere near capable of fighting Baal; his HP tends to be in the millions.

Notably, Baal was absent from Zettai Hero Project; in fact, Valv oga's description states that he conned Baal out of the position. Nevertheless, Baal's made his appearance as a Superboss in Prinny 2 and returns as a DLC Bonus Boss in Disgaea 4, Disgaea D2: A Brighter Darkness, Disgaea 5: Alliance of Vengeance, Disgaea 6: Defiance of Destiny, and Disgaea 7: Vows of the Virtueless.

Ambidextrous Sprite: Applies to all of the games' sprites of course, but is especially noticeable on Baal, whose cape constantly switches the fist it's covering with as much as a tilt of the camera.
Arch-Enemy: To Laharl. While many Nippon Ichi main characters have faced Baal, Laharl is the only one who has a personal vendetta against Baal, particularly being the cause of his father's death. Some of Laharl's cameos reference this, seeking out Baal personally in Makai Kingdom and Disgaea 3: Absence of Justice and Etna telling Sicily about Laharl having defeated Baal before when he returns in Disgaea Dimension 2. Coincidentally, Laharl cameos in most of the games Baal appears in^note.
Attack of the 50-Foot Whatever: in Disgaea 5, Baal has a Netherworld Effect represented by a giant Baal that towers over the arena.
- In Disgaea 7, he can also use Jumbify. As expected with Baal's insane difficulty, his Jumbility enacts an Instant-Win Condition... for him.
Body Surf: Whenever he is defeated, he is able to transfer to another form to recuperate. These forms included Prinnies, Eryngi mushrooms, and the empty husk of Zetta.
Bragging Rights Reward: Beating him usually results in little beyond a title change to Lord of Terror. Of course, if you did actually get anything from beating him, it'd be rendered useless simply on the basis that you already just beat the one guy literally one thousand times more powerful than anything outside of a Nippon Ichi game ever.
Characterization Marches On: Essentially a Flat Character that never even spoke in his early appearances, but then he has been given SOME personality in that despite being an absurdly powerful demon, he apparently needs money.
Demoted to Extra: Kinda. Starting with Disgaea 4, he became a DLC Superboss, added in the final patch for each game. To make up for this, he has become far more difficult than his previous appearances. This wouldn't end until Disgaea 6 where he was included as a standard postgame challenge again.
The Dreaded: Even the most egoistical characters are afraid of him.
Early Installment Character-Design Difference: He was merely a blue Palette Swap of the Capricorn demons in his debut in La Pucelle. His more iconic Lord of Terror form would later appear in Disgaea: Hour of Darkness.
Evil Is Bigger: Baal is one of the most powerful and dangerous beings in the Nippon Ichi multiverse, and his size alone makes that pretty clear. With few exceptions, he is the biggest character in the Disgaea series, his sprite towering over all others in the series. Later games even show that he can increase his size further, to the point where you only see his torso.
Evil Tower of Ominousness: His castle.
From Bad to Worse: If you lose to Prinny Baal in Makai Kingdom, he'll go on to conquer the other netherworlds and make prinnies the dominant species and rulers of the universe.
Galactic Conqueror: He's stated to have conquered every Netherworld he come across before coming to Krichevskoy's netherworld. If you lose to him in Makai Kingdom, he goes on to conquer the entire universe.
Impossible Thief: A plot in Disgaea 3 revolves around everyone gunning for him, outraged that he stole things such as Mao's "precious item", Flonne's commemorative DVD Box set, Laharl's height and screen time, Marona's innocent and pure heart, and the second "A" and space in Master Big Star's name. In the end, it turns out he didn't actually steal anything to begin with.
Joker Immunity: Despite his numerous appearances, he never seems to die. Makai Kingdom states he's an aggregate of evil souls, and that any time he's defeated, he'll just find another body and come back later.
Killer Rabbit: While he generally appears in his giant Tyrant form, he will occasionally appear in a less imposing form like a Prinny or Shroom. His stats are no less scary in those forms. Disgaea 3 in particular has the cast breathe a sigh of relief upon seeing that Baal is just a mushroom until Mr. Champloo urges everyone to look at his level. Cue a collective Oh, Crap!!
Leitmotif: Great Wilder from his debut game plays in most of his boss appearances.
Marathon Boss: Depending on the game and stats of the player's party, Baal can turn out to be this, but his Disgaea D2 incarnation takes the cake. Among the few who have beaten him, even fewer have done it in under 30 minutes.
Multiversal Conqueror: And Laharl's Netherworld was next on his list. He was stopped by Krichevskoy giving up his life to seal him away.
No-Sell: In the DLC fight with him in Disgaea 3, he has an Evility that renders him immune to damage for one attack equal to the number of clones he has present. In Disgaea D2, he has his own version of Pringer X's Evility that nullifies damage from special skills after they are used on him. Mercifully, his immunity disappears whenever he switches out an Evility.
Non-Standard Game Over: Some outcomes of battle with him end like this. If Laharl is the party leader in Makai Kingdom, then even if you defeat Baal, Laharl will destroy the body Baal's inhabiting (which, naturally, belongs to Zetta), leading to a game over.
Physical God: This guy is monstrously powerful both story-wise and gameplay-wise, nigh immortal thanks to his backup bodies, and a threat to all Netherworlds. Only Laharl managed to defeat him in canon, but even that defeat was a temporary setback.
Power Levels: The lowest level he's ever been at was 2000, during his La Pucelle incarnation. Later titles made his default level 4000. In later versions, his level was past 9000. Then his level became an exponent of 9999. And then he was given an absurd array of evilities that make him impossible to beat in a straight fight.
Powers Do the Fighting: Makes no physical contact with his attacks. He doesn't move when attacking.
Self-Duplication: Some fights with him have more than one of him around. In Disgaea 3, this works with an Evility that makes him/them immune to one attack or skill used on him for every Baal present, meaning he has to be hit repeatedly to hurt him.
Serial Escalation: Baal takes the concept of the overpowered Bonus Boss and runs with it. Progressively more so in each installment.
SNK Boss: Turns into this by Disgaea D2. Not only is he FAR more powerful than any of his previous appearances, his items can't be stolen and he teleports so he never loses the stationary attack bonus over the very long fight. He has six brutal Evilities he switches out throughout the fight, and always has his own version of Pringer X's Special Skill Solved. Starting, he will be able to automatically attack any of your characters whenever they hit the field. After that, he will use one that inflicts all status effects on your characters. Then he switches to having a 50% evasion rate. Then he switches to summoning two mini-clones of himself with the same movement he does, so if you don't kill them, they start to inflict a lot of damage. Then he starts to do automatic damage to your characters every turn. Finally, he switches to an Evility that destroys your base panel, meaning once he uses it, you can't bring anything else out or switch out units. It also heals him for 20 percent of his HP and SP every turn. In older Disgaea games, enough level grinding allowed for even a Superboss to be beaten easily, but not anymore.
The Speechless: With the exception of Disgaea 3, Visible Silence and battle grunts are his only form of communication.
Superboss:
- Nippon Ichi's most common recurring Superboss. Challenging him usually requires passing a difficult to pass bill in the Dark Assembly, though later Disgaea games has his battle patched in.
- In Disgaea 5, he can appear in the "this isn't a movie" Mystery Room along with Proto Darkdeath in place of the usual generic monsters if you're on a high enough Item World floor.
Took a Level in Badass: When it looked like Pringer X was going to phase him out as the premier Super Boss, he returns in Disgaea 4 with a vengeance, now far outstripping Pringer X in power and packing Evilities that make killing him an outright marathon. Disgaea D2 makes his stats even more insane, gives him a version of Pringer X's evility Special Skill Solved, along with a number of other nasty tricks.
Villains Out Shopping: His DLC appearances in Disgaea 3 and Disgaea 4 has him showing up for job interviews. In the former, Almaz guesses that even Tyrants need work.
When All You Have Is a Hammer…: In all his appearances, his attacks all consist of summoning giant swords, some of which are as big or bigger than he is, and don't have any fancy effects. Thing is, these hurt a lot; in Disgaea 4, his standard attack can one-shot a level 9999 character.
- Averted as of Disgaea Dimension 2, where his attacks now inflict status effects. And in Disgaea 5, Baal is his own stage hazard.
- In Disgaea 7, if he jumbifies, you automatically lose the fight. He is so powerful that becoming any bigger just destroys everything.

Nisa/Nippon Ichi

Voiced by: Kaori Mizuhashi (Japanese), Michelle Ruff (English)

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The Moe Anthropomorphism of Nippon Ichi Software, Nisa is a Canon Immigrant from the Neptunia franchise. Originally being one of the several Makers of Gamindustri, she has arrived in the Netherworlds from evil per request. While she hasn't had a major role in the games, she tends to appear as one of bonus DLC characters.

A-Cup Angst: Her Berserk Button is someone pointing out her flat chest.
Anti Poop-Socking: She has a few base lines where she encourages the player to take regular breaks. In other words, even the personification of a video game company has standards.
Canon Immigrant: Was written out of her home series via its remakes, but has been a consistent DLC character in this series since Disgaea 4. Her in-game descriptions also never mention where she's from though she will still shout that she's fighting for the sake of Gamindustri in her battle quotes.
Curtains Match the Window: Blue hair to go with her blue eyes.
Dub Name Change: Her name was changed from Nippon Ichi to Nisa, to represent NIS America.
Dynamic Entry: Justice Kick!
Goggles Do Nothing: They're on her head, but more or less exist as a fashion accessory than anything else.
Large Ham: She very energetic about letting everyone know that she's a hero.
Moe Anthropomorphism: Double time in a sense; she is a human representative of Nippon Ichi in the Neptunia franchise, and her design evokes that of a Prinny (specifically, Hero Prinny).
Navel-Deep Neckline: She wears her jumpsuit unzipped to her stomach, even if she doesn't have any sort of chest to create a cleavage out of.
Optional Party Member: Always a DLC character.
Red Is Heroic: Most Nippon Ichi main characters have red in their character designs, often times their clothing. It's only natural that Nippon Ichi's Moe Anthromorph follows suit, wearing a red scarf around her neck.
Swiss-Army Weapon: Prinny Gun. It's a gun and a Laser Blade.
Throw the Dog a Bone: She does this in Disgaea 4 for Prism Red, becoming his first legitimate friend.

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