Voiced by: Tohru Furuya (1986-2004, 2012-present JP), Masakazu Morita (2005-2011 JP), Illich Guardiola (EN), Eric Legrand (FR), Jesus Barrero and Irwin Daayan (Latin American Spanish), Carlos Lladó (Spain), Ivo De Palma (ITA), Jefferson Utanes (Tagalog), Hermes Baroli (BR), Rogério Jacques (PT)
Wouldn't Hit a Girl: And it causes him lots of trouble, actually. Just ask Shaina what she thinks of this!
Dragon Shiryu
Voiced by: Hirotaka Suzuoki (1986-2004 JP), Takahiro Sakurai (2005 JP), Jay Hickman (EN), Marc François (FR), Enrique Hernández (Spain), Ricardo Mendoza and Christian Strempler (Latin American Spanish), Marco Balzarotti (ITA), Elcio Sodré (BR), Ely Martin (Tagalog), Nuno Távora (PT)
A Friend in Need: In one of the saddest moments of the series he blinded himself to defeat Perseus Algol and save his friends.
Beware the Nice Ones: Is very level-headed, kind, and soft-spoken when off-duty...
Berserk Button: But attack or insult his friends, Saori or his sister Shunrei, and you'll have a Screaming Warrior punching the living Hell out of you. Deathmask learnt it the hard way!
Rozan Shōryūha (Rozan's Rising Dragon Force): His signature uppercut.
Rozan Ryūhishō (Rozan's Dragon Flight): Punches forward as if flying.
Dragon no Ken (Dragon's Kick): This is the one he used on Cancer Deathmask (before he stops him with one finger).
Rozan Hyakuryūha (Rozan's One Hundred Dragons Force): A hundred dragons made of cosmos come out.
Rozan Kōryūha (Rozan's Enraged Dragon Force ): A kamikaze attack where Shiryu sends both him and the unlucky soul Shura into outer space thus killing them both Shiryu survived it afterwards.
Excalibur: A move given by Capricorn Shura that allows him to focus his cosmos into a blade that is capable of cutting anything.
Eye Scream: Plucked his own eyes out to fight against a guy who has a Medusa-inspired shield that almost petrified him, Seiya and Shun. And yeah, before you ask, he did try closing his eyes and blindfolding himself: neither alternative worked, and he had half his body petrified already.
Fight In The Nude: Not literally, he just tends to voluntarily remove his armor more often than the rest of the cast.
Voiced by: Koichi Hashimoto (1986-2004 JP), Hiroaki Miura (2005 JP), Jason Douglas (EN), Marc François (FR), Oscar Redondo (Spain), Rene Garcia and Luis Daniel Ramirez (Latin American Spanish), Mark Aspiras (Tagalog), Francisco Brêtas (BR), António Semedo (PT)
Calling Your Attacks: In the anime, Hyoga says his attacks in English, but in Russian in the manga.
Diamond Dust: His main attack. He sends bursts of cosmos into the air to cool it (possibly to draw air moisture) before unleashing a focus burst of cosmos that will freeze his opponents.
Ice Ring (Koĺtso): Hyoga creates an ice ring that surrounds and paralyzes the opponent.
Aurora Thunder Attack: Anime only, he fires multiple Diamond Dusts at his opponent (Anime variation of manga's Kholodnyj Smerčh.)
Aurora Execution: The strongest form of Diamond Dust where the cosmos itself reaches absolute zero and is capable of freezing and killing the Gold Saint, Aquarius Camus.
Freezing Coffin: An ability that will freeze an opponent in an unbreakable block of ice for a hundred years unless the cosmos of the oppenent or someone from the outside can match it.
Not to mention, Hyoga is Genre Savvy enough to know how Freezing Fists only seems to work on very specific enemies: Mighty Glaciers or Stone Walls, due to lack of mobility and speed. The Crystal Saint, however, is fast and flexible enough to not have his handicap, using his legs to apply this to Hyoga himself.
Forgotten Fallen Friend: Averted, he's the only bronzie who misses his parents... albeit, that's because he's the only who knew a parent, they're all orphans.
Mommy Issues: He still misses his dead mom, very much. He can't exactly be blamed: not only Natasha was a Hot Mom, but she actually sacrificed her life for him when he was a child.
The Smart Guy: Shiryu's rival in regards to quick thinking.
Obfuscating Disability: His eyepatch. Issac purposely missed and just caused some skin near it to bleed.
Awesome, but Impractical: It may look cool, but not only does he lose part of his side vision but depth perception as well. It is not worth wearing considering he has it for symbolic reasons.
Voiced by: Ryo Horikawa (1986-2004 JP), Yûta Kazuya(2005 JP), Chris Patton (EN), Serge Bourrier (FR), Jesús López (Spain), Jose Gilberto Vilchis and Alan Prieto (Latin American Spanish), Andrea De Nisco (ITA), Ulisses Bezerra (BR), Isabel Wolmar (episodes 1-73) and Marco Felgueiras (74-114)(PT)
A Friend in Need: He warmed up Hyoga in the infamous House of Libra scene. He also gave up his Silver Star Necklace from his mother to pay Charon and allow him and Seiya to cross the river.
Always Accurate Attack: Thunder Wave, as Shun stated, will always find its target and damages something.
Nebula Chain: His main attack. Most of the time he just swings his fist and it will strike and wrap around his opponent.
Rolling Defense: This has two forms. He either spreads his chain with the circle end out in a spiral below his feet. Anything that approaches it will be immediately attacked. The other version is where his circle end goes around him in a large cylinder allowing him to use his triangle end to attack from the top.
Andromeda Thunder Wave: A seek and destroy version of his Nebula Chain. This move is capable of transending dimensions to find its target.
Nebula Stream: A technique that doesn't require his chains and the first of his unlimited cosmos attacks(attacks that the longer they are used the more they grow in strength rather than deminish over time). He causes his cosmos to swirl around and paralyze his enemy.
Nebula Storm: Shun's most powerful attack. A deadly version of Nebula Stream where his cosmos swirls and combines into a destructive storm.
Spider Net: Shun creates a literal spider net to catch things.
Spiral Duct: Another capture move that wraps around his opponent (a more elaborate form of Nebula Chain).
Casting Net: The chains weave themselves into a net and capture the opponent.
Boomerang Shot: The triangle end aims at the opponent, curves around and strikes from behind.
Wild Trap: The chains weave into a trap on the ground and then surround and clamp the opponent.
Great Capture: Just like Nebula Chain but wraps around large opponents.
Chained to a Rock: As per his representative myth, how he earned his cloth.
The Chick: Strictly speaking, not him but his cloth is only one that's named after a human female. Also he's kinda effeminate and wears pink armor.
Chick Magnet: This Cute Shotaro Boy, in his introduction, had so many screaming fangirls that Jabu couldn't help lampshading the trope all over.
Distressed Dude: Though he's not completely incapable of fighting, Ikki routinely bails him out of tough battles. Note this becomes routine only in the Anime.
Limited Wardrobe: It figures that effeminate guy of the group adverts this. Shun's the only one in both the anime and manga to feature a greater variety of shirts, hooded shirts, pants his evil robes while possessed. Although he does enjoy his green shirt and white suspenders.
Silk Hiding Steel: Has many of the personality traits. Such as a peaceful nature hiding his strength or one of his techniques that involves setting a trap andn sprining when attacked.
She's a Man in Japan: In the French dub, they thought Shun was a woman and used a female to dub his voice for the first episode.
Thanatos Gambit: Shun accepted Hades' soul so he can be killed with Hades by Athena's saints. Too bad for him, his brother Ikki can't bring himself to do it.
Voiced by: Hideyuki Hori (1986-2004 JP), Katsuyuki Konishi(2005 JP), Mike Mac Rae (EN), Henry Djanik (FR), Tasio Alonso (Spain), Marcos Patiño and Rafael Pacheco (Latin American Spanish), Tony Fuochi (ITA), Leonardo Camilo (BR), António Semedo (PT)
Being Tortured Makes You Evil: His experience from both the orphanage and on Death Queen Island caused him to go out and try to kill all of his friends and his little brother who he swore to protect in the past.
Berserk Button: Don't harm Shun, lest he'll escort you to hell.
Phoenix Illusion Demonic Fist (Phoenix Houou Guenma-Ken): His signature attack. The attack itself is about the size of a pin tip that attacks the mind, brings out one's deepest fears and will either leave the victim in a mental mess or kill them.
Ascension of the Phoenix's Wings (Houyoku Tensho): An extremely strong cosmos punch that takes the form of a fiery bird.
Go Mad from the Revelation: The reason he's the 1st Big Bad in the manga. Mitsumasa Kido is the father of the 100 children sent to become saints. Ikki completely snaps.
Not so Different: With Mime and Bud. Like Mime he was a mass of hatred, like Bud he tried to kill his brother. He uses this to great effect in both fights, using both verbal calls and his Mind Rape powers to both break them down and make them understand his poV.
Unexplained Recovery / Death Is Cheap: Just like his namesake, he will not stay dead, and routinely claws his way out of hell. However, this didn't do him much good when Virgo Shaka sent him to heaven.
Other Bronze Saints
Unicorn Jabu
Yuuichi Meguro (1986-1989 JP), Hideo Ishikawa (2005 JP), Vic Mignogna (EN),Marc François and Serge Bourrier (FR), José Núñez and Luis Manuel Martín Díaz (Spain), Javier Rivero and Daniel Abundis(Latin America), Marcelo Campos (BR)
Bodyguard Crush: On Saori, and way more explicit than Seiya too.
Can't Catch Up: Starts off as Seiya's rival but by the Twelve Houses Battles, Seiya has upgraded his Cloth twice, wore the Cloth of Sagittarius and reaches his seventh sense while Jabu only earned one move.
Commuting On A Bus: Seemed like he was going to be rival to Seiya, but after the tournament, he only appears when he's needed.
Jerk with a Heart of Gold: He not only protected Saori when she was unconscious, but was the Barrier Maiden for Seika when she was being attacked by Thanatos.
Palette Swap: Without his bronze clothes he's basically a blond Seiya.
Spanner in the Works: She derails Aphrodite's Batman Gambit by putting her mask on Seiya and pulling him away from the rose path. This gives Seiya the resolve and power to destroy it.
Snakes Are Evil: Subverted. Her Cloth is that of the Snake Bearer and she's initially one of the most tenacious and vicious enemy of the Bronze saints. Post High Heel Face Turn, she becomes a valuable ally.
Snakes Are Sexy: A lot of people in-universe point out how beautiful and sexy she is, despite her upfront bitchiness.
Ax Crazy: Known for being the most violent and most powerful of all female Saints.
Taking A Third Option: Subverted. She only haves two choices regarding Seiya. She must kill him or love him. The fact that Seiya doesn't seems to be in love with her is only making it harder for her.
Statuesque Stunner: Played with. Her official stats give her a rather average height but the anime always makes her taller than the main Bronze Saints and as tall as most other male Saints.
Psychic Powers: Can read minds. More specifically, Telepathy. In her only anime victory, Marin has to completely clear her mind to kill him.
Put on a Bus: Manga Only, until his Bus Crash in the Hades Saga: there is a tombstone with his name on it. We can only assume his meeting with the Pope did not go well.
BadAss: In the Anime, he was giving the five main protagonist quite some troubles until the Steel Saints step in. Up until then, Hyoga, the only one wearing his cloth at the moment (besides Seiya, who was still recovering from a previous battle),was barely holding him off.
Badass: Takes out over half of the five main Bronze Saints on his own. Petrifies both Seiya and Shun and the only way he could be defeated was for Shiryu to gouge out his own eyes.
In the anime, add the Steel Saints. They started okay against him, but he still managed to beat them until Shiryu blinds himself and gains the upper hand.
Would Hurt a Child: He petrifies and then smashes three kids who tried to run away from the Sanctuary, after having promised he would let them go. Aioria calls him out on it, but Perseus doesn't care.
Not to mention, the Saints he petrifies and the one who defeats and kills him are between 13 and 15 years old. If we count the Steel Saints too, then the age limit is even lower.
Adaptational Attractiveness: In the anime, he had long blond hair and blue eyes and his Cloth was far more elaborate. To be fair, Cepheus Daidalos' name and design weren't finalized by the time the anime episode debuted.
Adaptation Dye Job: Short black hair in the manga, long blond hair in the anime.
Ascended Extra: In the manga, Daidalos only appeared in one chapter, he only had June and Shun as his trainees and while he was described as strong, he died easily with Aphrodite standing over his body. Aphrodite himself could barely remember it. In the anime, Albiore was in five episodes, he was far stronger and more handsome, given more students, and had a couple of extra scenes including one where he taught the cosmos to Shun.
Badass: He nearly defeated Scorpio Milo! Then Pisces Aphrodite lent a hand...
Mr. Exposition and/or Captain Obvious (take your pick) : Did he really need to explain the myth of Andromeda on a place called Andromeda Island right before Shun was about to take his test?
Mythological Name: After the Mythical Greek Inventor/Craftsman/Artisan.
Ascended Extra: Appears for a couple of episodes when he was resurrected for twelve hours by Hades and later on becomes one of the main characters in both Lost Canvas and Next Dimension.
In Hades arc he got his green eyes back ( different kind of green shade though) where in previous arc no one knows exactly what color his eyes are. Sometimes it's purple, and sometimes... blue. Who knows?
The Worf Effect: After being first introduced, the poor guy was used as a benchmark for the strength and threat of the Asgard warriors in the Asgard arc and Spectres (Hades arc).
Ironically either this name is his real name or not it can count as Meaningful Name not in literal way only, as it's a name of funeral tradition. And this troper is sure no one needs complete explanation of the procedure.
Heel Face Turn: Early in the story. During a mission he meets Athena/Saori Kido, the one he was supposed to protect. He understand the Pope had his brother framed and that he lied to him during 13 years. Aiolia doesn't need anymore reason to pull a Heel Face Turn.
Adaptation Distillation: Due to an erased scene of his first meeting with Ikki and other adjustments to fit this change, Shaka became a big arrogant jerk in The Sanctuary Arc. The anime scriptwriters seem to have a grudge against Shaka or something, such as creating an episode where Shaka send his disciples to kill Ikki, not to mention cheating in that fight by helping his disciples when it's already a 2 against 1 fight. Thus this anime only event didn't help Shaka's image the slightest. This caused some fans who only watch anime wonder why Shaka seems to behave differently in Hades arc, as this arc followed Shaka's characterization from the manga closer.
Adaptation Dye Job: Adverted. Shaka is indeed the only blond Gold saints who is saved from hair dye, and due to his Eyes Always Shut this troper just realized recently that Shaka have green eyes in manga, therefore Shaka still got an eye dye. His eyes were blue in the original TV series.
Awesomeness by Analysis: He takes out each of the Bronze Saints and then goes on to explain how his attack would kill them if he chose to go any further with it.
It's mostly the Badass Longhair and how having his Eyes Always Shut make his lashes look longer than they really are. so yeah, he looks kinda feminine, but not to Aphrodite levels.
He is the Virgo Saint for crying out loud, and his temple called Temple of Maiden.
Some of his fans nickname him barbie in their fanfics, and believe me if you can read spanish or portuguese fanfics you will find quite a lot that mention he looks like Barbie.
Guile Hero: Isn't above manipulating his friends, fellow Saints and disciples as much as he manipulates his rivals.
Evil Counterpart : To Shun. Both have "female" clothes and both are reincarnations of gods
Honor Before Reason: Shaka at the first glance is nothing like Shun, especially if you only watch the anime. But he somehow can fit in this category because ha CAN do it smartly and deal with the after effect.Other characters in the manga say of Shaka, “although he is like a God, he still has a weakness. He is too compassionate.”and if any Saint Seiya's fans out there hear the latter part they would think it refer to Shun.
He might be not as merciful as Shun but of all gold saints he is the only one who ever bother to refuse a fight and never got bored of keep giving his enemies or opponents a chance to leave first. In manga he refusef Ikki's challenge in Death Queen Island, knocked the light out of him after warned him to not let the evil around him take control of his soul,and will kill Ikki only if he come before Shaka as enemy. When Shaka confronted Aiolia in Pope's chamber, he told Aiolia to the the HELL out (which actually was a good advice, but Aiolia was so pumped up that he didn't listen). Shaka openly ignored the Bronze saints who invade his temple, and attacked after Seiya attacked him first. He also gave Ikki a chance to give up the fight unharmed, though he didn't ask it nicely. In Hades arc Shaka fully intended to kill all Specters that left when they entered his temple, but strangely later he told them to leave and killed them after they tried to attack him.
Living on Borrowed Time: For a few minutes, after receiving the Athena's exclamation. He manages to send a message to Athena and then search for a nice dying place under the trees.
Actually that would be only in the dub since Shaka is not Buddha but a Buddha (when a person becomes enlightened, his consciousness escapes the cycle of reincarnation) which may explain why in Hades he's talking to Siddhartha Gautama as a kid.
What Is Evil?: His "many justices exist" speech has undertones of this.
Old Dohko/ Dohko in his youth and during the Hades Saga.
Libra Dohko
Achilles in His Tent: Averted, as he's just following orders he had received from Athena in the previous holy war — To watch, and prepare for the time the new holy war would begin.
Adaptation Dye Job: Black hair in the manga, but dark brown in the anime.
Multi Melee Master: He carries around something like six couple of various weapons (including shields, spears and flails) and can share them with the other Gold Saints.
Defeat Equals Friendship: One of the few characters in shonen that can gloat about changing sides after defeating the heroes and not after being defeated.
Right Makes Might: Averted. He actually BEATS Hyoga, but lets him pass because of the other's impressive determination that makes him question his own motives.
That Battle Didnt Count: Milo realizes that in the end of the fight that Hyoga was fighting on a level higher than him and the only reason he won was his Gold Cloth.
Secret Keeper: in the anime, he knew his old friend Aquarius Camus's real motivations and fought Hyoga because of this.
Speed Blitz: Milo's demonstration to Seiya and Shiryu about how the Light Speed of Gold Saints is more advance than the Bronze Saints.
To the Pain: His techniques can inflict lots of suffering and pain on his rivals.
Undying Loyalty: He always thought he was following Athena's will when he was being played by the Pope, then played straight in the Hades Saga.
Villain\'s Dying Grace: Shiryu launches them both into orbit as a mutual kill. He has a Heel Realization (well, that he'd been working for the Heel) and saves Shiryu from becoming space dust, dying in the process.
Tertiary Sexual Characteristics: He has red nails in manga that match his red hair. The official reason Kurumada ever come up with is because Aquarius represents Ganymede, an androgynous figure from Greek mythology. And maybe why yaoi fangirls think he is an Ho Yay character in Saint Seiya second only to his disciple and Andromeda Shun. And Hades arc help this with Adaptation Distillation. in manga it's Saga who Milo helped to walk to Main Temple but in anime it's Camus complete with scene where Milo was crying as choking him. And their yaoi fangirls squee
Genre Savvy: He filled the stairs behind his temple with poisonous roses so, even if he lost, Seiya and Co. wouldn't reach their goals. Too bad Marin derails his plans, though to be fair he didn't have any way to know she'd show up there.
Waif-Fu: EXTREMELY Rare Male Example. His body is unnaturally flexible without being a Rubber Man, thus he uses his hands and legs to apply the Freezing Fists to Hyoga's almost whole body.
Clone Degeneration: The real Phoenix Ikki is so evil that there were at least five Black Phoenixes. However, they are a helluva lot weaker than the other Black Saints.
Affably Evil: Very polite and soft-spoken, until she fights.
But Now I Must Go: Anime-only, when she changed back to her mermaid form and leaves.
Cry Cute: "Milord Poseidon... now you're back to being Young Julian Solo..."
Dark ChickAction Girl: While she does have the fighting abilities, she's more of a messenger than a frontline fighter.
Happily Ever After: In the end of the Poseidon Arc in the manga, Thetis changed back into a fish. Jullian/Poseidon comes back and finds her dead fish body and holds it gently in his hands. In the anime, it was happier where Thetis changes into a mermaid and you can see her leaping in and out of the water with the good guys staring at the sunset.
Defiant to the End : Prefers to go down fighting towards Shun despite being bound in chains, trying to block Shun's direct attack (via Libra Cloth's weapons) on the pillar he protected. Shun is very impressed at his Undying Loyalty to Poseidon and expresses sadness at his passing.
The Beastmaster: His power is to summon the abilities of six creatures.
Senseless Sacrifice: Tries to keep Shun from destroying his pillar by shielding his body. Unfortunately, he never had a chance due to him being bounded up and the pillar itself being too big to protect all of it.
Critical Research Failure: In-universe case. Had he bothered to scan Ikki's mind throughly, he could've found about Esmeralda earlier, therefor using her form to kill him. He could have won the war for Poseidon's side right there!
Knight Templar: He admires the Kraken because it would sink ships with sinful people on them. Hyoga questions this, as it would entail killing innocent people which just happened to be on board as well. Isaac still calls it the best way of making justice.
Kick the Dog: Or better said, the puppy, as he kicks poor little Kiki when he brings Hyoga the Libra Cloth. That pisses Hyoga off enough to return to the fight.
Cruel and Unusual Death: Hyoga unleashes Aurora Execution. However, he's still alive and tries to move and breaks his frozen feet off before falling down and shattering.
Batman Gambit: In the manga, at the end of the Hades Saga, Hades revealed that Athena willing allowed Hypnos to put her into the jar in order to make him confident enough to come out of his tomb. The one thing she didn't bank on was Hades still being able to take her on. Luckily, Seiya was there.
Back from the Dead: He is the one who granted Shion, Aphrodite, Shura, Camus, Deathmask, and Saga twelve hours of life in order to take Athena's head. The fallen Silvers were also granted this in the anime only.
Visionary Villain: Being the Lord of the Underworld, he wishes to kill all of the living by possessing Shun, moving the moon and blocking out the sun. After that, he will take his perfectly preserved body from Elysium and use it to rule over everyone.
Martial Pacifist: He hates fighting, conflict and destruction, and yes, even death (though he doesn't seem to begrudge his brother). He'd much rather send enemies into a Convenient Coma.
Break the Cutie: As her body was taken over, her mind was trapped into the Ring of the Nibelungs and continuously mindraped into watching her warriors die.
Cain and Abel: And maybe one of the most tragic cases ever, as he always knew who Bud was and genuinely cared for him, but could never tell him that he did..
Self-Made Orphan: He snaps when Volker tells him that he murdered his biological parents and kills him. Little did he know, though, that it was a part of Volker's Thanatos Gambit: he wanted to both atone for the accidental killing of Mime's family and die in battle instead of his long-time illness, so he put on a Jerk Ass Facade for many years.
Not Drawn To Scale: He get's pretty big at times during the first episode. When the twelve Houses arc rolled around they found a more realistic height.
Abusive Parents: And how, considering that the Saints are his biological kids (manga) or his pupils (anime)...
Kansas City Shuffle: In the manga he changes the appearance of the Sagittarius Cloth on purpose, to the point that the Silver Saints think it is a fake.
Really Gets Around: Well, he fathered all those young Saints to different women...
Well, he could have also asked them to go through artificial insemination. Which is Truth in Television: more than one really old guy and his girlfriend/wife/female donor/etc. uses this as a safer alternative.
Name's the Same: Her name in Chinese is actually pronounced "Chun-Li", same as the Street Fighter II character (same Kanji even), but most fans stick to the Japanese pronunciation to avoid confusion.
Plucky Girl: Has her moments, specially in the anime.
Shower Scene: The only one in the entire series to feature a girl.
Kick the Dog: Beats young Ikki pretty bad by tying him upside-down with a kendo stick and kept telling him that his sacrifice of going to Death Queen Island doesn't matter since Shun was going to a worse place.
The Dog Bites Back: When Ikki comes back six years later with a fiery entrance and makes a vow before the crowd to make him pay for what he's done.
Jerkass: He brutally abused the kids at first, specially Ikki.
Jerk with a Heart of Gold: But he genuinely cared for Saori, whom he helped raise after Mitsumasa Kido's death.
My Master, Right or Wrong: Follows Mitsumasa Kido and later Saori Kido through the 100 orphan controversyand when Sanctuary was going after Saori for being a False Athena.
Oh Crap: His reaction when he sees Ikki really survived Death Queen Island.
Secret Keeper: Always knew that Saori was Athena, and kept his mouth shut per Kido's instructions.
Plucky Girl: This is the girl who, after helplessly watching her grandfather's murder at the hands of Shiva and Agora and being thrown alive inside a burning volcano, manages to hold on the burning rock walls and climb her way up, which gives a dying Ikki his Heroic Resolve back..
Women In Refrigerators Thankfully averted: Shiva and Agora do invoke the trope and try to fridge her with the volcano deal, but she survives.
Break Thecutie: Anime-only, when Crystal went Brainwashed and Crazy and enslaved everyone in the village. Jacob managed to escape and broke down in tears when Hyoga came to help him. He manages to get better, though.
