Characters found in Shamanic Princess.
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Tiara
Voiced by: Sayuri Yamauchi (Japanese), Tara Sands (English)
- Being Good Sucks: Her biggest issue is wanting to do the right thing, but what the right thing is keeps changing. She thought she was doing the right thing by trying to retrieve the Throne of Yord, then it became about saving Sara from the Throne of Yord. The Throne itself calls Tiara out on how she fights people, then allies herself with them.
- Cain and Abel: With Lena, in the best friends type.
- Dark Is Not Evil: She's the hero, but her Geil Eldo Zamath transformation along with the Slasher Smile she deploys makes her look like a villainess you'd find in a more typical magical girl show.
- Fiery Redhead: Tiara never backs down from a challenge. Why should she? She's stronger than everyone.
- Hair Wings: The Geil Eldo Zamath transformation gives Tiara a pair of blood-red wings that double as her hair.
- Idiot Hair: Has one, although it doesn't seem to fit her personality. This may be related to the Tone Shift the series went through in development. Shamanic Princess was initially planned as a standard Magical Girl with a Naïve Everygirl heroine.
- Jerk with a Heart of Gold: Tiara knows who the strongest person in the room is. It's her. She doesn't have to play nice with anyone, and she's not above letting them know it. But underneath, she just wants everyone to be happy. Sara, or rather the Throne of Yord, puts it best by describing Tiara as "A spoiled brat who just wants everyone to be happy."
- Joshikousei: Wears a blue sailor outfit when at school.
- Magical Girl Warrior: Tiara is what happens when you take a Cute Witch and make her a badass while bypassing the super hero element.
- Ms. Fanservice: She exhibits a laundry list of Rule of Sexy tropes;
- Her usual outfit features Cleavage Window, Magic Skirt and Zettai Ryouiki.
- Navel-Deep Neckline in her Super Mode form, she gets a neckline that stretches all the way to her crotch.
- Clothing Damage — tasteful, but fun.
- Power Dyes Your Hair: Her hair goes from fiery red to blood red.
- Power Makes Your Hair Grow: Tiara's hair is a bit past shoulder length ordinarily but extends almost to the ground in her Super Mode, in a style that's suggestive of wings.
- The Scapegoat: She gracefully accepts punishment for a mistake Graham made on a mission.
- Screaming Warrior: Especially in the English version.
- Slasher Smile: She directs one at her rival after completing her first Transformation Sequence, made even creepier by her weird eyes. It's one of your first clues that this is not your average Magical Girl anime.
- Smug Super: She's got an ego to match the strength of her abilities.
- Supernatural Gold Eyes: Her Super Mode form has golden eyes with a black ring in the middle.
Lena
Voiced by: Mitsuki Yayoi (Japanese), Suzy Prue (English)
- Aloof Dark-Haired Girl: Lena fits this to a T - she has an air of femininity, maturity and mystery.
- Berserk Button: Give her the impression that you're betraying/abandoning your loved ones, and she'll thirst for your blood.
- Can't Catch Up: Lena knows she will never be as powerful as Tiara, but that doesn't make it any easier to accept.
- Defector from Decadence: Lena abandons her mission and sides with Kagetsu when she decides his motives are more noble than the faceless Guardian World elders.
- Then again, everyone has noble motives in this series.
- Fashionable Asymmetry: Her Super Mode outfit.
- Hime Cut: Fitting with both her elegant, mannered nature as well as her competence in battle. She also is given the "princess" title just like Tiara and is held by many in high regard.
- Lady of War: She looks elegant no matter what she does. It helps that she is a strictly long range Squishy Wizard.
- Love Confessor: Expresses her Unrequited Love for Kagetsu in a monologue.
- Magic Music: Lena controls her powers by playing her flute. While playing antagonist to Tiara, her use of these powers verges on Musical Assassin.
- Proper Lady: Her civilian dress is modest and she's friendlier than Tiara.
- Stripperiffic: Her Super Mode outfit looks like it was painted on.
- Yamato Nadeshiko: Other characters admire her poise, reserve and good taste but she can give Tiara a run for her money in a fight.
Sara
Voiced by: Tomo Sakurai (Japanese), Mary Anne Towne (English)
- Apocalypse Maiden: In the sense that Kagetsu is risking the integrity of the Guardian World by removing her from the Throne of Yord.
- Ascend to a Higher Plane of Existence: She ascended during the Time Skip (between eps.6 and eps.1) by merging with the Throne of Yord. It makes her...difficult to deal with.
- Delicate and Sickly: The nightgown-like dress she's always shown wearing suggests this, and episode 5 confirms that she is indeed an ill girl.
- Incorruptible Pure Pureness: The first impression she gives is "sweet, innocent Damsel in Distress" but the series subverts this as it reveals more about the Throne of Yord. If the Throne has darkness in it, then so does Sara.
- Malevolent Masked Women: The Throne of Yord (or Sara, or some combination of the two) switches forms at one point from a pile of tentacles to Sara in a black and red third eye mask.
- Mystical Waif: By way of unearthliness, Tiara has cryptic conversations with Sara in her dreams, and Tiara's decision to save Sara is what transforms the story from "mission" to "adventure".
- Spell My Name With An S: The subtitles in the CPM release render her name as both Sarah and Sara. Considering that her name is written with kanji, Sara would be more appropriate.
Kagetsu
Voiced by: Kōichi Yamadera (Japanese), Crispin Freeman (English)
- Anti-Magic: He is a Neutralizer - his powers nullify magic. A Neutralizer's function is keeping the Throne of Yord pacified. Dialogue implies that Neutralizers are a lower tier in the Guardian World Fantastic Caste System than magic users like Tiara and Lena.
- Anti-Villain: Or so we initially assume.
- Hiding Behind Your Bangs: His hair conceals one of his eyes, reflecting the mysterious nature of his character - especially early on in the story.
- Internalized Categorism: He regards himself as less capable because he is a Neutralizer, but he achieves a great deal through sheer force of will.
- Knight Templar Big Brother: Stole the Throne to save his beloved sister Sara.
- My Greatest Failure: He blames himself for Sara's imprisonment.
- Old Flame: He and Tiara dated before he stole the Throne of Yord.
- Tall, Dark, and Handsome: Swarthy, dark hair, dark eyes and in a Love Triangle.
Japolo
Voiced by: Rica Matsumoto (Japanese), P.M. Lewis (English)
- Big Eater: He's frequently shown eating - at one point he devours an apple that's as big as he is.
- Cartoony Tail: It poofs up when finds the scent of the Throne of Yord.
- Exposition Fairy: Japolo helps to explain the setting for the benefit of the audience. There is a potentially justifying implication that Japolo and Tiara haven't been partners for very long, and that's why he wants to make sure they're both on the same page.
- The Nose Knows: He helps Tiara locate the Throne of Yord by sense of smell.
- Talking Animal: And a Deadpan Snarker.
- Weasel Mascot: Bringing much-needed snark and Plucky Comic Relief.
Leon
Voiced by: Hiro Yuki (Japanese), Alvaro J. Gonzalez (English)
- Ambiguously Brown: His skin tone is darker than most of the other characters, and the mark on his forehead suggests Indian influence, but it has no bearing on the story.
- Bodyguard Crush: On Lena
- Facial Markings: A mole on his forehead.
Graham
Voiced by: Rica Matsumoto (Japanese), Tristan Goddard (English)
- Bodyguard Crush: He exists to protect Tiara, and has some...issues with her boyfriend Kagetsu.
- Cool Mask: A pretty unique one that covers the left half of his face vertically.
- Cute Monster Girl: A Spear Counterpart - Graham is a cute Gothic horror monster.
- Not Good with Rejection: Graham is not the same after his painful failure to confess his feelings to Tiara. It's not clear if he's simply being reckless or if he as a death wish, but he seems relieved when Kagetsu nullifies him.
- Rubber Man: Graham attacks by splitting his arms into tentacles.
- Yandere: Clearly loves and wants to protect Tiara, and will kill anyone he sees as a threat.
The Throne of Yord
Voiced by: Rokurō Naya (Japanese), Tristan Goddard (English)
- Eldritch Abomination: Its physical manifestation seems like an ordinary painting, but it is self aware, formless and limitless. And it enjoys taking forms that make mortals afraid.
- Genius Loci: Characters enter the painting that physically represents the Throne of Yord and find themselves in a world that is completely under its control.
- MacGuffin: Subverted; characters initially regard the Throne of Yord as one and pursue it accordingly, but discover that it is actually calling the shots.
- Shapeshifter Guilt Trip: Its signature move is to shapeshift into a form identical to its opponent, or its opponents' friends, and try to Break Them by Talking.
- Spooky Painting: It may not seem scary at first, but when that forest pond image is replaced with a red eye on a field of black, it's clear that the protagonists are in for a bad day.
Apolline Faria, Mimi Joyman and Susanna White
Apolline Faria voiced by: Tomoko Maruo (Japanese), Wendy Walker (English)
Mimi Joyman voiced by: Yuka Imai (Japanese), Rachael Lillis (English)
Susanna White voiced by: Akiko Nakagawa (Japanese), Rachael Lillis (English)
Mimi Joyman voiced by: Yuka Imai (Japanese), Rachael Lillis (English)
Susanna White voiced by: Akiko Nakagawa (Japanese), Rachael Lillis (English)
- Inspiration Nod: These three girls are named after characters from Weaveworld, a Clive Barker novel which is a favorite book of Shamanic Princess director Mitsuru Hongo.
He is on record that this novel had a significant influence on Shamanic Princess. - Muggle: They live in a modern-day city somewhere in Europe, have no magic, and are unaware that Tiara is an infiltrator from a Magic Land.
- Ordinary High-School Student: All three are truly regular, everyday kids.
- Tomboy: To a degree, Apolline. She has a deeper voice, short hair, seems to be somewhat more down to Earth than Susanna and Mimi.
