List of Tsubasa: Reservoir Chronicle characters
The Tsubasa: Reservoir Chronicle manga series and its respective animated adaptations feature a large cast of fictional characters designed by Clamp.
His childhood friend Sakura, the kind and well-loved princess of the kingdom who holds an undeveloped magic, mysteriously has her memories scattered across the dimensions in the form of feathers and will die if they are not returned to her.
To save her, Syaoran takes her to the Dimensional Witch Yūko Ichihara where he meets two more of the series' protagonists who have arrived with similar wishes: Kurogane, a rough-mannered ninja, and Fai D. Flowright, a laid-back magician with a dark past.
[3] Nanase Ohkawa explained that while some characters appearing in Tsubasa are the same ones from other of their works, their traits and personalities were modified due to different backstories.
[3] As a result of the manga being aimed at young male demographic, characters are designed to appeal of them such as Syaoran who appears as an action hero.
Fellow voice actress Yui Makino also discussed Irino's role, saying that he was the most difficult character to cast because of the requirement to portray the two Syaorans.
Sabat compared Kurogane's characterization with One Piece's Roronoa Zoro and YuYu Hakusho's Kazuma Kuwabara, describing them as "the tough guy with a heart of gold".
[19] After Sakura's memories are scattered, he makes it his goal to find them, despite knowing that she will never remember him as part of a payment to Yūko Ichihara to obtain the white Mokona Modoki creature.
[21] Voiced by: Yui Makino (Japanese); Monica Rial (English, Funimation dub)[18]Sakura (サクラ) is the princess of the Kingdom of Clow, who befriended and fell in love with Syaoran during her girlhood.
[5] The white Mokona, whose real name is Soel (ソエル, Soeru), is given to Syaoran's group by Yūko in exchange for their most-valued possessions.
[39] He is also a powerful magician descendant of the famous Clow Reed and is able to perform elemental spell alongside a jian sword which he keeps merged within his body.
In the course of the battle, Fei-Wang is mortally wounded by Kurogane, and his body starts disintegrating leading to the belief he was created by a powerful magician.
[50][34] Voiced by: Sanae Kobayashi (Japanese); Laura Bailey (English, Funimation dub)[18] Xing Huo (星火, Shin Fo) is Fei-Wang Reed's assistant who commonly appears alongside him discussing his plans.
[52] Voiced by: Mitsuru Miyamoto (Japanese); Troy Baker (English, Funimation dub)[18] An agent of Fei Wang Reed, Kyle Rondart (カイル＝ロンダート, Kairu Rondāto, Romanized in Japanese as "Kyle Rondato"[53]) is first introduced in Jade Country as a doctor who was helping the village with their problems around the time the children started vanishing.
[47] Just then, Yūko rebuilds the destroyed bodies from the Syaoran and Sakura clones in order to give them the choice to be reborn as normal humans.
[20] Tomoyo is the Tsukuyomi (ツクヨミ), a powerful miko sorceress responsible for maintaining the wards of Japan that protect the country from demons.
However, she gives up her dreamseer power to Yūko as the price for bringing Kurogane's group to Japan as she manages to see them in danger following their encounter with Ashura-ō.
[83] As Fai and his friends return to Seresu, Ashura-ō forces him into fight him to death in order to stop his murders, also engaging in combat the original Syaoran and Kurogane.
As a result, his immense magical powers stopped Yūko's time, granting his wish, but also making him regret being the strongest sorcerer.
Fujitaka (藤隆) is a gentle man from the Kingdom of Clow who in the series' start, is a late archeologist who adopted the Syaoran clone when he lived in the streets.
[88] Due to her hidden magical power, Sakura was chosen to succeed Nadeshiko, her mother and Clow's current priest, training since a young age.
[94] At the end of the series, when Syaoran is forced to travel throughout worlds forevers, Sakura wishes to accompany him, but foresees a disaster that will occur if she goes.
While he is not present in the manga, he is mentioned by the adult clone who tells his wife about how such man gave him an item that they would use to seal themselves for the next years until fighting Fei-Wang Reed.
Before the series' beginning, the Goddess meets the original Sakura and learns also of how the two Syaorans once were together with Watanuki in the way to the afterlife after Fei-Wang Reed cursed him in his last moments.
[99][100][101] A series of drama CD featuring them have also been released telling different storylines and showing songs by the characters' Japanese voice actors.
"[107] Similarly, IGN's Jeff Harris enjoyed the cast of characters pointing the Syaoran's interesting role due to how he sacrifices his relationship with Sakura, while the comedy developed by Fai and Mokona was also favored.
[109] In a general overview, Julie Gray from Comic Book Bin gave positive remarks to the characters' complex personalities and how the plot has been developed throughout its first ten volumes.
"[112] Mania Entertainment's Megan Lavey called Syaoran's and Sakura's introduction as a "pretty simple love story", while liking the characters' personalities.
[114] Animefringe writer Lesley Smith stated that the main characters' relationship that make readers from the manga "devoted fans", giving praise to all of them pointing some gags they provide as well as how they interact.
[119][123] Following the ending of Tsubasa, Manga News enjoyed Syaoran's cameo in the 18th volume of xxxHolic as his personal relationship with Watanuki is explored for the first time.
