Voiced by: Tomokazu Seki (Japanese); Rich McNanna (English)[1] Shuichi Shindo (新堂 愁一, Shindō Shūichi) is the primary protagonist of the series.
One day when, as he is walking through a park reading his lyrics of the song "Glaring Dream", a sudden breeze blows them away, where they are picked up by a mysterious man who dismisses them as "elementary-level", saying that Shuichi has zero talent and should just give up.
Shuichi's band also begins to rise in fame, and a major portion of the series focuses on his attempts to balance the demands of his job with his pursuit of Yuki's affections.
He is unfailingly polite to the point where he will refer to anybody (including his wife) as -san, and appears to be a friendly and even-tempered person (if also a ruthless businessman).
Tohma is an anime-adaptation of Daisuke Asakura, who wrote most of the music for the series Voiced by: Yasunori Matsumoto (Japanese); Daniel Kevin Harrison (English)[1] Hiroshi "Hiro" Nakano (中野 浩司, Nakano Hiroshi) is like a big brother to Shuichi.
Ayaka made a bet with Hiro (same with Yuki to Shuichi) that if they sold 1,000,000 copies of one CD they debuted they would go on a date.
Though he usually fakes being polite to others, young Suguru is quite similar to his cousin, Tohma Seguchi, despite his unfortunate proclivity for being controlled by others.
Voiced by: Kappei Yamaguchi (Japanese); Kenneth Miller (English, as Kenneth Robert Marlo)[1] Ryuichi Sakuma (佐久間 竜一, Sakuma Ryūichi) is the lead singer of the popular band Nittle Grasper along with Tohma Seguchi and Noriko Ukai, and friend of Shuichi.
He left the band three years ago to pursue a solo career in America, but returned to Japan to reform Nittle Grasper.
Voiced by: Yuri Amano (Japanese, TV series), Haruna Ikezawa (Japanese, OVA); Megan Hollingshead (English, TV series), Jessica Calvello (English, OVA; as Zoe Fries)[1] Noriko Ukai (鵜飼 典子, Ukai Noriko) used to be the keyboard player for Nittle Grasper, but joins Bad Luck for a bit on Tohma's request.
His concern is first and foremost Bad Luck, but in his shaping of the band's career, he ends up involving himself in Eiri and Shuichi's relationship.
Voiced by: Takehito Koyasu (Japanese); Bill Timoney (English, as Billy Regan)[1] A very stressed worker, Sakano (坂野) (first name unknown) worships Tohma and tries to be the perfect business man for him no matter what.
In book one, she wanted to make Eiri see his dying father, bribing Shuichi with her own husband (Tohma).
Voiced by: Hideo Ishikawa (Japanese); Jason Griffith (English);[1] Hannes Maurer (German)[2] Tatsuha Uesugi (上杉 樹把, Uesugi Tatsuha) is Eiri's brother, who has the same voice and characteristics as his older brother, but with black hair and eyes.
Voiced by: Miki Nagasawa[1] Reiji (レイジ) originally works for the American record company XMR of which her father is the president.
Reiji's ultimate weapon however is her giant Panda mecha, in reference to the fact that she wears glasses, a common insult to meganekko.
She accepts that it can only be a one-sided affection, though that does not stop her from following him back to Japan and becomes Bad Luck's temporary manager while K is suspended.