Introduction to the Main Characters of Blood+ Anime

Blood+ is an adapted Japanese anime series created,				Riku is the younger brother of Saya. He loves to cook
based from the 2000 animated film Blood: the Last				and would often be the more reasonable between him
Vampire. The extended characters and story were				and Kai. During one of their trips to France, he
created by Aniplex and Production I.G, to explain more				encountered Diva, whom he mistook for Saya. Diva
about the origins of the main protagonist named Saya.				attacked him and drained his blood, but Saya was
To understand more about Blood+ anime, and the				forced to save him and turned him into a chevalier. But
origins of Saya and the chiropterans, introduction to the				eventually, Diva took a special interest with him and
main characters are in order.				sought him inside the Red Shield headquarters, where
* Saya Otonashi				she eventually killed him after raping him.
Saya is the main protagonist of Blood+. At the start of				* David
the series, she was already into her first year of				David is Saya's current handler. He was an expert in all
awakening. She was under the protection of the Red				kinds of military combat, and was an efficient handler
Shield, the descendants of Joel Goldschmidt, the				who organizes all the infiltration processes needed to
original adopted father of Saya during the 1800s. She				defeat Diva. His father who was also named David
had just woken up from her 30 year hibernation under				was originally Saya's handler, but he died under Saya's
the care of George Miyagusuku, a former operative of				hands when she went crazy during the Vietnam War.
the Red Shield, and a veteran of the Vietnam War.				* Julia
She was still trying to recall her lost memories when a				She is a doctor from Red Shield and Saya's personal
series of attacks was triggered, and she found herself				physician. As the series unfolds, her role within the
fighting a battle she had forgotten. Along with her				organization is to conduct research on how best to
faithful Chevalier, Hagi, they were once again, working				destroy chiropterans. Her mentor, Dr Collins, convinces
with the Red Shield to defeat her one and only enemy,				her to defect to Red Shield and work for the enemy.
Diva.				She agreed, as she wanted to conduct further
* Hagi				research, and was eventually appointed as Diva's
Hagi is the only chevalier created by Saya. During the				personal doctor, which made Dr. Collin's jealous. Dr.
late 1800s, he was purchased by the original Joel as a				Collin's tried to kill her, but David protected her from the
companion for Saya, with the hope that they might				bullet. After this, she returned to Red Shield, where she
mate and produce specimens for future				aided them for the final battle between Saya and Diva.
experimentation. He met an accident on a cliff, while				* Lewis
retrieving a flower Saya wanted for Joel's birthday,				Lewis is the jack-of-all-trades of David's team. He's
and as a result, he was unwittingly turned into a				behind the organization of crew, supplies and
Chevalier. He carries his cello on a large black case				information. He was a former CIA, during the American
that also doubles as his weapon. Hagi never eats or				operations, and was responsible for bringing in more
sleeps. He usually needs to feed on blood whenever				information regarding the Cinq Fleche group. He is
he was gravely injured. He is also a source of				constantly eating snacks while working, and would
nourishment for Saya, when she finally acknowledges				often wear costumes to blend well while doing covert
her chiropteran biology, but refuses to take human				operations.
blood directly from its source. And unlike diva's				* Diva
chevaliers, he never made a full chiropteran				Diva is Saya's twin sister and enemy. She was born
transformation due to his own choice after seeing				from the same cocoon as Saya's, but she was
Saya's fear of him. His right hand was bandaged most				unlucky when Joel chose Saya over her for his
of the time because Saya injured it during the Vietnam				experimentation. She used to sing songs in the
war when she was forced to wake up from her				abandoned tower at the Zoo, the estate where Joel
hibernation period, and she went berserk.				conducts his experiments. Because of this
* Kai Miyagusuku				maltreatment, Diva never fully developed her social
Kai is the older brother of Saya, and the first adopted				skills, and often acted like a child. She would play with
son of George Miyagusuku. He was a popular student				dolls and toy with her food. Her chevaliers spoiled her
who loves sports, but after an injury, was forced to				rotten. She never cares for anybody except for
quit his team. He became morose and moody, often				herself, even after one of her chevaliers died for her.
getting involved in fights. But he believed its up to him				Her desire to kill Saya has always been her goal, and
to make his adopted family stick together. He cares				she had no trouble remembering her past. But despite
for both Saya and Riku deeply, and was devastated				all these, her secret wish of having a family is what
when Riku died. It was he who took care of Saya,				she really wants. Nathan, one of her chevalier
whenever she became depressed with all the				lamented that, they never really understood her desire
happenings surrounding her.				and once said that even though she is free, she was
* Riku Miyagusuku				never really out of her cage.