Siren (video game)/Characters

Kyoya Suda
The main character, more or less. An Ordinary High School Student who comes to the Hanuda area to investigate an urban legend about a mysterious village and a massacre that supposedly took place there. He finds himself stranded in the mountains after his bike breaks down, stumbles upon a weird religious ceremony, and then gets shot by a cop who's apparently immune to getting run over by a truck. And that's just the beginning.


 * Clothing Damage: He gets a bullethole in his shirt after being shot once in the prologue, and another one later after being shot again.
 * The Hero
 * Hide Your Children: His age was raised from 16 to 18 for the American release.
 * Took a Level In Badass

Tamon Takeuchi
A professor of folklore at the Josei University in Tokyo, but born and raised in Hanuda. Tamon travels to the area under the guise of researching local folklore, but is actually trying to uncover the truth about a landslide that killed his parents in the seventies in the very same village.


 * Badass Bookworm: He is a university professor who dons a cool revolver like nobody's business.
 * The Lancer: To Kyoya to an extent, particularly when they briefly team up in day 3.
 * Parental Abandonment: His parents were buried under a landslide when he was just a child.

Yoriko Anno
A somewhat geeky and ditzy (at first) student of Tamon's who invites herself along on his trip to Hanuda. She secretly harbours a massive crush on him.


 * Hot for Teacher
 * Meganekko
 * Rescued From the Scrappy Heap: Comes across as a bit of a whiny Load early on in the game, but gets much more useful and likable later on.
 * Too Dumb to Live: Early on, when Tamon leaves her alone and tells her to stay put, she decides to go searching for something she dropped in a completely different area without any means of defending herself.
 * Took a Level In Badass:

Kei Makino
Also referred to as "Leader Makino" because of his position as a priest for the local Mana religion. He is the identical twin brother of Shiro Miyata.


 * Sibling Yin Yang: The kind-hearted, yet passive counterpart to the cold but effectual Shiro.
 * The Chick: A male example, and one of the more prominent opposing traits to his brother.

Shiro Miyata
A handsome young doctor at the local clinic and Kei's identical twin brother. He's dating Mina Onda, the nurse who has gone mysteriously missing at the start of the game.


 * Cain and Abel: Despite his success in his own field, Shiro's somewhat jealous of his brother's position in the community.
 * Morally Ambiguous Doctorate
 * Sibling Yin Yang: The cold and competent opposite to his kind and ineffectual brother.
 * Sociopathic Hero
 * Sociopathic Hero

Akira Shimura
A 70-year-old hunter who has lived his entire life in Hanuda. He goes around shooting shibito and dropping cryptic hints about what is going on.


 * Cool Old Guy

Hisako Yao
Also known as "Guide Hisako", being a high-ranking member of the enigmatic Mana Cult. She encounters Kyoya early on in the game and helps him gets his bearings in the tutorial stage.



Miyako Kajiro
A 14-year-old girl born with a sixth sense but without eyesight, Miyako is supposed to be sacrificed in the Mana cult's ritual but is on the run from her fate. She meets and tags along with Kyoya, and the two form a close bond over the course of the story.


 * Blind Seer
 * Mystical Waif
 * The Load: She is arguably even moreso than Yoriko. Since she's blind, you have to stay close to her and occasionally turn back and look at her so she is able to follow you.
 * Womanin Black: Her black dress and black hair make a striking visual impression, but she doesn't actually fit the usual characterization.
 * Womanin Black: Her black dress and black hair make a striking visual impression, but she doesn't actually fit the usual characterization.

Reiko Takato
A teacher at the Hanuda elementary school, who cares for her young pupil Harumi as if she was her own daughter.


 * Cool Teacher: The fact that she is willing to protect her pupil Harumi at all costs definitely earns her this title.
 * Mama Bear: Toward Harumi.
 * The Woobie: Though not apparent at first, Reiko sees Harumi as a daughter
 * The Woobie: Though not apparent at first, Reiko sees Harumi as a daughter

Harumi Yomoda
A 10-year-old elementary school student, whom Mrs Takato has taken under her wing.


 * Infant Immortality: Unlike the other characters, she is never shown dying when a shibito catches up with her, merely cowering instead as the screen fades out.
 * One Hit Point Wonder: One of the main contributors to the school stage's infamous status as the Scrappy Level.
 * Replacement Goldfish: For Reiko's daughter.
 * The Woobie: Listen to her as she

Risa Onda
Mina Onda's identical twin, who was born in Hanuda but has since then moved to Tokyo. She's come home to visit her sister, only to get caught up in the horrible wackiness that's going on.


 * Twin Telepathy: There is definitely a connection between her and Mina.
 * Twin Telepathy: There is definitely a connection between her and Mina.

Mina Onda
Risa's sister, Shiro's lover and a nurse at the Miyata clinic. She appears to have gone missing at the start of the game.


 * Twin Telepathy: There is definitely a connection between her and Risa.
 * Twin Telepathy: There is definitely a connection between her and Risa.
 * Twin Telepathy: There is definitely a connection between her and Risa.

Naoko Mihama
A former model and actress who hasn't been able to keep up with the competitive entertainment industry and has been reduced to B-list status. She's in Hanuda to film an episode for an occult TV series of questionable quality when she gets separated from her camera crew.


 * Break the Haughty
 * Madness Mantra:
 * Later, she is constantly heard saying things like
 * Ms. Fanservice: A few racy pictures of her can be found throughout the game as archive items.
 * Precision F Strike: (as the fact that she's been separated from her crew sinks in) "Shit."
 * Rich Bitch: Subverted. She's not actually rich, but she sure acts like she is.
 * White Dwarf Starlet
 * White Dwarf Starlet

Tomoko Maeda
A young girl who had just run away from home when the whole of Hanuda went to hell. Now she's trying to reunite with her parents.


 * Hide Your Children: Her age was raised from 14 to 16 in the US version.
 * The Woobie: She spends most of her story arc separated from her parents, and returns to them
 * The Woobie: She spends most of her story arc separated from her parents, and returns to them
 * The Woobie: She spends most of her story arc separated from her parents, and returns to them

Mamoru Itsuki
A young journalist who arrives on Yamijima Island to gather material for an article for the mystery/science magazine "Atlantis". Can be considered the main character of the game.


 * Nice Job Breaking It Hero
 * What an Idiot:

Yuri Kishida
A mysterious, beautiful yet vaguely unsettling young woman whom Mamoru stumbles upon at the beginning of the game. She claims to be on the island looking for her mother.


 * Uncanny Valley Girl

Shu Mikami
A popular romance novelist whose sight has been impaired by a traumatic childhood event. Born and raised on Yamijima island, he is returning home in order to recover his lost memories. In-game, he is able to navigate around by sightjacking his seeing-eye dog Tsukasa.


 * Canine Companion: Tsukasa, his seeing eye dog.
 * The Woobie
 * The Woobie
 * The Woobie

Ikuko Kifune
A teenaged girl who works on the docks and on the boat when it gets whisked away by the red tsunami. She has the ability to take control of the beings she sightjacks.


 * All of the Other Reindeer: She's shown being bullied because of her psychic powers.

Takeaki Misawa
A major in the Japanese Ground Self-Defense Force who crash lands on the island in a helicopter along with Yorito Nagai. He is determined and experienced, but is constantly haunted by visions of a rescue operation he took part in years ago.


 * Sanity Slippage

Yorito Nagai
A private in the Japanese Ground Self-Defense Force who crash lands on the island in a helicopter along with Takeaki Misawa. Young and inexperienced, Yorito can't help but follow Misawa's lead until the circumstances force him to man up and take charge of himself.


 * New Meat: Starts out as this.
 * Took a Level In Badass
 * Took a Level In Badass

Soji Abe
The flatmate of a murdered young woman called Ryuko Tagawa who is accused of killing her. He kidnaps clairvoyant Akiko Kiyota and persuades her to help him clear his name. His special ability in-game is setting down hunting traps, which immobilize the enemy and makes them take more damage.


 * Clear My Name
 * Idiot Hero

Akiko Kiyota
The clairvoyant who accompanies Soji to Yamijima Island, where she believes they'll be able to find some answers on what really happened to Ryuko. She can use her sightjacking skills to see flashbacks of past events.



Shigeru Fujita
An aging, unlucky police officer.

Ichiko Yagura
A 14-year-old schoolgirl who finds herself wandering in the stranded Bright Win ferry with gaping holes in her memory.


 * Odango
 * The Woobie
 * Odango
 * The Woobie

Kanae
A mysterious young woman from Shu's past.

Howard Wright
A 18-year old American boy who is living and studying in Japan. He is invited to the village by a mysterious e-mail from Sam Monroe.


 * Expy: A pretty direct one of Kyoya, as opposed to most of the other cast, who each share traits with multiple characters from the original game.

Melissa Gale
The divorced wife of Sam Monroe, mother of Bella Monroe, and the presenter of the TV crew that comes to Hanuda to investigate the legend of the vanished village.


 * Composite Character: A combination of Reiko, Mrs. Maeda and Naoko.
 * Mama Bear

Sam Monroe
The divorced husband of Melissa Gale and father of Bella Monroe. He is a professor of folklore and comes to Hanuda with the TV crew to serve as their expert on the subject.


 * Composite Character: A combination of Tamon and Mr. Maeda.
 * Papa Wolf:

Bella Monroe
The young daughter of Sam Monroe and Melissa Gale. Sam brings her along to their trip to Hanuda, much to Melissa's horror.


 * Catch Phrase: Her recurring cries of "no, no, no!" may as well be.
 * Composite Character: A combination Harumi and Tomoko.

Sol Jackson
The cameraman of the TV crew documenting the mysteries of Hanuda.


 * Stalker With a Crush: He writes fanfiction about him and Melissa.
 * Stalker With a Crush: He writes fanfiction about him and Melissa.

Seigo Saiga

 * Composite Character: Poor Seigo's probably got it the worst out of the Blood Curse cast, having to cover the roles of Akira, Shiro and Jun, with a little bit of Kei thrown in.
 * Composite Character: Poor Seigo's probably got it the worst out of the Blood Curse cast, having to cover the roles of Akira, Shiro and Jun, with a little bit of Kei thrown in.

Amana

 * Expy: Of Hisako Yao.
 * Hair of Gold
 * Hair of Gold

Miyako

 * Expy: Of Miyako. Though she's not blind this time around.
 * Mystical Waif: Her characterization in Blood Curse is closer to the archetype than it is in the original game.
 * Womanin Black