Gosick/Characters

Kazuya Kujou
"Voiced by: Miyu Irino (Drama CD) and Takuya Eguchi (Anime)"

The main character of the story; a Japanese boy who left to study abroad to escape the shadow of his successful brothers. By some twist of fate, he becomes a messenger and companion to the most eccentric pupil in the school, Victorique.


 * Adorkable
 * All Asians Are Alike: It takes quite a few of the citizens of Sauville more than one go to correctly identify Kazuya's country of origin. Hardly surprising, given the relative lack of international travel at the time.
 * Audience Surrogate
 * Brown Eyes
 * Butt Monkey
 * Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass: He may look harmless and can seem a bit slow-witted, but just try to harm Victorique and he will kick your ass.
 * Curtains Match the Window
 * In-Series Nickname: "The Black/Dark Reaper" or "The Reaper Who Comes in Spring."
 * I Will Protect Her: To Victorique
 * Huge Guy, Tiny Girl: To Victorique - he's not all that tall, but compared to her...
 * Last-Name Basis: With Victorique.
 * Mystery Magnet
 * Neat Freak
 * New Transfer Student: Kazuya transfers to St. Marguerite Academy before the start of the series.
 * Nice Guy
 * Nice Hat
 * Oblivious to Love
 * Shinigami: his nickname
 * Tareme Eyes
 * Teens Are Short
 * The Watson
 * Wouldn't Hit a Girl: So far demonstrates an admirable degree of restraint, even in the face of likely death.
 * The Watson
 * Wouldn't Hit a Girl: So far demonstrates an admirable degree of restraint, even in the face of likely death.

Victorique
"Voiced by: Chiwa Saitou (Drama CD) and Aoi Yuki (Anime)"

The heroine of the story. Despite being a child, she is the greatest detective in the country.

"Victorique: "Get away from Kujou! (Throws books) That guy is my... servant.""
 * Amateur Sleuth
 * Awesomeness By Analysis: Among other things, Victorique is able to use a revolver hit a target the size of a box of cigarettes at several hundred meters from a speeding train despite never picked one up in her life - all she needed was for Kujo to help her support it.
 * Bunny Ears Lawyer
 * Catch Phrase: "I'm bored." After figuring out a case, she usually says: "Allow me to share with you the truth which I've reconstructed using the pieces of chaos I've collected from the Fountain Of Wisdom."
 * Cry Cute
 * Dojikko : Most of the scenes of her running will have her trip and fall on her face.
 * Not so much a matter of clumsiness than that she has never worn anything remotely suitable for any kind of physical activity in the course of the series; high heels, petticoats and frilly dresses don't make running exactly easy.
 * Dark and Troubled Past: Lived in a small, dark cell for most of her life, was treated with zero affection, and even after being moved to nicer quarters, had her movements heavily restricted. It's really no surprise that she's got No Social Skills.
 * Ditzy Genius: See below
 * Elegant Gothic Lolita
 * Expy: Of Shinku. The red dress she wears in the OP and the fact she is constantly compared to a doll makes it blatant obvious.
 * Green Eyes
 * Guile Hero
 * Hair of Gold
 * Hime Cut
 * Hollywood Tone Deaf: When she sang in the bath, Kazuya thought that she was screaming in pain or fear.
 * On the drama CD, there are two versions of her Image Song. One where Aoi Yuuki sings as herself, and one done in character, which sounds slightly less good.
 * "It's horribly painful to listen to," you mean.
 * Huge Guy, Tiny Girl: To Kazuya
 * Hypocritical Heartwarming: She drops some books on she says this.
 * "It's horribly painful to listen to," you mean.
 * Huge Guy, Tiny Girl: To Kazuya
 * Hypocritical Heartwarming: She drops some books on she says this.


 * In-Series Nickname: "The Golden Fairy of the Library."
 * Insufferable Genius: Victorique is always, always right.
 * Jerkass/Jerk With a Heart of Gold: Switches between either back and forth; justifiable, given her lack of social skills. In episode 13 when Kazuya says it should be OK for him to use the library lift Victorique responds: "Seeing you huffing and puffing in agony, your out of shape thighs straining as you plod up and down the stairs for me... Is one of my greatest pleasures!"
 * Lack of Empathy: The people who raised her assumed this to be true of Grey Wolves in general, causing her no end of psychological hang-ups as she grew up.
 * Little Miss Snarker
 * Missing Mum: For... complicated reasons.
 * Meaningful Name: Victorique is the french version of Victorica which means Victory. The Marquis de Blois seems to want her to personify her pupose of leading Sauville to prosperity in every way.
 * No Social Skills: Victorique never really had a chance to develop them, resulting in her characteristic bluntness and making such things as her attempts at polite laughter a... memorable experience for all present.
 * Older Than They Look: In accordance with being a Grey Wolf. Other characters' recollections peg her age as being about fifteen, but she looks more like ten or twelve.
 * Phone in Detective: Very common for Victorique, due to the restrictions her family have placed on her movements. In fact, it's implied to be the exclusive method by which she helped out Grevil before Kazuya came along.
 * Ping Pong Naivete: Victorique is solving a complex crime with second-hand information one moment, and not knowing that one can get a carriage for hire the next.
 * Parental Abandonment
 * Rapunzel Hair
 * Sherlock Scan: Victorique is very good at this, though her tendency to rely on second-hand information means that she lacks much of the corresponding Hyper Awareness when she's on the scene herself.
 * Squishy Wizard: Given her diminutive stature and how little exercise she tends to get, physical activities are not her forte.
 * Sugar and Ice Personality/Tsundere
 * Rei Clone/Shana Clone
 * Tsurime Eyes/Tareme Eyes: Has the former by default but occasionally slips into the latter, making her even more adorable.
 * What Do You Mean It's Not Awesome: Her laugh.
 * What Is This Thing You Call Love?: Initially had a few problems with this, mostly because everyone who raised her assumed Grey Wolves to be incapable of it. She starts to figure it out after meeting Kazuya, though.
 * Wise Beyond Their Years
 * What Do You Mean It's Not Awesome: Her laugh.
 * What Is This Thing You Call Love?: Initially had a few problems with this, mostly because everyone who raised her assumed Grey Wolves to be incapable of it. She starts to figure it out after meeting Kazuya, though.
 * Wise Beyond Their Years
 * Wise Beyond Their Years

Grevil de Blois
"Voiced by: Takehito Koyasu (Drama CD) and Hidenobu Kiuchi (Anime)"

Grevil is an aristocrat who works for the local police. He uses Victorique's detective skills to further his own career.


 * Adults Are Useless: Good thing he has Victorique.
 * Amateur Sleuth: And not a very good one.
 * Anime Hair: It's shaped like a drill. It's even Lampshaded by Victorique who says he's "the owner of the oddest hair in all Saubure" when he's first introduced.
 * Bishonen: He's actually quite a looker with his hair down. Kazuya and Cecile initially don't recognize him at one point because they're so used to seeing his hair styled in an improbable manner.
 * Beware the Silly Ones:
 * Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass: Sure, he's generally an incompetent Ted Baxter, but he's actually pretty good at the 'arresting' part of his job,.
 * The Dragon: Though not apparent early on,
 * Dumb Blond
 * Friend On the Force: More like.
 * Fake Ultimate Detective: Victorique does the work while he gets the credit.
 * Glory Hound
 * Green Eyes
 * Hair of Gold
 * Hidden Depths
 * Improbable Hairstyle: He mentions to Kazuya that it was Victorique's idea in exchange for her cooperation on a case, and was one of the reasons he doesn't like asking for her help directly.
 * Jerk With a Heart of Gold: He has plenty of flaws, but does care about Victorique.
 * Large Ham
 * Modern Major-General: He has all the skills to be an excellent street policeman, but is absolutely useless as the chief inspector. Would also qualify for The Peter Principle, except that his aristocratic privilege meant he bypassed going through the lower ranks by a wide margin.
 * Sherlock Scan: Surprisingly he occasionally has an eye for quite small details, as well as skill to develop plans involving them. Unfortunately he's hopeless at actually putting together conclusions.
 * Ted Baxter
 * Upperclass Twit: Who actually has authority.
 * Sherlock Scan: Surprisingly he occasionally has an eye for quite small details, as well as skill to develop plans involving them. Unfortunately he's hopeless at actually putting together conclusions.
 * Ted Baxter
 * Upperclass Twit: Who actually has authority.

Cecile Lafitte
"Voiced by: Yui Horie (Drama CD) and Yui Kano (Anime)"

A teacher in St. Marguerite Academy and homeroom teacher for Kazuya and Avril.


 * Adult Child
 * Blind Without'Em
 * Brown Eyes
 * Curtains Match the Window
 * Dojikko
 * Hot Teacher
 * Meganekko
 * Princess Curls
 * Sensei-chan

Avril Bradley
"Voiced by: Tomoko Kawakami (Drama CD) and Noriko Shitaya (Anime)"

A British transferee and classmate of Kazuya who loves the supernatural.


 * Big Eater
 * Blue Eyes
 * Clingy Jealous Girl: Doesn't take too kindly to the fact that Kazuya frequently hangs out with Victorique.
 * Disappeared Dad
 * Genki Girl
 * Hair of Gold
 * New Transfer Student: She transfers to St. Marguerite Academy shortly after the series began. She was absent for a while of it, though.
 * Rescue Romance

Brian Roscoe
"Voiced by: Tohru Ookawa"

A famous magician who's had some encounters with Kujo. Has some kind of connection to Victorique's mother.


 * Ambiguously Evil:
 * Badass
 * Bishounen
 * Con Man: His other job when he's not being a stage magician... and sometimes when he is.
 * Heroic Bastard/Bastard Bastard: Tends to veer between the two.
 * Master of Illusion: He can pull off some really impressive stunts with carefully-applied 1920s stage magic.
 * Morally Ambiguous Redhead
 * Nice Hat: He has several.
 * Offscreen Teleportation: An accomplished expert.
 * Stage Magician
 * Took a Level In Badass:
 * Stage Magician
 * Took a Level In Badass:
 * Stage Magician
 * Took a Level In Badass:
 * Took a Level In Badass:

Cordelia Gallo
"Voiced by: Miyuki Sawashiro"

who was expelled from her Hidden Human Subspecies Village after being falsely accused of murder.


 * Break the Cutie: Oh My God. Episode 19 -
 * Hair of Gold
 * Human Subspecies: A Grey Wolf.
 * Older Than They Look
 * Rapunzel Hair: Like the rest of the Grey Wolves.
 * Human Subspecies: A Grey Wolf.
 * Older Than They Look
 * Rapunzel Hair: Like the rest of the Grey Wolves.
 * Older Than They Look
 * Rapunzel Hair: Like the rest of the Grey Wolves.

Leviathan
"Voiced By: Show Hayami"

An alchemist who prior to the events of the show kept the Sauvillean royalty in the palm of his hand.


 * Badass Longcoat
 * The Chessmaster:
 * Expy: Of Rasputin, right up to the ambiguous relationship with the Queen and gruesome demise.
 * Historical Villain Upgrade: A complicated case. He got pretty bad towards the end, and, but was still a far more sympathetic figure than the stories about him imply.
 * In the Hood
 * Jumping Off the Slippery Slope:
 * Malevolent Masked Man
 * Mask of Power/Cool Mask
 * Modern Major-General: A very unusual mystic example.
 * Posthumous Character
 * Tragic Hero:
 * Modern Major-General: A very unusual mystic example.
 * Posthumous Character
 * Tragic Hero:
 * Tragic Hero:

Queen Coco Rose
"Voiced by: Aya Hisakawa"

The former queen of Sauville who was murdered in 1914. She supported Leviathan in his rise to power.


 * Expy: Of Marie Antoinette (both the general version and the Rose of Versailles character): A young, beautiful princess who marries and moves to a faraway country, only to meet with a tragic end.
 * Fallen Princess
 * Hundred Percent Adoration Rating: Is adored by most of Sauville before and after her death.
 * Posthumous Character:
 * Princess Classic: Pretty, charming and innocent...apparently.
 * Hundred Percent Adoration Rating: Is adored by most of Sauville before and after her death.
 * Posthumous Character:
 * Princess Classic: Pretty, charming and innocent...apparently.

Marquis Albert de Blois
"Voiced by: Takayuki Sugo (adult), Ryohei Kimura (young)"

Grevil's and father.


 * Abusive Parents: Grevil is greatly intimidated by him and he has a nasty habit of
 * Badass Bookworm: He ain't no slouch when it comes to swordfights.
 * High Class Glass
 * Lack of Empathy/Kick the Dog: Where to fucking begin?
 * I Was Quite the Looker
 * Jerkass
 * Man of Wealth and Taste: Hardly surprising, given his place in the Sauvillian aristocracy.
 * Manipulative Bastard
 * What the Hell Dad: To Grevil.
 * Man of Wealth and Taste: Hardly surprising, given his place in the Sauvillian aristocracy.
 * Manipulative Bastard
 * What the Hell Dad: To Grevil.
 * What the Hell Dad: To Grevil.
 * What the Hell Dad: To Grevil.