Symphogear/Characters

The characters who are a part of the Anime series Senki Zesshou Symphogear.

WARNING: Potentially MAJOR spoilers.

Hibiki Tachibana
"Voiced by: Aoi Yuuki"



The central character of the series. A teenager with the ability to summon a Symphogear, an ability she gained from fragments of the Gungnir relic that became lodged in her chest after being caught in the crossfire of a Noise attack. Hibiki's control over her relic is too weak to summon an 'armed gear' and so instead prefers to focus this energy into her physical attacks and punches.

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 * The Berserker: Hibiki in episode 3 (she really wanted to go see the shooting stars with Miku). It is later revealed to be a side effect of her fusion with her relic and can be activated by her emotional state or being exposed to too much phonic energy.
 * Big Eater: She states that she loves food.
 * Cute Bruiser: In episode 5.
 * Death by Origin Story
 * Dissonant Serenity/Stepford Smiler: Attempted to use this in order to curve-ball Miku's interest in...Hibiki's work outside school. Miku was able to see straight through it.
 * Doomed Protagonist: Hibiki is shown to have expired some time before the events of the story and what we're seeing are the events leading to her death.
 * Even the Girls Want Her: Miku and Ryoko certainly think so.
 * Face Framed in Shadow: Literally.
 * Half her body after grabbing Durandal for the first time
 * Her whole body becomes framed in shadow, when
 * Frickin' Laser Beams: In episode 12.
 * Foregone Conclusion:
 * Glowing Eyes of Doom:
 * When she gets really angry in Episode 3.
 * While wielding her eyes turn red
 * Hey, It's That Voice!: Hibiki is Aoi Yuuki, who voiced another Naive Newcomer Magical Girl.
 * Ironic Echo: It makes perfect sense when you think about it:.
 * It's Not You, It's My Enemies: Hibiki's relationship with Miku become strained after Hibiki become a superheroine. However, Miku will always support Hibiki. Aww.
 * Male Gaze: Her ass tends to get a lot of camera focus during her fights and transformation scenes. For example.
 * Naive Newcomer
 * Name's the Same: Her name and Kanade's are also the names of the first two heroines of Suite Precure, another music themed magical girl anime.
 * New Powers as the Plot Demands:
 * Painful Transformation: At the end of the first episode, Hibiki activates for the first time her Symphogear and huge mechanical parts burst randomly from her body while she screams. It's surprisingly reminiscent of a similar situation.
 * Power Fist: In an interesting take on this trope, it's because she can't make a Kamehame Hadoken. (This was after a training with an Akuma-esque master.)
 * Red Oni: To Tsubasa
 * Taking Up the Mantle: She accidentally inherits the Gungnir relic from her previous owner.
 * Took a Level in Badass: Hibiki eventually just stops trying to summon her Armed Gear and asks Genjurou to train her. She then beats a baddie,, that took almost a Heroic Sacrifice to stop the first time they met.
 * Training Montage: Hibiki trains with old man Genjuro during the credits of episode 4. Bruce Lee makes an appearance!
 * Training Montage: Hibiki trains with old man Genjuro during the credits of episode 4. Bruce Lee makes an appearance!

Tsubasa Kazenari
"Voiced by: Nana Mizuki"



The supporting protagonist of the series and former partner to Kanade in Zweiwing. Initially a Shrinking Violet, her disposition changes severely after Kanade's death, causing her to fall into dispair and question if emotions should impede her performance as an anti-Noise weapon or if she should accept Hibiki as her new partner.

Her armed gear is a massive Nodachi that can be split into multiple swords.

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 * The Ace: Deconstructed. To live up to her Dead Partner she devotes herself to her job to the exclusion of everything else... and then falls short.
 * BFS and Katanas Are Just Better: Her relic is Heavenrend, whose special moves manifest as all kind of blade attacks, from a building-sized sword to a Storm of Blades (One Thousand Tears) and a Sword Beam (Blue Flash, her most-used move).
 * Up to Eleven in the finale, where Heavenrend takes on a form that could easily match most apartment complexes.
 * Blue Oni: To both Hibiki and Kanade.
 * Broken Bird: Her cold fish attitude comes from having lost a partner.
 * Chilly Reception: That Naive Newcomer won't ever replace her Dead Partner.
 * Cliffhanger Copout: In a manner similar to Ga-Rei Zero,.
 * Curtains Match the Windows
 * Everything's Better with Spinning: Her fightning style includes spinning handstands.
 * Expy: In her fighting gear, she looks like KOS-MOS. The fact that Tsubasa is a highly-skilled, blue-haired stoic cool songstress may remind fans of The Idolmaster to Chihaya Kisaragi.
 * Hey, It's That Voice!: She is voiced by Nana Mizuki, who had voiced another BFS-wielding Magical Girl before.
 * Hot Chick with a Sword
 * Ice Queen
 * Defrosting Ice Queen
 * Image Song: FLIGHT FEATHERS.
 * Magic Idol Singer
 * Not So Stoic
 * Off-Model: Almost through the entirety of episode 3. That infamous walk scene.
 * She Fu: Tsubasa does a Capoeira like spin using the extra pair of blades on her legs.
 * Not only that, but her general fighting style screams Street Fighter.
 * Shout-Out: When she, she looks almost like Miki Sayaka during her "I'm such a fool" moment. Jarring, because she normally doesn't make that kind of face, her emotional spectrum considered.
 * Shrinking Violet/Shy Blue-Haired Girl --> Character Development --> Jerkass --> More Character Development --> : She was extremely reluctant to fight before.
 * Tall, Dark and Bishoujo
 * There Are No Therapists: As a result, she still hasn't gotten over.
 * Took a Level in Jerkass: After her partner's death Tsubasa became an aloof cold fish obssessed with her job.
 * You Gotta Have Blue Hair
 * You Remind Me of My Partner
 * Shrinking Violet/Shy Blue-Haired Girl --> Character Development --> Jerkass --> More Character Development --> : She was extremely reluctant to fight before.
 * Tall, Dark and Bishoujo
 * There Are No Therapists: As a result, she still hasn't gotten over.
 * Took a Level in Jerkass: After her partner's death Tsubasa became an aloof cold fish obssessed with her job.
 * You Gotta Have Blue Hair
 * You Remind Me of My Partner
 * You Gotta Have Blue Hair
 * You Remind Me of My Partner

Kanade Amou
"Voiced by: Minami Takayama"



Partner to Tsubasa in Zweiwing, Kanade was the sole survivor of a noise attack that killed her family when she was young. After being recovered by Genjuro and Ryoko, she wholeheartedly agreed to be tested for compatibility with the Gungnir relic in exchange for the opportunity to exact revenge against the Noise.

Her armed gear takes the form of a bladed staff.

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 * The Ace: Kanade. She's not always better than Tsubasa, mind you; but she's upbeat, popular with everyone, cheerful and fun-loving. Parallels to Zack Fair are noted.
 * Blade on a Stick + BFS = Rule of Cool
 * Blow You Away: Last Meteor.
 * Captain Ersatz: Her weapon resembles and makes the same sound effects as Erio's.
 * Curtains Match the Windows
 * Conveniently an Orphan
 * Decoy Protagonist: After the first episode Hibiki takes the Gungnir relic and is the focus of the series.
 * Everything's Better with Spinning
 * Expy: Of Zack Fair.
 * Fiery Redhead
 * First Episode Spoiler:
 * Hot-Blooded: She puts her whole heart in everything she does, be it revenge, song or protecting people.
 * Magic Idol Singer
 * Name's the Same: Hibiki and her name are also the names of the first two heroines of Suite Precure, another music themed magical girl anime.
 * Nice Job Breaking It, Hero:
 * Psycho Serum: How the Symphogear research facility allow Gungnir to resonate with her. Initially, a small dose was given, but when that doesn't work, she decides to take the rest of it.
 * Red Oni: To Tsubasa.
 * Roaring Rampage of Revenge: Why Kanade took up the Gungnir Symphogear: her family was carbonized by the Noise. And she is utterly crazy in fighting. She does get less crazy after people thank them for saving their lives.
 * Rookie Red Ranger: Both literally and per trope. Her power is still new, when compared to Tsubasa, who had hers for her whole life.
 * Room Full of Crazy: After being released from her straitjacket (which was already crazy to begin with), she injects herself with an increased amount of Psycho Serum. This causes her to throw up an obscene amount of blood, blow every scientist to the walls, fall down to the floor, and bang on the observation window with a bloodied hand.
 * You Gotta Have Red Hair
 * Roaring Rampage of Revenge: Why Kanade took up the Gungnir Symphogear: her family was carbonized by the Noise. And she is utterly crazy in fighting. She does get less crazy after people thank them for saving their lives.
 * Rookie Red Ranger: Both literally and per trope. Her power is still new, when compared to Tsubasa, who had hers for her whole life.
 * Room Full of Crazy: After being released from her straitjacket (which was already crazy to begin with), she injects herself with an increased amount of Psycho Serum. This causes her to throw up an obscene amount of blood, blow every scientist to the walls, fall down to the floor, and bang on the observation window with a bloodied hand.
 * You Gotta Have Red Hair
 * You Gotta Have Red Hair

Miku Kohinata
"Voiced by: Yuka Iguchi"



Hibiki's friend within school and roommate. Extremely happy and eager to get Hibiki's spirits lifted whenever either one of them feels down. She also loves watching shooting stars.

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 * Action Survivor
 * Heroic BSOD:
 * Ironic Echo: Her use of consistently telling Hibiki about the shooting stars ends up being.
 * Romantic Two-Girl Friendship: With Hibiki.
 * Ship Tease: They cannot hide the fact that they are extremely close to each other.
 * Took a Level in Badass:
 * True Companions: Lives with Hibiki in the dorm
 * Took a Level in Badass:
 * True Companions: Lives with Hibiki in the dorm
 * Took a Level in Badass:
 * True Companions: Lives with Hibiki in the dorm

Genjuro Kazanari
"Voiced by: Hideo Ishikawa"

A Large Ham who runs the underground research network of Symphogear against the Noise.


 * Badass
 * Badass Baritone
 * Badass Beard
 * Badass Normal
 * Big Damn Heroes: Twice! Once for Hibiki, the other time for.
 * His actual ability.
 * Expy Genjuro is, appearance wise, a dead ringer for Ali-Al Saachez.
 * Fiery Redhead
 * Hey, It's That Voice!: Genjuro is Auron and it's extremely hard to unsee.
 * Large Ham
 * Large and In Charge
 * Mr. Exposition: Justified, since he is the leader of the research group. Otherwise, he would leave this trope to Ryoko.
 * Real Men Wear Pink: He wears a pink tie.
 * Red Oni to most of his agency.
 * Screw the Rules, I Make Them:.
 * Shout-Out: At some point in the episode 4 Training Montage, Genjuro looks exactly like Akuma/Gouki. Considering his Badassery, that's not much of an exaggeration.
 * Also in the montage, he and Hibiki wear Bruce Lee's iconic yellow-and-black jumpsuit while training after watching one of his films.
 * practically makes shout-outs to both of them.
 * Also, the way he uses his power in episode 8 is too similar to Earthbending.
 * You Gotta Have Red Hair
 * You Gotta Have Red Hair

Ryoko Sakurai
"Voiced by: Miyuki Sawashiro"

The Meganekko Head Scientist of the Mobile Disaster Response Corps and creator of the Symphogear.


 * Ambiguously Lesbian: Has a thing for Hibiki and is very open about it.
 * It doesn't help when she bites Hibiki's ear and then tells her that she will be the first to pop her cherry.
 * : As revealed in episode 5.
 * Beehive Hairdo
 * Dragon with an Agenda: While she researches the Symphogear,.
 * Drives Like Crazy: She says she drives good.
 * Every Girl Is Cuter With Hair Decs: Wears a nice little butterfly thing in her Beehive Hairdo.
 * Hey, It's That Voice!: She is |Yomi, another Meganekko girl.
 * Hot Scientist: Oh yeah!
 * Ms. Exposition: Since she's the lead researcher and developer for a Symphogear theory (which she named after herself), this allows her to explain everything after Hibiki settles down.
 * Hot Scientist: Oh yeah!
 * Ms. Exposition: Since she's the lead researcher and developer for a Symphogear theory (which she named after herself), this allows her to explain everything after Hibiki settles down.

Chris Yukine / The Nehushtan Armor
"Voiced by: Ayahi Takagaki"

The first primary antagonist shown in the series. A Bishoujo with incredible power. Uses a Whip-like weapon and can summon Mooks to perform her duties.


 * Artifact Title: "The Nehushtan Armor" was her fan name before her actual name was revealed.
 * Broken Bird
 * Character Focus: Spends a good amount of later episodes with her Character Development.
 * Dangerously Genre Savvy: She shows up fighting against Tsubasa in order to
 * Dark and Troubled Past: Her life was ruined early on
 * Disc One Final Boss: Possibly a tribute -- she has all the powers of any regular Final Boss, and she's fought four episodes in.
 * The Dragon: To Phine.
 * Getting Crap Past the Radar: A frame-by-frame capture of reveals that no censors were used as she was completely naked on-screen, but they erased the nipples.
 * Heroic Sacrifice: One that no one could have seen coming.
 * Mook Maker: It's the armor's weapon that allows her to do so.
 * More Dakka:
 * Frickin' Laser Beams
 * Macross Missile Massacre: Megadeath Quartet. Taken Up to Eleven in the finale, where she sports enough cruise missiles to make a battleship jealous.
 * My God, What Have I Done?: She breaks down in tears after knowing firsthand that . Then she decides to save the day.
 * Oh Crap:.
 * Pink Means Feminine: Both her and that stone shown in earlier episodes have the diamond-like things colored pink.
 * Screw This, I'm Outta Here:
 * Transformation Is a Free Action: Subverted! It seems that she'll transform uninterrupted in episode 8, but suddenly the Noise make a charge at her.
 * Tsundere:
 * Underboobs: While wearing the Neuhaustin Armor
 * Villainous Breakdown: Somewhat literally.
 * Shaping up to be one slowly as the series progresses.
 * Well-Intentioned Extremist:
 * What Is This Thing You Call Love?: Her way of thinking has some nice changes in Episode 7. She decides to help a brother and sister find their father, and she later asks them how do they get along with each so well. Their answer is something like Slap Slap Kiss.
 * White-Haired Pretty Girl
 * Whip It Good: The power of the Nehushtan armor.
 * Shaping up to be one slowly as the series progresses.
 * Well-Intentioned Extremist:
 * What Is This Thing You Call Love?: Her way of thinking has some nice changes in Episode 7. She decides to help a brother and sister find their father, and she later asks them how do they get along with each so well. Their answer is something like Slap Slap Kiss.
 * White-Haired Pretty Girl
 * Whip It Good: The power of the Nehushtan armor.

Phine/
"Voiced by:"

Chris's mysterious, abusive, and perpetually naked superior.


 * Big Bad
 * Blondes Are Evil
 * Boobs of Steel: Quite literally, they're bulletproof.
 * Full-Frontal Assault: Attacks while naked, but then activates her Symphogear.
 * Hey, It's That Voice!:
 * Ms. Fanservice: She lounges around nude and wears the most Stripperiffic Symphogear.
 * Mook Maker: Uses Chris's weapon very often.
 * Refuge in Audacity: Is able to be completely naked with no censors.
 * Spell My Name with an "S": The fansubs spell her name as "Finé", official subs call her Phine.
 * Yandere
 * Spell My Name with an "S": The fansubs spell her name as "Finé", official subs call her Phine.
 * Yandere
 * Yandere