Maoyuu Maou Yuusha/Characters

The following is a list of characters and tropes that apply to them in Maoyuu Maou Yuusha:

Sorted by English Name / Japanese Name (due the characters having titles as names, different translations are bound to happen, so the original japanese names are placed for consistence).

Hero / Yuusha
"Voiced by: Jun Fukuyama"

The male lead protagonist. A young and powerful human warrior, he came to the Demon World to end the evil of the demons by killing their leader, the Demon Queen. Instead, he learns the harsh reality: the Human/Demon war was never a battle between Good and Evil, but a period of turmoil where weak, innocent humans and demons both are oppressed and taken advantage of by the corrupt and powerful from each side. Wishing to end the war the right way with the least repercussions, he agrees to become the Demon Queen's ally in her plans to stop the war.


 * Badass: The Hero is basically unstoppable, and every fight he takes part in rapidly becomes a Curb Stomp Battle in his favour. This includes battles against entire armies.
 * Submissive Badass - To the Demon Queen.
 * Black and White Morality: The Hero use to believe that the humans were good, demons were bad and he can solve the world's problems by defeating the Demon Queen but...
 * Character Development: he later realize how naive he was and starts to wise up and gets rid of his earlier misconceptions.
 * Book Dumb: While he admits he never had a proper education until the church taught him, he's still smart enough to know about human politics, and is willing to learn new things.
 * Charles Atlas Superpower: Hero's strength reaches unreal levels, and it shows he just trained really hard for it.
 * Chaste Hero: He's somewhat dense over the Demon Queen's advances to him, and is sometimes shy about it.
 * He even calls a "Strategic Retreat" (with great panic) while using teleport magic to get away when Fire Dragon Grand Princess (suggestively) invites him to "escort her" back to her "lavish hotel room".
 * He explicitly states himself to be a virgin on one occasion ... and when Witch Girl is irked with him, she sometimes makes a point of calling him "stupid virgin."
 * Dark Is Not Evil -
 * Magic Knight: Is not only a good swordsman but a magic user as well, for instance teleporting so casually that short-range teleports are part of his way of dodging in a sword fight.
 * The Hero: Duh!
 * Hero Incognito: To protect his reputation and hide the fact he was the Hero who fought the Demon Queen, he goes by the title "The White Swordsman".
 * Heroes Want Redheads: More like "Hero got himself a Redheaded Demon Queen".
 * Heroes Prefer Swords
 * Knight in Shining Armour: He truly is a good guy and wants to help the world hence why he's willing to work with the Demon Queen since she can end the war peacefully with the least repercussions.
 * Large Ham:
 * Lightning Bruiser
 * Like A Married Couple: Since the Hero and the Demon Queen belong to each other, he is technically her "husband". They even act like a married couple. A sweet, (mostly) innocent, wide-eyed married couple.
 * One-Man Army: Was able to infiltrate the Demon Queen's castle and fought her minions all by himself! Later it is stated that no matter how many, or which army the Hero may face, he will win against it.
 * The Paladin: A non-religious type. While he does believe in the Spirit of Light, he's not as religious as Lady Knight.
 * Person of Mass Destruction: When told to make a "flashy" display of his powers, he vaporized approximately half of a nearby mountain. It took him about five seconds.
 * Stepford Smiler: Type 1 before he met the Demon Queen.
 * World's Strongest Man: Butler says the hero might well be the strongest warrior in the world.
 * Stepford Smiler: Type 1 before he met the Demon Queen.
 * World's Strongest Man: Butler says the hero might well be the strongest warrior in the world.

「Demon Queen/ Demon King / Maou」, 「Ruby Eye / Kougyoku no Hitomi」, 「Crimson Scholar / Kurenai no Gakushi」
"Voiced by: Ami Koshimizu"

The female lead protagonist. The 43rd ruler of the Demon World and the youngest to rule by demon standards, she is a powerful sorceress but has no experience in battle. Wise and smart, her vast knowledge comes from the "Exterior Library", a hidden dimension where knowledge of the past and future is kept and where her clan lived. Despite her knowledge, she is considered incompetent by the warmongering demon clans. Seeing what would happen to the war if it's ended without fixing the problems it caused, she awaited the arrival of the Hero so she could ask for his help to end war the right way. After finally getting him as her ally, she and the Hero travel to the Human world where she takes the identity of the Crimson Scholar, a human noble who has come to help the lower classes.

"Demon Queen: A contract of mutual possession for an unlimited duration.
 * Adorkable: Can be lovably awkward around Hero.
 * Badass - She has her moments,.
 * Badass Pacifist - While she's not a very good fighter and knows it, she has stood her ground during negotiations where one wrong move would result in death and/or injury to herself and other without flinching once.
 * Butt Monkey: In the 4-Koma manga.
 * Buxom Is Better: Averted, she thinks her breasts aren't attractive. No matter what just about all the men she meets tell her.
 * Unlucky Busty Girl: Seems to view herself as this instead.
 * I Am Not Pretty: Thinks she's not pretty because she focused on her studies rather than on beauty. However...
 * Nerds Are Sexy: She really is hot.
 * I Have Many Names: Demon Queen, Ruby Eye to Demons, Crimson Scholar to Humans.
 * Lady in Red: As often as possible.
 * Lady of Black Magic
 * Like A Married Couple: Since the Hero and the Demon Queen belongs to each other, she is technically his "wife". They even act like a married couple.
 * Minored in Asskicking
 * The Missus and the Ex: The Demon Queen is the "Missus". Unluckily for the Hero, both she and Lady Knight quickly become friends.
 * Ms. Fanservice: No matter what she thinks.
 * No Except Yes: In the anime, when Head Maid refers to Demon Queen and Hero as married, they tell her they aren't...

Head Maid: That's what marriage is.

Demon Queen: It's the difference between a clover and a trifolium repens.

Head Maid (laughing): They're the same thing. (She is, of course, correct, as Demon Queen should've known)"


 * Orcus On Her Throne: Justified, since she's more like figurehead rather than a true ruler.
 * Queen Incognito: To hide the fact she's the Demon Queen, she takes the identity of a human noble named "the Crimson Scholar" who recently graduated from a prestigious academy.
 * Red Eyes, Take Warning: Subverted. She's certainly powerful but also willing to negotiate before opening fire.
 * Redheaded Hero
 * She Is the King: Maou can mean Demon King, Demon Lord, Devil or Devil King; Demon Queen is a case of Translation Style Choices by most translators.
 * Wicked Cultured - Though the wickedness is implied by the title, the actual person is a subversion.

Head Maid / Meido Chou
"Voiced by: Chiwa Saitou"

The Demon Queen's head maid who has been taking care of her since she was young.

"Demon Queen: What are you imagining, Hero?! I'll never allow it! Ever!"
 * Battle Butler: The Head Maid lists bodyguard duties and leading armies among her responsibilities as a maid.
 * Expy: Resembles Emma the Maid from Victorian Romance Emma.
 * Jerk with a Heart of Gold: While she takes her duty as the Head Maid seriously and looks down on anyone who doesn't do their job well, she does have a soft heart, as shown when she hired the runaway serf sisters to be her assistant maids.
 * Meganekko
 * Ninja Maid
 * Operation: Jealousy: In one manga adaptation, she tries to persuade Hero and Demon Queen to take a bath together. When they both protest, she responds that in that case, she will bathe with Hero. Stunned, he can't help but picture her with her hair let down, taking off her glasses ... she's already taken off everything else...


 * Secret Keeper: She's the only person to know what the Hero and the Demon Queen's secret plans are.
 * Servile Snarker: Has shades of this.
 * Shipper on Deck: For Demon Queen/Hero, of course.

Maid Sisters / Meido Shimai
"Voiced by: Haruka Tomatsu (Big Sister / Ane) Nao Touyama (Little Sister / Imouto)"

Two human sisters who were formerly Serfs who ran away from their lord's land due to a lack of food and harsh conditions. After being found at the Demon Queen's mansion, Head Maid wanted them to be returned but the Hero wanted them to stay so a compromise was reached where the girls became maids in the household. The older sister is called Big Maid Sister (Meido Ane) while the younger sister is called Little Maid Sister (Meido Imouto).


 * Children Are Innocent: Little Maid Sister.
 * Happily Adopted: Thanks to Hero, Demon Queen and Head Maid, the Sisters lives are much better than their old life as serfs.
 * Taught By Experience: The Sisters understand about being poor with no food very well unlike those who haven't.

Lady Knight / Onna Kishi
"Voiced by: Miyuki Sawashiro"

A former Crusader and one of the Hero's ex-companions. After the Hero left his companions to face the Demon Queen alone, she retired as a nun back to her home village. After reuniting with the Hero, she becomes a knight again to help the Hero and the Demon Queen.


 * A-Cup Angst: Especially with the Butler teasing her about it. She also finds Crimson Scholar's bosom "annoying."
 * Action Girl
 * Badass
 * Lady of War
 * Retired Badass: Became a nun when the Hero's gang disbanded until the Hero and the Demon Queen ask for her help.
 * Berserk Button: Whenever the Hero abandons her. Also telling her that women can't fight is a bad idea. And don't mention her small brea--
 * Church Militant/Warrior Nun: A former member of the Holy Sliver Crown Knights.
 * Even the Girls Want Her: After, Lady Knight finds she's accumulated quite a few female fans.
 * Hair of Gold
 * Iron Lady: Badass, thy name is Lady Knight.
 * Jeanne D'Archetype
 * Keep the Reward: After the news the Hero wounded the Demon Queen, the United Kingdoms Headquarters offered the Hero's companions rewards and important positions. Lady Knight refused their offers and rewards as it was insulting and felt like stealing the efforts of the Hero's work.
 * Lightning Bruiser
 * Magic Knight
 * Names to Run Away From Really Fast: "Knight of the Demon Mask", "Superhuman Princess" and "Female Assassin of Stone-Wall Iris".
 * The Lancer: To the Hero.
 * The Missus and the Ex: Lady Knight is the "Ex". Unluckily for the Hero, both she and the Demon Queen quickly become friends.
 * The Paladin: She's exactly like the Hero except she's more religious in the Spirit of Light religion.
 * Saintly Church: A member of a religious order trying to help the poor and helpless.
 * Translation Style Choices: Woman Knight to Lady Knight, although some translations keeps the plain original name.
 * Saintly Church: A member of a religious order trying to help the poor and helpless.
 * Translation Style Choices: Woman Knight to Lady Knight, although some translations keeps the plain original name.

Witch Girl / Onna Mahou Tsukai
One of the Hero's ex-companions and the group's mage. Not is much known about her except that she was a skilled wizard with bad social skills but a love for books. Despite appearing Stoic, Witch Girl cared about the Hero. After the Hero was reported missing in the Demon World after his battle with the Demon Queen, she went to the Demon World to find the Hero herself and learn some new spells along the way. She's also the Heroine of the Spin-Off Manga Gaiden in Monthly Shonen Sirius. According to the Comp Ace manga, she's herself a Demon of the same clan as Demon Queen; some of the other portrayals explicitly contradict this.


 * Bookworm: Loves books about magic and..
 * Badass Bookworm: she was one of the Hero's companions.
 * Cute Bookworm: But cute also.
 * Cute Witch
 * Hot Witch at one point in the Comp Ace manga. Despite looking childlike in most respects, a Hot Springs Episode indicated she has a larger bust than Lady Knight.
 * I Will Find Hero: Her current quest.
 * Names to Run Away From Really Fast: Her preferred nickname, she says, is "Pleasant Serial Killer."
 * Robe And Witch Hat
 * Seeker Archetype: While journeying through the Demon World, she's also learning the magics of the Demon clans. The Fairy Queen comments how talented Witch Girl is in magic.
 * Sleepyhead: One of her nicknames is "The Napping Sorceress." Napping in places such as Winter King's throne....
 * The Stoic: The way she seems most of the time, yet....
 * Not So Stoic: The fact she's searching for the Hero in the Demon World shows that she cares about him.
 * Translation Style Choices: Because Witch Woman doesn't exactly fit her image.

Winter Prince () / Fuyu no Ouji ()
"Voiced by: Daisuke Hirakawa"

Prince of the Winter Nation.


 * Adaptation Dye Job: In most adaptions, Winter Prince is a blonde while in the Champion Red manga version, he's black haired.
 * Reasonable Authority Figure: Wants to help his country survive by its own without being reliant on the Central Nations' "payments"; he sees the Crimson Scholar's crops as the solution.
 * The White Prince
 * The Wise Prince
 * The Wise Prince

Butler / Shitsuji, Archer / Kyuushi
"Voiced by: Banjou Ginga"

Was once known as Archer, Butler was one of the Hero's companions before the Hero's disappearance and went to become the Winter Prince's servant.


 * The Archer: Chapter 30 of the Comp Ace manga twists this with a statement that he's called Archer because his targets are struck down "as if they were pierced by an arrow" -- but Lady Knight, at least, has never seen him with any weapon in his hand. Standing atop a tall pole, he simply gestures ... and several enemy soldiers fall, apparently spurting blood. So it seems he's a wizard rather than a literal mundane archer.
 * Badass Grandpa: Fought along side the Hero.
 * Battle Butler: His current job.
 * Dirty Old Man: Likes to grope and make fun of Lady Knight's breasts.
 * The Jeeves
 * Ninja: In Maoyuu Maou Yuusha - Other Side of the Hill.

Blizzard Queen / Hyousetsu no Joou
"Voiced by: Mariko Fujii"

Queen of the Ice Nation.


 * The High Queen
 * Reasonable Authority Figure
 * The Smurfette Principle

King Iron Fist / Tetsuwan Ou
"Voiced by: Masanori Machida"

King of the Iron Nation.


 * Awesome McCoolname
 * The Good King
 * Reasonable Authority Figure
 * Translation Style Choices: Iron Fist instead of Iron Arm.

King White Night / Byakuya Ou
"Voiced by: Masanori Machida"

King of the White Night Nation. Formerly Supreme Commander of the Southern Kingdoms Forces before


 * Dirty Coward: Ran away from battle to save his own skin, justifying it saying he was royalty.
 * Jerkass: Compare to the other leaders of the Southern Kingdoms, King White Night is a insensitive jerk who has no combat experience, leadership skills and refuses to take responsibility when things go bad.
 * The Neidermeyer
 * Never My Fault:
 * Puppet King: He's nothing more than a Central Nation puppet.
 * We Have Reserves: His opinion of the soldiers fighting for them.
 * We Have Reserves: His opinion of the soldiers fighting for them.

South Arctic General / Minami Kouri Shogun
"Voiced by: Hiroshi Shirokuma"

A giant demon Walrus who controls the Aurora island located south of the Southern Kingdoms. Both the Human Kingdoms and the Demon Queen want to reclaim Aurora island for different reasons respectively; it's a strategic position near the portal to the Demon world and has rich resources particular salt and fish for Fuyugoshi Village.


 * A Father to His Men: Despite his Blood Knight tendencies, he does care about his troops like
 * Asskicking Equals Authority: He is one of the ten most powerful demons and leads three demon clans.
 * Blade on a Stick: His weapon is a Harpoon.
 * Blood Knight: He cares more about fighting than obeying the Demon Queen's orders.
 * Handicapped Badass: Has a Peg-leg in Maoyuu Maou Yuusha - Other Side of the Hill.
 * Proud Warrior Race Guy
 * Sea Monster: Most of his followers are different sea creatures like Sharks, tortoises and Krakens.
 * Sea Monster: Most of his followers are different sea creatures like Sharks, tortoises and Krakens.

The Merchants Union
The Merchants Union is a large organization in charge with the Southern Kingdoms war effort. Despite being the official war supplier for the humans, the Union has no loyalty to the human kingdoms and are only helping them for the money. The Union is a very powerful organization and to ensure they stay on top, they'll eliminate anyone who threatens their power. Their motto is: "Thou shall be a merchant before a human, Thou shall be a merchant before a faithful servant of the Church." Basically, they're Ferengis.

Young Merchant / Seinen Shounin
"Voiced by: Hiroshi Kamiya"

The head of a trio of merchants in charge of supplying the Southern Kingdoms war effort.


 * Affably Evil: He's very charming man and is willing to compensate you if you sell your invention's rights to the Union. But if you refuse....
 * Shame If Something Happened: It'll be shame if those assassins hiding outside of your home were to suddenly attack.
 * The Comic Clear manga shows Young Merchant, before meeting Crimson Scholar, being disgusted by the idea that money was all that was important -- and wishing he could find some more worthy cause.
 * Badass Bureaucrat: Asks for the Archduke Fire Dragon's surrender, admits upfront he needs it because there is no way in hell he'd ever win in actual fight, and manages to bloodlessly get the Archduke Fire Dragon to knuckle under.
 * Sadistic Choice: An expert in these.
 * Screw the Rules, I Have Money
 * The Comp Ace manga adaptation shows him confronting and declaring "I am here to defeat you." Young Merchant and  have formed an alliance of sorts; the implication is that this challenge is a way of asking for her hand in marriage. Rather than actually fight, he negotiates a trade agreement benefiting both sides.  grins and says, "I lost."
 * The Comp Ace manga adaptation shows him confronting and declaring "I am here to defeat you." Young Merchant and  have formed an alliance of sorts; the implication is that this challenge is a way of asking for her hand in marriage. Rather than actually fight, he negotiates a trade agreement benefiting both sides.  grins and says, "I lost."
 * The Comp Ace manga adaptation shows him confronting and declaring "I am here to defeat you." Young Merchant and  have formed an alliance of sorts; the implication is that this challenge is a way of asking for her hand in marriage. Rather than actually fight, he negotiates a trade agreement benefiting both sides.  grins and says, "I lost."

Shrewd Treasurer / Ratsuwan Kaikei
"Voiced by: Shinnosuke Tachibana"

The Young Merchant's assistant.


 * Depending on the Artist: He's an old man with a monocle in the Comic Clear version while in the Comp Ace version, he's a younger man with a ponytail. In the anime, he actually seems younger -- and much less sure of himself -- than Young Merchant.
 * High-Class Glass: His Comic Clear version.
 * Scary Shiny Glasses: His Comp Ace looks.
 * Translation Style Choices: Shrewd Treasurer instead of Shrewd Accountant.

Middle Aged Merchant / Chuunen Shounin
"Voiced by:Yuichi Nagashima aka Cho"

The Young Merchant's mentor.


 * Big Fun: His looks in the Comp Ace version.
 * Depending on the Artist: In the Comp Ace version, he is portrayed as an older fat man. In the Comic Clear version, he is portrayed as a thin, middle aged man. The only thing common between the two is that the Middle Aged Merchant has Arabian style clothes.
 * Translation Style Choices: Middle Aged can also mean Aged.

Archduke Fire Dragon / Hiryuu Taikou
"Voiced by: Masashi Hirose"

A fire dragon and leader of the demon Dragon Clan.


 * Cool Old Guy
 * Honor Before Reason: He insist on his forces on reclaiming Gateway City despite the Demon Queen's wishes to have the Dark Knight handle that.
 * Hot-Blooded: Not surprisingly since he's a Fire Dragon.
 * Proud Warrior Race Guy: The Dragon clan believes in honor and respect those who keep their promises.
 * Reasonable Authority Figure: According to who officially calls a truce to keep civilians on both sides from getting hurt.

Grand Princess Fire Dragon / Hiryuu Kimijou
"Voiced by: Shizuka Ito"

Archduke's Fire Dragon daughter and Princess of the Dragon Clan.


 * Cute Monster Girl
 * Standard Hero Reward: Should the Dark Knight succeed in reclaiming Gateway City, the Archduke will give away his daughter to him as his wife/mistress/whatever.
 * The Dragon's Hot Daughter: Her dad's a dragon but she looks like a human. It sorta justified since they're demons.
 * Translation Style Choices: Great to Grand, it achieves a certain glamour.
 * Yamato Nadeshiko: Calm, steadfast belief in her father's victory and even when he lost, is perfectly willing to become the Dark Knight's wife/whatever if he reclaims Gateway City, no real questions asked ... (though she does seem to be looking forward to it). Knowing who her father is, she's probably quite the fighter too.

Fairy Queen / Yousei Joou
A fairy and Queen of the Fairy Clan.


 * Cute Monster Girl
 * Distressed Damsel: Was kept prisoner from the rebellious Black Wolf Clan before being rescued by the Dark Knight.
 * Turn the Other Cheek: After being rescued, she accepts the Dark Knight will give a stern warning to the Black Wolf Clan not to rebel again since she holds no grudges against the them and doesn't want any more punishment against them.

Demon Girl / Mazoku Musume
"Voiced by: Eriko Matsui"

A demon waitress who works in a human bar.


 * Catgirl: In the Champion Red manga version.
 * Translation Style Choices: Demon Girl instead Demon Daughter.
 * Translation Style Choices: Demon Girl instead Demon Daughter.

East Fortress General / Higashi no Saishou
"Voiced by: Kenta Miyake"

The leader of the human mercenary armies that guard a fortress outside Gateway city. Unlike his Commanding officer, the General treats demons with respect and dignity.


 * Officer and a Gentleman: The General treats demons with respect and defends Demon Girl from a group of harassing human soldiers.
 * Reasonable Authority Figure:
 * Reasonable Authority Figure:

Lieutenant General / Rikushou
The East Fortress General Second-in-command.


 * Number Two

Commander / Shirei-kan
The leader of the Holy Crusaders that control Gateway city. He is also the White Night King's nephew and is just like his uncle.


 * Dirty Coward:
 * Fantastic Racism: Hates demons very much and sees humans who associate with demons as traitors.
 * Hypocrite: Claims his "Holy" Crusaders would never associate with filthy demons despite the fact his men are spending time with female demons.
 * Like Uncle, Like Nephew:Like his uncle, he's also a jerkass and a coward.
 * The Neidermeyer:
 * The Neidermeyer:

Youngster Trio / Sanbugassou Shitei
"Voiced by: Suzuki Tatsuhisa (Warrior Youngster / Gunjin Shitei), Yuuki Kaji (Noble Youngster / Kizoku Shitei), Takuma Terashima (Merchant Youngster / Shounin Shitei)"

Three teenage boys from Fuyugoshi Village from three different backgrounds. The three are the frequent students of Lady Knight and Demon Queen in their classes about economics, farming, swordsmanship, etc. In truth, the lessons they are learning are showing them how there's nothing glorious or good about the Human/Demon War but how nasty it is and it's effects on the people and society.

Eventually Merchant Youngster becomes, Noble Youngster carries out , and Warrior Youngster.


 * As You Know: They provide a point of view to certain situations according to their backgrounds.
 * Genre Deconstruction: Every time they say something they think is great and good about the war, their teachers teach them how wrong their beliefs are.
 * Naive Newcomers
 * Only Sane Man: The Merchant Youngster seems to have comparatively more sense than the other two.
 * Straw Character: Warrior Youngster believes women shouldn't be warriors, thinks everyone should devote themselves for the war effort no matter the price and thinks starvation doesn't exist and it's that person fault if they're starving. It's no surprise Lady Knight, Demon Queen and Big Sister Maid have something to say about those views.
 * Surrounded by Idiots: Much to their teachers' frustrations (Demon Queen and Lady Knight), it takes time for the trio to learn why war is bad for the people and economy and let go of their old beliefs.
 * Those Three Guys
 * Translation Style Choices: Soldier Youngster to Warrior Youngster, although this is a real change, not a choice since Gunjin does not translate to warrior at all.
 * War Is Glorious: The Warrior Youngster especially thinks this at first. Their teachers eventually managed to beat this out of them.