Kaleido Star/Characters

Sora Naegino

 * Voiced by Ryo Hirohashi (Japanese), Cynthia Martinez (English), Delphine Rivière (French), Jolanda Granato (Italian), Seo-young Kim (Korean), Cassius Romero (Portuguese), Márcia Regina (Portuguese), Shirley Marulanda (Spanish), Elina Raeder (Swedish), Hazel Hernan (Tagalog)

A description of Sora goes here.


 * Break the Cutie: Has to go through lots of hardship as the performing world isn't half as pretty and rose-tinted as she thought it was.
 * Genki Girl
 * Happily Adopted: After her biological parents died, she was taken in by her dad's cousin and his wife, who loved her as much as if she was their real child.
 * The Heroine
 * Heroic Self-Deprecation
 * The Messiah
 * Broken Messiah: When at her lowest points.
 * Plucky Girl: Big time.
 * The Pollyanna
 * Ship Tease: Mostly with Ken, Layla and Rosetta.
 * Shorttank
 * Romantic Two-Girl Friendship: With Rosetta.
 * Wide-Eyed Idealist: And one who manages to not become a Knight in Sour Armor!
 * Woman in White: Sorta, her leotard is white.
 * You Gotta Have Raspberry-Hued Hair

Layla Hamilton

 * Voiced by Sayaka Ohara (Japanese), Sandra Krasa (English), Marianne Leroux (French), Cinzia Massironi (Italian), Gyeong-Hye Park (Korean), Gilmara Sanches (Portuguese), Mónica Valencia (Spanish), Rowena Raganit (Tagalog)

A description of Layla goes here.


 * Armor-Piercing Attack
 * Blue Eyes
 * Broken Bird: The death of her mother and her emotional distance from her good-hearted yet Workaholic dad have left deep scars in her heart.
 * Brutal Honesty: She never ever sugarcoats her words and actions.
 * Defrosting Ice Queen
 * Hair of Gold
 * Knight in Sour Armor
 * The Lancer: First season.
 * Lethal Chef: Can't even handle a coffee machine.
 * The Mentor: Second season.
 * Ojou
 * Plucky Girl
 * Tall, Blonde and Bishoujo
 * "Well Done, Daughter" Gal: Her mother is dead, and her father is kind but always at work. Young Layla swore to make her dad proud.

Mia Guillem

 * Voiced by Chinami Nishimura (Japanese), Nancy Novotny (English), Celia Charpentier (French), Emanuela Pacotto (Italian), Sin-Jeong Han (Korean), Priscila Concépcion (Portuguese), Alejandra Ramírez (Spanish), Cornelia Dahlgren (Swedish), Michiko Azarcon Tiongson (Tagalog)

A description of Mia goes here.


 * Badass Bookworm
 * Fiery Redhead: Mostly averted, though she has her moments as well.
 * Girlish Pigtails
 * Meganekko: Only while she's writing.
 * The Smart Girl
 * Straight Man
 * Tomboy and Girly Girl: Girly girl to Anna and Cathy's Tomboy.

Anna Heart

 * Voiced by Akeno Watanabe (Japanese), Kira Vincent-Davis (English), Estelle Simon (French), Stefania de Peppe (Italian), Hyeon-Jin Lee (Korean), Isabel Cristina de Sá (Portuguese), Klaudia Kotte (Spanish), Therese Reuterswärd (Swedish), Rowena Raganit (Tagalog)

A description of Anna goes here.


 * Bifauxnen
 * The Big Girl
 * Disappeared Dad: Jack "Baron Jack" Heart.
 * Like Father, Like Daughter: She and Jack are very similar.
 * Even the Girls Want Her: Has buttloads of female fans in-story, specifically due to her Bifauxnen-ness.
 * Sad Clown

Rosetta Passel

 * Voiced by Kaori Mizuhashi (Japanese), Serena Varghese (English), Véronique Uzureau (French), Lee Jamyeong (Korean), Renata Vargas (Spanish), Linda Åslund (Swedish), Lene Bastos (Portuguese)

A description of Rosetta goes here.


 * The Cutie
 * Calling the Old Man Out: Gender Flipped, as she calls out her Stage Mom.
 * Defrosting Ice Queen: It took her only one episode to melt.
 * Feminine Women Can Cook: Inverted, she can't.
 * Fiery Redhead
 * Plucky Girl
 * Romantic Two-Girl Friendship: With Sora.
 * Shorttank
 * Sixth Ranger

Yuri Killian

 * Voiced by Susumu Chiba (Japanese), Illich Guardiola (English), Martial Leminoux (French), Patrizio Prata (Italian), Myeong-Jun Jeong (Korean), Leonardo Salas (Spanish), Göran Gillinger (Swedish), Bon Reyes (Tagalog)

A description of Yuri goes here.


 * Big Brother Mentor: To Sora,.
 * Bishonen
 * Disappeared Dad: His father, Aaron, died on-stage.
 * Sixth Ranger: During the second season.
 * Smug Snake
 * Sixth Ranger: During the second season.
 * Smug Snake

May Wong

 * Voiced by Mai Nakahara (Japanese), Hilary Haag (English), Myeong-Seon Lee (Korean), Letícia Quinto (Portuguese), Luzgeyle Poveda (Spanish, episodes 16-28), Claudia Chavarro (Spanish, episodes 29-51), Cecilia Wrangel (Swedish), Dada Carlos (Tagalog)

A description of May goes here.


 * Anime Chinese Girl
 * Armor-Piercing Slap: To Sora, when
 * Break the Haughty: Not only, but later she gets called out more than once on her arrogance - especially by Layla, her own idol.
 * Brutal Honesty: Has even less of a thoughts-to-words filter than Layla.
 * Child Prodigy: Subverted. May was an ice skating prodigy as a little girl, as revealed by her coach Meredith, but ultimately decided to ditch skating (thought she still skates once in a while) to focus solely on the Kaleido Stage.
 * Don't You Dare Pity Me!: Her Berserk Button.
 * Hot-Blooded
 * Jerkass: At first.
 * The Lancer: To Sora in second season.
 * Large Ham: Thanks to Loudly Calling Her Techniques, and literally barking at Sora in her earlier appearances.
 * Plucky Girl: When she gets over herself.
 * Spoiled Brat: Until she gets better.
 * Supreme Chef: As long as it's Chinese.
 * Tsundere: Extremely tsuntsun, switches to deredere as she develops.

Leon Oswald

 * Voiced by Takahiro Sakurai (Japanese), Mike MacRae (English), Ju-Chang Lee (Korean), Dado Monteiro (Portuguese), Orlando Arenas (Spanish), Ole Ornered (Swedish), Bon Reyes (Tagalog)

A description of Leon goes here.


 * The Ace: More like a Broken Ace, tho.
 * Bishonen
 * Defrosting Ice King: Compare the Jerkass Leon from the second season beginning to the much less constipated one from the last episodes.
 * Jerkass: Initially.
 * Kick the Dog: No matter what you think of, not even she deserves to have Leon.
 * The Lancer
 * Long-Haired Pretty Boy
 * Troubled but Cute
 * White-Haired Pretty Boy
 * White-Haired Pretty Boy

Sarah Dupont

 * Voiced by Aya Hisakawa (Japanese), Luci Christian (English), Delphine Liez (French), Renata Bertolas (Italian), Hyo-Seon Kim (Korean), Denise Reis (Portuguese), Marta Rincón (Spanish), Cecilia Wrangel (Swedish), Michiko Azarcon Tiongson (Tagalog)

A description of Sarah goes here.


 * The Chick/Team Mom
 * Hair of Gold
 * Idol Singer: She sings on the Kaleido Stage, and it's mentioned she's been offered CD contracts many times but has refused all of them.
 * Informed Ability: We never get to hear her sing.
 * One of the Kids

Kalos Eido

 * Voiced by Keiji Fujiwara (Japanese), Rick Burford (English), Frederic Popovic (French), Stefano Albertini (Italian), Seung-Uk Jeong (Korean), Luiz Laffey (Portuguese), Harold Leal (Spanish)

A description of Kalos goes here.


 * Dark-Skinned Redhead
 * I Was Quite a Looker: Invoked by Sora when she sees a photo of his younger self and can't believe the baby-faced youth in the picture is him.
 * The Mentor
 * My Greatest Failure:
 * Self-Made Man: He started as a self-taught stage magician who performed in the streets. 20 years later he's the owner of the world-famous Kaleido Stage.
 * Sink-or-Swim Mentor
 * Team Dad
 * Sink-or-Swim Mentor
 * Team Dad

Kenneth "Ken" Robbins

 * Voiced by Hiro Shimono (Japanese), John Swasey (English), Fabrice Fara (French), Renato Novara (Italian), Beom-Gi Hong (Korean), Fábio Lucindo (Portuguese), Wolfang Galindo (Spanish), Anton Raeder (Swedish), Fourth Lee (Tagalog)

A description of Ken goes here.


 * Butt Monkey
 * The Chick/Non-Action Guy
 * Dogged Nice Guy: To Sora, though he's not as pushy as others.
 * Hair of Gold
 * Ill Boy: Only by the standards of the Kaleido Stage. He has a weak heart, which doesn't stop him from working behind the scenes but doesn't let him participate in most stage shows.
 * Tragic Dream: He's the stage manager because his heart illness doesn't let him train and become a performer.

Marion Benigni

 * Voiced by Fumiko Orikasa (Japanese), Kim-Ly Nguyen (English), Debora Morese (Italian), Yong-Sin Lee (Korean), Rocio Bermúdez (Spanish)

A description of Marion goes here.


 * Bratty Half-Pint: Also for one episode.
 * Circus Brat: Her dad is the lead of the stagehands, her dead mom was a Kaleido artist..
 * Tagalong Kid
 * "Well Done, Daughter" Gal: To her Missing Mom.

Fool

 * Voiced by Takehito Koyasu (Japanese), Jay Hickman (English), Philippe Bonnaud (French), Marcello Cortese (Italian), Hong Siho (Korean), Márcio Araújo (Portuguese), Carlos Villegas (Spanish), Niclas Wahlgren (Swedish), Vincent Gutierrez (Tagalog)

A description of Fool goes here.


 * Butt Monkey
 * Cool Mask
 * Handsome Lech
 * Fairy Companion: A Deconstructed Trope. Sora thinks she has lost her mind when she starts seeing him, his advice isn't exactly flawless,.
 * Team Pet

Jonathan

 * Voiced by Etsuko Kozakura (Japanese), Tiffany Grant (English), Yu-Mi Jeong (Korean), Gilmara Sanches (Portuguese), Ximena Medina (Spanish), Oliver Åberg (Swedish)

A description of Jonathan goes here.


 * Ridiculously Cute Critter
 * Team Pet

Jerry, aka Mr. Policeman

 * Voiced by Unsho Ishizuka (Japanese), James Reed Faulkner (English), Vincent Violette (French), Man-Yeong Park (Korean), Sidney Lilla (Portuguese), Eleazar Osorio (Spanish)

A description of Mr. Policeman goes here.


 * The Big Guy
 * Gentle Giant
 * Emotional Bruiser
 * Large Ham
 * Scary Black Man: Played for Laughs.
 * Sunglasses at Night

Mr. Kenneth

 * Voiced by Mitsuo Senda (Japanese), Jason Douglas (English)

A description of Mr. Kenneth goes here.


 * Cool Old Guy
 * Miniature Senior Citizens
 * Obfuscating Stupidity: Seems to be a Cloudcuckoolander, but is much sharper than you'd think

Sophie Oswald

 * Voiced by Miyuki Sawashiro (Japanese), Jessica Boone (English), Fátima Noya (Portuguese), Cornelia Dahlgren (Swedish)

Only appears in Leon's Troubled Backstory Flashbacks. A description of Sophie goes here.


 * The Messiah
 * Plucky Girl
 * White-Haired Pretty Girl
 * White-Haired Pretty Girl
 * White-Haired Pretty Girl

Cathy Taymor

 * Voiced by Kotono Mitsuishi (Japanese), Shannon Emerick (English), Dong-Eun Lee (Korean), Raquel Marinho (Portuguese), Tirza Pacheco (Spanish), Michiko Azarcon Tiongson (Tagalog)

A description of Cathy goes here.


 * Cool Big Sis: To Sora and especially to Mia.
 * Fiery Redhead
 * Genki Girl
 * Plucky Girl
 * The Smart Girl