Battle Spirits Heroes/Characters

Hajime Hinobori
The protagonist, and a red card battler. He's crazy for seasoned rice and Battle Spirits. His parents created the battle system to fulfill his dream of meeting the spirits.
 * Chaste Hero
 * Cross Dressing Voices
 * Hachimaki: Tegamaru just refers to him by it.
 * Hot Blooded
 * Meaningful Name: It means begin. He was the first one to use the new battle system.
 * Trademark Favorite Food: Seasoned rice. With lots and lots of bizarre seasonings, at that.

Kimari Tatsumi
A friend of Hajime's and the daughter of the co-creator of the battle system. She's a purple card battler, and dreams of world domination.
 * Action Girl
 * Hair Decorations: One giant bow
 * Take Over the World: It's her main goal in life. Even though she's portrayed as a good guy.

Tegamaru Tanashi
A red card battler, like Hajime. He's extremely talented, and will only battle opponents he deems worthy. Hajime considers him a main rival.
 * Fingerless Gloves
 * Jerkass: For starters, he won't even call anyone by their name if he doesn't consider them worthy.
 * Trademark Favorite Food: Milk.
 * You Gotta Have Blue Hair: In fact, it is blue. Which is odd because most other hair is normal in this show.

Chihiro Kusaka
A teammate of Tegamaru, and a white card battler. He loves to draw, and wants to become a spirit designer.
 * Bishounen: He's referred to as this in his official bio. Which doesn't stop people from guessing, that he's actually a girl.
 * Cross Dressing Voices
 * Instant Fanclub: The Chihiro Elite Guard
 * Nice Hat

Kobushi Nigiri
A teammate of Tegamaru, and a green card battler.
 * The Bully:
 * Meaningful Name: It means clenched fists, fitting to his tough-guy appearance.

Manabu Ooizumi
The narcissistic student council president of Kadode Middle School. He's a blue card battler.
 * Student Council President

Arata Yakushiji
The Battle Spirits champion. He uses red, and plans to challenge the winner of the Hero Championship. He has an alternate persona called Afrone.
 * Hot Blooded
 * Secret Identity: Afrone

Kouta Tatsumi
Kimari's younger brother, and a card collector. He's Hajime's biggest fan, and loves Pentans.
 * Cross Dressing Voices
 * Everything Is Better With Penguins: As a Pentan lover, he certainly thinks so.
 * Expy: Possibly of Koutaro from Battle Spirits Shonen Gekiha Dan. Similar names, and they're both Pentan crazy.

Kataru Ooizumi
Manabu's younger brother, who completely adores Manabu. He's usually seen eating junk food. He uses yellow.
 * Big Brother Worship: Towards Manabu.
 * Blush Sticker: Permanent ones
 * Cross Dressing Voices

Mika Kisaragi
The worker at Battle Spirits shops, and a yellow card battler. She likes to dress up in different costumes.
 * Cool Big Sis: To Hajime and the other kids
 * Everything Is Better With Penguins: She's a Pentan user.
 * Master of Disguise
 * Ship Tease: With Arata
 * Tsundere: She's type B toward Arata