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'''WARNING! There are unmarked {{color|green|SPOILERS}} ahead. Beware.'''

 

== Heroes ==

=== Kubo ===

Voiced By: [[Art Parkinson]]

Kubo is the [[Kid Samurai| samurai hero]] and the Sun Village's friendly neighborhood magic bard.

 

* [[Adorably Precocious Child]]: Since he's a bit serious and mature, it comes with taking care of his mother.

* [[Badass Adorable]]: Kubo's a cute, sweet pre-teen, whose magic powers are growing and knows the sword.

* [[Badass Pacifist]]: He defeats {{spoiler|his own grandfather}} by using a combo of his shamisen powers and [[The Power of Love]].

* [[Musical Assassin]]: The good guy and heroic version though.

* [[Paper Master]]: His magic abilities involves performances and origami.

* [[The Storyteller]]: It's his day job, [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LfL_KOOZvLw telling the fantastical adventures of Hanzo, the Moon Kingdom, and the quests for three treasures.] To enhance his performances, Kubo uses his shamisen and paper-folding abilities. Unfortunately, he can't find a good ending.

* [[Squishy Wizard]]

 

=== Beetle ===

Voiced by: [[Matthew McConaughey]]

Beetle is a lone wandering Ronin stag beetle, who lived in the Ice Fields.

* [[Amnesiac Lover]]: {{spoiler|He's actually Hanzo, but with his memory wiped thanks to the Moon King. He and Monkey/Sariatu didn't find this out until the end, though they still have an attraction to each other.}}

* [[A Father to His Men]]: {{spoiler|Hanzo was describe has having such charismatic, that he's this.}}

 

=== Monkey ===

Voiced by [[Charlize Theron]]

Monkey used to be a lucky charm.

* {{spoiler|[[Action Mom]]}}: Monkey/{{spoiler|Sariatus}} to a "T."

* [[Everything Is Better With Monkeys]]: Anything concerning Kubo's good luck charm.

 

=== Little Hanzo ===

Little Hanzo is an overly complicatedly origami figure that preforms.

* [[Animate Inanimate Object]]

* [[Baleful Polymorph]]: Sorta. {{spoiler|Washi uses him as part of a demonstration of a spell that the Moon Society did on the human Hanzo, folding until he becomes a beetle. But this kills the paper figure.}}

Here are some of the heavenly, rigid, and cold residents of the ''Moon Society.''

=== Moon King/Raiden ===

Voiced By: [[Ralph Fiennes]]

* [[The Ageless]]

* [[Brought Down to Normal]]

* [[Glowing Eyes of Doom]]

* [[Icy Blue Eyes]]

* [[Faux Affably Evil]]: When he first speaks with Kubo, Raiden acts like the granddad Kubo never had. But their second conversation, well, his veneer keeps slipping which shows his inner selfishness and cruelty. At the climax {{spoiler|he drops everything and while fighting tortures Kubo.}}

* [[Mismatched Eyes]]: {{spoiler| This occurs after Raiden's bought down to normal. One eye is brown and the other is icy, blue-ish grey.}}

* [[Sadly Mythtaken]]: The Moon King's name is "Radien" officially. Though in [[Japanese Mythology]], Raiden is the god of lightning and storms, who is carefree. Though the Moon King seems to be closer to Tsukuyomi, who's the actual god of the Moon; even the characterization is closer, as a [[Jerkass God| arrogrant douchebag]].

* [[Won't Work On Me]]: Kubo just holds the Sword Unbreakable out at the Moon King, {{spoiler|who proceeds to walk into it without getting injured or slowed down. Even pushing the sword and Kubo's whole body.}}

 

 

 

=== The Sisters/Kubo's Aunts ===

Voiced By: [[Rooney Mara]]

The Twins are Kubo's aunts and are hunting him down.

* [[Action Girl|Action girls]]

* [[Always Identical Twins]]: Insanely so.

* [[The Faceless]]: Though we don't see what WAshi and Karasu look like unmasked, only the lower half of one of them {{spoiler|after Kubo}} destroys it. Considering their appearances ''with'' the masks on, we probably don't want to see.

* [[Flight]]: The twins have this ability.

* [[The Heavy]]: The Sisters do the legwork of hero hunting. {{spoiler|The Moon King didn't confront Kubo, until both of Kubo's parents are dead.}}

* [[Hero-Killer]]: Both are incredibly powerful and gives Kubo, Monkey, and Beetle a run for their money. Together the Twins can take on their sister and destroy a whole village, even separately they can still pose a challenge. Monkey barely succeeds in killing Karasu, ending up gravely injured while doing so. {{spoiler|Near the end, Washi manages to kill both Beetle and Monkey on her own.}}

 

=== Hashi ===

Voiced By: [[Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa]]

 

He's one of the Sun Village locals, a samurai in training (and probably the local cop), and lastly, but not least, Kubo's biggest fan.

* [[Ascended Fanboy]]: He volunteers for some of Kubo's performances {{spoiler| and is one of the villagers, who helps with the final spell.}}

* [[Cannot Spit It Out]]: Hasn't mustered the courage to ask for Kubo's autograph.

 

=== Hosato ===

Voiced By: [[George Takei]]

Hosato is one of the local villagers and he cares about his daughter.

* [[Brown Eyes]]

* [[Doting Parent|Doting Dad]]: Hosato is [[Ur Example]].

* [[Mentor Archetype]]: Primarily this to his daughter, teaching her all things Japanese.

 

=== Kameyo ===

Voiced By: [[Brenda Vaccaro]]

* [[Big Fun]]: A gender flip version though, she's young at heart, and likes to suggest stuff to Kubo for his performances and recommends activities to him.

* [[Brown Eyes]]

* [[Parental Substitute|Grandparental Substitute]]: She this to Kubo, to the point that she makes sure that the kid doesn't grow up too fast.

 

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=== Mari ===

Voiced By: [[Meyrick Murphy]]

Mari is Hosato's daughter.

* [[Hair Decorations]]: Mari is wearing a flower decoration in her hair.

* [[Pink Means Feminine]]: Her entire kimono is pink.

* [[The Unpronounceable]]: Mari was having trouble pronouncing "Impenetrable." It's [[Justified Trope|justified]], since she's a very young girl.

 

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