List of My Happy Marriage characters
Appearance
This is a list of characters of the light novel series My Happy Marriage.
Main characters
[edit]- Miyo Saimori (斎森 美世, Saimori Miyo)
- Voiced by: Reina Ueda[1] (Japanese); Miranda Parkin,[2] Juliet Peldon[3] (young) (English)
- Portrayed by: Mio Imada[4] (live-action film)
- Miyo is a 19-year-old woman who is the eldest daughter of the Saimori family. Born without any supernatural talent, following the death of her birth mother, she had a very traumatic upbringing as she was treated like a servant by her stepmother and younger half-sister, while her own father deemed her to be useless and never showed her love or protected her from the abuse. Miyo is married off to Kiyoka Kudou, a "ruthless soldier" and the head of the famous Kudou family, just so she can be "at least useful" to the Saimoris. It is later revealed that she is connected to the infamous Usuba family through her mother, making her highly sought after for her offspring's potential for great supernatural abilities.
- Kiyoka Kudou (久堂 清霞, Kudō Kiyoka)
- Voiced by: Kaito Ishikawa[1] (Japanese); Damien Haas[2] (English)
- Portrayed by: Ren Meguro[4] (live-action film), Kazuaki Yasue[5] (stage play)
- The 27-year-old head of the Kudou family and leader of the Special Anti-Grotesquerie Unit. Described as a "ruthless soldier", anyone who becomes his fiancée flees after only three days due to his cold and intimidating demeanor, but this changes upon meeting Miyo. Kiyoka is a gifted individual with multiple supernatural abilities including electrokinesis, pyrokinesis and hydrokinesis.
Saimori family
[edit]- Kaya Saimori (斎森 香耶, Saimori Kaya)
- Voiced by: Ayane Sakura[6] (Japanese); Lizzie Freeman,[2] Lila Peldon[3] (young) (English)
- Portrayed by: Akari Takaishi[7] (live-action film)
- Miyo's spoiled and arrogant younger half-sister who is engaged to Kouji Tatsuishi. She has the supernatural gift of the Saimori family. After Miyo's kidnapping incident, Kaya is punished for her role as she is sent away to work as a live-in servant for a very strict family.
- Shinichi Saimori (斎森 真一, Saimori Shin'ichi)
- Voiced by: Hiroshi Yanaka[8] (Japanese); Richard Tatum[2] (English)
- Portrayed by: Tsutomu Takahashi[7] (live-action film)
- The head of the Saimori family and the father of Miyo and Kaya. He favors Kaya over Miyo since they were children, due to his second daughter inheriting the supernatural talents of the Saimori family. After Miyo's kidnapping incident, the family lost their home and most of their fortune from the fire, forcing Shinichi and Kanako move to a house in the countryside as commoners.
- Kanoko Saimori (斎森 香乃子, Saimori Kanoko)
- Voiced by: Kana Ueda[9] (Japanese); Erica Schroeder[2] (English)
- Portrayed by: Sayaka Yamaguchi[7] (live-action film)
- Miyo's stepmother and Kaya's biological mother. She mercilessly abused Miyo as she is the daughter of Sumi, who was her love rival, for all the inconveniences that happen around her. After Miyo's kidnapping incident, Kanoko along with Shinichi moved to the countryside as commoners after losing their home and most of their fortune from the fire.
- Hana Kanao (金尾 花, Kanao Hana)
- Voiced by: Mamiko Noto[10] (Japanese); Mela Lee[3] (English)
- Portrayed by: Ryoko Kobayashi[7] (live-action film)
- Miyo's former caretaker and servant of the Saimori family. Years after she was dismissed by the Saimoris for sticking up for Miyo, Hana got married and has a child.
- Sumi Saimori (斎森 澄美, Saimori Sumi)
- Voiced by: Noriko Hidaka[11] (Japanese); Miranda Parkin[3] (English)
- Portrayed by: Tao Tsuchiya[12] (live-action film)
- The late mother of Miyo and the first wife of Shinichi. Sumi was also a member of the Usuba family and was telepathic. She died when Miyo was still a child. It is revealed that before her death, Sumi sealed Miyo's spiritual gift to protect her daughter from being exploited.
Tatsuishi family
[edit]- Kouji Tatsuishi (辰石 幸次, Tatsuishi Kōji)
- Voiced by: Koutaro Nishiyama[6] (Japanese); Michael Lorz[2] (English)
- Portrayed by: Yuki Ogoe[7] (live-action film)
- The kindhearted but cowardly second son of the Tatsuishi family who has been Miyo's sole friend and ally for many years. He is Kaya's fiancé and the future head of the Saimori family. After Miyo's kidnapping incident, Kouji trains in the old capital to improve his abilities.
- Minoru Tatsuishi (辰石 実, Tatsuishi Minoru)
- Voiced by: Kenyu Horiuchi[13] (Japanese); Mick Wingert[2] (English)
- Portrayed by: Yūsuke Hirayama[7] (live-action film)
- The previous head of Tatsuishi family and the father of Kazushi and Kouji. A selfish man, Minoru only desires Miyo's bloodline from the Usuba family, even willing to have her kidnapped to ensure it for his family's prosperity. However, after Miyo's kidnapping incident, his actions forced him to step down and is replaced by his eldest son Kazushi as the new head of the family.
- Kazushi Tatsuishi (辰石 一志, Tatsuishi Kazushi)
- Voiced by: Toshinari Fukamachi[14] (Japanese); Ryan Colt Levy[3] (English)
- Portrayed by: Hisanori Satō[15] (stage play)
- The oldest son of Minoru Tatsuishi and Kouji's older brother. Kazushi becomes the head of the Tatsuishi family after Minoru was forced to step down due to the events of Miyo's kidnapping.
Kudou family
[edit]- Yurie (ゆり江)
- Voiced by: Houko Kuwashima[6] (Japanese); Karen Huie[2] (English)
- Portrayed by: Mirai Yamamoto[7] (live-action film)
- Kiyoka's elderly servant who works for his household.
- Hazuki Kudou (久堂 葉月, Kudō Hazuki)
- Voiced by: Yoko Hikasa[16] (Japanese); Felecia Angelle[3] (English)
- Kiyoka's older sister. She is the ex-wife of Masashi Ookaito and mother of Asahi Ookaito. It is revealed Hazuki had a political marriage with Masashi but they divorced due to her complications of being an ideal housewife. She has healing abilities.
Usuba family
[edit]- Arata Tsuruki (鶴木 新, Tsuruki Arata)
- Voiced by: Ryōhei Kimura[17] (Japanese); Ryan Colt Levy[3] (English)
- Portrayed by: Keisuke Watanabe[18] (live-action film), Shūji Kikuchi[15] (stage play)
- Born as Arata Usuba (薄刃 新, Usuba Arata), the son of the head of the Usuba family and Miyo's cousin. He works for the Tsuruki Trading Company as a negotiator. He has an ability to make illusions.
- Yoshirou Usuba (薄刃 義浪, Usuba Yoshirō)
- Voiced by: Kōsei Hirota[19] (Japanese); Mike Pollock[3] (English)
- Portrayed by: Shōhei Hino[18] (live-action film)
- The grandfather of Miyo and Arata. Despite the fact Arata's father is the head of the Usubas, Yoshirou is actually in charge of the family.
Special Anti-Grotesquerie Unit
[edit]- Yoshito Godou (五道 佳斗, Godō Yoshito)
- Voiced by: Hiro Shimono[6] (Japanese); Cedric Williams[3] (English)
- Portrayed by: Ōshirō Maeda[20] (live-action film), Tōya Morita[15] (stage play)
- A soldier belonging to the Special Anti-Grotesquerie Unit who is Kiyoka's subordinate.
- Masashi Ookaito (大海渡 征, Ōkaito Masashi)
- Voiced by: Kenta Miyake[21] (Japanese); Joe Hernandez[3] (English)
- Portrayed by: Takashi Sasaki[15] (stage play)
- Kiyoka's superior and Hazuki's ex-husband. He is also the father of Asahi Ookaito.
Other characters
[edit]- Keiko (桂子)
- Voiced by: Tamie Kubota[22] (Japanese); Jenn Wong[3] (English)
- Portrayed by: Ryō Tamaki[7] (live-action film)
- The owner of a kimono shop, Suzushima, that has served the Kudou family for generations.
- Iwashimizu (岩清水)
- Voiced by: Hiroshi KōsakaEp. 3 credits (Japanese); Steven Allerick[3] (English)
- Kiyoka's informant. He helps Kiyoka on gathering informations relating to the Saimoris and the Usubas. Iwashimizu only appears in the anime adaptation.
- Emperor (帝, Mikado)
- Voiced by: Takayuki Sugō[23] (Japanese); Richard Tatum[3] (English)
- Portrayed by: Renji Ishibashi[24] (live-action film)
- The ruler of Japan in the 19th-century Taishō era. Despite that he is the reigning ruler, the Emperor lost his gift of precognition to his illness. It is revealed he has a lingering fear of the Usubas' dream-related abilities, believing that it can surpass the Imperial family's precognition abilities.
- Takaihito (堯人)
- Voiced by: Akira Ishida[14] (Japanese); Kayleigh McKee[3] (English)
- Portrayed by: Ryūsei Ōnishi[24] (live-action film), Satsuki Nakayama[15] (stage play)
- The second prince of the Imperial family. Like his father, Takaihito has precognition abilities.
- Asahi Ookaito (大海渡 旭, Ōkaito Asahi)
- The son of Masashi Ookaito and Hazuki Kudou.
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