Project A-ko - Characters

Characters

A-ko (A子?) or Eiko Magami (摩神 英子, Magami Eiko?)

A-ko, a red-haired girl who seems to be near invulnerable with superhuman speed and strength, is the heroine of the series and lives in Graviton City, Japan. A-ko is usually friendly, cute and cheerful. She tries to lead a normal life, and spends a lot of time on clothes, a part-time job and romance in the sequels. However, she does have a fiery temper. She also has a large appetite and a tendency to oversleep on school days. She and C-ko are both transfer students to Graviton High, but wear their former school's sailor-style uniform for most of the film. She had a athletic figure and thick red hair that falls past her shoulders. She is dressed in her trademark school uniform, which is a white middy blouse with a sailor collar, red scarf, blue skirt, knee-high white socks, and black shoes.

Voiced by: Miki Itō (Japanese), Teryl Rothery (English) and Stacey Gregg (first movie only)

B-ko (B子?) or Biko Daitokuji (大徳寺 美子, Daitokuji Biko?)

B-ko is well known at Graviton High as the daughter of a local industrial tycoon. A genius, she is seen living luxuriously, taking a limo to school and having several admiring henchmen in her class. Although seemingly calm and poised in public, deferring to her teachers' authority, B-ko is haughty and goes to great lengths to get what she wants. Her desire to steal C-ko's affection away from A-ko develops into an obsession. She devotes all her resources to this goal, but defeating A-ko seems more important to her than actually winning C-ko's approval.

Voiced by: Emi Shinohara (Japanese), Venus Terzo (English) and Denica Fairman (first movie only)

C-ko (C子?) or Shiiko Kotobuki (寿 詩子, Kotobuki Shiiko?)

C-ko Kotobuki is A-ko's best friend and has depended on her since they met in kindergarten. Though the same age as the other two girls, C-ko is less mature. In the Japanese original, she frequently refers to herself in the third person. Though normally extremely cheerful, C-ko cries easily when facing hardship. She enjoys cooking, but the results are inedible.

In the first installment of the series, C-ko is revealed to be the Fourth Princess of the Fifth Queen of the Lepton Kingdom of Alpha Cygni, an all-female race of extraterrestrials. She crash-landed on Earth when she was an infant, and the Lepton Kingdom has been searching for her ever since. However, C-ko is uninterested in her unearthly ancestry and wants to remain on Earth with A-ko.

Voiced by: Michie Tomizawa (Japanese), Cathy Weseluck (English) and Julia Brahms (first movie only)

Captain Napolipolita

Napolipolita is a captain in the Alpha Cygnan space navy, who has spent the last sixteen years searching the universe for C-ko. Although Napolipolita cuts a fine figure, always impeccably dressed with a dramatically swirling cloak and wraparound sunglasses, her facade quickly shatters when danger arises. During the long sojourn in space, she has become addicted to alcohol and unravels when she is unable to get a drink. Napolipolita is supposedly a parody of Captain Harlock.

Voiced by: Shūichi Ikeda (Japanese), Scott McNeil (English) and Jay Benedict (first movie only)

D (Operative DC138621-S113)

As a spy for the Lepton Kingdom, D has been stationed on Earth, searching for signs of their missing princess. Her quest comes to fruition when she encounters A-ko and C-ko racing to school one morning. She continues to stalk the pair, despite suffering accidental bodily harm whenever they meet.

Like the Captain, D is in fact a woman, but appears masculine to Earthling eyes. This confusion is cleared up at the end of the first movie, when she dons a scant uniform to battle A-ko. D could be a reference to Vampire Hunter D.

Voiced by: Tesshō Genda (Japanese), Robert O. Smith (English) and Marc Smith (first movie only)

Miss Ayumi (亜弓先生, Ayumi-sensei?)

Miss Ayumi is a teacher at Graviton High School who has the principal characters in her class. She is central in one of the sequels.

Miss Ayumi is modeled after the lead character of the TV series Creamy Mami, a magical girl TV show of the 1980s.

Voiced by: Asami Mukaidono (Japanese), Lynda Boyd (English) and Lisa Ross (first movie only)

Ume, Ine, Asa and Mari

These four girls are B-ko's friends. They are seen doing whatever B-ko orders them to. This ranges from reconnaissance work to piloting B-ko's war machines, to helping her stage commando raids against anyone who dares to cross her. They are not paid well and gripe amongst themselves that they can only afford to eat ramen.

Ume is chubby and wears spectacles. Ine is skinny and buck-toothed. Asa is fairly normal-looking. Mari is a giant with tanned skin and enormous muscles, like Kenshiro from the Fist of the North Star franchise. She uses a similar fighting style, tatters her clothes when flexing and has many of Kenshiro's mannerisms; however, her speaking voice is a normal female one.

Ume voiced by Megumi Hayashibara (Japanese)

Ine voiced by Yoshiko Takamori (Japanese)

Asa voiced by Yoko Ogai (Japanese)

Mari is voiced alternately by Daisuke Gohri (grunts etc.) and by Sayuri Ikemoto (dialogue) (Japanese)