Wish (manga) - Characters

Characters

The authors and the translators state both in the text and in the sidebars that there is no gender in either Heaven or Hell but they have adopted the convention of referring to characters with gendered pronouns to make things in the translation easier.

• Shuichiro Kudo (栩堂 琇一郎, Kudō Shūichirō?) – The doctor who saves the angel Kohaku from a crow in the beginning of the story. He is sceptical of the fact Kohaku is indeed an angel (believing her at first to be a small child or even a talking doll), and is a bit slow to warm up to the truth, but she soon makes enough of an impact on his life for him to truly miss her when she is forced to return to Heaven. He is a very no-nonsense sort of man who seems stoic and unfriendly, and he insists he has no wishes for Kohaku to grant for him. However, this doctor hides quite a few secrets of his own.

• Kohaku (琥珀?) – An angel from Heaven and the main protagonist of the tale. She has been sent to Earth to find her missing teacher; Hisui, the Angel Master of the Wind. However, since she is only an angel in training, she loses the majority of her powers on Earth when the sun sets, which turns her into a chibi form of herself. It is in this vulnerable state that she falls under attack by a crow, and meets Shuichiro, with whom she is almost immediately taken. Though he insists he wants for nothing in his quiet life, she is bound by duty to pay off her debt to him. When Shinichiro Kudo comes to visit his grandson he addresses Kohaku as a woman. Kohaku corrects him, and also tells him that she isn't a man either. The topic is left at that.

• Koryu (紅榴?) – A demon of Hell, he can be considered Kohaku's demon equivalent; he too is only in training, and while on Earth he is forced to turn into a chibi version of himself during the daytime. He loves to cause trouble for the little angel, and toward the end of the series it is implied that he merely teases her because he has a crush on her. He is the one who sent the crow to attack Kohaku in the beginning of the story.

• Hari (破璃?) and Ruri (瑠璃?) – Twin cat girls only distinguishable from each other by their jewellery. They are servants of Koryu, and both of them adore him to the point of bickering with each other on occasion. They change to black cats when their master is in his smaller form.

• Hisui (翡翠?) – The Archangel of the Wind, and Kohaku's mentor, who disappeared after a meeting at the bridge between Heaven and Hell. When she finally reveals herself to Kohaku, she reveals that she and Kokuyo, a Prince of Hell and son of Satan, had fallen in love and consummated their relationship, making it impossible for either of them to return to Heaven or Hell as a result.

• Kokuyo (黒燿?) – One of the princes of Hell and son of Satan, who fell in love with Hisui, and now lives in exile on Earth with her. Out of consideration for Hisui he restrains his dietary cravings. Kokuyo is aware of Shuichiro's impending death, but God stops him from telling anyone else so as to make sure things go as they should.

• Touki (透輝, Tōki?) – The Archangel of the Water in Heaven. Touki has a reputation for being cold-hearted, mostly because of the hardened look that's always on her face. She first appears to see why Usagi hasn't returned to Heaven and ends up bringing Kohaku back with her. She is very fond of Kohaku and protective of her in her own silent way. She has a very discreet relationship with Ranshou and though she is very shy with her feelings for him, she does genuinely care about him.

• Ranshou (藍晶, Ranshō?) – The Archangel of the Earth in Heaven. He comes off as one of the most easy-going Angels in all of Heaven despite his status. He loves to tease Kohaku and he's open with his affection for Touki. Like Touki, he's very discreet about their relationship but he can admit he loves her. But his loyalty to God is unwavering and he's not hesitant in delivering punishments handed out (as with the cases of Hisui and Kohaku).

• Ryuuki (榴輝, Ryūki?) – The Archangel of the Fire in Heaven. He has got a very hotheaded personality and is quick to act before thinking. He is madly in love with Hisui and is convinced she was kidnapped out of Heaven, often ranting about Hisui in the presence of the other Angel Masters, such that Ranshou often leaves Touki to deal with it. When he finds out Hisui left of her own volition and is deeply in love with Kokuyo, he's very hurt by it, but he wants Hisui to be happy and lets her go, though he vows to hate Kokuyo forever.

• Usagi (うしゃぎさん, Ushagi-san?) – Usagi is a small white rabbit with wings that relays messages from God. The messages it delivers look like flowers, that dissolve and automatically implant themselves in the receiver's mind. Usagi relays messages from Kohaku to God and back throughout the series. The messenger also appears in the same capacity in Kobato.

• Shinichiro Kudo (栩堂 信一郎, Kudō Shinichiro?) – Shuichiro Kudo's grandfather. He lives in Canada, though he comes to visit Shuichiro on occasion. During one such visit, he tells Kohaku about some of Shuichiro's background.

• Hotaru Kudo (栩堂 蛍, Kudō Hotaru?) – Shuichiro Kudo's mother, seen during a segment when the characters travel to the past. She is blind and paraplegic, though she is still able to notices Kohaku and Koryu spying on her. She is actually a wisteria tree fairy and her abilities are sufficiently powerful enough for her to know that Shuichiro's father will die relatively soon. After she says goodbye to Shuichiro and wishes him a good future, she reverts back to her true form as a wisteria tree. It seems doubtful that Shuichiro or Shinichiro know that Hotaru was really a wisteria tree fairy as they believed that she simply disappeared.

• Shusuke Kudo (栩堂 周丞, Kudō Shusuke?) – Shuichiro's father and "husband" of Hotaru. He originally found Hotaru near a Wisteria tree years before the beginning of the story and adopted Shuichiro as his son. He died in a plane crash when Shuichiro was in the high school.