Here are the characters for Kishin Douji Zenki
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Protagonists
Zenki
Voiced by (as Big Zenki): Jurota Kosugi (Japanese), Robert Buchholz (English), José Arenas (under the name José Luis Reza) (Latin-American Spanish)
Voiced by (as Little Zenki): Kappei Yamaguchi (Japanese), Peter Doyle (English), Víctor Ugarte (Latin-American Spanish)
- Badass Adorable: In his sealed form, though it's more the latter because while in that form he lacks most of his abilities.
- Blood Knight: Zenki is always ready to fight other evils and will get disappointed if the enemy is weak.
- Elemental Powers: Zenki has access to different elements seen during the series.
- Shock and Awe: His primary powers involve electricity like summoning thunderbolts.
- Playing with Fire: His second element which is used less.
- Fiery Redhead: His hair is at least partially red but he is still fits this trope very well.
- Leeroy Jenkins: In his unsealed forms he will jump into battle without much thought, hilariously it happens more after unlocking his Great Demon Form which gets him his ass kicked more often compared to his base form.
- Older Alter Ego: He may look like a wimp but when he transforms he's a big muscular man.
- Platonic Life-Partners: With Chiaki, while most of the time they argue when there's a battle Zenki will defend her inmediately.
- Red Oni, Blue Oni: Both in appearance and personality Zenki is the red while Goki is the blue one.
- Sealed Good in a Can: Though the "good" part is debatable.
- Took a Level in Badass: Upon being healed with Chiaki and Goki's helps he unlocks his Great Demon form, this allowed Zenki to match Inugami when previously there was a big difference in strength.
- Trademark Favorite Food: He really enjoys Karuma's seed, other times he is seen eating bananas.
- Vitriolic Best Buds: He and Chiaki often bicker and argue a lot and his big form would sometimes even try to kill her from time to time thinking it would set him free, but they work really well together and genuinely care for one another.
Chiaki Enno
Voiced by: Chisa Yokoyama (Japanese), Michelle Ruff (English), Alma Wilhelme (Latin-American Spanish)
- The Chosen One: As Ozunu's reincarnation she is destined to fight against great evils.
- Dub Name Change: In Enoki Films' licensing materials, her name is "Cherry Night" which is the name she received in most dubs, however, Chiaki does keep her original name in the English dub and the Tagalog redub.
- Kid with the Leash: She is this to Zenki, she is the only one who can unseal his true power so the ancient demon has no choice but to follow her.
- Platonic Life-Partners: With Zenki, the constantly annoy each other but Chiaki really worries for the demon if he gets hurt.
- Vitriolic Best Buds: She and Zenki constantly bicker and argue with each other and she gets annoyed and frustrated with his way of doing things and often subjects him to hilarious punishments and teasing. When the time comes for them to work together, though, they do it really well as a team, and they both genuinely care for each other.
Allies
Saki Enno
Voiced by: Shou Saitou (Japanese), Catherine Luciani (English), Ángela Villanueva (Latin-American Spanish)
Bonze Juukai
Voiced by: Eiji Maruyama (Japanese), Doug Stone (English), Ricardo Lezama (Latin-American Spanish)
Kuribayashi
- Voiced by: Yuji Ueda (Japanese), Jeff Nimoy (English)
- Canon Foreigner: Kuribayashi was created exclusively for the anime, and is nowhere to be seen in the manga.
Ako
Voiced by: Ikue Otani (Japanese), Dorothy Elias-Fahn (as "Dorothy Melendrez") (English), Elena Ramírez (Latin-American Spanish)
Sayaka
Voiced by: Akemi Okamura(Japanese), Stephanie Sheh (English), Martha Ceceña (Latin-American Spanish)
Souma Miki
Voiced by: Kiyoyuki Yanada (Japanese), Michael Sorich (English), Jorge Ornelas (Latin-American Spanish)
Goukimaru (manga)/Akira (anime) aka Gouki
Voiced by: Megumi Ogata (Japanese), Joshua Seth (English), Eduardo Garza (Latin-American Spanish)
- Long-Haired Pretty Boy: He is quite pretty and as he unlocks more power his hair gets longer.
- Nice Guy: He is very kind and treats most people with respect, even Zenki sometimes.
Kazue Hayami
Voiced by: Minami Takayama (Japanese), Mona Marshall (English)
- Canon Foreigner: Kazue was created exclusively for the anime, however she appears in development sketches in volume 8.
Lulupappa
Voiced by: Yuri Amano (Japanese), Ruben Arvizu (English)
- Canon Foreigner: She only appears in the anime and the video games, but not in the manga itself, however she does appear in development sketches in volume 8 of the manga.
Queen Karuma and her entourage
Tropes applying to all of them
- Canon Foreigner: They (as well as their arc) were all created exclusively for the anime.
Queen Karuma
Voiced by: Yuri Amano (Japanese), Jessica Gee (English), Catalina Músquiz (Latin-American Spanish)
- Big Bad: Of the first anime arc.
- Greater-Scope Villain: Of the manga, she is already long dead by the time the story starts but her influence is still felt through her seeds.
- The Corruption: Her seeds increase human's inner malice and cause horrible mutations on those who are tempted by their power.
Guren
Goura
Voiced by: Shigezo Sasaoka (Japanese), Richard Epcar (English), Miguel Ángel Sanromán (Latin-American Spanish)
Anju
Voiced by: Megumi Ogata (Japanese), Dorothy Elias-Fahn (English), Elena Ramírez (Latin-American Spanish)
Inugami and his entourage
Prince Inugami
Voiced by: Kazuya Ichijou (Japanese, anime), Takehito Koyasu (Japanese, PC-FX game), Steve Staley (English), Enrique Mederos (Latin-American Spanish)
Kagetora
Voiced by: Kouji Tsujitani (Japanese), Richard Cansino (English), Daniel Abundis (Latin-American Spanish)
- Canon Foreigner: Was created exclusively for the anime
Hirumaki
Voiced by: Keiichi Nanba (Japanese), Dan Lorge (English)
- Canon Foreigner: Was created exclusively for the anime
Kabura
Voiced by: Masashi Sugawara (Japanese), Richard Epcar (English)
Kokutei
Others
Ozunu Enno
Voiced by: Katsunosuke Hori (Japanese), Michael Sorich (English), Armando Réndiz (Latin-American Spanish)
The Golden Dragon
Voiced by: Kan Tokumaru (Japanese)
