Beck

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Characters
  • Tsunemi Chiba (千葉 恒美)

    Chiba Tsunemi

    Main

    Main vocalist for BECK, he is the key member that Ryusuke needed to bring Taira into the band. His attitude, style, and appearance was based on Zack De La Rocha from Rage Against The Machine and compared to Koyuki, his voice is more punk and rock oriented...

  • Ryuusuke Minami (南 竜介)

    Minami Ryuusuke

    Main

    A Japanese character with a long history in America. He speaks fluent English and frequently uses both Japanese and English in his conversations. He lives alone in a shack by the fishing pond. His skills and taste in music inspire Koyuki to take up the gu...

  • Maho Minami (南 真帆)

    Minami Maho

    Main

    Maho is Ryuusukes half-sister. Free-spirited and bold, she was raised in America and speaks fluent English. Although she appears confident and sometimes brash, she is actually quite sensitive. She is a talented singer, although she actually has aspiration...

  • Yuuji Sakurai (桜井 裕志)

    Sakurai Yuuji

    Main

    The fourth member to join. He was Koyukis first good friend, sticking with him even when the school bully and his gang beat him up for breaking the silent treatment on Koyuki. He is the drummer, inspired by his brother, and replaces the original drummer o...

  • Yoshiyuki Taira (平 義行)

    Taira Yoshiyuki

    Main

    The first recruited member of BECK, Taira is the bassist, and the most talented band member next to Ryusuke. He plays a Music Man StingRay bass. His attitude may sometimes come off as uncaring. He has been seen working as a traffic officer. As the story p...

  • Yukio Tanaka (田中 幸雄)

    Tanaka Yukio

    Main

    The main character. The series follows his rapid development from living an average life to becoming an outstanding guitarist. Being a weak individual lacking an authoritative presence, he cannot help but let others push him around, a possible metaphoric ...

  • Masaru Hyodou

    Hyodou Masaru

    Supporting

    Masaru Hyodo is the chief instigator in a group who bully Koyuki during his middle school days. Hyodo is also a "technically" accomplished guitarist, but as Rysuke points out, doesn't have any real feeling or passion behind his playing. Hyodo's fat...

  • Izumi Ishiguro (石黒 泉)

    Ishiguro Izumi

    Supporting

    Koyuki's childhood friend, he eventually was left to choose between her and Maho, though by the time he reached his decision, the two girls also reached one of their own, luckily a similar conclusion....

  • Kayo

    Kayo

    Supporting

    No biography written....

  • Eiji Kimura

    Kimura Eiji

    Supporting

    Originally in Ryusuke's first band, Serial Mama, he turned into his rival, and his new band, Belle Ame, formed as BECK's competition was mainly succeeding through appeal for the band member's looks and not sound. Getting all the big breaks, Belle Ame seem...

  • Rikiya Kitazawa (北沢力也)

    Kitazawa Rikiya

    Supporting

    Rikiya Kitawaza is a thug attending Koyuki's middle school and a childhood friend of Hyodo....

  • Sayaka Kobayashi

    Kobayashi Sayaka

    Supporting

    No biography written....

  • Eddie Lee (エディ・リー)

    Lee Eddie

    Supporting

    Lead guitarist of Dying Breed, he was Ryusuke's close (and only) friend. It is while they are growing up (and carjacking) that Eddie helped him find Beck (the seemingly patchwork dog) and Lucille. He seems to resemble Kurt Cobain from Nirvana, he can be a...

  • Hiromi Masuoka

    Masuoka Hiromi

    Supporting

    Hiromi Masuoka is a student at the Ichieda Gakuen Private High School attended by Koyuki, Saku, and Chiba. She also worked for a period in a doughnut shop next to Koyukis, the Seiryuu restaurant. She is a friend of Koyuki and Saku....

  • Manabu Miyazawa

    Miyazawa Manabu

    Supporting

    Manabu Miyazawa is the vocalist for Eiji's group Belle Ame. Before joining Belle Ame, he was in a band called Cloud....

  • Yoshito Morozumi (ヨシト)

    Morozumi Yoshito

    Supporting

    Yoshito Morozumi is a school friend of Maho and a budding actor and model. He competes with Koyuki for Maho's affections, often subjecting him to ridicule. He later joins Belle Ame on stage at Greatful Sound....

  • Momoko Ogasawara

    Ogasawara Momoko

    Supporting

    Koyuki's music teacher at school, she gets to know Saitou through Koyuki and they start to develop a relationship through the series....

  • Ran

    Ran

    Supporting

    No biography written....

  • Matt Reed

    Reed Matt

    Supporting

    Lead singer for Becks American band "Dying Breed". Known as rocks craziest guy.After letting Koyuki sing with them at the stage he became a fan of him and tries to push Koyuki to the top....

  • Shane Reed (シェーン・リード)

    Reed Shane

    Supporting

    She is the sister of Matt Reed that Eddie Lee had been hinted to have dated for a while in the past. She is also the reason that Matt met Eddie leading to the formation of Dying Breed.She is revealed to have been hit by a car leaving her unable to walk ag...

  • Kenichi Saitou (斉藤研一)

    Saitou Kenichi

    Supporting

    Koyukis guitar and swimming teacher, Saitou once swam in the Olympics but was unable to achieve his dream of winning so has turned his life to teaching others how to swim better. Saitou is loud and demanding in public, and especially strict when it comes ...

  • Kazuo Satou

    Satou Kazuo

    Supporting

    The lady who first gets Beck into Greatful Sound (chapter 23, page 10) (with some "help" from Leon Sykes" (chapter 24)) she is also the woman who gets the band into contact with their first label, the indie label "Lust For Life" (Beck: Mongolian chop Squa...

  • Leon Sykes (レオン・サイクス)

    Sykes Leon

    Supporting

    Leon Sykes is a world-famous record producer from The United States, as well as a prominent figure in the criminal underground of the music industry. He is the primary antagonist in the manga and anime series.He encounters Ryusuke Minami several times, us...

  • Jim Walsh

    Walsh Jim

    Supporting

    No biography written....