We will be doing a mini-series of  Lucky Star stuff. Like research of who the characters and the voice actors are for the show as well as any other important information we might find about them. We will be using Wikipedia for basic research and later on we will move to other sources. Today, we will be focusing on the characters and who they are.

From left to right: Tsukasa Hiiragi, Patricia Martin, Ayano Minegishi, Konata Izumi, Yutaka Kobayakawa, Minami Iwasaki, Kagami Hiiragi, Misao Kusakabe, Hiyori Tamura,Miyuki Takara

Main Characters:

Konata Izumi

Konata Izumi (泉 こなた Izumi Konata^?) is, more by default than anything else, the “leader” and the shortest of the main characters. Nicknamed “Kona-chan” (こなちゃん^?) by Tsukasa, she is an eccentric but friendly and outgoing girl, with a mischievous yet good-natured sense of humor. (Wikipedia : Konata Izumi) Continue reading about Konata Izumi here: Konata Izumi

Kagami Hiiragi

Kagami Hiiragi (柊 かがみ Hiiragi Kagami^?) is the older fraternal twin sister of Tsukasa Hiiragi. In school, her grades are excellent, as she studies very hard,^[11] and she was elected class president in her first year.  (Wikipedia: Kagami Hiiragi) We will talk more about her and her sister on a later post.

Tsukasa Hiiragi

Tsukasa Hiiragi (柊 つかさ Hiiragi Tsukasa^?) is the younger fraternal twin sister of Kagami Hiiragi and lives in a six-member family household.^[14] She is in the same class as Konata Izumi. She isn’t good at studying or at sports, but excels in cooking. (Wikipedia: Tsukasa Hiiragi) We will say more about her in another post along with her sister.

Miyuki Takara

Miyuki Takara (高良 みゆき Takara Miyuki^?) is a young lady from a wealthy family who is beautiful, smart, and well-mannered. She always uses extremely polite Japanese, even when talking with her closest friends. She was the class president for her grade level in her first year,^[16] at the same time that she became good friends with Kagami. Now Miyuki is in the same class as Konata and Tsukasa, and is nicknamed “Yuki-chan” (ゆきちゃん^?) by Tsukasa. (Wikipedia: Miyuki Takara) We will go more into detail about her later on.

Supporting Characters (Schoolmates)

Yutaka Kobayakawa

Yutaka Kobayakawa (小早川 ゆたか Kobayakawa Yutaka^?) is Konata‘s cousin and Yui‘s younger sister.^[20] She first appeared in episode fourteen in the anime when she was admitted into Ryōō High School and moves to live with Konata to help with the commute. She has been known to be quite sickly which has impacted her school life,^[22] but she remains cheerful nonetheless. She befriends Minami Iwasaki,^[23] Hiyori Tamura^[24] and Patricia Martin at school.^{[1] (Wikipedia: Yutaka Kobayakawa)}

Minami Iwasaki

Minami Iwasaki (岩崎 みなみ Iwasaki Minami^?) comes from a wealthy family, and she lives across the street from Miyuki Takara.^[25] She owns a very large white dog and has a parasol in her yard.^[16] Her hobbies include reading books, playing the piano, and playing with her dog, Cherry. A very quiet girl (usually speaking in as few words as possible) who does not show much emotion, Minami is often mistaken for being cold, but she is very kind at heart.^[16] However, many jokes arise when her seemingly “perfect and sleek” appearance is contradicted, such as when Miyuki’s mother notices Minami teaching Cherry how to stand on his hind legs by mimicking the position herself; Minami often blushes heavily and stares at the floor in response to such teasing. Like Konata, Minami has a flat chest as well, but she is ashamed of it. She was admitted to Ryōō Gakuen High School, along with Yutaka Kobayakawa, whom she met during the admissions exam; afterwards, she helped Yutaka go to the nurse’s office when she became sick. Once there, she gave Yutaka her handkerchief, which started their friendship.^[10] She and Yutaka are in the same class, and Minami is the class health officer.^[16] She’s the ‘mysterious’ and ‘emotionless’ one out of the group according to her friends.

Minami has short, mint-green hair and her eyes are slightly slanted upward, giving them a ‘sharp’ appearance similar to that of Kagami’s. She is very slender and quite tall for her age.^[1] Due to her short hair and lean body structure, Minami has a tendency to look more androgynous than the other Lucky Star characters (a reason that Hiyori Tamura often pairs her and Yutaka as yuri models). She gets along with Miyuki, since they have similar tastes and are from the same neighborhood; Minami has often been compared to being Miyuki’s “little sister” due to Minami’s clingy attraction to her neighbor from when they were younger. (Wikipedia: Minami Iwasaki)

Patricia Martin

Patricia Martin (パトリシア・マーティン Patorishia Mātin^?), nicknamed “Patty” (パティ Patti^?), is a first-year transfer student from the United States. She is in the same class as Yutaka Kobayakawa and Minami Iwasaki. Patricia loves anime and manga and has learned all her Japanese through them,^[26] leading to her having a very unusual Japanese vocabulary. She tends to make quite a few generalizations of Japan and Japanese culture based on otaku culture, even more so than her senior, Konata Izumi. She claims to enjoy a wide range of Japanese music, however the only artists she listens to are those who have performed anime theme songs, and only those songs alone. She is extremely energetic and lively. Aside from Miyuki Takara, she has the second biggest chest size, which she is often ashamed about. Patricia works with Konata at the same cosplay café.^{[1] (Wikipedia : Patricia Martin)}

Hiyori Tamura

Hiyori Tamura (田村 ひより Tamura Hiyori^?) is an amateur dōjin artist, who is also the first-year classmate of Yutaka Kobayakawa and Minami Iwasaki. Additionally, she is an otaku who creates her own dōjinshi; her genres are broad, stretching from boys love to yuri.^[27] Hiyori is always searching for a good plot to use in her dōjinshi, and tends to imagine Yutaka and Minami in romantic moments, only to grow embarrassed over the idea and break into an emotional outburst, which leaves Yutaka and Minami clueless. Even if she has a moment of enlightenment, she fails to jot down notes about it, which causes her to forget what her great idea was about. Called “Hiyorin” (ひよりん^?) by Konata and Kō (also Konata called “Hiyo-hiyo”(ひよひよ^?) and Kō called “Hiyori”), she tends to be a kind person, but has unfortunate luck. Hiyori has a friendly personality, but is prone to becoming bashful, leading to simple mistakes during a decisive moment. Throughout the series it is implied that Hiyori has a hard time with animals. This is often portrayed by her interactions with Minami’s dog, Cherry. For example, in the OVA, Cherry beats Hiyori with its paws and frightens her. Hiyori has long black hair, a wide forehead, and is a meganekko. She is a member of the Animation Research Club, and is Kō’s junior. (Wikipedia : Hyori Tamura)

Ayano Minegishi

Ayano Minegishi (峰岸 あやの Minegishi Ayano^?) is Kagami Hiiragi’s classmate and has been in the same class with Kagami for the past five years, since middle school;^[16] she is a childhood friend of Misao. She is passive and likes to take care of people, hence she is portrayed as a character that looks after Misao.^[28] However, according to Misao, when Ayano does get angry, she is much more intimidating. Ayano holds back her long orange hair with a headband, but since her front hair is pulled back, she is looked at as having a large forehead. Also, she can make excellent cookies. She is the only Lucky Star girl who has a boyfriend (her boyfriend is actually Misao’s elder brother, according to volume 7). At one point, Kagami compared Ayano and Misao to Tsukasa and Konata respectively, saying that she apparently tends to attract the same kinds of friends.^[1] She worries much with Tsukasa.

Misao Kusakabe

Misao Kusakabe (日下部 みさお Kusakabe Misao^?) is a childhood friend of Ayano since middle school, along with Kagami, her fellow classmate.^[16] Misao tends to be quite lazy, simple-minded and an outdoor type of person. She is in the track and field club, hates studying,^[1] and harbors a love for video games, despite not being particularly talented at them. She has tanned skin, dark hair slightly slanted eyes, and a small fang in the side of her mouth.^[29]

Misao does not seem to be skilled at playing video games, yet plays them for purely for fun; she notes on having borrowed many games from various people. In fact, her concept of “play for fun” is so strong that she does not mind losing to Kagami, instead marveling at how well her friend plays and making a loud, congratulatory spectacle. This leaves Kagami with a sense of guilt and bewilderment. At one point, Kagami compared Ayano and Misao to Tsukasa and Konata respectively, saying that she apparently tends to attract the same kinds of friends.^[1]Misao dislikes Konata for “stealing” Kagami away from her group, and often rants about Kagami leaving her group for Konata who she knew for only one to two years. She calls Konata by the name “Chibikko” (ちびっ子^?) which is literally used as an equivalent for “midget” and can be literally translated to “a very tiny child”, and she is nicknamed “Misakichi” (みさきち^?) by Konata in Manga.

Source: Wikipedia Lucky Star Characters.