Hiiragi Family

Tadao Hiiragi (柊 ただお Hiiragi Tadao^?)

Voiced by: Tōru Furusawa , Richard Epcar (English) Tadao is the father of the Hiiragi family and has short black hair. He works as the priest of the Takanomiya Shrine (Washinomiya Shrine). As a parent, he often makes sure that his daughters are doing their school work,^[3] and checks on their progress.^[7] He is the only one in the Hiiragi family who is right-handed.

Miki Hiiragi (柊 みき Hiiragi Miki^?)Voiced by: Kikuko Inoue , Peggy O'Neal (English)
Miki has long blue violet hair and is the mother of the Hiiragi family. She is able to maintain a trim, young-and-beautiful appearance, despite having given birth to four daughters.

Inori Hiiragi (柊 いのり Hiiragi Inori^?)Voiced by: Nozomi Masu , Bridget Hoffman (English)
Inori has short dark plum-purple hair and is the eldest sister of the Hiiragi sisters. She is a miko at the Takanomiya Shrine.^[3][32]

Matsuri Hiiragi (柊 まつり Hiiragi Matsuri^?)Voiced by: Satomi Akesaka (Anime), Dorothy Elias-Fahn (English)
Matsuri has short light brown hair and is the second eldest sister of the Hiiragi sisters, after Inori Hiiragi. She is a college student^[3] and a miko at the Takanomiya Shrine.^[32] She tends to be less dependable than Inori when helping their younger twin sisters with school work

Konata Izumi Familiy

Sōjirō Izumi (泉 そうじろう Izumi Sōjirō^?)

Voiced by: Hirokazu Hiramatsu , Tony Oliver (English)

Sōjirō is Konata Izumi's father, an author who works at home.^[7] He always wears loose, traditional Japanese clothing as his work clothes. He loves watching anime and playing video games,^[6] which influenced his daughter's interests. Sōjirō is "also a lolicon". This appreciation for neoteny may be one factor that caused him to fall in love with Kanata, whom he eventually married. He describes that he likes girls as some men do, but that he also appreciates younger ones. This means that this attraction is equal or possibly secondary, meaning he does not have a preference for them, so despite being a 'lolicon' (person with a lolita complex) he would not be a pedophile. Throughout the show news reports and conversations indicate that young girls in the area are being approached by a strange man, and a running joke in the show involves hints that Sōjirō is in fact the one doing it. The best example of this is the opening, part of which involves Sōjirō spying on two schoolgirls from behind a lamppost.

Sōjirō is very thin, and has unshaven facial hair, he has a mole under his left eye which his daughter inherited and has thick eyebrows. Additionally, he is allergic to pollen and when he decided to wear goggles and masks as protection from it, Konata sighed that, "Now you look weirder as well".^[16] She also frequently reminds him, "Please don't do anything as to be taken away by the cops".^[16] Also, he often forgets to lock the door when he is using the toilet, which leaves Yutaka in tremendous shock.^[10]

Sōjirō holds a deep love for his wife, Kanata Izumi, who died many years before. When Konata asks why Kanata chose to be with Sōjirō (largely as a joke at his erotic personality's expense), Sōjirō points out that he and his wife simply looked past outwards appearances: Kanata loved Sōjirō despite his otaku tendencies, and Sōjirō obviously did not mind that Kanata had an unusual physique and did not share his hobbies. He also says that one of the few things in life he was and still is absolutely confident in is that no one in the world loved Kanata more than he did.

Kanata Izumi (泉 かなた Izumi Kanata^?)

Voiced by: Sumi Shimamoto , Rebecca Forstadt (English, credited as Rebecca Olkowski)

Kanata was Konata Izumi's mother, who was also very short and bore a striking resemblance to Konata (minus Konata's ahoge, the catlike smile and the beauty mark under her left eye).^[7] She is described by Konata and Sōjirō Izumi as having a personality straight out of a bishōjo game. She died when Konata was an infant of unspecified causes and her only appearances in the manga are through a single photograph and through Sōjirō's memory. Since she was Sōjirō's childhood friend, Konata has wondered if that was one of the main reasons why her mother married Sōjirō. In the animated version and in the omake for volume six of the manga, Kanata returns to the Izumi residence as a spirit, and walks in on a conversation both Konata and Sōjirō were having about her. She is touched by Sōjirō's kind words that he was the only one who truly loved her as much as he did (she later realized that she too, loved him deeply), and even took a picture with him and Konata together. However, when Sōjirō and Konata look at the photo image in the camera, they are spooked at what appears to be a shadow standing behind them. Konata wants to delete the image, while Sōjirō wants to burn it, thinking that the family will end up cursed if they let it be, but Kanata pleads with them not to delete the picture to no avail, as no one can see or hear her

Yui Narumi (成実 ゆい Narumi Yui^?)
Voiced by: Chiwa Saito , Saori Nishihara , Julie Ann Taylor (English)
Yui is Konata Izumi's cousin and Yutaka Kobayakawa's older sister. She is a very easy going female police officer for the Saitama Prefectural Police Department who acts before thinking. She is a bit of a klutz and is a meganekko. However, she has a tendency to exhibit road rage when she is behind the wheel (but, incidentally, shows incredible skill, as a street racer, much in the same vein of Initial D's Takumi Fujiwara).^[9] Yui has a well-rounded face, a large forehead, a catlike smile similar to Konata's and straight, short hair. She isn't into fashion that much, and after getting married, Yui left behind her maiden name, Kobayakawa. However, her husband is out of town most of the time during the series, so she frequently visits Konata's house, mainly as a distraction, seeking to play her video games and read her manga. Usually, Yui will come over to Konata's home very late at night while drunk. A running gag in the series is that Nanako Kuroi is oblivious to the fact that Yui is married. She drives a blue Subaru Vivio in the anime.

Kiyotaka Narumi (成実 きよたか Narumi Kiyotaka^?)
Voiced by: Nobuyuki Kobushi
Kiyotaka is Yui Narumi's husband and Konata Izumi's cousin, by family. He is currently away and his only appearances throughout the series was through a phone conversation with his wife. His name, the fact that he is away working, and the fact that Yui is a cop could be a Spiral: Suiri no Kizuna homage since in Spiral, the main's character's older brother shares the same name and left his wife for work

About Lucky Star Character

Konata Izumi (泉 こなた Izumi Konata^?)

Voiced by: Ryo Hirohashi (Old Drama CD, NDS Video Game), Aya Hirano (Anime, PS2 Video Game), Wendee Lee (English)

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. She can be smart, but she hates studying,^[1] thus her grades are a bit uneasy.^[2] However, she is an expert at pulling "all-nighters".^[3] In contrast to her studying habits, she loves video games,^[4] to the extent that she can compete against Kagami Hiiragi on trivia-based games.^[5] In addition, she loves anime, which is also due to her father, Sōjirō Izumi's influence,^[6] along with the games. Her father buys adult games for himself, so she is able to play and enjoy them.^[7] In fact, when she became eighteen, Konata was overjoyed, since she could now go buy and play adult games legally. In the anime, Konata constantly refers to or parodies several popular games, anime, and manga (much to the annoyance of Kagami). Both of her voice actresses for the animated version, Aya Hirano for the Japanese version and Wendee Lee for the English version, are in fact the same people who voiced Haruhi Suzumiya in The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya anime; other voice actors from the same series make guest appearances during the course of Lucky Star.

In order to fund her interests, Konata had a part-time job at a cosplay cafe in Akihabara.^[1][3] In online gaming, she played a male fighter type character, that gets married to a female fighting character that is actually a guy.^[8] She often plays late into the night, hence why she tends to fall asleep in class, which makes her a frequent victim to her homeroom teacher, Nanako Kuroi.^[6] Ironically, Ms. Kuroi was also part of Konata's team in the same game.^[8] Konata rarely eats a "normal" Japanese lunch, as she frequently eats only a chocolate cornet.

Kagami Hiiragi (柊 かがみ Hiiragi Kagami)

Voiced by: Ami Koshimizu , Emiri Katō, Kari Wahlgren (English)

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. She is in a different class than Konata Izumi and Tsukasa, but she frequently comes to their class during lunch time to eat with them. Additionally, Kagami chose the humanities stream in her second year, so that she could be with her friends,^[12] but she was the only one separated into a different classroom; the same occurred in her third year. Kagami, occasionally referred to as "Kagamin" (かがみん^?) by Konata, is a bit egotistical, and not as good a cook as Tsukasa.^[12] Konata loves to irritate her, and their arguments act as one of the main factors of comic relief throughout the series. Kagami is usually annoyed by Konata's constant references to her otaku interests, but usually has an idea on what she is saying.

Kagami's physique is average. However, she is usually concerned about her weight, counting every kilogram she gains or loses. Kagami likes to eat sweet food and she is often seen eating sweet food at night, such as chocolate Pocky sticks. Despite her concern about her weight, she has no willpower controlling her eating habit, resulting in an "eat now, fret later" attitude.^[6] She has long, purple hair with a ribbon tied into bunches,^[13] and unlike Tsukasa, has sharp eyes. Kagami is the quintessential "tsundere";^[13] she on one side can be the straight and intolerant type however, she is prone to become shy and lonely at times. Kagami is constantly attempting to hide the fact that she has a deep sense of attachment to her friends, especially Konata.^[13] She also seems to take a twisted delight in mocking Konata's smaller-than-average physique, her lack of motivation and her tendency to be a troublemaker, which usually results in Konata becoming very defensive. In spite of all this, she really does care about Konata, and is almost always willing to go places or do favors for her.

Tsukasa Hiiragi (柊 つかさ Hiiragi Tsukasa)

Voiced by: Mai Nakahara , Kaori Fukuhara , Michelle Ruff (English)

Tsukasa is the younger fraternal twin sister of Kagami Hiiragi and lives in a six-member family household as the youngest member.^[14] She is in the same class as Konata Izumi. She isn't good at studying or at sports, but excels in cooking. Tsukasa often depends on Kagami for help on her homework, like Konata, but their reasons are different: Tsukasa easily forgets her assignments, while Konata is just too lazy or preoccupied with her hobbies to do them herself.^[3] Unlike some of the other characters in the series, Tsukasa has not shown any particular interests in video games and anime, but she does like the Sgt. Frog series.^[12]

Tsukasa's physique is a little smaller than average. She has short, purple hair with a ribbon like a head band in it. Her eyes are droopy and she is portrayed as a stereotypical klutz. Tsukasa once received a mobile phone for her birthday, but didn't have much luck with it, as the phone was taken away by using it in class and later mistakenly ruined by putting it in the laundry, along with her skirt.^[12] Once, she left instant yakisoba alone after pouring hot water in it, only to come back later discovering there was no water left to drain.^[15] Unlike most of the cast of Lucky Star, Tsukasa is a heavy sleeper, and cannot wake up at a set time, even when someone is present to do so.^[3] Like her sister, Tsukasa is left-handed.

Miyuki Takara (高良 みゆき Takara Miyuki)

Voiced by: Erina Nakayama , Aya Endō , Karen Strassman (English)

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. Miyuki's classmates often rely on her for help with their studies, and she is often shown giving impromptu but highly-detailed, encyclopedic definitions or explanations on diverse and obscure matters, prompting Konata to once call her "Miwiki".^[16] She is shown being one of the top three best students in her grade for the semester.^[17][18]

She is described as a stereotypically friendly meganekko, or glasses-wearing girl and is the tallest of the girls. She is scared of contacts, and of putting them in her eyes, thus why she wears glasses.^[18] Her vision is less than 0.1 (20/200), though it had been good until elementary school, when she began reading books in the dark after her mother dozed off while reading to her in bed.^[1] She likes to read books, but does not read light novels. Miyuki loves to sleep, and she always goes to bed fairly early.^[16] She hates visits to the dentist,^[3] but frequently has to go to fix a loose crown or because of tooth decay. Due to her embodying such a large number of moe archetypes, Miyuki is the frequent-victim of Konata's playful bouts of verbal sexual-harassment.^[19] She is seen less often than the other three main characters.