Main characters
Wang Zhi-Zher / Wang Jhih-Jher (王志哲)
The main protagonist. His nickname is Jher (小哲 Xiao-Zher). He as a fifth-grade elementary school student at the beginning. He is good at running, not good at origami but learns quickly. His hobby is playing video games and often plays with his dad.
He always has a headband on his head, it was later revealed that the headband is actually the Stunning Color Transformation Talisman. Because of this, Kuang Long initially thought Jher was his lost old brother. Although Jher is healthy now, he was once so sick that he had to have a heart transplant as a child. In a car accident, Jher's parents received a mysterious cloth with ancient writings - the Stunning Color Transformation Talisman from Kuang Long's half-brother's biological father, and Jher received Kuang Long's half-brother's heart transplant.
He has a cheerful and optimistic personality. He was depressed and gloomy for a while after his parents disappeared, then he cheered up after learning that there was a chance to find his parents.
Although another sixty or seventy years passed after he left the Earth, due to the different passage of time, he still remains around fourteen or fifteen years old.
His name 志哲 meaning "ambition" and "philosophy", while is also the inverted homonym of 摺紙 (zher-zhi, origami), and combined with his surname 王 (Wang, king), it's homonym of "origami king".
- Origami Fighter species: Legendary animals
- Elemental power (Magic type): Fire
- Fighter's special ability: Instant acceleration
- Spirit: Sky Dragon (天龍) (Dragon spirit) (in original series), Dragon spirit (a new one, in Origami Fighters A)
- Transformation: Red Sky Dragon (紅色天龍) → Violet Sky Dragon (紫色天龍) → Black Sky Dragon (黑色天龍) → Stunning Color Sky Dragon (絕色天龍 [1] ) → Red Sky Dragon (Evolution forme, in Origami Fighters A) → Phantom Color Sky Dragon (幻色天龍) (in Origami Fighters A)
Zeng Li-Lian (曾麗蓮)
Jher's childhood friend. Her nickname is Lian (小蓮 Xiao-Lian), meaning "lotus". She is a gentle and kind girl. As a doctor’s daughter, she is good at treatment.
When she and Jher were young, Jher's mom gave Lian a replica cloth similar to Jher's as a hair accessory due to the whim of both parents.
She can use powerful wood magic of healing, even can save people who are dying. During an underwater battle, the Black Giant Whale, a member of Black League, was accidentally transformed into a beast, causing him to lose control and kill Lian. Later in the Spirit World, Jher resurrected her, but without the Spirit God's consent, she lost her memory about Jher and personality changed to slightly rude and strong, while over time it neutralized with some of her previous personality.
Despite losing the memory about Jher, she still cared more about Jher, which makes Su Dai-Zhi sometime a little jealous. (Jher had the same idea when he saw her intimate interaction with Su Dai-Zhi.)
- Origami Fighter species: Plants (in original series)
- Elemental power (Magic type): Wood
- Fighter's special ability: Cures physical wounds
- Spirit: Lily (莉莉) (Flower spirit) (in original series), Horn Phoenix spirit (in Origami Fighters A)
- Transformation: Yellow Flower Fairy (黃色花仙) → White Flower Fairy (白色花仙) → Stunning Color Flower Fairy (絕色花仙) (armor forme) → Stunning Color Flying Phoenix (絕色飛鳳) (in Origami Fighters X) → Phantom Color Horn Phoenix (幻色犄鳳) (in Origami Fighters A)
Su Dai-Zhi (蘇代止)
Jher and Lian's childhood friend. His nickname is Shudaizi (書呆子, meaning "bookworm", a homonym of Su Dai-Zhi). He is not good at sport but is good at analyzing and organizing information and has a wealth of knowledge. In the beginning, since violet is the lowest level color, he uses origami armor to enhance his abilities.
His mom died when he was a child. Because of his dad's strict with him and persistent attitude towards work, he once hated his dad and soldier. After discovering that his dad had turned into the Experimental Subject monster by Wu Qing, he almost died trying to protect his dad. Fortunately, he was saved by Lian's healing magic.
He has a crush on Lian, but knows that Lian cared more about Jher, so he silently by her side and take care of her parents when she leaves Earth.
- Origami Fighter species: Birds
- Elemental power (Magic type): Wind
- Fighter's special ability: Flight and enables others to fly
- Spirit: Bert (伯特) (Crane spirit)
- Transformation: Violet Crane (紫色靈鶴) → Orange Crane (橙色靈鶴) → Black Crane (黑色靈鶴) → Stunning Color Crane (絕色靈鶴) (armor forme)
Bi Zhi (畢直)
Jher and the others's classmate. His nickname is Pizi (痞子, meaning "ruffian", a homonym of Bi Zhi, while it has a bit of a humorous meaning here). His personality is greedy for petty gains, love money, afraid of trouble, and good at runaway, which his family seems to be like this too. He mainly serves as a gag character. His body looks a bit bloated, but it's actually because he has a lot of stuff stuffed to put on body.
He didn't have transformation origami for most of the first half, but he can summon the Guardian Origami Fada, a giant drivable robot to join the battle. After arriving in the Spirit World, he found the golden Transformation Talisman and transformed into Golden Wandering Dragon. Since the Golden Wandering Dragon has a special ability that can automatically evade any attack, he did not replace it with the Stunning Color system.
At first he thought Yi-Shan was a weird girl, then he began to care about her unconsciously. Finally he married Yi-Shan and had a son Bi Sheng. Due to he transformed into Golden Wandering Dragon, he has the dragon beast human gene, and because of this, even after decades he still looks younger than his actual age (in Origami Fighters A).
- Elemental power (Magic type): Water
- Transformation: Golden Wandering Dragon (金色遊龍)
Kuang Long (狂龍)
Son of the chief of Black League. His personality is stubborn and goes his own way. After knowing that his father hated his mother, which caused his mother to be depressed before her death, he decided to fight against Black League.
He is obsessed with Miss Lyu because he thinks Miss Lyu looks like his mother, because of this, he often bickers with Dakr unilaterally. He once mistakenly thought Jher was his lost old brother and was disappointed when he knew the truth. He often uses origami flying saucer as his transportation.
Even though he rebelled against his father, he still loved him and saw him and Fu-Wan as the only people he cared about, and the others were just taking advantage of him, even though he did share revolutionary feelings with them. He tried to trust his father but eventually broke up with him and was considered a betrayer by his father. After his father was transformed into the Dark Demon Dragon Emperor, he didn't want to hurt him, but in the end he was forced to destroy his soul storage devicethe, causing him to lose his soul.
His name 狂龍 meaning "wild dragon".
- Elemental power (Magic type): Fire
- Transformation: Black Wild Dragon (黑色狂龍)
Dakr Wolf (達克·沃夫)
Dakr is an archaeologist, who accidentally learns of Black League's plans and decides to stop them. He is an old acquaintance with Jher's dad. He has the ability to recover quickly, and when he transformed into beast, his sensory abilities were greatly enhanced. Due to the influence of spirit (beast) cells, he will turn into a werewolf on a full moon night. Later, due to being captured by Black League, he lost his beast cells along with most of the main characters.
Eventually he married Miss Lyu and adopted Kuang Long and Bell.
His name is a transcription of the word "dark".
- Elemental power (Magic type): Electric
- Transformation: Blue Werewolf (藍色狼人) → Green Werewolf (綠色狼人) → Grey Lightning Wolf (閃電灰狼) → Stunning Color Running Wolf (絕色奔狼) (armor forme)
Lyu Mei-Si (呂美斯) / Miss Lyu (呂老師, meaning "Teacher Lyu")
Jher and the others' teacher. She is a person with a sense of justice and care about her students. When she met Dakr for the first time, she had a good impression of him. As the plot develops, they gradually fall in love.
At first she didn't have transformation origami. In an accident, she defeated the Green Off-road Bunny, a member of Black League, with the origami gadget she summoned, so the Rabbit spirit of Green Off-road Bunny was transferred to her. Later she made a contract with the Rabbit spirit and transformed into White Off-road Bunny (Due to the Rabbit spirit defeated the White Hummingbird, it was promoted to the white level).
Eventually she married Dakr and went with him to Antarctica for archeology.
- Elemental power (Magic type): Earth
- Transformation: White Off-road Bunny (白色越野兔) → Black Off-road Bunny (黑色越野兔) → Stunning Color Off-road Bunny (絕色越野兔) (armor forme)
Yi-Shan (宜珊)
A short and round girl. Originally one of Heliu's subordinate in Black League, then she was swallowed by the sealing light ball of the ruins. Later in the Spirit World, in order to resurrect Lian, Jher accidentally resurrected her too, who lost her memory, so she joined them. She liked Pizi and fell in love with him at first sight. She was also the only person who could understand Pizi.
When everyone was captured by Black League, she was forcibly transformed into a plant beast. After that, she turned into a tree and lived in the Spirit World. A year later, due to unknown reasons (Maybe it's because Pizi kept talking to her during this year), she transformed into a human again from the fruit of this tree and retain her personality and memory (but lost her origami). She becomes a beast human whose body is made of plant cells and can turn her hands and feet into vines.
Finally she married Pizi and had a son Bi Sheng. Due to her beast human gene, she has become long-lived and looks younger than her actual age (in Origami Fighters A).
- Elemental power (Magic type): Wood
- Transformation: Yellow Sunflower (黃色向日葵) → Orange Sunflower (橙色向日葵) → Red Sunflower (紅色向日葵) → Plant beast human
Bell (貝兒)
Bell is a young girl who as a new one after Bellter resurrected and no original memory. She considered Dakr and Miss Lyu her parents because they were the first people she saw after her resurrection. She could have been resurrected to her original age, but because the resurrection flame was extinguished (because it burned Dakr), she was only resurrected to the age of a young girl.
She has a crush on Jher, and sometimes gets a little jealous of each other with Lian. When she grew up, she became a jewelry merchant.
- Elemental power (Magic type): Wind
- Transformation: Silver Breaking-sky Phoenix (破空銀鳳) → Stunning Color Wonder Phoenix (絕色神鳳) (armor forme)
Others
Wang Dong-Dian (王動殿) / Dr. Wang (王博士)
Jher's dad. He is a doctor about computer engineering. His hobby is playing video games, and also design games.
After entering the Spirit World, he was possessed by the Spirit Demon and transformed into Silver Battle Mouse.
His name 王動殿 is the inverted homonym of 電動王 (dian dong wang, video game king).
Silver Battle Mouse's look is based on Top Sky Mouse (通天鼠 Tong Tian Shu), a character from Jhou Sian-Zong's the other comic "The Legend of the Beast King" (獸王傳說).
- Transformation: Silver Battle Mouse (銀色戰鼠 [2] )
Li Mei-Yu (李美玉)
Jher's mom. A housewife with a fiery temper, and as known as "Fiery Pepper". Despite this, she also has a tender and loving side to Jher.
After entering the Spirit World, because Silver Battle Mouse threatened her with Jher's dad's personal safety, she had no choice but to join Black League and transformed into Violet Cloud Owl. In order to prevent Jher from intervening, she used her special skill to take away Jher's red level and turn him into violet level.
- Transformation: Violet Cloud Owl (紫色雲梟) → Red Cloud Owl (紅色雲梟)
Wu Qing (吳擎)
The captain of Police Tactical Unit, later the commander in chief of United Earth Forces / Asia Division. He is a character who is both good and evil.
His name 吳擎 is a homonym of 無情 (wu-qing, ruthless).
- Transformation: Silver Fighting Snake (銀色鬥蛇)
Su Bu-Qi (蘇步棋)
Su Dai-Zhi's dad who as a general. He was strict with Su Dai-Zhi but actually loved him. He was so dedicated to his work that he didn't get to see his wife for the last time. He sacrificed himself to help Jher and the others escape from Wu Qing, but didn't actually die. He was transformed by Wu Qing into the Experimental Subject, a genetic monster with spirit cells.
His name 蘇步棋 is a homonym of 輸不起 (shu bu qi, can't afford to lose), and 步棋 means that his status as a soldier and acts as a chess piece.
