In most shonen anime stories, the creators invent all the characters. But as we shall see in this character guide, the main Spy x Family characters forge their own identities within the anime itself.

Let’s look at what happens when a spy, an assassin, and a mind reader create a family.

Table of Contents

Yor, Anya, and Loid - Spy x Family on Crunchyroll, Tatsuya Endo/Shueisha, SPY x FAMILY Project

The Forger Family

  1. Loid Forger/ Twilight
  2. Anya Forger
  3. Yor Forger
  4. Bond

Secondary Spy x Family characters

  1. Henry Henderson
  2. Franky Franklin
  3. Damian Desmond
  4. Becky Blackbell

Voice Actors

  1. Takuya Eguchi (Loid)
  2. Atsumi Tanezaki (Anya)
  3. Saori Hayami (Yor)
  4. Kenichiro Matsuda (Narrator and Bond)
  5. Kazuhiro Yamaji (Henry Henderson)

Main Spy x Family Characters: The Forger Family

Loid Forger

Loid Forger with Anya, Spy x Family on Crunchyroll, Tatsuya Endo/Shueisha, SPY x FAMILY Project

Loid Forger (a.k.a. Twilight) is, in many ways, the perfect spy.

When he’s on an undercover mission, he is alert, attentive to details, and seems to have a photographic memory. He can make the perfect disguise. He has combat skills and marksmanship.

And yet, at the beginning of the story, he seems a bit out of his element when he has to create a fake family as cover for an important mission.

Of course, part of the fun of Spy x Family is watching “Loid Forger” slowly get into his new role as husband and father.

He’s still Twilight the master spy. But, as the series progresses, he shows that he truly cares for Yor and Anya — not just as citizens who have to be protected, but as a wife and adopted daughter.

Anya knows her father is a spy; Yor doesn’t.

Anya Forger

Her adoptive father may be the primary driving force behind Spy x Family, but Anya is the heart and soul of the Forger family and the series as a whole.

Her big secret is that she’s a telepath. As a result, she knows about both Loid’s and Yor’s secret lives. Initially, she’s willing to keep these secrets because she’s a spy fiction fan and life is more exciting this way. But she’s also a devoted and loving daughter.

Anya is the cutest thing currently in shonen anime. But after all, she is only six. She talks in a funny/ cute little kid way (mostly malaprops and mispronunciation). As a former orphan with a really bad childhood, she has limited social skills — her attempt at smiling looks more smug than anything.

As a telepath, she’s aware that she plays an important part in her father’s spy mission, and she’s determined to succeed. In essence, she has to be an excellent student at her prestigious school, and/ or she has to make friends with Damian Desmond.

Her mind reading is problematic — she can tell when somebody is lying, worried, or scared, and that visibly bothers her. But overall, she’s a happy, energetic little weirdo.

Her trademark favorite food is peanuts.

Yor Forger

Yor Forger - Spy x Family on Crunchyroll, Tatsuya Endo/Shueisha, SPY x FAMILY Project

Yor Forger is Anya’s adoptive mother. She’s also an assassin. Loid apparently doesn’t know — although he’s had his suspicions, especially when it’s revealed that Yor’s brother Yuri Briar is in the secret police.

So far in the Spy x Family anime, Yor has gotten the least focus of the Forgers. The series has paid much more attention to Loid’s spy work, or on Anya trying to do her best at school. This has placed Yor into the stereotypical “supportive wife and mother” role — a role that her training didn’t prepare her for.

As an assassin, she has all of the skills that you would expect from a trained killer. She’s good with knives, physically strong and agile, and she teaches Anya some (overpowered) self-defense. Unfortunately, she’s not good at hiding these skills.

In public, she comes across as naïve and a bit awkward. She’s also a horrible cook.

Bond

Anya rides Bond, Spy x Family on Crunchyroll, Tatsuya Endo/Shueisha, SPY x FAMILY Project

Bond is the Forger family’s large, white dog. (According to most sources, he’s a Great Pyrenees.)

When he’s first introduced at the beginning of the second cour, he belongs to a terrorist organization. After the Forgers help foil a terrorist plot, he ends up as their pet.

Like the rest of the Forger family, Bond has a secret — he has precognition of the future. Anya is the only one who can understand his visions, thanks to her telepathy.  He’s also large enough for Anya to ride on.

Side Spy x Family Characters

Henry Henderson

Henry Henderson, Spy x Family on Crunchyroll, Tatsuya Endo/Shueisha, SPY x FAMILY Project

Henderson is a harsh and serious teacher at Eden Academy. Although he’s tough, he’s fair and not mean. He has high expectations for his students. He’s obsessed with elegance, although it’s not clear just what qualifies as “elegant.” He’s often impressed with the Forgers.

Franky Franklin

Franky Franklin, Spy x Family on Crunchyroll, Tatsuya Endo/Shueisha, SPY x FAMILY Project

Franky Franklin (or “Scruffy” to Anya) is an informant and close ally of Twilight’s. He’s an important source of information, whether it’s helping Anya enter Eden Academy or helping Twilight find a wife.

“Scruffy” is also a good source of comic relief, such as his “villain” role in Mission 5; or when he fails at romance in Mission 16.

Damian Desmond

Damian Desmond, Spy x Family on Crunchyroll, Tatsuya Endo/Shueisha, SPY x FAMILY Project

Damian Desmond is one of Anya’s classmates at Eden Academy. He’s also the second son of the VIP who is Twilight’s mission target. Somehow, Anya has to become friends with this rich jerk.

As it happens, Damian has an excuse for his snobbish, arrogant attitude. As the second son, he’s ignored at home.

Becky Blackbell

Anya and Becky, Spy x Family on Crunchyroll, Tatsuya Endo/Shueisha, SPY x FAMILY Project

Becky is Anya’s best friend at Eden Academy. As the daughter of a CEO, she shows some spoiled rich girl traits. But when Anya gets bullied, Becky tries to protect her.

She also misinterprets Anya’s friendship “mission” as a crush on Damian.

Main Spy x Family Character Voice Actors

Takuya Eguchi

Takuya EguchiTakuya Eguchi voices Loid Forger. Other roles include:

  • Domas in Ranking of Kings
  • Soei in That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime
  • Hachiman Hikigaya in My Youth Romantic Comedy is Wrong, As I Expected

He won Best New Actor at the 2012 Seiyu Awards, and Best Voice Actor at the Newtype Anime Awards 2015.

Atsumi Tanezaki

Atsumi Tanezaki

Atsumi Tanezaki is the voice of Anya Forger. Other roles include:

  • Sajuna Inui in My Dress-Up Darling
  • Miu Amano in Blend S
  • Dai in Dragon Quest: The Adventure of Dai
  • Arisa Uotani in Fruits Basket (2019)

 

 

Saori Hayami

Saori Hayami

Saori Hayami plays Yor Forger. Other roles include:

  • Shinobu Kocho in Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba
  • Himawari Uzumaki in Boruto
  • Aoyama Blue Mountain in Is the Order a Rabbit?
  • Tsuki Uzaki in Uzaki-chan Wants to Hang Out!

She won Best Supporting Actress at the 2016 Seiyu Awards.

As a singer, she put out several singles, and a couple of studio albums. Live Love Laugh reached #6 on Billboard Japan Top Album Sales in 2016.

Kenichiro Matsuda

Kenichiro Matsuda

Kenichiro Matsuda is the narrator for Spy x Family. He also provides Bond’s barking. Other roles include:

  • Bloodman in Fairy Tail
  • Ryuji Tsuge in The Prince of Tennnis

 

 

 

Kazuhiro Yamaji

Kazuhiro Yamaji

Kazuhiro Yamaji provides the voice for Henry Henderson. He has also played:

  • Kenny Ackerman in Attack on Titan
  • Silver Fang in One-Punch Man

Yamaji is affiliated with the Seinenza Theater Company in Shibuya, Tokyo. He performed Polonius in a 2012 production of Hamlet; and Don José in a 1991 production of Carmen, among other roles. Yamaji has appeared in numerous live-action television dramas and movies, including the tokusatsu Kamen Rider Blade.

He is married to voice actor Romi Park (Edward Elric in Fullmetal Alchemist, etc.).

About Spy x Family

Spy x Family PV shown on Crunchyroll Collection channel on YouTube

Spy x Family started in 2019 with a Shonen Jump manga by Tatsuya Endo. The quirky action-comedy series was adapted into an anime in 2022.

So far, there has been one season, divided into two parts.

Where to Watch Spy x Family Online

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