小野大輔
As opposed to the previous game, Lightning (Ali Hillis/Maaya Sakamoto), the main character of "XIII", only appears as a supporting character and the game's primary narrator. The two main playable characters are Serah Farron (Laura Bailey/Minako Kotobuki), Lightning's sister and the second narrator, and Noel Kreiss (Jason Marsden/Daisuke Kishio), a young man originally from the distant future. Other characters from the previous game who appear in important roles are Hope Estheim (Vincent Martella/Yūki Kaji), who becomes leader of the Academy, and Snow Villiers (Troy Baker/Daisuke Ono), Serah's fiancé, who set off to find Lightning for Serah. The three other main characters from the previous game, Oerba Dia Vanille (Georgia van Cuylenberg/Yukari Fukui), Oerba Yun Fang (Rachel Robinson/Mabuki Andou) and Sazh Katzroy (Reno Wilson/Masashi Ebara), appear in cameo roles. Three new characters are introduced: Caius Ballad (Liam O'Brien/Hiroshi Shirokuma), the game's primary antagonist; Paddra Nsu-Yeul (Amber Hood/Mariya Ise), a seeress possessing the all-seeing Eyes of Etro; and Alyssa Zaidelle (Kim Mai Guest/Yōko Hikasa), a young girl who works as an assistant to Hope. A minor supporting character is Mog (Ariel Winter/Sumire Morohoshi), a Moogle sent with Noel by Lightning as Serah's "good luck charm".