Hikaru Midorikawa
Soma Cruz, known in the original Japanese version as , is the protagonist and primary playable character of both "Aria of Sorrow" and "Dawn of Sorrow", and also is one of starting characters in . His Japanese voice actor in all games is Hikaru Midorikawa, and his English voice actor in Harmony of Despair is Eric Davies. Soma's presence in two "Castlevania" games, unusual for most "Castlevania" characters, was made by producer Koji Igarashi, who noted that one of the reasons he made "Dawn of Sorrow" was to utilize Soma Cruz in another game.