Chess

**Chess** (체스), formally known as **Prince Chess** (체스 왕자), is one of the main protagonists of *Flowering Heart*. He secretly helps Ari Jin, Suha Woo and Min Sunwoo to collect Hopeful Energy in opposition of everyone from Flowering Kingdom. Ari gives Chess the nickname of **Tubby** (뚱이) when he's in his hamster form. He is also one of Rina’s bonded fairy partners, along with Flower Baby.

## Biography

### Appearance

As Chess, he is an attractive teenager, with dark, wavy jet black hair, and wine-red eyes framed by his black lashes. He wears a fur-collared jacket with a grey undershirt and a necklace with a grey choker. Chess also wears a belt that ties his grey jeans.

As Tubby, he resembles a chubby hamster with baby blue skin and black bat wings on his back. He has a tuft of jet black hair and wine-red eyes that are from his human form. His whiskers are black and his inner-ear and cheeks are pink.

### Personality

Chess is somewhat playful, yet sarcastic and he can sometimes be referred to as a "show-off". Chess enjoys teasing Ari Jin, (his love interest), and occasionally makes fun of how much she cares about her appearance. On the bright side, he is a very honest person, and cares about people. He is shown to have a mature side when helping Suha through her emotional times and isn't afraid to cede himself to protect the girls when they are in danger. He's also very cautious about the use of magic, thinking that it should be taken seriously. He is shown to be very doting towards his younger half sister Rina.

## Relationships

### Rina Hanasaki/Happy

Chess clearly loves his little sister Princess Rina a lot.

### Ari Jin

Ari is Chess's first love interest. Chess has a close bond with Ari and feels protective of her when she's hurt or in trouble. He and Ari are always having playful, sarcastic fights. Eventually, he develops feelings for Ari and blushes many times when he is with her, but chooses not to express it to her since she has feelings for Trump. Though, he is shown to express signs of jealousy when Ari expresses her crush and feelings for Trump. This is shown when Trump saves Ari from space, and he warns Trump to never put Ari in harms way again. He ended up giving Ari her first kiss when trying to perform CPR, but Ari mistakenly believed Trump was the one who did it. He is currently living with her, Rina, Ruby and Flower Baby.

He also has comforted Ari in the rain when Trump did not show up for an arranged meeting with him and lends her his coat to shield her from the water. It is unknown if Ari's feelings for Chess are as big as they are for Trump, but it is indicated that she blushes from time to time when Chess is in close proximity with her.

He also shows that he cares about Ari's well-being when he desperately tries to wake her up after she nearly drowned, when she scratched her arm, and when she messed up the table cloth magic trick. Chess is one of the possible fathers of Ari’s daughter Ami.

### Suha Woo

Suha is Chess' secondary love interest, although it is unknown if he reciprocates feelings for her. At the moment, Suha seems to have developed a one-sided love to Chess in Season 2 after noticing his handsomeness and after being saved by him in episode 7 when she fell. Eventually, her feelings for him deepens after confiding in him about her loneliness from living on her own due to her father being away for work. She shows signs of jealousy when seeing Chess and Ari's closeness and how Chess cares for her. She attempted to confess to Chess at the end of season 2, but was indirectly rejected. During the finale, Suha and Sapphire sacrifice themselves to save Chess by pushing him out of the despair energy blast from Canaby and both become brainwashed, joining the enemy's forces. Chess feels guilty for not being able to save her and Sapphire and vows with the rest of the flowering girls to save them. In season 3, it is revealed that Suha and Sapphire being brainwashed was only in Ari’s nightmare and not in reality and the person Canaby actually brainwashed was Suha’s younger sister Bella.

He is shown to care about her well-being. In episode 9 of season 2, he temporarily stays at her house for a day after a big fight with Ari. When Suha was sad and apologetic that he did not like the room she made him, he did his best to cheer her up. He also tries to de-stress Suha by taking her to the zoo and the doctor when he thought she was sick. Afterwards, he decides not to stay at Suha's house and goes back to Ari's after Ari and Min insist that Chess interrupted her studies that day. He tried not to be a bother and even offered to eat with her and her younger sisters more often since her mom is always working.

He is the first to find Suha at the zoo when Suha finds out that her dad is marrying a co-worker he met in Germany. He has shared his harrowing experience with his mother's death to help her confront her dad.

When Suha asked if there was anyone he liked at the end of season 2, he claims that there was no one and makes a promise to let her be the first to know. Despite this, Suha wants both Chess and Ari to be happy.

### Min Sunwoo

Chess and Min Sunwoo seem to have the same energy, they are both ready and are up for something.

### Trump

Although he doesn't hate his half-brother, they are enemies due to their opposing views of what is best for Flowering Kingdom, Trump believing Hopeless Energy is needed and following his mother's orders. He feels jealous when Ari is alone with Trump or when she fawns over him. Chess still desires that one day they can truly see eye to eye and be brothers. Chess and Trump go way back. Apparently, they are step-brothers from the Flowering Kingdom. Back when they were kids, they had a close relationship. Like real brothers. But, as soon as Queen Canaby starts tearing them apart, they start to see each other as sworn enemies. When Queen Canaby sends Chess away, she starts using Trump to get hopeless energy and has Shuel, Chess's former fiancé, Trump's future fiancé, the princess and the possible future queen of the Flowering Kingdom.

Also, in the human world, they seem to both have a crush on Ari Jin, the main female protagonist. They are both love rivals and energy rivals.

### Shuel

Chess and Shuel are on pretty good terms, they have established an good bond.

They met when they were younger and there was an arranged marriage. But Chess shown signs that he wanted to start an life with Ari instead.

### Queen Canaby

Queen Canaby is the current queen of the Flowering Kingdom. She is also the step-mother of Chess, the biological mother of Trump and Rina, and the adoptive mother of Shuel. She is an evil lady, which is why she sent Chess away. She had Trump collect hopeless energy with Mao, Shuel and Diamond.

### Rosalie Im

Even though Chess and Princess Rosalie are friends, In the future, Rosalie will develop romantic feelings for Chess when she is an adult and he will likely return her feelings. It is possible that he would become Rosalie’s love interest and possible future husband. Chess is the possible father of Rosalie's daughter, Princess Rosalina.

## Trivia

* Chess' blood type is O.
* His star sign is Leo.
* His favorite food is macadamia nuts.
	+ He also dislikes spicy dishes.
* Chess' strengths are his bluff, arrogance and self-righteousness.
	+ His weakness is his lack of understanding and his inability of being honest when expressing the betrayal and confusion about Queen Canaby.

## Chess

### Relatives

Queen Epione (mother; deceased)
King Mild (father)
Queen Canaby (stepmother)
Prince Trump (younger half-brother)
Princess Rina Hanasaki (younger half-sister)
Princess Shuel (younger adoptive sister and former betrothed)
Unnamed brother-in-law (future)
Unnamed nephew (future)
Princess Rukia Hanasaki (future niece)
Unnamed brother-in-law (future)
Two unnamed adoptive nephews (future)
Princess Sierra (future adoptive niece)
Unnamed son (future)
Princess Rosalina Im (future daughter; possibly)

## Biographical information

### Marital status

Single (currently)
Married (future)

## Physical description

### Species

Human
Hamster (occasionally)

## Appearances

### Portrayed by

Jeon Tae-Yeul (Korean; Tubby)
Um Sang-hyun (Korean; Chess)
Mike Yantzi (English)

### Appears in

Flowering Heart
Flowering Heart (Manga)
Flowering Heart: The Princess of Emotions