List of Haruhi Suzumiya characters
This is a list of the characters featured in the "Haruhi Suzumiya" franchise, written by Nagaru Tanigawa and illustrated by Noizi Ito, which contains a multitude of other secondary, and minor characters who are introduced throughout the course of the series. The main characters in the series are the five members of the SOS Brigade, including the titular Haruhi Suzumiya. SOS Brigade members. The SOS Brigade is an unofficial club at North High School, founded by Haruhi Suzumiya to investigate mysterious events. Other North High students. ENOZ. ENOZ is an all-girl student band featured  in "Live a Live" and its anime adaptation "Live Alive", though the band is not named in "Live a Live". The name derives from the last names of the members: Enomoto, Nakanishi, Okajima, and Zaizen. During the high school festival Enomoto (lead singer and guitarist) has tonsillitis and Nakanishi (guitar) suffers a sprained wrist, so Haruhi and Yuki fill in for the missing members. In "Live a Live", the band consists of only three members; the singer/guitarist was split into two characters for "Live Alive". In "Live a Live" the impromptu band performs a full set, while in "Live  Alive" they only perform two songs, "God Knows" and "Lost My Music", with Haruhi explaining that she and Yuki didn't have time to learn any more. The episode trims both songs down as inserts. "God Knows" has all of the song save for about half of the guitar solos during the beginning and end, and the entire second stanza and chorus. "Lost My Music" barely finishes the first stanza and chorus, leaving the second and third out. "God knows" and "Lost My Music" were included in the soundtrack EP . The sole vocals for ENOZ are sung by Japanese pop  singer and voice actress Aya Hirano, who voices the main character of the series, Haruhi Suzumiya. In addition, Hirano sings the main opening and ending themes for the series. (See a listing of Haruhi Suzumiya albums.) Susumu Nishikawa (西川 進) plays the guitar, Takeshi Taneda (種子田 健) the bass, and Yutaka Odawara (小田原 豊) the drums. In the English version, the songs are performed by Wendee Lee, Haruhi's voice actress. ENOZ is a homage to the real life all-girl J-pop band Zone. Its name is simply "Zone" spelled backwards. The members of ENOZ are: Agency. The Agency  is an organization of espers who believe that Haruhi had converted them into espers in the year 0. Among the members of the Agency are: