Haruto Tokishima

Haruto Tokishima (時縞 ハルト Tokishima Haruto) is the main protagonist of Valvrave the Liberator. Before the events which led to him becoming the pilot of Valvrave I, he was an ordinary student at Sakimori Academy in JIOR. He is also the childhood friend of Shoko Sashinami.

He is voiced by Ryota Ohsaka in the Japanese version and by Mitchel Musso in the English version.

Personality & Character
Haruto is what people would call a follower and a doormat. He rarely does anything with his own reason, and often simply obeys the commands of others. He doesn't like competition of any kind and would often go out of his way to avoid them, as a result, he is literally a loser all the time. Despite this, when he does have something he wishes to do, he puts in 100%. He also has a crush on his childhood friend, Shoko, who upon her apparent death, he practically breaks down, showing he is easily broken as well. Other than that, he is known for being extremely naive, often rushing head on to protect others and disregarding practical options in favor of principles.

After Haruto acquired an immortal body and "vampire" berserk state (known as a "Possessed Parasitica Vampire"), he was frightened with himself for not being human anymore and his tendency of attacking others. His fear came true when he is losing control of his body more frequently and in that state, Haruto sexually assaulted Saki Rukino. Due to that incident, Haruto became awkward toward Saki, but he held responsibility for his actions. He proposed to Saki Rukino but was declined because she knew that he wasn't himself and told him to not feel responsible for what happened.

Haruto is known to have a shaky resolve as he was shown to be afraid of piloting Valvrave I after Marie's death as a result of being depleted of her runes. However after L-Elf's suggestion of having the other students pilot the Valvrave I in turns. Haruto regains his resolve to bear the curse of the Valvrave by himself.

Skills & Abilities
Piloting Skills Immortality Body Swapping Rune Absorption Rune Manipulation
 * He has good piloting skills. This is shown off in the first episode where he took down multiple units of full-fledged soldiers who carry more battle experience than him.
 * Upon being injected with an unknown substance when entering the Valvrave I, he became immortal, as he has lived even under the most fatal of injuries.
 * Another effect of the unknown substance allows him to swap bodies by directly biting onto another person's bare skin. Those he switches with become unconscious, like his body. He also obtains any abilities that their body has, such as good aiming and piloting skills as shown when he took L-Elf's body.
 * As a Magius, Haruto is able to absorb runes from humans by biting directly onto their bare skin. An ominous green light is produced when absorbing runes. This ability is necessary in order to power the Valvraves.
 * Haruto is able to manipulate the runes, although crudely, like Cain, who projected a sphere of light around him when showing his powers for the first time, in a similar manner and send L-Elf flying over a very short distance. Haruto was also able power a signal flare using this ability.