Daisuke Niwa (丹羽大助 Niwa Daisuke) is the protagonist of the manga/anime series D.N.Angel. He was born on November 11th and is 14 years-old at the beginning of the series. As the youngest male in the Niwa family, he inherits the duties of a phantom thief and the curse of Dark Mousy.
He is voiced by Miyu Irino in the Japanese version, and by Kevin Corn in the English version.
Physical Appearance[]
Daisuke stands at 157 cm (5'2"), weighs 34.5 kg (76lbs), and has red spiky hair, red eyes and a fair skin tone. He usually wears his middle school uniform that consists of red trousers with a white button-up shirt, a red or black undershirt, and tennis-shoes.
When he is not in his uniform, he wears simple t-shirts or plaid vests and coats. He also wears Dark's clothes and a purple wig when impersonating the thief without transforming.
Personality[]
Daisuke is kind-hearted, brave and diligent. Even if he struggles to stand firm when disagreeing with his mother's ideas, he knows when his friends must be priority.
Although he hides these skills from others, Daisuke is very perceptive and athletic - capable of jumping from heights that a normal boy could never be capable of. These special abilities are the result of intense training received since early childhood. He is for example excellent at lockpicking (or hacking, in the case of electronically activated locks).
Daisuke also grows an interest in painting, and his skills as well as the pure feelings he puts into his works often impress friends.
Biography[]
Daisuke Niwa was just ann average middle schooler pining away after his unrequited love. One day, his mother put him through harsh training, such as planting traps for him when he returned from school to test his agility and problem solving. But that all changed on his 14th birthday, when, after being rejected by his crush Risa, he suddenly transformed—appearing much older, and his hair color changing to purple. His mother happily informs him that this is normal—for hundreds of years, every generation of males in his family undergoes a transformation into the "legendary phantom thief, Dark" when they experience the feeling of love, thanks to a unique "genetic condition". Until the girl he loves returns his feelings wholeheartedly, Daisuke must transform into Dark and steal cursed pieces of art to cleanse them.