We gained countless scars to arrive this far... We lost countless friends... We have made many sacrifices... Therefore, even if it's far from enough, even if it's only one step at a time... We'll keep walking forward... For as long as there is hope... Miracles will always be possible! This is what our bodies learned in all those past battles: For all our friends, and for Athena... We must keep on fighting! We are this world's and Athena's hope! And if you remain standing in our way, then you leave us with no choice but to defeat you!
Pegasus Seiya (天馬星座の星矢, Pegasasu no Seiya), also known as simply Seiya (星矢, Seiya) is the titular main protagonist of the Saint Seiya manga and anime series, written and illustrated by Masami Kurumada. Seiya is one of the Goddess Athena's 88 Saints, powerful warriors who fight using their bodies as weapons, defending the Earth from any evil that may threaten it. Being the one chosen by the Pegasus constellation, Seiya is one among the 52 Bronze Saints.
Seiya is known for his never-give-up attitude, often acting boldly. This can often get him into difficult situations, but he is brave and selfless, putting the needs of others before his own. Seiya will always put his life on the line to protect his family, friends and Athena, truly proving his worth as the legendary Pegasus Saint.
Seiya was born on December 1. He never knew his parents, and lived in an orphanage along with several other orphans. The orphanage was run by the Graude Foundation, a very wealthy organization owned by Mitsumasa Kido. Learning of the legendary Saints from a dying man named Aiolos, Kido shipped out various young children to various locations around the world in order to be trained by other Saints, in order to become the next generation of Saints.
Seiya was sent to Sanctuary in Greece, the birthplace of the Saints, when he was just six years old. While there, he trained underneath the tutelage of Eagle Marin, a Silver Saint. In training, Seiya learned all about fighting, as well as how to burn his Cosmo, the energy within all living creatures in the universe, to allow him to perform superhuman feats. In addition, he also learned how to break down the atoms in his opponents by perfectly targeting their molecules, allowing many of his attacks to break things down on an atomic level.
Eventually, after years of training, Seiya was able to win the tournament for the Pegasus Bronze Cloth. After leaving Greece, he returned to Japan. When he arrived at the Graude Foundation’s orphanage, he found out from Saori Kido, Mitsumasa’s adopted daughter, that he had recently passed away, and that Seiya’s own sister, Seika, had disappeared. Upon hearing this, Seiya agreed to fight in the Galaxian Wars tournament between all the Bronze Saints that had returned from their respective locations. Saori promised that, if he won, the entirety of the Graude Foundation would help search for Seika.
Seiya fought in two battles before the tournament was interrupted by Phoenix Ikki, who stole the grand prize, the Sagittarius God Cloth, away from the stadium along with the Black Saints. Seiya and the three remaining Bronze Saints - Dragon Shiryu, Cygnus Hyoga, and Ikki’s own brother, Andromeda Shun - tracked Ikki and the Black Saints to a mountain range, where Seiya himself was able to defeat the Phoenix Saint and bring him back to his senses after being manipulated by the Pope of Sanctuary.
Soon after, the Silver Saints, higher ranking warriors wearing the Silver Cloths, attacked the Bronze Saints. Despite the Silver Saints being initially stronger, Seiya and his friends are able to surpass their normal limits and defeat the Silver Saints.
It is during this time that Saori Kido learns that she was in fact, the next reincarnation of Athena. Saori’s butler, Tatsumi, recounts the full story of her adoption. When she was a baby, she was saved by the Sagittarius Gold Saint, Aiolos, who protected her from the Pope of Sanctuary, who had seemingly turned evil. Mortally wounded, Aiolos carried the baby Athena to outside of Sanctuary, where he came across Mitsumasa Kido by chance.
Seiya and his friends traveled to Sanctuary. Athena was struck directly in the heart with a Golden Arrow from the Silver Sagitta Saint. Having no way to remove it, Seiya and the other Bronze Saints began to make their way up to the Pope’s chambers, as only he could remove the arrow from Saori’s heart. If they did not make it within twelve hours, the arrow would fully pierce Athena’s heart, and she would die.
Steadfast, the Bronze Saints battled their way through the Gold Saints in the Twelve Temples, awakening the Seventh Sense in the process. After hours of battle, they made their way to the Pope’s chambers. Gemini Saga, the man posing as the Pope, ended up suffering from split personality disorder, giving him two personalities. One good, another evil. Seiya, with the help of his friends as well as Athena, defeated Saga. On the verge of collapsing, Saga’s good side ended up killing himself in order to prevent himself from turning evil again.
When Athena was captured by Julian Solo, the host for Poseidon’s spirit, and began to flood the Earth, Seiya and his friends immediately traveled to Atlantis.
Underneath the ocean, Seiya squared off against several of Poseidon’s Mariners, warriors that were essentially Atlantis’s equivalent to the Saints. He fought against Sea Horse Baian, but due to the similarities that his attacks had with a previous Silver Saint, Seiya was able to exploit his weaknesses and take the victory.
After facing the illusionary powers of Lymnades Kasa with the help of Cygnus Hyoga, Andromeda Shun, and Phoenix Ikki, Seiya made his way over to the temple of Poseidon. Using the Sagittarius Gold Cloth, Seiya tried to stop Poseidon, but all of his attacks ended up reflected back at him. Only the united Cosmo of Seiya, Hyoga, Shun, Shiryu and Ikki were able to down Julian’s physical body, but this only awakened Poseidon’s true soul. Seiya manages to stun Poseidon, and destroys the Mainstay Pillar, the place where Saori was being kept. Afterwards, Athena is able to seal away Poseidon’s soul into a special jar, saving the world once more.
Seiya immediately returns to Sanctuary once he hears about rumors of previously dead Saints coming back to life. He immediately learns that these rumors are true, as some of the Gold Saints who previously died during the Sanctuary Arc have returned, and are under the influence of Hades. However, Seiya is ordered not to interfere by Aries Mu, who knocks him out and sends him to the top of Star Hill, away from Sanctuary.
Once Seiya awakens, much of the battle in Sanctuary has ended, and Seiya fails to prevent Athena from killing herself in order to travel to the Underworld to fight against Hades personally. Seiya and the other Bronze Saints learn of this from Aries Shion, who reveals that the Saints who returned were only pretending to ally with Hades. Shion uses some of Athena's blood to not only upgrade the Bronze Saints' Cloths, but also to awaken Athena's own Cloth, which Seiya and the Bronze Saints agree to take to Athena in the Underworld.
Seiya and the Bronze Saints travel to Hades's Castle in the real world, where they awaken the Eighth Sense in order to travel to the Underworld alive.
Seiya arrives in the Underworld alongside Andromeda Shun. They are able to cross the River Acheron and make their way into the main part of Hades's realm. Seiya and the Bronze Saints make their way through the various Prisons of Hell, each designed to punish those who have comitted grave sins. They regularly fight against Specters, Hades' equivalent to the Saints.
Seiya and Shun eventually make their way over to Judecca, the location of Hades' throne room. However, once there, it is revealed that Shun is the next candidate for the body that Hades wishes to possess, due to his pure soul. However, thanks to the efforts of Athena and Virgo Shaka, Shun is able to expel Hades' soul from his body. Hades' soul and Athena disappear behind the Wailing Wall, which only Gods can pass through and is protected with Hades' own power. However, thanks to the Gold Saints sacrificing their lives, a hole is made in the Wall which allows the Bronze Saints to pass through, entering the Hyperdimension and making their way towards Elysium.
Seiya arrives in Elysium, only to discover that Hades' two right hand men, the Gods of Death and Sleep, Thanatos and Hypnos, have already captured Athena. They had placed her in a special jar that would slowly drain her blood until there was nothing left.
Seiya and the other Bronze Saints attempt to stop Thanatos, but one by one fall to his overwhelming might. Not even the Gold Cloths are able to do much damage to him, as he shatters them with ease. However, thanks to the encouragement of Athena, Seiya is able to activate the Pegasus God Cloth, and with it he easily defeats Thanatos and injures Hypnos. While the other Bronze Saints awaken their God Cloths and defeat Hypnos, Seiya attempts to break out Athena from the jar. However, Hades' true form awakens and attacks Seiya.
Athena is able to shatter the jar and don her own God Cloth. Hades and Athena battle for a bit until Hades seemingly stands victorious. However, he is caught off guard by Seiya, unleashing one final Pegasus Sui-Sei Ken, getting stabbed by Hades' Sword in the process. Seiya immediately falls unconsious, and the combined efforts of Athena and the rest of the Saints is enough to kill Hades, albeit for now. Carrying Seiya's body, the rest of the Saints leave the Underworld as it collapses due to Hades' death.
Days after the events of the Hades Arc, Seiya remains in a coma due to being stabbed with the Sword of Hades, which gave him a powerful curse. Seiya's Cosmo has been completely sealed off, and he likely will die if the Sword isn't removed. The only way to do so is to travel back in time and completely erase the Sword from all history.
The remaining Bronze Saints, as well as Athena herself, travel back to the 18th Century in order to destroy Hades' Sword in order to save Seiya from the curse.
It is revealed that Seiya soon went missing after receiving the curse of Hades, and disappeared for years. None of his friends were able to make any sort of contact, and it seemed like Seiya had completely vanished off the face of the Earth. When Dragon Shiryu is attacked by the Gladiator God, Gram Sigurd, Seiya resurfaces in order to defend Shiryu. After a brief scuffle, Seiya completely expels the curse of Hades from his body, and re-awakens his God Cloth with Athena's assistance, allowing him to decimate Gram Sigurd and save Shiryu.
Seiya disappears soon after, and later returns to fight against Zeus, who had been possessing Leo Aiolia, at his full power. They stalemate each other until the battle is interrupted by Capricorn Shura, along with the rest of the Bronze Saints. The combined power of all of the Bronze Saints is enough to stop Zeus from destroying everything, saving the Multiverse from Zeus's destruction.
General Information
Name: Pegasus Seiya
Origin: Saint Seiya
Sex: Male
Age: 13 at the start of the original series. 15 in Next Dimension. Unknown, likely in his late twenties by Episode G: Assassin
Classification: Bronze Saint, Hero Chosen by Fate, Future Gold Saint
Alignment:Neutral Good (Seiya is a righteous individual who cares about humanity, and constantly saves the universe from threats that may end it. Seiya and the Bronze Saints do not particularly align themselves with any government law, and Seiya often ends up unfortunately having to kill those who wreak havoc. Despite this, Seiya and his friends make organized efforts with Sanctuary to help save the Earth whenever needed)
Codex Statistics
Key:Sanctuary Arc (Galaxian Wars) | Sanctuary Arc (Silver Saints) | Sanctuary Arc (Gold Saints) and Poseidon Arc/Seventh Sense | Hades Arc/Eighth Sense | Sagittarius Gold Cloth | Pegasus God Cloth/Ninth Sense
Tier:6-C. 6-B with the Pegasus Sui-Sei Ken. | 6-B | 3-C, 2-C at Full Power. 2-C with Miracles | 2-B | 2-A | 2-A+, 2-A+ with the Golden Pegasus God Cloth.
Durability:Island level | Country level (Fought against several Silver Saints. Was able to block Lizard Misty’s strongest attack, which was earlier used to casually shake the entire Mt. Fuji volcanic chain and collapse its insides.) | Galaxy level (Was able to survive Gemini Saga’s Galaxian Explosion, in addition to numerous attacks from him prior), Universe level while burning his Cosmo to the maximum (Survived several beatdowns from Gold Saints, notably Leo Aiolia and Gemini Saga) | Multiverse Cell level (Comparable to Dragon Shiryu, a Bronze Saint that fought several Gold Saints in the past, who survived attacks from three high-ranking Specters at once) | Multiverse level (Scales to Virgo Shaka, who survived the creation and destruction of an innumerable amount of universes. Wears the Sagittarius Gold Cloth, which is in the same class as Virgo Shaka’s Virgo Gold Cloth.) | Multiverse level+ (Survived direct attacks from Hades and Zeus), Multiverse level+ with the Golden Pegasus God Cloth
Striking Strength:Island Class, Country Class with the Pegasus Sui-Sei Ken | Country Class | Galaxy Class, Universe Class at full power. Universe Class with Miracles | Multiverse Cell Class | Multiverse Class | Multiverse Class+, Multiverse Class+ with the Golden Pegasus God Cloth
Range:Standard Melee, Tens of Meters with various energy blasts | Standard Melee, Tens of Meters with various energy blasts | Multi-Universal (Scales to Gold Saints, which could exchange moves from across universes.) | Multi-Universal | Multi-Universal | Multi-Universal , Multi-Universal with the Golden Pegasus God Cloth
Knowledge:Grandmaster level (As one of the five Bronze Saints who defend Athena, Seiya is incredibly gifted. Having trained in the Sanctuary, a place where Soldiers trained day and night for hours on end in order to become Saints, Seiya is an expert in hand-to-hand combat. While fighting, he can analyze his opponent's fighting style, strengths, techniques and weaknesses. He's consistently been able to pick apart special techniques and completely nullify them, even if he's only seen them once. Seiya's skills would continuously grow, eventually allowing him to fight against various opponents that had far more experience in comparison to him, notably the Gold Saints and the various Gods that Seiya has fought against. However, Seiya can be impatient and reckless at times, and never really recieved any kind of formal education from Sanctuary, and lacks knowledge in many academic areas. However, thanks to Sanctuary training, he does have a legitimate grasp on human biology, astronomy and can speak Greek, giving him plenty of knowledge in other areas)
Pegasus Bronze Cloth: Seiya's main Cloth that he goes into battle with. Representing the Pegasus constellation, it has been upgraded many times over the years due to him being in constant battle with it. Currently, it has reached its final state, being able to ascend even further with the Pegasus God Cloth transformation, allowing him to keep up with Gods.
Sagittarius Gold Cloth: An additional Cloth that Seiya can summon to his side, as he is destined to become the Sagittarius Gold Saint in the future. Representing the Sagittarius constellation, this Cloth greatly increases his power and gives him numerous new abilities.
Notable Techniques
Pegasus Ryu-Sei Ken
Pegasus Rolling Crush
Pegasus Sui-Sei Ken
Cosmic Star Arrow
Atomic Thunderbolt
Ikken Hissatsu
Pegasus Ryu-Sei Ken (Pegasus Meteor Fist): Seiya's signature technique. Seiya elevates and burns his Cosmo, releasing an innumerable amount of energy-powered punches from his right fist, firing blasts of Cosmo energy at his opponent. It gets faster every single time Seiya uses it, as he continuously tries to perfect it every time.
Pegasus Rolling Crush: Seiya grabs his opponent from behind, surrounding both him and his opponent in a veil of Cosmo. Seiya then jumps up at high speeds and pile-drives his enemy headfirst into the ground at similar speeds, causing massive damage.
Pegasus Sui-Sei Ken (Pegasus Comet Fist): Seiya's most powerful attack. Rather than firing off many punches from his fist, Seiya focuses all of his Cosmo into one singular punch. This "Comet" is then fired at his opponent, inflicting heavy damage.
Arrow of Sagittarius/Cosmic Star Arrow: Seiya summons the Bow and Arrow of Sagittarius. Focusing all of his Cosmo into the Arrow's point, Seiya releases the projectile at his opponent. Upon contact with the target, the Arrow will pierce through it and cause a massive release of Cosmo in a huge explosion of light.
Atomic Thunderbolt: Very similar to the Pegasus Ryu-Sei Ken. Seiya releases a massive amount of electric-powered rays of light from his fist, slicing up his opponent.
Ikken Hissatsu: Seiya's latest move that he used in Episode G - Requiem. He concentrates a large amount into either the Bow and Arrow of Sagittarius, or his own fist, and fires a massive beam of light from it. This was recently used to completely decimate the Titan Tityos, who had the Ninth Sense, yet Seiya was able to wipe him out in a single blow with this move.
Other
Weaknesses: Seiya is quite impulsive and brash at times. He can sometimes rush headfirst into situations without having a complete grasp on the situation. He never received much of a formal education, so he is a bit lacking in certain academic areas. However, many of these negative traits lessened over time as Seiya grew older, as he was able to improve himself over the years.
