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, also known as simply Seiya, is a fictional character in the ''Saint Seiya'' manga series created by Masami Kurumada. He is the thirteen-year-old protagonist that makes his debut in the first chapter , published in ''Weekly Shōnen Jump'' magazine in January 1986. Like most of Kurumada's characters, Seiya's design was inspired in the main character of his previous hit manga ''Ring ni Kakero'', Takane Ryūji. Seiya is one of the eighty-eight mythical warriors known as Saints who have served the Goddess Athena throughout the ages, protecting justice and peace on Earth. As a Saint, Seiya dons one of the powerful armors of divine origins known as Cloths, the one which represents the constellation of Pegasus. He also possesses superhuman strength and speed, two of the many extraordinary abilities the Saints draw from their guardian constellations and an inner essence called Cosmo. ==Creation and conception== While in the process of creating ''Saint Seiya'', Masami Kurumada initially gave Seiya the name Rin, intending to title his manga . However, as he continued developing the story, he changed the name to Seiya, which he felt was more fitting. First he used the name with the Japanese characters that mean , to relate it to Seiya's condition as a Saint, but later decided to spell it as "star arrow", to emphasize the constellation and mythological motif. Finally, he changed the title of the manga to ''Saint Seiya'', once the concept of the Saints was fully developed. Kurumada stated that one of the first ideas he had for ''Saint Seiya'' was the "Pegasus Meteor Fist". Since his manga was going to use the constellations as a very important and ever-present theme, he wanted his protagonist to have a special move that would be like a shower of meteors. Seiya's likeness was inspired by that of Takane Ryūji, the main character of Kurumada's hit manga ''Ring ni Kakero'' created nine years before ''Saint Seiya'' and which he considers to be his favorite creation. Most protagonists in his works bear a resemblance to Ryūji because Kurumada subscribes to Osamu Tezuka's Star System (maintaining a stable cast of characters who play a different or similar role in the author's various works, sometimes with the same personality, sometimes with a different one). The same process was used to create almost all the other characters in the series, as in all of Kurumada's works.〔 Kurumada once stated that, at first, Athena was not going to exist as a character. She was rather going to be experienced individually by each of the protagonists in different spiritual ways. Later, he thought this concept would be confusing to readers and difficult to use, so he decided to integrate her into his manga as a character, with her own traits and personality. The Sagittarius Gold Cloth was chosen as the most famous of the Gold Cloths because of its symbolism in relation to the main character. The Japanese meaning of Seiya's name, "star arrow", is also a metaphor for "meteor" and Sagittarius represents an archer, so Kurumada thought it would be a perfect match for Seiya, especially since he already had in mind that Seiya would eventually wear the Sagittarius Gold Cloth in certain parts. Hence, Seiya's zodiacal sign is Sagittarius.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Pegasus Seiya」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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