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The following list comprises the various antagonistic factions that appear in the manga ''Saint Seiya'' and the sequel Saint Seiya: Next Dimension, written and illustrated by Masami Kurumada. The antagonic characters appear as various deities from Greek mythology, who rule over the realms that form Earth, and their servants who form part of their armies created to wage war against Athena, the protector of the Earth realm. In addition, several factions aren't presented as soldiers of these armies, but as organizations who pursue their own ends. ==Black Saints== The . alternatively spelled as in the anime, appear as servants of the Bronze Saint Phoenix Ikki, on his quest to kill all the Bronze Saints. The Black Saints are former Saints who were stripped from their title and Cloth for using their strength for personal gain, turning to a life of crime and violence. All of them trained in Death Queen Island along with several sons from Mitsumasa Kido, but most of them died. Although there is a Black Saint counterpart for each one of the 88 constellations, Kurumada featured prominently only four in his manga, the dark equivalents of the protagonists: voiced by Shigeru Nakahara, voiced by Kaneto Shiozawa, voiced by Ken Yamaguchi and voiced by Kazumi Tanaka. They were regarded as the most powerful among the Black Saints and were collectively known as The . Their Cloths and techniques are counterparts to the ones from Pegasus Seiya, Dragon Shiryū, Andromeda Shun and Cygnus Hyōga. Although, there is only one counterpart of each Cloth, in the manga the Black Dragon Saint has a blind brother that helps him to fight. Additionally, there are also several Black Phoenix Saints, who refer to themselves as Ikki's shadows, although in the anime one of them appears as the strongest one. The four Black Saints are defeated by their equivalents, and in the manga they are later killed by the Silver Saints, who were meant to kill the Bronze Saints, but mistook them due to an illusion created by Aries Mu. Additionally, the Black Four were featured in the anime-inspired printed sidestory "Nebula Chain – The bond of brothers", in which they were given names, Black Pegasus was known as , Black Swan was called , Black Dragon was named and Black Phoenix was called , leaving Black Andromeda unnamed. ;: :Before Ikki, the leader of the Black Saints, who stole the Phoenix Cloth and kept it until it was retrieved by Ikki, who afterward killed him. 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「List of Saint Seiya antagonists」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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