Jonathan

Jonathan is a supporting character in the Kaleido Star anime and one of the first few friends Sora makes at Kaleido Stage in the first season. The only word he can say is a simple seal bark.

Character Description

 * Gender: Male
 * Age: Unknown
 * Race: Baby Seal
 * Eyes: Black
 * Friends: Sora Naegino, Anna Heart, Mia Guillem, Rosetta Passel and Marion Benigni
 * Partner(s): Sora (For outdoor shows), Marion (Current partner)
 * Interesting Fact: For some weird reason, Jonathan could see Fool when Jonathan was not technically a performer. How this is possible is never explained, but this only happens once. So Jonathan probably can't see Fool anymore.

Season One
While out on day at the beach, Sora accidentally trips over Jonathan as he lays on the sands. Sora brings Jonathan back to her dorm room and asks Fool to watch him. When he does, he tries to predict the seal's future only to Jonathan believing he's a fish and tries to eat him. He sneaks out of Sora's room and meets Layla, who is spooked by the baby seal. Sora and Ken are out getting him fish when they hear Layla's scream and Layla demands Jonathan is removed from the stage. Sora continues to support Jonathan in her room to the point of collapsing (she takes a part time job to pay for Jonathan's food). With Anna and Mia, she competes in a juggling contest to win the money for Jonathan's food. Jonathan ends up showing off his juggling skill to a clumsy Sora during the show (Fool's second telling of Jonathan's future comes up as the Wheel of Fortune showing a lucky future for the seal). Eventually, Sora tells Kalos what is going on and after some convincing, Kalos lets Jonathan live at Kaleido Stage. For most of the series, he is seen riding atop Marion's head.

New Wings
Nothing changes much with Jonathan except he only performs with Marion on the Kids Stage and he seems to be developing his own personality.

Other Appearances
Jonathan appears in the following Kaleido Star OVA's and sings a song along with Marion called "M&J" on the Kaleido Star Character Song CD. In the third OVA, Marion and Jonathan talk about some seal facts while also teaching Sora to speak seal (which Sora fails at first).