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also known as is the title and main protagonist of the Saint Seiya manga and anime series written and illustrated by Masami Kurumada. Seiya is one of Athena's eighty-eight mythical warriors known as the Saints who are serving their goddess throughout the ages, protecting justice and peace on Earth. Seiya is also one of the forty-eight Bronze Saints and is protected by the Pegasus Constellation so he wears the Pegasus Cloth.

Background
Some time before the series, Seiya was ordered by Saori that he will be her horse which was a game Saori played. Seiya rejects that offer saying that he is a guy not a horse. Saori's bodyguard then grabs Seiya, which Saori orders Seiya to get on his hands and knees so that she can be on his back. Seiya rejects again which he started to yell at her, which Saori starts to beat him. Seiya then holds the whip which Saori tells him to let go which Jabu kicked Seiya away offering himself to be the horse of Saori. After the horse ride, Seiya tells Jabu that he has no guts which the two are fighting each other. Some time later, Seiya and his sister were separated when Seiya went to Greece. Seiya was seen crying when his sister was running towards Seiya.

Abilities

 * Pegasus Meteor Fist
 * Pegasus Comet Fist
 * Pegasus Rolling Crush

Galaxian Wars Arc
Seiya was escaping from the Sanctuary but was soon found by Marin. Marin asks him to come back to the Sanctuary to finish his training simulations. Seiya refuses it saying that he had enough of it, but Marin reminds him that he has to battle with Cassios tomorrow. Seiya then shouts to Marin saying that she must tell him something he don't know because he know that he can defeat him. Marin explains Cassios strength which Seiya tells Marin that he can defeat him thanks through the special training Marin gave him, but Seiya has to prove it to Marin which he is showing his center of his Cosmo which Marin is impressed by it. The day of the battle between Seiya and Cassios has begun which Cassios started to attack Seiya without Seiya paying attention to him. Seiya defeated Cassios and earn the Pegasus Cloth. After that Seiya won the Pegasus Cloth, Seiya was trying to open the box, but Marin tells him not to because the myth have been linked to the Pandora's box. Later, Seiya asks Marin why they are running away from because Seiya wanted to leave the Sanctuary and go to Japan tomorrow, but Marin tells Seiya that he is already going to die by tomorrow. Shaina appears in front of Seiya and Marin, which she started to attack Seiya out of anger that he won the Pegasus cloth. Seiya then battles with Shaina until Seiya opens the box of the Pegasus cloth, which the battle continues between Seiya and Shaina. The guards of Shaina appears apologizing to her that she got personally involved in the situation, while one guard is trying to beat up Seiya he feels that Seiya's armor starts to unleash heat. Seiya defeats the guards with his Pegasus Meteor Punch technique. The air pressure of the technique was enough to break Shaina's mask in two, when Seiya tells Shaina that her face has been revealed thinking that she had the face of a monster, Shaina tells Seiya that the next time they meet again she will wear her cloth and challenge Seiya. Seiya then tells her that he hopes that the day will never come. After the battle, Marin show Seiya the way and asked him if he had some final words, Seiya asks if Marin can show her real face before he leaves.

Seiya have arrived at the place where Saori is, after Saori asks Seiya to join them in the "war", Seiya decline telling her that he got better things to do. Seiya then reminds Saori what she promised him, afterwards, Seiya is shocked to see Jabu with the Unicorn Cloth. There is a discussion between the two, knowing that Jabu is still on Saori's leash, which Seiya recalls the past. Afterwards, the two were then been seen discussing with each other again. After that Jabu asks Saori to beat Seiya up, Saori tells her not to which he must save his hostility for the war. Seiya then goes back to the topic were he was about his sister. Saori tells Seiya that she doesn't know where his sister is, which shocks Seiya. Out of anger Seiya wants to leave the building. Saori tells Seiya that searching for his sister is still futile which she has a proposition for him. If Seiya can defeat the other nine saints, she will use the foundation's extensive navigation network to find his sister. Seiya walks silently away, which he left his answer to Saori's proposition.

Creation and Conception
While being in the process of creating Saint Seiya, Masami Kurumada first intended to give Seiya the name Rin. It is known that Masami Kurumada orginally wanted to name the series:. As Kurumada continued developing his manga, he decided to change the name to Seiya, which he though that it was more fitting for the main character and the series. Kurumada first spelled with kanji to relate it to Seiya's condition as a Saint, but has changed his mind which the name Seiya pointed to emphasize the constellation and mythological motif. Kurumada changed the name of the manga into after that he fully developed the concept of the Saints. 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 drew inspiration from Kurumada's previous popular manga: from the main character:.

Reception
Seiya is the least popular character in Japan of the main characters of the Saint Seiya series. In the Bronze Saints character poll, Seiya was ranked fifth. Seiya's techniques however has been ranked high, as known that Seiya's Pegasus Meteor Fist in the technique poll has been ranked first. Seiya also gets criticized for being a "underdog" in most of the battles.

Quotes

 * (To Marin) "Tell me something I don't already know! I know I can beat that giant jerk!"
 * (To Marin) "Look at this, Marin! This is my center! This is my Cosmo!"
 * (To Marin) "Well I was kind of hoping to see your real face...."
 * (To Saori) "Stop talking about this stupid war! All I care about, right now, is seeing my sister after 6 years!"
 * (About Hades) "Ooh...His pupils...What a beautiful color...Are these the eyes of Hades, ruler of the land of the dead? They look like the depths of a bottomless lake."