Hyrein

"I hadn't planned on going out... but I'll capture the Golden Chick myself."

- Hairein in Large-Scale Invasion 16.

Hairein (ハイレイン) is a character in the manga and anime series World Trigger. He is Neighbor from Aftokrator, and the head of House Veltiston. He is a Black Trigger user and the captain of the group that invaded Earth.

Appearance
Hairein is a tall neighbor with long, messy blue hair and neat blue eyes. Like all other Aftokrator Neighbors, he has two horns on his head. In the anime, he is portrayed with light blue-gray hair.

According to Ashihara sensei's comment, his image of design is a dragon.

Personality
Hairein has a careful and calculating personality and is also shown to be a good strategist. He seems to be intent on fulfilling his group's goal. Despite this, he is a pacifist and fears Mira due to her sadistic personality. He appears to have a sense of ethics as he chose tactics which divided enemy forces and concentrated on capturing C-rank agents only.

Lamvanein
Hairein appears to care about his brother's opinion as he asked for his thoughts on the invasion.

Mira
They appear to have a good relationship, but Hairein fears her cruel personality.

Quotes

 * (About Chika) "I hadn't planned on going out... but I'll capture the Golden Chick myself."

Trivia

 * Hairein is the Greek verb for "to take", and the origin for the English word "heresy".
 * According to volume 9, Hairein likes:
 * Capable pawns
 * Diversionary and dividing tactics
 * His family
 * A peaceful life
 * Izumi's nickname to Hairein, Exciting Animal Bastard (わくわく動物野郎), comes from the TV program (Waku Waku Dōbutsu Rando). As the name implies, it's a show about animals, which explains why the nickname was adapted to "Mr. Discovery Channel" in Viz's translation.
 * He was ranked 42nd in the first Popularity Poll, and 61st in the second. Additionally, the nickname given to him by Izumi was one of the "characters" ranked 130th.