Van Slanzar de Fanel (Fanelia)

Age	The equivalent of 15 Earth years
Gender	Male
Birthday	White, 12th Moon (Equivalent of April 12)
Birthplace	Fanelia, Gaea
Height	165 cm
Weight	51 kg
Family	Goau (father and former king who died twelve years ago), Varie (mother and queen who disappeared searching for Van's older brother ten years ago), brother (disappeared during royal coronation rites ten years ago)
Affiliation	Fanelia
Debut	Episode 1
Voice	Tomokazu Seki
Voice (Childhood)	Yoshiko Kamei
Voice (Movie)	Tomokazu Seki
Voice (Childhood, Movie)	Yoshiko Kamei

Note: During the anime's development, Van was initially named Dai Ginga (homonymous with "Great Silver River" or "Great Galaxy" in Japanese with "ga" employing the same kanji as in creator Shouji Kawamori's name). After character designer Nobuteru Yuuki insisted strenuously that his name be changed, Dai Ginga became Van Slanzar de Fanelia, the name used in Katsu-Aki's shounen manga version. (Katsu-Aki says he was the one who gave Van's first name the doubled "a" in Japanese.) Later proposed names also included Van El Fanel (with a nonelongated "a" in Fanel) before Van Slanzar de Fanel was finalized as his name.

Also during development, Yuuki experimented with some initial designs in which Van had one red right eye and one left green eye instead of two red eyes. (The intended idea was to hide his left green eye with his long front locks of hair for the entire beginning of the series until a pivotal moment in the story. This plot device designed to reveal Van's mixed ancestry was abandoned in favor of a far more dramatic approach.) Seki is one of the relatively few male voices with a significant (and devoted) fan following, thanks mainly to his roles as Domon in Mobile Fighter G Gundam, Van, and Kamui in X.