Celty Sturluson

Celty Sturluson (セルティ ストゥルルソン, Seruti Sutoruruson)

Also known as "The Black Rider" or "The Headless Rider", she is a Dullahan from Ireland who came to Japan looking for her stolen head. Her motorcycle is actually a horse in disguise, which she has named "Shooter." She has no heart and perceives via unknown sensors that are not located on the head. The physical strength she possesses is above human, though not quite on par with Shizuo Heiwajima. She is also capable of manipulating a shadow-like, durable substance to form objects ranging from gloves to chariots at her will.

Currently her head is in Izaya Orihara's possession.

Celty lives with Shinra Kishitani and works as an underground transporter. She wears a helmet when she goes out and communicates via a PDA. She enjoys online chatting, television and DVDs.

Celty is one of the few people who knows the creator of the dollars (Mikado Ryūgamine), and she seems to also be intent on helping him. She is also a member of the Dollars.

Celty is afraid of Aliens, or 'Little Green Men,' as explained in Episode 12.5, and she does anything to learn more about them, 'To be ready when they invade."

In Episode 14, it now explains that Celty is in love with Shinra, and wouldn't allow for any other Dullahans to steal him from her. It's also known that Celty's head was given to Yagiri pharmaceutical company by Shinra's father, Shingen. Back then in Ireland, Shingen used the demon blade "Saika" to separate the soul that connects Celty's head from her body.

Her voice actor is Miyuki Sawashiro.

Name
Celty or Selty Sturluson. "Celty" may refer to her Irish background, which can be associated with "Celtic".

Her Chat name is "Setton".

Reasoning of her mission
The reasoning behind her need to find her head is so much of her fear of death. Celty explains in thought that she wants to control the way she lives and ultimately dies. Without her head in her possession, that decision isn't hers to make, which causes her to fear the fact that she is no longer in control of her life. She is also seen explaining in Episode 4 that another reason she desires to reunite with her head is to restore her memories and figure out why she was there in the first place.

Anime
In the anime, it is revealed in Ep. 2 that Celty uses a cellphone to communicate, rather than a PDA. Anime specific spoilers about this character per episode.

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Manga
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Light Novel
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Volume 04: At the start of Volume 04 Celty is undergoing another autopsy this time by Shingens new wife (and by extentsion, her mother in law) Emilia Kishitani. Initially, Celty is a little put off by her bubbly personality but that quickly changes when Emilia pays Celty 1 million yen in cash. Thanking Emilia, Celty rides off into the night thinking about what she will use the money for. As Celty reflects on her life since coming to Japan, she realizes that she doesn't mind things staying the way they are with or without her head. She has friends who accept her, a stable job as a courier and a lover waiting for her at home. Her happiness is short lived, however, by the untimely arrival of Kinnosuke Kuzuhara. After briefly mentioning the traffic regulations for motorbikes, Kuzuhara and Celty begin a frantic chase through the ikebukuro streets with Kuzuhara keeping pace with Celty despite her supernatural abilities. Although Celty manages to get away, she also loses the envelope containing her 1 million yen. Celty reacts like any normal person would after losing that much money, she cries.

Celty returns home depressed and wraps herself in a cocoon of her own shadow. Shinra asks what was bothering her and gets pulled into the cocoon as well. Shinra tries to cheer celty up and also brings up another job. Celty accepts, wanting something to take her mind off of losing 1 million yen and goes out. Celty meets with the client (later revealed to be Ruri Hijiribe) and immediately gets a familiar vibe emenating from her. The two form a fast friendship and Celty agrees to do the job free of charge for such a rare encounter. Later that day, Celty is horrified to find that the recent chase between her and Kuzuhara drew considerable attention from the media. Yadogiri Shining Corporation has even put out a wanted poster for her with a bounty of 10 million yen.

The next day, Celty gets approached by another client (implied to be Dennis), who needs her to transport a bag large enough to hold a human inside it for a day. Celty needs only to keep it for one day and after that, she cand drop it anywhere. Celty is cautious, but she needed the money. As Celty rides through the night, she is suddenly accosted by several members from a biker gang called Toromaru who want the ten million yen bounty on her head. Celty does her best to elude them but to no avail. One of the bikers swings a pipe at celty only to tear a hole in the bag she is transporting. A hand pops out of the bag and Celty panics at the fact that she was transporting a human body for the past several hours. Things are complicated even further by the arrival of Kinnosuke Kuzuhara. Initially, Kuzuhara focuses on Celty but switches his attention to the Toromaru members after they try to attack him. Celty manages to lose Kuzuhara and the bikers as they fight each other but she runs into even more Toromaru mebers further down the road. After several hours, she also runs into Kyohei and his gang (who are also being chased by Toromaru) and notices Mikado, Anri and three other Raira students (Aoba, Mairu, and Kururi) in the back. The ten of them drive on until they come to an overpass where Celty gets an idea. She tells Kyohei to run while she uses her shadows and the overpass as a net to stop the Toromaru members. The plan works, initially, but it is clear that there are to many of them for the net to hold. Celty readies her scythe to try and fight them despite the fact that it would draw even more attention to herself than there was already until the person in the bag suddenly springs into action, revealing himself to be the russian assassin Igor.

Igor tells Celty and the others to stand back while he deals with Toromaru. More help also arrives in the form of Ruri (dressed as a Dullahan) who assissts Igor in dispatching the gang. After the incident is resolved and the bounty is withdrawn, Celty soon returns to a normal life. At the end of the novel, Celty, Shinra, and Emilia hold a hotpot party and invite most of the main cast to attend (minus Izaya).

Voice Actors
Japanese: Miyuki Sawashiro

English: Kari Wahlgren