Chester Burklight

Chester Burklight (チェスター・バークライト, Chesutā Bākuraito) is one of the main (and playable) characters in Tales of Phantasia, the first game in the Tales series. His seiyuu (Japanese voice actor) is Takeshi Kusao for the Super Famicom version and Kentarou Itou for the PlayStation version.

Chester is 17 years old, an archer, and best friend to Cress Albane.

He is often referred to as Chester Barklight following the DeJap fan translation of Tales of Phantasia.

Role in Tales of Phantasia
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When Toltus was attacked, Chester’s sister Ami was killed. Like Cless, he vowed to get revenge on the people responsible. Upon their confrontation with Dhaos, Chester attacked him, giving Trinicus more time to transport Cless and Mint back in time.

Spoilers end here.

Tales of Eternia
Chester appears in Tales of Eternia as an audience member in the coliseum.