Vittoria Giovanna (ビトリャ・ジョバアーナ, Bitoria Jobana), also known as Gaikou Ryuusei (流星・凱光 Ryūsei Gaikō lit Victory Shine Meteor), is a young Shinigami with Quincy powers who was descended from royalty; that is to say she is a distant relative of the Nagareboshi Family. She is the alternate universe counterpart of Gai Nagareboshi, the protagonist of the Rising Phoenix series. She is known as the Ray of Hope (一筋の希望の光, hitosujinokibounohikari) by Gunha Teishin and Gaika Juunikyuu, who waste no time in spilling the beans about her origins.