Roberto Arvelo (ロベルト高城 Roberuto Takagi?, Roberto Takagi)
Roberto Arvelo (ロベルト高城 Roberuto Takagi?, Roberto Takagi)
Voiced by: Sachi Matsumoto (Japanese), Matt Hill (English)
Becomes Laura's classmate in season 2. Roberto is a very arrogant but talented soccer player on the school soccer team. He often argues with Travis and Laura, but Roberto is really a nice guy who is often misunderstood. He is also a dog lover, and is fond of Laura's dog Brandy. He has a puppy named Samba who debuted in episode 97, "Who Stole My Shoe?" Many fans believe he has a small crush on Laura.
Personality
Though he was stubborn and egotistical up on his first encounter, he revealed he was merely misunderstood and actually a nice guy. He says he does not like rodents and appeared rather distressed when he met Hamtaro for the first time calling Hamtaro a "Rat" after saving Laura and Kana from a speeding car whilst they were crossing the road. He is a part of the school soccer team, though he is very good at the game he sometimes forgets to pass the ball as seen in episode 59, "In a Pinch, A Rival Appears!" later in the episode Hamtaro, Oxnard and Boss search to teach him a lesson for insulting Hamtaro. He then saves them from a cat that was chasing them, but it becomes apparent that he can not tell the difference between rodents after calling them "Chipmunks". He is an avid dog lover, owning a puppy himself named Samba it is later revealed he is quite fond of Lauras dog Brandy. In the Special Halloween episode, He dresses up Samba as a gremlin by putting a mask on the puppy, succeeding at scaring Laura and Kana who had been late to his Halloween party.