An orphan who was rescued at sea as a young child by the Spanish navigator Mendoza. He wears one of the two sun medallions. He loves adventures and is a very impulsive person. Esteban has a fear of heights which is only strengthened by the people of his home town who believe him to be the &quot;Child of the Sun&quot; and hoist him high up to call out the sun. He joins the Spaniards in their search for one of The Seven Cities of Gold in the New World, hoping to find his father. (source: Wikipedia)

1532. Esteban (12) is a foundling from Barcelona, with a mysterious power of ordering the Sun to appear, for which he is called "Child of the Sun". Upon the death of his adoptive father, Esteban learns he was rescued as a baby from a sinking ship in the ocean. The mysterious medallion that Esteban wears since ever has a trace somewhere in the New World, probably coming from the Mysterious Cities of Gold. Esteban leaves Spain to find his parents and find out who he is. On the way he meets Zia, an Inca girl who was kidnapped from her people years back and has exactly the same medallion as him. Later on they are joined by Tao, a young Galapagos robinson, the last descendant of the Empire of Heva, an Empire said to have built the Cities of Gold. Following Coyolite, the shining star represented on their medallions, the three children travel through the unexplored New World, searching for the Cities of Gold, believing that this way is leading them to their lost parents.
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(Source: Anime News Network)

__Chronology:__  
- (1997) Won the "Special/Lifetime Achievement" Award at the 2nd Kobe Animation Awards. 
- (2006-04-01) Resigned from 81 Produce and established her own office, Office Nozawa.  

His cousin, [Fabrizio Manfredi](https://anilist.co/staff/96097), is a popular Italian voice actor too.  His wife, [Stella Musy](https://anilist.co/staff/95765), is a popular Italian voice actress too.