Wally West (DC Anime Universe)

Wallace Robert "Wally" West is the main protagonist of The Flash as well as its sequel The Flash of Two Worlds. He is a metahuman with superhuman speed, which he uses via an extradimensional energy known as the Speed Force. He gained access to the Speed Force after being struck by lightning during the particle accelerator explosion. He uses his abilities to protect Central City under the guise of The Flash.

Biography
Wally was born to Robert and Maria West, the former of which left Central City when Wally was very young for reasons unknown. When Wally was nine years old he saw a flash of red and yellow lightning in his house, and when he went downstairs, his mother was dead. He was taken in by his mother's brother, Jay Garrick.